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Roll Of Honour

Category: Culture

High Class Band
Blues Pills, Culture, Hard Rock, Music

High Class Band

Twitch dancing like a brown acid casualty down on Yasgur’s Farm. Continue reading High Class Band

Satin-Clad Snake-Hipped Boogie Droog
Culture, Music, Pop, Record collecting, Scissor Sisters, Vinyl

Satin-Clad Snake-Hipped Boogie Droog

Pricking Floyd’s large gravitarse. Continue reading Satin-Clad Snake-Hipped Boogie Droog

If I Was A Turkey, With My Priorities Straight
Christmas, Christmas music, Culture, Electro Hippies, Hardcore, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

If I Was A Turkey, With My Priorities Straight

In which the true meaning of Christmas is discussed, dissected and eaten. Continue reading If I Was A Turkey, With My Priorities Straight

Daylight Throbbery
60's, Culture, Music, Pop, Tom Jones

Daylight Throbbery

The greatest living Welshman … writes about a compatriot. Continue reading Daylight Throbbery

Now The Party’s Over
80's, Culture, Music, Pop, Roxy Music

Now The Party’s Over

In which our young hero enjoins everyone to ‘be more Bryan’. Continue reading Now The Party’s Over

Wiggy Giggy Giggy Wiggy Wiggy Giggy Giggy
Culture, Indie, Music, Record collecting, Swearing

Wiggy Giggy Giggy Wiggy Wiggy Giggy Giggy

Wiggy Giggy Giggy Wiggy Wiggy Giggy Giggy Continue reading Wiggy Giggy Giggy Wiggy Wiggy Giggy Giggy

Van Hailing
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Van Halen

Van Hailing

In which your intrepid correspondent discovers a great new band. Continue reading Van Hailing

The Dreams Ain’t Broken Down Here, They’re Just Walking With A Limp
Culture, Music, Record collecting, Tom Waits

The Dreams Ain’t Broken Down Here, They’re Just Walking With A Limp

Elvira, cheese and onion pasties, midgets. Continue reading The Dreams Ain’t Broken Down Here, They’re Just Walking With A Limp

Butch Casette-idy
Culture, Music, Record collecting, Rock

Butch Casette-idy

In which our young hero gets very Butch. Continue reading Butch Casette-idy

I Lost It All In The Popcorn Box!
Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Starz, Vinyl

I Lost It All In The Popcorn Box!

A learned treatise on the necessity of employing a luxuriantly moustachioed drummer. Continue reading I Lost It All In The Popcorn Box!

Les Synthé Analogique
Culture, Dance, Jean Michel Jarre, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Les Synthé Analogique

Eschewing my usual ‘leave it 20 years’ policy, I review an LP released last Friday. Continue reading Les Synthé Analogique

Check Out My Orbs, Baby
Culture, Dance, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Orb, Orbital, Record collecting, Vinyl

Check Out My Orbs, Baby

Tilda Swinton, conflict, tea – this post, quite literally, has something for everyone. Continue reading Check Out My Orbs, Baby

I Ain’t No Glamour Boy – I’M FIERCE!
Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Living Colour, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

I Ain’t No Glamour Boy – I’M FIERCE!

In which our young hero discovers the truth of the old Welsh adage, Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Continue reading I Ain’t No Glamour Boy – I’M FIERCE!

Hey Man, I Am cool; I Am The Breeze
80's, Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Kiss, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Hey Man, I Am cool; I Am The Breeze

Colin told me to like this LP, so I did. Continue reading Hey Man, I Am cool; I Am The Breeze

Sci-Fried
Culture, Dan Friel, Electronic, Music, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Sci-Fried

Escape life’s dissonance and antagonism by listening to an LP full of, umm, dissonance and antagonism. Continue reading Sci-Fried

When I Heard It, I Didn’t Puke
Beatles, Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

When I Heard It, I Didn’t Puke

In which Paul depukeinates a platter. Continue reading When I Heard It, I Didn’t Puke

Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!
Culture, Elvis Presley, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!

Sick shrimp shit going down? can only be Elvis. Continue reading Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!

Thank Providence
Comics, Culture, Obsessive behaviour

Thank Providence

Warped, twisted, detestable … 1537! Continue reading Thank Providence

Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Queen, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks

Queen I: bit shit compared to The Works? Discuss (using appropriate diagrams). Continue reading Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks

We Grow Fat On The Charms Of Our Idle Dreary Days
Beirut, Culture, Indie, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

We Grow Fat On The Charms Of Our Idle Dreary Days

Tales from the old country Continue reading We Grow Fat On The Charms Of Our Idle Dreary Days

Hazy Horizontal Happiness
Beloved, Culture, Dance, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Hazy Horizontal Happiness

In which our young hero kisses and tells. Continue reading Hazy Horizontal Happiness

Gills, Gills, Gills!
Culture, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Sleep, Stoner rock, Vinyl

Gills, Gills, Gills!

In which our young hero poses the old monolithic, or monoriffic question. Continue reading Gills, Gills, Gills!

Still Life In Tokyo, With Zombies
80's, 80s, Culture, Games, Japan, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Pop, Record collecting, Vinyl, Zombies!!!

Still Life In Tokyo, With Zombies

All hail the throbbing future! (and Zombies!!!) Continue reading Still Life In Tokyo, With Zombies

Oooooo Yeah, Ooh Yeah
Blues, Culture, Mudy Waters, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Oooooo Yeah, Ooh Yeah

In which our young hero catches a rise. Continue reading Oooooo Yeah, Ooh Yeah

The Goddess Shrugs Green
Culture, Doom, Green Druid, Heavy Metal, Music, Record collecting, Stoner rock, Vinyl

The Goddess Shrugs Green

Carrion birds feasting on the smeared remains of the dead? yikes! Continue reading The Goddess Shrugs Green

Radge Against The Machine
Culture, Fish, Marillion, Music, Prog, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Radge Against The Machine

Capitalism = Bad, Fish = Good. Continue reading Radge Against The Machine

Transports Of Delight
Anathema, Culture, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Transports Of Delight

In which our hero bares his big fat hairy reverie to the multiverse. Continue reading Transports Of Delight

California Über Alles
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

California Über Alles

Another aural madeleine. Continue reading California Über Alles

Sean Of The Dad
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Pop, Record collecting, Sean Lennon, Vinyl

Sean Of The Dad

‘It was 20 years ago in May / Sean Lennon told the band to play’ Continue reading Sean Of The Dad

1537 Ain’t No Feeble Bastard
Culture, Discharge, Hardcore, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Punk, Record collecting, Vinyl

1537 Ain’t No Feeble Bastard

The eighties, No thanks! Continue reading 1537 Ain’t No Feeble Bastard

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