tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84281389329847896892024-03-14T03:10:01.716-05:00Official Periodic - The Periodic Table of Hip Hop Elements BlogThe Hip Hop culture can be broken down into various elements... These elements, like Voltron, somehow when combined properly form up a complex yet eloquent entity called the Periodic Table of Hip Hop Elements. This is that blog. All topics will be limited to anything and everything that is relevant to the Hip Hop culture.rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-3557014076313577492015-10-13T14:13:00.000-05:002015-10-13T15:05:34.430-05:00Crate Digging at Cheapo Discs, Minneapolis, MN<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After a long night of excess, resulting in the need for triple of my daily allotment of coffee in the morning, my only desire was to hit up the local record stores in Minneapolis. After all, it's not often I get to go <b>crate digging</b> in the Twin Cities. Besides, finding records is therapeutic, it's my detoxifier of choice, because for whatever reason hang overs are slowly quelled as you flip through records.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On this trip I figured it was best to hit up <a href="http://www.cheapodiscs.com/" target="_blank">Cheapo Records</a>, I'd dug there before, and looking at the few remaining balled up bills in my same-as-last-night jeans, it seemed like a place called "Cheapo" was the sensible choice to dig for wax.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I plugged Cheapo in to Google Maps, and after a short trip it sent me to their old store. Cheapo, if you are reading this, please tell Google wassup on maps!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The detour was no big deal though, they put their new address in the window of their old address, so I could see they were now located at 2600 Nicolette St, just a short distance from their old store, now fairly close to one of their competitors, Electric Fetus which <a href="http://officialperiodic.blogspot.com/2012/07/crate-digging-at-electric-fetus.html" target="_blank">I reviewed</a> a few years earlier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Walking thru the door I could see they had just moved in recently, but it was nice and clean and basically mostly setup as it was clear the main sections were now well organized. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I started with the rock section as it had the biggest footprint in the store. Plus, it seems like the more I learn about rock, the more I realize I'll always have some voids in my own rock section that need filling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I should have bought that Circle Jerks album, it was a fair price for an original pressing of this classic punk album, but I had to be extra picky with my money today, so I reluctantly passed this by looking for my must-haves at true cheap-o prices. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I figured maybe buying a few good 7" records would be easy on the wallet, so I asked one of the store clerks where the 7" section was.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"We don't have a 7" section set up yet, sorry we're still moving stuff around. If you dig thru the various 12" records you'll find a few in each section but we don't have a 7" section right now."</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was disappointed, but I get it, moving all those records must have been a back breaking feat. Now putting the pieces back together again while still staying in business is a task that will take weeks. Hopefully the next time I pop in they will have 7 inch records section all set up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I asked them if they had a regional music set up and the store clerk said <i>"Yep, sure do."</i> and without hesitation he was kind enough to stop what he was working on to lead me to their nice big section of Twin Cities based regional records. <i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"When in Rome, right?" </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"Definitely!"</i> he replied with a smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nice! The Hypstrz, this one I had to buy. I found out about these guys from a regional rock compilation on Twin Tone called <i>"Big Hits of Mid America Volume 3".</i> This is exactly why I buy regional rock comps, so I can learn about what bands speak to me the most from whatever city or location I happen to be in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Little did I know when I bought that compilation years ago that not only would it become one of my all-time favorite personal compilations that I never seem to get sick of listening to, but now it's paid off again by giving me enough of a taste of <i>the Hypstrz</i> to know I needed to buy that live album, "Hypstrization!" today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Price wise, it wasn't exactly cheapo, but it was mint, and when in Rome, don't pay for shipping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I ran into multiple copies of <i>Yo La Tengo - I can Hear the Heart Beating As One LP</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I went ahead and picked this up as well. It's the reasonably priced reissue on Matador from 2015. After a quick Discogs search, I could see no one bitched about the quality of this repress yet, and everyone else had it priced a bit higher. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is one of those albums that when you tell people you liked their newer stuff, they tell you... <i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"Well you gotta have this one!" "You can't TRULY appreciate Yo La Tengo unless you have yada yada..."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well I got it now, and I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for the original, so I don't have to hear that again. It's a good album BTW, maybe not my favorite of theirs but I'm glad I took the advice nonetheless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Past the rock section's Ys and Zs and onto the end cap where I spotted...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've always wanted one of these test records for putting my home studio's amp and speakers through the fine tooth comb, but today wasn't the day to try to justify buying a record I'd use only once and maybe sample several times for the "oddity" factor it had. Besides I saw on Discogs 1 seller in the US had it for $5, and Cheapo had it for $20, so if I really needed it I would just pay for shipping, still pay a lot less, and wait a bit longer for something that basically wasn't essential.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Saving the best for last, it was time to hit up their Hip Hop Section...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I pawed at this essential Egyptian Empire release a few times before putting it back reluctantly. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">File under: Yet another Hip Hop classic LP that I still don't have on vinyl. </span>It was in great shape, the price was not horrible, but not low enough to make me jump on it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In a nutshell, that's my overall take on Cheapos... Their prices really aren't <i>that</i> cheap, but compared to Discogs pricing along with whatever shipping you would have to pay to get it to your door, they are fair and their selection is solid. So don't expect to walk in the door and dump 100 bucks on a thousand dollars worth of records. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These guys know what they are doing, they know what sells for what, and they often price right in that comfort zone where they aren't making a killing on each sale, but they are moving enough records to keep the doors open for many more years to come. Yes, if you spend a few hours in the store meticulously digging through their shelves, you will find some legitimately cheap and good records, but for the most part, I think it's safe to say their prices are basically "up to par." I don't think you should really shop at Cheapos to get cheap records, you should shop there for the huge selection so you can buy <i>good</i> records at a fair price. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Eventually it was time to hit the long road home. As I stood at the counter to pay for my tiny haul, the last remaining sales staff in the store was on the phone. She didn't look like she wanted to be on the phone, on the contrary she appeared to be in pain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apparently someone in the store earlier didn't like the look she gave her, or how she stated one of her sentences, so she was getting an absolute earful from this irate customer. The UPS guy showed up with a delivery and waited along with me for his signature for delivery as she carefully listened to the grievances being shouted at her on the phone. She had to hold the ear piece away from her ear a few times and I could hear from my vantage point that the woman on the phone was not done giving her as much hell as she could possibly dish out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I sympathized with her as I watched her take it in stride, doing her best to fix the situation, so I waited while the UPS guy couldn't wait a minute longer. Mind you, I was in metered parking so I was getting anxious waiting myself, but I patiently waited until the customer hung up on her a third time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>"Don't worry about it, I understand completely!"</i> I told her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was grateful for the freebie, and genuinely impressed with how that situation was handled. Honestly, I have to give them props for being good people and running a good operation. That situation she dealt with is a part of business sometimes, and I get that you can't please all the people all the time. Yet long ago, and again today, they won me over, so I'll definitely be back to dig again in their shelves in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pertinent confession: I am a music forum whore. I spend a little too much otherwise valuable work time at various record related, crate digging, and Hip Hop focused forums residing all over the globe. For many years I've made my daily rounds between the forums, blogs, and news feeds relentlessly satiating my music information void. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sometime along the way it became obvious that every music forum has it's own distinct qualities, quirks and 'personalities' as unique as the individual members who dwell there. In a way, these online communities I routinely visit each represent a contradistinctive slice of the overall worldwide music scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Usually I am on the prowl for these fresh sources of music information, actively seeking them out, but once in a while the forum finds me. That was the case with <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl" target="_blank">Reddit Vinyl</a> when a user linked to my <a href="http://officialperiodic.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-simple-record-shelves-plans.html" target="_blank">DIY Record Storage Shelves</a>. It blew up my visitor stats for that week, and like a red cape in front of a bull it grabbed my attention. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As always, curiosity killed this cat because I couldn't ignore those numbers. Upon discovering the information was deemed helpful to a handful of fellow record aficionados, I joined the seemingly massive community hoping to build with and grow from other like-minded vinyl addicts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subsequently <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/11yaxz/record_collection_storage_solutions_simple_diy/" target="_blank">this</a> was my first Reddit post ever. With that first post I contributed one way I knew how to contribute, hoping to get a little in return. Ultimately, that's what these forums are all about. You get in what you put in. Well, if only I knew then what I know now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before we get into the bad and the ugly, I'll start with the good. After all, there's got to be some reason to visit the forum, much less blog about it. Well, for starters, besides the sheer massive number of members, and consequently threads and comments, a huge quantity of record related news and updates rolls through there starting on page one. Don't like what's on page one right now? Just wait a few hours and it'll be filled up with new threads and record related links. Some of the news on page one can actually be relevant and fresh when it's not over-posted by those too lazy to use the search button to see if the news has already made it's rounds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So digging for quality content at r/vinyl is a lot like digging for good records. Imagine crate digging in a football field sized record store for just a few good records. Obviously you'd have to flip past a million crap records to get to the ones you care about. Likewise with r/vinyl, before you find the newsworthy and\or valuable information, you gotta flip past a million and one pointless newb posts, like comic strip posts of <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9G5o1-NVeKIHNONOhzixc6OlvLfPCnVGL3N1UfXQJziY9RBwTNInx41Xxsfblrzumiwp6QTKZ8NtolGu315UwqLtaWY8Jflk492-Cq1xt3vPVJGY6me1YieRn6eo-_Terknob7QLTNgA/s1600/charlie-brown-record-collection.jpg" target="_blank">Charlie Brown being proud of his collection</a>, kids closely relating to <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/1mo02h/" target="_blank">Joseph Roundtree's confusion with vinyl</a>, the collective teenagers' giddiness with <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/1fmiej/i_made_a_record_player_xpost_from_rlego/" target="_blank">lego turntables</a>, a myriad of <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/search?q=comic&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all#page=1" target="_blank">"My Goodwill hauls!"</a> clone threads, "<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/search?q=ikea&restrict_sr=on#page=1" target="_blank">I built my first IKEA! Fellow clones look and drool!</a>" and "<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/1nj4hx/best_turntables_under_200/" target="_blank">Help me find a turntable for under 200 bucks!</a>" Now imagine infinite variants of these threads from wannabe record collectors who correctly assume that r/vinyl is the place to find experts of cheap crappy used decks. As long as you don't mind digging past this unstoppable flood of madness there's some real data there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throughout this minute by minute torrent of repetitive fluff, the mods frankly do their best to deal with the impotence. They constantly point to their "sidebar rules" that exist to deter the flow of <i>"hold my hand and walk me thru buying crap turntables that don't suck"</i> threads. Another of these ignored and unarguably ineffective rules supposedly bans photos of collections containing no descriptions or effort whatsoever. Yet every day a pic of nothing more than dollar bin records lying on the carpet next to the owner's photo-bombing, nasty-ass <a href="http://imgur.com/a/nWhKu" target="_blank">bare feet</a> at the bottom of the frame are posted. The moderators do try, but the downpour of newb dumbassery is just way too much to quell as they are so vastly outnumbered. Regardless, for their underpaid selfless effort to maintain some sense of relevance there and their attempts to purge the flow of one-percenters' half-assed posts, they do deserve credit. Likewise for the relevant threads that eventually linger on page one, r/vinyl deserves credit for being that source of information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not to mention, although stifled and disenfranchised by the overwhelming masses of vinyl tourists asking uncreative questions, there is still a fair amount of members who truly know their shit. This small minority of intelligent cats are genuinely good people, knowledgeable about turntables and certain records and genres. They bring insightful answers, good banter, and somehow maintain a little bit of grace and sanity in the face of staggering flamboyant ignorance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shortly after my first post it became painfully obvious that the forum had a massive number of members. Unfortunately their quantity wasn't the solution, it was the problem. Vinyl is trending right now and record sales have skyrocketed the past few years and somehow almost all of these new-to-vinyl collectors decided to start at r/vinyl. By my estimation, approximately 90 percent of the members in r/vinyl are basically mystified newbs and\or vinyl tourists who are, according to their own words,<i> "curious about vinyl"</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's actually worse than that. Not only are the bulk of members simply clueless people, but they are the worst kind of people, actual teenagers who think at one year of hand-me down records from Grandma's attic and one Daft Punk record gives them the expertise to advice the legions of incoming eager to learn impressionable trainees who are just coming out of lurking. Like Lord of the Flies online, these self appointed child experts add confusion to the chaos by mass downvoting otherwise good advice if it even remotely contradicts their narrow minded blurted-out comments and assumptions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, if this Reddit supplied polling data isn't enough to convince you of the hoards of dysfunctional teenyboppers there, then this following link should be all the additional proof you need...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thread Titled: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/20b5ao/people_whove_spent_triple_digits_on_a_single/" target="_blank">People who've spent triple digits on a single record, what was it and why?</a> </b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The most upvoted response was this...</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<b>Taylor Swift - RED</b>. Limited ACM Awards edition. Bought it for $250 excl.
