First, have a read of this BBC article – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22098575 If you can’t be arsed to read that article, let me narrow the story down – Showrooming is when you go into a shop, browse, see something you like, and then go onto the internet and buy it cheaper. Sounds bad doesn’t it? Poor retailer. Wrong. I do not feel bad for the retailer. I used to run a retail outlet with my family. I can tell you why you shouldn’t feel bad for showrooming. Our family run business used to run on trust with the customer. The shopping experience had to be made to feel...

I played a game called Amnesia The Dark Descent and I heard that it was partly influenced by Lovecraftian horror. Reading further, I then found out about H P Lovecraft, who I heard about before but never really took notice. Chthulu – of course! But I wanted to dig deeper into his works and I was presented with the dilemma of what H P Lovecraft book to read first. And now that I’m fully into his stuff, this is my personal choice of what to read. I have purposely not put pictures up representing each story as I think it would spoil the surprise, so to speak. What you need to know is that it...

From the day I heard “Back in the World of Adventures” during a visit to Russia, I fell in love with the music of The Flower Kings. No other music grew on me (with the possible exception of David Bowie) as much as the music of The Flower Kings did, and throughout my music writing years and time spent at music college, I have always looked up to Roine Stolts and Tomas Bodins music writing abilities. Never did I think I’d see the day I would bump into them after a gig. I almost did with my friend Tom Maclean back when they came over in 2004 for their Adam and Eve tour, but I had to...

Be prepared for an angry rant. Sorry. But when my music nostalgia is tampered with, that hurts. I’m picturing the scene right now – I am about 7, 8 years old. It’s a Sunday afternoon and I am sitting in front of the television about to watch Jesus Christ Superstar. My family are big into operatics, my grandparents are members of the Salvation Army and so I’ve come across this subject once or twice. I watch it and I love it. The whole 70′s ‘thang’ is there, flares and all. Ted Neeley sings epically. Carl Andersons performance as Judas Iscariot is mind blowingly...

Here in the UK we are faced with the ever increasing price of cigarettes. The UK is one of the most expensive places to smoke, with a price of a 20 pack costing you around £7. I myself enjoy a cigarette, but I enjoy roll ups more. However over the last year I have tried packing my habit in with the aid of an Electronic Cigarette. For those who don’t know, Electronic Cigarettes look like real cigarettes. They contain a battery, an atomizer (a filament that heats up) and a mouthpiece that holds what is called e-liquid. When you inhale, the battery charges the atomizer, which heats up, burns the...