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, 22 December 2011

Wooden Wand: My week beats your year (Great Pop Supplement)

After all this electronic music that has infected me this year, i've gotten behind on listening to simple singer-songwriters and appreciating the stunning beauty that can come from a few choice words and a simple tune. Shit, I used to be a writer for fucks sake - you'd think i'd remember what a man can do with a few letters of the alphabet and some rudimentary punctuation, even without all that fancy-schmancy post production nonsense. 

The 10 tracks here are a collection of home recordings/demos from 2000-2010 and need no extra polishing, roughneck country-blues rarely sounded so bitter-sweet and so heartfelt. This music touches me in a special way and I'm really happy to reconnect with music that sounds so deceptively simple and yet is so obviously carved out of genius.

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