Woman Is The Devil

(Since Discogs won't allow me to write two-word reviews...)


Instant classic.

Sucka MCs

I made a recent mass record purchase on Ebay. I've gotten burned on these transactions before by irresponsible record sellers like Aaron Perkins. (This swell guy doesn't even bother to visually grade his records. He graded several records as 'Near Mint' that had deep, obvious gouges on them. Yes, they skipped. A lot.) But I couldn't pass up this opportunity. Besides, what would I lose more sleep over :
Another possibly negligent transaction by a dickhead Ebay seller...
Adding another hundo to my credit card debt...
Or not getting those Robert Hood records for less than the cost of new records...?
Exactly.
'Hoodlum' 2x12" for $2.99!?! Missing that would have been cause for a wrist-slitting party.


Tha Purchase :

Detroit Grand Pu Bahs 'Sandwiches' $3.76
G-Man 'IV' $2.99
Monolake 'Tangent' $5.59
Pelon 'No Stunts' white label $8.99
Porter Ricks 'Vol 2' $8.49
Pub 'Summer PT2' $7.00
Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman 'Music A Fe Rule' $4.45
Robert Hood 'Hoodlum' 2x12" $2.99
Robert Hood 'Internal Empire' 2x12" $20.50
Robert Hood 'Moveable Parts Chapter 1' $8.40
Robert Hood 'The Pace' $8.00
Robert Hood 'The Protein Valve' $3.25
Robert Hood (Floorplan) 'Envy' $4.25
Speedy J 'Public Energy No. 1' 2x12" white label $3.25
Thomas Brinkmann 'Axel/Bernd' $4.25
V/A 'Loops' Serotonin Loop Comp $3.25
V/A 'Techno-1' Detroit KMS Comp $5.59Pretty fucking respectable.


THANK YOU digital djs for selling your records. You may be stinking up the new vinyl market (at least in USia) but your generous contributions of some old gems back into the used record pool is greatly appreciated. I've been buying a lot of sweet techno lately for less than it would cost at Beatport for the 'virtual' tracks.

On the other hand, since your Love doesn't eat you from the inside out as it does me, you don't have to deal with issues like, "Oh shit, 'Internal Empire' skips since it's scratched and I'll have to negotiate some kind of refund, possibly wasting time/energy/money to return it."
This is where your insensitivity, your lack of complete commitment pays off, digital djs.
Lucky for you, ignorance is bliss.

Stephan Motherfucking Laubner

All of his STL releases are either on my shelves or in my wantlist.
Perlon -> his own Something label -> the latest on Smallville Silent State...all strong releases. Most are goddamn incredible.

You're going to feel like a poor bastard later if you don't buy his records now, like how you feel when you look for Moodymann and Theo Parrish records that didn't get pressed or repressed enough to meet demand.

...

Love is not a business.

Perfectly Articulated

Shawn Rudiman - Rubin's Place...
[Technoir Audio : TNA-001]
This came out in 2003. I discovered this gem last year in 2008. Even my ears can't be everywhere at once :(
While the entire release is solid--"Martini Kiss" and "Solitude 1" are straight-up Rudiman loves Detroit techno and "Shakedown" is a funky-good broken beat jam--"Rainy Days And Nights" steals the show. Soulful and sincere, "Rainy Days..." is the kind of track I wish I could make after collapsing to the floor, screaming until I lose my voice, then getting back up, wondering, "Why didn't the universe burst into flames by the sheer force of my will?"
Nice one, Shawn.

Almost Forgot

Oh...
And Levon Vincent too!

Your Scent

I've listened to Butane's "Inferno Jack" about fifteen times in the last three days.
A fact which probably says just as much about me as it does about this track.