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Roll Of Honour

Category: Culture

High-Stepping Sexy Witches
Culture, Grace Slick, Lego, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

High-Stepping Sexy Witches

In which our young hero extols a voice to make mountains crumble and high-stepping sexy witches. Continue reading High-Stepping Sexy Witches

Campfireiwen
African Music, Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Tinariwen, Vinyl

Campfireiwen

In which guitars twine, twist and snake, apparently. Continue reading Campfireiwen

Eighty Four Times In Seven And A Half Minutes
Culture, Hip Hop, Kurtis Blow, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Eighty Four Times In Seven And A Half Minutes

You can get a lot done in seven and a half minutes … (winks theatrically). Continue reading Eighty Four Times In Seven And A Half Minutes

Conscience Free Depravity
Aerosmith, Culture, Less Than Zero, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Poison, Public Enemy, Record collecting, Rock, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Conscience Free Depravity

Beware: The ultimate depravity. Continue reading Conscience Free Depravity

Jam After Jam After Jam
Culture, Endless Boogie, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Jam After Jam After Jam

Don’t you blame it on sunshine, Don’t blame it on moonlight, Blame it on the Endless Boogie. Continue reading Jam After Jam After Jam

Good, Attacking Noogie
Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Record collecting, Vardis, Vinyl

Good, Attacking Noogie

I like good, attacking noogie. Like wasp lightning in a bottle, grey. Continue reading Good, Attacking Noogie

Street Grid Restaurateur
Criminal Element Orchestra, Culture, Dance, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Street Grid Restaurateur

In which our young hero bares his patio to the internet. Continue reading Street Grid Restaurateur

Stinkin’ One Thing And Reviewin’ Another
Culture, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Miles Davis, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Stinkin’ One Thing And Reviewin’ Another

Callow young man buys jazz LP in Leeds, sort of understands it 13,780,000 minutes later. Continue reading Stinkin’ One Thing And Reviewin’ Another

Bright Red Rock Rocket Of Hope
Black Mountain, Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Bright Red Rock Rocket Of Hope

Warning: Contains Canadians Continue reading Bright Red Rock Rocket Of Hope

America’s Most Pretty Goodcore
Beastie Boys, Culture, D.F.L, Hardcore, Hip Hop, Hurricane, Music, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl, Wiiija Records

America’s Most Pretty Goodcore

Got hardcore if you want it (and if you don’t). Continue reading America’s Most Pretty Goodcore

Here By The Seine Notre Dame Casts A Long Lonely Shadow …
Culture, Record collecting, Roxy Music, Vinyl

Here By The Seine Notre Dame Casts A Long Lonely Shadow …

Notre dame sans nom, satisfying serpentine suaveness and a discreet areola. Business as usual for Roxy. Continue reading Here By The Seine Notre Dame Casts A Long Lonely Shadow …

Fester, Uncle
Culture, Doom, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Uncle Acid, Vinyl

Fester, Uncle

Blood Lust: [mass noun]
Uncontrollable desire to kill or maim others.
Continue reading Fester, Uncle

I’ve Lost All Sense Of The World Outside
Culture, Goth, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Sisters of Mercy, Vinyl

I’ve Lost All Sense Of The World Outside

Rail-thin amphetamine popping black-clad baritone shag monsters seek similar. NS, GSOH unnecessary. Continue reading I’ve Lost All Sense Of The World Outside

Margarine Walker
Culture, Fugazi, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Punk, Record collecting, Vinyl

Margarine Walker

In which I defile a Lego minifigure in the name of my art. Continue reading Margarine Walker

Bobby Plant On Harmonica
Culture, Indie, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Primal Scream, Record collecting, Rock, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Vinyl

Bobby Plant On Harmonica

Sexy panther skunk guitar-o-rama-lama-ding-dong. Welcome, Primals. Continue reading Bobby Plant On Harmonica

Get Your Nwob On
Blade Killer, Culture, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Get Your Nwob On

High Risk? No risk. Continue reading Get Your Nwob On

2 LPs, 4 Tracks
Blown Out, Culture, Instrumental, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Psych, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

2 LPs, 4 Tracks

Going Away? Going Out? Blown Away? Blown Out. Continue reading 2 LPs, 4 Tracks

Call Me Ishmael
African Music, Culture, Dollar Brand, Jazz, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Call Me Ishmael

Is it a girl Sean Connery? no Ishmael. Continue reading Call Me Ishmael

Gliding Through The Abattoir
Culture, Indie, Obsessive behaviour, Radiohead, Record collecting, Vinyl

Gliding Through The Abattoir

Once upon a time I would have awarded it a Kid C, now? Kid A Continue reading Gliding Through The Abattoir

A Big Splash On The Amsterdam Vinyl Scene
Cramps, Culture, Dogs D'Amour, Hard Rock, Iggy Pop, Japan, Kate Bush, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

A Big Splash On The Amsterdam Vinyl Scene

A roving dweeb writes about canals and all that shit. Continue reading A Big Splash On The Amsterdam Vinyl Scene

Halloween ’66
Culture, Music, Pink Floyd, Psych, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Halloween ’66

14:57, almost as good as 1537, but not quite. Continue reading Halloween ’66

Monday Sad, Sad Monday
AOR, Culture, Foreigner, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Monday Sad, Sad Monday

Monday, sad, sad Monday / She’s waiting for me / But I’m a long, long way from home. Continue reading Monday Sad, Sad Monday

All Hail, Porkbeast!
Crazyhead, Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

All Hail, Porkbeast!

Reverb, Anderson, Fast Green Dick, Porkbeast and Vom. Continue reading All Hail, Porkbeast!

Baby, Let Me Follow You Dow
60's, Bob Dylan, Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Baby, Let Me Follow You Dow

An overly long review of a Dylan release of dubious legality, but not quality. Continue reading Baby, Let Me Follow You Dow

Slide Guitar, Glide Sitar
Culture, Indie, Morcheeba, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Slide Guitar, Glide Sitar

A rag bag of reviews tenuously held together by some half-assed conceptual link. Again. Continue reading Slide Guitar, Glide Sitar

I Need A Drink, I Can’t Think, I Like The Kinks
Culture, Music, Pere Ubu, Punk, Vinyl

I Need A Drink, I Can’t Think, I Like The Kinks

In which our young hero ponders what the opposite of ergonomic is. Continue reading I Need A Drink, I Can’t Think, I Like The Kinks

Liebling Home Ain’t Easy
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Music, Pentagram, Record collecting, Vinyl

Liebling Home Ain’t Easy

All hail the power of the sleevenote, especially when used to right wrongs and settle scores. Continue reading Liebling Home Ain’t Easy

All Sweetness And Blight
Culture, Godspeed You! Black Emporer, Music, Post Rock

All Sweetness And Blight

Heavy on the violin and societal collapse, a bit light on chuckles. It’s those zany GY!BE folk! Continue reading All Sweetness And Blight

1537 vs. 2018
Culture, Manic Street Preachers, Music, Record collecting

1537 vs. 2018

2018 – 1537 = 481. That’s probably very significant. Continue reading 1537 vs. 2018

C-Q-D/Sea
Culture, Indie, Music, Public Service Broadcasting, Record collecting

C-Q-D/Sea

Impeccable class and restraint? It has to be 1537. Continue reading C-Q-D/Sea

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