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Roll Of Honour

Category: Record collecting

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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