BreakBeatDJ

5 hours ago, MikeH5856 said:

The Garbage album was the only thing I wanted

Yeah, that was a tough one.  My local (7th in line) didn't even get one.  Then the other two stores in town, no dice.

@hansreinhardt @InfiniteDoors

Original Enterprise model found in storage unit after 45 years missing.  Dude put it on eBay for $1,000 and then got asked a bunch of questions so he took it down, got it authenticated, and it went back to Eugene Roddenberry Jr for restoration.   No one knows how it ended up in the storage unit.   You may have already seen this.  But wouldn’t it be cool to add that to your collection?
 

On 4/17/2024 at 10:43 AM, Fortis93 said:

Hey, @BreakBeatDJ

 

I have an industry related question for you.

 

I've been reading about Coppola struggling to get the $100 million marketing budget he wants for "Megalopolis".

 

Do you think a streaming service such as Apple will step in to foot the bill, or do you think he'll have to reach some compromise with a smaller distributor like Neon or A24?

@Fortis93 sorry I missed this bud.  Was going through notifications and just saw it.

My connections are on the creative/production side and not on the studio side but I certainly can give you my thoughts.

There's something odd going on here, imo.  First off, it's actually $140 mil world wide, and that is probably a realistic P&A number for this type of film these days, and not as excessive as some would say.  I'm sure there are loads of quick turnaround backend bonus's for talent: that self-funded $120 mil production budget is prob closer to $150 when all the points are paid, so that makes the $140 he's asking for even less shocking.

I'm starting to think that this whole thing is part of the marketing of the film.  Poor Francis, can't find a home for his last movie, it's so convoluted, but brilliant, daring, but can't be positioned in the market, it's "batshit".  This is marketing gold, and look how much HR, Variety, social, etc, are talking about this film.  I wouldn't be surprised if he has a handshake deal already, and this is typical Hollywood shenanigans to create buzz at Cannes, and that was the "plan" all along.   Too conspiratorial?  

Certainly Neon would be willing to do it, but they and A24 probably don't have the money to push this film out, and it isn't on brand for A24, really.  Searchlight or Focus would be a good guess, but Focus is signaling they're out, I've read.  Apple?  I just can't imagine Coppola would settle for streaming only, he is part of the fabric of cinema, and he wants this thing in the theaters, and while he's not looking for an IMAX deal, he evidently had some IMAX tech consulting on production so it could be shown in IMAX.  Even if he has to pay the P&A himself, and put the studio in first position to recoup distribution, I think he'd do that before streaming only (but I really don't know).  Would he sell it?  Yikes, it's hard to believe he'd give up any control, and this is most likely what he'd have to do for a buy out.  

Or the movie could just suck and no one wants it.  But, it sure is getting a lot of "free" buzz, aye?

7 hours ago, MikeH5856 said:

Audio-Technica AT-LP60X. Snob away and judge me! (But to my ears, and as a vinyl no-nothing newbie, it works pretty well hooked up to my receiver and was decently priced.)

While my comment was in jest, it is absolutely true that the vinyl/audiophile world is toxic.  Not joking, MP, and even the steel discord, reddit, etc, are so much more fun to be a part of than the online vinyl/audiophile world.  Just brutal elitism and one-upping all the time.  The sharing and community that goes on here is virtually non-existent in that world.

Your system is great! I'm sure it sounds fantastic.  I've never stopped with vinyl since I was 15 and worked in a record store, then went on to a mini-career in DJing (duh, BreakBeatDJ), so if you have any questions, feel free to ask.  I love chatting about it audiophilia (with no judgement of course).  

Good luck with your RSD hunting!  My local hides what I want for me, I know . . . unfair, but I spend a lotta money there.

9 minutes ago, MikeH5856 said:

I've only just gotten a record player, so this will be my first RSD. I'm excited! 

Just so I can judge you and snob flex 😆 . . . what turntable did you get?

