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Category: Obsessive behaviour

Peel Along The Dotty Lines
Ambient, Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Orb, Record collecting, Vinyl

Peel Along The Dotty Lines

A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (Loving You). You have to love … Continue reading Peel Along The Dotty Lines

Feeding Firenze
Culture, Hawkwind, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Space Rock, Vinyl

Feeding Firenze

Lucca, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Castellina in Chianti … I think I’ve just been holidaying in one of the most … Continue reading Feeding Firenze

Late Night Sexy, Anyone?
2013, Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Late Night Sexy, Anyone?

Does anybody fancy a bit of late night sexy with me?  go on sugar, treat yourself.  Just sit your sweet … Continue reading Late Night Sexy, Anyone?

This Vibe’s Alive
Culture, Endless Boogie, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

This Vibe’s Alive

Endless Boogie is a vanity band … The Endless Boogie band was to be fronted by Paul Major, our guiding … Continue reading This Vibe’s Alive

1537 Buys A Birthday Card
Black Sabbath, Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Pop, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

1537 Buys A Birthday Card

Now I’m not one of those obsessed types of fellas who has to buy an LP wherever he goes, no … Continue reading 1537 Buys A Birthday Card

Blacksad
Comics, Culture, Obsessive behaviour, Self-indulgent nonsense

Blacksad

Blacksad (2010) by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, it’s just like someone deliberately set out to make 1537 bait. … Continue reading Blacksad

1993 And All That
Culture, Dance, Music, Nation Records, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

1993 And All That

We were having a bit of a problem with fascists back in ’93.  The British National Party (BNP), your run-of-the-mill … Continue reading 1993 And All That

James’ Addiction
Culture, James, Jane's Addiction, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

James’ Addiction

‘Oh no it’s that same asshole again.  I thought it would never come to this.  Look, the guy threw a Birkenstock … Continue reading James’ Addiction

1670
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

1670

Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of … Continue reading 1670

Clutch Control
Clutch, Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Clutch Control

And on the drums, Gemini On bass guitar, presenting, Pisces On lead guitar, we have Aries And on the microphone, … Continue reading Clutch Control

1537 vs. RSD 2017
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

1537 vs. RSD 2017

Hey, guess what? I actually went to a record shop on RSD for the first time ever!*  Mrs 1537 hadn’t … Continue reading 1537 vs. RSD 2017

Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm
Culture, John Carpenter, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm

It’s customary here at my Gilded Palace of Sin to begin reviews with a quotation from my favourite lyric on the … Continue reading Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm

It’s So Easy
Dollar Brand, Manic Street Preachers, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

It’s So Easy

Ya get nothin’ for nothin’ If that’s what ya do So there I was yesterday in Birkenhead with 20 minutes to … Continue reading It’s So Easy

Omnipotence/Patience Sorely Tested
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Omnipotence/Patience Sorely Tested

I am displeased with you all.  I gave you free will that you might better follow my teachings and spread … Continue reading Omnipotence/Patience Sorely Tested

Nine Sinatras In A Sack
Charles Mingus, Culture, Jazz, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Nine Sinatras In A Sack

Here’s my favourite Mingus LP and so, by definition, near enough my favourite jazz LP, Blues & Roots.  Prior to Mingus … Continue reading Nine Sinatras In A Sack

The Global Pants 11
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

The Global Pants 11

January eh? apart from my birthday at the end of it, what a pants month. In fact, given the events … Continue reading The Global Pants 11

Nice & Swirly
Culture, Liquid Jesus, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Nice & Swirly

So there I was back in 1990 at Jumbo Records in Leeds, talking nonchalantly to the girl behind the counter … Continue reading Nice & Swirly

Holiday Like It’s 1990
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Holiday Like It’s 1990

Tired? Listless? Lost your savoir faire and your sang-froid and your soupe de jour? Feel like it’s all a bit … Continue reading Holiday Like It’s 1990

1537 vs. RSD 2016
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

1537 vs. RSD 2016

Ah, RSD 2016.  I know lots of you fine folks were out there on the front lines, queueing for goodies, … Continue reading 1537 vs. RSD 2016

Uncle Sam: Heaven or Hollywood (Reissue)
Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam: Heaven or Hollywood (Reissue)

So, where to start?  Okay, meet my new friend, the gorgeously packaged 2015 reissue of Uncle Sam Heaven Or Hollywood CD. … Continue reading Uncle Sam: Heaven or Hollywood (Reissue)

Chrome Not Oak
Culture, Moon Duo, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Psych, Record collecting, Vinyl

Chrome Not Oak

I know you all look up to me as a living God, an embodiment of all that humanity could, should … Continue reading Chrome Not Oak

Singles Night
Music, Obsessive behaviour, Vinyl

Singles Night

So here I am after a day spent renovating/decorating our bathroom – a whole morning bleaching/cleaning down all the tiles … Continue reading Singles Night

Houses Of The Wholly Holey
Hard Rock, Led Zeppelin, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Houses Of The Wholly Holey

Close the doors, put out the light You know they won’t be home tonight The snow falls hard and don’t … Continue reading Houses Of The Wholly Holey

Resolutions
Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Resolutions

Can’t beat a New Year’s Resolution or two, how else do you get to feel like a complete failure by … Continue reading Resolutions

1537 vs. 2013
2013, Atoms For Peace, Black Spiders, Clutch, Endless Boogie, Greg Haines, Humour, Live Review, Mugstar, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Public Service Broadcasting, Record collecting, Scorpions

1537 vs. 2013

Well, welcome back to the Sundust Lounge in Vegas folks for the second annual 1537, umm, annual awards.  As you … Continue reading 1537 vs. 2013

Thank You Larry
Hard Rock, Obsessive behaviour, Uncle Sam

Thank You Larry

A good thing happened to me this week which has been several weeks in the making. Back in July, as … Continue reading Thank You Larry

Heroes
Drum and bass, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Roni Size & Reprazent

Heroes

Roni Size & Reprazent Heroes marked a bit of a mini-watershed for me.  I lucked into this one in August … Continue reading Heroes

Alpine Eugenics & Yonic Symbols
Electronic, Goldfrapp, Music, Obsessive behaviour

Alpine Eugenics & Yonic Symbols

One of those Mondays when I needed coaxing out of the house today, rather than one of those Sepultura Mondays.  My … Continue reading Alpine Eugenics & Yonic Symbols

BBF3
Godspeed You! Black Emporer, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting

BBF3

I was feeling a bit apocalyptic today and so I reached for Godspeed You! Black Emporer Slow Riot For New … Continue reading BBF3

Braincaged In The Dark
Astra, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting

Braincaged In The Dark

This one’s a bit out of character for me.  Okay so I admit there’s nothing out of character in my … Continue reading Braincaged In The Dark

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