The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD

[Strat]

http://www.recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/3405

Owns a record store. CHECK. Heads a record label. CHECK. Makes all kinds of records. CHECK. We can think of no one better to fly the flag for Record Store Day 2013, can you? Let’s let Ambassador White speak for himself, both on video and in his official Ambassadorial quote.

Years ago someone told me that 1,200 high school kids were given a survey. A question was posed to them: Have you ever been to a stand-alone record shop? The number of kids that answered "yes" was... zero.

Zero? How could that be possible? Then I got realistic and thought to myself, "Can you blame them?" How can record shops (or any shop for that matter) compete with Netflix, TiVo, video games that take months to complete, cable, texting, the Internet, etc. etc? Getting out of your chair at home to experience something in the real world has started to become a rare occurrence, and to a lot of people, an unnecessary one. Why go to a bookstore and get a real book? You can just download it. Why talk to other human beings, discuss different authors, writing styles and influences? Just click your mouse. Well here's what they'll someday learn if they have a soul; there's no romance in a mouse click. There's no beauty in sitting for hours playing video games (anyone proud of that stop reading now and post your opinion in the nearest forum). The screen of an iPhone is convenient, but it’s no comparison to a 70mm showing of a film in a gorgeous theater. The Internet is two-dimensional…helpful and entertaining, but no replacement for face-to-face interaction with a human being. But we all know all of that, right? Well, do we? Maybe we know all that, but so what?

Let's wake each other up.

The world hasn't stopped moving. Out there, people are still talking to each other face-to-face, exchanging ideas and turning each other on. Art houses are showing films, people are drinking coffee and telling tall tales, women and men are confusing each other and record stores are selling discs full of soul that you haven’t felt yet. So why do we choose to hide in our caves and settle for replication? We know better. We should at least. We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with others. The size, shape, smell, texture and sound of a vinyl record; how do you explain to that teenager who doesn't know that it's a more beautiful musical experience than a mouse click? You get up off your ass, you grab them by the arm and you take them there. You put the record in their hands. You make them drop the needle on the platter. Then they'll know.

Let's wake each other up.

As Record Store Day Ambassador of 2013 I’m proud to help in any way I can to invigorate whoever will listen with the idea that there is beauty and romance in the act of visiting a record shop and getting turned on to something new that could change the way they look at the world, other people, art, and ultimately, themselves.

Let's wake each other up.

[southp]

Yes, but on the other hand I sort of like that it's a special experience that only a small number of us indulge in.
Out of those 1,200 kids, there will always be those 10-12 who will discover the joys of vinyl and that's fine.

[Norah]

And the rest of the kids will discover vagina.

[southp]

And the rest of the kids will discover vagina.

Are you implying that you haven't Pete?
I don't know if I agree....For every record nerd there is a vinyl-spinning girl out there.

[Norah]

And the rest of the kids will discover vagina.

Are you implying that you haven't Pete?
I don't know if I agree....For every record nerd there is a vinyl-spinning girl out there.

I was just being cute.

[Strat]

I just want to sit and burn incense, drink beer and listen to records all day and all night. With masturbation breaks only.

[Norah]

Why do you have to break for masturbation?

[Simple Torture]

I mean, you *might* have to stop drinking beer for a few minutes.

[Norah]

I mean, you *might* have to stop drinking beer for a few minutes.

Nope.

Spoiler: show

[verb_to_trust]

Guys, what is up with the lack of Paul Westerberg vinyl?

[Strat]

Guys, what is up with the lack of Paul Westerberg vinyl?

[Simple Torture]

Guys, what is up with the lack of Paul Westerberg vinyl?

Just looks like most of his records came out during a period when vinyl wasn't "big"; the record company probably just didn't bother. If you're really starved, it looks like there were a few 7'' singles: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+West ... EPs&q=&p=1

[Strat]

I highly suggest Dead Man Shake though!

[verb_to_trust]

Stereo/Mono and Suicaine Gratification need to be in my collection. Maybe someday Paul will do some reissues. He is a weird duck though...

[Strat]

Mule Variations is out of stock

F

[Norah]

You can get that anywhere.

[Simple Torture]

Yeah, keep looking around. I frequently see it at record stores, and when I do eBay searches for TW it comes up all the time.

[Strat]

yea there are some through Amazon at various record shops but right now its super expensive.

It should have been the first record I purchased. Ever.

I need to soon take a trip to Denver and hit some old record shops....

[liebzz]

I was in J&R recently and noticed that they had a bunch of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' b-side 7"s that they've been releasing, and also noticed they averaged $7.50 a pop. Looked on their website where they are all $8 each, and the bundle being sold for like $55-$65. It's 16 songs. Had they released this as an album it would cost $24.99-29.99. I'm just offended by this so I will not buy this.

[super nintendo chalmers]

I was in J&R recently and noticed that they had a bunch of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' b-side 7"s that they've been releasing, and also noticed they averaged $7.50 a pop. Looked on their website where they are all $8 each, and the bundle being sold for like $55-$65. It's 16 songs. Had they released this as an album it would cost $24.99-29.99. I'm just offended by this so I will not buy this.

The Chili Peppers offend my ears.