Apparently, I buy too many records

My wife Helen, like every other woman i've ever lived with, believes that I buy too many records.

Which, as every record-buying man knows, is a ridiculous belief.

I will concede, however, that I do indeed buy a lot of records and that I don't afford them the same amount of listens and attention that I did 20 or 30 years ago.

To this end, I have decided to blog about the records that I buy, in order to help my appreciation of them - and perhaps to show Helen that I don't buy that many records after all.

Because i'm crap with deadlines the blog posts will be sporadic and probably be about a month or 2 behind but that's just the way i am! The posts will not necessarily be actual reviews (most likely comments, at best) and will generally be pretty damn short due to the reasons outlined above. As a writer in a previous existence i have decided not to worry about writing as art in the pieces but, instead, to attempt to convey feeling over semantic (and often grammatic) perfection.

And 'OCRB'? It stands for 'Obsessive Compulsive Record Buying' - a little known mental health affliction that is potentially damaging to the bank account but ultimately life-affirming. It is sad.......but a nice form of sad.

Tuesday 8 February 2011

Mr Lif: Home of the brave (Def Jux)

Great 2002 12" from the finest talent in Hip Hop. 3 mixes of this and 3 of 'The Unorthodox' make up for a very pleasurable half hour. Mr Lif is lyrically spot on as he raps about the inevitable future financial crisis and the evilness of George W. The beats behind him are relentless and the repetitive sample that makes up the melody just gets in your head and pushes you into paying attention - this is not hip hop to play in the background, this is hip hop that insists that you pay attention and LISTEN. In short, this is intelligent to the max - and that is probably why Lif will never be a household name.
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