Dude, You Have Got to Join Rock Town Hall!
By Mr. Moderator on Nov 22, 2008
This is why we must must uphold our high standards of rock 'n roll discourse at Rock Town Hall. I thank you, Townspeople.
8 comments
Comment from: sammymaudlin [Member]
I ducked into the back office and fixed the comments on this. He was in the can and couldn't be bothered.
11/23/08 @ 20:16
Comment from: mwall [Member] 
Point one: I could have said "Backstory Alert" for almost every single sentence.
Point two (really a question): Is this the alt canon that leads to Elliot Smith, who I actually have a little fondness for, but not that much?
Point three: "This is where Cat Stevens went more folk" was the most specific comment about the music itself that the guy made.
Point four: Low point: That Van Dyke Parks stuff cost that much money (a lot at its time)? And that's supposed to recommend it and its eternal cult status?
Point two (really a question): Is this the alt canon that leads to Elliot Smith, who I actually have a little fondness for, but not that much?
Point three: "This is where Cat Stevens went more folk" was the most specific comment about the music itself that the guy made.
Point four: Low point: That Van Dyke Parks stuff cost that much money (a lot at its time)? And that's supposed to recommend it and its eternal cult status?
11/23/08 @ 22:05
Comment from: hrrundivbakshi [Member]
Point one: it's a sad and depressing thing that there is a huge stratum of rock geekdom in which possession is nine-tenths of relevancy. Listen to what this guy is saying: I own this, and this, and this, and this, and... so fucking what? Bottom line: RTH does a *much* better job at this sort of thing. But you knew that already. Kudos to us!
Point two: About half of those records -- no, wait, better said thusly: every single one of those records that I have ever owned has gone in the garbage pile. *And*: all those albums were of the"everybody says I'm supposed to like this, let's give it a spin... what the FUCK?! This is TERRIBLE!" category. More specifically: most of them are LPs I've purchased over the last few years, thankfully for about 50 cents to a dollar apiece. It pleases me to see this guy lovingly encasing his turds in UV-shielding mylar. I got a special kick out of that Ian Whitcomb album, which many of you will remember from a recent "Thrifty Music" exploration.
Like the man said: sheesh.
HVB
Point two: About half of those records -- no, wait, better said thusly: every single one of those records that I have ever owned has gone in the garbage pile. *And*: all those albums were of the"everybody says I'm supposed to like this, let's give it a spin... what the FUCK?! This is TERRIBLE!" category. More specifically: most of them are LPs I've purchased over the last few years, thankfully for about 50 cents to a dollar apiece. It pleases me to see this guy lovingly encasing his turds in UV-shielding mylar. I got a special kick out of that Ian Whitcomb album, which many of you will remember from a recent "Thrifty Music" exploration.
Like the man said: sheesh.
HVB
11/23/08 @ 22:45
Comment from: dbuskirk [Member]
I admire this guy's moxie. It's nice to keep in practice talking about your records, just in case you ever DO make a friend...
11/24/08 @ 01:59
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
Brilliant comments, to date. Thanks for straightening that out, Sammy. I had no idea there was a problem.
11/24/08 @ 09:07
Comment from: mockcarr [Member]
Damn, I almost posted a youtube like this where I mumbled on about a bunch of my water-damaged vinyl and said, things like "well, this one has a bunch of songs I'll never listen to again", "can you imagine paying full price for THIS?", "well, in fairness to my younger record-buying requirements, this guy once talked to Paul McCartney and used to live down the street from Mitch Easter", "can't you just tell that I'm the only one of three people who didn't throw this one on the high school homecoming bonfire in 1980?"
11/24/08 @ 11:07
Comment from: 2000 Man [Member]
I love the YouTube videos of people with their records. It makes me half tempted to go through mine and pull out gifts and mistakes (mistakes are the ones where I liked the cover or trusted the worng person), and fawn over them. I've got ABC's How to be a Zillionaire in one of my crates, and it embarasses me to look at it by myself! I'm sure there's more. A still sealed Buckingham-Nicks. I could do this.
Hvb - I remembered Ian Whitcomb from Thrifty Music. Man, I can't believe he's proud of that one!
Hvb - I remembered Ian Whitcomb from Thrifty Music. Man, I can't believe he's proud of that one!
11/24/08 @ 12:51
Comment from: diskojoe [Member]
The two things I noticed about the video is that the guy had those records tightly wrapped in plastic (doesn't that actually harm the vinyl) & that one of the albums had the original owner's signature displayed in the back.
11/24/08 @ 13:38
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