There’s no XTC thread so I’ll ask here: does anyone have the 2019 reissue of English Settlement? How does it compare to 80s pressings? I’m torn between getting a VG 80s copy or paying $5 more for the reissue.
Is The War on Drugs just 80s pastiche now, or are they bringing something new to the table? I've been listening to the new album and I keep going back and forth, often within the same song. Help me out, folks.
Ordered the 2-LP version of Nirvana - Bleach on eBay but only received the live record. If the seller doesn’t have the studio LP, what are my chances of getting a partial refund?
TFW the nearest IKEA is 5 hours away but you have a reason to be nearby this weekend AND your wife green lights the purchase of not one but two (!) 5x5 Kallax shelves (storage "for the kids") BUT they've been out of stock at that store for months.
A mere 28 days ago I added the 1000th record to my Discogs. Less than a month later I’ve added another 45 albums. To be fair, 36 of those came from a private collection. BUT DAMN
Local school superintendent just announced they will not require students to wear masks this fall. As the father of a kindergartener with asthma, I am not happy.
My Discogs count is at 999, and I just went to the record store… the question now is whether I should get rid of any records to postpone the inevitable transition to a 4-digit collection!
“[Nowadays] it’s easier to see Steely Dan’s music as its savvier observers always have: not a smooth-jazz accoutrement to the spoils of boomer aristocracy, but an über-sardonic critique of it.”