View Full Version : Hey I just thought this was kinda funny....
CavortingChicken
08-22-2006, 06:38 PM
I was in Best Buy and well what do ya know, I spot ITAOTS on the CD shelves. One copy left, I even a picture on my cell phone....ha ya. What does this mean...if anything at all?
clouds-chan
08-22-2006, 06:40 PM
it was rereleased.
lou2ser
08-22-2006, 07:04 PM
Its never been OOP in the US. I imagine its a cash cow for Merge.
idrankhemlock
08-22-2006, 08:08 PM
.....
good lord
it means the suits have penetrated the sweet nectar of the underground. let us bow our heads in righteous disgust...
SlowCoreSadness
08-22-2006, 10:41 PM
Puh-leeeaaaase. I've seen Aeroplane at Media Play (when it was open), FYE, Best Buy, Virgin Megastores, Tower Records, and freaking Circuit City on multiple occasions. Heck, our local FYE is carrying a copy of the Everything Is EP!
I don't think seeing Aeroplane at a major retailer is something to freak out about though, especially since this kind of thing has been going on for so long now.
opopopo
08-23-2006, 01:32 AM
I'm inside a good salad.
charrrddddd
08-23-2006, 01:44 AM
pickled asparagus?
untalkative
08-23-2006, 02:11 AM
wtf? I see both thier albums in most stores i go to. Not just recently either.
Stormx
08-23-2006, 05:57 AM
Originally posted by lou2ser
Its never been OOP in the US. I imagine its a cash cow for Merge.
i always thought OOP was object orientated programming? >.<
aaron
08-23-2006, 10:26 AM
i bought my copy from Best Buy about 3 or 4 years back.
Harnk
08-23-2006, 10:58 AM
I'm not sure if I'm missing something here, but what's the big deal. It's a album on a major indie label.
idrankhemlock
08-23-2006, 12:15 PM
Originally posted by Harnk
I'm not sure if I'm missing something here, but what's the big deal. It's a album on a major indie label.
some kid is freaking out about it thats all
raoulduke87
08-23-2006, 12:35 PM
Last time I checked, there was no law saying that major chains couldn't sell albums. If this thread was originated by someone trumpeting their "indie-cred" I have one question:
If you're so cool, what the hell were you doing in BESTBUY!?!
CavortingHipster is more like it...:o
Mutineer
08-23-2006, 12:49 PM
I bought my copy at an FYE in January.
raoulduke87
08-23-2006, 01:36 PM
I bought mine at Virgin.
Stormx
08-23-2006, 01:39 PM
HMV.
Mutineer
08-23-2006, 02:24 PM
New rule: you're banned if you bought it from a small independant music store.
SlowCoreSadness
08-23-2006, 06:19 PM
Originally posted by raoulduke87
Last time I checked, there was no law saying that major chains couldn't sell albums. If this thread was originated by someone trumpeting their "indie-cred" I have one question:
If you're so cool, what the hell were you doing in BESTBUY!?!
CavortingHipster is more like it...:o You don't need to be so rude about it. He just thought it was kinda funny. Besides, I think we all know how uncool we all are.
sellout250
08-23-2006, 07:34 PM
Originally posted by SlowCoreSadness
Puh-leeeaaaase. I've seen Aeroplane at Media Play (when it was open)
Media Play! How I miss it... that's where I got Aeroplane last December.
BadgetSmuck
08-23-2006, 07:37 PM
I've never seen Aeroplane at any music store.
tomatoesandradiowires
08-23-2006, 08:09 PM
I've never seen a music store on an Aeroplane.
merge is distributed by a company that's owned by a major. 'bout time you kids learned the real cogs behind the 'indie' machine! how do you think interpol bought such nice suits.
I was still surprised to see a dozen copies at frickin fye.
untalkative
08-23-2006, 10:28 PM
Originally posted by ж
merge is distributed by a company that's owned by a major. 'bout time you kids learned the real cogs behind the 'indie' machine! how do you think interpol bought such nice suits.
I wish you would stop referring to everyone here as "kids", it's extremely patronising since alot of the people here (including me) are older than you. No offence, but it really makes you sound like a tool.
But you're right, most "indie" labels have major label connections. There are still some labels like Dischord that are truely independant though.
what a fucking baby. go cry to your mommy, baby!
untalkative
08-23-2006, 10:48 PM
Nice one. I wouldn't have expected anything else.
sorry, son, but you're just a pupil
clouds-chan
08-23-2006, 11:03 PM
faux indie is the correct term for most of the stuff out today that gets labelled indie.
are you talking about labels or indie in general? because faux-indies are fake indie labels set up by majors (e.g. strummer recs, record collection recs, a ton of '90s labels who i can't think of). labels like merge are actually independent but pimp their business out to distros with major label connections. there's a difference, but who cares.
clouds-chan
08-23-2006, 11:10 PM
I always called those bands that were labelled and marketed toward the indie crowd but were connected to a major label as faux indie. I didn't realize it was meant for the fake indie labels themselves.
it means both, i would guess. they're one and the same.
