Unusual Books!

I don't often post about other blogs, but having come across this blog about some very unusual book bindings and book sculpture by Blogger Avi Abrams I feel compelled to promote such a fantastic collection of photographs of many different books. If you think I'm being a bit of a bibliophile or book geek, you may well change your mind when you see the vast range of creative binding and art crearted from books.

What to do with those old books, CD's, DVD's, Games?

Just thought I'd let you know about a special deal Hitflip are running at the moment -

List your DVDs, books, games, audiobooks or CDs to swap on Hitflip
by September 1st 2007 (00:00GMT) making them immediately available to swap, they will credit accounts with a bonus:

10 items = £1 credit

25 items = £3 credit

100 items = £15 credit

This is a great way of clear stuff from your shelves where they are collecting dust, and replacing them with stuff you want! The only cost to yourself is 79p admin charge and the postage of sending an item to receive credits to get more items. With them giving away free credit at the moment, there's never been a better time to register with them!

Play.com problem with sellers account

Gibraltar is within the UK according to Play.com. So sellers who are taking part in play.com's 3rd party seller program will only receive the standard price set for UK customers if orders are placed by Customers in Gibraltar, or any other UK dependency, such as the Falkland Islands for example. This even applies to playtraders who specify they will only dispatch to the UK.

The Playtrade system of inviting 3rd party sellers to market their goods and products on play.com is still pretty much in it's infancy. Play invited me to sell on their platform in March 2007, when they opened up the playtrader system to all. Previous to this they had only been allowing a very selected number of retailers to use their program, these sellers were the heavyweights of internet selling of media and dispatch thousands of items a month.

This problem reared it's ugly head after receiving an order from Play for dispatch to Gibraltar even though I had not offered international delivery as available for the item in question. The advice I at first received was very poor and indicated I would have to ship and bear the additional cost myself. After objecting to this and demanding to speak to a supervisor it was then looked into and admitted that this definitely needs the policy and technical team to look at, as a seller who had made available a heavier item for UK delivery had an order from a country which Play class as in the UK but Royal Mail class as international, the seller could make quite a loss by doing so, even if they had stated they were not dispatching items outside of the UK.

I will update this when I hear more back from Play.com in relation to this, meanwhile I am being left to discuss the matter with the customer and hope that they accept that play are to blame here and not myself. If the customer decides to leave me negative feedback as a result play have stated that they will not be able to intervene. As play customers are not used to leaving feedback in regard to transactions the level of feedback on play is very low, about 1 in 20 have left feedback so far, so negative feedback could have a very bad effect on my selling there.


I have had a limited success selling on Play up until now, and their system is fairly simple, though it is not easy to see who you are competing against from your listings page, only if there are sellers that have cheaper prices. To compare your listings you have to actually go to the play.com site and search for the item to find out who the other sellers are, their feedback and conditions/comments. Not ideal really, but it is hoped that they will develop this system to be more user friendly in time.

Glastonbury Tickets on eBay for £8,000+

Michael Eavis is reported as being disappointed with the quality of the tickets printed for this years Glastonbury Festival (BBC Story). Tickets are now appearing on eBay, though it does look like there is some Auction Wrecking going on as this example shows -

Anyone wanting to risk the getting turned away on the gates as the photo part of the ID must be backed up by other forms of ID, so there's no real way around this added security level.

As for anyone fool enough to think the car park tickets will enable them to get close enough to try and sneak in better think again as there will be a check that car occupants have tickets before they actually leave the main road to drive the mile or 2 to the actual car-parks! Even if a 'fence-jumper' gets close enough to the fence they will be quite disappointed when faced by the impregnable 'Ring-of-Steel'. In the 2 previous years that this fence has been used there has been no reports of anyone successfully getting over it, and very few actual attempts at it either. The fence is 10ft of solid metal with a 3foot angled overhang, even the SAS would consider this impossible to scale without equipment. The other popular idea has always been tunneling under it, well as the same material that is used for the fence is also laid on the ground next to the fence and bolted to the uprights this is also making tunneling impossible to all but the most hardened miners. The enclosed road either side of the fence to allow security to drive quickly to any point of the fence with floodlights and a secondary 8 foot mesh 'Heras' fence, either side of this road means the tower lookouts will get plenty of time to get a patrol to you before you even touched the 'Ring-of-Steel'.

Basically, if you haven't got a ticket, forget about trying to get in and stock up at home to catch the web-cam, webcasts, TV coverage and Radio broadcasts courtesy of the BBC. You may also want to be thankful of clean porcelain and cold, reasonably priced beer without having to queue!

You can catch up with our adventures of the festival here on our glastonbury page which we hope to be updating the slideshow daily during the festival!

