Category Archives: Shopping

Consumer News

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Jon

Equifax collect credit data about you and then sell that data to financial institutions who are considering lending you money. If you want to know what they’re saying about you, you can pay them £17 to see a copy of … Continue reading →

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Flash Recorders

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Jon

I am a sound engineer by profession and so I get asked pretty frequently why on earth I’m still recording things with a titchy Sony minidisc machine rather than one of the fancy new Flash recorders. For those of you who … Continue reading →

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American Ties

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Jon

Everyone thinks that the US consumes too much. Even Americans think so; in conversation they frequently bring the subject up themselves, just to get it over and done with. I am currently working in a giant US art gallery, MASS … Continue reading →

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I Heart Yamaha

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Jon

When I’m writing music I usually set up a studio somewhere around the house with whatever equipment I need. At the moment it’s in the spare room and I’m using my most rare and valuable keyboard, a Yamaha VL1. It … Continue reading →

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Cold Calling

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Jon

Oooh I hate it when companies phone me up to sell me things, especially crap companies, especially when I’m trying to cook the tea. So I registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and now I always complain when someone … Continue reading →

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The Bedside Crow: 101 Things you can’t do with Ama*on

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Jon

I used to dream of working in a bookshop when I was younger, but this blog by the man who runs the lovely one in Crystal Palace makes it sound like very hard work. He’s been posting recently about 101 … Continue reading →

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Local shopping frustration

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Jon

My partner said she wanted Hair Straighteners for her birthday, which is on the 24 December, which is why she’s called Carol, by the way, spookily. Anyway, I was very uninterested in buying her such a prosaic present, until a … Continue reading →

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Zoundz – How could I not want one?

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Jon

Repetitive loop based electronic music? Unusual computer interfaces? Star-Trekky-looky gizmos? It’s my stock in trade, what I love best. Until I can afford the Grand-and-a-half that a Jazz Mutant Lemur costs I’m going to have to make do with a Zizzle … Continue reading →

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LOVE

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Jon

I’m listening to the new Beatles compilation album – Love. It’s depressing not because it’s badly done but because it is so very tame and polite. The tracks have been a bit remixed, a bit remastered, some little things have … Continue reading →

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Machinery – How it works

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Jon

Our washing machine stopped working at the weekend. It did everything that is was supposed to, the water ran in and out again, but the clothes never got washed. A washing machine doesn’t look dangerous so I felt that I … Continue reading →

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