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Gulp,.you are correct. LouieB

Sunday will Never be the Same - Spanky and Our Gang Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues Friday I'm In Love - The Cure Friday on My Mind -Easy Beats Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristopherson I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats Afternoon Delight - Starlight Vocal Band (okay not really about a day I guess.) Sunday in the Park with George - Steven Sondheim (There have to be some musical folks out there...) Let's Kill Saturday Night - Robbie Fulks Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon - The Kinks (not Queen, unless they covered it!!) Small Town Saturday Night - Hal Ketchum That's it for now. LouieB

"On a Monday" lots of artists. LouieB

No one noticed my gaff....callilng the R in CHIRP "record"; it is actually RADIO project. LouieB

For those of you close to Chicago, the CHIRP (Chicago Independent Radio Project) Sale is always a fun event. This year it is returning to Plumber's Hall at 1340 West Washington Boulevard on the near west side. There is plenty of free parking and nice bathrooms. More importantly there are lots of vinyl and craft dealers, as well as DJ sets and live music (and food.) CHIRP is an online and someday broadcast station that is based out of the northside that plays indie rock and most other types of music as well. Download or bring an ad for this event and you get two bucks off. If you want to

If anyone is going to the CHIRP record salenext weekend, my selling buddy has a couple crates of Dead LPs, both regular releases, bootlegs and various solo projects. Very cool stuff. LouieB

I missed this part of the thread. Ten Years? LouieB

What does this mean? He does nor doesn't know they are doing it. He knows. Probably this will prompt somneone to say that Bob Dylan just isn't that rich (just like Neil Young in the Neil Young thread.) LouieB

No mention of James Joyce?? Don't have time to think of stuff now, but Mary Black is a good singer. LouieB

I am also a fan. Saw him when his debut came out in the early 80s and he was as good as the record. Saw him again in the last couple months when he was touring with the Bottle Rockets. Hopefully he will tour the east coast with them this spring or summer. Very fun. The Chicago show was lightly attended but it was still fun, even though they were a bit rocky (not in a good way) because of a huge show in St. Louis the night before that took place in a snowstorm. I have a bunch of his LPs and a couple later CDs, but I do think the first couple are the best (including the Field Day remix EP

Every record collector has different motivations. Those who actually like music and want to hear that music will buy it in whatever format it can be accessed in. I like lots of music that I will never see the original release because they are rare 78s. I am not paying thousands of dollars to hear a couple songs. There is a great deal of fetishism in this area. Reissues are going to play approximately the same as an original LP. Some original LPs play worse than reissues. Some folks just have to have that original copy for no other reason than they want it. The entire vinyl only culture

That clerk was a real douche...everyone knows there is nothing cooler than Impulse Records; the label Coltrane built. Amazing. LouieB

Buying a reissue of a scarce LP is probably the only way a collector might get that album. To me, the limiting of these reissues is ridiculous, but that's just me. For example, Skip James' Vanguard album "Today!" is being reissued on RSD. I recently bought the CD version of this album which is quite good, but not astounding. Would it be nice to have it on LP? Sure why not, but is it really worth $20 and a special trip to wait in line for it? Not really sure. Why not just reissue it on an ongoing basis so that everyone who wants it (or some of these other LPs) can get it for the years to c

Buy and sell as the market will allow I suppose. Strangely some of the merch from these record days goes unsold even a year or more later. (Kicking Televsion anyone or Neko Case's clear Middle Cyclone!!?!?) I don't go looking for this merch after the fact so I have no idea if there even is a resale market for it. I have bought some records I thought I wanted and have not gotten around to listening to them yet, but have never thought about re-selling them. I did buy some merch for a needy VCer during the first RSD and sent it out a bit late and never was paid for it, so buyer beware all

Your logic is lost on me. Both are scarce (there are not an unlimited number of tickets or these records), both are bought by profiteers, both are sold to someone who is willing to pay above the initial cost of the item. LouieB

Both can be scarce commodities. So if you think there is nothing wrong with scalping tickets or profiteering on merch, go for it. In a sense the limiting of this merch is creating a situation where the secondary market can profit. If there were plenty of each of the offerings for record day there would be no merch to put up on eBay from this event. It is just sad (to me) that anyone would intentionally buy records with no intention of actually adding them to their collection and enjoying listening to them. LouieB

We Jam is an excellent documentary. I saw it on the big(ish) screen at the Art Institute a few years back. LouieB

Seriously? I hope you are joking!! LouieB

I dunno...I would take the royalties from Harvest alone and live comfortably. Roll in the number of times Heart of Gold gets played on the radio still and you can live pretty well. Funding research is a good thing and nicely tax deductable. I don't believe for a minute that he makes more money off Lionel trains than he does on music, but again, I could be wrong. Are that many people buying model trains these days? More than buy CDs, concert tickets, download music, movies, royalties from movies and TV shows that feature his music. If so he should pack it in and call it a day and just p

For sure, but we also should be supporting indie record stores all year. One day flogging a bit of merch isn't going to keep these guys from going out of business. LouieB

Best post ever on this. I think Neil can afford an electric car if he wants one. Sell a vintage guitar or two and I am sure he can swing it. LouieB

I suppose only Neil's accountant knows how much he makes. What is he spending it on? And you may be correct that the new records don't sell squat, but the old ones I bet do pretty well. If his records as a whole didn't sell enough Reprise would cut him loose, like all the big labels have done to his generation. But they let him put out whatever he wants, so I think he pays the bills. LouieB

These are the benefit shows for Near North. But the charges are pretty high as usual because of Jam. Actually someone needs to go back to school...and I quote...ANNUAL YOUTH SCHOLORSHIP BENEFIT SHOWS Someone didn't proof their work. Also a geography problem. This is at the Vic, but the description below is the Riv. Go figure. LouieB

Wasn't that for the Near North Montessori benefit? Benefits are always more expensive because they are trying to raise money for something. LouieB

Yes and Yes. I am sitting in an office today listening to the "lite" rock station (it is piped in, not because I want to....!!!) The mechanical residuals most artist make from radio, muzak, film, etc, are more than enough to keep anyone one of us happy for a lifetime. But unlike Randy Meisner, Neil has put out album after album, reissued old albums, put out movies, concerts, all that stuff people yearn for and he is right up there with the best of them (Dylan, Bowie, Jagger, etc.) Despite Neil's hippie cred he is a total capitalist at this point. Every time he drops an album, good or b