The Book Garden @ Glastonbury Festival 2007

The Book Garden will be appearing at this years Glastonbury Festival alongside such acts as The Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Iggy Pop, The Who, Bjork, Chemical Brothers and many more! Well, we won't actually be on stage as such, and selling books isn't exactly performance art, but we'll be there with a stock of approx 4,000 books. The majority will be general fiction, though we will be have a large selection of Travel Guides, Art Books, and Theatre Texts & Plays as well as sections on Health and Spirituality.

You will be able to find us on C market and this little map will hopefully be a guide to where we'll be. So pop in and see us, books will be available from 30p and very few will be priced more than a fiver. We also intend to offer a post home service for those who'd rather not carry a book around or want to send a gift to a friend/relative from the festival.

If we can get online we will be posting updates here and on this web page

Glastonbury Festival Shopping List!

We're counting down the days to Glastonbury Festival 2007. We're taking a few thousand books along for our little stall, so if you're going to the greatest festival in europe, pop in and see us and browse our selection of travel guides, art books, theatre books and general fiction. We will also be offering to post your purchase home for a small fee to save you carrying it or it getting bashed about. The Book Garden will be on C market, not to far from the famous Cider Bus!

We thought we'd post some essential festival items that you have just about got time to get hold of before you go!


* Start Anticipating the Festival Fun!
A sample of books that will wet your appetite for the festival season!

I Was There. The Gigs that Changed the World (Paperback) ~ Mark Paytress

Jimi Hendrix – Live at Woodstock [1969]

Glastonbury: An Oral History of the Music, Mud and Magic


* Roughing it at the festival?
You don't need to if you get prepared!

Braun Oral B Advanced Power 400 battery toothbrush

Proteam 360/01 - All Weather Camping Light

HL-09 flash headlight/headband

Mini camping lantern

Wind up camping lantern

Proteam 360/07 - Quickseat Carver Chair

Three leg camping stool

Water Carrier - 5 litre

Inflatable camping pillow

Self inflating cushion

Portable Gas Stove

Backpackers camping stove

Cool Camping ~ Laura James


* Capture the festival Spirit
Some reasonable priced cameras to capture the festival moments

Fuji FinePix A500 Digital Camera

Samsung Digimax A503 - Silver [5MP 5 X Digital Zoom]

Vivicam 3720 Digital Camera - Black (3MP)


* Relive your festival memories
Do something special with the best photo's of the festival!

Canon iP1700 Home Printer with Borderless Photo Printer up to A4

Memox - 7 inch Digital Photo Frame

Glastonbury Festival 2007 Line Up Announced

Pilton Pop Festival 2007

We're Going!
The Book Garden will be at this years Festival selling fiction, travel books, art books, theatre books and childrens books. We are offering to mail them to you so you don't have to carry them home. Though many will be wanting a book to read while lazing in the sun in front of the various stages whilst waiting for the band of their dreams to play. Come and see us, we're on C Market and would love it if you came and said hello! The stall will be shutting at a reasonable time each evening as we do want to see some bands!

The Line up is looking spectacular and we're already trying to work out how to be in several places at once. Do we see The Killers or Iggy Pop on the saturday night? Arrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhh! Friday night is easy as The Arctic Monkeys just can't be competed with!

We could go on but why not just show you the full Glastonbury line up! Here it is...

PYRAMID STAGE

Friday 22 June
Arctic Monkeys YES YES YES!
Kasabian
The Fratellis
Bloc Party
The Magic Numbers
Amy Winehouse
Gogol Bordello
The Earlies
The View
Adjagas

Saturday 23 June
The Killers YES - but we want to see Iggy too!
The Kooks
Paul Weller
Paolo Nutini
Lily Allen - Worth seeing, but whether we'll fit it in!
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Guillemots
The Pipettes
Seasick Steve
Liz Green

Sunday 24 June
The Who Well Who Wouldn't?
Kaiser Chiefs
Manic Street Preachers - Nooooooo! We wanna have fun, not get depressed!
Shirley Bassey
James Morrison
Damien Marley
Stephen Marley
The Waterboys
National Youth Orchestra (with Goldfrapp)
Glastonbury Town Band - The best way to start the Sunday!

