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hereticpride
New Jersey Devils
Location: HEY. Does this pole still work?, NJ
Joined: 01.14.2011

Mar 12 @ 12:17 AM ET
i used to go to the marlton one, i must have sold $300 or something in CDs, DVDs and LPs before i moved to Bucks Cnty...iow, they made out like bandits, but sometimes you just have to shed inventory. with the way streaming and digital in general is growing, who knows how long they'll be around though.
- isaiah520

I worked at the movie theater next to that for years. Dropped a ton of cash on vinyl there over the years. I work near the one I'm Voorhees now, right by the SkateZone. Bye bye paychecks.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Mar 12 @ 12:24 AM ET
"and as we wind on down the road...SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS- CLIck...our shadows taller than our soul..."
- isaiah520


That was more annoying than needles and warped vinyl
isaiah520
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "All train compartments smell vaguely of sh*t. It gets so you don't mind it"
Joined: 12.26.2006

Mar 12 @ 12:25 AM ET
That was more annoying than needles and warped vinyl
- Jsaquella

indeed
isaiah520
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "All train compartments smell vaguely of sh*t. It gets so you don't mind it"
Joined: 12.26.2006

Mar 12 @ 12:29 AM ET
I worked at the movie theater next to that for years. Dropped a ton of cash on vinyl there over the years. I work near the one I'm Voorhees now, right by the SkateZone. Bye bye paychecks.
- hereticpride

it's a great past time, but not a lot of people sit still to listen to music these days. i use a logitech to play music files from my computer to a couple of rooms...but i'm kinda techy. there's something special about liner notes you can actually see w/ the naked eye and hands on media in general. alas, those seem to be bygone days.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 12 @ 12:34 AM ET
That was more annoying than needles and warped vinyl
- Jsaquella

Agreed.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 12 @ 12:35 AM ET
I worked at the movie theater next to that for years. Dropped a ton of cash on vinyl there over the years. I work near the one I'm Voorhees now, right by the SkateZone. Bye bye paychecks.
- hereticpride


Hockey and rock'n'roll, dude...!
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 12 @ 12:41 AM ET
it's a great past time, but not a lot of people sit still to listen to music these days. i use a logitech to play music files from my computer to a couple of rooms...but i'm kinda techy. there's something special about liner notes you can actually see w/ the naked eye and hands on media in general. alas, those seem to be bygone days.
- isaiah520

True..

Pearl Jam's song, "Spin the Black Circle," covers this topic well.

Ok, maybe not, but there was something about the LP and its paper sleeve and liner notes that the cassette couldn't replicate (mostly because the liner notes would be folded down eight times to fit inside). CD's are closer but still don't compare. Heck, the artwork is the biggest reason I bought Yes' "Tales from Topographic Oceans."
isaiah520
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "All train compartments smell vaguely of sh*t. It gets so you don't mind it"
Joined: 12.26.2006

Mar 12 @ 12:50 AM ET
True..

Pearl Jam's song, "Spin the Black Circle," covers this topic well.

Ok, maybe not, but there was something about the LP and its paper sleeve and liner notes that the cassette couldn't replicate (mostly because the liner notes would be folded down eight times to fit inside). CD's are closer but still don't compare. Heck, the artwork is the biggest reason I bought Yes' "Tales from Topographic Oceans."

- Flyskippy

i like the artwork better than the music on that one, but the band sounded superb. even CDs when they 1st came out were harsh sounding, but those days are over for the most part. tape formats were a waste from the start, but thats all we had for a while.
GirouxForTheShow
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Fuck you raff
Joined: 01.04.2009

Mar 12 @ 12:53 AM ET
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am after seeing that Skip decided not to continue with LOTR puns and accompanying pictures.
isaiah520
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "All train compartments smell vaguely of sh*t. It gets so you don't mind it"
Joined: 12.26.2006

Mar 12 @ 12:57 AM ET
just saw the mckenzie/dreger flyer analysis and it was very well informed. and on that note, good nite.
flyers420
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 02.18.2009

Mar 12 @ 1:01 AM ET
Voynov has out played doughty this year. His 1st full year. He's only going to get better. Fact. Doughty has been in league how long? Now project voynov in same amount of time. Time will tell
- SMS4016


Players only get better. Check
Projections are never wrong. Check

I have no more questions

hammarby31
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: it's been 84 years, AZ
Joined: 01.02.2007

Mar 12 @ 1:25 AM ET
Whenever I want to hear the snap-hiss of vinyl, I just play "Your Mom Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night" from Plant's Manic Nirvana album.
- Flyskippy


i saw him live on that tour. i think it just made me even madder that i was 8 when zeppelin disbanded due to bonham's death and never got to see them.

i've seen him 3 times - or maybe 4? - all with different bands from different solo releases. he always does interesting rearrangements to a lot the zeppelin songs he performs.

for some reason many of my zep favorites seem to be plant's as well, including "that's the way" from III, which he still does that live, unlike the jerkoffs from rush who refuse to play anything from caress of steel, which is, shocker, my favorite album of theirs ("the necromancer" in particular).
hammarby31
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: it's been 84 years, AZ
Joined: 01.02.2007

Mar 12 @ 1:29 AM ET
True..