2 minutes ago, nathan_s82 said:

Same here, finally a good list of things I need from RSD. Here is what is on my list (Must find at all costs in Bold):

Apocalyptica - World's Collide 2LP
Filter - The Very Best Things 2LP 
Garbage - Lie to Me
Malfunkshun - Olympus Awaits 2LP
Mudhoney - Suck You Dry 5LP
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter LP
Screaming Trees - Weird Things Happening LP
Sevendust - Heavier Than Seven LP
Tad - Infrared Riding Hood
Team Sleep - Self-Titled 2LP
Various Artists - The Spawn Album 2LP
 

Nice list.  That Screaming Trees may end up coming home with me.

My local is not that busy, and they often have some of these more limited ones longer.  if you miss out on one, text me and I'll look for it for you if you want.  I'll PM you.

2 hours ago, nathan_s82 said:

What are your weekend plans? Tomorrow is jam-packed with Record Store Day and a Comic Convention.

Yep, there are actually some things I want this year!!  Last few years have been thin.  And with the higher pressing numbers, you can get online the day after without waiting in line.  This year, have to grab the Craft Recordings mono release of Bill Evans, Everybody Digs Bill Evans and the Jazz Dispensary title.  Will be at my local at 8 AM for a hang with other vinyl nerds until they open at 9.

What you getting Nate?  Anything specific?

20 minutes ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

But the steels will also have the titles on their spines, you can see that in the BS.

White title on black spine with only the studio logo at the bottom… simple and clean.

Which is why the PET slips are going directly into the trash can as soon as I get my Goodfellas and Jaws copies.

Oh YEAH!!!  I didn't look closely enough and thought there was a box like the large versions.  Thanks Eli.  That is def better.

On 4/14/2024 at 12:09 AM, LeadFarmer said:

it was alright nothing to write home about

Interesting, thanks for the report. When I heard this title the first time I thought it was a comedy about a basketball player, a la Semi-Pro.

On 4/13/2024 at 12:02 PM, tr0llhatt said:

*sigh* PET slips.... why, just why?
Still needs 1917 though!

I'm okay with the PET slips, but the ratings logos . . . ugh.  I'm sure they were never going to do a re-design from the original releases, but I wish they would have, and put the titles on the spine instead of the slips (so you could at least have them on the shelf with no ratings logos).  I'd like them more (I've complained about this before, I know, and prob will again.  ).  

EDIT: As @R1s1ngs0n points out below, the above is wrong, the steels do have the title on the spine.

34 minutes ago, Boilersteel said:

The teeth outline is a nice touch but everything else not so much.

The uvula cam POV.  

Instead of new titles in this series we are getting a repackage of old titles.  Hmmmm

9 hours ago, Veum said:

 

Exactly how I was hoping for this match-up to happen on Monday night… especially these BIG-MEN! 🏀 

 

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 🏀 

 

UCONN v BOILERS!! 🏀 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, would be fun to see them win it all.  Half my cousins (and there are loads of them) are Purdue, the other half IU.  Makes for interesting holidays.

8 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

. . . . I hope you won’t mind having me on the bandwagon for a night.

Add a guitar and a pretty girl and this is a John Cougar Mellencamp lyric.

@Boilersteel @Veum  Looking good . . . hope they don't choke.  NC State looks like they're in over their heads.

6 minutes ago, raylight said:

Hello everyone,

from my side some words to the game:

 

I discovered this game in another forum and suggested it for the easter event. Compared to the other games in the end more more luck than personal skills, but when I read all the posts, we all had a lot of fun with this game. If you ask me to play it again in future...

 

To check you personal "Bingo skills", he are some (fun) statistics about the four Bunny Bingo Games we played.

 

Bunny Bingo Game #1

number of players: 42

rounds played : 6

All players got 242 hits (numbers). Thats an average of 5.76 hits per player. Thats not bad.