OTHER STAGE

Friday 22 June
Bjork - Mad Mad Mad, but the Monkeys win!
Arcade Fire
Rufus Wainwright
The Coral
Super Furry Animals
Bright Eyes
The Automatic
The Cribs
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Mr Hudson And The Library

Saturday 23 June
The Stooges - IGGY! IGGY! IGGY! And looks like a good line up here for the evening!
Editors
Maximo Park
Klaxons
Babyshambles
CSS
Biffy Clyro
The Twang
The Long Blondes
Brakes

Sunday 24 June
The Chemical Brothers
The Go! Team
The View
Mika
The Rakes
Modest Mouse
Cold War Kids
The Sunshine Underground
The Enemy

JAZZ WORLD

Friday 22 June
Damian Marley
Amy Winehouse
Toumani Diabate
AIM
Gus Gus
Nasio Fontaine
Soweto Kinch
Midival Punditz
Guilty Pleasures

Saturday 23 June
Rodrigo y Gabriela
John Fogerty
Guillemots
Mr. Hudson and the Library
K'Naan
Hiromi's Sonicbloom
The Bees
Soil and Pimp Sessions
Ganga Giri
Forty Thieves Orkestar

Sunday 24 June
Corinne Bailey Rae
Fat Freddy's Drop
Amp Fiddler
Beirut
Tinariwen
Seth Lakeman
Koop
Mahala Rai Banda
Babyhead
Feluka

JOHN PEEL STAGE

Friday 22 June
Hot Chip
The Maccabees
Mumm-Ra
Jack Penate
The Hold Steady
The New Pornographers
Tokyo Police Club
Good Shoes
The Annuals
Disco Ensemble
Fear of Music
Look See Proof

Saturday 23 June
The Twang
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Patrick Wolf
Bat For Lashes
Pigeon Detectives
Calvin Harris
You Say Party We Say Die
Holy Fuck
The Heights
The Rushes
The Hours
Grim Northern Social
Blue Bullet

Sunday 24 June
Jamie T
Just Jack
Mark Ronson
Scott Matthews
Young Knives
Rumble Strips
The Horrors
Noisettes
Tiny Dancers
Aqualung
Shoot The Moon

ACOUSTIC STAGE

Friday 22 June
Damien Rice
Hothouse Flowers
Sandi Thom
Jack L
Lisa Hannigan
The Dylan Project
Pauline Scanlon
Emmy the Great
Newton Faulkner
Martha Tilston

Saturday 23 June
The Waterboys
Nick Lowe
Eric Bibb
Richie Havens
Men They Couldn't Hang
Liam O'Maonlai
The Storys
Catherine Feeny
Liz Green
Hayley Hutchinson

Sunday 24 June
Bootleg Beatles
KT Tunstall
Moya Brennan
London Community Gospel Choir
Steve Forbert
Songs of Nick Drake by Keith James
David Saw
Winding Stair
Hummingbirds
The Epstein

AVALON

Friday 22 June
The Waterboys
The Cat Empire
Seth Lakeman
Oi Va Voi
Chumbawamba Acoustic - Ooooh! Should be interesting!
Ben Waters Band
Flipron
Tarantism

Saturday 23 June
The Saw Doctors
Show of Hands
Gruff Rhys
Julie Fowlis
The Broken Family Band
Robin and Bena Williamson
3 Daft Monkeys
Big Strides
Sheela Na Gig

Sunday 24 June
Bellowhead
Kila
Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
Rise Kagona and Champion Doug Veitch
Billy Bragg - It wouldn't be Glastonbury without Billy!
Tunng
Jeff Lang
Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo
Avalonian Free State Choir

THE PARK

Friday 22 June
Spiritualized - Acoustic Mainline - now this should be an interesting set! But the monkeys win!
Aliens
M.I.A
Shlomo
Cajun Dance Party
Martha Wainwright
Charlotte Hatherly
Chas & Dave
Amy Macdonald
Kate Nash
Los Campesionos!
Remi Nicole
The Ralfe Band
Peter and the Wolf

Saturday 23 June
Africa Express
Lou Rhodes
Ed Harcourt
Cherry Ghost
Piney Gear
Josh Pyke
Get Well Soon
The High Wire
Sargeant

Sunday 24 June
Gruff Rhys
Circulus
King Creosote
Adem
The Little Ones
Willy Mason
Micah P Hinson
Pete Doherty
Euros Childes
Fionn Regan
Richard Swift
Adele
Laura Marling
The Young Republic

STONEBRIDGE BAR

Thursday 21 June
Gerry’s Joint
Guilty Pleasures
Baggy Mondays

Friday 22 June
I'm With Stupid
Arthur Shearlaw
Joe and Nicky’s Sweet Charity
Sean Rowley (rock 'n' roll set)
Pablo Psychonaut
Soulsavers
Get Involved

Saturday 23 June
Butch Cassidy’s Reggae Pop Show
Four Tet with Eat Your Own Ears DJs
Broader Than Broadway And Bobby Champagne Jr
Hip Hop Karaoke
Guto (Super Furry Animals /Trojan Records)
Soul Jazz Sound System
Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve (Richard Norris and Erol Alkan)

