NoKipple - Official Thread

[ColdStorage]

More school today. Dirt denim in the classroom...

 

Came home and plucked a few veggies with the wife to eat with some baked sweet potatoes

 

 

but enough of that day-in-day-out. Tonight, a tour of the other room upstairs. As hinted in previous posts, my first and deepest passion is music and I have been collecting records, cds, and tapes since I was probably 10-11 years old. (Im 31 now...)

 

My collection is actually mostly still boxed up because... well... I ran out of room. Also there are some boxes in the pics because, with the exception of the IKEA record racks, I build all my own media storage furniture so it's a slow process since it has to fit in between the million other commitments I have.

 

Anyways, the record room and a few of the treasures within...

everything filed by genre then alphabetical. Basically just like they do at the store.

 

Rack1: has Noise/Industrial/Exp, Rock/Etc, Country, Soul, 10" records, Reggae/Rap, Punk/HC. 

I'm holding INCAPACITANTS "Repo"

 

One side is Metal CDs (L-Z) and the other side is "odd shaped packaging" (mostly Noise/Industrial) and Books.

Im holding original AGNOSTIC FRONT "Victim in Pain"

 

Rack 2: all METAL

I'm holding original press MUTIILATION "Vampires of Black Imperial Blood" 2lp

 

as you can see above the second rack is in a closet I have taken the doors off of. I built tape racks to go on either side and these are all metal demos. I have TONS more tapes but need to build more racks to fit them. Not sure where though...

I'm holding original press GRAND BELIALS KEY "Mocking the Philanthropist" 2lp

 

CD racks holding: Rock/Etc, Punk/HC, Soul, Rap, Jazz, Classical, Noise/Industrial/Exp, Metal (A-L). Small tape rack with un-filed "recent" purchases (though some have been sitting for years.) I have thousands of cds and tapes in storage. Just not enough space...

I'm holding a MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA "Gravitational Arch of Sex" 12 tape box set.

 

All told that is probably about half the collection. Probably own about 5,000 lps, 6,000 cds, 2-3000 7"s god knows how many tapes.

 

I think a lot about purging stuff because, its such a hassle to move it around and honestly sometimes I stumble across an album that I love and haven't heard in years and then I realize that I am doing myself a disservice owning so much stuff but it's hard to sell them because they are so attached to my memories and identity. Like I can look at a shelf of CD spines and have waves of memories flashing over me just by reading the titles. I bit of a hoarder I suppose.

 

...then again... I have many friends with bigger collections.

 

Some special pieces that mean a lot to me:

 

Slave Labour "Vol 1+2" on deadline. Extremely rare original Macro/Richard Ramirez/Dave Gilden collab. Icon of 90s tape noise culture. (and thats my moms bronzed baby shoe next to it.)

Edited August 27, 2014 by ColdStorage

[ColdStorage]

All my OVMN tapes and old letters from Joe.

 

Original Dinosaur "you're living all over me" lp (before they changed the name to Dinosaur Jr) GREAT album!!!

 

Original MUTIILATION "Vampires of Black Imperial Blood" 2lp on EAL. Limited 100. The holy grail. (I had three copies at one point!)

 

Original BURZUM s/t on Deathlike Silence

 

Original Dodheimsgard demo tape. (Their 1st lp being the best Norwegian blackmetal record ever released)

 

Original SODALITY "Beyond Unknown Pleasures" lp. (Better than Whitehouse!)

 

Original SUTCLIFFE JUGEND "We Spit On Their Graves" 10 tape set.

 

....plenty more where that came from but this aint no record collector forum.

 

Big test tomorrow in Cost Accounting. Love tests after one week of class.

Settled in with this belgian style pale ale w/ Coriander to study a bit.

Not bad, although I should have saved it for a warm afternoon.

 

Til tomorrow...

Edited August 27, 2014 by ColdStorage

[HGS]

awesome pics and VICTIM IN PAIN!!!!!!   Incredible

[Seul]

Sick recs. I quit the rec game a couple of years ago. You could probably retire if you sold 'm all... I don't even wanna know what an OG Vampires goes for these days... 

[ColdStorage]

Probably couldn't retire but I could buy some pretty nice jeans.

