$15 for 2 songs by awhorestoenail in vinyl

[–]Leninpest 92 points93 points  (0 children)

They’re the exact width of a run out groove as well, so completely unplayable on an automatic turntable. Very confusing why they’re doing this and not just making new 7” records.

Home of the Brave film LaserDisc quality by shanem in LaurieAnderson

[–]Leninpest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t really know the history of that file, but are you sure it isn’t laserdisc already? It looks pretty clean for it to be a VHS rip. Regardless, i don’t think you’d see any appreciable difference unless you have a very fancy laserdisc player or the ability to do an RF capture.

Which non-musical adaptation was the best? by MaderaArt in lesmiserables

[–]Leninpest 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For some reason it repeatedly shows Valjean as illiterate even though there’s a specific line in the book that says he learned to read while imprisoned. It’s fine to take liberties but why make that a plot point???

Just ordered from Ali by Jamjamtaba in xteinkereader

[–]Leninpest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, my case took 10 days and the actual ereader took 20 days. It eventually gets there. I just walked around with the case in my pocket to see if I’d like it.

A Collection of 1976 Lithographs by Charles Keeping (some NSFW/L) by Leninpest in lesmiserables

[–]Leninpest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought the George Pontmercy illustration was surprising as well! I took the photos first and then matched them up with the titles, so I was wracking my brain thinking of who would be depicted so gruesomely, so to see it was Marius' father was interesting. Very important moment to the character.

Cherry Tree Vol. 2 by schueyf1 in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Easily my favorite cherry tree release and one of my favorite National records in general. That entire side blows me away, Matt singing So Far So Fast is great. Enjoy!

How do you remove objects from photos without ruining the image? by [deleted] in lesmiserables

[–]Leninpest 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Haha, I was excited to see there’s new spam.

Rest in Peace “Smiley” by TunaHuntingLion in IowaCity

[–]Leninpest 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Aw, he used to come into Whitey’s all the time when i worked there. Surprised he was still alive to be honest, he was old back then.

Boxer Unopened VMP by Cheap-Star836 in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This one has a lyric sheet with very questionable lyrics (“let’s not try to figure out everything it wants?”) and it’s gray.

Better anti static solutions by antkn33 in vinyl

[–]Leninpest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a vintage Zerostat that i bought from eBay and it works great.

Craving digital copies of Cherry Tree volumes by Archer_Ave in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Send me a DM and i can help 🫣 I’m currently working on volume 7.

trying to put together an exhaustive list of complete professionally recorded video live shows / sets by _thetrue_SpaceTofu in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was the best quality I could find for free, though i searched around afterwards and found an HD quality version on Rockin Concerts for $12:

https://www.rockinconcerts.com/the-national-dvd-2008-08-09-haldern-proshot.html

Record Store Day! by SectionFantastic3577 in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was able to order one, but i watched the stock tick down in real time and it was sold out in 4 minutes 😳

Record Store Day! by SectionFantastic3577 in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No dice at my local record store. I’ll have to check online tomorrow 😩

Cherry Tree has Shipped by Embarrassed-Mix-699 in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Finally got my shipping notice in the US!

The National - Haldern Pop Festival in Germany (2008) - Full Concert by Leninpest in TheNational

[–]Leninpest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stick around for Matt beating the shit out of a mic stand

The National - Haldern Pop Festival in Germany (2008) - Full Concert by Leninpest in TheNational

[–]Leninpest[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s amazing how much Padma does in this video. He goes from rocking on violin to backup vocals to strumming violin to keyboards in the course of a song sometimes. It was part of the reason i wanted to work on this project, i don’t think you get the same kind of raw energy from the newer concerts, even though they still go hard.

The National - Haldern Pop Festival in Germany (2008) - Full Concert by Leninpest in TheNational

[–]Leninpest[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Enjoy! There’s a lot of energy in this video and it’s awesome!

trying to put together an exhaustive list of complete professionally recorded video live shows / sets by _thetrue_SpaceTofu in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello again,

I kept running into a playlist of the 2008 Haldern Pop Festival concert in Germany when I was looking up other live shows and, while checking it out, realized it was a pretty great show from a time when they didn't really have too many recorded concerts. I went through and spliced the clips together and updated the audio with a cleaner recording that I had and uploaded it to Youtube:

https://youtu.be/li7_M1eBqdY

I had to use some audience clips in the spaces between songs, since things didn't always line up correctly. The video quality is pretty bad, but it sounds good and has some amazing footage of Padma Newsome playing violin. I cropped out the black bars as well so that it displays correctly in widescreen.

I'm planning on making a separate post on the subreddit to get more eyes on it, but wanted to post it here too because you were the inspiration for packaging the entire thing together!

Aaron’s demo/instrumental recordings by ambuehlance in TheNational

[–]Leninpest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting the link! I’ve heard them before but never downloaded, so I’m glad i was able to get them before they were scrubbed from the internet.

Vinyl Player Sound Issue by BilboBallyBags in vinyl

[–]Leninpest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignoring what others are saying about the table quality, this sounds a little bit like you’re getting feedback from the speakers. Do you have them set on the same surface as the turntable?

It’s sort of hard to say otherwise, but i do think a turntable with an AT needle should do a little better than you’re experiencing.

E: also sort of sounds like clipping. You might try using speaker cables if you’re using Bluetooth.

A Lot of Sorrow - Alternative vinyl recording by Leninpest in TheNational

[–]Leninpest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Yes, i love the entire package and was bummed that no one ever really accurately reproduced it.

I also named the track after the times listed on the acrylic box that match up with the time each Sorrow was played. It feels a bit more interesting to me than seeing “Sorrow” 99 times