shipping. Bought it because I just love that album. Not that I'm going
to play it though." - maxim380</span></i></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As of today, <b>90 people upvoted</b> this human being's response making it the most popular answer by a landslide. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Furthermore, the member added...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<b>I don't play it</b> because I don't want to risk scratching it or damaging
it in some other way. I know that the chance of that happening is really
small, but I just don't want to take the risk." </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- maxim380</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Adding insult to injury, this comment also was upvoted incessantly because the resident vinyl tourists find it perfectly normal to buy a record just to have it for bragging rights or </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">display purposes</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And hey, what better artist to brag about spending 250 dollars on than that tinsel town concocted teen idol who produces cheerleader anthems, Taylor Swift? It's inevitable that all of her future ex-fans will outgrew their training bras, and on that day they'll figure out how God-awful this pixie rockstar's so-called country music is. Except for dumb ass teenaged disciples with Taylor Swift pajamas, it is universally understood that she embodies everything that is tawdry and petty with the music industry. Apparently, as America's elvish red-carpet sweetheart, the moment that wretched voice comes out the speakers crooning about her whoring around in her own narcissistic world, we're supposed to be able to relate. Even the twiggy twit herself knows that only teenagers can subscribe to her corny, mellowdramatic lyrics. She's understands that it's because of these moldable juveniles that she's set for life. Well, for whatever reason this collective of Swift putty found it's permanent residence at Reddit Vinyl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This overpopulation of perplexed newbs and <b>downvote teens </b>are
the proverbial "bad and the ugly". They are the true elephant in the
room and they are directly responsible for r/vinyl ultimately being a
pathetic joke of a vinyl record collectors forum. Because of this
paralyzing flood of them rearing their trend-jumping heads every hour, Reddit vinyl will never
reach it's potential to become a serious online resource. Because of the
downvote teens, it will always be the land of vinyl newbs. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One unique to Reddit trait that could be a powerful feature when properly utilized is the up and down vote option on every post. Be that as it may, at Reddit Vinyl that just means every single word out of your mouth is a high school popularity contest. Effectively, every kid there will do whatever it takes to sit at the <i>r/vinyl cool kids' lunch table</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ironically, they call this "karma" but it has absolutely nothing to do with karma at all. They know in order to fast-track their way to this </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">proverbial </span></span>table they should rush to be the first to reply to the forum's posts with the most cynical responses, obvious solutions, blatant ass-kissing, and\or any popularly held beliefs regardless of their statement being correct or relevant. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not quick enough to get there first? Ok, how about a gif animation of a kitty cat spinning on a turntable as your response to a topic? Useless fluff guarantees karma points. The more pandering to this lowest common denominator, the more karma points you "earn". While these points are basically as valuable as pretend money, to the downvote teens, accumulating them is the same as offering up your Fruit Roll-Ups to the homecoming king. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While fluff and fruitless remarks get awarded with upvotes by the mindless masses, almost everything else is downvoted by the downvote teens. Comments which are accurate and helpful responses are often ignored and hover at neutral. At least they are upvoted by lingering well-informed members attempting to offset the multitude of snot-nosed brats who are pressing down arrow because they are "annoyed" with the confident "tone" of the factual contribution. Therefore comments like <i>"I'm pretty sure you're right, but you don't have to sound like such an asshole!"</i> get upvoted by the same dysfunctional teens downvoting the dead-on response. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Moreover, once a comment is downvoted to reach a negative number, or even zero, like clockwork, the mob mentality kicks in. These powerless teenagers often don't read the comment being downvoted, <i>(everything is TLDR)</i> nor do they care as to why it's being downvoted. It's simply an instantaneous knee-jerk response for them to click down arrow because they instinctually mimic their own kind. For these helpless drones "monkey see, monkey do" is their standard because individual thought is just too hard.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since teens have no real control over their lives, they overcompensate by retreating into the Reddit virtual world where the downvote serves as their wooden sword. Consumed by misplaced angst, sexual frustration, and petty beefs, they are completely oblivious to their own awkwardness, so they take comfort in religiously pushing the down arrow. These twerps easily fool themselves into thinking that will be their expression of power. Like an old man with a penis car, a downvote teen burns rubber at Reddit vinyl.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Believe it or not, they downvote pretty much everything, but downvote teens do upvote a few types of threads and comments. The following types of threads constantly stay on page one due to the DVTs upvoting them... </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/10iodb/might_not_be_a_rare_beatles_lp_but_i_had_no_idea/" target="_blank">Anything Beatles Related</a>, Especially the <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/search?q=butcher+cover&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all" target="_blank">Butcher Cover </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anything pertaining to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, or the Doors Records</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any kind of <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/p7d5o/dad_rock_jackpot_from_goodwill/" target="_blank">dad rock</a> picture posts </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any kind of records <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/255v3i/broke_out_my_dads_old_albums/" target="_blank">inherited from parents</a> or grandparents picture posts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any kind of "<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/20ry59/ive_seen_a_few_humble_college_setup_posts/" target="_blank">my humble setup threads</a>" as long as the word humble or "<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/24ganw/my_small_but_mighty_setup_apologiesphone_quality/" target="_blank">small</a>" is used </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/216icl/dorm_room_listening_corner/" target="_blank">Dorm Room Setup Pic Topics</a> <that 226="" br="" crap="" got="" of="" piece="" post="" upvotes=""></that></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any Thread from <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/21yytb/hey_vinyl_check_out_a_15_year_olds_setup_he_payed/" target="_blank">15</a> or <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/219ibg/im_16_and_have_been_collecting_for_about_5_months/" target="_blank">16</a> year old teens announcing their age in the title </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anything IKEA related because <a href="http://i.imgur.com/BcKEyym.jpg" target="_blank">they are proud they can erect it for their 4 records</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anything <a href="http://i.imgur.com/Fcvl22V.jpg" target="_blank">negative</a> about <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/search?q=crosley&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all" target="_blank">Crosley Record Players</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MF Doom and Nas Records but no other Hip Hop</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Goodwill Record Haul Posts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RSD Haul Posts and, ironically, RSD Sucks Posts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thrift Sale or Garage Sale Haul Pic Posts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Posts about Records purchased Best Buy or <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/hduc9/first_post_here_is_some_of_my_collection_rsd_and/" target="_blank">Hot Topic</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any cartoons that contain a record player in them</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tiny turntables built out of legos</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any picture that contains a cat</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any thread that starts with "HELP!!!"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any Daft Punk topic</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any rock band that is named after an animal</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Every rock band that is getting the daily reddit circle jerk</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comments from people who say "<a href="http://i.imgur.com/Pio8TDA.jpg" target="_blank">Get that turntable off your receiver!</a>" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Vintage" players even if they are broken and are as big as a chest freezer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Colored Vinyl Records</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who display their records on the wall even if they don't have a turntable</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Threads with "My Grail" or "My White Whale" in it despite it being a common record</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Responses that are gif links</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyone who yells at someone "Pretentious!" "Elitist!" "Prick" or "Asshole" especially in any combination of these words</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who bitch about record sellers </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Crosley Brand Record Players unless it has a Peanuts Cartoon on it. However most of them had a Crosley on day one of joining r/vinyl.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Flippers, aka all sellers who make a few extra bucks on post RSD resales. They want stores to stay in business they just don't want sellers to make money.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Record players that don't come with a dust cover (must kill dust!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Record players that don't come with a cue lever (too clutzy to hand cue a record)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DJs since they ruin records.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who scratch or even touch the grooves (Q-bert is satan to them) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any kind of negative opinion about any music will be mass downvoted (With opinion, only positive comments are tolerated especially when it comes to the Beatles and Taylor Swift)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who say "<a href="http://thepluralofvinyl.com/images/thepluralofvinyl.jpg" target="_blank">Vinyls</a>" (Which obviously it isn't a word, but they are extremely passionate about disliking that word)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who correct people who say "vinyls". (They want people to know without being told)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who don't follow the "side bar" rules</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who tell people to follow the "side bar" rules </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Picture discs (although displaying them is fine, enjoying the music on them is unacceptable.) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Threads with individual music taste which isn't their own</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Record Store owners that put price tags on records </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anything related to actual crate digging </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lastly, they hate me for saying <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/1wckn0/new_to_vinyl_feel_a_little_lost_in_a_used_record/cf0xoak" target="_blank">this</a>. So much so that they created <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/1wgnwc/the_reality_about_that_kind_of_rvinyl_subscribers/" target="_blank">this thread</a>. <not about="" airing="" by="" called="" dense="" dimmest="" downvote="" flipping="" frenzy.="" grievances="" i="" it="" just="" know="" my="" nbsp="" of="" one.="" one="" ones="" only="" out="" publicly="" purposefully="" span="" statement="" stereotyping="" surprisingly="" teens="" the="" their="" themselves="" they="" to="" too="" was="" were="" who=""><br /></not></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Stacking your records <a href="http://i.imgur.com/0Misi27.jpg" target="_blank">vertically</a> will immediately warp your records.</b> <i>(While it's true that doing so in huge stacks for many months may warp some records this belief is highly exaggerated.) </i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Getting water on your record label will ruin it. </b> <i>(During the manufacturing process the label is literally melted into the record, it can be submerged and it will still be fine.)</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> All Crosleys suck and having one will ruin every record it touches. </b> <i>(While most are low end or starter players they aren't going to destroy your records in any normal amount of play time. Record player manufacturers know you gotta have the BMWs and Yugos and everything in between.)</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Using the cue lever is essential or you'll break the needle and\or scratch your records.</b> <i>(Actually, for them this is true. Certainly if they are too afraid to learn how to hand cue records they'll never be coordinated enough to cue records quickly and efficiently like your average human being does with their hands.) </i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>The dust cover is the most important part on a turntable.</b> <i> (Some of these dolts actually play records under the plastic cover because they are afraid of the dust that will accumulate during one rotation will ruin the record. Doing this is not only impractical and stupid looking, but it actually generates more static electricity and can potentially make the record sound tinny with the big plastic shell reverberating in play.)</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> What "holy grail" records are.</b> <i>(They equate "expensive" and "I have to have it" to it being a holy grail, oblivious to the rarity factor and how much something is sought. Meanwhile in reality, "grails" are just like the real holy grail artifact, thus the reference. Every one wants to touch it and no one knows where one is that can be obtained. Often they add the word "My" to the title proving that they truly don't get it. <b>"I found my holy grail!" </b> Boobs who say shit like that need to stop grailing everything they want, because it's making that word completely meaningless.)</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> What to buy</b> <i>(Sometimes they literally ask the entire forum what record they should buy because they have no personal taste. All they know about what rock to buy they learned from what r/vinyl circle jerked numerous times. Or they heard about it from their parents first. They might hate their parents but for some reason they love their parents' hand me down crap records. Any kind of unknown record is worthless to them unless it was featured on numerous cloned Reddit threads featuring that currently trending band.)</i></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Downvote Teen's <a href="http://imgur.com/a/vhgjM" target="_blank">DIY Record Wall Display</a> (Oh, here's a surprise, it's Daft Punk)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ever been fired from the worst job you ever had in your life? That basically sums up the emotion I had when I was banned without warning not long ago. My <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/213ert/missing_the_minutemen_10/cg9da75" target="_blank">last post</a> was a comment on a punk band I had respect for and shortly after posting that I got a anonymous message with no explanation saying I could no longer post at r/vinyl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why this happened, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it had something to do with me voicing my opinions on Taylor Swift two comments prior to that and clearly that really pissed off a lot of people. That wasn't the first time I dissed that woman, nor was it the first time I openly expressed my fatigue from all the rehashed monotony and predictable 1% effort newb clones . I'm guessing airing those grievances was deemed "trolling" by one or more of the mods and dropping the ban hammer was determined to be the most efficient way to protect the glass houses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I understood that very day that it was in fact better for everyone, especially myself that the band-aid was effectively ripped off. The entire time I was actively posting there, digging through their proverbial information crates, I was constantly flipping past way too many beat up <i>Elvis and Beatles</i> records in there to get to the relevant content. I spent way too much time trying to rinse the hair off the bar of soap knowing full well that I was in a yeti's shower. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Keep in mind, I've never been banned from anything in my life, and in this one case, being told <i>I don't belong there</i> was nothing more than a subtle compliment. I should add that it is a known fact that ANY serious record collector who has been buying records for at least 2 years will find the frustration of the daily flood of downvote teen dumbassery trumps everything. Bottom line, as a forum member, unless you are </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <i>"curious about possibly starting to collect vinyl,"</i> <i>or "new to vinyl"</i> </span>or <i>"16 and look what you bought with your allowance!"</i> you won't get out what you put in at Reddit vinyl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's right kids, if your Ipod Touch isn't cutting it any more, even after the Beats by Dre earbuds birthday present upgrade, and you've resorted to dusting off the hand-me-down dad-rock records in the basement, r/vinyl will gladly welcome you to your new home where you'll be accompanied by thousands of like-minded, equally clueless but passionate newb clones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the opposite hand, If you really wanna learn something about digging records, Reddit does have a <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/cratedigging" target="_blank">cratedigging subreddit</a>, but it's clearly much smaller. I haven't been there so I can't comment on it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Obviously, outside of the mega-forums of Reddit there are many valuable online communities to enrich your record collecting knowledge and experiences, many with contributing members who want to make connections as much as you do. Cratedigging forums like the <a href="http://cratedigging.co/" target="_blank">Cratedigging Cooperative</a>, <a href="http://forum.diggerswithgratitude.com/forum.php" target="_blank">DWG forums</a>, <a href="http://www.recordcollectorsguild.org/" target="_blank">The Record Collectors Guild</a>, and the <a href="http://boards.vinylcollective.com/" target="_blank">Vinyl Collective Forum</a>, to name just a few, all have active members of varying age groups and experience levels who are looking for the same mutually beneficial cultivation of music understanding that you desire. Best of all, you'll find it all without any of the predictable prepubescent absurdity of the downvote teens. