I quite liked Zavvi; I saw Alphabeat and Vampire Weekend there for free in their excellent little venue underneath Manchester's Arndale branch. But even though Zavvi is where I bought my Wii, this year I spent ten times more at Amazon than Zavvi. It's a shame Australia's JB Hi-Fi don't seem to be interested in a UK expansion; their format would be ( Read more... )

...or rather Streamline reclaim punters' money from the bank account of "Lapland Not In Lapland, And Suspiciously Like A Crappy Fair" following complaints, and leave the owners little choice but to close up shop ( Read more... )

Arrgh. Mayo's already read out a message from someone asking if Argos prices will go down 2.5%. Not even happened yet and people are expecting retailers to pass on a greater saving than is actually made. If it is passed on, it'd be a 117.5% to 115% change rather than 100% to 97.5% change.

PS. Exterminate; resistance is useless.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe does not sing "I know you Paul" in Star 69; the lyric is "I know you called" - which makes sense because *69 is the US equivalent of 1471. But it does sound a bit like "I know you Paul". Similarly, Bjork does not sing "Paul is full of love". Not on record, anyway ( Read more... )

Hey, you know those new coins that have bits of the crest on the back, so you can put them together whenever you're bored and happen to have one of each coin on you ( Read more... )

I had an excellent weekend, but I'm going to wibble about TV instead in a list that spiralled out of a reply ( Read more... )

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