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  1. Hemotep

    This Is Jeopardy! (Halloween Edition): The October 2023 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread

    Welcome Ghouls, Ghosts, and Goblins to our month of frights hosted by the ghost of Alex Trebek. Standard Jeopardy rules apply, meaning that you must respond in the form of a question. Each answer clue will have two parts, as will your question. The first part will relate to our theme and the...
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    Interscope Vinyl Collective

    Well this sounds interesting... Interscope Records, founded in 1990, subverted the musical landscape by introducing culture shaping artists across the full spectrum of contemporary music. From its inception, the label developed paradigm-defining performers and seminal music pioneers. Its roster...
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    The April 2023 Record Spin Challenge: "Want to go around again? I do."

    For the new folks and the old. Welcome to April's challenge. Spin a record based on each daily prompt below for the month. Try to play something different than the others, but play whatever you've got. I'll see you in the threads. "[N]o man who comes to die stands upon the peak which lies in...
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    Recapping Speakers

    Curious to hear about users experiences doing this. Is it something you've done yourself? How challenging is it? Do you recommend doing it? Etc. I happened to win a local auction at an estate sale this morning for a pair of Realistic Optimus-21s that look practically new (and I won them for...
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    Never Was And Never Can Be Cool: Worst Album Art Thread

    I was reading some lists of worst album art that had me laughing and thought it would be a fun thread to start. What kicked off the list I read was this one by Creed. Show us your worst.
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    Musical Scumbags - The Name Them and Shame Them Thread

    With R. Kelly getting sentenced for child pornography among the other awful things that dirtbag predator did, I thought it was high time we kept a list to remember who the biggest piece of shit humans in music are so we can avoid supporting them if we're so inclined. I know I at times will...
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    Needles & Grooves AotM /// Vol. 38 - August 2022 /// The Notwist - Superheroes, Ghostvillians+Stuff

    Guessed by @avecigrec! The album of the month for August is The Notwist - Superheroes, Ghostvillians+Stuff I'll put a write up in the coming days! For now here's the Bandcamp link You know those recipe posts where they write a long essay about their life and you’re like get to the damn...
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    Mega Record and CD Fair

    Has anyone been to this? https://www.recordplanet.nl/en/ I think we should schedule an in person pifsgiving in like 2025 either here or in Vegas.
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    April 2022 Vinyl Spin Challenge - Intertextuality and You

    Intertextuality is the implicit or explicit, whether understood by all or argued by some, presence of one text within another text. Think, for instance, of what Karl Mannheim wrote: “Strictly speaking it is incorrect to say that the single individual thinks. Rather it is more correct to say that...
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    Planning for the End (What To Do With Your Vinyl After Death)

    Sorry for the morbid question but I've honestly been thinking about this quite a bit lately as I need to update my will soon and I'd like to hear others thoughts on the topic. What are you planning to do with your vinyl collection when you die? In my case, I don't have kids to leave it to or...
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    Rescue the Parrots

    Hey All, My wife is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Papayago Rescue House which is a parrot rescue in Georgia. In recent years the number of people buying parrots has drastically increased, but many do not understand the major commitment many of these species are, given that they bond and...
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    Album Circle

    I'm not a huge fan of Rough Trade, but this does sound pretty interesting. New record club, max 500 memberships to start. $39 a month. Records are signed by the artists. https://albumcircle.com/
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