Backyard Babies, Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Are Friends Eclectic?

LP named after the psychological effects of a 6-day bank siege? Yes please. Continue reading Are Friends Eclectic?

Culture, James Joyce Ulysses, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Spoken Word, Vinyl

And Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes.

Not a post about Yes. Continue reading And Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes.

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

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

Butt Meat

But, meat? Continue reading Butt Meat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Culture, Flight of the Conchords, Music, Self-indulgent nonsense

Foux Du Fafa

Monsieur mille cinq cent trente sept is back dans la maison MF’s! Continue reading Foux Du Fafa

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)

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

Aerosmith, Culture, David Bowie, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Frequency Issues

A load of self-indulgent nonsense. Go read a proper post. Continue reading Frequency Issues

Culture, Culture, Fats Domino, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

December 10, 1949

The date of the biggest and best eruption there has ever been? Continue reading December 10, 1949

Mark Lanegan, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl, Witch

Glitter Sweet Symphony

Tunes! Tunes!! Tunes!!! Continue reading Glitter Sweet Symphony

Culture, Manic Street Preachers, Music, Punk, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense

Gig Tonight

Rock? on a Tuesday evening?! You animal. Continue reading Gig Tonight

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

The G12″ Summit

The usual tenuously linked nonsense. Continue reading The G12″ Summit

Culture, Dogs D'Amour, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Sleaze rock, Vinyl

Gin Like Flynn

A Dipsomaniac Dogs’ Diversion. Continue reading Gin Like Flynn

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

1537 vs. 2017

In which our hero nails down the lid on 2017. Continue reading 1537 vs. 2017

Christmas, Culture, Music, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense

Never Mind The Baubles

In which our hero delivers a message of seasonal cheer, featuring asparagus. Continue reading Never Mind The Baubles

Bob Dylan, Culture, Literature, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Self-indulgent nonsense

Blog Dylan: A Hard-Boiled Rain’s A-gonna Fall

Bob Dylan and Haruki Murakami? This must be a Blog Dylan happening. Continue reading Blog Dylan: A Hard-Boiled Rain’s A-gonna Fall

Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense

Have You Forgotten?

In-which-our-hero-ponders-alien-abduction-and-yearning. Continue reading Have You Forgotten?

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

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

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

Self-indulgent nonsense

Far From The Blogging Crowd

As the kind of solipsistic chap who imagines that music stops when I walk out of the room, or that the … Continue reading Far From The Blogging Crowd

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