The Beer and Vinyl Thread

[PurityControl88]

Misc 7”s I recently picked up that I listened to way too loud:

 

[ripps1]

So when asking at the record store a while back about albums that are good for late night listening (my current favorites are Tonight’s the Night and Nebraska*) OAR was recommend to me. So here we are. The album is a ride so far and it’s going to take a few listens to properly digest.

So I ask you TB, what do you listen to after a mentally exhausting day at work, driving down an eerily quite highway winding through the city lights on your way home?

*also Diamonds in the Rough

I usually listen to Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young or Pink Floyd after a mentally exhausting day. It also depends on my mood, I can throw in some Bad Brains to get the juices flowing as well

 

[FlatStrauss]

So when asking at the record store a while back about albums that are good for late night listening (my current favorites are Tonight’s the Night and Nebraska*) OAR was recommend to me. So here we are. The album is a ride so far and it’s going to take a few listens to properly digest.

So I ask you TB, what do you listen to after a mentally exhausting day at work, driving down an eerily quite highway winding through the city lights on your way home?

*also Diamonds in the Rough

Modern day Chamber music (circa 1997)

 

[PurityControl88]

I usually listen to Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young or Pink Floyd after a mentally exhausting day. It also depends on my mood, I can throw in some Bad Brains to get the juices flowing as well

Which Townes and Pink Floyd albums? I like where you’re going with this.

 

[PurityControl88]

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Modern day Chamber music (circa 1997)

Completely new to me. Amoeba has a used copy for a few dollars w free shipping so I’m definitely scooping this up. Cheers!

 

[Pierre Pressure]

So I ask you TB, what do you listen to after a mentally exhausting day at work, driving down an eerily quite highway winding through the city lights on your way home?

I don't really have specific albums or bands but there are a handful of songs that I gravitate towards in these situations, currently including but not limited to: Mazzy Star - Fade Into You, Beirut - Elephant Gun, PJ Harvey - When Under Ether, Fugazi - I'm So Tired. Arcade Fire's Tunnels used to be great when it was snowy and I was riding the commuter rail home, but it's been years since I've had to do that.

Sometimes after mentally exhausting days like those I can't sleep if I can't give my mind something to focus on other than the overwhelming calm emptiness of silence and darkness, so I made a 39 hour Spotify playlist of Vitamin String Quartet covers that I'll play on random. I'll lay there trying to see how fast/accurately I can name the band/song being covered and that usually works.

 

[ripps1]

Which Townes and Pink Floyd albums? I like where you’re going with this.

Townes- Live at the old quarter

Floyd- either Dark side or Wish you were here

 

[kbuzz1]

Wish I had the patience to be a part of full time 7” culture. Such good **** out there...

Example 1a

Wooden Shjips covering Neil Young - Vanpire Blues

 

[kbuzz1]

Hellcoder, now. Like, right....now.

 

[Resuin]

Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door and a 2017 BCBCS. Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[FlatStrauss]

Happy Black Frideeee n’at!

 

[kbuzz1]

Did anyone go Black Friday/Small Business Saturday shopping for records?

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

Apparently it’s kind of like record store day but not quite as over the top. Had no idea. Will have to wait until next week to see what’s left cause I’ve got a house full of family right now - used up my lone weekend escape card to go out and get some BCBS.

 

[Pierre Pressure]

Did anyone go Black Friday/Small Business Saturday shopping for records?

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

Apparently it’s kind of like record store day but not quite as over the top. Had no idea. Will have to wait until next week to see what’s left cause I’ve got a house full of family right now - used up my lone weekend escape card to go out and get some BCBS.

It would take something pretty special to make me want to head out that early and deal with the hassle. Tempted to go tomorrow and pick through the leftovers but I probably won't actually make it out until sometime next week. They get enough of my money without me having to go out of my way to give it to them.

That said, anything in particular you've got your eye on?

 

[FlatStrauss]

 

[Pierre Pressure]

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That couch was such an underappreciated fifth member. Also, haven't yet pulled the trigger on either of those albums, but its a matter of when, not if.

 

[kbuzz1]

It would take something pretty special to make me want to head out that early and deal with the hassle. Tempted to go tomorrow and pick through the leftovers but I probably won't actually make it out until sometime next week. They get enough of my money without me having to go out of my way to give it to them.

That said, anything in particular you've got your eye on?

Yeah I hear you...I’m just such a junkie man ...it’s my one area of frivolous spending. I dont even spend as much on beer as I do records.

I’m somewhat interested in whatever that lookout records thing is that’s on...Hopeless Records? Other than that, there are some interesting hip hop records - hiero, Pete rock ...and I ******* love all the small label guitar pop records from Matthew Sweet. And this thing on Honeycomb Hideout has awesome lo-fi pop masterpiece written all over it. And probably that ******* devo repress cause I don’t have it and I love it. And thusly, I have to ******* buy it

 

[Pierre Pressure]

Yeah I hear you...I’m just such a junkie man ...it’s my one area of frivolous spending. I dont even spend as much on beer as I do records.

I'd save so much on beer if it weren't for this thread. Though I guess to be fair a not insignificant amount of my posts here are things from my "cellar", so I guess that isn't costing me much at this point.

Records are a whole other story though...we've got something like fourteen 2018 albums with one more on the way and one 2019 release already preordered. And as for the black Friday records....yeah, that Devo is top on my list. Some decent 7"s too, Highlighted by the Green River / U-Men holiday single. I'd finally have something to spin alongside our copy of Oi to the World if I get my hands on that.

 

[ripps1]

Cheers

 

[kbuzz1]

First few mins of this are heavy psych as ****. Never noticed before. Damn.

 

[kbuzz1]

Running down more covers of contemporaries - June And Johnny cash covering Dylan.

 

[kbuzz1]

OneDropSoup

 

[kbuzz1]

MrVonzipper - just the one jam...solitaire...

 

[kbuzz1]

...and then the best strung out album. ******* angry and fast and perfect.

 

[MrVonzipper]

...and then the best strung out album. ******* angry and fast and perfect.

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I still remember the first time I heard that album. I was in the audio installation garage of Best Buy having my stereo installed on my first car in 1995.

 

[libbey]

$5’s? You betcha.

 

[libbey]

 

[ripps1]

Coffee and the Stones

 

[ripps1]

Still on coffee

 

[Max]

So I ask you TB, what do you listen to after a mentally exhausting day at work, driving down an eerily quite highway winding through the city lights on your way home?

not sure I have a 100% go-to, but I prefer some low key stuff (obv). lately it's been Snail Mail or some old Starflyer 59 or a local called Harmony Woods. or sometimes I listen to my stand up comedy playlist on Spotify.

 

[Max]

So I ask you TB, what do you listen to after a mentally exhausting day at work, driving down an eerily quite highway winding through the city lights on your way home?

oh, also.. there's some select Christmas stuff that I'll pick up on about this time of year. a California outfit called Future of Forestry has a set of 3 eps of Christmas music that is kick ass.