Jeff

If it was a movie on its own, I could tolerate it. But the things they did at times were more over the top silly, borderline stupid. I realize that IJ was always over the top fun action but this was too much. Then the things they did with his personal life...having a kid, and the ending. They just took away the persona that was Indiana Jones...a somewhat lonesome loner whose home is a mess (he's rarely there), office is a mess, little to no family, messed up relationships around the world....ah, I don't know, I get fired up just talking about it.

I bought a second copy of this as a gift to a friend and after the first spin she said when she reached "Free" that was one track that she kept playing over and over before moving on.

Y'know, I still haven't seen the 4th "Indy." I bought a used DVD of it late last year but have been gunshy about actually sitting down and watchin' it cuz of all the hate for it. I suppose I'll get to it eventually but I'm in no hurry... I know you will watch it because a person just has to...but my recommendation: DON'T! You will just get pissed.

Shakra - Back On Track I think if you do not give this one 3-4 spins you are missing out. Seriously, crank it and take a listen.

I'm surprised they aren't stopping in the Twin Cities right before that Halfway Jam. Seems like every other band is making their way through to various venues in the Twin Cities.

I agree, Back On Track does kick arse, great tune! Also really like Someday. Actually, I don't think there is a bad tune on this CD. MMTWGR isn't even bad, it is probably my least favorite.

I've been spinning this one all weekend and I love it! I have the 13 track digipak version and I am glad I do. I agree with Geoff the bonus tracks are killer but I disagree about the first 9. There are a couple of really good tracks in there and the rest support the album as a whole very well. "When I See You" (video posted above) is a simple but brilliant song. Sure not every song is brilliant but I wouldn't say there are any fillers on here either. When I See You, Crazy, Brand New Day, Lonesomeness are the stand outs. If I picked a least favorite song it would be Money Makes The World Go Round. Overall, great melodic hard rock, great solo's, vocals...I recommend it.

One of my favorite movies ever! The scene in Marion Ravenwood's bar in Nepal is one of my favorite parts of any movie. The dialog between Marion and Toht leading up to the gun fight is great as is the gun fight itself...bullets ricocheting, fire...."whiskey?" Now too bad they had to go and fuck up the 4th movie but whatever.

Alter Bridge - Blackbird "find the will to change, before I lose everything!"

Huey Lewis & The News - Sports Used to have this on cassette, for $3 I couldnt help myself.

Pink Cream 69 - Endangered

You talking about these guys? http://www.myspace.com/downndirtyband

Stopped by the local used CD shop over lunch: Twisted Sister - Under The Blade

Ya know, I am probably not the best to answer this. Both are "silver" in color, they have a bar code type pattern around the inner plastic ring and a short serial number of some sort. Somebody with a little (or a lot) more expertise on silver color versus silver pressing's have these? ------------------ And just to be clear again, I was not really upset about the CDR thing overall...it is their reply to my email that got me all pissed off. In finding out their position on the topic, NOW I am a little more irritated about the CDR. Anyway...

I'm sure a lot of you saw this over at MelodicRock.com but you can download their song Time for free, no sign ups or registration by clicking on the down arrow on the music player: http://www.paradiseinc.net/

The funny thing is I wasn't trying to get all up in their face about the CDR. I had not noticed until Geoff mentioned. But like Wes mentioned above, even Amazon realizes that there is a difference between CDR and silver pressed and they list that when applicable. I think every label should list it if CDR, otherwise I assume silver. And I totally agree that a band putting out their own CD I should not be surprised if I get CDR. So had they responded with "hey Jeff, we will take your comment under consideration, maybe we can add that simple piece of detail to our descriptions but no guarantee's, next time please ask before buying if this is important to you" I would have been fine with that. I didn't want to start something with them. Oh well. If they reply to my final response to them I will post those as well. Happy Days!

And here was the response to my email above. I did send a response to this but I forgot to copy myself so unless they respond (they probably won't after what I told them) I won't have that response. Anyway, what I get the biggest laugh out of is the "professional packaging" comment. As Geoff mentioned in the other thread, aside from it being a CDR, the simple fold over insert without lyrics is about as basic as it gets. The other thing is that I am trying to slander them or push them around. I told them I would share their "policy" with the boards, which is Demon Doll will send a CDR or silver pressed, they will not list it on their website, and if you don't like what you get, then they will no longer take your orders. If that sounds like slander to them...well it is THEIR policy! Geesh. Hi Jeff, Don't mean to make feel like a nobody, as per the statement of the record description, we love the band, and have sunk enough money into the product as we felt necessary to get the music out there - we never offered it as silver pressed - enough said. If you want to threaten us in posting to comment boards - be my guest, we won't be pushed around. We have so many releases coming up by bands that were littered on MTV, we are not going anywhere for a long time, we have releases lined up for 2 years. Please check back in in 6 to 12 month, we'll still be here releasing records constantly no matter of any postings or threats. We have appreciated your business in the past, but again we will not be pushed around, we lived here in Hollywood in the 80's and 90's and still live that way today. We are not here to do battle with anyone, so if you feel the need to slander us to your music friends over a CDR (professionally packed by the way) over buying a French record, go ahead, we will not do anything but continue to release music for years to come. If you feel the need to slam us, go for it. We have never had any complaints in 3 years. Thanks Demon Doll Records