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">R</span></b></i><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">elated to Elements: DJ, MC, B-Boying, Graffiti, Wild Style, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Crate Digging </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of all the Old School Hip Hop movies, Wild Style is the absolute best. Billboard Magazine is even more flattering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's not too bold of a claim since it is essentially a fly on the wall view of the birth of the forthcoming worldwide cultural Hip Hop explosion. The tale is told from an insider's perspective where you see the original 4 elements of Hip Hop all on equal footing. Even at the grand finale scene of the movie, the raw energy and talent doesn't reach beyond the South Bronx's <span class="st">Amphitheater</span>. Nevertheless, this is where it all began, and the confidence and freshness factor of this movie's real life players can't be fucked with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, 30 years down the line, you can pop in <a href="http://wildstylethemovie.com/products/wildstyle-the-movie-30th-anniversary-dvd" target="_blank">the DVD</a> and it's still as fresh now as it was back then. No other movie unidealistically touches the reality of early days of Hip Hop more than Wild Style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the very first records I ever bought was the Wild Style Soundtrack. When the mailman dropped it off on my stoop I was stoked and soon after unboxing it the stoked feeling turned to "Oh, wait, this is kinda flimsy." Turns out I bought a "bootleg\unofficial" copy. For all intensive purposes "Bootleg" and "Unofficial" are the same thing, but Discogs says it like that so I guess I better follow their lead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Still, I had the soundtrack and I was elated. I reluctantly realized it didn't sound the best but, frankly, back then I was happy to have any classic Hip Hop record even if it was just a crappy boot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At some point I realized I wasn't happy enough. It sounded like crap and I knew an original copy had to be out there. But back in those days that original OST went for 50-100 bucks on Ebay (which is incidentally why it had been bootlegged) and that was well out of my financial grasp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Luckily, the good people at <a href="http://www.mrbongo.com/" target="_blank">Mr Bongo</a> out of the UK had guys like me covered because they procured the rights to a legitimate and nicely pressed 2LP reissue with Bonus Tracks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Obviously I was all over that along with other various Wild Style records along the way...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>TLDR</b>. Fast forward to today, I finally got the original copy and hell yeah, it was worth the wait. It sounds just as sweet as I hoped it would. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The covers may look the same but the original can be identified by extra printing on the back cover and on the record label.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look for the "Manufactured by Jem Records" writing on the back cover and on the record label.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The bootleg is the absolute worst sounding pressing so it should be avoided at all costs. The Mr Bongo 2LP pressing is fantastic and so is the OG. I personally like the OG best because of the way the songs are originally mixed. It's almost like a DJ mix not unlike the style of mixing on the classic <i>Street Sound's Electro</i> compilations. Mr Bongo's (and\or Beyongolia) versions are great pressings too but listening to it them has more of a compilation flow and "feel" to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Wild Style Theme Rap 12" (Animal) 1983</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The version on this twelve inch single is VERY different from the rap of the same name on the OST. This seems more electo-beat laced. It has thicker production and it's a different beast of a classic altogether. I was a bit surprised to see how dope this was when I played it expecting the album version. Grandmaster Caz will always be the man, but back in 83 he was making undeniable moves on hot singles like this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album" Origins</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">DJ Black Steel Presents: The Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album LP (Music of Life) 1990</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During my early Wild Style collecting years I came across the "Original Wild Style Breakbeats"</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the <b>"Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album"</b> record cover</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OWSBBA back cover "Straight Outta the South Bronx"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OWSBBA record label</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What's the deal with this album? Who the hell is DJ Black Steel? I felt compelled to find out the origins. Apparently there is this rare record out there called the <b>Wild Style Test Pressing</b> and he was one of the insanely lucky dudes who had a copy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yeah, right! What kind of holy grail tall tale is this? Turns out it's very true, let's get it straight from the horse's mouth... Check out what <b>Freddy Fresh</b> said on the matter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Taken from my book... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ANIMAL RECORDS (Wild Style Soundtrack) This record was originally available through special screenings of the B Boy culture documentary of the film by the same name. At the end of screenings they would sell the album soundtrack of this film. I purchased my copy in 1983 at a screening of the film at the Bell Theater University of Minnesota. <b>There were a handful of test pressings made of the instrumental versions of the songs as well, these were made for the DJ’s in the actual film to play and scratch with etc.. A few copies leaked out but almost NO ONE has an original test pressing of this record.</b> (see test pressings, bootlegs etc..) see scan near end of book</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6005 Wildstyle Soundtrack (Grand Wizard Theodore – Military Cut, Busy Bee Vs. Rodney C – MC Battle, Cold Crush Brothers vs. Fantastic Freaks – Basketball Throwdown, Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie, Grand Wizard Theodore – Subway Theme, Cold Crush Brothers at the Dixie, Double Trouble – Stoop Rap, Double Trouble at the Amphitheater, Busy Bee at the Amphitheater, DJ Grand Wizard Theodore – Gangbusters, Rammellzee & Shockwell at the Amphitheater) **** 1983</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This album has been reissued through Beyongolia Records London England and includes 6 exclusive tracks not on the original Wildstyle album they are (Busy Bee’s –Limo Rap, Grandmaster Caz – South Bronx Subway Rap, Busy Bee – Street Rap, Fantastic Freaks at the Amphitheater, Fab 5 Freddy – Down By Law) 1998"</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Wild style inst. originally released as TEST PRESSING 20 copies or so is INVALUABLE. The Black Steel EP (Music OF LIFE) is the same thing basically and much more available.. also the BONGO cats in London re-released this and is fantastic pressing."<i> - Freddy Fresh</i> (source: <a href="http://oldschoolhiphop.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3230">Oldschoolhiphop.forumco.com</a>)</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This info about this uber-rare Wild Style Test Pressing was in fact taken from his own book, <b>Freddy Fresh's Rap Records Volume 2</b>... </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Info from <b>Rap Records Volume 2</b> on pages 31 and 637</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chalie Ahearn signed <b>Wild Style Test Pressing</b> pic courtesy of Rob at TSL</td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BTW, this book is an incredible crate diggers' reference. Here is a link to <a href="http://freddyfresh.com/shop/">Freddy Fresh's Shop page</a> with active links to buy it.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">However, recently it has been brought to light that as many as 100 of these test pressings exist...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quote from <a href="http://forum.diggerswithgratitude.com/showthread.php?15366-Wild-Style-Completionisms&p=308246&viewfull=1#post308246" target="_blank">Sureshot La Rock</a> Confirms 100 Test Pressings were made</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Regardless, who am I kidding if I think I'll land one of those hundred known blank white label test pressings? Let's be realistic here. These Original Breakbeats Album and Mr Bongo's Instrumental Beats album will have to suffice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Mr Bongo's and Beyongolia Wild Style Incarnations</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wild Style Original Soundtrack 2LP Version (Beyongolia) 1998</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Wild Style OST 2LP pressing not only sounds good, but as already mentioned. it's also got a few bonus tracks and a gatefold cover.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Front cover of <b>Wild Style Instrumental Beats</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As mentioned above these <b>Wild Style Instrumental Beats</b> are exactly that. A Wild Style Test Press for the rest of us kinda deal. Very similar to the "Wild Style Original Breakbeats" but different track lengths and a few different tracks altogether. Having both this <i>Instrumental Beats</i> and the <i>Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album</i> isn't essential unless you are a completionist. Frankly, I should have two of both since they are screaming to be juggled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jumping on "the Lessons" bandwagon, Mr Bongo released the <b>Wild Style Lesson EP</b> on the 25th anniversary of the movie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This Wild Style Lesson EP is a collection of a mega-mix, some alternate mixes, remixes and even a collection of "scratch tools" made from select movie dialogs and related Wild Style sound effects. This isn't as corny as I thought it would be, it's actually well-wicked and completely different from the OST. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After synchronizing this Mr Bongo version with the original single on Animal Records it proved that this is essentially the same thing as the original 12" release. However, to my ears at least, the original sounds much better at 45 RPM. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There have been other CD versions of this, but really this is the only one that you need in for road trips. Manufactured at the high quality levels you'd expect from Rhino Entertainment, this disc is official and it sounds nice and loud. The tracks are unmixed unlike the original LP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The movie was painstakingly remastered in a labor of love with this nice reissue by <b>Submarine Deluxe</b>. This comes with 2 Discs including the original movie and extra features including interviews of the cast and crew. A thorough book of some never before seen photos is a nice addition as well. Wanna know where they are now? Put in the second disc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wanna see more iconic photos? Flip through the book or watch the visual slide show on the first disc. I've seen the film many times on good old VHS and I don't even have to tell you that this obviously blows that out of the water. Even if you already have the DVD, hardcore fans of the movie should buy this for the added footage and valuable information within. I learned a lot from this DVD and book including a lot of interesting back stories. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Ok, you got me. I don't have every single incarnation of the movie and it's soundtracks, EPs or singles. For example I clearly don't have the white label test pressing. I have learned to live with that and I suppose I can still die a happy man never even glimpsing it, knowing I at least have the music on vinyl. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rare <b>Wild Style Theme Rap Japanese 7"</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, I don't have the above shown seemingly impossible to find Japanese 7" versions of Wild Style Theme Rap, nor do I have the promo version of this 7" in a plain white sleeve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BUT, I do have the 12" version which I am assuming is a longer edit of the same song. Will I pay an arm and a leg to get this even though I already have the 12"? Don't tempt me. I probably would. Incidentally if you have any leads on these please contact me here by posting on this blog and I'll move heaven and earth if needed to get it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not to mention there are other foreign pressings of the Wild Style Soundtrack. While I consider myself a completionist, I don't feel the desire to get the same music with a simple "Made in France" sticker on it, that's just silly. True, I got the collector sickness, but there is still a smidgen of common sense ruling my accumulation quirks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So other than the test pressing (which won't happen) and the 7" (also, won't happen) I am finally done buying Wild Style records. It only took me 18 years to feel some sense of finality, but alas, it's finally over. Unless of course some new-jack label comes along and unearths a hidden chapter of Wild Style that doesn't exist. In that case I'll probably have to bite on that too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">DJ Black Steel & The 45 King – 22 Wildstyle Beats 2CD (Music Station) 1995</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As per <a href="http://www.discogs.com/D-J-Black-Steel-45-King-22-Wildstyle-Beats/release/3884902" target="_blank">Discogs</a>, this 2CD has the original DJ Black Steel Wildstyle Breakbeats untouched on disc one and disc two has the breaks mixed, looped, juggled, and extended by the incomparable 45 King. No doubt an unforgetable mixtape that I'm sleeping on but according to Discogs this has not been sold there so I'm guessing I'll never see this in person either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since dropping this blog post on <a href="http://forum.diggerswithgratitude.com/showthread.php?15366-Wild-Style-Completionisms" target="_blank">DWG Forums</a> a few more omissions were brought to my attention. Some are promo versions of a few I already have, some have yet to be added to Discogs, and others are just amazing eye candy I cannot justify omitting from this blog post update. It goes without saying that I'm envious of the owners of these newly discovered holes in my soul.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">DJ Black Steel Presents: The Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album LP (Music of Life) (Later Reissue)</span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Factory Sticker and Label (Pictures courtesy of Benjamin Hatton)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This later (mid 2000's) reissue on Music of Life is not listed on Discogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">DJ Black Steel Presents: The Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album LP (Bootleg) (Music Station)</span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Music Station/Dancefloor Dist./Disc-stinct Bootleg (Photo courtesy of Manphat)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apparently this bootleg has "<a href="http://forum.diggerswithgratitude.com/showthread.php?15366-Wild-Style-Completionisms&p=308423&viewfull=1#post308423" target="_blank">extended versions</a>" of the <i>original</i> original breakbeats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grandmaster Caz & Chris Stein – Wild Style Theme Rap 1 / Wild Style Subway Rap 12" (Beyongolia) 1998 (Signed Test Pressing)</span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Courtesy of Cro</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Signed by Grandmaster Caz! (Photo Courtesy of Cro)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another Discogs omission... As if having the test pressing of this isn't cool enough, Cro's copy is signed by the man himself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wild Style Movie (VHS) (Irish)</span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of Jesper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Photo Courtesy of Jesper</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then there's the good old VHS release of the movie. Mine was a generic copy of a copy but luckily Jesper was kind enough to provide a few foreign copies of the movie. It's something that you take for granted that there are countless variants of the video tape from countries all over the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the cassettes too, there are numerous versions out there of the cassette that I haven't accounted for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yet more Relics... Posters, Flyers, and original Tickets!</span></span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flyer courtesy of Soul Safari</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Original Poster! (photo courtesy of Sureshot La Rock)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tickets to the filming. Be there to make history! Courtesy of Atilladahun</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's not enough that they gotta taunt me with autographed test pressings of singles I never knew existed but then they gotta pour lemon juice all over my wounds with original admission tickets to the filming of the movie, movie posters from back in the day and even an original flyer! These are so cool and historical I certainly can't blame them for pointing these out to a mezo-completionist such as myself. These are the kind of special pieces that true fans will never get rid of at any price. So I'll have to live knowing that these are out there and maybe if I am lucky I'll get to touch them some day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As per DWG member <i><b>Beattrooper </b></i>via private message...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There's 4 more Wildstyle bits out there.<br />
<br />Wildstyle Theme 12" Japan issue from 83' on Toshiba promo only (Thick Sleeve)
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Wildstyle Theme 12" UK Test press 83'<br />
Wildstyle Soundtrack vinyl LP with Obi strip and lyric sheet (1995?)<br />
Wildstyle Soundtrack Cassette with obi boxed like a VHS comes with a small booklet of photos again from 83' (this is rarer then the 45!) </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I guess I haven't even scratched the surface of this iceberg. As more of these pieces come to light it's becoming more and more apparent that I'll never get a chance to become a true Wild Style completionist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's a late but worthy addition... Check out the Wild Style comic book! Some seriously enlightening reading for Wild Style fanatics. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.edpiskor.com/" target="_blank">Ed Piskor's</a> story behind the Wild Style story.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can own these limited addition books while supplies last. Piskor is a hot Hip Hop specialty artist right now and the artwork in these pages is spectacular so who knows how long they'll last. They are currently available at <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/ed-piskor.html?vmcchk=1" target="_blank">Fantagraphics Books</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Special Thanks to all the bonus information and pics from DWG members Chris, Sureshot La Rock, Cro, Atilladahun, Manphat, Benjamin Hatton, Jesper, Soul Safari, and Beattrooper and other members there. Thanks for keeping me on my toes!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-rchecka</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Reference: Quick Links To Discogs Wild Style Related Records and CDs</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Wild-Style/release/1093517">Various - Wild Style Original Soundtrack LP (Animal) 1983</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Grandmaster-Caz-Chris-Stein-Wild-Style-Theme-Rap-/release/586497">Grandmaster Caz and Chris Stein - Wild Style Theme Rap 12" (Animal) 1983</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Grand-Master-Caz-Chris-Stein-Wild-Style-Theme-Rap-1/release/2420760">Grandmaster Caz and Chris Stein - Wild Style Theme Rap 7" (Japanese) (Chysalis) 1983</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Wild-Style/release/1151619">Various - Wild Style Original Soundtrack LP (Animal) Unofficial/Bootleg</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Wild-Style/release/404111">Various - Wild Style Soundtrack 2LP (Beyongolia) 1998</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Black-Steal-The-Original-Wildstyle-Breakbeats-Album/release/200485">DJ Black Steel - The Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album LP (Music of Life) 1990</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Black-Steel-The-Original-Wild-Style/release/2870285" target="_blank">DJ Black Steel - The Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album LP Bootleg (Music Station) 1995</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Wild-Style-Instrumental-Beats/release/209915">Various - Wild Style Instrumental Beats (Beyongolia) 1998</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Grandmaster-Caz--Chris-Stein-Wild-Style-Theme-Rap-1-Wild-Style-Subway-Rap/release/327089">Grandmaster Caz and Chris Stein - Wild Style Theme Rap 1 / Wild Style Subway Rap 12" (Benongolia) 1998</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Wild-Style-Lesson-EP/release/1061143">Various - Wild Style Lesson EP (Mr Bongo) 2007</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Wild-Style/release/222512">Various - Wild Style CD (Rhino) 1997</a></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.discogs.com/D-J-Black-Steel-45-King-22-Wildstyle-Beats/release/3884902" target="_blank">DJ Black Steel & The 45 King - 22 Wildstyle Beats 2CD (Music Station) 1995 </a></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DJ Black Steel - The Original Wild Style Breakbeats Album LP</b> (Music of Life) (Factory Stickered Reissue) </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Grandmaster Caz and Chris Stein - Wild Style Theme Rap 12"</b> (Beyongolia) Test Press</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Grandmaster Caz and Chris Stein - Wildstyle Theme 12" </b>(Japan issue) 1983 on Toshiba promo only</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Grandmaster Caz and Chris Stein - Wildstyle Theme 12"</b></span> (UK Test press) 1983</span><br />
