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.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Shudder To Think - Live from Home (Team love)


Just in case people thought that all i bought was experimental ambience, here's the incredibly fine live double album from the stupidly under appreciated Shudder To Think's reformation gigs. Most STT fans rate their early experimental hardcore albums as their greatest but i have always preferred the more tuneful final 2 albums as Craig Wedren's Geddy Lee-esq voice melded with the unusual time signatures and pulled at your emotions beautifully. This album covers their whole career and shows what an amazing live band they were/are. It rocks a-plenty and makes me want to sing in front of the mirror - which Murcof never did, More's the pity.
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