Ramblings about My Records
I know I’m not unusual in occasionally getting obsessed with an artist I’ve discovered on YouTube – the algorithm pushes me something remarkable, I browse through nearly everything they have to offer, add them...
Don’t let the relative roughness of this record cover fool you – this thing is in pristine condition. Verve was one of those labels that, for whatever reason, had indestructible vinyl. Every Verve record...
As much of a blues fan as I am, I don’t keep up a lot with the contemporary artists. I’m all over every single new old John Lee Hooker release, but when it comes...
(Still catching up on relatively recent acquisitions, still struggling with doing anything in alphabetical order) Delighting in this Father’s Day gift from my kid – a Record Store Day release from 2021 of a...
By the time The Clash actually hit it big, I was completely uninterested. I had listened obsessively to “London Calling”, “Black Market Clash,” and “Sandinista,” but you couldn’t have paid me to listen to...
Well, I already had Volumes 1 and 2 of this series, so yeah, when I ran across a copy of Volume 3, I was going to grab it – and I was also going...
Like Bikini Kill, I found out about this by pulling a shift in my local record store and deciding to give it a listen. Unlike Bikini Kill, I had never even heard of Bully...
I swear, my ability to lie to myself is just extraordinary. I keep telling myself I’m going to make some headway on this list, catching up with records I’ve bought in the past couple...
Immediately after getting the Bikini Kill EP last fall, this collection of singles popped up on Bandcamp and I grabbed it immediately. No overlap with the EP, this is a series of singles released...
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