Now don't get me wrong, I'm into records as much as the next geeky dude who gets excited about a rainbow-splatter Bathtub Shitter lathe cut 5" that's limited to three copies worldwide. Sometimes however, things get just a little ridiculous in the weird world of vinyl obsessives…Today I got an e-mail from a mail-order record shop letting me know that as a valued, regular customer I could put in an advanced order for a copy of the new version of Altar, the Sunn O))/Boris collaboration.Pre-ordering something that's going to be popular is not weird. What is pretty off the wall is that this is (at my most conservative estimate) the 5th version of this record to be released in under a year. I couldn't help but cackle thinking that the kind of people who would buy this Japanese-only triple-vinyl pack would most likely own ALL of those other versions.This re-re-re-re-re-release is limited to 1000 worldwide so it obviously sold out on pre-order. Duh, what did you expect? For these guys, the words 'limited', 'O'Malley' and 'Japan-only' are like tantalising rocks just out of reach of a fiending crack-head.Have I mentioned yet that these records are selling at $140 EACH? So these guys are making $140,000 by selling nerds something they already own. It's like that bit in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels where they try and sell Rory Breaker's own skunk back to him at twice it's worth. Except this record won't get you stoned. Maybe Poison Idea were right all along.