that whole Sub Pop/Postal Service thing

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it is even news on Pitchforkmedia:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4794558439

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

i looked but don't think this has been posted but if it has than i'm sorry... I haven't been around much

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

"You can't just buy these you have to know a lot about music to get one." Just ask (fill in the blank yerself). (pause for Roflles.)

"I did the math on it and figured out that I’m responsible for 24,871 copies sold. I’m gonna be fair here and say that Sub Pop makes 5 dollars per album sold and since I contributed about 1/20 of the work on this I am owed $6217.14 cents. This is reflected in my reserve." Whatever.

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

"In Philadelphia, it's worth 50 bucks."

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

Who would actually pay enough to meet the reserve on this thing?

― matt2 (matt2), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

the Pitchfork story:

Ex-Sub Pop Employee eBays Postal Service Gold Record

Kati Llewellyn reports:
Break open the piggy banks, snag your little sister's lemonade stand profits, or if worse comes to worse, unload that extra ounce of marijuana, because a Postal Service gold record could be yours to have and to hold.

The man giving up Give Up to the highest bidder is former Sub Pop publicist Jed Maheu, who claims in the item description that a soul-searching trip to foreign lands made him realize that "there are bigger things to life then [sic] money and so called 'Indie Cred.'" Like remembering the difference between "then" and "than"? Oh wait, forget it-- that's not as important as the Scene.

Maheu continues, "I believe that as a man you should lead by example so for my first foray into 'world betterment' as I like to call it I have decided to start my own publicity and marketing company." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

The company, which boasts the sweet name Dudes PR, needs a financial push before it's up and running, so Maheu is hawking the RIAA-certified gold record Sub Pop awarded him for his help in selling 500,000 copies of Give Up. Through some strange mathematical formula, Maheu has determined that he contributed $6217.14 worth of Postal Service promotion, so that's the price he's aiming for. As of this story's writing, it's only up to $305.00, so he's got a long way to go.

Maheu's also throwing a burned Give Up CD into the deal, allegedly the very copy "brought to Sub Pop when we first decided to put out the record." Is that RIAA certified too?

Sub Pop assures us that this isn't a joke; the gold record is authentic, and Maheu is indeed starting his own PR firm. Something tells us that Dudes won't be representing any Sub Pop bands.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

THIS IS DUDE'S HAPPENING AND IT FREAKS ME OUT

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:36 (twenty years ago)

i know who this guy is and he is a fucking douchbag

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Jed Maheu, a spokesperson for Sub Pop Records, says that the industry is to blame for its current problems. "CDs are so expensive, it causes people to want to download," he says. For niche labels like Sub Pop, downloading can actually help get the word out about new releases. "I don't see it as a threat," Maheu says, adding that Sub Pop protects sales by offering something extra for customers, like distinctive artwork or limited-edition stickers: "We're doing better than we ever have before." He expects the RIAA tactics to backfire by "pissing consumers off."

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Gold Discs are see-through?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

"something extra for customers, like distinctive artwork or limited-edition stickers"

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I've dealt with him and he's been cool but this is weird. Has anyone ever hawked one of these plaques on ebay before?

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

All the time, surely! What's the big deal here? (serious, not rhetorical q, there.)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

Most likely the mild disjuncture between his purported new-age awakening and asking $6000 for the thing...

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

A hippie's got to eat, man.

― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Fuck that shit, let him raise his own cash on the streets.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

i know who this guy is and he is a fucking douchbag

cutty, that's obvious without even knowing who the guy is. i mean, "dudes pr," c'mon.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

he's right about the riaa stuff though, but it's not like it takes a genius to say what he said

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

BROS PR

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 17 November 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

I've got a Loverboy gold record for Get Lucky. Do you think I could sell it? It's a little tarnished.

― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 17 November 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

The thing about gold records is, depending on the label, they're not necessarily the same record as the one associated with the award.

Someone on another list I'm on got a Canadian Gold record award from some band he used to be way back when; and in retrospect, he's somewhat ashamed to be associated with them now. But anyway, he decided to break open the gold record and play it.. and it turned out to be some bad test pressing of a Herb Alpert or Van McCoy EP or something. Then again, this was on a major label in Canada. Maybe Sub Pop en-goldens their own records for real, and not just 99 cent cut-outs that certain Canadian branches of major record labels find to instrument for awards and such.

― do knut (donut), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

In any case, anyone trying to jump start a PR company by using their former employee as a lily pad, and using the HURRICANES as an explantory excuse -- without, you know, actually expressing a notion to help those people out along the way -- qualifies for some minor douchebaggery rating... definitely.

― do knut (donut), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Maybe Sub Pop en-goldens their own records for real...

gold records are awarded by RIAA, a record company doesn't just make 'em for themselves.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Well, I'm glad the RIAA chooses only the best records then... haha.

― do knut (donut), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

(I was thinking maybe the RIAA would actually ask for a copy of the record in question for makig the award as some sort of gesture. Me foolish.)

― do knut (donut), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

(I was thinking maybe the RIAA would actually ask for a copy of the record in question for making the award as some sort of gesture. Me foolish.)

― do knut (donut), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

I never ever before thought of actually trying to play a gold record. I thought it was symbolic.

― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

there's a couple sitting not too far away from me (for "exile in guyville" and "whip-smart") and while they have the correct labels, i have no idea if they're playable (as they're framed).

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 17 November 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

Seeing my older friends in the music biz withering away into marriage and other such vices

Guys, where are you going? Guys? DUDES?!?

But really, I can sympathize, it's disarming when your friends get all mature and you find out they're actually going to settle down instead of still living in "the scene." I think I'd rather be the scruffy-looking "cool" older dude than start a company called Dudes. Just don't be the 35 year old hitting on the teen scene girls. That's bad form.

― mike h. (mike h.), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Hey man, you might get older, but they always stay the same age.

― do knut (donut), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

i feel sad for the dude

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

that's his "pity me" PR, Dude.

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

i bought it

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

Just don't be the 35 year old hitting on the teen scene girls. That's bad form.

Well, there goes my life plan.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

"I believe that as a man you should lead by example so for my first foray into “~~world~~bank account betterment” as I like to call it I have decided to start my own publicity and marketing company."

Finally, there's a guy who's unselfish enough to promote indie rock.

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

jaymc otm

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

gold records are awarded by RIAA, a record company doesn't just make 'em for themselves.

Really? I thought the RIAA just certified something as gold and then a label ordered as many plaques as it wanted from a vendor like, say, Ill Eagle. So you're saying the RIAA actually ships however many gold records wants to Ill Eagle, and then Ill Eagle makes the plaques for the label? What if they want more? Or less?

But what do I know, hey...

― Eppy (Eppy), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

"a record label wants," obvs.

― Eppy (Eppy), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

the guy is my ladyfriend's ex-boyfriend

― loggedout, Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

dish the dirt

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

cutty, you just switched the two words in your e-mail address. that's not really logged out.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

half-logged out

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

The gold records I've looked at weren't the records they pretended to be -- by counting the number of bands on the side facing out, you could see there were more or fewer tracks than what was listed on the label.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

cutty, you are having sex with him and everyone he has had sex with

― hostile java crips (dr g), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

dudes pr is all upside u

― hostile java crips (dr g), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

dudes pr is all up inside u

(i ruined it .. it was wonderful and i ruined it)

― hostile java crips (dr g), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

wonderful

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

subpop is releasing the next brunettes album. i'll buy their gold album.

― keyth (keyth), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

really? curious. i hope the vocal sounds are better on this one

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

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