I would normally post this sort of thing on my Instagram page, but it's deactivated for the time being; I just cannot be trusted with the responsibility as far as my stories go. The plus side of posting my vinyl pics on my Tumblr page is there's absolutely no hope - let alone any expectation - that it'll garner any likes, so in theory I won't be disappointed when this post meets a swift death. Anyway, here's Type O Negative's Dead Again, an appropriate album for these current gloomy fall depression vibes I'm presently living in. The band's last album, as Peter Steele died 3 years later. The phrase "one of a kind" is highly overused, but in Peter's case its use is completely justified and warranted; there was and never, ever will be anyone like him again, be it as a songwriter, vocalist, or sheer force of nature. Dead Again was a fitting end the band's career as it has various elements of everything they'd ever done up to that point. Not their absolute best album, and it's worth noting there's some lyrical themes that I'm not necessarily comfortable or in agreement with, but nonetheless it's a finely written and carefully crafted slab of Gothic Metal full of beauty, pain, soul, and wit. Anyway...think that about wraps up my pretentious meandering. Thanks for not listening.
Record Store Day 2023 is fast approaching and I still haven't spun all my RSD Black Friday pickups! 😲 . I like what Ringo does. His catalog is a tad smaller than the other lads so he stocks his band with former members of other bands and turns it into a greatest hits collection of hits! See pic 3 for the songs performed on this tour. Men At Work, Toto, Average White Band, Santana, and of course Ringo's biggest songs! . I've been able to catch a couple iterations of Ringo's All Starr band, and hope to attend again. I caught a pick from Steve Lukather and it has Ringo on one side, and Toto on the other. 👍😎🎶 . #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinyligclub #vinylcommunity #vinylcommunitypost #vinylrecords #vinyljunkie #vinyladdict #vinylporn #vinylgram #vinyllover #vinyllove #vinyloftheday #vinylcollectionpost #33rpm #33rpmclub #nowspinning #nowplaying #cratedigging #records #recordcollection #instahifi #recordstoreday #rsdbf #ringosallstarband #ringostarr #stevelukather https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq3Sb5WJBI1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Switching things up from Gothic Metal the other day to one of the (in my opinion) best Pop LPs of 2023: Desire, I Want to Turn into You. Caroline Polachek has such an incredible, expressive, and sexy voice and I admire her both her ability and willingness to contort her voice in some warped ways when the song calls for it, in addition to her ability to really soar into the stratosphere. Anyway, this record opens with such a monumental banger in "Welcome to My Island" that it could've easily fallen flat the rest of the way through, but it doesn't. It's a really dynamic and varied album jam-packed with burning emotion and sensuality, more than living up to its title. Exquisite.