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Have you seen the Vintage Editions Murikami represses? Handsome jackets on them!

Speaking of which… has Nathan been binned off too or did their cost cutting exercise not extend to sending free records to Australia?

This is pretty bang on. You look at the first chapter and its soldiers growing bananas in London and you kinda think it’s going to be a laugh but you get to the second and quickly realise it’s absolutely not. One of my mates once described Pynchon to me as ‘James Joyce if he’s left the last...

There’s that line that the reason the Pulitzer for literature wasn’t given out the year Gravity’s Rainbow was released was because all of the committee knew the award should go to Pynchon but none of them could actually make it all the way through the book.

4,3,2,1 from Auster. It’s a big book but well worth it. Never Let Me Go is probably Ishiguro’s best (although he’s one of those where it’s difficult to pick a bad book). But When We Were Orphans is my favourite of his. The one I couldn’t get on with was The Buried Giant. The rest… great. And...

Book Five Been picking away at this for a few weeks and finally finished after buying it and leaving it on the shelf about 2 years ago. I’ve read Dangers of Smoking In Bed and Things We Lost In The Fire so was interested to know how Enriquez would carry into long form… and this is long! 700...

A decision made even more mental by Aerial Ballet, Nilsson Sings Newman and Schmillson all being store exclusives. They had the access but clearly didn’t have the readies to do a deal that wasn’t a stinker. Pussycats at 500/ 1000 copies in the store would still be sitting there now. Nilsson...

What swung it for me was when I was streaming them all to see how much I still wanted them and how much I would play them… only to realise at that moment that I actually have access to listen to them whenever I want anyway so don’t need to run the risk of VMP going down the toilet snd taking my...

I finally got fed up and cancelled my pre-orders. Got an email a few days back saying they’d sort and it would be done in the next 30 days!!! How the mighty have fallen

Yup. Storf got a bit too cute with that one and ended up properly shitting the bed. The endless risks of only curating for yourself

Book 4 - Living Things - Munir Hachemi Considering this was about 100 pages long it took a bit of edgier to get through (eventually polished it off in an airport after a running out of episodes of a brilliant podcast about Winds of Change by the Scorpians). I think I was seduced by...

That’s my issue. I’m kinda curious about the Abdul Malik and Teo albums but not $45 plus shipping curious. If they were in a shop in the uk I’d walk straight past without an issue. The only things I’m remotely interested in are the broadcasts… which I already have on CD anyway

They don't have anything of note now though. At least not if you were a member for a bit of a stretch prior to The Great Bin Off of 2024. I went to cancel my Nonesuch orders the other night but as most was in credit thought I'd see if there was actually anything I'd take. As the Broadcasts...

Well doesn’t that suck.

Agreed. Although I love mine for obvious reasons the actual pressing is absolute trash. Clicks, pops and misprinted sleeves ahoy. I've had 4 copies and the actual playback on them has all been a bit iffy. I'd get it in swaps then buy a generic shop version to go with it.

Book 3 This is brilliant. I’ve read a couple of other Denis Johnson books over the years but this had been sitting in a pile for ages. Thought I had no excuse not to punt through a 100 page novella and I’m a bit annoyed it took me so long to get around to starting it (and finishing in one...

I think this falls into the category of easy to read Japanese kitch. Basic concept of 10 short stories featuring characters that are all interconnected in some way. Putting this one straight into the ‘harmless’ pile. Reviews cite Murakami but it’s definitely not of that calibre or complexity...

Or one of the staff woke up this morning after last nights big VMP team night out without a kidney

I’m still debating the nonesuch orders. If I cancel if get $192 back in credit and €75 in cash. But I’m guessing whatever I get instead will need a chunk of the credit just to cover postage. Considered Blue Note but that needs another 20% for customs too

Has VMP updated its spreadsheet that tells people when they aren’t getting their records?