Sunday 24 June
Butch Cassidy’s Reggae Pop Show
Baggy Mondays
Heavenly jukebox
Ben Swank (Fitzrovian Phonographic)
Pete Fowler (Monsterism)
Robin and Nick (heavenly jukebox/The Admiralty Club)
Broader Than Broadway Soundsystem

DANCE LOUNGE

Thursday 21 June
Andy Barlow (Lamb)
The Vees
Dive
Cakeboy & Doublethink
Uberzone
Suns of Mecha
Ctrl Z
Hybrid
Steve Lawler
Annie Nightingale's Dance Village Launch Party

Friday 22 June
Ghost
Breaking the Illusion
Urban Myth Club
Western Soul
The Nextmen feat. MC Wrec and Zarif
Western Soul
Hearin' Aid
Men in Masks
Hafdis Huld
Little Barrie
James Lavelle
Four Tet
Hexstatic
Sean Rowley's Guily Pleasures

Saturday 23 June
Filthy Dukes
Bimbo Jones
Para One
Husky Rescue
Cicada
Erol Alkan
Bonde Do Role
Annie Mac
Subsource
Die and Clipz
Andy Cato

Sunday 24 June
Quantic
Bugz In The Attic
Rob Da Bank and MC Beardyman
Dub Pistols
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Unklejam
J Mountain
Ben Westbeech
The Loose Cannons
Palladium
It's Bigger Than
Infinite Scale
DJ Finn

EAST DANCE VILLAGE

Friday 22 June
Fat Boy Slim
The Klaxons
Gus Gus
Simian Mobile Disco
Max Sedgley
Hyper
Cagedbaby
!!!
Buraka Som Sistema
Uncle Buck
XX Teens

Saturday 23 June
Mr Scruff
Mika
Mark Ronson
Yoda
Sugadaddy
Infadels
Tim Deluxe
Black Ghosts
Phil Kieran
Devils Gun

Sunday 24 June
Carl Cox
Pendulum Live
Dave Clarke
Vitalic
The Glimmers
Sh*tdisco
Kissy Sellout
Elektrons
Zero DB
Dragonette
Polichinelle

WEST DANCE VILLAGE

Friday 22 June
Trente Moller Live
Danny Howells
System 7
Surgeon A/V Show
Eatstatic
Jim Masters
A Guy Called Gerald
Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band
Alloy Mental
Subgiant
Kava Kava
Marc Vedo

Saturday 23 June
Sasha
Hybrid
Mr C
Meat Katie and VJ anyone
Uberzone
DJ Hal
The Bays
DJ Will Saul
The Neville Staple Band
Pama International
Kenji Williams
Breakfast with Howard Marks

Sunday 24 June
Krafty Kuts
Coldcut
Steve Lawler
Dreadzone - Worth trekking up to the dance village for!
Bitesize
Crazy P
Stanton Warriors
Phil Hartnoll Presents Long Range
Future Funk Squad
DJ Monkey Pilot
The Whip

G STAGE

Friday 22 June
The Plump DJ's
Rennie Pilgrem & MC Chickaboo
Adam Freeland
General Midi & MC Jakes
D. Rameriz
Dumb Blonde
Timo Maas
Tom Real V's The Rogue Element
Quest
Atomic Hooligan & Jay Cunning
The Breakfastaz
Ben & Lex
Plaza De Funk

Saturday 23 June
Andy C
Bong Ra
Freq Nasty
Radioactive Man Live
Adam F
Scotch Egg Band (Drumize)
Shitmatt

Sunday 24 June
Noisia
Mr Nice
Jungle Drummer DJ Fu and Rodney P
F**k Me USA
Vexd
Aural Imbalance
Allaby
Tristan
Tron
Beardy
Hydrophonic
Shpongle
Ott
Gaudi

PUSSY PARLOUR

Thursday 21 June
DJ Badly
Western Soul DJs
The John E Vistic Experience
P.R.O.D
Polichinelle
Niece & Unc
We Don't Play

Friday 22nd June
Detectives of Perspective
Circus Star Cabaret
Bourbon Warfare DJs
Discipulos de Otilia
We Don't Play
Sumaya
Leon Jean-Marie
Sancho Panza featuring the Twilight Players
Zen Hussies
Healer Selecta
Oojami Live

Saturday 23 June
P.R.O.D.
The Noisettes
Emporium featuring Bingo Karaoke
Salsa Class with Mo Flex
Sean Rowley Presents I'm Not In Love
Circus Star Cabaret
Jose Luis
Dr Meaker
Mr M
La Kinky Beat
DJ Zorro

