Reckless - Ocean

I fell in love with this one soon as I saw the cover... Silkscreened handmade all the way around and self released by the band. The music isn't that bad either. Gravelly female vocals and kind of melodic. Not a bad find for something that something that walked into the record store one day.

Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs

I picked this one up at Wuxtry last time I was down in Atlanta. And they almost lost that $20 sale from having this crate stuck under the table... First time I've heard this Tom Waits album, from 1977, and it's much more jazzy than everything else I've heard so far. I'm sure it will grow on me after Tom's usual lyrical and unusual sense of humor starts to pop out at me. VG++ copy with original inner sleeve.

Alice Cooper - Pretties For You

I'm not a big fan of reissues... They're usually grossly overpriced and just don't live up to an original pressing when you can find one in good condition. But in all my years as an Alice Cooper fan I have yet to see a copy of this album! So I kind of had to get it... Even if Pretties is one of their weird "Frank Zappa" albums...hah!

9 Shocks Terror - Zen And The Art Of Beating Your Ass

This is the kind of hardcore that I really dig! It's hard and fast but they still have some basic musicianship and every song doesn't sound exactly the same. Not the kind of thing to spin when you're looking for some melody, just to rage. The title of the album alone is what grabbed me. Light purple mixed vinyl and NM with insert. There's a lock groove at the end too.

Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine

What better first official post on the blog than with the first Tom Waits album I heard? It was Frankie Stubbs that sparked my interest... Then I found this on cd in the store about 3 years ago and was instantly hooked! Still my favorite album by him out of the few I've heard (there's a lot!). Found this in Toronto last month for $20 which isn't bad considering anyone will try and charge $25 or more for a reissue. NM- copy with original inner sleeve.

Now Spinning

I've been doing a "now spinning" blog of sorts on facebook for about a year now... But the more things change there, the more difficult it becomes to simply upload or rearrange photos! I'm also all too aware of how transient those social networking sites can be and don't want to lose my posts. So I decided to resurrect my original Unsane Asylum blog that was abandoned a few years ago in favor of tumblr, that was much easier to modify at the time. But, as you can see already, blogger can be rearranged to your heart's desire now as well! There's a little bit more tweaking I'm going to do to this design but after that the new home of my "now spinning" blog will be here. Yes, I know you were all dying to see what I'm listening to and it's oh so important... I'm just that big of a record nerd!