Red Mosquito

Rangi Guy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

stip wrote:i ordered from republic records directly and it hasnt arrived yet (the deluxe cd)

I couldn't afford to order directly from PJ, so I did Amazon.

Possibly a wise choice. The one I ordered from PJ is still waiting to be picked up

Did you go with the variant or the black wax?

epilogue wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

stip wrote:i ordered from republic records directly and it hasnt arrived yet (the deluxe cd)

I couldn't afford to order directly from PJ, so I did Amazon.

Possibly a wise choice. The one I ordered from PJ is still waiting to be picked up

Did you go with the variant or the black wax?

Variant - otherwise I would have just gone down to my local record store on Friday.

Rangi Guy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

stip wrote:i ordered from republic records directly and it hasnt arrived yet (the deluxe cd)

I couldn't afford to order directly from PJ, so I did Amazon.

Possibly a wise choice. The one I ordered from PJ is still waiting to be picked up

Did you go with the variant or the black wax?

Variant - otherwise I would have just gone down to my local record store on Friday.

CDs actually arrived yesterday.

My vinyl hasn't left Fife, WA, but it will arrive tomorrow.

A couple of noticings after listening to the album again.

While this album is better listened to beginning to end, and the individual songs are elevated by listening in that way, the two singles Dark matter and Running are two that work better than others listened to independently. I think they knew what they were doing when they selected them as singles because they can fit well into random rock playslists.

I think I’m enjoying running more than dark matter. Running is so damn fun where it fits on the album. I can’t believe I don’t really notice this before, but the part at the beginning of the bridge, where Eddie sings “take off” and Jeff plays that slide down the bass, the whole band drops out for a second, and the sound of that bass with “take off” gives a sense of floating in space, and it’s such a brilliant deliberate choice, right before Matt’s drums kick back in and bring it all back down to earth.

The chorus and harmonies of something special are lovely. I’m still irked by the clunky line “not cause it’s my job”, and it probably could have used one less verse, but it is a lovely song in the context of the album. I too am happy to eat crow on this one.

There are still so many individual lyrics that feel like Eddie is talking about something or someone specific, especially when he genders the thing or person he is talking about.

Rangi Guy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

stip wrote:i ordered from republic records directly and it hasnt arrived yet (the deluxe cd)

I couldn't afford to order directly from PJ, so I did Amazon.

Possibly a wise choice. The one I ordered from PJ is still waiting to be picked up

Did you go with the variant or the black wax?

Variant - otherwise I would have just gone down to my local record store on Friday.

Good man

Upper Hand outro = Allman Brothers
Now I know why I love it so much

Wreckage is climbing

Yes yes, records are cool, blah blah blah... I'm literally making one of the biggest decisions of my life, help me RM

bluestate wrote:Can any of the mods tell me how I can change my username? Or do it for me?

Thinking about how great it is that Ed wrote amazing lyrics and stayed away from political themes... also, there's a depressing Shipshewana coming later this year, we need to stayed unified

Anyways, I don't like the thought that people would assume my username is a political statement. It's time for a change.

Most likely will keep it in the color spectrum, something like "blackstate"

However, an album themed username could be fun...

NotScaredofBeer
WeactWespond
Wrexhamage
DarkWatter
WontSmell
UpperMichighand
HiImStevie
Punning
SomethingAwful
GotToWhiz
SettingPun

Ortofon 2M Bluestate

bluestate wrote:Yes yes, records are cool, blah blah blah... I'm literally making one of the biggest decisions of my life, help me RM

bluestate wrote:Can any of the mods tell me how I can change my username? Or do it for me?

Thinking about how great it is that Ed wrote amazing lyrics and stayed away from political themes... also, there's a depressing Shipshewana coming later this year, we need to stayed unified

Anyways, I don't like the thought that people would assume my username is a political statement. It's time for a change.

Most likely will keep it in the color spectrum, something like "blackstate"

However, an album themed username could be fun...

