Brand new weaponry

So maybe a month ago i was on my phone at work when i got an e-mail from Shop Radio Cast that they had the repress of Brand New's "Your Favorite Weapon" back in stock.  Knowing that the regular presses go for literally hundreds of dollars, I knew this was my only chance to own it for a reasonable price.  This record itself actually goes for over 30 on ebay!

The coolest part of this is the embossed title of the lp on the lower front of the sleeve.  God i get so nostalgic when i look at this record, brings me back to being a teenager on long island.

LI heavy hitter

Lately I've been really choosy about what shows I go to. So choosy that I hadnt gone to a hardcore show for 6 months til Indecision played in the city. After that I decided to go to the Bottom Out record release show, with Incendiary and Shipwreck!   I, like an idiot, didnt go to the merch table til after the show and they had sold out of the record release cover, so i got this light/milky blue out of 200. It looks great and its clear Harvcore cares about vinyl quality.  I need to get the other 2 colors and the record release cover now.

The show was awesome and people went nuts for Bottom Out, which is to be expected since it was their record release show. Incendiary had probably the best reaction I've seen yet, seriously I've been seeing that band since almost day 1 and their reactions get better and better. Finally the almighty Shipwreck played.  They hadn't been on LI since maybe 07 or 08, and I hadn't seen then since the last Have Heart show in 09, so I was most excited for their set as they were one of the first hardcore bands I really got into.  Their set ripped and i felt like it was 2006 again.  Sadly, Shipwreck brought no merch with them.  I guess since they rarely play anymore it doesnt make sense to have merch made.

Don't Bother Angel.....

Taking Back Sunday are one of the 2 bands that opened up the floodgates of alternative music and punk/hardcore/emo for me. I first heard of them when I had bought tickets to see Thursday play at an LI venue called the Sahara.  This was my first real show and I was super excited, so I set out to check out every band before the show.  Those including Ensign and From Autumn to Ashes. I was able to find a few random demo songs off Kazaa in late 2001 and I loved it.  Seeing them live for the first time was amazing.  Unfortunately when I hit their merch table, they had no music for sale which was a total bummer, I ended up settling for the FATA cd (of which i only ever listened to the song w/ the girl singing on it).

 

Over 10 years after it came out it dawned on me that I did not own of my favorite all time records on vinyl. I went over to Victory's webstore and was able to pick up a copy of the 5TH press of Tell All Your Friends.  The color is "grey putty" and limited to 449.

 

I was actually at the record release show of this album, well CD release, held at Looney Tunes. Myself and 3 friends waited on line for a few hours and it never moved. Finally being confused as fuck I went inside and was told I would have had to preordered a copy of the cd to gain entry into the show. I explained to them that this wasnt listed on any of the fliers nor on Looney Tunes or TBS's website, so how was I to know. They didn't care and wouldn't let us in. I finally gave up and said can I at least buy a TBS cd or shirt and be on my way?  I was answered with a stern NO and left empty handed.  This incident caused me to boycott Looney Tunes til after it burned to the ground about 7 years late, only then did I feel justice served and began to patronize their store.