Brent Wittmeier
@wittmeier.bsky.social
Former reporter, politico, university instructor, brewery drone and seminarian.
Always digging for cheap records.
Always digging for cheap records.
Frank really nailed the creep vibe with this album cover.
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Frank really nailed the creep vibe with this album cover.
I sell records I no longer want, and Americans buy about half of them.
Just went to post office today and now you have to prepay tariffs?!? You take a photo and AI calculates the tariff.
Roughly a 40% tariff.
Just went to post office today and now you have to prepay tariffs?!? You take a photo and AI calculates the tariff.
Roughly a 40% tariff.
August 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sell records I no longer want, and Americans buy about half of them.
Just went to post office today and now you have to prepay tariffs?!? You take a photo and AI calculates the tariff.
Roughly a 40% tariff.
Just went to post office today and now you have to prepay tariffs?!? You take a photo and AI calculates the tariff.
Roughly a 40% tariff.
The Elvis records were $20/apiece at the bookstore, but this minty 1989 German pressing of Bob Mould was $4.95.
August 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Elvis records were $20/apiece at the bookstore, but this minty 1989 German pressing of Bob Mould was $4.95.
Found this on my lunch break!
An OG UK press Allen Toussaint album for a reasonable price… in Edmonton!
An OG UK press Allen Toussaint album for a reasonable price… in Edmonton!
July 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Found this on my lunch break!
An OG UK press Allen Toussaint album for a reasonable price… in Edmonton!
An OG UK press Allen Toussaint album for a reasonable price… in Edmonton!
This first Canadian mono of Pet Sounds plays as good as it looks
June 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This first Canadian mono of Pet Sounds plays as good as it looks
My workplace mug today is older than several of my coworkers.
June 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My workplace mug today is older than several of my coworkers.
Found my new favourite record today.
May 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Found my new favourite record today.
David Staples has reviewed the Sam Mraiche case and concluded that the only wrongdoing is caring too much.
April 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
David Staples has reviewed the Sam Mraiche case and concluded that the only wrongdoing is caring too much.
Could this be Pierre’s Bob Stanfield football photo, a visual cautionary tale for generations to come?
March 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Could this be Pierre’s Bob Stanfield football photo, a visual cautionary tale for generations to come?
It’s almost as if Don Braid was wilfully misconstruing his former co-worker’s stance (and hasn’t bothered to revisit the matter).
With “nationalists” like these, who needs traitors?
With “nationalists” like these, who needs traitors?
March 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It’s almost as if Don Braid was wilfully misconstruing his former co-worker’s stance (and hasn’t bothered to revisit the matter).
With “nationalists” like these, who needs traitors?
With “nationalists” like these, who needs traitors?
I want to find this one - I’m in Alberta so the odds are slightly less astronomical. www.discogs.com/release/5903...
March 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I want to find this one - I’m in Alberta so the odds are slightly less astronomical. www.discogs.com/release/5903...
Probably negotiating terms of surrender while she’s down there.
March 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Probably negotiating terms of surrender while she’s down there.
This record was in a box of mostly folk and blues records I picked up late last year (multiple Fahey, Kottke, John Hurt, etc).
I think I paid $8 for a ton of awesome albums!
This concert is a hidden gem. Elevates both artists. Guthrie adds some variety and they sing really well together.
I think I paid $8 for a ton of awesome albums!
This concert is a hidden gem. Elevates both artists. Guthrie adds some variety and they sing really well together.
March 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This record was in a box of mostly folk and blues records I picked up late last year (multiple Fahey, Kottke, John Hurt, etc).
I think I paid $8 for a ton of awesome albums!
This concert is a hidden gem. Elevates both artists. Guthrie adds some variety and they sing really well together.
I think I paid $8 for a ton of awesome albums!
This concert is a hidden gem. Elevates both artists. Guthrie adds some variety and they sing really well together.
I haven’t heard the teasers but that’s what people are saying.
February 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I haven’t heard the teasers but that’s what people are saying.
A perfect album.
February 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A perfect album.
Plastic Ono Band is the best thing John Lennon ever did, better than his Beatles stuff (of which the White Album is his best).
December 6, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Plastic Ono Band is the best thing John Lennon ever did, better than his Beatles stuff (of which the White Album is his best).
When the world feels shitty, find a John Fahey album and crank it.
December 4, 2024 at 3:06 AM
When the world feels shitty, find a John Fahey album and crank it.
There are bad Christmas record covers, and then there’s Conway Twitty’s Christmas record.
Nightmare fuel.
Nightmare fuel.
November 17, 2024 at 2:03 AM
There are bad Christmas record covers, and then there’s Conway Twitty’s Christmas record.
Nightmare fuel.
Nightmare fuel.
Here in Canada, we hate American Smarties but could really go for some Rockets right about now.
November 10, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Here in Canada, we hate American Smarties but could really go for some Rockets right about now.