bill herbert

In the order of purchase (since arriving on MySpace): Edwyn Collins, The Magic Piper; Daft Punk, Human After All; The Doors, LA Woman (Remastered); Bjork, Volta; Von Sudenfed, Tromatic Reflexxions; Chinese Turkestan, The Muqam of the Dolan; Mukam Art Troupe of Xinjiang, Don't Torment Me, Dear (my favourite title); Evanthia Reboutsika and Politiki Kouzina, A Touch of Spice (Soundtrack); The Stooges, The Wierdness; Grinderman's first album; Giorgos Koumentakis, Loudovikos Ton Anogion, Nikos Xydakis and Psarantonis, Four Approaches to the Erotokritos; something by Ross Daly I can't remember the name of (it's _still_ downstairs); Xainides, O Karagiozis sti Giourovigiou (?my Greek is terrible); Southern Bitch, Strong Medicine; Fred Schneider's first solo album; Deerhoof, Friend Opportunity; The Olivia Tremor Control's Dusk at Cubist Castle. And Bill Frisell! Lots of Motorhead. Rubycon by Tangerine Dream on scratchy vinyl to do my ironing to. What do you mean, do I buy things purely because of what they are called? That's not going to apply to Mesopotamia by the B-52s. Jarvis for Running the World! The remastered Piper at the Gates (for Astronomy Dominie); Siouxsie's Mantaray. Explosions in the Sky of course; Beta Band/bastard son of Beatles offshoot The Aliens so that I can sing 'We are the Aliens' and imagine the sitcom where they all live in at least seven houses like in Help or the Ten Houses of Eve. The new Nick Cave so I can promenade in public doing that silly walk from Lazarus (which is genuinely how the resurrected stroll), plus Elbow because they managed to fit the expression 'of late' into a song. Guillemots 'Get Over It'; Hot Chip's 'Made in the Dark'. Got Black Francis's 'Seven Fingers' but haven't still listened to it. Back to Barrett for 'See Emily Play' and the phrasing on 'Bike'; back to Scott Walker for general tilting, drifting and donkey-punching. Back to Faust for downloaded toothache. Animal Collective plus Panda Bear's Person Pitch because pandas started following me around; Morrissey throwing his arms around Paris and the Lips spending Xmas on Mars; the Sorcerer soundtrack because I'm obsessed with early 70's' sequencers. ..