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, 25 January 2011

Nagamatzu: Sacred Islands Of The Mad (dark entries)

Heard a bit of this on some other blog and it reminded me of the heady days of the early 80's when all manner of blokes with cheap synths, cassette decks and a William Burroughs book or two would release a tape and get it reviewed by Tibet in Sounds. Which is pretty much what this is - a vinyl reissue of an early 80's tape of pop-industrial synth music. It sounds thin, cold and the drum machine taps along in the background - and is really great. The product of young minds with a particular fondness for the first New Order album and early Cure. Mostly instrumental, save for a few predictable samples and containing a fanzine with cuttings a moody photos. Makes me want to dig out my old raincoat. And lose 4 stone.
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