Return To Discogs

Aha yes. Having been out buying records last week for the first time in ages I have been once more submitting records to the site. During the quiet period where I have been spending my pennies on such exciting things as going to Bestival and Younger Bro The Seniors Wedding, I have been slowly adding some of the olde records in my collection to the site. (And when I say old I mean old - they are all older than me!)

I have been fulfilling my civil nerdy duties and adding the recorded works of the great Graham Bond Organisation to the site. I highly recommend everyone experiencing them as they are simply one of the best bands of the sixties in my opinion, and if you’ve never heard of them I am happy to have you round for a cup of tea and a loud listen. They work better loud.

I have my father to thank for both the records and the love of the band and must admit to being rather envious of the fact he actually used to go and see them play. Unfortunately even back then I think they where quite strict on letting minus seven year olds in to venues and my dad would have probably been a little freaked out.

Anyway where was I, ah yes recent record purchases. Uncannily a lot of them have been quite funk based which fits in nicely with the R&B of The Graham Bond Organisation. (Careful – lets not go down that waffle again!!)

So anyway it’s been quite nice getting back to the excitement of going out and hunting down new and exciting sounds. And imagine my added joy when I discovered most of my purchases where not on Discogs yet and I will have to add them. Oh the heady excitement of hours spent putting the correct information into the submission forms, the bliss of scanning the releases to provide additional pictorial info. Then the anticipation of the submission actually being accepted.

Err actually the anticipation bit isn’t that great, some of my more obscure additions have taken nearly three months to go through so sitting waiting in anticipation would probably lead to piles. So I don’t sit and wait. I get pleasantly surprised when the ping of my email inbox informs me of a new email and I discover it’s from Discogs telling me some kind of action has occurred on my submission.

Anyone still reading this has no idea what you’re missing. And you’re probably a bit of a nerd to!!
So am I.

Goodnight!!

TM Juke Buys Vegetables

Another exciting installment of life at Sainsbury's here!!!!

I was working on the customer service desk yesterday when a ginger haired chap and his girlfriend approached. He held out his £5 note and asked, "Can I have change for the basket-machine?"
"You mean for a trolley" I replied in the annoying way I have of correcting people sometimes (Yes I even annoy myself with it).
Anyway as I opened the till and started to get the change it dawned on me that I recognised my cutomer from somewhere.
"Are you TM Juke?" I asked.
"Yes" he replied.
From here I explained I had recognised him from his performance with Alice Russel at Bestival when she had eventually turned up. He made a joke about how slack she was then went on to say he had had a great time and it had been much better than the Big Chill before heading off to do his weekly shopping.

It's a hard life working in Sainsbury's dealing with these megastars on a daily basis!!!

The Return of the Soap

Ok it's come back!!!

Am I going mad.

I just went to use the washing up liquid to wash my hands and there it was just sitting there as if it had never gone away.

I only opened my window again last night while cooking a big dinner and left it open over night.

I'm pleased to see my dish again, but will admit to being just a little perplexed.

I will be keeping the window shut when i'm not in now...

I've been Burgled

I seem to have been burgled, and i'm a bit niffed off about it. Nothing of value has gone and I suspect the culprit only got a hand into my flat, but all the same i'm niffed.

I don't know when the crime occured, but when I went to wash my hands today I noticed the soap and the hand made pottery spoon dish I keep it in had dissapeared from my windowsil. I was quite fond of the pottery dish, it was only a second I got from a little pottery in Cornwall but all the same I liked it.
At first I thought the wind could have blown it out of the window, but lots of much lighter things are still there. I have checked outside and below my window - no sign of soap or dish. The only thing I can think is that someone has been on the next door neighbours fire escape, leant over and pinched the soap and dish out of my window.

I have now closed and locked the window. It's been open all summer to let in fresh air but know it's closed.

Who knows if someone was testing to see if they could get in and burgle me. Perhaps it was a silly prank. If anyone did break in they would have to leave through the window again so I haven't been worried about it up until now.

Now i'm just rather niffed with a shut window...