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Roll Of Honour

Category: Obsessive behaviour

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

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 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!

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

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

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

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

Chariots Of Ire
Culture, Indie, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, The Fall, Vinyl

Chariots Of Ire

A proper Fall review for all of us maladjusted little monkeys. Continue reading Chariots Of Ire

29 Year Itch
Circus of Power, Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

29 Year Itch

Our hero gets to satisfy 29 years worth of secret yearning in one go. Continue reading 29 Year Itch

Exile On Man Street
Culture, Indie, Liz Phair, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rolling Stones, Swearing, Vinyl

Exile On Man Street

Because Phair’s fair, innit? Continue reading Exile On Man Street

1537 vs. Exile On Main Street: The Full Unabridged, Unexpurgated Review (Slight Return)
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Rolling Stones, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

1537 vs. Exile On Main Street: The Full Unabridged, Unexpurgated Review (Slight Return)

Because he messed it up. Fool. Continue reading 1537 vs. Exile On Main Street: The Full Unabridged, Unexpurgated Review (Slight Return)

1537 vs. Exile On Main Street: The Full Unabridged, Unexpurgated Review
Culture, Humour, Lego, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Rolling Stones, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

1537 vs. Exile On Main Street: The Full Unabridged, Unexpurgated Review

The full text from my 2014 paper – A Contextual Analysis of Contemporary Marxist Feminist Views on Exile On Main Street. Continue reading 1537 vs. Exile On Main Street: The Full Unabridged, Unexpurgated Review

Life Ain’t Nothing But Beaches And Money
Culture, Music, Neil Young, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Life Ain’t Nothing But Beaches And Money

What is a beach? When can one say one is truly on one? Neil knows. Continue reading Life Ain’t Nothing But Beaches And Money

2000 Brain Cells Ago
Culture, DC Basehead, Hip Hop, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

2000 Brain Cells Ago

‘Copacabana?! Oh baby, this is soul night!’ Continue reading 2000 Brain Cells Ago

The Sun Oslo Rises
Culture, Gluecifer, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

The Sun Oslo Rises

Goats, Boats, shit and hash: Gluecifer, a fun day out for all the family. Continue reading The Sun Oslo Rises

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