Vinyl Asylum

Posted by powermatic (A) on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

Interesting to see all the would-be entrepreneurs trying to build up their retirement portfolios by selling off their cherished and oh-so-rare MJ vinyl collection. Me? I'm more in line with caffeinator's solution-i.e., a well-deserved second life as sporting clays.

Which reminded me of the scene from 'Shaun of the Dead', wherein the protagonists must make the agonizing-or not-decision of which records to sacrifice as defensive weapons against the Ploddingly Slow Oncoming Hordes Of The Undead. For those who haven't seen the movie, here's a link to the scene in question. For the ultra-squeamish, there's a bit of blood, but if you made it through the climactic scene from 'Old Yeller', you should be okay. And btw, the movie is really funny.

Here's a list of what got tossed in the movie:

* Streetsounds Electro
* New Order-'Blue Monday'
* Prince's 'Batman' soundtrack
* Dire Straits
* Sade

So, which five records would you give up in a life or death battle to the finish with the ultimate face of terror-no, not Richard Simmons-zombies?









"dammit"

• ALL Rap "Music" On Vinyl, Slim Whitman, Shaun Cassidy "Da Doo Ron Ron..." - AlbumAddictED 22:43:22 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  would be used to battle, halt and win any war with zombies.
  
  Ed
  "Some Folks Need An Education ... Don't Give Up Or We'll Lose The Nation" C. 1970 MARK FARNER of Grand Funk Railroad from "Sin's A Good Man's Brother"
  
  

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• Boxcar Willie and Scorpions (all) -t - Cpk 19:15:56 07/02/09 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

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  A common experience resulting in a common confusion
  
  

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  • RE: Boxcar Willie and Scorpions (all) -t - powermatic 22:40:31 07/02/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Boxcar Willie and Scorpions (all) -t posted by Cpk on July 02, 2009 at 19:15:56

    Brilliant. But a bit surprised we're not seeing more of these Country/Rock match ups following the success of Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
    
    I'm smelling Grammy.
    
    
    
    "dammit"
    
    

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• this one - with "all you zombies" - musiclistener 19:12:40 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  
  
  

  
  very fitting
  "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -HST
  
  

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• No no no no.............. - ASHRA 17:08:13 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  I would have to the lob the CDs first. I'm not wasting ANY vinyl on zombies if I can help it!
  
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• If you've got a zombie problem there is only one musician to turn to - plantsman 16:07:42 07/02/09 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  I suppose "I Walked with a Zombie" is the obvious choice but why go for the obvious?
  
  
  
  I'm not throwing any of my records no matter what.
  
  
  

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  • "If you've got a zombie problem there is only one musician to turn to." Rod Argent? * - Enophile 16:59:16 07/02/09 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: If you've got a zombie problem there is only one musician to turn to posted by plantsman on July 02, 2009 at 16:07:42

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    • If we're going down that road - plantsman 17:49:53 07/02/09 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: "If you've got a zombie problem there is only one musician to turn to." Rod Argent? * posted by Enophile on July 02, 2009 at 16:59:16

      Colin Blunstone
      
      
      

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• Any "Greatest Hits" (nt) - mark111 14:58:52 07/02/09 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  ;-)
  

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  • Start with those classical music greatest hits compilations. - olddude55 19:35:00 07/02/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Any "Greatest Hits" (nt) posted by mark111 on July 02, 2009 at 14:58:52

    Columbia Masterworks was notorious for them; classical music for people who's attention spans are too short to listen to the whole thing.
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    From the Industrial Hub of the Mid-Mon Valley!
    
    
    

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• "brothers in arms" NT - mothra 14:15:22 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

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• Any Leonard Nimoy or William Shatner will do...n/t - junkboy 13:52:28 07/02/09 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

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  • And then there's that Telly Savalas LP... - caffeinator 16:58:57 07/02/09 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: Any Leonard Nimoy or William Shatner will do...n/t posted by junkboy on July 02, 2009 at 13:52:28

    but it's locked up in a super secret freezer somewhere with the last of the smallpox virus and the rest of the ultra-lethal man-made biohazards...
    

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    • Not to forget Lorne Greene . . . . . "Ringo" . . . ;8^) /nt\ - Opus 104 18:16:54 07/02/09 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: And then there's that Telly Savalas LP... posted by caffeinator on July 02, 2009 at 16:58:57

      
      
      
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• RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? - Fretless 13:34:47 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  Zombie Projectiles #1-4: Definitely my mind-numbing Classic Records single-sided 45 RPM Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions four-record set, but I wouldn't need to throw it. All'z I gotta do is spin it and those poor undead guys and gals would be stricken with a boredom so profound that their heads would explode. My own head would remain intact by dint of industrial strength earplugs.
  