Sunday 24 June
That Lazysunday DJ
The Kleptones
Sancho Panza
Kitty, Daisy and Lewis
Emporium featuring Bingo Karaoke
Forty Thieves Orkestar
DJ Tofowski
Destroyers
DJ Forty Thieves
Gipsy.CZ
Russ Jones 'The Hackney Globetrotter

ID SPIRAL

Thursday 21 June
Mayra
Wombat
Film
Dom Spiral
Film
Sheik Yarbooty

Friday 22 June
Mirror System
Aliji
Tom / Mira
Iain Dub vs Addsineon

Saturday 23 June
Tom / Mira
Liquid Djems
Sandra
Liquid Ross
Dan Spencer
Tall Will
Pete Ardron
4D
Cosmo

Sunday 24 June
Chesstar
Simon Pieman
Gaudi
Guy called Gerald
Naked Nick
Gandolfi
Mudra
Luna Lis

ROOTS STAGE

Friday 22 June
Swami
Bobby Friction
Asian Dub Foundation Sound System
Catch 22
Nerm
Bandish Projekt
Midival Punditz
T Bone
It's Bigger Than
Dhol Academy
Flynn and Flora
Jerona Fruits

Saturday 23 June
Steven Marley with guest Damian Marley
Iration Steppas
Fat Freddy's Drop
Daddy G
Mad Professor
Tayo
Nasio Fontaine
Smith and Mighty
Bobby Kray and Dennis Bovell
Die and Clipz
Dubdadda
Dubrovnik
Dub From Atlantis

Sunday 24 June
K'Naan
Klashnekoff
Hearin' Aid
Foreign Beggers
SuparNovar
Gettin Better Sound System
The Young Punx
Roullet Featuring Queen Bee and Parker

LEFT FIELD

Thursday 21 June - Thursday! Yes! Thursday kick off!
Left Field Anti-Slavery Night: With Unite Against Facism & SWTUC (hosted by Don Letts & Dub Cartel)
Don Letts & Dub Cartel
The King Blues
Damien Dempsey
Pama Inernational
The Beat
Beans on Toast
Gear
Soul Survivors
Kid Harpoon
3 Daft Monkeys
Neck
The Blood Arm
The Thirst

Friday 22 June looks like it's a 90's throw back party!
Virtual Festivals hosts...
Neds Atomic Dustbin
Back to the Planet
CUD
Republic of Loose
Slovo
Discipulos de Otilla
Very Be Careful
Tacto Latino
Movimientos

Saturday 23 June
Akala
The Noisettes
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly with Plan B
No Lay
Natty
The Mentalists
Ruarri Joseph
Mark Steel, Nick Wilty, Steve Gribben and MC Rosie Wilbey
Habakuk
The Poise Rite
The Deadbeats

Sunday 24 June
Billy Bragg - Billy!
Phil Jupitus
Jail Guitar Doors
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Glenn Tilbrook
Soweto Kinch
Goldblade
Neville Staples
Mark Thomas - Fine Cutting Edge Comedy!
Shazia Mirza
Tony Benn - Probably the only honest politician in the 20th century! And a great speaker too!
Ed Byrne
Marcus Brigstocke

LEFT FIELD STAGE 2

Thursday 21 June
Left Field Anti-Slavery Night: With Unite Against Facism & SWTUC (hosted by Don Letts & Dub Cartel)
Don Letts
Anti Slavery Vox DJ
Holy Fuck
DJ
Nizlopi
DJ
Liz Green
Rodney Brannigan
Sean Taylor
Seasick Steve
Fortune Drive
Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man
Dan Donnelly
Emmy the Great
Charlene Jones
Open Mic

Friday 22 June
Fred and Benny
Goldierocks (DJ)
Duke Special
Black Rats with Peaches Geldof (DJ)
Jack Penate
Huw Stephens (DJ)
Glen Tilbrook
Jim Bob
Joe Driscoll
Kid Harpoon
Fionn Regan
Kate Nash
Jersey Budd
Movimientos
Daisy Sweet Hearts

Saturday 23 June
Brakes
The King Blues
Zzz
Rhoda Dakar
Dan Donnelly
Movimientos

Sunday 24 June
Night of Treason
Neck
Dan Donnelly
African Skies
Positively Testcard

BABYLON BAND STAGE

Thursday 21 June
Max Pashm
The Doubtful Guest
Shorn Rah
The Mandibles
The Electric Soup
Paris Motel
Hodmadoddery

Friday 22 June
Ash
Cortina Deluxx
Wizz & Simeon Jones
Bill Smarme
Rose Kemp
The Cedars
Biggles
Snortin' Dogs
Electric Bill
The Duckworths
Michael J Sheehy
John E Vistic
LaXula

