A-men. For a while after I first retired from GM (and hadn't
appropriately adjusted my outgo with my income), I ordered several boxes
from Hardwax and a few from Clone and RH, but as I have to make do on
blazing the college adjunct trail these days, I can rarely afford
anything I have to import.
I look at the new releases on their sites and drool.
More than anything, I subsist on pay-for downloads from Bleep (when
something lands there I want), sometimes Beatport, or even Boomkat.
Cool or not, I want to listen and slsk just doesn't cover the economic
bases for the artists.
I live just outside of the D, and it's tough getting Detroity things
HERE for Pete's sake. You can't blame the artists for shipping the wax
where it fetches the bacon, but it's a sad state when one has to import
the music made around the corner.
The real b*tch for me about FE is playing the guessing game concerning
whether or not they'll have any of the latest holy grail. So many times
after I have bit the bullet and imported, I've seen them offer whatever
it is I sold my soul to have mailed from across the pond. The next time
I gamble on them, I find all copies went abroad.
I've gone back and forth on hoarding vinyl (well, not really
*hoarding*...), and while I'd much rather own a RECORD than a file,
these days I don't have much choice and I'm thankful when I can find
someone who sells what I want digitally.
jeff
i want so badly to support rush hour, hardwax and clone, but their
shipping and total cost per record is just...
