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Cities / Minneapolis / St. Paul

« on: February 04, 2011, 02:03:26 PM »

Weird, I figured this area would have its own thread in the Cities board, but I guess not. So first thing I'm getting is that not much goes on here. Confirm or deny? I was looking at some of those odd Forbes lists today, Most Affordable Cities and Best Cities For Jobs, and Minneapolis was the only place to appear in both lists. Is this really the chosen land as far as these 2 things are concerned? It ranked pretty high on the jobs one, Milwaukee did too. I dunno, just curious...

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: S S 1 0 : S.S. Records' Tenth Birthday May 20-22 San Francisco

« on: February 03, 2011, 11:06:55 AM »

several police officers busting into that place with their guns drawn.

there are easier and more civil ways to get a burger.

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Pop Punk / Re: white stripes = DEAD

« on: February 03, 2011, 10:10:55 AM »

Fucking love this band. Paid a few months rent with their records. I still wanna give 'em a hug and say thank you if I ever meet them.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: S S 1 0 : S.S. Records' Tenth Birthday May 20-22 San Francisco

« on: February 03, 2011, 10:08:03 AM »

That bbq/burger shack across from Ghost Town is now closed down...sorry.  Everything they served was a total gut-bomb.

sometimes your preferences in food confuses the hell out of me. That guy made a really good burger. If he was spitting in it, his spit was delicious.

Oh yeah, stoked to see feedtime. That's cool you managed to get them in on this scott.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Euro mail woes

« on: January 31, 2011, 02:34:16 PM »

Its United States Department of Homeland Security. since december 12th its not possible the send mail / packages heavier than 500 grams from austria to usa. riduculous. its possible from germany though, cause they do not use passenger airlines for transportation. austrian mail service does.
means for folks ordering from us i have to drive to germany once a week to mail your orders. bummer. but still, you'll get your orders!

Deutsche Post kinda rules. I use to send records via them out of SF, due to the fact that my employer at the time somehow had an account set up with them and would let me ship my stuff through them as well. Cheaper and faster than either USPS or UPS. Some dude in a regular pick-up truck would show up, grab the boxes, and take 'em straight to the airport. Wish they just had an office here so they could serve as a legitimate alternate carrier.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: favorite stoner snack

« on: January 28, 2011, 09:25:54 PM »

just ate a bag of these things:

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Music Shit / Re: Home Recording

« on: January 28, 2011, 01:02:15 PM »

Ha, that's funny. Which band was it? That douchemaster record was recorded by Jay Bronzini, the guy whose house we practice at now. Same guy who did most if not all of those Time Flys records. The guy is really good with a 388. Dave just did the mastering for that record, and later suffered through my myriad of questions when I was trying to figure out how to mix the lp.

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Music Shit / Re: Home Recording

« on: January 28, 2011, 12:49:21 PM »

Oh ok, I get it, you're trying to humanize what you've already got, makes sense. With the Pets lp we recorded it onto a tascam 388 and then dumped it onto my computer for mixing. Talking to other people at the time I found out this is how alot of bands do it too, but I went through so many shitty plugins during that time thinking "woops, maybe this was a bad idea.." until I came across that UAD stuff. Will probably do this same arrangement for when Angora Debs record cuz we're practicng at the guys house who recorded alot of Pets stuff on his 388. I swear those things are everywhere.

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Music Shit / Re: Home Recording

« on: January 28, 2011, 12:19:57 PM »

Excellent. Thanks for the info. We are pretty much going to mix digitally and then bounce the finished product to tape...then tweak digitally until we get a sound we like considering what tape adds or takes away (or at least that is my plan.) From what I'm reading we can expect some more punch to bass and drums which would be great. 

I know Garageband gets a bad rap, but I'm not sure what the beef is about if you're recording all live instruments...it's been super easy and fun for our first time doing it. The immediacy of being able to take something from a kernal of an idea to an actual song in a matter of an hour or so (if you're determined) and see if that idea is worth a damn is pretty fucking cool in my opinion.

I'm curious as to why you wanna do it this way as I think you get better results recording things in analog first and then throwing it at your computer afterwards. I like the nerd talk. As far as grievances about garageband are concerned, I figure whatever you feel most comfortable using is what you should go with cuz ultimately it depends more on what you can do with it versus what it offers that makes the biggest difference, and it all boils down to how good your soundcard and d/a converter are anyway. Right now I am all computer based cuz any analog equipment I had needed to go towards funding the blackhole of rent and bills. I have an emu 1919m and soundcard with the ever so awesome UAD card and plug-ins. That UAD stuff is insanely good, highly recommended. I use the hell out of the LA2A and Pultec emulator plugins and they sound so good. If I ever have the money for it I am throwing it at the hardware versions of those things without even flinching. I use Sonar as my DAW, just cuz it's what I'm most comfortable with. NERD TALK.

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: ebay: getting a job would be far less depressing

« on: January 27, 2011, 10:51:18 PM »

Just added First Class International as a shipping option to these records for all you foreigners out there. Although I did get a laugh out of the email I got asking why it was $30 to ship a record to Canada. Sorry!

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What Youtube video are you watching today?

« on: January 24, 2011, 10:50:16 PM »

Kinda cool, slightly porny, homemade gang of four video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWuM6QtiDKM&feature=related

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / ebay: getting a job would be far less depressing

« on: January 24, 2011, 01:24:05 PM »

http://shop.ebay.com/anyanythingthing/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

there's a few more to come, but yeah...

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Your Favorite JPEG/GIF

« on: January 22, 2011, 12:33:33 PM »

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Cities / Re: San Francisco

« on: January 18, 2011, 01:49:18 PM »

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Swiss Family Skiers/The Hondettes/Angora Debs toonite in Davis

« on: January 15, 2011, 10:09:16 PM »

Oh, and to top that off,  my grandmother accidentally ran her car over my pet penguin which we immediately had to rush to the hospital, where the only way they knew how to save it was to perform an emergency vasectomy, so I had to spend the whole night comforting it, with flipper in hand, singing its favorite song, "Puttin' On The Ritz." It seemed touch-and-go for awhile there, but you'll be relieved to know that Mr. Pickles is gonna be alright.