Apropos of Nowt

The Bored Girlfriend Chair

Friday, June 27th, 2008

I saw this today and it took me back…

..it’s from a post about signs written by record shop staff on the PassiveAggressiveNotes website  
It’s a little known fact about Friends of the Stars that before we became internationally insolvent Country/Folk musicians, both Cam and I used to work in record shops. Whilst I can’t speak for Cam, I […]

Digital Products You Absolutely Don’t Need.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

You have to admire the commercial spirit of the human race - it’s what got us where we are today.
Our limitless imagination means that along with all the fun stuff like sex, music and homemade meatballs, we are also able to come up with products and services that our fellow humans never knew they […]

We Built This City On An Early Night.

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Lots of Birmingham sites have posted this over the last few days. I’m happy to join in.  

It’s all part of the Keep Digbeth Vibrant campaign, something I support completely. If you’re unaware of the back story then it goes something like this:
Property developers build far too many Luxuty 1 Bed Apartments in and around the city centre of […]

9 Mistakes To Avoid When Recording Your Own Album

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Today was a good day. I finally began to work on our next record.
It’s been almost 18 months since we were last recording anything intended for release. That’s a long time. One of the reasons for this was that I figured we needed to place an embargo on any new recordings until “Lighting and Electrical” was […]

Calling all micro-philanthropes…

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Some dude in America is selling his entire record collection on eBay - The collection contains over 6 million titles spread across 3 million records and a boat load of CDs, cassettes and 8-track cartridges. The seller will only let it go as a whole and will not let buyers cherrypick.
I would give mine and your right arm to own this. Seriously.
The […]

Sunshine

Monday, February 18th, 2008

When the weather is like it is today then crushing disappointment in the music biz can wait.
I’m off outside to plant some roses at the allotment
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