Really that's actually how it goes though.. my wife would never let me buy jeans at the pace I do if I wasn't subsidizing from selling records. It's a bit too easy... come across some demo a band gave me years ago, find out it sells for $250 now, realize  I really don't like it anyways.... New pair of Samurais right there!

 

Today I went to school, and it was boring.

 

I left and went to a few beer stores (beercraft, bottlebarn, bevmo) that were on my way home to get supplies for the holiday weekend. Found some labyrinth at BevMo that apparently the good employees saw fit to cellar for me at no extra cost! I recognized the old type label. Kind of rolling the dice I guess cause maybe it wasnt kept at good temp but I figured for $10 it's worth a shot!

 

Came home and set out my purchases so that I could wrap them up in my bag.

 

Then I took the garbage out and found, to my shock, that I have a volunteer tomato plant in my driveway. Im amazed its bearing fruit... that ground is like cement. Also makes me feel the fool since im breaking me back in the backyard while mother nature just does her thing out front with no help from anyone. 

 

Played the drums for a while to some guitar demos I pre-recorded. Hoping to start on the whole recording proper some time next week...

 

Then my wife reminded me we cant make dinner because we are out of groceries so I jumped at the chance to run out and grab groceries...

 

because im such a great husband? well yeah...

...and because there is a tap room in my local whole foods!

 

I got the Calabaza Boreal... interesting sour with grapefruit and peppercorn flavor. Always odd to sip a beer under cheap neon lights surrounded by organic food..

 

Came home and finished preperations for the weekend, took an advanced accounting quiz and rewarded myself for my 98.3% score with the last of the Beer Camp bottles in my fridge, the Chico King

 

Off to bed now. Tomorrow I have some work, some school and some play.

And something i HATE to do.

[S-Town]

Man, I am cringing at what the earthquake could have done to your music collection room....

 

I'm sure a Japanese brand could be very successful with a heavyweight, loopwheeled t-shirt line based solely on the album cover art in that room.

[Seul]

Shit, @ColdStorage: I accidentally neg'ed you instead of giving you the ole thumbs up 

[bradl]

I am quite amazed at that collection CS.need to get me a goof paying job so I can fund stuff like that.

But you said bands gave you demos, were you involved in the metal scene in some way. Apologies if I have missed this in one of your posts

[hectic]

Got a small beer gift package from Bruges, Seul kindly gave me some intel on them (comments are his):

 

Mont des Cats: actually brewed by Chimay for the Mont des Cats monastery located in Northern France. A lot like a slightly lighter version of a blue Chimay. 

 

 

Westvletern - http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/westvleteren-extra-8/4935/ - the stand out in the trio:

 

Straffe Hendrik: good, albeit it not too complex a quad

[Megatron1505]

That Westy 8 is good stuff, so is the Straffe....not tried the other but I'm a huge fan of Chimay Blue.

[ur_ugly]

Me is also in Germany

Hello everybody, i can't wait 'till it's my turn.

I love to see everybodies pics (especially coldstorages). Awesome.

have some beers friends

Edited August 28, 2014 by ur_ugly

[Seul]

 

Westvletern - http://www.ratebeer....n-extra-8/4935/ - the stand out in the trio

 

Well - the XII is their Rolls Royce tbh... 

Edited August 29, 2014 by Seul

[ColdStorage]

Nice Hectic. Haven't had any of em but they all look good. Cheers!

 

 

 

Still alive but just barely. A bit shaky even as I type this. 

Thursday I went to work

 

went to School

 

went to the city

 

went on a plane

(the part I hate)

 

went to Seattle.

 

my bag had a "heavy" tag attached

 

because it had 50 lbs of beer in it....

 

 

 

I'm up here for a guys weekend with an old friend I haven't seen since my wedding. We share a lot of common interests but 

I guess we decided to focus on one thing in particular that we both enjoy and it sort of kept me from being able to post updates. Also, my photos kind of stink. 

 

I need some alka seltzer

 

[ColdStorage]

 

[ColdStorage]

Wasted in the northwest...

 

 

Sorry guys... kinda slipping here but ill be on a plane today and back to my normal self shortly. Although my month is wrapping up. Wish i could have shown some nice hiking shots or even gotten better pics of the pinball bar but its been a blur.

 

My wife just sent me this pic to remind me what im missing out on.

 

yup...im ready to go home.

