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Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade Records (BBC Four Documentary)
posted by dobbs (12 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request. -- jessamyn



 
Thanks for this, dobbs - I missed this documentary about Rough Trade Records, as you clearly described them, when it was shown. I look forward to watching it.

If, eight words into a twelve word post, you get all tl;dr and start commenting without bothering to read and process the ninth word, I think that asking for 'more context' is a bit much. Sorry if that seems terribly rude of me.
posted by motty at 9:22 PM on November 5, 2011 [5 favorites]


Favorited. I'll have to check it out later though, but I'll just thank you now.

And, the first thing I thought of was the record company and I was only half paying attention -- by which I mean I had not registered the unlinked 'records' text in the post itself until after.
posted by safetyfork at 9:22 PM on November 5, 2011


The proper title of the docu does not include the word Records, which is why I didn't link it.
posted by dobbs at 9:25 PM on November 5, 2011 [2 favorites]


Or what Norm the Carpenter did to unfinished wood...
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:26 PM on November 5, 2011


A little more context in the post would be helpful.

Rough Trade Records is a record company. They release albums, or collections of music, by bands.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 9:26 PM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]


thanks, dobbs. it'll be nice to watch this again.
posted by sleepy pete at 9:30 PM on November 5, 2011


The kid's in bed, wife's out with friends, and now that I'm watching this, I'm back in college. Thanks for posting this, dobbs.
posted by vverse23 at 9:34 PM on November 5, 2011


^ these are the wrong riffs for this thread.
posted by safetyfork at 9:42 PM on November 5, 2011


The proper title of the docu does not include the word Records, which is why I didn't link it.
posted by dobbs at 4:25 AM on November 6


Put the title of the post did, which I suspect was the meat of motty's point. If someone clicks the link instantly without actually managing to labour their way through the full extent of a taxing 12-word title I'd say they don't have a hell of a lot of grounds for complaining about lack of context. The post title clearly says "Rough Trade Records". Who, incidentally, were pretty well known in America when I was there. By the cool kids, anyway. :-)
posted by Decani at 9:43 PM on November 5, 2011 [3 favorites]


The post title clearly says "Rough Trade Records". Who, incidentally, were pretty well known in America

Well, kids, that's pretty parochial. Don't assume that what's obvious to you is obvious to the whole internet world. I did see it was about independent music, and so was the Canadian rock group called Rough Trade.
posted by binturong at 10:12 PM on November 5, 2011


The Monochrone Set were on Rough Trade for a while. If you've never listened to The Monochrome Set, then you're missing out on some pretty goddamn great post-punk music.

Anyway, glad this video got posted, because I had never heard of it, and probably never would have been fortune enough to stumble upon it otherwise.
posted by Redfield at 10:23 PM on November 5, 2011


This place has truly gotten pathetic.
posted by dobbs at 10:38 PM on November 5, 2011 [62 favorites]


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