Found this on the Submerge site . . . with a shout out to Ron
Murphy as you'll see ... [with edits to avoid the 313 Filter G####]
Submerge would like to sincerely thank everybody for yet
another year of underground music! Is vinyl dead?Is Detroit
dead? Well according to all of you guys...................hell
f### naw!! We are like the energizer bunny while others fall
off and die we just keep going and going and going!! Speaking
of "falling off" it is becoming apparent that many large
distributors and retailers are falling off. And often this
worries people as to the life expentancy of vinyl. Do not
fear!! Its simple...........................when you sell
bulls###.................eventually people figure it out!! When
you buy according to the latest magazines and fads that feature
the latest $3000 a month publicist backed artists dont feel bad
when people dont buy the s### cause it doesnt work on the
dancefloor!! This music lives,breathes and dies on top of some
1200's and in the hearts of the people dancing to it. No amount
of publicity, hype or fashion can dress up a turd or purchase a
child of the underground. So people UR truly the spirit that
keeps all of this alive. We will continue to struggle with our
low fi, basement/bedroom productions,edited by crazy ass Floyd
on the 1/4" 2 track,artwork by Haqq or Frankie on their
Mac's,mastered by grumpy ass Ron Murphy, plated by Desmond @
Mastercraft, pressed by Mike, Kenny or Andy at Archers on the
eastside, picked up by one of my "just outta jail" or "addict
in recovery" crew who i always have to give a job to or it just
wouldnt be me, packed and shipped by my sister Bridgette in a
recycled box thats probably been around the world 10 times and
pissed on by my dog Tank and then faithfully picked up by our
UPS man Matt everyday at 4pm and shipped to "Everywhere, Planet
Earth zip code 33 1/3. When this much reality and soul touches
every record you buy from here it really makes a digital
download seem quite void and vunerable. Circles have no end!!
Long Live Vinyl and Happy New Years to you and
yours....................................Mad Mike/UR/Submerge
www.submerge.com