Saturday 23 June
The Cloghoppers
Glistening Cogs of Greenland
The Mandrake Project
Jeremy Smoking Jacket
Joe Public
Argument About Yellow
Sgt Peppers
Vladimir Steamboat
The Cedar
The Blessing
Babel
Zen Hussies
Los Albertos

Sunday 24 June
Phil King
The Volt
The Clap
The Mighty Peas
SJ Esau
Cats & Cats & Cats & Cats
The Wurzels

GLADE STAGE

Friday 22 June
Mark Edwards Hard Rain Environmental Show
Squarepusher
Buraka Som Sistema
Kenji Williams
Iain Ballamy
Pee Wee Ellis with James Morton and The Rawness
CCQ
Simon Atkinson & The Ben Marcato Trio
Seth Lakeman
Chimanimani

Saturday 23 June
Ozric Tentacles - Expect them to play til 3 in the morning!
!!! (chk chk chk)
Dreadzone - Dubbing It Up
Nick Warren
Echo
Jamie Cato (1 Giant Leap)
Nigel Mazyln Jones
Mr Bojangles Moustache

Sunday 24 June
Ganga Giri
Greg Dread and Spee
Soothsayers
Husky Rescue
La Kinky Beat
Eatstatic
Rhythmites
Hedge Monkey
Vertigo

GLADE CAFE

Friday 22 June
Hexstatic
Mark Edwards Hard Rain Environmental Show
Buraka Som Sistema
Kenji Williams
Iain Ballamy
Pee Wee Ellis with James Morton and The Rawness
CCQ
Simon Atkinson and The Ben Marcato Trio
Seth Lakeman
Chimanimani

Saturday 23 June
Ozric Tentacles - See above - they aren't in 2 places at once!
!!!
Dreadzone - See above - they aren't in 2 places at once!
Nick Warren
Echo
Slovo
Jamie Cato
Nigel Mazyln Jones
Mr Bojangles Moustache

Sunday 24 June
Ganga Giri
Greg Dread and Spee
Soothsayers
Husky Rescue
La Kinky Beat
Eatstatic Chilled Set
Rhythmites
Hedge Monkey
Vertigo

LATE'N'LIVE

Thursday 21 June
The Deadbeats
Dr Meaker
Laymar
Smallwhitelight
The Maple State
Liz Green
Venus Bogardus
The John E Vistic Experience
Ed Cottam
Lewis Sleeman
Nine Bean Rows

Friday 22 June
The Whip
Gravenhurst
The 9000
The Loungs
Scouting For Girls
Pinstripe
Onions
Thirty Pounds of Bone
The Travelling Band
Haiki Loki

Saturday 23 June
Orphan Boy
Love Minus Zero
Neon Plastix
Heck
The Answering Machine
Durban Poison
The Epstein
Feluka
Cortina Deluxx

Sunday 24 June
Polytechnic
The Courteeners
Cherry Ghost
Liam Frost
It's A Buffalo
Pierre Hall & The Lead Balloons
Clarky Cat
Rob Sharples
The Grim Northern Social
Birdengine
Sam Hammond
Thursday 21st June
The Egg
Dubblehead

CROISSANT NEUF STAGE

Friday 22 June
Almeida Girl and Le grand Descarga
Mankala
Rodney Branigan
The Huckleberries
The Soundcarriers
Bad Science
Yoga Workshop Class

Saturday 23 June
Steve Hillage (System 7 Dj set)
Kangaroon Moon
Tanglefoot
Seize the Day - probably the best 'right-on' hippy band ever - Check them out!
Echo
Nizlopi
Yoga workshop class

Sunday 24 June
Baka Beyond and The G’Bine
The Big
The Harp Trio
F.O.S. Brothers
The Boat Band
Biggles Wartime Band

LOST VAGUENESS - seriously freaky area!

Friday 22 June
DJ Sophie Toes, Lorne
MC Dougie Invisible
Dreamstate Circus
Merlinski Spacelee
Divine Company
Grrrlesque
Empress Stah
DJ Lorngerie
Grrrlesque
Alexanderope
Ryan Styles
Empress Stah
Cous-cous Torture Company
DJ Desert Ivan Discs
Dynamo Rhythm Ace
DJ Bollox and DJ Drew
Dusty Sprinkles and the Hot Jazz Biscuits
DJ Bollox and DJ Drew

