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

Theologian & Steve Moore: Into the uttermost fields of ether (Annihilvs)

Attracted by the Steve Moore connection (Mr Theologian has taken Mr Moore's music as source material here) and the cheap price tag - a $5 cdr direct from Mr T, i invested and it's pretty much how i expected - low level dark ambient drones setting an atmosphere of desolation and darkness, with nary a hint of the original analog source. Except on the fourth track ('Song of the spheres') - although it's soon overtaken by the creeping musical stench of death, decay, darkness and damp cellars where bodies are buried.

Which is nice.
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