Utterly brilliant

Blixa Bargeld of Einstürzende Neubauten in TV commercials for a German DIY store:
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(found on industrial)

Grrr, ticket prices

There are two gigs I'm considering in Cambridge in January:
Richard Thompson and Nick Cave, both at the Corn Exchange.
I'm definitely going to see the former, I think but the latter I have to think about really hard. I'm not a big fan (only own a best of album) but I appreciate his music and I've heard good things about his live act.
Here comes the deciding factor: A ticket for RT is 17.50 and for NC it's 35! At the same venue! They're both quite low key in terms of equipmen/tech so the actual running costs of the two gigs can't be much different (RT is solo and NC will have a small band but still).

Firefly costume auction update

With five days still to go, Mal's Browncoat is now at $5,215 but there are quite a few bits that haven't been touched yet, including various Inara outfits. I guess there will be a big rush towards the end but hell, that's one expensive coat...