Most chosen number by the players was: 5 and 22 (23x)

Bingos by players: @CAYENNE-FAHRER (round 4), @Psycho Bunny (round 6), @coupelle (round 6), @Fortis93 (round 6)

Top5 Bingo players (points): @coupelle (19) , @Psycho Bunny (15), @Fortis93 (12),  @CAYENNE-FAHRER (11), @capricornio34232 (9)

We had 10 triple hits in the game by @Noir21, @R1s1ngs0n, @coupelle, @capricornio34232, @HeightOfFolly, @bl4ck5t3r, @Psycho Bunny, @upmaniac and @Veum

Awards in this game:

Bingo Master: @coupelle (19 points)

Sniper of the game: @capricornio34232 was the only player who had 2x a triple number hit. Impressive  ! 👍

Powerplayer of the game: @Chief_lookout was the only player who had at minimum one hit in every round ! 👊

Tragic player(s) of the game: @Hecko and @BreakBeatDJ had a hit in the first round but after that...never again. 😲

 

 

Bunny Bingo Game #2

 number of players: 38

rounds played : 8

All players got 302 hits (numbers). Thats an average of 7.95 hits per player. Thats good !

Most chosen number by the players was: 12 and 17 (21x)

Bingos by players: @BreakBeatDJ (round 6), @hal56 (round 6), @Toapel (round 6), @bl4ck5t3r (round 8), @CAYENNE-FAHRER (round 8 )

Top5 Bingo players (points): @Toapel (16), @BreakBeatDJ(14), @hal56(14), @bl4ck5t3r (13), @CAYENNE-FAHRER (13)

We had 5 triple hits in the game by @CAYENNE-FAHRER , @R1s1ngs0n, @jwhitm3, @Toapel and @Fortis93

Awards in this game:

Bingo Master: @Toapel (16 points)

Powerplayer of the game: @JojoFrance76 was the only player who had at minimum one hit in every round ! 👊

Tragic player(s) of the game: @Hecko was the only player who had no hit in the first three rounds. 😳

Blind passenger of the game: @JojoFrance76 had two Bingos and did nothing. 🤪

 

 

Bunny Bingo Game #3

 number of players: 36

rounds played : 8

All players got 280 hits (numbers). Thats an average of 7.78 hits per player. Still good !

Most chosen number by the players was: 9 (21x)

Bingos by players: @upmaniac (round 5), @R1s1ngs0n (round 6), @Toapel (round 7) , @MikeH5856 (round 7) and @Psycho Bunny (round 8 )

Top5 Bingo players (points): @upmaniac (16),  @Toapel (15), @Psycho Bunny (15), @R1s1ngs0n (14) and @Toapel (14)

We had 6 triple hits in the game by @Rhett, @nathanproctor, @Psycho Bunny, @Toapel, @upmaniac and @bossjon

Awards in this game:

Bingo Master: @upmaniac (16 points)

Tragic player(s) of the game: @BreakBeatDJ had no hit in the first five (5) rounds !!! 😲

Most unlucky player: @BreakBeatDJ had his first hit in round 6 where the first Bingo was already announced ! 😧

 

 

Bunny Bingo Game #4

 number of players: 35

rounds played : 8

All players got 315 hits (numbers). Thats an average of 9 hits per player. Super !😃

Most chosen number by the players was: 11 (21x)

Bingos by players: @jwhitm3 (round 5), @Pinkulo2 (round 6), @29bananas (2x round 6), @bl4ck5t3r (round 7), @BreakBeatDJ (round 7), @Noir21 (round 7) and @hal56 (round 😎

Top5 Bingo players (points): @29bananas (22), @bl4ck5t3r (15), @jwhitm3 (14), @Pinkulo2 (14), @BreakBeatDJ (14)

We had 5 triple hits in the game by @bl4ck5t3r, @Veum, @MikeH5856, @daetilus and @Nadam

Awards in this game:

Bingo Master: @29bananas (12 hits, 4 Bingos with 22 points and hit in every round). Only player who had more than 20 points in a game !

Sniper of the game: @29bananas with a hit quota of 75 %

Powerplayer of the game: @29bananas was the only player who had at minimum one hit in every round ! 👊

Tragic player(s) of the game: @pawno, @Chief_lookout, @hdblueman didn't get their first Bingo in round 8 because match was already over.