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<b>Various - Wildstyle Soundtrack vinyl LP</b> (with Obi strip and lyric sheet) 1995(?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Various - Wildstyle Soundtrack Cassette</b> (with obi boxed like a VHS comes with a small booklet of photos) 1983</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See Also:</span></span></span></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://wildstylethemovie.com/products/wildstyle-the-movie-30th-anniversary-dvd"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wild Style The Movie 30th Aniversary DVD (Submarine Deluxe) </span></span></span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://anything-goes31.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/hip-hop-history.html" target="_blank">DJ Skeme's The Nostoglia King - Wild Style Autographed Poster Blog Post </a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2013/09/charlie-ahearns-wild-style-era-new-york/#gallery" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Charlie Ahearn's Wild Style Era New York (Interview + Gallery)</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Amphitheatre-Jam-Poster.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An Original Amphitheatre Jam Poster (jpg) </span></span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://officialperiodic.blogspot.com/2011/12/80s-video-archives-pt-1-big-break-dance.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Big Breakdance </span></span>Contest</a> <b><i>Extra Tidbit:</i> </b>Some of the B-Boys and B-Girls of "the Big Breakdance Contest" were featured in Wild Style. Watch their incredible routines in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1fIHrhfLbk">the Big Breakdance Contest</a> on my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/rchecka?feature=watch">Youtube Channel</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-45386994636214784922014-02-02T12:44:00.003-06:002014-02-04T10:36:52.780-06:00PSA: Crate Digging Tip #24 - Safely Removing Stickers From Record Covers and Record Labels with Goo Gone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The following is a UNPAID endorsement of a great product, <a href="http://googone.com/" target="_blank">Goo Gone</a>, that does exactly what it promises and it works perfectly on even old priceless records as well... Scrutinizers feel free to click on any pics to zoom in.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We've seen them thousands of times on records and record covers, those pesky <b>price tags</b>, those <b>DJ marking stickers</b> on the label or on the run out groove, those "Hello, My Name is" BPM indicators, the file labels on the cover, or in the worst case, old masking tape with song info blasphemously written on them by the previous owner of your precious records. They have become the eye sores we've learned to live with that have devalued the records for sellers and collectors alike. As a collector, when we see them stuck on we know we better get a discount. Consequently online sellers know if they sell a record without pointing them out, they may come back, returned by a pissed off buyer who wanted the "perfect" cover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Truth is, we don't need to live with those stickers any longer. The fix has been "out there" for a long time, but apparently, it is not a well known fix. Often when people ask how to remove these things I mention it and get a strange look or a <i>"You'll ruin the cover!" </i>response. <i>"You'll make the ink run! Are you crazy!?"</i> or even <i>"Don't tell people that! You'll make the record label peel off, ya jerk!"</i> It's time to put that naysayer nonsense to rest with a little show and tell session. Bottom line is, if you have a lot of records, sooner or later, you'll need this stuff to get rid of the stickers that are, for better or for worse, a very real part of collecting vinyl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For this demonstration I chose 3 different types of very common sticker problems commonly plaguing record collectors. The old stuck-on price tag, the file label, and the dreaded old masking tape stuck to the cover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The steps for each sticker removal technique, regardless of the problem are always the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>1.</b> Squirt Goo Gone on the sticker and let it pool on the surface and nearby surrounding area. (Careful it comes out pretty fast!) Don't be afraid if it goes all over, you can wipe up the excess easily and it does no harm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>2.</b> Let the Goo Gone pool sit on the label for 30-90 seconds. It takes a few moments to soak into the sticker while you wait. Don't worry, everything will be just fine as it sits there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Record Cover Sticker:</span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For 23 years (guessing) this sticker has covered this spot.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Repeat the same 4 steps above for record cover stickers. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ya know the rules! It's not ever coming off. Wrong, it's coming right off!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">24 years gone in 30 seconds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The tape was there, now it never was. If I was a seller, I could raise my asking price</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a bonus, after wiping it down with a towel it revives the shine of the gloss</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have successfully removed all types of stickers from even no-gloss card-stock covers, even recycled cardboard covers show no sign of the tag or Goo Gone residual markings. It evaporates quite quickly so even if a wet spot briefly appears on a glossless cover, give it a minute and it'll be gone along with the goo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BTW, It also seems to work well on kid records crayon marks, some non permanent ink, and other sticky imperfections. <b>But I would not try this on hand painted covers</b>, that may result in damage to the paint. I only have one hand painted cover so it's not as if this is a major concern worth mentioning, but I should anyway just in case others have hand painted covers to be wary. Also,<b> It will remove a record company's factory placed stickers just as easily so be extra careful around factory stickered sleeves. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So if you are a buyer, keep in mind, if the seller discounted a record because of a sticker on the cover, regardless of how anal you are, you can buy it at the reduced price and easily remove the sticker with a $5 bottle of plain old Goo Gone. One bottle will do hundreds of records. If you are a seller, you might be selling it for more after you apply this technique to your pre-sales tactics. Some covers are hard to find in good condition and this will be safe on even the rarest of records. Remove the sticker, raise your cover condition, and consequently raise your profits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This stuff works, I use it myself all the time, and I recommend it to anyone irked by stickers on records.</span>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-3380496575929905282013-11-22T14:49:00.000-06:002013-11-22T18:22:23.061-06:00My Horrible Records Time Capsule, Subtitled: Crapsule<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cuing up "That Smell" by Lynryd Skynyrd<i><b><br /></b></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">R</span></b></i><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">elated to Elements: Crate Digging, DJ, Underground</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Every evening as I descended the basement stairs on my way to my nightly music-listening ritual in the man cave, I'd be forced to ask myself "What is that God-forsaken, moldy-ass smell? ...And why are the stairs squishy feeling?" I knew the answer already, but I was afraid to look and find out. I ignored it until the smell became unbearably strong and it was obvious at that point it was time to act for the health and safety of my family. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So after a little liquid bravery on a quiet Saturday morning it was time to bust out the power tools and demo some basement walls! After a little sweat and a lot of noise I found a hidden crawlspace right next to the basement steps where the smell was emulating from. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NASTY! As soon as I removed the paneling hiding the hell hole, the smell rushed out of there and grabbed my nose hairs. Thankfully my family was gone for the weekend and luckily I had a dust mask to help at least keep some of that death out of my lungs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well now I did it. I just created a huge job for myself, but it was one that couldn't be avoided any longer. I knew looking at the hole what I had to do. It was time to man up and seal this place up properly. But only AFTER dealing with the mold that came courtesy of the dumbassery of the previous owner of my house. I've watched enough Holmes on Homes on TV to know it needed to be "done right the first time or not at all!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't worry, I'm not going to go through the entire child birth process, I'll skip right to the baby.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Removed the nasty, poured concrete, sealed with Dry Lok Paint, insulated properly!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Long story short, after a lot of work the smell was finally gone! Now I can seal this up properly and I'll know there will be no problems with moisture or moldy insulation again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before I seal this small crawlspace up behind walls for "eternity", I knew I had one chance to leave behind a permanent message for future archeologists or pissed off home-owners. Something that I can leave behind that represents my lifestyle as a human being. After pondering a while on the dilema with a few beers it hit me, "Duhhhhhh, RECORDS!!!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Records Last Forever! Well, they do if stored and\or played properly, and this was now the perfect sealed-off from the elements environment. But there's no way in hell I'm going to leave behind any of my cherrished records! Even some of my crappy records can still be sold for cash, so I couldn't just throw in random crap that some people would enjoy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had to choose the most horrible records I had. Stuff I'd have a hard time selling even if I wanted to. I had to choose records that were horrible quality pressings or massively overproduced or just terrible music. So I chose 3 records that represented all of those qualities and gifted it to the future inhabitants of my little corner of Earth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>1. <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Devo-Freedom-Of-Choice-Libertad-De-Eleccion/release/3765578" target="_blank">Devo – Freedom Of Choice "Libertad De Eleccion" LP</a></b> (Warner Bros. Records) Mexican Pressing 1981</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look, I LOVE Devo. It pained me to even THINK about dissing Devo in any way. But this pressing was not their fault and if anything it probably pissed them off more than it did me. I actually bought this record earlier this year from an online seller. It was never the best album they did but it was a Devo album I didn't yet have on wax, still sealed for only 6 dollars! What could go wrong with that deal!?! Well, I guess I didn't pay attention to the "Mexican Pressing" footnote on the product listing. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://youtu.be/eyCEexG9xjw?t=44s" target="_blank">I'm on a Mexican, (woah woah) Radio!</a>"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"What's so bad about a Mexican pressing?" you may ask. After all, they invented the world's only perfect food, the taco, so how could they possibly screw up something as simple as pressing a record? Well apparently they didn't have the speed setting right at the pressing plant that day because this record sounds like the Chipmunks doing Devo. No lie, this thing somehow plays too fast at 33 RPM. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But hey, no problem, I have a deck with pitch control, so I'll just slide it way down and then it will sound normal right? Well it helps a little, but screw that! Any time you have to use your pitch control to make ANY record sound right you are literally bending over and taking it from the record companies. Even with the pitch adjusted the entire thing sounds hollow and without any nuances. This is probably one of the worst cases of quality control I've ever seen\heard in all my years of collecting records. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So Naturally I couldn't sell this to anyone in good conscious knowing the look on their faces would be similar to the look on my face when the needle was dropped on it for the first time. I can't pass on crap to others, that's the opposite of paying it forward. Besides, Devo deserves more respect than that. So I whipped it into the hell hole! <i>(sorry, bad pun!)<sorry bad="" i="" pun=""></sorry></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>2. <a href="http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Shadow-March-Of-Death-Karmacoma/release/502431" target="_blank">DJ Shadow – March Of Death / Karmacoma 12" BOOTLEG</a> </b>(Mo Wax) 2005</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love DJ Shadow's music and I love Zach De La Rocha's music so the thought of hearing a collaboration between them was WAY to intriguing for me to pass up when I saw this back in 2005. I'll admit, I knew it was a boot when I bought it, but there was no other way to get that music back then, and, as it is often the case, curiosity killed the cat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This sounds like pure ass. It sounds like it was recorded from telephone and then pressed to record. There is almost ZERO bass, it is muffled, it doesn't even begin to sound good at any point. Even with my EQ highly tweeked it was not enjoyable to play on either side. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Real Deal. Buy <a href="http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Shadow-Skratchcon-Rehearsal-Mix-September-27th-2000/release/1980102" target="_blank">THIS</a> if you want to actually enjoy that song.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once I bought the Handmade record, there was no way I was going to keep that bootleg around, and I couldn't justify passing the buck onto a fellow Shadow fan even if he or she knew what they were buying. They deserve better and the musicians deserve better. It was clear that this boot deserves permanent dark days in the hole. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Why in the name of all that is unholy do I even have this?! </b> I don't even REMOTELY LIKE Natalie Imbruglia so why is this vile record touching my other records? It's not that she's a bad musician, (well yeah, she's pretty horrific or maybe average sounding on her best days) it's that this is an overproduced sounding remix clusterfuck. The remixers didn't even attempt to use her vocal track in a respectful way, in a way that accentuated her vocals, or even left the vocals alone. These songs were all about over-effect-processing trippy-trance sounding beats and basically they were trying to make it get played at some upcoming rave. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think I bought this on year one of my record collecting days, when I was an utter newb. I clearly didn't play it before I bought it or I would have left it in the store. I'm pretty sure I bought it because I liked some of Rae and Christians productions at the time. Yet even that remix, the only remix I bought it for, sounds abominable. There is literally nothing about this collection of corny, predictable-build filled, and utterly outdated sounding remixes that sounds even remotely tolerable. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I attempted to sell it a few times and I got blank stares from the record store owners I showed it to. The last guy I brought it to said "Dude, I have like 5 of those online right now for a buck, so even if you want to donate it to me, I don't want it." I swore that would be the last time I took it home feeling embarrassed and defeated, so into the hell hole it goes with the rest of the heinous archaic black discs!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And now the message. Time to write something that will be my legacy, something awe inspiring... I could leave a written http link to this blog, but blogs are too temporary and who knows if the Intenet won't be directly responsible for Skynet in the future. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's the moment of truth! Now it's time to permanently seal the horrible record time capsule. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2" pink foam was cut to size, but not too tight yet leaving room for expansion foam to cement it firmly into place.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The expansion foam has now cured, the cavity is officially sealed off forever. Now I'll cover it up with drywall and hopefully the next guy won't see it until I'm dead and buried. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And on the day I die, I can do so with a small sense of fulfillment knowing this little piece of history was left behind for future generations to hopefully enjoy hating as much as I did.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Long before Showbiz & AG rapped about "Diggin' in the Crates" on their 1991 Soul Clap EP, or even before <i>"Diamond done looked in the crate and found you this FUNKY beat!"</i> on Raheem's 1989 track "I'm The King", DJs and vinyl collectors have been digging through actual real milk crates for their records. In fact, crates have been used for decades longer than the term <b>Crate Digging</b> was even muttered in any song, because of their once abundant availability and convenient size they were the most practical container for transporting and storing records. Milk crates can come in countless shapes, sizes, styles and colors and to this day they are manufactured specifically for storing things just like your records. Some are much more practical than others for the job. While some are easier to carry, they might be bad on record edges when diggers carelessly flip through them. Yet others were seemingly designed for storing 12" wax because they cradle the records safely under the rim making them easy to stack without damaging the top spines.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crate Break Down: Your typical crates, the classic brown, classic orange, and bad blue Sterilite.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />For over 15 years, Wade Schilling, Owner of <a href="http://metrowax.com/" target="_blank">Metrowax Records</a> has accumulated a mass amount of all kinds of interesting crates in his various acquisitions of DJ collections. He has been kind enough to let me run rampant in his huge warehouse allowing me to snap photos of the more interesting ones that not a lot of people see hanging around any more. He's got the good, the bad, and the ugly crates too. It's clear they just don't make crates like they used to, in fact so many of these are now basically antiques.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Crates are rarely ever discussed by crate diggers, they ironically seem iconic and mundane at the same time. Everyone who has them seems to overlook them, they neglect them or kick them out of the way, or maybe they step on them to reach a higher shelf. Antique or not, no one really knows their true dollar value, nor does it matter, but we all visually associate them with what we truly love, our vinyl collections. When you see a milk crate, you don't think about milk, you think about records!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So which ones work best? Which ones are the worst for storage and digging? It depends. It's basically a personal preference based on how you use them. Are you a DJ who only cares about the music, wants something lightweight and easy to handle who maybe doesn't care if the covers are damaged? Are you an audiophile who keeps the record covers in pristine condition and puts outer protective plastic sleeves on his or her best wax? All of these are factors in deciding which ones get filled with your beloved records. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It could be orange or brown or any color. It's whatever color the milk company felt like repping that year. At Metrowax most of them are orange with the big green "G" for Golden Guernsey Dairy. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But regardless of color, they are all that slightly-too-small-for-twelves size.