[ColdStorage]

Finally was able to sneak in a proper wholesome adventure on my last day up North.

 

Drove for about an hour through some beautiful country

 

to get to the Talupas Lake Trail

 

A nice leisurely trail

 

with lush surroundings

 

up to the lake

 

I sat on the rock while my friends went for a quick swim.

*(also wearing my Hellers Cafe sweater, being in Seattle and all...)

 

Then back to Sea-Tac so I could squeeze into a plane

 

...and home.

 

 

Just having a bit of a recovery day today. 1:40 and i'm catching up on work emails in my gym shorts but I will pull the Dirt Denim back on at some point.

 

[Aries]

Received my Trophy shirt today, beautiful quality. Might not be my last!

 

[Coolguyzack]

Oh wow I totally forgot this was a store's thread. I just got so caught up with ColdStorage's life lol. Looks good! Is that tweed?

[Seul]

Palm!.. For heaven's sake no!.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.. 

[Aries]

Thanks Zack; it's a wool blend in a herringbone pattern. Very warm, very soft.

 

Of course, if your skin is sensitive to wool, as so many are, you might want to buy a size that allows for an undergarment.

[hectic]

Hey awesome fit, excellent

 

 

Received my Trophy shirt today, beautiful quality. Might not be my last!

 

[hectic]

Still enconed, the poor blighter 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My wife just sent me this pic to remind me what im missing out on.

 

yup...im ready to go home.

Edited September 2, 2014 by hectic

[hectic]

Wallet rein on vest - weird or good?

 

 

[Aries]

Thanks hectic.

 

I think the wallet rein/vest looks good if you have the attitude to pull it off. I'd also team it up with some nice boots.

[ColdStorage]

Palm!.. For heaven's sake no!.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.. 

To be honest, I dont even recall it... we were scraping out his fridge at that point. Not a fan?

 

Still enconed, the poor blighter 

It gets worse. Had a big scare yesterday. Came home to find Charlie on the front porch with a really nasty hole in his leg and he was wailing. Ran him down to the emergency room and they gave me two options. $600 for surgery with a risky anesthesia or $960 with a really safe anesthesia. I couldn't live with myself if he hadn't survived on account of me trying to save $360... so $960 later and both my boys have e-collars on...

 

They had to put a drain in his leg to allow the wound to heal without infecting. Quite nasty. They said it was probably another animal.. the next door dogs are particularly nasty....but Charlie always keeps a safe distance from anyone. Turns my stomach thinking of him getting nipped at. 

 

WARNING: Do NOT click spoiler if you are squeamish. You have been warned.

 

He's pretty doped up on painkillers. Normally he would never sleep in my lap. Or maybe he just loved the soft dirt denim. Either way it was a big scare so we enjoyed some downtime together.

 

Some shots from the end of the night when I went to take my boots off...

 

Today was just another long day at school...

 

Tomorrow I have big plans for the dirt denim. My time here is coming to an end.

[hectic]

Poor kitty (I clicked of course...)

[ColdStorage]

Last rites!

 

Did a few pictures and threw em in for a wash and then hung to dry. Pre and post wash (b.i.g) measurements for those interested

 

Waist: 36.5"/34" <---I'm quite sure this will easily stretch back to 36 if needed
Front Rise: 11"/11"

Back Rise: 15.75"/15.25"

Thigh: 13.25"/12.75"

Knee:9.75"/9.5

Hem: 8.75"/8.5"

 

Pre-wash

[ColdStorage]

 

While I was haning them up to dry, Marlowe got a roll of paper towels and startled circling me and taunting me. If a Boston Terrier does not want you to get something from him, you will NOT get it from him. They are fast!

VICTORY!

 

all things move towards their end.

One update left.

[ColdStorage]

...off to RUSSIA!

 

 

Days I had the Dirt Denim in my possession: 32

Days I wore the Dirt Denim: 32

Trips to the dog park: 9

Number of times washed: 1 (im gross)

Number of states I went to wearing the Dirt Denim: 3

Number of concerts I went to wearing the dirt denim: 3

Number of beers drank in the dirt denim: Countless

Number of times I blacked out in the dirt denim: 2

Number of times I woke up in the dirt denim: 1

 

So long from us

Edited November 9, 2015 by ColdStorage

[tvshooter]

great job CS!  that's how a tour is done!