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Recession ......what bloody recession....oh that one ..errr

	Werner Herzog Box Set 1 [DVD] Buy new: £11.78 / Used from: £11.00 Great value box set with the brilliant Herzog/ Kinski films Aquirre ,Wrath Of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu , Cobra Verde, Woyzeck. Great films all.
	English Settlement by XTC Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.89 How do i love this album.Well quite a lot since i asked .The golden fleece of double albums. An outstandingly consistent example of quintisential English pop.
	Pacific Ocean Blue/Bambu (The Caribou Sessions): Legacy Edition by Dennis Wilson Buy used from: £7.95 Overdue re-issue for some California gospel .....a great CD package of the first Beach Boy solo album...a true classic
	Bandit Roads: Into the Lawless Heart of Mexico by Richard Grant Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £3.50 Nice to know some people are nuts enough to do things like this guy so lazy sods like me can sit at home and read about it. .
	Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £4.39 LIke Crosby Stills & Nash doing the Cocteau Twins...or maybe the other way round. Either way this is cerebral harmonic pop/rock that shatters the status quo( not the turgid antideluvium rockers)
	Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury (Re-Issue) by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.90 A timely reminder of when artists used to get politicised and angry about the state of things . Where are the contemporary equivalants?
	Age Of Misrule: World's End, Darkest Hour, Always Forever (Gollancz S.F.) by Mark Chadbourn Buy new: £7.22 / Used from: £3.01 Hugely enjoyable romp about ancient gods and beasts of Celtic mythology rising to reclaim the world.Nonsense of course...who,d want this misbegotten world.
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [DVD] [2007] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.00 Gorgeous hypnotic movie , with spellbinding cinematography and fantastic performances..even by Mr Pitt ...well i never.
	Wagonwheel Blues by The War on Drugs Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £4.36 Comfortably familiar yet surprising at every turn ..sonically fascinating.
	Rook by Shearwater Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £8.99 Another year , another brilliant Shearwater album .
	Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher Buy new: £5.56 / Used from: £0.01 See number 4...also a salutory lesson on why Africa is so f***ed up.
	Flight Of The Conchords by Flight Of The Conchords Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.70 Acutely observed , technically superb parodies. The Bowie one is so funny i cannot stop singing in that silly warbling voice...Ohhh BoWIE!
	This Riot Life by Veda Hille Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £2.30 A carousing flashy riot of sorts. A salient concoction of gaudy primary colour's with subtle shaded areas and eye catching geometric patterns.
	Resident Evil 4 (Wii) Buy new: £12.95 / Used from: £11.99 I am seriously crap at this but trying to shoot pitch fork wielding peasants talking in a strangulated East European way( the peasants not me) is strangely addictive.
	Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn Trilogy) by Peter F Hamilton Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 Ruddy great door stop of prime space opera . the 1200 odd pages just fly by , like a long winter evening in Blackadder II.
	Midnight Run [DVD] by Robert De Niro Buy new: £3.98 Watched this on a whim the other night ...terrific stuff . One of the best buddy movies ever .The last truly great film De Niro made.
	The Official Review of UEFA Euro 2008 [DVD] by UEFA Euro 2008 Buy new: £6.98 Have,nt seen the DVD ( The pedants froth at the mouth) , just wanted to state that i thought the tournament was on the whole tremendous with fast flowing attacking football prevalant and worthy winner
	A Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's Life by Simon Hughes Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 An old favourite...in lieu of any(Live) cricket on the telly this sort of makes up for it. Still the most entertaining book on sport i,ve read.
	The Armando Iannucci Shows [DVD] [2001] Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £4.25 Overlooked , underated, whatever .....underlooked maybe...inspired at times comedy sketch show from the overrated Armando..ohhh hang on , that does,nt work.
	Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic: Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £7.48 Dazzling melding of two human tragedys....JBNFMY is quite possibly the most moving peice of music ever
	Jam [DVD] [2000] Buy new: £8.88 Chris Morris dispenses with the satire for a truly disorientating sketch show with lots of Lizards....lizards...hmmphhhh!
	The Walking by Jane Siberry Buy used from: £14.99 Sheer class....superb songs ...The Lobby ....Ohhhhh from a singer with a voice like a cut glass angel.
	To Survive by Joan as Police Woman Buy used from: £4.67 Excellent follow up to Real Life with some songs -To Be Lonely- that actually supass anything on her debut. Some going .
	For Emma Forever Ago by Bon Iver Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.72 Utterly beguiling and fully deserving of the uniform high praise it is recieving ...not least from me.
	A Dance with Dragons: Book 5 of a Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin Buy new: £12.99 Blasted thing ...taking longer to arrive than a coherent Boris Johnson sentence.....but the anticipation ..ahhhhhh!

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