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[Lroy]

What do you think ?
I bought a vinyl of Poor Things only for the sleeve ( well the much is good too )
 Since one year or two years for vinyls , the big edition houses are insisting about covers, splatters, signed, decorative inner sleeve, small tirage, re-edit. Etc etc
What it means that you have XXXX editions ( or luxurious editions : Interscope per example ) dropping artists and vinyls ! They are flooding the market ( as for books, particularly art books, some signed , some unsigned, preorders etc etc ). They want to kill us and make our wallet empty ? Rough Trade, HHV, HMV, etc etc .. it’s around 10,20, and more issues per weeks ! All colored !
same with books ! Even Banksy said one time that he even did not know all these books about him ?!? And all those art or music magazines ?!!!
We all bought unknown bands with Banksy covers etc
Anyway Street art, graffiti and music have  great looking together !

Now it’s sleeve, picture sleeve, that we buy as small and scare prints, because the item it self could be beautiful, but well, do we risk an overdose with all these attractives goodies ! What do you think ? Maxi ultra consumerism?

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[PC Baby]

Guilty as charged on all counts, Gov !
I know I shouldn't, but I've just bought Stereossauro's +351 limited edition coloured vinyl from Bandcamp and I'm always up for new discoveries in music, art and all kinds of books, so, yeah, Lroy , you could call me an consumer when the fancy takes me, unfortunately.. 😎

[loui]

Aug 16, 2024 13:42:53 GMT 1 Lroy said:

What do you think ?
I bought a vinyl of Poor Things only for the sleeve ( well the much is good too )
 Since one year or two years for vinyls , the big edition houses are insisting about covers, splatters, signed, decorative inner sleeve, small tirage, re-edit. Etc etc
What it means that you have XXXX editions ( or luxurious editions : Interscope per example ) dropping artists and vinyls ! They are flooding the market ( as for books, particularly art books, some signed , some unsigned, preorders etc etc ). They want to kill us and make our wallet empty ? Rough Trade, HHV, HMV, etc etc .. it’s around 10,20, and more issues per weeks ! All colored !
same with books ! Even Banksy said one time that he even did not know all these books about him ?!? And all those art or music magazines ?!!!
We all bought unknown bands with Banksy covers etc
Anyway Street art, graffiti and music have  great looking together !

Now it’s sleeve, picture sleeve, that we buy as small and scare prints, because the item it self could be beautiful, but well, do we risk an overdose with all these attractives goodies ! What do you think ? Maxi ultra consumerism?

www.instagram.com/reel/C-ufIb9oe7iFbDIomUf0E2l1E5IxAGBkclfUgw0/?igsh=bGc0eGo1YmFldDZ4

I only once bought a book about Scandi artists and never looked in it again so don’t think I shall ever buy any of the other items you mention.

However, i’ve bought many books on social topics & (social) history and reread them often. I once thought banksy was interesting from that point of view as well but since visiting Dismaland I’ve changed my mind on that; it may have started of as socially interesting but there’s nothing interesting about it. He’s become a curator and the crooks who should be jailed have taken over.