"fifty quid man"

It makes me want to never buy 'Word' again. (Which is actually tolerable, when Hepworth isn't in its pages)

(x-post later "whistle test" progs w/ellen/hepworth = HORRIBLE)

By definition, I should fit the description.

I don't think Pop Idol devalues music. I do believe it devalues the participants. My kids are both quite musical/dancey talented (more later, like 15 years later), but the thought that they have to learn maria carey songs to get anywhere makes me poorly (nothing against ms Carey btw).

It's just about the difficulties of demographic marketing definitions.

DVD as "transformational medium" WTF? Also:
"But frankly," says Hepworth, "blokes get the same giddy rush from buying CDs and DVDs that most women get from shoes. It's a spiritual thing."

Wow. I wish I was his girlfriend. We'd have so much to talk about.

I think they could improve circulation by signing up JtN.

I’m one of those sad middle-aged chaps you see hanging around record stores. While the young have learnt to download music for free, I still like buying CDs in shops. The music industry had the unappealing name of “£50 man” to describe middle-aged blokes like me who would spend more than we could sensibly afford on classic rock and pop CDs to replace scratchy vinyl discs and recapture the thrills of our distant youth.

These days, however, we are thinner on the ground and HMV, Britain’s largest music retailer, is in trouble. It has closed 40 of its stores, flogged off the Waterstones bookshop chain and issued repeated profit warnings. Sales over the crucial Christmas period to the end of December last year were down by 8.1 per cent, though there was a glimmer of good news the other week after the company struck a deal with banks and suppliers aimed at halving its substantial debts over the next three years.

They also have a nasty habit of giving you a look of utter contempt should you have chosen a CD or DVD they regard as uncool.

if you give the plebs in hmv an opportunity to sneer you really have fucked up tbf

^ this.

I swear people just make this shit up. That didn't happen mr £50 man. Don't be so self absorbed to think for a second that people who work in HMV give a shit about what you're listening to. And if they do, remember, they work in HMV.

they probably do have utter contempt for you though, just not because of the music you're purchasing.

I imagine working in HMV is like working in little chef.

why, does Charles Spencer go in Little Chef every week and get disdainful looks for ordering egg and chips?

no he goes to Wimpy

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Just because many years ago, I did indeed see Charles Spencer in Little Chef. (This was before Diana died)..

(checks article) ah, a different Charles Spencer

britishers -- tell me about WIMPY BARS and their shitty burgers

They also have a nasty habit of giving you a look of utter contempt should you have chosen a CD or DVD they regard as uncool.

if you give the plebs in hmv an opportunity to sneer you really have fucked up tbf

― DG, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 13:25 (11 months ago)

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