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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 5, 2024 10:58:32 GMT
Obviously it's pretty much exactly like Escape from New York, especially when they close the bridge for wind, but I'll say this for the Dundonians - they haven't returned a Tory to parliament since 1935. Also, they still have an HMV.
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 5, 2024 11:14:15 GMT
HMV Vault or go home for me.
So long as you don't look at the prices and you squint slightly the HMV Vault in Brum could almost pass as a classic (circa 2000) HMV shop.
It has actual stock of CDs, DVDs and vinyl records.
It's almost a pleasure to go to until you reach the tills at least.
There's also a second HMV in Brum that isn't a complete disaster.
I went to the mew/reopened Oxford/Bond Street store recently. It was a small disappointment. It is tiny has very little stock (especially CDs) and is pricy.
I used to love the giant one opposite M&S on Oxford Street.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 5, 2024 11:16:59 GMT
I went to the main one in Edinburgh recently - the ground floor was mainly cuddly toys and comic books, and the CDs were in a small corner on the first floor, hidden behind 100 square metres of Oasis vinyls.
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 5, 2024 11:29:31 GMT
There wasn't an HMV actually in Edinburgh when I went there in 2021.
I spent my money on whisky instead.
I think the one in the shopping centre in Leith may have been open, but I did not go there.
There wasn't a central London shop for a while either.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 5, 2024 11:32:39 GMT
In Edinburgh it's Fopp you want - their newest shop is v good for the discerning middle aged man stuck in the past. Even had a band playing live in store last time I was there. There are a lot of nice new independent shops about the place, but they are mostly exclusively vinyls. I am not getting on that bandwagon.
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Post by Faceless on Apr 5, 2024 11:33:25 GMT
What do people actually buy from HMV? There are a couple near-ish me which I sometimes go to, but don't tend to buy anything. Occasionally they have some decent sci fi in the 2 books for 7 quid section
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Post by lazybones on Apr 5, 2024 11:33:40 GMT
I went into a branch of Rough Trade the other day. I was very keen to entertain the idea of purchasing a new compact disc.
Vinyls for as far as the eye could see. Records. Long Players.
They did have a tray of CDs at the back. They need to get with the times … Digital music. You can smear marmalade on a CD and it will still play.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 5, 2024 11:36:27 GMT
I have 15000 songs ripped to a hard drive, enough to last for days at a time. Why would I want to invest in a technology that requires me to get up from the sofa and turn it over every 22 minutes?
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Post by Faceless on Apr 5, 2024 11:39:55 GMT
I'm thinking of becoming a VINYL wanker, for no other reason than it might cause crank some mild irritation if I start going on about VINYLS all the time
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Post by lazybones on Apr 5, 2024 11:43:09 GMT
I wouldn’t mind if records were still sold at a price that’s right, but they’re now really expensive.
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Post by Faceless on Apr 5, 2024 11:43:12 GMT
A colleague has just sent me a document they've written and asked me to give it a quick sense check. It is absolute dogshit. If they send it up the chain as it is there will be repercussions. They are a nice enough person, so I'd like to help them out, but it's nine pages long, and I really can't be arsed
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Post by amipal on Apr 5, 2024 11:47:15 GMT
Shenguin stopped listening to new music in 1994. REM’s Monster has a lot to answer for. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 5, 2024 11:49:02 GMT
15,000?
This isn't amateur hour.
I have no idea how many songs I have on the HD.
It's something like 12TB plus maybe another 3 TB of live stuff I have downloaded, but which is not sorted.
I like to record any LPs in 192/24. They take up a pleasing amount of space on the HD. Really get good value for the 22 minutes.
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Post by crankcaller on Apr 5, 2024 11:51:08 GMT
I almost burned down that HMV in Dundee last year as they had "2 for 1 on Vinyls" in the window. Fopp is the dogs bollocks. Always has been.
I know Tim that works in the Edinburgh one. Him and his wife are good people. They used to stay downstairs from my pal in Shawlands fact fans.
Asda have been and it's a smaller delivery this week. It's all in bags. He dumped and ran. Do I claim missing items and or short dates out of badness? No, I best not.
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Post by Faceless on Apr 5, 2024 11:54:49 GMT
It's always amateur hour somewhere |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Apr 5, 2024 12:28:19 GMT
Scorchio again. Pancakes for breakfast. We went to an aquarium.
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Post by lazybones on Apr 5, 2024 12:38:13 GMT
Is no-one in work? Except Faceless? I’m at work and no-one’s in work. Well … one other person. Not Faceless (I don’t think). I’m bored. I want to go home and bake this bread. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 5, 2024 12:41:06 GMT
I am at work. Well i was until 1 and will be from 2. Technically i am currently at home.
Salmon and cucumber on ryeb read for lunch.
Home made. Though the salmon is from a tin.
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Post by lazybones on Apr 5, 2024 12:41:21 GMT
Actually this other person’s wearing a Nirvana top. What does that tell you?
I’ve no idea….
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Apr 5, 2024 12:47:28 GMT
That Tory sexting scandal is quite funny. Apparently two Tories lept at the chance to send dick picks to a total stranger.
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 5, 2024 12:49:47 GMT
Kent's county town has a proper HMV; CDs, vinyl, Tee shirts, posters and various toys/collectables. 4*
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 5, 2024 13:01:34 GMT
That Tory sexting scandal is quite funny. Apparently two Tories lept at the chance to send dick picks to a total stranger. Only 2? |
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Post by Destry on Apr 5, 2024 13:03:05 GMT
You can smear marmalade on a CD and it will still play. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da? |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 5, 2024 13:19:06 GMT
That Tory sexting scandal is quite funny. Apparently two Tories lept at the chance to send dick picks to a total stranger. Only 2? I miss the innocent days of the 1990s. At least back then poppers, an orange segment a bin bag electrical flex and stockings and suspenders brought a decent end to a career as an MP. |
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Post by Tuffers on Apr 5, 2024 14:15:12 GMT
At least in the 90s the disgraced MP would apologise in front of the cameras, usually with loving family at their side, and immediately resign. These days they deny it, until it can't be denied any longer, then apologise to anyone who may have been offended by their lying/fraud/dishonesty, not the action itself.
Righto! Must dash! Got double Latin with old man Bronson.
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