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Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 8:40 pm
by dimejinky99
Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 8:43 pm
by Mine
Dear 10C,

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 8:43 pm
by Norah
bluestate wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:bluestate wrote:A few crackles hear and there but that's what makes vinyl so enjoyable.
That's not true at all.
...for me
hipster
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 9:11 pm
by Lament
Everyone knows the best thing about vinyl is how cool it looks in the milkcrates you store it in.
Sheesh...
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 9:25 pm
by hopethatuchoke
due to the high quality and delicate nature of the special packaging
I didn't get mine yet but is the packaging any more special than any other vinyl? What does this have to do with scratching and popping finger prints? It's always someone else's fault with them. Was this also sabotage?
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 9:25 pm
by nomorecrackpipes
The saboteurs strike again!
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 9:26 pm
by Lament
That's right! It was sabotage, not a conspiracy. How could I forget?
I'm surprised RM doesn't get blamed for these things.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 9:48 pm
by dimejinky99
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 9:58 pm
by Sgt. Crackpot
Lament wrote:Everyone knows the best thing about vinyl is how cool it looks in the milkcrates you store it in.
Sheesh...
Damn straight, brother. Especially when you sit them next to the cinder block shelves you keep your HIFI stereo on.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 9:58 pm
by Birds in Hell
dimejinky99 wrote:Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.
This seems fraught with danger to me...
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 10:03 pm
by Norah
Birds in Hell wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.
This seems fraught with danger to me...
I googled it and there was a thread on audiokarma about it. Seems legit.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 10:03 pm
by Sgt. Crackpot
Birds in Hell wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.
This seems fraught with danger to me...
This had to have been discovered by accident, right dime?
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 10:04 pm
by Sgt. Crackpot
Speaking of record storage, dime do you think you could build a couple of shelves to hold my records? I'm struggling a little at the moment with my current setup:

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 10:09 pm
by dimejinky99
Jesus Christ you need a serious amount of shelves.
I could do it. Too bad I'm so far away.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 11:15 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
After ten or so listens all the way through, this is how I listen to LB now:
Always listen: Getaway, Sirens, Infallible, Pendulum, Yellow Moon
Sometimes listen: LB, MYM, Swallowed Whole, MFS
Never listen: FD, SBM, LTRP
So 5,4,3. Not bad. Compared to the other albums for me:
Ten: 9,2,0
Vs.: 5,5,2
Vitalogy: 10,2,2
No Code: 9,3,1
Yield: 11,3,0
Binaural: 10,2,1
Riot Act: 10,3,2
Pearl Jam: 5,6,2
Backspacer: 1,7,3
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 11:27 pm
by Tj
harmless wrote:I'd love to know who else is in the 7% for Sirens.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 11:29 pm
by Lament
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:Handy tip for cleaning vinyl.
Use wood glue. Let it dry and it peels off taking dust and specks of dirt with it.
This seems fraught with danger to me...
This had to have been discovered by accident, right dime?
You should see the list of things wood glue doesn't clean off, as learned through dime's experiments...
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 11:45 pm
by evenslow
Got my delicious vinyl today and ftr, it sounds good. Thanks for all you do 10c!
I purposely stopped playing this thing for a week b/c I was listening too much and I heard the 4 song sampler with shitty sound a ton and then Sirens ad nauseum and my full album experience was essentially ruined (ruined, I tell ya). I envy the No Leak Club (for a few different reasons). So anyway, with a week off and returning like the prodigal son with an affinity for vinyl, the songs that stood out were:
Getaway - I've probably played this more than any other song and it just doesn't get old. Love Jeff's bass melody and Ed's lyrics/delivery especially.
My Father's Son - it's all about that bass (again) and it really helped to read the lyrics along with Ed singing. Menacing and Binaural-ish.
Lightning Bolt - this song has gotten 5% better every time I listen to it. When I heard it at Wrigley I was profoundly unsettled. Unsettled. Profundity. Now it's scratching my Empty Glass with Who guitars itch.
Swallowed Whole - this might be the best song on the album. Fantastic energy and tasteful bridge. Ed might sound better here than he has in years. Drown, drown, drown, drown.
Sleeping by Myself - I can't believe it either. I was loud in my complaints about this being on the record at all, but I didn't expect the subtle curve ball (not 12 to 6) they threw us here with the arrangement. In short, it makes me happy. Nothing else needs to be said. "Now I believe in nothing / Not today as I pull myself out of your sight." There's been a trillion songs on heartbreak, but I've never quite heard it like this.
The only stuff I find myself skipping are LTRP and FD. But I think LTRP is fun where FD is superfluous.
I need another 6 months or so before truly placing it in the catalogue, but I think I'm giving it a 7 out of 10, riding semi-high amongst the waves alongside Backspacer and S/T and Riot Act.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 11:47 pm
by Lament
evenslow wrote:Swallowed Whole - this might be the best song on the album. Fantastic energy and tasteful bridge. Ed might sound better here than he has in years. Drown, drown, drown, drown.
You are a wise man.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed October 23, 2013 11:49 pm
by Rangi Guy
You had me at "Thanks for all you do 10c!"