RECORD STORE TALES #1159:
The Community is Dead – Long Live the Community!
Once Upon A Time, the old WordPress music Community was an important part of our daily breakfast. It was a wonderful way to connect and talk music with like-minded folks. It was even a good way to seek support in our lives.
Then in 2023, the Community died. I don’t know why, and I no longer care. It’s possibly a “type of feint, or fake technique, whereby a player draws an opposing player out of position or skates by the opponent while maintaining possession and control of the puck.” People just…disappeared. Ghosted. I actually don’t want to know why. “Let the past die,” Kylo Ren said. “Kill it, if you have to.” That is done, but not by my own hand.
I knew it was dead in 2024, when several people from the old Community refused to watch or acknowledge my trip to Toronto with Aaron, the Community’s spiritual leader. It was a shunning, with intent. Rest in peace, Community!
Whatever their issues are, I hope they find peace and harmony, wherever they went and whatever they are doing now. I miss them. But there was a silver lining.
A new Community awaited me. A bigger, more welcoming Community. A Community that stretches from Australia to America, east coast to west, and up north to Canada. A stronger Community. For me it began as the old Community died in 2023. Marco D’Auria encouraged me to work with the Contrarians, and suddenly I started getting invites to appear on other shows, such as Rock Daydream Nation and My Music Corner. With these fine folks, together, we have rebuilt what was lost. Bigger, better, faster, stronger!
I welcome you to the Community! A place where we support each other, collaborate, and celebrate the power of music! A place where you will not be judged for your mistakes, nor shunned.
Welcome…I bid you welcome!
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That’s great! I sent review #3 by the way.
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The ridiculous suit is great, not necessarily the beat down!
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I want to shake the hand of the person that designed it.
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GOT IT! Will aim to post again on Wednesday!
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Sorry it wasn’t sooner, but I had to wait for the movie to come out on Friday to review it.
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Understood! I hope it gets traffic. I did tag the director on Twitter.
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Let me know if it’s a rousing success or a bitter failure.
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SUCCESS!
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Oh really? It did gangbusters for views?
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Not gangbusters, but did well. I don’t know how to break through the noise on Twitter and be noticed, but I tried!
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I got next week’s review to send to you later tonight. Be on the lookout!
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Received! Interesting choice! We should extend this series with Holen movie reviews.
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I was thinking the same thing really. I’ve been enjoying this. Would like to do more, maybe not necessarily horror when we get out of October.
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Let’s do it! And figure out a name for the non-Halloween series!
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I’m game weekly. Have a bunch of ideas already, but we should definitely brainstorm the name after Halloween!
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Holen’s Happy House of Cinematic Cinema. LOL
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I’ve already decided I’m doing Michael Mann’s Manhunter (1986) as the first review after October. Seems like a good bridge as the first Hannibal Lector film most people have never seen. Tangentially related to horror, but more of a thriller.
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Oh that’s a great idea. Maybe you can do more Mann films?
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I’d love to do that. He’s one of my favorites.
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