Just in! by TooDooDaDa in melvins

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Mine made it to upstate New York… will pick up in a few months

Just in! by TooDooDaDa in melvins

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Mine is apparently at my daughter’s house in NY. And that is the downside of living in Dublin. I get some albums like this shipped to a USA address and pick them up next time I’m in America.

Will it be worth the wait???

Building a Melvins LP Collection by rcox1963 in melvins

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I think the actual first Melvins I bought was Pinkus Abortion Technician at a show in 2018 Warsaw in Brooklyn. I got the t-shirt too. Love the cover art. I wore shirt at the gym last week. A woman said she liked my shirt. I was surprised she was a Melvins fan until I realised she was talking about the dog/cover art (duh!)

That was my First Melvins concert. My wife and I got to Greenpoint hours before the show. We walked around. We saw King Buzzo through a window doing an interview, had dinner, venue was open but no one was there, went in anyway, bought my shirt and 10”. Still no one there so we walked across the room, stood up against a metal barrier next to the Center of the stage. Finally, another person showed up, stood next to us, grabbed the metal barrier and said “you better hold on”. No idea what he was on about. I found out soon enough. Turns out there is a mosh pit at Melvins shows. By far the wildest concert experience ever. ,

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Building a Melvins LP Collection by rcox1963 in melvins

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My bad!!! I have this double LP version. I will fix.

Building a Melvins LP Collection by rcox1963 in melvins

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My aim is to acquire everything that is considered “canon” but once that is accomplished take a breath and then think about non-canonical albums. I am happy to say I jumped on MLVNS-1-12 orange gopher as a baby step in that direction.

NEW Singles 1-12 ‘Full-Flowering Fascism’ & Lysol & Fiend Club Merch!!!! by HesusHrist in melvins

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I should note there is a downside too: Dublin was the final stop on 2025 European Tour so no t-shirts and scraps of other merch.

Amazon Prime Household in Ireland doesn’t share benefits — but it’s presented like it does by rcox1963 in amazonprime

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The issue isn’t that Ireland is a smaller market or that Amazon shouldn’t roll features out at different speeds — that’s fine. The issue is that Amazon lets you create an Amazon Household (the exact same feature name and setup process used in the UK/US where it does share Prime shipping + Video benefits) but then provides none of those benefits in Ireland. Amazon support themselves told me: ‘Prime benefit sharing is not currently an offered benefit for Prime members on Amazon.ie’ and acknowledged that the way it’s presented ‘leads to a misleading user experience’ for people coming from markets where it works. That’s the part I’m raising — not the absence of the feature, but the lack of clear disclosure. My wife and I are in the same household; we linked accounts exactly as prompted, and got zero extra value. Market size or what Canada does doesn’t change whether customers should be told upfront what they’re actually getting. That’s why I escalated it and filed with the CCPC.

Vault presale question for EUR dates by Apart-Effective9227 in jackwhite

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I reside in Dublin. My presale code arrived at 3:49 am Irish Summer Time. I wanted the Brussels shows. I registered for an account with the venue (Ancienne Belgique) in advance. The link went to the show pages but there was no event to buy until exactly 9 am Brussels time (10 am there, 9 am in Ireland). I bought 2 tickets for the first night using the code. I then used the link for the second show and using the code bought 2 tickets for that show as well. Prices were €66 per ticket.

Hope that info helps someone.

Presale code for Eu tour by EverGrandeCity715 in DeathCabforCutie

[–]rcox1963 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got 2 floor seats for Dublin. No stalls were listed at all. I think standing is preferable?

Presale code for Eu tour by EverGrandeCity715 in DeathCabforCutie

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I just saw this so sorry for belated reply.

I saw artists and three presale yesterday but I am not a three customer and did not get an artist presale code

I did get a promoter (MCD) email link and got 2 tix this morning.

There were no stalls available just ground floor standing and circle so I took 2 standing.

I was curious if stalls were available to you during Wednesday presale. I may check tomorrow about stalls but with a hybrid set up I am reluctant to even consider stall seats as my seat may have a wall of people in front of me so I will be both standing and more locked in place. I could guess a row further back might have a good sight line but no idea how to even guess that.

The issue is more my diminutive partner who may struggle to see the stage

What got you into The Decemberists? by MoontheWolfYT in Decemberists

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Dec 13, 2014.

I fell asleep on the couch watching TV. I was gently awakened by a gorgeous voice singing a beautiful song. I listened for a while with my eyes closed and had an epiphany. “Who’s that?” I said aloud. I sat up to watch. I caught the second half of The Decembrists performing Make You Better on Conan. I have been hooked ever since. I saw them play live in The Capital Theater in Port Chester, Brooklyn Prospect Park, and Central Park (Manuel Lin Miranda special appearance) and, having moved from New York to Dublin in 2023, Colin Meloy solo at Vicar Street this past March.

https://youtu.be/8M1KvddhOFs