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November 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
All I Had To Do Was Listen To Carly Binding’s Album Every Day For Two Weeks And I Might Win A Home Theatre System – A Fair Trade (Nearly) – And No Questions Asked…Or So I Thought…
I’ve worked in a couple of music stores. Back in the day. The first time around I was a student and it was part-time work and it was great and the perks (beyond the then-crucial “Staff Discount”) amounted to some signed CDs now and then, a few promo/advance copies and a few free gig tickets. […]Archive
January 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Alistair’s Music (and everybody’s)
The other week I went for a stroll in to town, regular haunts – Slow Boat Records, the second hand bookstores…and I popped into Alistair’s Music; a shop that sells sheet music and instruments. Alistair’s Music, on Cuba St, is run by Alistair Cuthill and his wife Catriona. I’ve known Alistair and Catriona for well […]Archive
December 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
You Must Remember This: The Aro Street Video Store
It was sad to read about the imminent demise of Aro Video. In a sense it wasn’t news, I’m a regular customer. I’m there several times a week – it’s near my doorstep, I know the owner, I know the staff, they’ve told me times are tough and business is hard work; a lot of […]Archive
January 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman