Metallica is a "band of today"? Who knew...

I've learned through experience that no matter how polite you are about it, letting someone know they've created a duplicate thread for an identical topic is a very volatile subject, at least that's been my experience on this board. On other boards the Mods will usually delete the duplicate thread or merge it with the existing one. Here, it can be grounds for WW III.

As I posted earlier in the thread, I own several box sets. I would never buy them if it was all stuff I already owned, at least on CD. In most (but by no means all) cases box sets are full of previously unreleased material. Rhino Records (who released the Nuggets box sets) do a very excellent job of compiling the boxes they release. That's not just from the compiling aspect itself but also the amount of work they put into the packaging of them.

I still buy new and used vinyl regularly, especially if the new vinyl comes with a download card. I have a turntable but I really need to upgrade since it's in such poor shape. I want to be able to convert some of my old records to mp3's but I also want to be able to listen to them through my existing home stereo system. I've seen a Technics model which I think would do the trick but I've yet to fork over the bucks for it.

The worth of used vinyl records hasn't suddenly gone up. If it's a rare printing, misprint, 1st pressing or a sought after title that's in mint condition it's going to be worth more but this isn't anything different than what I experienced when having accessing the value of my parents' record collection in the late 90s. And yes, vinyl has made a comeback over the past few years but it's still miniscule compared to digital downloads and compact disc sales. The increased popularity of vinyl hasn't suddenly caused old vinyl records to be worth more. Check any record collecting site and you're soon learn that the price of vinyl (U.K. pressings or otherwise) haven't suddenly increased in value. Check this site for more information.

I have this on an old Dr. Hook collection called The Best Rest of Dr. Hook (which is evidently so hard to find I couldn't even locate an image of the album cover online). I hadn't thought of it in years until I heard Shooter Jennings play some old obscure Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show on his Electric Rodeo program on XM earlier tonight. BTW, this is NSFW.

Whenever these two get into it I feel like I've walked into the middle of an Abbott and Costello routine.

Link to the correct thread.

New Fountains of Wayne: Fountains Of Wayne's new album, Sky Full Of Holes, will be released in the US on August 2 by Yep Roc Records, and by Warner Music in Japan (other international release dates coming soon). Recorded in New York City, Sky Full Of Holes features 13 new songs written and produced by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. The album was mixed by John Holbrook, who also worked on Welcome Interstate Managers and Traffic And Weather. The band - Collingwood, Schlesinger, guitarist Jody Porter, and drummer Brian Young - will tour extensively in support of the new album beginning this summer. Check www.fountainsofwayne.com for tour dates and updates.

RollingStone.com will be streaming performances from Jazz Fest this year. More info here.

I suggest an entire section of the forum be devoted to the discussion of why someone born in 1968 was 27 in 1995.

It's been mentioned before but I don't think Golden Earring's "Radar Love" really qualifies as a One Hit Wonder since they've had other hit songs, especially "Twilight Zone" (which actually hit the #1 spot on the charts in the U.S. while "Radar Love" only reached #13).

The entire song:

New Garland Jefferys from his album The King of In Between which is due on June 7th:

You might want to try this thread in the Poll section of the board where this question was posed before.

If you're not already on the e-list I strongly suggest doing so. This doesn't mean you'll be privy to this year's lineup any sooner than anyone else but you will be among the first in line to get tickets. I went the first two years but won't be there this year (unless something changes).

From NoDepression.com: BAND OF JOY: Traveling Musical Circus Rambles Through Berkeley By Robert Sproul The evening of Friday, April 22nd was remarkably dry in the Bay Area. It was the opening concert of the season at the Greek Theater in Berkeley and, like all over the country, the weather has been unpredictable. I grew up in Berkeley and have attended concerts at the Greek since I was in high school. I saw presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy speak at the Greek. I saw Miles Davis throw down sheet music that Gil Evans had laid out for a set. I cringed when a crowd booed Charlie Mingus and was later admonished by Roland Kirk who said "if you alls treat me that way I just might wish a stroke on y'alls." I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn, Elvis Costello, Boz Scaggs and Van Morrison's recent Astral Weeks tour as well as four Cinco De Mayo Festivals where the Greek became a true cultural experience. To read the rest of the review click here.

Stuff You Should Know: Creating the Perfect Album Cover For all the talk about how mp3s and illegal downloading have killed the music industry, there’s one segment of the record business that’s been enjoying a bit of a resurgence over the past few years — vinyl LPs. Thanks in part to the inferior sound of mp3s and a yearning for the days when buying music was a physical experience, albums have been making a steady comeback while CD sales continue to drop and cassettes have all but vanished. With that renewed interest in vinyl has, naturally, come a revival of the album cover as art. We’re certainly no experts in what goes into putting together a great album cover, so we enlisted the help of someone who is. Artist Wes Freed has been cranking out some of the most unique and visually stunning album covers for years now, most notably for the almighty Drive-By Truckers. As prolific as he is talented, he even paints a unique tour poster for nearly every stop of the band’s tours. We asked Wes for some thoughts on what goes into creating the perfect album cover. Check out what he had to say, and then check out a gallery of some of our favorites from his vast portfolio of work. We think you’ll enjoy it. To read the rest of the article click here.

Your dad had big headphones before you did. Right now hipsters you’re probably readying this post with over sized headphones on, listening to a band you discovered on pitchfork, with your legs crossed, touching your face with your left hand, thinking about how douche bag skull candy ear buds are. There’s a reason your dad wore them, so he didn’t have to listen to you throw pissy fits and cry when you were a baby. The last thing he wanted to hear when Jimmy Page was thrashing through a solo was the gutteral, ear deafening screams that would make Beethoven thankful he was deaf. So hipsters, next time you’re pulling on your headphones to listen to someone whine over bad guitar chords, remember this… Your dad rocked big headphones because you were a bitch, he’d still be wearing them too but thankful he lost his hearing from living life turned up to 11 and now he can just ignore you. ps - it’s a good thing you’re reading these words and not listening to them hipsters, because I would be ear banging your ocular cavities with the furious words of your suckitude. More here.