Pearl Jam's song, "Spin the Black Circle," covers this topic well.

Ok, maybe not, but there was something about the LP and its paper sleeve and liner notes that the cassette couldn't replicate (mostly because the liner notes would be folded down eight times to fit inside). CD's are closer but still don't compare. Heck, the artwork is the biggest reason I bought Yes' "Tales from Topographic Oceans."

- Flyskippy




one of their stranger albums. i agree with you about the artwork of LPs. it's actually my first connection to graphic design- when i was 4 years old - and listening to poopty Kiss albums. years later after i began pursuing design as a career, the lightbulb went off and i figured out why.
Lexington Flyer
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: NoHockeyTown , KY
Joined: 04.02.2008

Mar 12 @ 2:45 AM ET
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am after seeing that Skip decided not to continue with LOTR puns and accompanying pictures.
- GirouxForTheShow


One blog to rule them all...

moylander
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Chicago, IL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Mar 12 @ 5:40 AM ET
Players only get better. Check
Projections are never wrong. Check

I have no more questions

- flyers420



My thoughts exactly. Well done sir.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 12 @ 8:29 AM ET
I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am after seeing that Skip decided not to continue with LOTR puns and accompanying pictures.
- GirouxForTheShow



That road goes ever on and on...
jak521
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Buckle Up.
Joined: 02.19.2008

Mar 12 @ 8:32 AM ET
One blog to rule them all...


- Lexington Flyer

So this is where Pit Bull got his dance moves!?!
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 12 @ 8:32 AM ET
i saw him live on that tour. i think it just made me even madder that i was 8 when zeppelin disbanded due to bonham's death and never got to see them.

i've seen him 3 times - or maybe 4? - all with different bands from different solo releases. he always does interesting rearrangements to a lot the zeppelin songs he performs.

for some reason many of my zep favorites seem to be plant's as well, including "that's the way" from III, which he still does that live, unlike the jerkoffs from rush who refuse to play anything from caress of steel, which is, shocker, my favorite album of theirs ("the necromancer" in particular).

- hammarby31

I apparently had more money in high school because after I stopped delivering papers & got an hourly job I went to 3 concerts in 1989-90, my senior year: Robert Plant, Phil Collins, & Eric Clapton.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 12 @ 8:33 AM ET
So this is where Pit Bull got his dance moves!?!
- jak521

Shire enough. He picked up their dancing hobbits.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 12 @ 8:37 AM ET
i saw him live on that tour. i think it just made me even madder that i was 8 when zeppelin disbanded due to bonham's death and never got to see them.

i've seen him 3 times - or maybe 4? - all with different bands from different solo releases. he always does interesting rearrangements to a lot the zeppelin songs he performs.

for some reason many of my zep favorites seem to be plant's as well, including "that's the way" from III, which he still does that live, unlike the jerkoffs from rush who refuse to play anything from caress of steel, which is, shocker, my favorite album of theirs ("the necromancer" in particular).

- hammarby31



Just when I thought all your anger stemmed from hockey...
jmatchett
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Mantua, NJ
Joined: 01.13.2008

Mar 12 @ 8:40 AM ET
True..

Pearl Jam's song, "Spin the Black Circle," covers this topic well.

Ok, maybe not, but there was something about the LP and its paper sleeve and liner notes that the cassette couldn't replicate (mostly because the liner notes would be folded down eight times to fit inside). CD's are closer but still don't compare. Heck, the artwork is the biggest reason I bought Yes' "Tales from Topographic Oceans."

- Flyskippy


So so so true. I was born in 83, so by the time I knew what music was, CDs and cassettes ruled the world. But my LP/EP collection now rivals my CD one. Mostly it's because I love punk, and have I think 7 different colors/pressings of one particular album, but still, records are way more fun that any other form of music. If any of you are into metal, Blind Guardian put out a 4-album box set with the most amazing record artwork I've ever seen, and it's heavy 120g vinyl.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Mar 12 @ 8:41 AM ET


Just when I thought all your anger stemmed from hockey...

- Flyskippy


It's all Bonham's fault...that bastard
Scoob
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: love is love
Joined: 06.29.2006

Mar 12 @ 8:57 AM ET
Kaspars Daugavins...sigh

Thanks for making a mockery of the mockery that is the shootout.

Can we please get rid of this crappy gimmick now?
jak521
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Buckle Up.
Joined: 02.19.2008

Mar 12 @ 9:03 AM ET
Kaspars Daugavins...sigh

Thanks for making a mockery of the mockery that is the shootout.

Can we please get rid of this crappy gimmick now?

- Scoob

The best was Bostons color analyst... "Can you believe that an NHL point is at stake with this?"
Scoob
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: love is love
Joined: 06.29.2006

Mar 12 @ 9:06 AM ET
The best was Bostons color analyst... "Can you believe that an NHL point is at stake with this?"
- jak521


That was my first thought, too. I'd bench him for that ish.
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