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.
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, 1 December 2011
PC Worship: NYC Stone Age (Shdwply)
Another child of a sale (Merci, Norman Records!), PC Worship appear to be a loose knit collective playing shittily recorded jams and improv for their own amusement and of limited appeal to others. Often messy, frequently detuned but sometimes delivering the musical pleasure pills, this is ok but not one for repeated listens. Do you remember 'Sonic Death' by Sonic Youth? Well this is a bit like that but, mercifully, half as long. Not shit but likely to be sold if ever it has any value. Which, from a record dealer point of view, is unlikely.
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