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Strength:</b> 9/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Record Wear: </b>5/10</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ease of Handling:</b> 8/10 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Records easily fit in Big Grey. They stay well below the rim making them easy to stack while full. They are tough and fairly lightweight but not as easy to handle as the classic orange. The hand holds are fairly sharp and when loaded are a bit rough on the hands. The edges inside the crate, like many crates, are fairly sharp and with repeat record flipping they will wear on the record jackets' spines and sides. Like most crates, potential wear and tear can be minimized when it's lined with either congregated cardboard or carpet on the bottom, or if you really want to be anal you can line the front back and sides with cardboard as well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Strength:</b> 9/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I bought this crate from Wade months ago because it was one of my favorite crates ever, and it really adds a nice touch of color to my studio. It currently holds all my odd-ball novelty crate digging beat-source records, library records and sound effects. Records easily fit in Big Orange as well. Records are taller than the crate so once it's full it cannot be stacked. They are extremely tough with almost none of the typical crate holes which are much easier on the records when flipping through them. Their handles are a bit sharp and might hurt the hands when fully loaded but they are still one of the most practical crates for protecting, moving and storing records. When a 12X12" carpet square sits at the bottom of big orange, it cushions your records and keeps them from sliding forward, and with that small addition, this crate is as good as it gets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The same day I bought big orange, I bought this crate from Metrowax as well. It seems to be much older and tougher then big orange, and it has the throwback milk logo going for it, but other then that it's basically the same type of crate except slightly taller.<b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Record Wear: </b>9/10</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ease of Handling:</b> 7/10 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amount of Records Held:</b> 9/10</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Overall Rating:</b> 8/10 (Above Average)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Bad Blue Crate:</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz3wMtVnw1vTvhnwAn4zPnu9JoN3vweDtx47aG7mCLGJ6n04d0KbJgx3_1XUHRUJx_DM7vAhbcZGPpOIC5xgg7mgDUv_dIVDX1gOslUU6zrzVKDdsOIU6pwL9nlEH4ogkPN_EcDeaeC8S/s1600/badblue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="blue crate" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz3wMtVnw1vTvhnwAn4zPnu9JoN3vweDtx47aG7mCLGJ6n04d0KbJgx3_1XUHRUJx_DM7vAhbcZGPpOIC5xgg7mgDUv_dIVDX1gOslUU6zrzVKDdsOIU6pwL9nlEH4ogkPN_EcDeaeC8S/s400/badblue.jpg" title="" width="393" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Notice there is no records in that? There's a good reason for that. Bad blue is called that because quite frankly it's lousy and basically a worthless waste of space. It's a fairly modern, cheaply manufactured crate for random home storage use by Sterilite. This never had anything to do with milk, and it shows. Metrowax probably got this from some DJ who bought it from K-Mart back in the day. It's very lightweight and therefore very breakable. Every single edge protruding from inside and outside of this crate is sharp. Incidentally It destroys record's covers with even a few flips through them. Even half loaded with records, picking it up leaves sharp painful pressure marks on your hands. You can find a very similar modern day equivelent of Bad Blue in many department stores and I would strongly recommend that you never buy it for storing your records unless you don't care about cosmetic damage to your covers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Strength:</b> 5/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Record Wear: </b>4/10</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ease of Handling:</b> 3/10 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amount of Records Held:</b> 8/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Sharp Yellow Crate:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like bad blue, this is manufactured for general home storage for people's crap. Except this one is even weaker, lighter, and sharper edged and so it chips easily. Carrying it even empty pains the hands. This one is so bad it seems to have attracted some kind of brownish mold growth on it. It normally doesn't even store even Metrowax's unsellable records but since I found the perfect 12" for the picture I couldn't resist the setup of the photo. As soon as Wade saw me fill it with records he made damn sure I emptied it immediately after photographing it. "I don't even know why that crate is in here" he muttered.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Strength:</b> 4/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ease of Handling:</b> 2/10 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Overall Rating:</b> 5/10 (Very Poor)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This vintage milk crate is fairly odd, it's much wider than the standard square crate. Not thick enough to put 12" records in it the long way, and too wide to put them in the short way. You could place a few twelves in it and slide in a few 7"s on the side of it to keep them from sliding around, or better yet, you could use it the way Wade does as storage for random 45s and CDs. Basically, when loaded, It's too cumbersome to be practical. It's better as an "odds and ends" storage container.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These two are from "Embassy Dairy" with the tag-line "A Protein Group Company" based out of Waldorf Maryland. Want to call them and see if they have any more crates? All you gotta do is zoom in to the phone number on the picture of the crate and see if they are still kicking it in 2013.<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Strength:</b> 8/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Record Wear: </b>5/10</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ease of Handling:</b> 2/10 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amount of Records Held:</b> 8/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just like the classic orange crate, the records don't fit in straight. They need to be angled to fit in at all. But at least the classic orange completely destroy your covers like this does with flipping of records. Sure, it's strong, but it's heavy as hell and loaded with sharp edges. There's about 30 dollars worth of scrap metal here that's basically what it's good for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You've seen these before, those "Skyline" or "Cityscape" diffusers gracing the walls of high end production studios. Technically known as <b>QRD Diffusers</b>, besides looking really cool (well, they look better than empty egg crates) you may have wondered what they are actually intended for. There's all kinds of scientific explanations with audio-nerdaphyle jargin out there. If you really want to know what's going on with the sound waves when they hit these things, feel free to peruse <a href="http://www.subwoofer-builder.com/qrd.htm" target="_blank">this website's breakdown</a>... As you can see they even have a program that when room values are plugged into it you can really get into custom sizes. I truly believe these things work as advertised but finding a professionally built one online at a reasonable price is never gonna happen. Besides you don't need an engineering degree, or special software, as long as you have the tools and time you can just adjust your tool belts for your winter waistline and build one yourself! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not even gonna try to reinvent the wheel with this blog post. I don't need to since these plans are already out there online and credit should be placed where credit is due. <a href="http://www.pmerecords.com/Diffusor.cfm" target="_blank">Here are the plans</a> I followed for the one I built and it is well written, simple to follow, and best of all <b>IT REALLY WORKS! </b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Black Permanent Marker </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chop Saw or Mitre Saw (the sharper the blade the better, I wouldn't even attempt with hand saws, that would take forever so, a powered saw is a must) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strong Wood Glue (I recommend Elmers' Wood Glue Max since it's strong, paintable and stainable) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thin Plywood (1/8" thick) to mount it on (approx 18" X 18") (a 24 X 24 piece will leave plenty of extra) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6 or 7 8 foot long (2X2) pieces (the primary wood)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make sure you really eye up your wood before you buy it. Inspect it well, choose super straight (not bent or warped) pieces or you will never get the pieces to stand up right. If you make perfect cuts with no mistakes you can get away with buying 6 eight foot pieces of 2X2 but I would buy 7 if I were you, there is little room for error with only 6 pieces. As far as wood types go, you can buy cheap old pine but I wanted something heavier, more solid and when stained I wanted the wood grain to really pop, so I chose solid oak. At around 20 dollars per each piece this was not cheap so if you are on a tighter budget pine is much cheaper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The plans call for 4 different lengths of various sized pieces and I know for sure if I measured every single one and then cut them I would have 50 different lengths. So using cheap scrap wood I measured exactly each size, labeled it with the sharpie, and nailed a flat leftover piece of wood with an overhang to the end of it. By doing that I can place the long piece, put my jig right on top of the piece I am cutting and it will butt up against the end tightly. Holding the jig in place you can lower the blade right up against the jig edge and as long as you hold it tight and don't cut your jig you will get a perfect cut. It goes without saying that your chop saw should be locked in at 90 degrees before cutting. The sharper the blade, the cleaner the cut will be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now the fun part... (not really) Staining the ends of 144 pieces, for me 3 more times. The trick is to put on some kind of music cause this is really boring without something playing. Have a dry rag handy to wipe the excess drips that run down the sides that are already stained. Stain is runny, so seriously, have a dry rag nearby if you don't want black stain runs down each piece. Paint isn't as bad but the same dripping will occur with paint if you aren't perfect (which you are not).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you are done staining and it has dried, line up 12 of the pieces (any size length) side by side and measure the length of all these 12 pieces tightly placed in a row. It should be right around 18" since the original pieces are not true 2X2s. Keep in mind it won't be exactly 18" because the stain or paint made each piece a little thicker. You can cut the backer of your diffuser to this to the exact width of the 12 pieces or you can make it a bigger square to make it easier to hang as I did. I cut my 1/8" piece of plywood the exact same size as the piece of drywall that it was to cover so it was much easier to hang in that location and it covered the drywall completely therefore making it look like the diffuser was glued right to the drywall with no backer at all. This is up to you whether or not you want it invisible looking or something with an obvious edge, you could even frame that edge if it bothered you with small pieces of trim. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I drew the same quadrants on the backer plywood piece using the carpenter square so the center intersection was exactly dead center of the "X". Draw these lines darker than the X, if you follow these straight lines closely you will not gradually go off course even without drawing a full grid. Starting in the upper left of the lower right quadrant, glue the pieces one by one where they belong and cross off each piece you glue as to not loose your spot. Make sure you spread the glue on the entire surface of the bottom of each piece, and have a dry rag handy to wipe off any excess glue that pushes out when you press the pieces down. Keep gluing and keep crossing off each number on the layout as you proceed. It is VERY important that you stay exactly on the edge of the line on this first row because all other pieces in the quadrant butt up against that row. If you get the first row wrong, it will get harder each row and eventually you will be way off. Take your time gluing and be a perfectionist with the first row and then it will start to go very quickly. Repeat for the remaining 3 quadrants keeping the first row perfect with each one. Gradually as you glue each piece the diffuser will start to come together. Since I used heavy oak, I glued the sides of every few pieces that touched each other for extra sticking power. It may have been unnecessary, but I didn't want any of the pieces falling on my beer fridge so I played it safe with every few pieces getting a little extra side glue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For this next part you will want the help of a strong friend. Mark the wall and draw a perfectly level line where you want the piece to live. Find the wooden or metal wall studs by knocking the drywall listening for them or use a stud finder. If there are no studs where you want it, then you should reconsider moving it to where studs are, or at least get some heavy duty drywall anchors that grab the back of the drywall. I wouldn't trust them though, because this thing is VERY heavy so try to find a spot with 2 studs one on each side. If you use construction adhesive along with screws don't plan on taking this with you when you move, it will never come off with that stuff. I used construction adhesive and screws, so I guess if the next person who buys my home doesn't like records they are gonna have to learn to live with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once this is securely in it's new home, drive the screws just beneath the surface of the backer wood and caulk or putty the screw holes to hide them. Once that filler dries paint it the same color as the wall and it will look like it's "floating" on the wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, sit back, bust out a cold brew, drop a needle on your favorite record and you'll notice how much sweeter the music sounds. I swear by it, this truly does work. I could tell immediately that slap-back bass echos no longer plagued my space. After I coughed up all that money for wood and glue, I was quite satisfied with the results. In the end it became a nice looking functional unique sculpture piece for literally hundreds of dollars less than what I could have bought online.</span><br />
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music from Hip <span style="font-size: small;">H</span>op, soul, funk, jazz and rock, to afro, reggae, electronic, punk and
world music.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Sometimes you can even find some avant garde or classical.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>It’s a
pretty small space, but there are usually new records in several times every
week, and the prices are fair.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Sometimes they price a lot of stuff down to move
stock faster and make room for more.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>And when they get bigger collections in,
you can usually get a nice discount, if you buy a bunch.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>There’s usually also a
bunch of bargain bins on the floor with the occasional odd gem.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>A great thing
for hiphop heads is that they don’t seem to take hiphop very serious, so it’s
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I highly recommend
this shop for any digger or collector visiting Copenhagen.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>The only setback is
that there’s no listening station, but they will usually play you a couple of
tracks on the turntable, if you ask nicely.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>As a service to customers they have
started posting about new arrivals on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/291188631551/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook group</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They also sell used books
(mainly music, art and philosophy), collectable comics and vintage toys.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>And
when you’re in the area, you can take a stroll though the nearby Assistens cemetery,
where a number of jazz greats like Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster and Kenny Drew
have found their eternal resting place. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="DA"><b>Siah & Yeshua Da Poed: Visualz EP</b>, NM –
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="DA"><b>Main Source: Peace is not the word to play PC
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rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-13277154250846093752012-11-26T15:30:00.001-06:002012-11-26T15:39:24.793-06:00Black Friday Crate Digging At Moondog Music, Dubuque IA<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/MoondogMusicStorefront_zps5558173e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/MoondogMusicStorefront_zps5558173e.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Moondog Music, looks like your typical small-town, strip-mall record store</span></span></i></td></tr>
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Friday</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> (historically)
conjured up so many bad mental images before the advent of <b>Record Store Day</b>.
Now, I consider Black Friday a must dig day for<b> crate diggers</b>
worldwide. Why? Well because like RSD, RSD Black Friday releases
very limited, high-quality audiophile pressings for music lovers who love
records. If you don't get it on Black Friday, you might not get it at
all. This year there were many 2012 RSD Black Friday records I had to get
my paws on. These are records worth battling shoulder to shoulder against
other diggers for. No matter how early I had to get up and no matter how
far I had to drive, I was gonna land this record.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/P1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/P1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fat Boys - Fat Boys LP ( Pizza Box Picture Disc)</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The "Cover" is an actual Pizza box</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>The record looks good enough to eat...</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sure, you might say this record is a bit
gimmicky, but I'm a sucker for these kind of over-the-top, extra effort fat
pressings. Besides that, they remastered one of the first Hip Hop albums
I had as a kid, and I needed to get that throwback vibe. They did a
spectacular job of remastering this, it sounds as good as it looks!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a nutshell, Moondog music is a
small, quaint, average-looking, hippy-smelling record store. Well, I'm
being nice, it's tiny. They had mostly brand new records, and they were
fairly over priced in general, so I wasn't overly surprised at how dead it was
on what should be one of the biggest shopping days of the year. They had
almost no good used Hip Hop, a weak soundtrack section, and new and used CDs
dominated the space in the store so I knew it'd be a short dig. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/flaminglipsheadynugs_zpsaee4790e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/flaminglipsheadynugs_zpsaee4790e.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At 200 dollars, this was a hefty price for Flaming Lip's Heady Nuggs.</span></span></i></td></tr>
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and stocked the RSD Black Friday records on my hit list, so I can't complain
too much. Although it may take a while before this pizza box loses the patchouli
smell that sticks to everything coming out of that store. Still, they are seemingly good people at Moondog, and worth checking out if you are in the Dubuque area.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-75738045650079642732012-09-06T11:14:00.004-05:002012-09-06T16:41:27.428-05:00Crate Digging at The Groove, Nashville, TN<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So today
after a long day of work, I made a quick trip to go <b>crate digging</b> at one of my favorite record stores, <b>Nashville’s</b> own, <b>The Groove</b>. There isn't
really much of a story to tell as far as this particular trip goes, but I gotta
drop a few words about this <b>local record
store</b>. When you first walk in, you
might think that this is a small store.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However,
as you start to flip through the records, you’ll soon figure out why. There is little to no filler in the
shelves. While the vast majority of
filler in the store lives in the dollar bin, there are still some diggers’
treasures to be found in those bins too.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
literally have to have a game plan before I walk in, or I would go broke in no
time. I can walk out of a lot of shops
empty-handed, but this isn't one of them.