Saturday 23 June
DJ Sophie Toes
Luxury Condo
DJ Lorngerie
MC Mat Fraser
Dream State Circus
Merlinski Spacelee
Sumaya Flamenco Troupe
Perverted Turkeys
DJ Marsh Mellow Mike
Mat Fraser
Taylor Mac
Zudance Aerial
Martha and Arthur
Kitty Bang Bang
Grainne
Vicky McManus
Twighlight Players
DJ Sophie Toes
The Lovers
DJ Andy Wetherall
Bison
DJ Marsh Mellow Mike

Sunday 24 June
DJ Sophie Toes
MC Dave Chameleon
Divine Company
Kitty Bang Bang
Martha and Atthur
Vicky McManus
Paul Zenon
Bees Knees
Empress Stah
DJ Lorngerie and Sophie Toes
Cous Cous Torture Company
Deviant Aerial
Paul Zenon and Sleez
Empress Stah
Perverted Turkeys
Bees Knees
DJ Lorngerie and Sophie Toes
The Puppini Sisters
DJ Lorne Sophie Mike
The Fat 45s
DJ Marsh Mellow Mike

Line up culled from Virtual Festivals

should be some pics here! hover over to see!

should be some pics here! hover over to see!

should be some pics here! hover over to see!

Recycling Books!

There's some weird and wacky suggestions of what to do with books apart from read them on the web. Here are a few of them! Any additions to this more than welcome!

Make a Book Shelf from Books!

Classy Book Shelves from books!

Make Designer Purses & Clutch Bags!

Sit on them!

Destroy them in the name of Art!

Make Lamps from books!

More Bookshelves!

Many Thanks to Jayne & Jim for these fantastic Ideas!

Audio Books - CD, Tape/cassette or Download?

I've just taken delivery of a staggering number of Audio Books and am amazed at the prices these command and the lack of availability on Amazon. In over 90 editions I checked only 5 were offered secondhand and most were only available from Amazon on a 2-3week delivery, and a sourcing fee! Now most experienced Amazon users know that when they advertise a long delivery time like that their ability to actually source it are about nil, and they will just keep extending that deadline until you cancel the order.

The situation doesn't seem very different whether it's tape or CD, though it does seem to dominate the unabridged editions from Chivers, Isis, Soundings and BBC AudioBooks. But, what's the most popular way that people listen to audio books? My Girl Friend prefers tapes as it's much easier to keep the "page" your on. I know some cd players have a similair function but it's not a common one on most cd players. MP3 is something I prefer as I don't mind shuffling back and forth and it's quite easy if the recording is broken into handy chunks of chapters or 30minute blocks.

In an increasingly digital world the CD and Tape versions of the audiobook will certainly demise in popularity as more people get used to listening to mp3 players and more used to operating them. There will always be the people that have seemed stuck in the prehistoric technology era, the sort of person who'd be much happier with a horse and cart than a car. These people will probably ensure that the tape market survives but I predict a demise of the CD within the next few years.

On a different note, of the Tapes I checked I found about 1 in 5 didn't exist on the amazon uk database. What really surprised me was the half dozen i checked didn't exist on the .com site either. I expected to have practice some shifty practices to be able to list them as items that are listed on .com, and a similair listing cannot be created on the uk site. (There is a way round this though ;) It's long winded so I won't cover that here!)Imagine my surprise when they weren't listed anywhere on the internet, not even bookfinder, bookbutler or addall could find them! The big drawback to this is that creating a new listing is just as time consuming as listing an item on ebay! So have only done 2 so far! Results below!

Well they would be, but the links aren't showing the scans I uploaded yet! Maybe there's a timescale before the images can be syndicated?






Do you think I'm being a bit optimistic in charging that much?

Book Review - The Devil and Miss Prym , Paul Coehlo

Paulo Coelho, is most widely known as author of The Alchemist, which I read at some point last year, but this is a review of a book I have just finished this year! The Devil and Miss Prym is the third novel in his trilogy And on the Seventh Day which began with By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept and Veronika Decides to Die



Synopsis

A stranger arrives in the small mountain village. He carries with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. Burying these in the vicinity, the stranger strikes up a curious friendship with a young woman from the village -- Miss Prym. His mission is to discover whether human beings are essentially good or evil. In this stunning new novel, Paulo Coelho's unusual protagonist sets the town a moral challenge from which they may never recover. A fascinating meditation on the human soul, The Devil and Miss Prym illuminates the reality of good and evil within us all, and our uniquely human capacity to choose between them.