NotScaredofBeer
WeactWespond
Wrexhamage
DarkWatter
WontSmell
UpperMichighand
HiImStevie
Punning
SomethingAwful
GotToWhiz
SettingPun

BlueBallState
StateofLoveandThrust
GotToGivenToFly

bluestate wrote:Yes yes, records are cool, blah blah blah... I'm literally making one of the biggest decisions of my life, help me RM

bluestate wrote:Can any of the mods tell me how I can change my username? Or do it for me?

Thinking about how great it is that Ed wrote amazing lyrics and stayed away from political themes... also, there's a depressing Shipshewana coming later this year, we need to stayed unified

Anyways, I don't like the thought that people would assume my username is a political statement. It's time for a change.

Most likely will keep it in the color spectrum, something like "blackstate"

However, an album themed username could be fun...

NotScaredofBeer
WeactWespond
Wrexhamage
DarkWatter
WontSmell
UpperMichighand
HiImStevie
Punning
SomethingAwful
GotToWhiz
SettingPun

"ScaredoffFear" ?

Fattie_Vedder wrote:

bluestate wrote:Yes yes, records are cool, blah blah blah... I'm literally making one of the biggest decisions of my life, help me RM

bluestate wrote:Can any of the mods tell me how I can change my username? Or do it for me?

Thinking about how great it is that Ed wrote amazing lyrics and stayed away from political themes... also, there's a depressing Shipshewana coming later this year, we need to stayed unified

Anyways, I don't like the thought that people would assume my username is a political statement. It's time for a change.

Most likely will keep it in the color spectrum, something like "blackstate"

However, an album themed username could be fun...

NotScaredofBeer
WeactWespond
Wrexhamage
DarkWatter
WontSmell
UpperMichighand
HiImStevie
Punning
SomethingAwful
GotToWhiz
SettingPun

BlueBallState
StateofLoveandThrust
GotToGivenToFly

NotForBlue

Ms Harmless wrote:

Fattie_Vedder wrote:

bluestate wrote:Yes yes, records are cool, blah blah blah... I'm literally making one of the biggest decisions of my life, help me RM

bluestate wrote:Can any of the mods tell me how I can change my username? Or do it for me?

Thinking about how great it is that Ed wrote amazing lyrics and stayed away from political themes... also, there's a depressing Shipshewana coming later this year, we need to stayed unified

Anyways, I don't like the thought that people would assume my username is a political statement. It's time for a change.

Most likely will keep it in the color spectrum, something like "blackstate"

However, an album themed username could be fun...

NotScaredofBeer
WeactWespond
Wrexhamage
DarkWatter
WontSmell
UpperMichighand
HiImStevie
Punning
SomethingAwful
GotToWhiz
SettingPun

BlueBallState
StateofLoveandThrust
GotToGivenToFly

NotForBlue

Strong to quite strong

Yes yes, this is the RM I know and love

bluestate wrote:Yes yes, this is the RM I know and love

What do you want it changed to? I’ll change it later when I’m on my laptop. (Modding on the phone isn’t fun)

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

bluestate wrote:Yes yes, this is the RM I know and love

What do you want it changed to? I’ll change it later when I’m on my laptop. (Modding on the phone isn’t fun)

Well shit, now I have some pretty strong contenders... I'll PM later if that's fine... thanks

bluestate wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

bluestate wrote:Yes yes, this is the RM I know and love

What do you want it changed to? I’ll change it later when I’m on my laptop. (Modding on the phone isn’t fun)

Well shit, now I have some pretty strong contenders... I'll PM later if that's fine... thanks

bluestate wrote:NotScaredofBeer
WeactWespond
Wrexhamage
DarkWatter
WontSmell
UpperMichighand
HiImStevie
Punning
SomethingAwful
GotToWhiz
SettingPun

Personal faves are DarkWatter, SomethingAwful and SettingPun

Just remember, the first one will be free. If you end up not liking it we ask for a $5 donation to the board to change it again

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