FIRST RECORD OF THE BLOG

Apologies for being away for so long, I'm sure my ONE follower missed me, but i have had very faulty internet for the last few days so have been unable to blog. Had a rather eventful day, me and a few friends did a 'indie' tour of london, resulting in portobello,  camden, brick lane and shoreditch, all without a single penny spent on transport, so i shall blog about the items i got there later. For now however its the first record of the blog, and one was once quoted as 'The best record ever, if you havent heard it you havent lived', so introducing... The Grateful Dead's ten track masterpiece 'American Rose'.

I got this on the Rough Trade on Portobello, a great shop if you haven't already been there, and there was quite a calamity, an underused word if you asked me. I had found the record, after weeks of searching, and placed it on the desk ready to buy when suddenly my phone rang. I answered and was dragged into a boring conversation which continued for several minutes. In this time a portly german man had seen the record lying on the counter and bought it, the shop people assuming he was with me. When i got off the phone i looked and to my surprise, no record lay on the counter. I asked the man behind the desk and he explained what had happened, when i explained his mistake he leaped from his stool and, with me by his side, we raced down portobello chasing this german fellow. Unfortuantely we couldn't reach him but the bearded shop keeper thought it might have another, and alas he did. A first edition LP but due to the mix up he gave it to me for the same price. A great deal really.

Anyway, cheerio.

J.

       UN JAQUET (THAT IS JACKET IN FRENCH RIGHT?)

So my second post and first piece of clothing to show you is quite exciting, for me at least, its a 1940's Military Jacket from America. I got it on Portobello a while ago when it was far to big for me i wore it as a tail coat! However now its about the right size, I still have to roll up the sleeves though. One of the best things about it is the instructions to wash on the inside pocket, unfortunately there isn't an instruction to telling me how much 'Daz' to apply too the washer.

I haggled quite a lot for this jacket, bringing the price down from £40 to £20 but that was after about half an hour of sitting in a circle with a three stall owners playing guitar, they christened me their "Little Dude' which i quite like really. The buttons are the american eagle but the lower one is replaced, quite badly as i put it on myself.

See you all tomorrow.

Cheerio, J.

THE CANE

Now, I've started you off with one of my favourite, and most used, curiosity. It is, as the title suggests, my cane and despite looking like a Venician child pimp i really do love it. I walk down the street with it whenever i can and it has got me into some rather akward situations, such as people giving up thier seats and helping me up stairs. I do explain that im not infact crippled, im just strange.

The figure head strangly looks exactly like Homer Simpson, just less yellow and more hat wearing, but it makes the cane really top heavy, not so good for rapid fame cane twirling moments then. This one used to be my dad but i managed to get it restored on portobello, but the tip itself is quite bad quality.. anyone know anywhere to get it retipped?

I hope you enjoyed my first real post, and first piece of curiosity, much more to come.



Cheerio.

Hello

Hullo.

Im J, Im 14 and i buy lots of useless things for very little money. i've gotten haggling down to a fine art and am dissapointed when it doesn't work in Topman or at the airport.

Each day i will take a picture of a piece of curiosity i have acquired, hence the name you see, and will talk about the story behind it. if i do this everyday i should be able to go on for 5 years, told you i had a lot of stuff.

Any way, wish me luck.

Cheerio.