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Roll Of Honour

Category: Record collecting

Stax O’ Fun
Culture, Music, Nathaniel Rateliff, R&B, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Soul, Vinyl

Stax O’ Fun

Not quite sure quite how I got here but I am damned glad that I did.  That pretty much sums … Continue reading Stax O’ Fun

Butt Meat
Culture, Dance, Howie B, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Butt Meat

But, meat? Continue reading Butt Meat

Yes, The Good Ones
Culture, Indie, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Yes, The Good Ones

Once in a while you got to
Burn down your house keep your dreaming alive. Continue reading Yes, The Good Ones

Din And Tonic
Culture, Jim Jones Revue, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Din And Tonic

Loud, piano-powered rock ‘n’ roll catharsis. Nice. Continue reading Din And Tonic

1537 Buys Some Shoes
Culture, Hard Rock, Manic Street Preachers, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Tom Waits, Vinyl

1537 Buys Some Shoes

Let’s hope it doesn’t rain on our young hero anytime soon. Continue reading 1537 Buys Some Shoes

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

It’s Not Really Kylie, Is It?
Auteurs, Brit Pop, Indie, Music, Record collecting

It’s Not Really Kylie, Is It?

The Auteurs hauteur prevented them from becoming haute couture. Continue reading It’s Not Really Kylie, Is It?

I Don’t Want To Listen To You And These Other Dummies!
DRI, Hardcore, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Thrash, US Hardcore, Vinyl

I Don’t Want To Listen To You And These Other Dummies!

Secretly recording your dad? now that’s punk rock! Continue reading I Don’t Want To Listen To You And These Other Dummies!

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

Campfireiwen

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

Sussed Scepter Bull
60's, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Velvet Underground, Vinyl

Sussed Scepter Bull

In which our young hero writes in praise of archaeology Continue reading Sussed Scepter Bull

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

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