It was very hard to put down being a very fast moving plot, albeit told in the very slow setting of a mountain village in some nameless country in Latin America. A classic tale of the fight of good against evil, simply told and portrayed. Plenty of twists and turns and lovely little side tales of the past add to it's rich content, simply put, the central question posed is "Are People Bad" which is explored at depth. Evil in the red corner with good in the blue corner slog it out through this slim volume. Although an ending with good triumphing is to be expected, the author makes it very plausible that this will not transpire, and the outcome is still quite unexpected.
Read & Enjoy! 8.5/10

Breaking up a set of Perry Mason Books

I have decided to use this blog thingy to write a little on some of the more interesting books that I come across to sell.

Starting with a large collection of Perry Mason books by Erle Gardner Spencer. Almost everyone will be at least vaguely aware of Perry Mason due to the 30's films starring Warren William, Ricardo Cortez & Donald Woods and the TV adaptations, made in the 50's and 60's starring Raymond Burr as the legendary lawyer. In the late 80's early 90's a number of made for TV films were made, again starring Raymond Burr.

Over 80 books were written by Gardner Spencer based on the cases of Mason, making him the most famous fictional legal character ever created and one who is still as famous today in legal circles as he was in the fifties and sixties.

The collection I will be breaking up and making available includes original green penguins, pan paperbacks and american consul paperbacks.

There is still a reasonable demand for his books by fans new and old, some books being more sought after than others due to limited numbers of reprints and popularity of individual cases. This makes the job of valuing them quite difficult and not particularly suited to ebay. Though I have decided that I will start by listing a small number in my ebay shop and one or 2 in ebay auctions to hopefully attract buyers into the shop and see how demand is.

the following is a list of the titles I currently have in stock and you are welcome to contact me directly to discuss, condition, availability and make offers if not already listed for sale.

"The Case of the Lame Canary","Green penguin",
"The Case of the Careless Kitten","Green penguin",,,
"The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife","Green penguin",,
"The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse","Consul",,,
"The Case of the Lonely Heiress","Consul",,,
"The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Negligent Nymph","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Grinning Gorilla","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Glamourous Ghost","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Nervous Accomplice","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Demure Defendant","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Gilded Lily","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Daring Decoy","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Lucky Loser","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Screaming Woman","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Calendar Girl","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Long-Legged Models","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Deadly Toy","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Singing Skirt","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Waylaid Wolf","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Spurious Spinster","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Blonde Bonanza","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands","Pan",,,
"The Case of the Amorous Aunt","Pan",,,

Amazon edit product info fiasco

I'm currently fuming over some muppet who altered a product listing on amazon from a book to a VHS tape for some bizarre reason. The reason I'm fuming isn't bizarre, I've now got to contact the customer and hope they respond to my email so I can find out if they actually realised it was a book or a video. As they are using a hotmail account I don't hold out much hope for them replying. So if I send it there's a 50% chance of it not being what the customer required.
Also, the really stupid thing is that as it is classed as a video by amazon, I only received £1.44 for it instead of the usual £2.27 I would have received for selling a penny book due to the exorbitant fees that amazon charge on videos in relation to books! So am even more tempted to just refund and then demand amazon remove any neg feedback I receive as a result of refunding.
Guess I'll call amazon in the morning and find out what they have to say in regard to it!

ebay or not to ebay

Well ebay is great in a lot of ways, though it's listing fees are often a bit crap, especially when it comes to enhancing listings with the gallery function, this extra fee can often more than double listing fees. As you can maybe see by the display in the right, images aren't usually shown, though if you scroll down to the bottom of the page you can see that almost all items that we have listed on ebay are shown with pictures, so mustt thank the guys at auctiva for that

Auctiva also is a great tool for multiple listings and is much easier than turbo lister, also providing an alternative store front to the ebay one. Have a look Here! The other advantage is that it allows you to schedule the listing of items. Though I must mention that I do find there service is slightly unstable and sometimes unavailable. But it's Free!
Also, I feel I must plug this book which is a great tool for anyone new to ebay as a buyer or seller with some really helpful and easily understood hints. We sold out of this quite quickly after ordering a small stock of them, but plenty more still on amazon!

Still Tinkering!

Well, now that the blog is up and running (well maybe not running yet, more sort of taking a few tentative steps). I'm probably going to mumble about a few things at random.

Books I suppose are the easiest subject, being surronded by thousands of them makes it a fairly logical thing, but which book?

Well Currently I'm reading a collection of Philip K. Dick stories "we can remember it for you wholesale". And the man was a stark raving genius! Absolutely mind-blowing ideas and he's an author that everyone should read at least one of his stories. So, I'm going to see if i can link to a couple of must haves for you!

Makes you wonder -

Sold a book today about cultivating cannabis. It started me thinking in a paranoid way, if amazon handed details over to the police at all, but that's just my latent paranoia. Anyway, am going to include a link to the book in question!

More from me in the near future about the wacky world of selling books!