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    Defective Summerteeth vinyl

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Records are ephemera!!

    Amen to that.

     

    I did send back the record, but I wanted to see if I could get it to work with various equipment tweaks. Hopefully when I get my much-cheaper (I had pre-ordered each record individually from Amazon) 3-pack from WilcoWorld in 6 weeks, everything will be great. Otherwise, I guess I'll just have to remember to crank up the anti-skate whenever I play "Can't Stand It."

     

    Thanks for all the input. I really appreciate it.

    Defective Summerteeth vinyl

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Well, I cranked up the anti-skate to 11 and added extra weight to the arm, and that seems to have done the trick. It still skips, but it doesn't jump like it did before.

     

    Should I really have to do this, though? Max out the settings? Doesn't extra weight mess up the records? What about anti-skip? Louie, maybe you can fill me in.

    Defective Summerteeth vinyl

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    This is pathetic but not unheard of. You are lucky they let you return it. That is not always the case with vinyl anymore (it used to be when all records were vinyl.)

     

    LouieB

     

    Amazon is pretty good about returns; I think that if something is truly defective, most big retailers won't try to deny you a replacement. I have to wonder, though, if some day Amazon will get out of the record-selling business—because there are people out there who really do expect their records to sound like CDs.

     

    I am all set up to return this Summerteeth and get a refund from Amazon. I just have to mail it back.

     

    I decided to order the AM/BT/ST bundle from Wilcoworld, which turns out to be a really good deal; I'm just going to have to wait 6 more weeks.

     

    By the way, my turntable's only a couple of years old and it's a nice one. Wilco the Album plays great on it, so I tend to think it's a quality issue for Summerteeth. ;)

    Defective Summerteeth vinyl

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Welcome to the wonderful world of vinyl records....

     

    I have not yet played mine, but at $26 bucks it better be perfect...(half kidding...) since we all waited so so long.

     

    LouieB

     

    I hear you, and I know that there can be/are often imperfections. This is beyond imperfection, though. When two different copies skip in the same exact place, it's a quality control issue, IMO. Plus, it makes the track totally unlistenable because the groove is fused. When it gets to that point, the needle jumps out of the groove and skips 30 seconds ahead. This happens twice on that track. Sigh. I guess I'll try to return it to Amazon again and order a replacement from Wilcoworld.

    Defective Summerteeth vinyl

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I ordered the new Summerteeth LP from Amazon, only to discover that the 1st track skips right out of the package.

     

    I sent it back and got a new copy. The new copy skips in the exact same spot. I looked at it and there are no scratches whatsoever. However, upon closer examination, it looks like the left and right sides of the groove are fused together at the place where it skips. The entire rest of the album is fine. Bummer!

     

    Anyone else having similar problems? If not, does anyone want to trade for my extremely rare defective copy?

     

    I called WB today; I guess they're going to email me with a response. Was just wondering if anyone else was having the same problem.

     

    P.S. If you have yet to buy it, you might want to choose somewhere other than Amazon. They may have a bad batch, while other places may have non-defective copies. I'll post my response from WB when I get it.

    New Califone Album/Film

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Rec'd this email today:

     

    DEAD OCEANS TO RELEASE CALIFONE’S ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FUNERAL SINGERS OCTOBER 6

     

    “…gorgeously art-damaged roots-rock.”—The New York Times

     

    “…a staggering homage to starts and finishes, computers and cornfields, dirty feet and throbbing foreheads.”—Pitchfork

     

    Califone’s forthcoming album All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is set for release October 6 by Dead Oceans. The album marks the highly anticipated follow-up to 2006’s Roots & Crowns, which The New York Times calls “enthralling,” and Paste praises as “Acoustic Delta blues, back-porch Appalachia, folk-pop and syncopated funk marinate in futuristic sounds, like Mississippi John Hurt, Neil Young and Curtis Mayfield transported through Four Tet’s chop shop.”