These guys have to spend a lot of time weeding out the garbage, because
I never see any. The best part of
digging through their stacks is that they have great prices on their
records. They are usually comparable to
anything online, and lower than most of the other local shops.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAoKSLXJweTqyYq7XivMCMqZaEjxQ-E86TapKLOqPbSBwSBEcUA6QBYyYHT_zsuduf68JeOOJPseras8ckzIpKUdXzMxPzuYLmtm8X_96Z_-OgZjoUyuR7YAG08bHswrd76XLQ-Fe53s_/s1600/thegrooveinside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAoKSLXJweTqyYq7XivMCMqZaEjxQ-E86TapKLOqPbSBwSBEcUA6QBYyYHT_zsuduf68JeOOJPseras8ckzIpKUdXzMxPzuYLmtm8X_96Z_-OgZjoUyuR7YAG08bHswrd76XLQ-Fe53s_/s400/thegrooveinside.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Meat and Potato Stacks of Must-Have Wax</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another
highlight about this shop that should be stressed is the nice atmosphere. It is in a great old house in an awesome area
in East Nashville. Yeah, I may be a
little biased about this area because I grew up a few blocks away, but there
are a lot of (sometimes hidden) charms in that neck of the woods. Inside the store is very cozy, which can make
digging a little tight on a busy day, but I have yet to really see this as an
inconvenience. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You are always greeted
as you come through the door, by whoever is working the register (usually by
John or Louis the owners). There is
always some good music playing on the decks, and because of that I have found a
lot of good records that were off my radar by simply by asking what was on at
the time. I also really appreciate the
fact that every time I have a question about vinyl, or music in general, they
always have the answer. They seem to
genuinely enjoy discussing anything music related.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphpXuaJ9hAkiJHfUQujoubKGoV_K5gZ1Qc4pdjnfdgm5BsPVYFAECgQDV422tt8Oa4EW5GTD0hZDZAupEOu0N0ZvaEQyAdjlUNxs8JNRl8LGVueyWghOjvl_45kpIGdMXEXAtvkStG9oT/s1600/owner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphpXuaJ9hAkiJHfUQujoubKGoV_K5gZ1Qc4pdjnfdgm5BsPVYFAECgQDV422tt8Oa4EW5GTD0hZDZAupEOu0N0ZvaEQyAdjlUNxs8JNRl8LGVueyWghOjvl_45kpIGdMXEXAtvkStG9oT/s400/owner.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Co-Owner John Moore Knows Wassup</span></span></td></tr>
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up, I really enjoy this spot, and I almost hate to put the word out (don't want
any other suckas that didn't know about this place to put their greasy paws all
over my future records!), but the Groove deserves props. So, if you are in Nashville, stop by The
Groove located at 1103 Calvin Avenue, Nashville ,TN. See their <a href="http://thegroovenashville.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">website</a> for directions or further information. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Since I started digging in the crates for Hip Hop many moons ago, I have always had a special place for <b>Old School Hip Hop</b>. It was one of the only eras that focused on the innocence of just having fun and one of the only times when it was "cool" to rap about making positive changes in the community. Sure, there was a cheesiness factor to Old School Hip Hop, but they somehow managed to make it appropriately fresh for the time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back then everyone said Hip Hop was a fad and it wasn't meant to last, and on top of everything, they said it was foul and a bad influence on urban youth. Back then, just about everyone tried their hand at rapping, even non Hip Hop musicians, or little kids, or even preachers got their rap on. Before rapping was exclusively a career for rappers, the market was literally flooded with rap records, a lot of it was frankly wack and forgettable and it gave ammo to the naysayers. But also during that time a lot of rare <b>underground Old School Hip Hop</b> boasting of positive messages, anti-drug lyrics, anti-gang\anti-crime, and pro-eduction rap songs were released that actually sounded just as good as the typical rap being dropped in the 80s. This mini-movement was pre conscious style Hip Hop that helped pave the way for the upcoming and more memorable conscious movement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This compartmentalized music (sometimes called <b>crack rap</b>) was something kids could even play for their parents to prove them wrong if they said it was all negatively influential music on the youth culture. Some of this music was produced with top notch techniques, scratching, and qualified street spitters, and the good stuff is no less important than the "bang, bang", "shoot em up" music that followed in the late 80s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finally, after years of crate digging for rare early crack rap and anti-drug rap, I have accumulated enough 12" singles in this category to put it all on a mixtape for fans of early Hip Hop culture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Please spread the news of this mix to all who will appreciate the fun-loving, wholesome, feel-good throwback feeling contained in this mixtape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">DOWNLOAD... or Play the mixtape, and get more information about it <b><a href="http://cratedigging.co/10/3725/my_old_school_hip_hop_mixtape_-_parental_advice_-_file_under_crack_rap_and_moral_rap" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. (including a collectively compiled track listing of this mix)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">ALSO... <a href="http://cratedigging.co/1/3095/moral_rap___anti_drug__anti_crack__stay_in_school_rap__etc_" target="_blank">DISCUSS</a> this early Moral Based Positive Rap at our new crate digging forum, the <a href="http://cratedigging.co/" target="_blank">Cratedigging Co-Op</a>. Please join and build with us!</span></div>
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rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-63660242657094658442012-07-24T15:28:00.000-05:002012-07-24T18:16:07.329-05:00Crate Digging at Electric Fetus, Minneapolis MN<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When You Google "<b>Minneapolis Record Stores,</b>" <b>Electric Fetus</b> is the first store listed on Google Places. That fact alone coupled with favorable Google reviews was enough to make it a <b>crate digging</b> destination for my wife and I on Saturday, July 21st. We basically had to kill a few hours before our Jazz show\dinner reservations started and, as you know, there is no better way to kill time than <b>digging for records</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Expectations were high since we were in one of the largest cities in the Midwest, and it was ranked so highly at Google. But almost immediately after walking through the front doors my anticipation for the dig fizzled as the expected smell of new and used vinyl was lacking, replaced by the overpowering scent of patchouli. Upon first glance it appeared as if we stepped into the wrong store. No music was in clear sight at all, only rows of incenses, smoking paraphernalia, dorky hippy dresses that looked like they were made out of recycled <span class="st">burlap sacks, novelty items, flower power related gifts, and other massively outdated merchandise in terms of style and function. If I were a DMB fan or a Grateful Dead head I would have felt right at home amongst all the pot leaf logo stamped trash blocking my path to the music section.</span><br />
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<span class="st">I walked right passed all the hippy gimmicks to the now apparently miniscule record section. Glancing down the 3 tiny </span><span class="st">aisles, </span><span class="st">(tiny in comparison to ANY record store I have ever been in, and tiny in comparison to the rest of the store) I noticed that a majority of all the records were brand new still sealed, and many of them were either official represses or newly released records. The buzz kill became even more prominent when I started looking through the records at the prices which were, quite simply, expensive as hell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">Not one to give up without a thorough dig, I made my way around the display shelves, patiently avoiding the way too numerous newbie cratediggers who cluelessly pawed through the overpriced new stuff, looking for that one record to add to their inevitably bland collection at home. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oh sweet! New Adelle on vinyl!" exclaims one oblivious kid</td></tr>
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<span class="st">Patiently I dug through the new Hip Hop and rock. Everything new that was decent was at least 8 bucks more than what everyone else had it priced for online. Literally everything that was in the new Hip Hop section was predictable, common, over-priced and available everywhere else. I dug through the joke of a new Electronic section and found one record that I had to have and never got around to buying online. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Literally digging through shit to find Shit Robot</td></tr>
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<span class="st">I already had a few <b>Shit Robot</b> 12" singles, and they are all really good so I figured the album would be too. Even though it was over priced, I bought it since I didn't feel like leaving empty handed. Shit robot turned out to be a shit album, by the way, not nearly as good as the instrumental 12"s that grace DFA's catalog of records.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Tired of looking at absorbadent prices and common new wax, I started digging through the used wax section next. It was even more of a let down. I'd estimate there were less than 200 used records on the shelves, all of them thoroughly picked through. The used hip hop section consisted of less than 30 records, and there, thankfully, I found one super dope definitely noteworthy record that was at least average priced for the title...</span><br />
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<span class="st">Regretfully I made my final selections, and reluctantly paid too much for them to an overly perky staff member. I left with a mere 3 records, 2 of them overpriced and ultimately mediocre, one average priced and dope. This was not at all the crate digging experience I was expecting before I stepped into the store. This so called "Mineapolis Record Store" is NOT a record store, it's a neo-hippy catering CD store that happens to have a joke of a record collection. I'd give them a rating of 3/10 as a record store, if their staff wasn't so friendly they would have gotten a 2. </span><br />
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Apparently music discussion forums (just like that cat "Church" from Pet Semetary) can come back from the grave. <a href="http://www.djforums.com/" target="_blank">DJForums</a> successfully pulled a zombie forum resurrection after <a href="http://www.djforums.com/forums/content.php?185-The-What-happened-thread" target="_blank">the entire site was literally erased from existence</a>. After a long hiatus it was relaunched as the almost identical DJForums 2.0, and slowly but surely it is growing back into the huge conglomeration of DJs that it once was. I'll admit, I didn't think they would come back, but they had the desire to move past the huge hurdles, and the loyal members to help encourage the come back.<br />
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DJForums never meant to go down, it was ultimately a series of bad mistakes and bad luck that took down the site for months at a time. Now, unfortunately, it's time once again to mourn the loss of another community, this one strictly Hip Hop releated, but unlike DJForums, the <b>Justus League's Hip Hop Forum</b> "The Lawn" pulled the plug on purpose. There were no server problems, on the contrary, the servers sat almost idle, basically waiting for member activity. As a part-time contributor to the forum, I'd pop in and read the latest about Hip Hop releases and what real heads were saying about this or that. The posts gradually became more seldom, until there were hardly any recent posts being made. Some of the longtime members got bored of the inactivity and seemed to move on to greener pastures. Eventually, talk of various positive changes to the forum went unanswered, and finally threats of shutting down the forum by the Justus League heads due to inactivity actually materialized.<br />
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(Don't even bother clicking this link>) <span class="headerText" id="ctl00_cphWhoIsHeader_ctlHeaderBar_mainHeader"></span><a href="http://thejustusleague.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="domain" id="ctl00_cphWhoIsHeader_ctlHeaderBar_domainName" title="thejustusleague.com">THEJUSTUSLEAGUE.COM</span></a>, it's gone, unlike the "coming soon" or the "server not found" messages, only the ad vultures will now get paid by your clicking that link.<br />
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<b>The Lawn</b> was a very unique Hip Hop forum, lots of true school cats dropped real advice and album recommendations daily, especially in their heyday. It was a place where regular Joes could comment to Justus League crew-mates and coherts like, for example, Phonte, of Little Brother, about their latest releases. Ultimately it became a huge knowledgebase of Hip Hop articles and comments by true fans, and now that knowledgebase is non-existant with the push of an off button. Like watching your favorite library burn down in one day, all those books and any reference to them are now gone forever. Using the <a href="http://archive.org/web/web.php" target="_blank">waybackmachine </a>to find the old posts brings nothing since they apparently blocked robots from searching them. That was a dumb move, BTW, now it's as if the site never even existed except in the minds of the displaced members.<br />
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The forum was founded by one of the forefathers of North Carolina's Hip Hop crew, The Justus League, <a href="http://www.cesarcomanche.8m.com/" target="_blank">Cesar Comanche</a>. He promised that without growth and current activity he would pull the plug on the forum, because, after all, a forum is only as good as the members and their combined contributions. Running a forum, is a heavy burden, a regular monthly expense, and dishing out money every month for a few regulars trying to hold it down and a whole heap of waning lurchers that are too timid to talk can seem like a waste of time and money. Years ago, the Lawn was alive and well fueled by sometimes ridiculous internal beef, which made the site entertaining, but volatile and intimidating to others unaccustomed to this banter. Apparently fed up with the beef, a thread called "A New Day" was created that graced every sub forum which essentially threatened to squash any beef before it started. Lines were crossed, members were either banned from or got bored and left the online community. The new "treat everyone as a brother" philosophy that arose was certainly a good intention. But lets face it, beef can be entertaining, and there are those who live by beef and will die by beef, and they become disinterested and jaded as soon as disagreements themselves became so closely monitored. For the record, I don't think it was the lack of beef or too much beef that killed the forum, but I do think that in a way, it was the way beefs were handled that marked the beginning of the end for the Lawn. Not to mention, the confusing layout of multiple sub forums where everything was neatly packaged into their own section and no one knew where the proper place to post anything was, unless you were a regular who reread the forum descriptions several times. Of course, not everyone is that OCD, so you might have a member drop a video in the "Tape Deck with Auto-Reverse Hip Hop Discussion Board" and suddenly it's been moved to the "Media Place" since it's technically a video.<br />
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Another thing that killed the Lawn, probably moreso than anything else is the social networking giants like Facebook and Twitter. Forums and blogs in general have suffered from lack of participants as semi-regular posters in a once small online niche community suddenly became focused on their own smaller cliques that seem to successfully stroke their own self importance.<br />
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Despite the quirks at the Lawn, (hey, we all have our quirks) they were a place I counted on to catch up on latest Hip Hop news, and read funny and interesting comments from real heads, real fans of Hip Hop. I will miss the insight and banter that came from that community. Many of the regulars there are now displaced, almost like Kung Fu, wandering from forum to blog to facebook and then twitter, looking for others like themselves to build with.<br />
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^Hey, look, here's a music forum with a few old regulars from the Lawn already signed up! <a href="http://cratedigging.co/" target="_blank">Cratedigging.co</a> is a <b>crate digging forum </b>by crate diggers for crate diggers. The Cratedigging Co-Op is a <b>Hip Hop forum</b> that caters to Hip Hop heads with a passion for a wide variety of music styles. It's purpose is simple... Crate diggers, producers, DJs, MCs, and general music aficionados dwell and build here. No bells and whistles, just real music talk with good people.<br />
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Fellow moderator Uptownkid and myself along with other like-minded staple members would be honored to have any of the ex-Lawn members join and build with us if you haven't already. We are still a very new forum and are always looking for good heads in the place. Of course, we'll never be anything like the Lawn was, nor are we trying to fill those shoes, but just as the Lawn was, we are equally passionate about learning and building with real heads that want to contribute and learn as much as we do. Please <a href="http://cratedigging.co/register/" target="_blank">sign up</a> and build with us.<br />
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RIP Justus League Forums! Peace out, much love and respect! I think I can safely speak for a lot of Hip Hop fans when I say I hope this doesn't mean the end of any of the great music that we have been graced with over the past decade or so. Keep doing what you do guys best, stay busy, stay real.<br />
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<br />rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-8884614137354885892012-04-09T13:25:00.002-05:002012-04-09T13:39:46.799-05:00Crate Digging at Strictly Discs, Madison WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Time doesn't matter whilst <b>crate digging</b>. Well it shouldn't, but this Easter Weekend, family obligations took precedence over digging through records despite my strong protest. Traveling across the state gave me the opportunity to hook up with fellow crate digger <b>brainchild </b>for a short excursion<b>.</b></span> Our reluctant wives gave us a stern look and an hour time limit to check out the local Madison shops before we had to pack up and head out with our family to see our crazy relatives. 1 hour minus drive time to <a href="http://www.strictlydiscs.com/" target="_blank">Strictly Discs</a> gave us a mere 45 minutes. We parked on the street and the meter had 37 minutes left from the last guy, so that was our real time limit. I hate time restrictions when I'm in my happy place but there was nothing I could do about it, I had to dig fast.<br />
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When we walked in the store I saw how small it was, so I realized 37 minutes was plenty of time to flip through the stacks. It was fairly crowded for it's size, there wasn't much room for you to maneuver between the sections. Every time someone wanted to walk by me I had to suck in my gut and press against the stacks of wax to make room for them to pass. There was a dirty old hippy sprawled out on the floor in front of the bargain bin section making it impossible for me to peruse the cheapies. No big deal, because I could see even though there wasn't much room to move, what records they did have were really nice. A lot of great rock graced the back wall and they had a section just for Numero records, so I was happy. But the clock was ticking so I focused on the Hip Hop section as soon as the space wasn't occupied by another crate digger.<br />
