RI Baseball May, 1984

The list above is from the Evening Bulletin. At first glance it doesn’t seem like much but after a close review there are a dozen guys I have played softball with or against thru the years. I also received a bunch of original WHS ’83 football season clippings and I’m planning on starting a separate blog to document the season and stats. If I can figure it out, I will post the video from the Superbowl at Brown Stadium.

Purchases over the last few weeks include signed cd’s from Liz Phair , The Melvins and Rob Dickensen from Newbury Comics. Hopefully I can continue to update, comb-over some issues and lob some bombs thru the summer.

now be nice to him, pet him if you have to

If you pre-order Mudhoney’s new LP The Lucky Ones from Sub Pop they will throw in a bonus 7” single. Insound has Weezer’s new LP with a bonus 7".

Antiques Roadshow has now archived a couple of item and it’s great fun to see such great items. The only vinyl related item was this record. Here is the entire list of items from their stop in Providence.

Smart shoppers will grab a hand-numbered limited About A Son: Kurt Cobain LP now available from Barsuk Records.

When people see the show, they'll think of my business

Limited numbers of Dirtbombs / Kelley Stoltz tour singles are now available from Cass Records and highly recommended. The previous singles I recommended are now all sold out. Here is a rare white vinyl version of Sliver that may approach the purple Smashing Pumpkins mentioned below (100 copies).

Here is a two-story modular addition with a handicap accessible in-law.

Here is a second story modular addition for a typical ranch.

It's not like I'm going to stop and be a baker or anything

I’ve always been struck by night images of large cities.

Click here to find out what city is shown.








Record Store Day ruled and still shifting thru lots of free stuff. Starting at Zingg music in Warren I chatted up owner Chris and handed over two dozen copies of the now OOP Staggering Statistics EP. He didn’t have any of the limited vinyl available for the day but I grabbed an Elliott Smith and Just Ice LP and got this grab bag of goodies for $34. Then headed for Newbury at Providence Mall and got all the vinyl I wanted for $48. After suffering thru the new parking setup, I scored this bag of free stuff and satisfied that I made the trek.

Vinyl collecting in general has again picked up steam and it shows in the price of a Love Buzz. Recently prices include four copies averaging about $2,700 including 501, 151, 239 and a promo version. Also out-of-site was this 100 copy version of the Smashing Pumpkins 7" single. I think the value of my super-rare molly's lips single just went up.

My global cooling wacko-of-the-week goes to this guy in CA. This tree-hater sued to cut down his neighbor’s privacy because they blocked his over-priced solar panels.

we met some cool dudes, they were just like us

Here is the approved design for the large house and in-law. Design docs have been issued but I still have to put together the structurals. Overall we reduced the square footage to 3,000 plus 1,000 s.f. in-law + 700 s.f. playroom over the garage.






























Highly recommend two 7” tour singles from The Dirtbombs and Jay Reatard from Aussie label Stained Circles. Or grab The Ractonteurs new LP from Best Buy for half price.

surprise

Imagine my surprise to see this beauty at the edge of my roof.
What the hell is it?






















Looking to spend a couple of dollars? The new Dirtbombs 7 is limited to 200 copies and available from Infirmary Phonographic, American Laundromat has a couple copies of The Pixies Tribute 7" and a limited Gore Gore Girls single can be pre-ordered at the bellyache candy shoppe. And don't forget a free 7” if you preorder Smile from insound.

I feel kind of bad that wind energy was left out of my barrage yesterday, so here is a slice of news from a Portland Press Herald piece about Saco, ME and their wind turbine. This single 1.2M (assumed) piece of equipment was completed last month but the darned wind has not cooperated to meet the town's pathetically low goal of saving $13K per year (90K kw/h). The barely spinning blade has only generated about $200 worth of electricity so far but one local resident still believes it was a good deal. Gil of nearby Transalvania tried to stay positive by glowingly stating: "She may not work well but she sure is pretty."

the solar scam

This solar energy subsidy giveaway has got to stop but I’m not surprised to read how the game is played. Venture capitol lobbyists go to state law writers to try and force National Grid to buy any energy they produce at 6 times the going rate for the next 20 years. We pay about .8 cents per kw/h (most normal house cost about $1,200 per year (15,000 kw/h) but they want users to pay .48 cents per hour for their ‘special’ energy. Do you get it? They figure out all the costs, overhead, permitting, payoffs and bonuses for the next twenty years and divide it by 20 years = amount they charge users. All Guaranteed.

The ethanol scam is even better. The government pays farmers to stop growing food and plant corn. Not only is it completely destroying the Mississippi with dangerous chemicals but our own food prices our now rising to compound all our problems. But at least all you idiots believe the earth feels better. The march toward income redistribution continues.

The Gutter Twins rocked Letterman with Idle Hands.




Solid Mail This Week including this Guided By Voices test press Briefcase 2 with original artwork proof signed by Robert Pollard, Relaxation Test Press and Edison Demos also signed. A rare sealed longbox copy of Mother Love Bone’s (pearl jam members) only cd with bonus disc. OOP numbered LP’s of Elliott Smith’s XO and Figure 8.

I’ve been selling to raise funds for a number of projects this spring but there’s so much good stuff to buy. Including new LP’s from Southern Lord and The Raconteurs. Here is their very cool video.