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From:
Dan Haskovec
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production unit
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Date:
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 13:26:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] geogaddi, and absurd packaging in general
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This has to be the first time I've heard someone complain that they are getting too much for their money. Sure you could squeeze 5 lp sides down to 4, at the expense of either content length or sound quality. Oh well, whatever makes you happy. ;) dan On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, production unit wrote:
quoted 38 lines Yo Peeps,> > > Yo Peeps, > I got Geogaddi today, and, frankly, my opinion is my own and I > can't be bothered with THAT debate. > However, I was a touch miffed at shelling out twenty pounds for a lavishly > packaged triple vinyl set, one side of which is just an etched picture. I > feel they could easily have squished it onto two records (possibly at the > expense of some of the more dispensible short tracks, although it's just my > view that they're dispensible yadayadayada). After the lifesize surfboard > that was 'Drukqs' on vinyl, it seems to me that Warp are edging towards the > sliperry slope of Mo' Wax-isation. > > Does anyone remember the period they had when they were just releasing > preposterous, humungous feats of architecture for covers e.g. Money Mark's > second lp and that fucking ace Divine Styler album that I paid a small > fortune for, which respectively featured a spinning kaliedoscope type thing > and a cover that turned into a huge oregami pyramid? Now THERE was a good > reason not to do coke, especially if you ran a record label! > > Anyhoo, it's all just a little too much expense for too superfluous a result > if you ask me. You didn't, of course. > marciablaine.cjb.net > forthcoming: > e.p. on Dalriada > inclusion on Benbecula "Music Volume 2" > inclusion on Law & Auder "I Am:Bient" > inclusion on Struktur > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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