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Stuff that is helping me forget about this credit crunch
Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders)Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.61
Last of a wonderfully written three book series with superb characters, enthralling plots and bloody great dragons
The Shield - Season 1 [2002]The Shield - Season 1 [2002]
Buy new: £10.14 / Used from: £6.00
Started watching this and it,s a very good powerful police series with a pulsating narrative thread .Not as good as the Wire but then what is?
AnimalsAnimals by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £7.81 / Used from: £6.59
Re-listened to this recently and what a magnificent album it is. Angry yet ferociously intelligent and even more apt for these times.
A Mad and Faithful TellingA Mad and Faithful Telling by Devotchka
Buy new: £8.98
The new one from my new favourite band It,s not quite as special as How It Ends but their giddy gypsy rock still intoxicates.
The Seldom Seen KidThe Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £6.30
The one big band we can rely on. A truly magnficent collection of mature and moving songs.
PlayersPlayers by Paul McAuley
Buy new: £7.03 / Used from: £0.79
Terrific ,pacy, exciting thriller with some memorable characters.All the things a good thriller should be.
Summer AboveSummer Above by Speck Mountain
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £6.85
It,s pop filtered through the language of the subconcious. Woozy , and strangely hypnotic .
Top Gear - The Great Adventures (Polar Special & US Special)Top Gear - The Great Adventures (Polar Special & US Special) by Top Gear
Buy new: £14.98 / Used from: £9.49
My kids are obsessed with watching this which is fine by me as it,s very funny
The Simpsons - Season 6The Simpsons - Season 6
Buy new: £24.63 / Used from: £14.30
My kids are obsessed with watching this which is fine by me as its very funny ...err have,nt i done this before..
B/E/a/T/B/O/XB/E/a/T/B/O/X by Glass Candy
Buy new: £12.99
My kids are......oh no thats not right. this is hugely enjoyable Italian disco with fat squelchy synths. Always a good thing in my book .
Soul Jazz Singles 2006-2007Soul Jazz Singles 2006-2007 by Various Artists
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £8.50
It,s a mixed bag of esoteric errr music, but some of it being Soul Jazz is real quality .
The Hyperion Omnibus: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion: "Hyperion", "The Fall of Hyperion" (Gollancz S.F.)The Hyperion Omnibus: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion: "Hyperion", "The Fall of Hyperion" (Gollancz S.F.) by Dan Simmons
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £5.00
Ambitious, cerebral science fiction thats does,nt forget to be entertaining at the same time Important that.
Nintendo Wii Console (Includes Wii Sports)Nintendo Wii Console (Includes Wii Sports)
Buy new: £179.98 / Used from: £179.94
Been playing on this with the kids. Good fun though i did wrench a rib tendon playing the golf.
Harry Hill's Fun BookHarry Hill's Fun Book by Harry Hill
Buy used from: £0.95
Bit of a cheat this because i actually mean TV Burp the funniest show on telly at the moment ..except it,s just finished but what the hell. Chippy chips anyone?
Chocolate Chip [Japanese Import]Chocolate Chip [Japanese Import] by Isaac Hayes
Buy new: £24.99
Chocolate chippy chips anyone Not the mans best, but still bloody great. More velvety and impeccably arranged soul.
The Wire: Complete HBO Season 2The Wire: Complete HBO Season 2
Buy new: £14.98 / Used from: £16.99
The greatest programme in the history of programme making Yes even better than Hotel babylon ...hard to believe but it,s true.
Avalon SunsetAvalon Sunset by Van Morrison
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.12
Radio two played "Coney Island" (Which a lot of people hate) but i love and i have,nt been able to stop listening to this album since. Bloody radio two..... i have better stuff to do you know.
The Province ComplainsThe Province Complains by Cats On Fire
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £7.10
What a discovery this is. A spicy melange of The Shins, The Dears, The Smiths and probaly other bands beginning with The but better than i,ve made that sound.
InchesInches by Les Savy Fav
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £5.64
Gnarly wired ,hell for leather rock music with a terrific front man. "The Sweat Descends" is my favourite song of the year thus far. Dont believe me..check out my review
Generation KillGeneration Kill by Evan Wright
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £3.64
Excellent and revealing book about the madness of the American invasion of Iraq
Magnetic South/Loose SaluteMagnetic South/Loose Salute by Michael Nesmith
Buy new: £4.28 / Used from: £3.99
Cosmic country rock pioneer. Some of this is terrible( Too much yodelling) but lots of it is just great . Tremendous song-writing abounds...apart from the yodelling
The ApprenticeThe Apprentice by Alan Sir Sugar
Buy used from: £0.01
Not the book but the new series on BBC Why have,nt i watched this before? Why am i asking you? Totally compelling in the way watching egomaniacs, Simon apart, make arses of themselves can be.