     

    The Chicago-based band consists of multi-instrumentalists Tim Rutili, Jim Becker, Joe Adamik, and Ben Masseralla. On All My Friends Are Funeral Singers the band employs a wide range of instrumentation and electronic effects to create a dense collage of sounds. Instruments range from the traditional (guitar, violin, banjo, percussion) to the unusual (optigan, stylophone, baritone ukulele, mbira, thumb piano).

     

    Longtime collaborator and producer Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Gomez, Modest Mouse) says, “Tim’s songwriting on All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is my favorite yet. They have found a sound unlike anyone else, and are able to draw otherworldly sounds from very common instruments. It’s melodically inventive and economical and delivered with more detail and nuance than before.”

     

    Primary songwriter and vocalist Tim Rutili, whose artistic endeavors stretch beyond music and include the creation of surreal short documentaries, music video and film scores, recently wrote and directed his first feature-length film. The screenplay for the film draws on the same themes and inspirations as the album, and many of the songs were written at the same time and contain the same images and characters. The film, also titled All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, will be submitted to film festivals early next year.

     

    Califone will incorporate a full-length presentation of the film during their live performances, adding a new element to the band’s live show. Nationwide tour dates will be confirmed shortly.

     

    okay, I've never given these guys a chance.

     

    What album should I start with? AllMusic has "Quicksand/Cradlesnakes" starred as their album pick.

     

    You can download an album's worth of free MP3s here:

     

    http://www.pastrysharp.com/discography/downloads/

     

    Sin Ropas' Tim Hurley also played in Red Red Meat. While more obscure than Califone, Sin Ropas made one of my favorite records, Fire Prizes.

     

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    Sin Ropas are great, too. And really nice people.

     

    That the vinyl version of Fire Prizes is awesome, too.

    New Califone Album/Film

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Sure, I'm biased, but this is going to be cool:

     

    After years spent putting out records on Thrill Jockey and their own Perishable imprint, Chicago experimental roots-rockers Califone are taking a step in a new direction. Their new album, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, will be released by Dead Oceans. The follow-up to 2006's Roots and Crowns is out October 6.

     

    The album is a kind of companion piece to Califone frontman Tim Rutili's first feature film, which is also called All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. Rutili plans to submit the movie to festivals in 2010, while the band will play a live soundtrack to the film during their upcoming tour.

     

    That's the cover up there, and the tracklist is after the jump

     

    All My Friends Are Funeral Singers:

     

    01 Giving Away the Bride

    02 Polish Girls

    03 1928

    04 Funeral Singers

    05 SNAKE'S TOOTH = PROTECTION AGAINST FEVER AND LUCK IN GAMBLING

    06 Buñuel

    07 Ape-Like

    08 A WISH MADE WHILE BURNING ONIONS WILL COME TRUE

    09 Evidence

    10 Alice Marble Gray

    11 Salt

    12 Krill

    13 SAVEN, FOURTEEN, OR TWENTY-ONE KNOTS

    14 Better Angels

     

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    RIP Robert McNamara

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Interesting how RM's legacy gets qualified here at VC. would we be harsher if he'd served under republican administrations? Will Rummy get the same treatment when he goes?

     

    Good question. Rummy's legacy is still being dealt with, but I can't imagine that it will approach the scale of destruction and death wrought by MacNamara in WWII and Vietnam. We'll see.

     

    Vietnam is a strange one, though. Yes, it was a Democrat-run war, yet liberals hate(d) it, and conservatives seem to wish we'd seen it through. I'm not sure that MacNamara gets any special consideration because the catastrophe was wrought by Democrats.

     

    Either way, it was horrendous. MacNamara was an interesting figure who provided a lot of insight and tried to repent toward the end of his life. I'm not so sure he deserves our RIPs, though. If there's a hell, he's surely in it.

    Bennett's Best Shows

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    The loss of Jay Bennett is a big shock, and I want to say something about it on Owl and Bear. Since I host the Wilco Archive, I find I'm in a unique position to pay tribute to Jay through some of his live shows. However, I could use a little help.

     

    I'm looking to highlight some classic Wilco shows from Jay's era so that people can download and enjoy, but I'd like to have input from some Via Chicago members.

     

    Based on shows that are currently available on the Wilco Archive, what are your favorites?

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