 

All in all...

 

Thank you all for participating !

 

 

The players who earned a Bunny Bingo award will also get a prize:

A 10$ gift card for your next shopping @MP store.

I will clarify it with John @Masterblaster how to process that the easiest way and give you a separate info via PN.

@coupelle

@capricornio34232

@Chief_lookout

@Hecko

@BreakBeatDJ

@Toapel

@JojoFrance76

@upmaniac

@29bananas

@pawno

@hdblueman

 

 

CU next year @Bunny Bingo !

Thanks so much for all your work on this @raylight.  And, I love all this data crunching you did!!!!  Amazing amount of work you put in to this.  Much appreciated.

So, I was top 5 in two games, and Tragic Player in two games. 

56 minutes ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

both of them were among the easiest

Same . . . there's one I can not believe I missed.

32 minutes ago, psychoscot said:

 

Wow what an utter complete twat! I expect this type of garbage from Ninja cliques, not here! I'm happy to discuss this personally? 

5 minutes ago, nathan_s82 said:

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had an amazing Easter Weekend. We had a busy weekend. Saturday, we had Spring Pictures, Easter Egg Hunt, and Easter Vigil at Church. Sunday was Church again, and cooking Easter Dinner with the family!

 

 

47 Days Until Texas Frightmare Weekend

67 Days Until Fan Expo - Dallas

103 Days Until Retro Expo

208 Days Until Cowtown Comic Con

213 Days Until Halloween

241 Days Until Thanksgiving

269 Days Until Christmas

275 Days Until New Year

319 Days Until Valentine's Day!

350 Days Until St. Patrick's Day

384 Days Until Easter

Great pics.  Beautiful family @nathan_s82!!

Although @Psycho Bunny seems to have photo bombed your pic.  😂

10 hours ago, Veum said:

Howabout my BOILERS making it to the FINAL FOUR today! 🏀 

 

They did not play a very clean game with their many turnovers and missed free throws… they can not win the next game if they do this again. 🫤 

 

Interesting final four this year with Purdue, Alabama, NC State: nice to have some dif teams.   My nostalgia is pulling for NC State.  But my money is on Purdue.  

10 minutes ago, hal56 said:

We both know we both gonna loose😁

But why d we need trophys and s**t

when

5 minutes ago, hansreinhardt said:

A thought: just the way the Bond girls get their time to shine on the back, maybe the inside artwork could be villain-oriented. 
 

 

Yeah, good call.  I love this idea.

@R1s1ngs0n first off nice job my friend.  What are the odds this series continues?  I'm sure Jeff is in demand.

13 minutes ago, hal56 said:

Dont be. Relax. Listen to some music.

See ya😉

 

What are we doing bro . . . ?  We both know I'm gunna lose!!!!!!!!!! 

@hal56 after he wins his participation trophy from @Psycho Bunny.

3 minutes ago, hal56 said:

You' ll hear nothing.

1 hour ago, extantsrevenge said:

 

 

 

we actually had 2 more Bingos today 😲

 

 

According to our rules the game was already over with 5 Bingos claimed. As I wrote previously as it is easter I wanted to extend the Game to 8 Bingo, so that we could finish tomorrow on the final day of the event. Game Masters suggested we could play a 5th Bingo but that would prolong the event and after 1 month

and I also don't want to give @Psycho Bunny the change to regenerate.

 

If nobody objects I would say we play this Game until 8 Bingos are claimed. That means @BreakBeatDJ @Noir21 would have Bingo 6 & 7 and 1 more Bingo is left.

 

So that these Bingos do not influence the overall Event results I would suggest that Bingo 6-8 receive only 3 Bonus Points each and that the final Bingo #8 can only be claimed from a member that has not had a Bingo in this round.

 

Everyone can collect normal points for the numbers drawn tomorrow. I think that would be a great way to finish our Game.

When I beat you all by 3 points . . .