  Oh, and Zombie Projectile #5 would be my wife's Jeanne C. Riley LP, which I would happily throw at any target; dead, undead, living, inanimate; you name it, I'll throw it.
  
  
  "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons [or a Cowboy Junkies record] even death may die." H.P.L.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "We lived for days on nothing but food and water." W.C. Fields
  
  
  

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• Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen (nt) - reelsmith. 13:29:30 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  nt
  
  
  reelsmith's axiom : Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
  
  

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• I'd put on Slim Whitman to see if their heads would explode.. - caffeinator 13:17:38 07/02/09 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  Oh wait...wrong movie...
  
  Maybe throw the Slim Whitman...and that whole stack of "Living Strings" stuff in my parents' downstairs closet..
  
  I mean, seems logical that to battle Living Dead, one might use Living Strings...
  
  Plus it all sucks...and if I played it, it would make MY head explode...
  

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  • Exploding heads - Fretless 13:53:31 07/02/09 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: I'd put on Slim Whitman to see if their heads would explode.. posted by caffeinator on July 02, 2009 at 13:17:38

    I guess I've seen one too many campy movies featuring expoding heads. My post above featured an exploding head too, but well after your exploding head referrence. Normally, I'd say that you can't have too many exploding heads, but credit where credit is due. I guess great exploding heads think alike.
    
    
    
    
    "We lived for days on nothing but food and water." W.C. Fields
    
    
    

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    • RE: Exploding heads - 1973shovel 14:22:35 07/02/09 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Exploding heads posted by Fretless on July 02, 2009 at 13:53:31

      
      
      

      
      
      

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  • :) nt - bjh 13:18:56 07/02/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: I'd put on Slim Whitman to see if their heads would explode.. posted by caffeinator on July 02, 2009 at 13:17:38

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    Everything matters, don't forget to tweak your placebos!
    
    

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• Boxed sets. /nt - Biff 12:43:18 07/02/09 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  "Let China slumber, for when she awakens, the world will tremble." - Napoleon
  
  

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  • Even Mosaic's? - JeffH 14:17:29 07/02/09 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: Boxed sets. /nt posted by Biff on July 02, 2009 at 12:43:18

    I might sell them to zombies.
    

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    • I was thinking about weight and corners - Biff 15:08:21 07/02/09 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Even Mosaic's? posted by JeffH on July 02, 2009 at 14:17:29

      not so much about content.
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      "Let China slumber, for when she awakens, the world will tremble." - Napoleon
      
      

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• TAS/HP Super Disc picks - trav 11:55:19 07/02/09 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  Finally, a use for unwanted demo discs!
  

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  • the tas HEARTS OF SPACE cd. - hifitommy 19:53:17 07/02/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: TAS/HP Super Disc picks posted by trav on July 02, 2009 at 11:55:19

    what a waste! hp's opinion on equipment is MUCH better that the music he sometimes recommends.
    
    ...regards...tr
    
    

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• RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? - musetap 11:54:51 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  Paul Whiteman's Greatest Hits
  
  The Best of Lobo
  
  Jane Fonda's Workout Record
  
  Lawrence Welk's Golden Hits
  
  Les Elgart: The Greatest Dance Band in the Land
  
  Zombie records still among us while obviously quite dead.
  
  
  “ Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination. ” -Michael McClure
  
  

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• Singles fly better: I'll go with "Time of the Season" and "She's Not There." For LP, I'd throw "Odessey and Oracle." - Enophile 11:53:37 07/02/09 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  For obvious reasons.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  • 78s would do the most damage - DAT 12:37:35 07/02/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Singles fly better: I'll go with "Time of the Season" and "She's Not There." For LP, I'd throw "Odessey and Oracle." posted by Enophile on July 02, 2009 at 11:53:37

    So, for self preservation I'd be tossing those couple of 12" classical 78 sets I have that are really too low fi to be enjoyable anyway.
    

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• cherished and oh-so-rare MJ vinyl collection? - haugenmarka@hotmail.com 11:23:28 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  MJ Vinyl is almost as common as Barbara...
  

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• If you threw them your cherished copy of Oddesey & Oracle.. - marc-homeslice 11:03:49 07/02/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Which records would you throw at zombies? posted by powermatic on July 02, 2009 at 11:00:07

  ..would they stop and listen to it or continue to atack? :)
  

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