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Cooler than you: Merge Records celebrates 20 years of existence as you'd expect

Submitted by dmenconi on 08/25/2008 - 12:35

Durham-based Merge Records, purveyors of music both exceedingly cool and exceedingly weird, will turn 20 years old in 2009. To mark the occasion, the label is releasing a massive box set that will be available by subscription only. "Score! Merge Records: The First 20 Years" will be a series of 14 "custom-curated compilations" drawn from the Merge catalog, picked by the likes of Peter Buck, film director Phil Morrison and David Byrne.

Pre-orders begin Sept. 8. Only enough discs will be manufactured to fill orders made through the end of this year, so this should be quite a collector's item.

(Via Pitchfork.)

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Amy Poehler

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 12:15 — dmenconi (author)

I dunno, she might be cooler than you think. ;>

But we'll see,

dm

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The best thing to ever come

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 21:25 — Anonymous (not verified)

The best thing to ever come out on Merge were the Breadwinner singles and Rodan's track on their compilation that came out umpteen years ago. I bet Amy Poehler has never heard of either.