A solution to my idiotic power problem may be en route, I’m talking to my landlord about it later this week. I’m sure I can get this shit together soon. I sure hope so, having my computer sitting next to me while I write this on my dinky little laptop sure is frustrating.
So…how yinz doing? I noticed that this past Saturday was Record Store Day. Everyone get everything they wanted? Or were thy screwed over my a manipulated market of manufactured scarcity built to capitalize off of a speculator-driven bubble that’s due to burst any day now and take down the vinyl boom with it?
Oh, sorry was that too harsh? I’m having some pretty mixed feelings on Record Store Day as of late, hopefully I’ll be able to put something a bit more organized and concrete about my feelings later this week. Arguing with boutique record labels really frustrated me.
In the meantime, here are some remixes to two of the greatest pop songs ever recorded. I’m going out of alphabetical order tonight because I fucked up it’s my blog and I do what I want to.
Madonna
Express Yourself (Non-Stop Express Mix)
Express Yourself (Stop & Go Dubs)
Express Yourself (Local Mix)
Like A Prayer (7 Inch Remix)
Like A Prayer (12 Inch Club Version)
Like A Prayer (12 Inch Dance Mix)
Like A Prayer (12 Inch Extended Remix)
Like A Prayer (Bass Dub)
Like A Prayer (Churchapella)
Like A Prayer (Instra Dub)
Like A Prayer (Dub Beats)
The “Express Yoursellf” remixes were all taken from the 12″ single, while the “Like A Prayer” ones were culled from two different 12″ singles, one commercially released and one a club promo. Despite their similar names, all the 12″ remixes are different. They are also all worth hearing.
For the first time in my four years going, RSD disappointed. I was able to get three of the eight releases I wanted, but missed out on the three I REALLY wanted (Wizard of Oz, King Nong, Ghostbusters). I am lucky that my local Exclusive Co. in Milwaukee gets just about all the releases, but there were people in line at 4pm Friday afternoon! I just can’t justify that! HOWEVER, I did decide to hit a LITTLE shop on my way home (the fourth store I checked out) and scored BIG on a closeout of 70s-90s mostly promotional/DJ/radio copies of some albums and 12″ singles AT A BUCK A PIECE!!!! I was able to replace some long lost songs and acquired some stuff I never knew existed!
(I’m posting them on my instagram account if you want to see: BaristaEric)
Totally got screwed. I really had my heart set on the Ghostbusters single but it apparently sold out rather quickly which meant I had to be at the store within 30 minutes of opening to get a copy. This disheartened me enough that I didn’t even want to score a copy of that Pixies album “Indie Cindy” even though it was in my hands (not to mention it was $50 which was also bullshit). But instead, I did score a plethora of nifty 12″ singles that were all under $10, so that dulled the sting a little but not entirely. Still scoring a copy of Homer Simpson’s favorite song can dull the sting to anything 😀