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Suddenly I spotted this...<br />
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BA BOOM! My heart jumped, I lost my cool and shouted in the store "Oh my GOD, <b>Da King & I's Album</b> for only 18 bucks!!!" From that outburst I got a leer from a long hair in the death metal section and a sly smile from the store clerk who was amused by my bliss. I couldn't help myself, I had been looking for this album for years and I never found it priced reasonably.<br />
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"If you guys like good Hip Hop, you should check out our basement." the store clerk said with a grin. <br />
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"Basement?" replied Brainchild. He had been there before but was unaware the store was bigger then the crowded first floor. <br />
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Brainchild immediately went down the stairs while I stayed put and continued quickly flipping through the remainder of the Hip Hop stack. After all, if that was there, then there could be some other grails in the same stack that I didn't want to miss out on.<br />
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20 minutes to go, and I finally headed down the stairs. As I went down, I passed a few bargain shelves, halfway between the basement and the first floor. It seemed like the owners took every square inch of retail space to display their records.<br />
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At the bottom of the stairs the basement opened up into a large room literally loaded with records. Brainchild stared at me with a big smirk and said, "Dude, this ain't even all of it, there's another huge room over there"<br />
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Then it became crystal clear that I didn't have nearly enough time to even scrape the surface of this store. Hell, I could have spent an entire day digging there and still wouldn't have even come close to making a dent. We had both seriously underestimated just how vast and deep this store's record collection was, on of all days, Holy Saturday.<br />
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It was now or never, so I got uber-focused and headed directly over to the soundtrack section quickly looking to fill some holes in my collection when I found this...<br />
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"OH SNAP, I have been looking for this forever!!!!" I squealed. I literally jumped up in the air and clicked my heals together like a kid in a candy store. Yes, the <b>Benji Soundtrack</b> is dope! I saw the movie on Netflix with my kids years ago and it became clear to me that this soundtrack must reside in my collection. It's got some fantastic 'chase-scene disco' and funky country breaks just begging to be tapped into on it. Crate diggers should not sleep on the funk that resides on the grooves of this record.<br />
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"What time is it?" asked BC.<br />
"It's been 36 minutes."<br />
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"Damnit, I gotta feed the meter. Got a quarter??"<br />
"No, sorry. " I said with a blank stare while flipping furiously through the jazz section.<br />
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He ran up the stairs, got change, and flew out the front door while I milked the remainder of our time. "Come on, he lives in Madison, he can come back any day, so I gotta stay a little longer" I justified. <br />
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I had collected about 5 records from the dig so far and I knew I had to prioritize and put back a few especially after I saw this...<br />
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"New Eno, NICE!!!" It's an expensive record for how new it is, but as with so many Brian Eno albums it is absolutely well worth the money, so I reluctantly put back a few other finds and we made our way to the checkout. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(read more about these albums at <a href="http://cratedigging.co/read.php?4,724,2945#msg-2945" target="_blank">cratediggers.co</a>)</i></span><br />
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It was a great dig, we both got a few golden eggs that day. Over all I'd have to rate Strictly Discs a solid 9/10. It's deceptively huge, it's got some of the best records I have ever seen, and if time wasn't an issue that day (or money) I would have cleaned em out of their best wax. Next time you are in Madison, bring 10 bucks in quarters for the parking meter, give yourself a full day of time, and flip through their hoards of wax. You'll go home with a big smile on your face and some very special records for your crates.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When you open up the front door of a <b>record store</b>, before your eyes even get a chance to focus on the stacks of wax before you, the smell of <b>crate digging</b> bombards your olfactory sensors. The stench of dust, and slightly moldy paper accompanied with the indescribable scent of "new record smell" (somebody should bottle that fragrance) immediately gets your heart jumping. For it is at that moment that you understand that time is no longer a factor and your personal journey for something truly special will positively yield an undiscovered gem. This feeling is often one of mixed emotions; guilt for knowing you'll spend more then your budget allows, and a subdued excitement from the anticipation of the hunt for the cream of the crop <b>records</b> that are potentially under-priced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Where to start? As your eyes scan the record store's sections, that's not always an obvious answer. Maybe if you already familiar with the store, you might have a pretty good idea where the real joints are, so naturally you hit up that section first. This "been there, dug that" attitude frankly detracts from the overall crate digging experience. I mean, there's no point in digging if you already dug everything, right? <b>Crate Diggers</b> need to get that thought out of their minds. Even if you are best friends with the store owner and you practically live there, don't forget he or she is only human and is bound to make a mistake in your favor at some point. Often records are misfiled, under priced, under graded, or under appreciated by store owners who eventually get a little jaded with their stock. Good crate diggers see that and never hesitate to take advantage of these inevitable random slip ups.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you have never been to the record store, or haven't been there in months, start at the dollar bin. As you flip through the records you get a vague yet valuable idea of how the store owner rates music in general. In the dollar bin you will dig more and get dirtier for less booty. That's not a problem, because time isn't a factor, that's what crate digging is all about, and if you are lucky the store owner will be an absolute idiot at pricing records. It's not unheard of to score a 20 to 100 dollar record in the dollar bins, so no matter how seasoned or snobby of a collector you are, don't skip that section, you could be missing out on a steal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Untouched, unsorted big digs are undeniably the best, but without a dust mask, the sneezing and hard, brown boogers soon start to form. Before long, you'll have multiple paper cuts and your hands start to get torn up and filthy. So make sure you have band aids on hand else you'll bleed all over the owners records. Your mid section tends to get very dirty, so be prepared, don't show up in your Sunday's best.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">A lot of record store proprietors don't want their needles and\or records getting ruined by legions of filthy handed crate diggers so they expect patrons to bring their own needles or portable players. You really can't blame them at all for that, and it's rare to see store owners bending over backwards to play each song you want to hear without getting annoyed. Show the owner some respect by having your own way to sample the music you are digging. A lot of records are too valuable to allow patrons to drop a needle on it. Don't be surprised if certain records are behind the counter and off limits to previewing. Look for it online first with your smart phone and peep an audio snippet if it's available instead of bothering the owner with a request to listen. Then you can ask them to play it for you if you must hear their copy before buying it. Frankly, that's not always necessary when you have access to YouTube videos and Discogs ratings. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Don't even think about asking the store owner to break the seal on a record. It's like asking them to throw away part of their profit, so just don't go there. If they have multiple sealed copies of a record, ask if one is unsealed that you can listen to first, otherwise use your discretion on asking them to break the seal. If the record is a 2 dollar record, they might not mind breaking the seal for you if they have multiple sealed copies in stock. Never unseal a record yourself, let the owner do it for you! They tend to think they can do it better then you, and maybe they are right.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"> Don't underestimate a stupid record store owner. Never tell them they are stupid and don't know how to price records even if it's true, they usually don't like that. Quietly purchase any absurdly under-priced records and walk away from over priced records without bitching about it. Let the store owner think it is you who is stupid and you will reap the benefits of humility.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">For physical in store purchases, don't ever return used records to the store you bought it from. If you walked out of the store without looking at the condition of the record, you bought it, you should be stuck with it. Tough luck for not taking the time to look at the condition of the record that is advertised. If it is under graded, you have the opportunity to say something while you are in the store, but once it leaves the store, it becomes your property. If you must bring it back because you missed a flaw, be prepared to sell it back at your loss. This does not necessarily pertain to online sales, you may attempt to return a used record to an online seller if you feel the record was misgraded, but only if you establish initial communication with him or her about the problem before proceeding with a return. DON'T EVER REVERSE YOUR PAYMENT WITHOUT CONTACTING THE SELLER FIRST! That is the lowest and laziest way to do business with a dealer, and you will shoot yourself in the foot by taking advantage of the system. You will lose out way more then what you have gained from that one malicious transaction, so don't even think about doing that to a record store owner.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Don't waste the store owner's time talking for hours and hours about music. They live this shit, they know already. Shut up and dig already. If you feel like having a music chat, keep in mind the owner probably enjoys it for about 5 minutes before they start feeling trapped in a conversation and are only obligated to talk to you. Besides, they don't need to know that you know what you are talking about. The less they know about your knowledge the better off you'll be. You can call them out on mistakes if it's in your favor, but you should feel no need to impress them with trivial music knowledge.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Completionists </b>will collect every single recording they can get their hands on of a certain artist or producer because while their collection remains incomplete, so, in turn, is their lives. (Guilty!) They often don't care if the music on the record is good or not as long as it fills that void they feel like they can die happy for having a complete collection. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Urban dictionary <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crate+digging" target="_blank">defines crate digging</a> as - "...a hip hop term for when one goes to an record store to look for old records to sample."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is an outdated, incomplete, and over-simplified definition of traditional crate digging only. So much is wrong with that definition. Not all diggers buy wax for sampling, it has transcended well beyond Hip Hop circles, and due to the advent of the Internet it no longer is limited to going to a physical record store. Crate digging has a loosely defined modern off-shoot that compliments and enhances traditional crate digging without detracting from it. Let's just call it what it is, <b>modern crate digging</b>. Yes, traditional crate digging has always meant being physically present at a record store and digging through stacks of records. But crate digging, in general, no longer means just that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><i>Crate Digging</i></u> <i>(or cratedigging)</i> - The activity of actively <u>searching</u> for music.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With this broader definition of modern crate digging, conventional lines become gray and are broken down completely and simplified into the search itself. With the advent of <b>Final Scratch</b> and <b>Serato</b>, DJs can mix traditionally in an nontraditional way using mp3s and wav files that can be extracted from any music medium. By that definition records aren't even a prerequisite. Consequently with modern crate digging, music format is not relevant. With the onset of the Internet, the world's online record stores become as close as your mailbox. Anyone who has searched online for records knows that it can be a long process of digging various sites, but in the end it is the same search for records as physical record store digging, only its cleaner and more convenient. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Musicians often put out mp3s of their original work, bypassing any record label whatsoever, these mp3s may be there today and gone tomorrow. Suddenly that music (if it's good) has value even though it's just technically 1s and 0s. Online sites like Discogs make music information readily available and puts music sellers conveniently in the same place. YouTube videos, and other online sources allow diggers to hear what they can buy or obtain (legally and illegally) without even having to leave their homes. Complete DJ mixes uploaded can expose unknown music to attentive music researchers. Music blogs and discussion forums open up a worldwide dialog among collectors, giving the buyer more knowledge of the music and where to find it for the best price. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Modern cratedigging, like traditional cratedigging <b>is all about the quest</b>. The end result is the same, the collector obtained some great music because he or she dug for it. It is the passion for the music that drives the hunt in both cases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Personally, I prefer traditional crate digging over modern crate digging. There is a real natural high when physically flipping through stacks of records that cannot be synthesized by the Internet. I enjoy traditional cratedigging more, I always will, it's my personal preference. But I can't deny that modern cratedigging enhances it's traditional counterpart by spreading useful knowledge and resources further then any local record store ever could. When it's all said and done, and you are listening to the fruits of the dig, it's all about music appreciation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of Cratedigging,<i> (Plug Time!</i><b>) </b><a href="http://officialperiodic.com/" target="_blank">Official Periodic</a> is pleased to announce the launch of <a href="http://cratedigging.co/"><b>Cratedigging.co</b></a> (the Cratedigging Co-Op). The Cratedigging Cooperative is an all new <b>cratedigging forum</b> focused on combining and celebrating both modern and traditional crate digging. It will be an open forum and an ever-growing knowledge base designed specifically for crate diggers by crate diggers. A place where music appreciation and the quest for music knowledge is freely shared by like-minded music heads, rock snobs, DJs, collectors and\or true music lovers. In a nutshell, members of Cratedigging.co just want to talk about what we love more then anything else in the world; the hunt for and appreciation of great music. Fellow crate diggers, we would be honored if you would <a href="http://cratedigging.co/register.php" target="_blank">join us</a> and build with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The phenomenon of DJ Jacking is not as scarce as you might think it is. DJs downloading circulated mp3s for their mixes is no big shocker. One of the many realities of the Internet is how it puts billions of TBs of mp3s out there for anyone with a high speed connection to claim as their own. Yet the idea of a DJ stealing from another DJs mixtape for the sole purpose of putting it into his or her own mixtape seemed so faux pas, I didn't think anyone would ever admit to doing it, much less ask how to do it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was wrong, this kind of thing happens, it is a real issue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://forum.diggerswithgratitude.com/showthread.php?11887-Question-for-the-DJs-Is-it-Ok-to-take-songs-of-another-DJs-mixtape-for-your-mixtape" target="_blank">Read</a> the DiggersWithGratitude.com Poll. (<= less drama, more on point)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So here is a question based on DJ ethics... Do you think downloading another DJs mixtape (either a mixed mixtape or unmixed compilation of underground or exclusive Hip Hop Joints) and harvesting one or two songs for use in your own mix for whatever reason is acceptable? Would you do it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Keep in mind this question has nothing to do with harvesting samples from a mixtape for production reasons. The question is specifically about removing a song from another DJs finished mixtape, masking the fact that it ever even was on a mix by either editing it, or covering up DJ drops, and mixing it into their own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm not gonna mince words, this is blatant DJ biting. Yeah, I know, biting is not new to Hip Hop, but this form is the lowest of low. What's next? How about an MC literally stealing the audio vocals from another MCs A Capella, and pasting it in his own song, and then fronting like that was really him rapping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Another fuzzy but fantastic VHS to DVD to Youtube video coming at cha, this one's from 1986! </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">As the story goes, on </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">April 4<sup>th</sup>,
1986</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, The celebrated night
club <b>The Disco Fever</b> was closed. Later
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Before walking away from the deal I noticed it had something else stacked underneath the sleeves in the box. A whole heap of autographed OG Sesame Street promotional photos! These were not intended to be included in this box set! In other words, some groupie kid went to <b>Sesame Street Live!</b> and had a backstage pass and got these press-photos "autographed". Sure, a record was missing, masks were missing, but the vinyl completionist collecting bug was temporarily quelled regardless since the press photos were included for mere 6 bucks. This is essentially a "Best Of" collection, and most of the songs I have on other records, so this was a no-brainer addition to my <b>Sesame Street Record collection</b>.<br />
