cdbragg

Music has  come to mean too much too me. I have become obsessed with 'my' bands. The books I  read are dedicated to the production of classic albums, biographies of musos and writers that make grandiose claims about how music changed the world. It is, alas, a particularly prevalent condition in men my age.  Nowadays,  I am loathe to make wide open statements about the difference between the sexes. As a younger man I freely did, thankfully, I was rightly put in my place.  I once opined that men are much more likely to be involved in collecting to the extent of obsession. My line of thought took in the idea of record fairs, computer swap meets and comicbook conventions. I was also speaking form personal experience of course.  My name is Tommy and I have an obsessive collecting addiction. Anyhow, I ventured this statement of intent thinking nothing of it. In fact, I thought by stating that collecting is a male disease, I was actually being complimentary of women's ability to not become so obsessed with the minutiae of, say- "The new, limited edition range of Star Wars action figures. Featuring never before noticed, you can see this alien for two...