12 Replies to “TGIF: The Cutout Bin [Karl]”

1. cranky-d says:

   June 27, 2008 at 10:08 am

   may be having lunch with Jeff G today

   Name-dropper.

2. Roboc says:

   June 27, 2008 at 10:51 am

   Holy Shit, Karl! I was trying to remember the words to “Let it all Hangout” about a month ago. I thought the name of the band was “Tres Hombres.” Hahahaha! I was a little too young to appreciate what was going on, but it brings back memories of my cousin coming home really spent wearing a Nehru jacket. My aunt would ask me if I thought my cousin smelled funny. “Hotdog my razor broke…” Hahahaha! Too funny!

3. David McKinnis says:

   June 27, 2008 at 1:58 pm

   The Posies?!?
   Good Lord. I thought I was the only person in Colorado that owned a copy of Dear 23 and Frosting On The Beater.

   What’s next? The Rainmakers?

4. B Moe says:

   June 27, 2008 at 2:00 pm

   Let My People Go Go, David.

5. dicentra says:

   June 27, 2008 at 2:09 pm

   having lunch with Jeff G today

   Photos! PHOTOS!

6. happyfeet says:

   June 27, 2008 at 2:45 pm

   In the recording industry, a cut-out refers to a deeply-discounted or remaindered copy of an LP, cassette tape, Compact Disc, or other item. When LPs were the primary medium for distribution or recording, manufacturers would physically cut the corner, punch a hole, or add a notch to the spine of the jacket of unsold records returned from retailers; these “cut-outs” might then be re-sold to record retailers or other sales outlets for sale at a discounted price. A special section of a record store devoted to such items was known as the cut-out bin or bargain bin. As tapes and CDs supplanted LPs, the mechanisms for indicating a cut-out changed. On cassettes, a hole tended to be punched or burned through the case and through its printed insert. On CDs (a practice that continues today), a section of varying size is taken out of the spine of the jewel case and its paper track listing.*

7. Roboc says:

   June 27, 2008 at 3:12 pm

   Hillary Clinton by John Valby

8. Karl says:

   June 27, 2008 at 3:32 pm

   “Let It All Hang Out” also makes an appearance in the movie Elizabethtown because director Cameron Crowe -formerly of Rolling Stone — knows his stuff.

   As to the Posies and hf’s explication — I do own The Posies’ albums (and a Rainmakers LP, fwiw), but I did not actually put these tracks online. They are posted at music blogs and are aggregated and rendered streamable by the Hype Machine. And in the course of my regular web gig, I run across all sorts of tracks for which I have no immediate blog use, but which are cool or funny or whatever enough to go into the Cutout Bin every Friday. I add about 20-25 tracks for most every Friday, and remain in the ever-expanding playlist until the original music blogger removes them and they fade from the Hype Machine.

   I’ll have a lunch report shortly.

9. Carin- says:

   June 27, 2008 at 3:54 pm

   I may be too late … but :

   having lunch with Jeff G today

   ShirtlessPhotos! Rimless glasses PHOTOS!

10. McGehee says:

    June 27, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    Photos wear shirts?

11. dre says:

    June 27, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    “having lunch with Jeff G today”

    Was there arugula?

12. J. Peden says:

    June 27, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    Speaking of Carl Douglas, ever hear the rap version of “Kung Fu Fighting” by Bus Stop – at least that’s who my file-sharing “service” reported – with Carl in the background? It’s kind of tongue in cheek, but really jazzed up. It’s pretty hawt, esp. if you like the original.

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