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<br />rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-77375343748558959872011-12-13T15:26:00.001-06:002011-12-14T11:14:21.134-06:0080s Video Archives Pt 1: The Big Break Dance Contest 1983 Live at the Roxy<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Digging through my old Hip Hop DVD-Rs, I stumbled upon this historic gem from 1983; <b>The Big Break Dance Contest Live at the Roxy 1983</b> Full Video! This is the complete historical performance remastered from the original VHS recordings it was taped to. It's over 21 minutes of ground breaking live footage featuring 1983 B-Boy crews, the Magnificent Force, Uptown Express, the Fantastic Duo, the Flash Dancers, Larry Watson and Jason Twigg, the Heartbreakers, and the Dynamic Breakers. This B-Boy contest was hosted by Leslie Uggams, co-hosted by Carlos De Jesus, and includes celebrity judges Anita Morris, football great Hershel Walker, All My Childrens' Debbie Morgan and Darnell Williams, Earl 'the Pearl' Monroe, Disco Fever Owner Sal Abbatiello, WABC News Anchor John Johnson, Saturday Night Fever and Beat Street Choreographer Lester Wilson, and artist Lillo Thomas. Also features a short introductory documentary on the early Hip Hop culture featuring interviews with Afrika Bambaataa and other members of the Zulu Nation. On top of all that it includes a 1983 Burger King Hip Hop commercial from the airing, which was purposefully included to complete the throw-back vibe. The winners of the contest received $2500, an appearance on New York Hot Tracks, and a key roll in the movie Beat Street. If you know the movie, you know who won the contest! Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm relieved I finally rediscovered this footage, because the DVD-R was fading fast, so I knew the program had to be rescued and shared for prosperity. Unfortunately, the sound was barely audible and only on the right channel. I had to remove a lot of tape noise and duplicate the right channel to the left and I significantly boosted the volume and bass. The recording had a pause-button break in the middle of it right near the end when the winners were being announced that needed editing. After hours and hours of playing around with the audio and video editing it, I'm proud to share it with all the B-Boys and B-girls looking to reminisce. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">While <b>the Roxy</b> may have closed its doors a few years ago, as long as footage like this continues to be shared, its legacy to Hip Hop and pop culture will never be forgotten. Please share this video with those who will appreciate it and as always feel free to comment on it. </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rap videos of the 1980s have so much great throw back imagery just waiting to be tapped into. So I took some time and went through my video collection and screen shot some stills for prosperity. Like all photographs on this blog, these images are <b>royalty free</b> for you to use for any reason you choose. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-67684914752149431622011-11-08T16:08:00.000-06:002011-11-08T16:08:18.976-06:00"C" is for Crate Digging: Sesame Street Records 101<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I like records of any genre almost indiscriminately. Yet, even as an avid crate digger, I never thought I'd end up carefully hoarding and cherishing my <b>Sesame Street Records </b>collection. <br />
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It all started with this first one, the <b>Original Cast Sesame Street Book & Record</b> from the year 1970. My wife had a bunch of old records from her childhood that I pillaged. This beat up copy was at the back of the crate. As you would expect with most kids records, it was basically destroyed, marked up with crayon, pages were ripped out of it, it was a mess, but for that reason I dropped a needle on it years ago, hoping to find a few scratch samples to play with no guilt of damaging a record. To my surprise it was really funky. Way beyond funky in fact. This original <b>Sesame Street Theme</b> I noticed was even better then the one I can remember as a kid. So I patiently scanned through the rest of the scratchy record hoping that there was even more funky goodness just itching to be scratched. Sure enough, it was loaded with all kinds of potential DJ battle sounds and random sample-worthy snippets. So I put it in my <b>scratch tools</b> crate and really, that should have been the end of the story.<br />
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Fast forward about 5 years... Along comes an unbeatable proposal from my super sister in law. At the time she was working for Sesame Street Live! and was responsible for helping choose music for the show. Digging through her company's vaults for song ideas she stumbled upon a large stack of original Sesame Street records her company acquired years ago. They sat and gathered dust for years since the company didn't even have a working turntable any longer. While the records had great show material on them she had no way to listen to them.<br />
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That's where I came in. She knew I had turntables and recording software set up and ready to go, and she also knew my weakness for collecting wax. The deal: I get to keep all the records after I recorded them all and burnt them all to CD for her. Lucky for me her company had no desire or use for the records themselves, just the music on them. I gladly came to the rescue and added these records to my personal crates. Keep in mind, what really is great about this, is that these kids records were never touched by kids! They are all in excellent condition because they are practically unplayed!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>What Time Is It On Sesame Street?</b> Oh look, the clock still has both of it's hands on it! MONEY!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Best of Ernie</b>. This one is great!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sesame Street Everybody's Record</b>. Just in case you forgot where your arm is. Ernie's antics never get old.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sesame Street Aren't You Glad You're You? </b>Why, yes I am, thank you!<b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sesame Street Monsters!</b> Don't worry, they are nice monsters, not scary monsters. Scary dopeness!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sesame Street: The Count Counts</b>. One of my favorites, loaded with number scratchables!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sesame Street Happy Birthday!</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sesame Country</b>. I thought I would not like this one, but its one of the best!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>After I recorded all the music to CD for her, they were mine! But now I had a new problem on my hands. I was still missing some classics. I can't just settle for a partial collection of Sesame Street records, I didn't even have "C" is for Cookie for God's sake! So naturally, I've been diligently scouring the Internet, and slowly but surely I have been filling in the gaps as I find them.<br />
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Here are the latest editions to my collection...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Susan Sings Songs From Sesame Street</b> Ahh, the lovely Susan and her soulful vocal chords.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Sesame Street Just the Two of Us</b> (Double Album) </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Just the Two of us includes the quintessential<b> Cookie Monster - "C" is for Cookie</b> album and <b>Grover Sings!</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Just the Two of Us</b> Gatefold. While you are listening, help cookie monster find the magic cookie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Village Soul Choir Sesame Street Theme</b> The most soulful Sesame Street version I have ever heard. </td></tr>
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and finally yesterday, this arrived...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Cookie Monster and the Girls - "C" is for Cookie</b> (Ninja Tune Records)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>That is my grail! Not only does it have the legendary <b>Larry Levan's</b> first ever disco mix on it, it also has an unstoppable DJ Food edit of the <b>Pinball Number Song</b> by the <b>Pointer Sisters</b>. I have been wanting that song on record since I was a kid, and now finally, I got it! DJ Food edits this down to the meat and potatoes without detracting from the original in any way. He made it mix friendly, and I am forever thankful. <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/read.php?4,53,1801#msg-1801" target="_blank">LISTEN</a> TO A SNIPET of it at Official Periodic Forum. <br />
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Yeah, I know, I'm still missing countless important Sesame Street joints. On the top of my list is the obscure and elusive <b>Roosevelt Franklin</b> records. <br />
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Long story short, this collection serves two valuable purposes. It not only brings back fond childhood memories, it also has become my yet-to-be-used Hip Hop sample pallet. There will be a Sesame Street themed album or mix coming out of my studio at some point. I can't wait to put this innocent throw-back vibe in ya ears. Stay tuned, I'll drop an update here once it's materialized. <br />
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See also: <a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_Discography" target="_blank">Sesame Street Discography</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> As always, comments, and recommendations are absolutely welcome here, add on!<br />
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</div>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-18784139929316815832011-11-02T13:51:00.004-05:002011-11-03T09:21:51.796-05:00Death of a Forum: DJForums.com is Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8901Alekhdw0B_bMWIBr322q-yG86jMIonDWAR2bZHurBPt6yOw9HewOM5htfpl_8iNxhDwB5B_13jgpGuf05_VIFcEFzsrI1besZRfnyEre6BZPeSUPMnSd759uK6IJ41VKY2PExDduq/s1600/DJForumsDead1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8901Alekhdw0B_bMWIBr322q-yG86jMIonDWAR2bZHurBPt6yOw9HewOM5htfpl_8iNxhDwB5B_13jgpGuf05_VIFcEFzsrI1besZRfnyEre6BZPeSUPMnSd759uK6IJ41VKY2PExDduq/s1600/DJForumsDead1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Related to Elements: DJ, HH Forum </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm gonna go out on a sturdy limb and just put the final nail in this coffin. DJForums.com, the once massive online DJ community, <b>is dead.</b> While not solely a Hip Hop Forum, DJForums.com had a Hip Hop section with a close-knit group of contributors, an expansive database of information on equipment, production gear and DJ tools, and all kinds of DJ tips, tricks and techniques on file. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using the Internet Archive's search engine, <a href="http://www.archive.org/web/web.php%20" target="_blank">Wayback Machine</a> (one great way to see dead website content) you can clearly see this place was really jumping.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100528130707/http://www.djforums.com/forums/" target="_blank">See the July 5, 2011 Snapshot of DJForums.com</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was a slow painful death, almost like watching an Alzheimer victim pop in and out of reality. The website would go completely down, for weeks at a time, starting late in 2010, and gradually it would go down more often each passing month throughout this entire year. At this point DJForums has been MIA, completely out of commission since around October 14 2011, the longest stretch yet. Prior to that it must have been down sporadically 9 or 10 times, sometimes days, sometimes weeks at a time, and when it came back you would never know. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When it did come back, one thing was for sure, you better not ask where it went or why it went down or you would get snapped at for the inquiry. A concerned member started a thread in the General Forum there inquiring why the forum kept failing to keep it's host running, and if there was anything he could do to help out. BAD IDEA. One of the forum moderators representing DJForums said on that thread that it was a "problem with the hosting". He quickly added, "If you think it's about money, Go F__K yourself!" So, the users who straggled back on to the site after weeks of downtime basically had to pretend that it never happened. Ad space at the tops of each forum disappeared as apparently the buyers of that space had enough of the downtime, and pulled out of the deal leaving an almost omniscient "Website Not Found" white space in it's place. Spam on the forum started to run rampant as the mods seemed to almost give up on cleaning it up. Users who prepaid for the VIP forum (A special section of the forum users actually pay money to visit) were S.O.L. Even Google started to take notice as their once overpowering search engine presence started to drop off the face of the Internet.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Luckily all these DJForums users are not dead, they are still alive. Unless they stopped DJing, they still need a place to go to discuss music, techniques and the like. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>INSERT PLUG</i> (BUT KEEP IT SUBTLE HERE.) <i>"Oh look, a brand new Hip Hop forum, and it looks like they could use some active members!"</i> <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/" target="_blank">Official Periodic Forum</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seriously, OPF is nothing like DJF, nor do we want to be anything like it, but we are equally passionate about music, production, remixes and ESPECIALLY Hip Hop, so if you feel a void from this untimely death, we would love to help fill it. Please <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/register.php" target="_blank">Join</a> and build with us.<i> END PLUG</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DJForums was one of many forums I visited devoted to the art of DJing and in particular I appreciated the Hip Hop section. Like other forums, it was a collaboration of it's users and therefore a truly unique perspective on DJing and Hip Hop that couldn't be found on any other forum. I'm not saying it was better then any other forums, on the contrary, sometimes it was blistering with newbies asking the same cliche questions about DJ names, or how to do the triple-backwards-bicep-click-flare, or "Hey, watch me practice my chirps and tell me what I'm doing wrong" videos. But besides all that, there were some real heads that held it down, and frankly brought their distinct and diverse perspective of Hip Hop and\or DJing to the masses. For those reasons, I will miss DJForums. RIP DJ Forums!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DISCLAIMER:</b> I could be wrong, I've been wrong before, and I'll be wrong again. BUT, if DJForums decides to pull a zombie forum maneuver and come back from the dead again, I hope they figured out their so-called hosting problem for the sake of maintaining some dignity. Hosting is dirt cheap, and not hard to find, so frankly I don't believe or accept the excuse. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>ATTN: DJ Forums Ex-Users</b>... Please add on, comments are absolutely welcome! Also, if you have any additional insider information about this or updates, please comment on this post.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i>SEE ALSO: </i></b> Here's what <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/read.php?3,158,158" target="_blank">Official Periodic Forums</a> members had to say about the downtime of DJForums. PLEASE NOTE: One must be a logged in member to read the General Forum, but it's not required to be logged in for the <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/list.php?1" target="_blank">Crate Digging Hip Hop</a>, <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/list.php?4" target="_blank">Crate Digging Non Hip Hop</a>, <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/list.php?6" target="_blank">Mixtape Submission</a>, or <a href="http://forum.officialperiodic.com/list.php?7" target="_blank">Producer Forums</a> at Official Periodic Forums.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-65654021600678494362011-09-26T15:46:00.000-05:002011-09-26T15:46:24.189-05:00Stillmatic: 80s Hip Hop Video Stills Pt. 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/glrg.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/gsm.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal</span></i></div><br />
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Rap videos of the 1980s have so much great throw back imagery just waiting to be tapped into. So I took some time and went through my video collection and screen shot some stills for prosperity. Like all photographs on this blog, these images are <b>royalty free</b> for you to use for any reason you choose. Click on the images for a larger pic.<br />
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</div>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-76465855452302770812011-06-03T13:49:00.005-05:002011-06-08T17:40:03.096-05:00Calibr8 Str8: Calibrating The Straight Arm Turntable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/calibratetop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/calibratetop.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Related to Elements: DJ, 12" Single</span> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do you own a straight arm turntable like a Stanton STR8 100 or 150? Are your records skipping unexpectedly? It's probably because the needles you are using are not mounted properly.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Straight arm turntables are great, they sound warm rich and are great for mixing. The Stanton STR8 series in particular have extremely high torque and are excellent for scratching or casual listening. <b>BUT </b>this is true ONLY if it is calibrated properly. A needle on a straight arm tracks the groove of a record better but only if it is offset. If your straight arm turntable is not properly aligned, then your records will skip.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why is that? Good ol' science tells why...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> source: <a href="http://www.kabusa.com/str8_doc.htm">http://www.kabusa.com/str8_doc.htm</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First things first. Lower the tone arm lift as much as possible by turning it counter clockwise.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<b>IMPORTANT:</b> With the following steps, you must be EXACT with your angle or you will cause damage to your records or they will sound funny. Do not settle for "close enough" measurements or your records will skip or sound funny. If your records skip, fine tune your calibrations right away, or the needles and\or records will wear down prematurely. (New needles are ideal for this situation since they need to be broken in anyway.)<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are using the Stanton headshell, there is no need for a caliper. Just follow the dotted line. Simply align the cartridge mounting screws dead center with the dotted line.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Otherwise, if you are using the Technics headshell you will need to use your caliper to measure where the cartridge should be tightened.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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Measure from the back of the headshell slot to the start of the mounting screw when adjusting. <i>(as shown above)</i> There is little forgiveness in the sound quality if you are too far forward or back.<br />
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</div>rcheckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342903208069090236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428138932984789689.post-70265394357721680452011-05-03T14:32:00.002-05:002011-05-04T08:49:29.351-05:00Record Photography: Records In Motion Pt.2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/justice-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j72/rchecka/justice-1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Related to Elements: DJ, Crate Digging, 12" Single, Record Label</span></span></div><br />
<a href="http://officialperiodic.blogspot.com/2011/01/record-photography-records-in-motion.html"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See Part 1</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's some more photos of records in motion... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Writing-wise, there isn't much to add to part one on this post other than; a few filters and cut and paste effects were added to these images to flip the script a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By the way, all of these Hip Hop pics are royalty free images, feel free to use any of the photos for your own use. </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
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