Nov 16, 2006
Checking It Twice
It’s coming up to that time again. As a self-confessed window shopping addict I’ve got a pretty good idea of the kinds of cool pressies out there. For those of you who hate shopping, I’ve created a little list of some of the best things I’ve seen, so that you can simply click and purchase. I am not affiliated with any of these online shops nor am I getting any kind of cut of the purchase. I’ve done this for you, good people.
The best geek scarves in the world! (I’ll have one, please)
Chalkboard Mug – £4.99 Write a new message every day.
Paper FX- £19.99 Perfect for little girls 7+ (and me). A creative way to recycle paper.
USB Turntable – £119.95 (currently out of stock) Digitise your vinyl.
USB Drum Kit- £129.95 For all wannabe Keith Moons.
George Best £5- Er. £5, plus postage.
Bags of Love- Get your favourite photos printed on mugs, books, calendars, bags, jigsaws, blankets, wallpaper, roller blinds. Free delivery on canvas prints if you order in November.
David Shrigley tea towel- £20 One of my very favourite artists who also happens to be doing the titles for Hallam Foe.
What cool things have you found?
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QR Code DVD 
USB Turntable… hmm I’ve only kept the essential vinyl
BowWowWow – US version LP
BowWowWow – Studio 54 promo 45 with 30-60-90 go, the Mile High Club
The Jam – that’s entertainment LP
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
New Order LP – the one with the flowers
Motorhead – a Leatherette cover LP
RockAgainstRacism – UK version
The Specials EP – Japanese version
The GoGo’s – promotional version I got from Belinda
The Clash 45′s UK – London Calling
The Clash 45 UK – Safe European home
Killing Joke – 45 UK
The Stranglers – 45 UK
The Vapors – Turning Japanese UK
Bush Tetras – too many creeps
Squeeze – special mini disk 33rpm about 4 inches, another nail in my heart.
Souixe and the Banshees – Christine 45 UK
OMD US LP
The Cure – LP Seventeen Seconds UK
The Cure – Boys don’t cry US LP
Southern Death Cult (first single became the Cult) UK 45
Pigbag 45 UK
King Kurt 45 UK
The Ventures 2 LPs
Jesus and Mary Chain 45
Boston Bands;Mission of Burma 45, Thundertrain 45, The Neighbourhoods 45
I think that’s about it: I tossed some unreplacable ones like ‘Theatre of Hate’
p.s. Dr. Brian’s us article picture is here: Large you can read it.
http://flickr.com/photos/93279914@N00/298871229/in/photostream/
USB Turntable… hmm I’ve only kept the essential vinyl
BowWowWow – US version LP
BowWowWow – Studio 54 promo 45 with 30-60-90 go, the Mile High Club
Lena Lovich LP – Stateless
The Jam – that’s entertainment LP
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
New Order LP – the one with the flowers
Motorhead – a Leatherette cover LP
RockAgainstRacism – UK version
The Specials EP – Japanese version
The GoGo’s – promotional version I got from Belinda
The Clash 45′s UK – London Calling
The Clash 45 UK – Safe European home
Killing Joke – 45 UK
The Stranglers – 45 UK
The Vapors – Turning Japanese UK
Bush Tetras – too many creeps
Squeeze – special mini disk 33rpm about 4 inches, another nail in my heart.
Souixe and the Banshees – Christine 45 UK
OMD US LP
The Cure – LP Seventeen Seconds UK
The Cure – Boys don’t cry US LP
Southern Death Cult (first single became the Cult) UK 45
Pigbag 45 UK
King Kurt 45 UK
The Ventures 2 LPs
Jesus and Mary Chain 45
Boston Bands;Mission of Burma 45, Thundertrain 45, The Neighbourhoods 45
I think that’s about it: I tossed some unreplacable ones like ‘Theatre of Hate’
p.s. Dr. Brian’s us article picture is here: Large you can read it.
http://flickr.com/photos/93279914@N00/298871229/in/photostream/
comments don’t work. testing
oops they worked.. funky posting.
They were caught as spam… :-\
Hey Gia! This is Chero from your Sunshine blog.
Your blog post here is so relevant to what I wanted to ask of you! I first want to apologize if you don’t want any Sunshine fans to bombard your blog with annoying requests. I tend to get very anxious around Christmas time and I want to know if they’ll be any memorabilia from the set, etc that would be available for purchase in the upcoming weeks (even right at this moment). I saw someone else’s blog a few weeks ago and he said that he purchased a cap which was given out as a Christmas present to the crew of Sunshine. I asked him about it and he told me that he only found it randomly on eBay. Will there be any more up for sale? If not, will any posters, t-shirts, etc be available before Christmas? I really want my Christmas to be filled with “Sunshine” so to speak.
Thanks in advance.
P.S. I’ll promise not to post anymore if this offends you.
Hey Chero! Post away!
I remember when Soulmining got the cap on ebay. I suspect the cap was sold by one of the crew members. As far as memorabilia etc is concerned, I’ve not heard of anything for Christmas. There may well be memorabilia at some point, but I honestly don’t know if it would come out before Christmas…
Alright, I’ll just keeping searching then. Thanks again!
Hawkin’s Bazaar is one of the greatest shops, liek, for defo! and David Shrigley is Very Cool. Thanks for posting these links :)
I’ve started to complie a list of the different addictions I have been reading about lately. Let’s see, we have the following addictions: drugs, alcohol, sex, porn, oil, gambling, food, love, video games, comment addiction (i.e., checking the comments on one’s blog), and now window shopping addiction. The list just grows and expands almost daily. Gia, if you can limit your addictions to window shopping, I think you will turn out just fine :-)
By the way, nice pics at Gia’s Photos.
DenMan7
http://www.About-Alcohol.com