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.

Friday 17 June 2011

Jonny Trunk: Animation & Interpretation (Ghost Box)




Part of the 'study series' collection of ltd 7"s that i've gone and got myself locked into (although i cocked up and still haven't got no. 5). The A Side ('Le Train Fantome') uses the chuffing locomotive rhythm as the backing and then plonks vaguely familiar keyboard sounds over the top. Like most Ghost Box releases, it has the air of long forgotten children's TV soundtrack to it and, as usual, evokes memories that probably weren't there in the first place. As the record is composed entirely out of samples, there is always the chance that there is something buried deep in it that evokes something buried deep inside me. The B side ('Cardboard Boxford') sounds like something from the soundtrack of 'Tales of the unexpected' - which i'm sure was entirely intentional.

I actually enjoyed this record much more than these words would suggest - i've just reread it and it looks a bit negative and a bit lazy, i'd change it but i'm a bit lazy and a bit negative. So there.
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