Monthly Archives: May 2011

114 – Frequency by unouomedude – A review

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

114/251 Search for a picture of unouomedude (pronounced you know you owe me dude) and you will find an array of images of a guy in retro specks and an oversized hip-hop cap. In every instance some sort of hazy … Continue reading →

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113 – Jessie J, the Mail Online and the issue of warpaint

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

113/252 Seeing as though this month’s fash mags are full of outfits and styles I actually find rather cool, I am left with no alternative but to head elsewhere for my read and rant desires. This sick need, like that … Continue reading →

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112 – My chazzer shop stash & how it will be worn

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112/253 Freshly disappointed from a cruel outbid on ebay, and having had my monthly vintage fires stoked at May’s Vintage Village (that sounds so wrong) I awake this morning full of vim, vigour and vimto, in other words, enthusiasm to … Continue reading →

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111 – The “You have been outbid” heartache

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111/254 Freshly spoilt from the luxury of vintage market shopping on Sunday I began today to feel the pangs of vintage withdrawal. Having worn, for the third day running, my beautiful £10 vintage dress (hygiene is nothing, style is everything), … Continue reading →

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110 – Daughter – His Young Heart EP, A Review

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

110/255 This morning’s generous tweet was provided by Lauren Laverne who tweeted eagerly about Daughter and her stirring songs. Spending the earlier parts of the year writing her EP with her boyfriend, Elena Tonra has now released His Young Heart … Continue reading →

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109 – Vintage Village VE Day May Fair

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

109/256 Every second Sunday of the month Stockport’s Vintage Village sets up shop in the fantastically sun spilled old market hall. I have written about it before, and love it dearly, yet unfortunately, due to Campervan distractions, missed last month’s.  … Continue reading →

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108 – Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues album review

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

108/257 When I reviewed the Helplessness Blues single before the release of the same titled album, I quoted Alan Corr who said that the harmonising ones make “music as multi-layered as a forest floor and as textured as ancient bark”. … Continue reading →

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107 – A big old fashion mix-up

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107/258 As anyone who know me knows (I wonder how many times I say and write that sentence, maybe they don’t bloody well know, maybe they are too blummin bored to take notice), I am fond of buying the odd … Continue reading →

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106 – Your treat of choice

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106/259 It’s Friday and the old cliché of wine o’clock begins to circulate on texts, facebook, twitter and whatever other procrastinating device you choose. For some bizarre reason I find it stupidly cosy to know what everyone’s treat of choice … Continue reading →

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105 – Guilty pleasures – Maltloaf and Marmite

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105/260 Although I didn’t initially mean eaten together – as in those odd, foodie guilty pleasures such as ice-cream and gherkins or French fries dipped in milkshake (the first not loved by me, having never been pregnant, the second a … Continue reading →

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