Bottled Sold

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

Dischord Include Surprise 7" of Previously Unreleased Early Ian MacKaye Music in New Box Set. First Six Dischord Records includes five never-before-heard songs by the Slinkees. Last year, Dischord Records announced the box set First Six Dischord Records featuring reissues of the label’s first six 7" singles by Minor Threat, Government Issue, the Teen Idles, SOA, and Youth Brigade. Unbeknownst to those who pre-ordered a copy, the box set includes a surprise 7" of five songs by the Slinkees, Ian MacKaye’s first band, Pitchfork can confirm. “While most of the songs in this box set have been available in various formats since they were originally released, they have not been sold in their original 7" vinyl form since 1984,” reads a booklet in the box set. “As we said when reissuing some of this same music on LP that year, ‘…So few people got hold of the original records and so many more badgered us about them that we had to do something…’ It may have taken us another 36 years, but we are pleased to once again offer these early records in their original 7" EP format. As a bonus, we decided to include some unreleased music from our first band The Slinkees, predecessors to The Teen Idles who created Dischord to put out our posthumous 7" record.”

Dischord Include Surprise 7" of Previously Unreleased Early Ian MacKaye Music in New Box Set. First Six Dischord Records includes five never-before-heard songs by the Slinkees. Last year, Dischord Records announced the box set First Six Dischord Records featuring reissues of the label’s first six 7" singles by Minor Threat, Government Issue, the Teen Idles, SOA, and Youth Brigade. Unbeknownst to those who pre-ordered a copy, the box set includes a surprise 7" of five songs by the Slinkees, Ian MacKaye’s first band, Pitchfork can confirm. “While most of the songs in this box set have been available in various formats since they were originally released, they have not been sold in their original 7" vinyl form since 1984,” reads a booklet in the box set. “As we said when reissuing some of this same music on LP that year, ‘…So few people got hold of the original records and so many more badgered us about them that we had to do something…’ It may have taken us another 36 years, but we are pleased to once again offer these early records in their original 7" EP format. As a bonus, we decided to include some unreleased music from our first band The Slinkees, predecessors to The Teen Idles who created Dischord to put out our posthumous 7" record.”

Winemaking is as old as civilization itself, and this illuminating volume takes a unique approach to that history: by exploring 100 bottles that have had the biggest impact on the evolution of wine.