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east, 11 months ago

Picked the new Generationals vinyl up in the mail a few days ago. It's a beautiful pressing in my opinion, was one of 300 on white and pink with black splatter from one of my favorite labels, Polyvinyl. A solid release overall IMO, some real good jams on here. Hope everyone is enjoying their journey building a collection as much as I am!

east, 11 months ago

Welcome! Interesting, it sounds like you've been aware of the project longer than myself. I actually just made an account yesterday here after a friend on Mastodon had started a few other communities/magazines. I am curious about Calckey and Akkoma so I will do some additional research and see what they offer. I hadn't heard of either project before you mentioned them. Thanks for sharing.

east, 11 months ago

Welcome! Totally understandable. Was it Apollo by any chance? I used to use iOS so I bought a lifetime membership to Apollo when it was initially offered. If I had to guess, I'd think most third party apps for Reddit will be closing down unfortunately. I've had a few issues getting this server to load up due to the heavy traffic it's been getting. Hopefully they iron everything out.

east, 11 months ago

Thank you, appreciate the links!

east, 11 months ago

That's cool, welcome! Glad to hear you were ahead on that one. I think the inertia is really inspiring. I hope we see even more niche communities adopt the platform and fediverse adjacent options as well.

east, 11 months ago

Thank you for sharing your journey here! It's a shame Reddit has failed users in so many ways, in particular as of late. I think I will close my Reddit account sometime today and leave it behind for good. I'd also like to donate in some capacity. I currently donate to the mastodon instance I joined so it would make sense to support this as well for sure. Do you have the link to donate by any chance?

east, 11 months ago

Appreciate that!

east, 11 months ago

Wow, Yeah I imagine many more third party apps will end up shutting down as well. Apollo is probably just the first of many. Apollo was a great way to access Reddit. It's a real shame, but hopefully enough people come to the alternatives to make it work out even for more niche interests.

east, 11 months ago

I admittedly need to upgrade! I've been using a large microfiber and some cleaning spray from Boundless, along with an anti static carbon fiber vinyl record cleaning brush from Opula. Both seem to do the job well enough, but I don't think carbon fiber is the best solution for a brush.

east, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

I ordered Fidlar's That's Life EP from Diggers Factory back in March, with an estimated ship date of May that was eventually pushed back to June. The pricing wasn't too bad, but the shipping was steep to the US, at around $10. They've been good about keeping me updated. Thus far I've received emails updating me on the initiation of the project, the masters process before pressing and the initial pressing. This all builds up hype for the actual shipment, which I got a notification on this morning, explaining that my vinyl is finally ready to ship. Very cool. Definitely an atypical ordering experience that reminds me more of participating in a kickstarter than a standard pre-order.