Post-Riot Act Moneygrab

[stip]

I mean technically I agree

[blueviper]

Let's collect all of them.

Are records that thick and sturdy looking these days? I just remember my parents old albums and the seemed thin, flimsy and delicate.

[VinylGuy]

I love variants, i dont collect them, but i love them. I did buy three different No Codes because of the cards and i used to buy same cds and vinyl

[blueviper]

The 12 variants isn’t the problem, it’s why are we still doing vinyls in the first place.

This is like bringing back black and white CRT tvs for the warm fuzzy picture and mono sound that only purists would understand.

[Jorge]

Uh...

[blueviper]

Yes, I’m going there.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[stip]

i can’t wait for all the variants of pearl jam’s 20th album to finally end this wretched industry

[Anders]

The masterplan is in action.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Bi_3]

Yes, I’m going there.

Onboard with this. I’ve always doubted this as a blanket claim and I’d guess the people who think otherwise have $10k+ setups and are listening to particular albums mastered in a particular way, confusing bad mixes/mastering (and a touch of nostalgia) with quality of capture and playback

[stip]

I’d be surprised if they could pull off a casual brunch

what if Andrew Watt chose the menu?

[VinylGuy]

i can’t wait for all the variants of pearl jam’s 20th album to finally end this wretched industry

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[E.H. Ruddock]

I can’t you guys

why not bring back 8 tracks amirite

[Anders]

I’d be surprised if they could pull off a casual brunch

what if Andrew Watt chose the menu?

14 kinds of cheese

That could be an alternative title for the new album.

[VinylGuy]

I can’t you guys

why not bring back 8 tracks amirite

Cassettes are back too so its a matter of time.

[lvc]

I was reading through this and I just want to say the members of Pearl Jam have enough personal wealth that they probably make far more from leveraging their existing wealth than anything they do artistically.

What if they made the records they made because those were the records they wanted to make? And what if they surrendered the business side to business people so they wouldn't have to make all those decisions (and go to all the damned meetings to form the committees needed to examine the white papers on the various choices in order to draft a proposal to the regional manager of procurement in order to get the ball rolling on planning the rollout of the next record) because they'd rather be surfing or taking their kids to the zoo in Lisbon or whatever?

[Anders]

They are mostly doing that stuff already.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now