BigBlackSmoke
08-24-2006, 12:04 AM
best buy has the single most unorganized music section I have ever seen
CavortingChicken
08-24-2006, 01:23 AM
Originally posted by raoulduke87
Last time I checked, there was no law saying that major chains couldn't sell albums. If this thread was originated by someone trumpeting their "indie-cred" I have one question:
If you're so cool, what the hell were you doing in BESTBUY!?!
CavortingHipster is more like it...:o
ha god damn..chill homeslice! I'm not cool at all man ha, I was in best buy looking at video games cause I'm a dork! There I said it, ha. I don't give a shit who sells what, I just didn't think big companies like best buy would carry a neutral milk hotel cd. Apparently they do, along with other similiar retailers, thats fine. I'm easily humored, sry.
BTW, WTF is a hipster?? I know its a lame term...possibly one that the true cool cats use to label new users? Like a newb is to the gaming world? I just wouldn't think lammos would hang out in these forums and be so bitter.
PS. I didn't pick up a game, instead I purchased Counting Crows Live in New Amsterdam, awesome setlist, check it out if your CC fan!
atrocities
08-24-2006, 05:53 AM
Originally posted by untalkative
Nice one. I wouldn't have expected anything else.
oh right, you're that other Australian, Melbourne person,
cool
...asl?
raoulduke87
08-24-2006, 08:35 AM
Originally posted by CavortingChicken
Originally posted by raoulduke87
Last time I checked, there was no law saying that major chains couldn't sell albums. If this thread was originated by someone trumpeting their "indie-cred" I have one question:
If you're so cool, what the hell were you doing in BESTBUY!?!
CavortingHipster is more like it...:o
ha god damn..chill homeslice! I'm not cool at all man ha, I was in best buy looking at video games cause I'm a dork! There I said it, ha. I don't give a shit who sells what, I just didn't think big companies like best buy would carry a neutral milk hotel cd. Apparently they do, along with other similiar retailers, thats fine. I'm easily humored, sry.
BTW, WTF is a hipster?? I know its a lame term...possibly one that the true cool cats use to label new users? Like a newb is to the gaming world? I just wouldn't think lammos would hang out in these forums and be so bitter.
PS. I didn't pick up a game, instead I purchased Counting Crows Live in New Amsterdam, awesome setlist, check it out if your CC fan!
I was just being antagonistic. I knew it would ruffle some feathers. I live in New York and I always get a bit riled when I over hear some Salvation Army wearin', Chuck Taylor sportin' unemployed 27 year-old with shaggy hair wasting their parents money in a coffee shop and bitching about how major labels and major corporations are ruining indie music. It gets irritating. Apparently that's not what you are. Sorry I snapped at you.
P.S. I haven't heard the COunting Crows live album. I haven't listened to them in a while. I used to be a big fan. I stopped listening when Adam Duritz started taking anti-depressants. I liked them much better when they were sad.
CavortingChicken
08-24-2006, 03:24 PM
Originally posted by raoulduke87
I was just being antagonistic. I knew it would ruffle some feathers. I live in New York and I always get a bit riled when I over hear some Salvation Army wearin', Chuck Taylor sportin' unemployed 27 year-old with shaggy hair wasting their parents money in a coffee shop and bitching about how major labels and major corporations are ruining indie music. It gets irritating. Apparently that's not what you are. Sorry I snapped at you.
P.S. I haven't heard the COunting Crows live album. I haven't listened to them in a while. I used to be a big fan. I stopped listening when Adam Duritz started taking anti-depressants. I liked them much better when they were sad.
Hey its cool man! I didn't know Duritz took anti-depressants, but that does explain how their music got a little happier. I still love em anyway.
untalkative
08-24-2006, 05:21 PM
Originally posted by atrocities
...asl?
asl? havn't heard that in awhile. 21/M and yep, melb.
why don't you two KIDS get a room, hmyeh hmyeh hmyeh. do australians not like being called kids 'cause of kangas? maybe it's like how germans don't like being called 'li'l Hitler.'
atrocities
08-25-2006, 02:40 AM
Originally posted by untalkative
Originally posted by atrocities
...asl?
asl? havn't heard that in awhile. 21/M and yep, melb.
haha, i was kind of joking. but that's funny anyway.
do you go to uni?
untalkative
08-28-2006, 02:55 AM
Originally posted by atrocities
haha, i was kind of joking. but that's funny anyway.
do you go to uni?
Nah i'm working.
yo-bunnyhop-guy
08-28-2006, 07:20 AM
and asl means...?
Stormx
08-28-2006, 09:31 AM
age/sex/location
clouds-chan
08-28-2006, 01:28 PM
any special locales?
carrotus_rex
08-28-2006, 02:26 PM
Originally posted by SlowCoreSadness
Puh-leeeaaaase. I've seen Aeroplane at Media Play (when it was open), FYE, Best Buy, Virgin Megastores, Tower Records, and freaking Circuit City on multiple occasions. Heck, our local FYE is carrying a copy of the Everything Is EP!
I don't think seeing Aeroplane at a major retailer is something to freak out about though, especially since this kind of thing has been going on for so long now.
I've seen Everything Is at a local FYE myself.... It seems to be company policy to stock stuff like this.
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