#5

[bunkum]

If anyone from Matador is still reading this please take note (or explain to me).  Why do more copies go to distros than to those who fairly order from website?  It is ridiculous as more and more of these distros sell their copies on ebay (or their actual distro) for more than actual price.

because matador are douchebag scum who believe the ebay frenzy helps their hype machine..and guess what? it does. if they just sold them all on their website for a fair price instead of shipping them out to scumbag record store owners what fun would that be?

[John Juan]

To my mind, he most ridiculous aspect of this whole endeavor is all the whining that surrounds it.  Get a grip, people.  Matador can do whatever the fuck they want.  And despite the systemic flaws, their strategy does have an ethical dimension: they are sharing profits with actual brick-and-mortar record stores (and distros) which, as you may have noticed, are going bankrupt left and right all over the country due to the rise of the mp3 format, etc.  Yeah, some stores are selling 'em on eBay, which may (or may not) defeat the purpose, but if there's a moral defect there, it's with the stores, not Matador.  They can't control what they do with the copies they send 'em. 

Either way, you could argue all day over the matter, but when it comes down to it, the central point is that, again, Matador/Jay can do whatever they want.  And besides, the only reason anyone even cares enough to complain about it is that they are so limited.  If they pressed 5000 copies of each, I'll bet half the people bitchin' about not having one wouldn't have even bothered to buy them yet.  Whatever.  I'm prematurely drunk.  I'm goin' to a party. 

[Marko]

  And besides, the only reason anyone even cares enough to complain about it is that they are so limited.  If they pressed 5000 copies of each, I'll bet half the people bitchin' about not having one wouldn't have even bothered to buy them yet. 

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[bunkum]

To my mind, he most ridiculous aspect of this whole endeavor is all the whining that surrounds it.  Get a grip, people.  Matador can do whatever the fuck they want.  And despite the systemic flaws, their strategy does have an ethical dimension: they are sharing profits with actual brick-and-mortar record stores (and distros) which, as you may have noticed, are going bankrupt left and right all over the country due to the rise of the mp3 format, etc.  Yeah, some stores are selling 'em on eBay, which may (or may not) defeat the purpose, but if there's a moral defect there, it's with the stores, not Matador.  They can't control what they do with the copies they send 'em. 

Either way, you could argue all day over the matter, but when it comes down to it, the central point is that, again, Matador/Jay can do whatever they want.  And besides, the only reason anyone even cares enough to complain about it is that they are so limited.  If they pressed 5000 copies of each, I'll bet half the people bitchin' about not having one wouldn't have even bothered to buy them yet.  Whatever.  I'm prematurely drunk.  I'm goin' to a party. 

no douchebag, all the people bitching about not getting one would have gotten one. matador and reatard have a responsibility to serve the public to the best of their ability. limited edition? sorry dingleberry, that option was thrown out the door once your blud visions got so much acclaim. everything after it has been a big scam. pressing limited crap is stupid after you have gotten so "big".

[jaythereatard]

 MR bunkum I have no responsibility's .

[bunkum]

MR bunkum I have no responsibility's .

whoa wow! is this really you jay reatard? i loved the blood visions record. great work!

[#1 Grammar Champ]

hahahahaha

[Bones Malone]

wheaaaaaay. cry cry. Record COLLECTING is FUN. If there were NO challenges in life... it would be boring. right on matador and keep rocking JAY!

[bunkum]

hey man im with you i collect and ebay that shit like the damn janitor. but i'm just trying to look out for my fellow man. if they would have pressed more of this shit i would have been ebay these for ten dollars instead of fifty dollars..well actually i wasn't able to get this one but if i did i would have ebayed that shit like the damn janitor

[whispered about]

MR bunkum I have no responsibility's .

bullshit. where are my shirts that i ordered from you back in march?

[PinballMars]

I used to find this Jay Reatard Matador singles schtick to be irritating, but I've come around to finding it funny.  I think it was the single #4 clusterfuck that turned me around.

Now I have no idea what Jay was thinking when he decided to do this, but this singles series strikes me as a witty parody of the independent punk label business model. 

"Only 500 copies of the new Jizz Burritos 7"!  First 100 on semen-white vinyl!"  That sorta thing. 

And all that stuff is cool with me, and I understand why labels do it.  Nuttin' wrong with some salesmanship to get people exposed to a good record (and also, to not end up sitting on boxes of unsold copies of the thing.)  But it's also something that's ripe for parody.  EVERYTHING could stand to be goofed on a bit.  Me, you, everything.

Record collectors are kinda goofy.  I relate to them (and I am one, to an extent--I like singles and vinyl, but have no "original pressing" fetish or sense of urgency when it comes to getting in on that limited color vinyl segment of the pressing), but they're goofy.  And I'm sure Mr. Reatard deals with these types a lot.  He might be SICK OF THEM.  To start up a singles series where these people have to struggle and grovel and go out of their way to get these records, with the odds looking worse with each new release, strikes me as hilarious revenge.  This is real contempt-for-the-audience stuff (and, as someone who hates people, I get kick out of that sort of thing.  Also, I'm a cool customer and I don't need my ass kissed.  As long as I enjoy the music, I'm dandy.) 

I mean, all of these songs are gonna be available on an LP in October to just about anyone in the world with $15 or so to spend and a decent record store near them (or the ability to go on the internet).  So ONLY fetishist collectors are the ones irritated by this singles series.

OR maybe it just struck him as an interesting way to get publicity.  I don't know...

[ollie]

Does anyone want to trade a #5 for both a #3 and a #4?

[nicknap]

Does anyone want to trade a #5 for both a #3 and a #4?

pm'ed

[ollie]

Just to be clear I am looking for a # 5 and would trade both # 3 & # 4 for it.

[ollie]

Trade completed. Thanks Paul.