Restocks/Represses

@Dead C

Edit: nevermind, out of stock now
Already sent it to @Dead C in PM and he said he grabbed a copy already elsewhere

Yep. Thanks both of you. I grabbed the last copy from Elusive Disc. I would have updated that here, but after the page went immediately to backorder, I was waiting to see if it was legit. Now it's been shipped.
 
This repress was sent to me in an email, and I had never heard anything Julius Eastman had done, but I'm now in love. This is some excellent stuff.
Thank you for posting this bc I’d not heard of him, and it’s good stuff.

Apologies for a historic diversion, but I still think awareness of a particular seedy part of American history is an issue: I looked him up, first on Wikipedia, and he died in 1990 of, officially, cardiac arrest.

But a man like him who died young in NYC in 1990 almost assuredly didn’t die of cardiac arrest, even though the official records reflect that. Indeed, it’s confirmed that he contracted HIV, and there are now varying pieces reporting that he died from AIDS or died from cardiac arrest related to AIDS. Purposefully mislabeling AIDS-related causes of death is among the many shameful aspects of that period in US history. As early as 1986, the NYT published a piece about this, including a quote from one SF doctor who said he didn’t list AIDS as cause of death bc it could be a “problem for the family.”

Here’s a fascinating piece that alludes to AIDS as Eastman’s cause of death but is about something much more interesting from a musical perspective:
 
Thank you for posting this bc I’d not heard of him, and it’s good stuff.

Apologies for a historic diversion, but I still think awareness of a particular seedy part of American history is an issue: I looked him up, first on Wikipedia, and he died in 1990 of, officially, cardiac arrest.

But a man like him who died young in NYC in 1990 almost assuredly didn’t die of cardiac arrest, even though the official records reflect that. Indeed, it’s confirmed that he contracted HIV, and there are now varying pieces reporting that he died from AIDS or died from cardiac arrest related to AIDS. Purposefully mislabeling AIDS-related causes of death is among the many shameful aspects of that period in US history. As early as 1986, the NYT published a piece about this, including a quote from one SF doctor who said he didn’t list AIDS as cause of death bc it could be a “problem for the family.”

Here’s a fascinating piece that alludes to AIDS as Eastman’s cause of death but is about something much more interesting from a musical perspective:
Wow, thanks for this. My first professional job was in HIV/AIDS prevention so this hits extra close to home. This is such a gorgeous and sad article.
 
Repress of Circle Jerks- Wild in the Streets 40th anniversary edition:

 
Repress of Circle Jerks- Wild in the Streets 40th anniversary edition:

Anyone have thoughts on the remastering on the 40th? I've been eyeballing the standard black for a few weeks and I need some retail therapy today.
 
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