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

The Sentinels: Memoirs of a cunt (Rotodisc)

Fey indie types Ooberman decided to release this record (actually a strangely Kurt Weill-esq smoocher called 'Where did i go wrong') under an assumed name/title to see if they were only being ignored by the music press because they were Ooberman and thus score big kudos when they were hailed as the new conquering heroes as The Sentinels. Unfortunately, it didnt work and they were just as ignored and subsequently broke up. Oh well, such is life - but at least it meant that this record was going for only 50p when i picked it up and i like it a lot better than the other cunts i have records by - anal and selfish. Hey - that's a really good name for a band : 'Anal & Selfish', maybe if Ooberman had used that name they would be hailed as the new pop saviours!
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