Ok, well here was my reply to their email. At this point I was a little ticked and dismayed so if you think I was a little harsh or out of line that's fine, but it was intentional. The italics part is the description I copied from their website describing Rakel Traxx. Wow, seems like a pretty harsh response to a customer. I didn't think my complaint was that harsh. In addition I would disagree with your perspective on how you advertise your CD's. I think most people, especially collector's like myself that like to actually BUY the CD's of bands we like in order to support the band/lable and encourage more music would EXPECT that CD's are silver pressed unless otherwise noted, NOT the other way around. Now if you are having a bad day and felt the need to insult a customer I can understand, so let me know. If that is your stance, I will be sure to post your reply to the music message boards I belong to where there is a fairly decent size customer base worldwide. I know this because I often post announcements of your sales offers, new bands you have that I like, etc. But hey, maybe I won't bother doing that anymore. And I never mentioned anything about asking for a refund, so keep your money and your lowly threat to deny me future orders. Man, attitude like that and you will be going away. Oh and another thing...you don't like to spend money on "unproven bands" yet this is the way you advertise them huh? Gee, sounds like a band you think is pretty darn impressive, not unproven. The new breed of bad boys continue to make themselves heard! High pitch moans, nasty groans & guitar crushing bones lay the perfect sonic sound scape for Glam & Sleaze newcomers Rakel Traxx and the arrival of their 13 song debut 'Bitches Palace'. This album was along time in the making and the boys don't disappoint with a slew of chart busting hits including the anthems "Yeah!!!", "Give Me Your Love", "Girlz" & "Let Me Take Your Gun". Each song effortlessly slithers and slides its way out of the speakers to set you up for one hell of a snakebite! This record is jam packed with over 55 minutes of pure carnal decadence! Every Sleaze fan rejoice as the sheer power and might of this album should put the boys on equal playing ground for best up and coming Glam & Sleaze release of 2011! So don't miss out and grab a copy from the new regime today Anyway, I will wait today for a response to explain your attitude and if you choose not to that is fine. I will share your policy with everyone. Yours truly, A Nobody

Oh, we have a good little email war of words going on now. Whoever is on the other end at DDR answering me is a real arrogant prick.

Ok, so the reason I asked is I emailed Demon Doll last night after the Rakel Traxx discussion and I didn't think my email was that harsh. I wasn't ticked off, heck I had not checked to see that it was CDR until Geoff mentioned it, my thinking is that they should say it is CDR in the description. Anyway, here is my email to DD, maybe it comes across harsh. Rereading it I maybe could have left the last sentence off and focused more on their descriptions: Hi, So I finally got around to checking out the Rakel Traxx CD I bought from you guys and I see it is a CDR and not a silver pressed CD? I checked to see if I missed that in your description and I don't see it. Plus I find out that Shotgun Records has a silver pressed CD of this. I guess I am trying to say I am not pleased about paying full price for a CDR when I could have gotten silver pressed somewhere else. Here was their reply: Hi Jeff, Sorry to hear you are not pleased with your CD. We never offered it in the description as silver pressed. We don't invest 2000 dollars in unproven bands, as I am sure you'll notice record companies are going away at an alarming rate, and we will not be one of them- because we run our label in the correct fashion and do not over extend on bands with no track record. Please feel free to order the French version of the record, we will refund your purchase for Rakel Traxx. Also when we have to refund a product that we decribed correctly and never mentioned the word silver pressed, you will no longer be able to place orders from us in the future for any product, all orders will be refunded in 24 hours. Sorry it has to be this way, but we never offered it as silver pressed and do not need the hassle of complaints over trivial matters that without a shadow of a doubt has been proven that there is no sonic difference from replicated to duplicated. If you are a collector, by all means we encourage that, but at the same time we are looking for customers who are more concerned about the music then process of how it is delivered, eventually there will be no more labels left and you will only be able to enjoy downloads and streaming. We are more then happy to refund the Rakel Traxx purchase but in the future no more orders will be accepted. I sorta had to laugh at this and wanted to share. I never asked for a refund. Based on that response I might boycott them anyway, especially if they refuse to at least list that it is a CDR. How hard is it to do that for your customers?

Ok, so if you guys buy a CD from a record label such as Demon Doll or whoever, do you expect: 1. it to be Silver Pressed unless otherwise noted in the description? or 2. CDR unless otherwise noted? or 3. it could be either an we are just taking our chances when we buy and we should live with it? Personally, I expect it to be silver pressed unless noted. Am I wrong?

Mine says 2011 Demon Doll records and it is a green CDR. Come to think of it I feel like sending them sort of a bitch email about the CDR...sort of annoys me now. Thanks Geoff.

Yep, this one has is currently #7 in my 2011 list (see signature below)...was #6 until that Victory came along. The rest of 2011 release will determine where this ends up. I totally see where you are coming from on all your points but I have a different take on some of them too....as usual it is all opinion and what you like. For example I agree straight out that the vocals are toned down, EVERY cd should have lyrics included, it is really difficult to understand most of the lyrics, he does have a good sleaze voice and yeah the CDR thing is not so cool. On the other hand I like that accent he has and would have liked to see the vocals turned up a bit. While there isn't a few really standout chart topper tracks on this one, I think you hit it when you said it is a "good solid sleaze CD". If they can stick around I would look forward to some of the improvements you would like to see, polish things up a bit, make some money so they can include the lyrics, etc. This is not the type of CD most people would want to buy blindly...I think really testing out any samples you can find is a must. Hard for me to pick "the best" song off here...I suppose Prostitutes Night and Fuck You would be my choices.

Shark Island - Law Of The Order

Swedish Erotica - S/T