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Nice choices, goddamn there's a lot of great music from over the years.  I need to check out more Onsind.  Love Dissatisfactions but it's the only one I have.

The PiX store was taken down a few days ago...sad times.  Thinking of all the great music I discovered through PiX and how a lot of it I still had yet to discover.  For example, Carrie Nations was mentioned as one of somebody's favorite PiX releases in the other thread.  I never checked that out.  It's long out of print now and so underground that there aren't any used copies of the album online that I can find.  Also, it's not on the PiX bandcamp site to download.  I have no idea how to ever check out that album now.  Is this the ultimate ending for most all PiX releases?  Will they all be lost to time?  I wish Chris would archive all the releases on the bandcamp site and keep them available.  I'd gladly throw some money his way for downloads of a lot of the old stuff.  Even the old TBIAPB releases are out of print and not available to download.  They weren't near as obscure as Carrie Nations and their first couple albums are already lost aside from paying big money on ebay for an old scratched up CD. 

Driving up the coast is no joke.  It's scenic and the weather will probably be amazing but gas will be expensive, traffic will be heavy and you would be amazed how long it takes to actually drive up the west coast, say LA to Portland/Seattle or something like that.  I agree you will have to book a bunch of small towns to make the drive worthwhile.  You'll fit in just fine if you stick to the coast.  If you get too far inland in California I've found that's where you find the conservatives.  Lots of farm communities and more conservative types there.  I was surprised my first time out there spending time inland how conservative and redneck it was in some areas.

I'm digging this.  Your vocals have a Smiths type vibe to 'em.  Wasn't feeling it at first but it really grew on me.  Thanks for sharing.

definitely the ONSIND records. both are flawless.

Which both are you referring to?  I've got Dissatisfactions and it's great and have been meaning to pick up Mildred, Margie, Annie, Clarice as well as Anaesthesiology.  I got Dissatisfactions through one of those PiX $40 for 20 CD sales or something like that.  Discovered a lot of great bands over the years through those sales. 

Looking through old releases on Bandcamp and trying to get old stuff I didn't snag before.  It's interesting all the stuff that's not available and possibly lost forever?  For example, Dance Party With - This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb cannot be found.  Same thing with the earlier mentioned Carrie Nations album.  I wonder why Chris chose to not make some releases available.  There's a lot more such as The Ted Dancin' Machine, Instinct, The Latch-Key Kids, The Dirtys.  It's depressing to think all these releases are lost and unavailable.  It would be interesting to read a book of all the PiX releases over the years with album artwork, track listings and a brief description of each release. 

Educate me on Carrie Nations.  I went through and bought a bunch of stuff through the PiX store and bandcamp pages recently.  That one isn't available for some reason.  Any idea where I could grab this?  Would prefer a physical copy but would purchase a download if that's my only option.

Ramshackle Glory - Live the dream

But I could easily do a top 20 favorite releases from PIX and I don't know many other labels I could do that with.

Agreed.  There are a ridiculous amount of great releases from over the years.  So many that there's a lot I still need to check out.  For example, I never checked out Spoonboy or Rat Storm that were mentioned above.  Those are now next on my list...thanks!

The recipes thread was great. I've made that peanut tofu from jp so many times

Can we start a new recipes thread please? That was one of my favorites. I'm really curious about this peanut tofu......

I too am really curious about the peanut tofu.  I'm in support of a recipes thread.

I've got most of the PiX stuff but there's a few releases out there I'm just not that familiar with and haven't checked out.  It seems like we've got a limited amount of time to order what's left of the remaining stock or purchase off bandcamp.  What are your favorite releases from over the years?  I don't want to miss something I may end up loving.

My favorites would be:

Rosa - I, Mississippi, You
Taxpayers - To Risk So Much For So Damn Little
Small Bones - self titled
All the Ghost Mice releases, especially all the splits that have introduced me to a lot of great bands
ONSIND - Dissatisfaction

Those are the first that come to mind although I'm sure I'm forgetting some right now.  What are some of your favorites from over the years?

I just hope that whatever Chris ends up doing he keeps the music going.  The last Ghost Mice and Captain Chaos albums were too good to stop at that point.  They need proper follow up albums!