Jeff's making more noise with his Windsor Alto Sax

Advantages: Great sounding instrument at a real bargain price
Disadvantages: only comes with one reed and the sling supplied is a bit thin.

...God! I didn't know that Charlie Parker lived here!" Sadly, your first effort will sound like Charlie Carolli.. With surprisingly little practice, however, it is possible to blow a smooth steady note. You can add vibrato if you want to sound like the soundtrack from an episode of the Goon show. Simply wobbling the mouthpiece as you blow achieves this. If you want a growl, simply hum as you blow (and they say that men can't multitask!) The fingering is similar to that of a recorder, so anyone who has attended a British primary school in the last 45 years will soon be able to get a tune out of it. After recalling "London's Burning" from all those years ago I achieved my first tune in about 40 minutes from delivery. A week on I have added "Whistle while you work" and, for the pink vote, "Somewhere over the Rainbow" to my repertoire...

JeffFromPoole 27.08.2009 · Read review
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* Girls On The Record *

Advantages: Fans will love it!
Disadvantages: None!

...Girls Aloud are a British girlband consisting of five members ; Nadine Coyle , Cheryl Cole , Sarah Harding , Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh. Girls Aloud were formed on the reality television show ; Popstars The Rivals in 2002. Since then they have become a huge success. To date they have had eighteen top ten singles , including three number ones. Their style of music consists of pop and electro pop. Girls Aloud : Off The Record was actually a six-part series that Girls Aloud recorded for E4. The series was then released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2006. The show comes under the reality-tv genre. The show follows Girls Aloud on their day to day life as part of one of Britian's top girl bands.. It wasn't until recently that I knew about this DVD when I saw it sitting on a shelf in Woolworths for £6. I enjoyed watching this...

xdonzx 30.12.2008 · Read review
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Jazz up your life

Advantages: Fantastic music and atmosphere.
Disadvantages: Smokey and packed.

...As some of you may have seen from some of my previous reviews, my wife and I spent christmas last in Amsterdam. One of the reasons that we went was to go to one of the oldest and most famous jazz cafe's in Europe, the Alto Jazz Cafe. Free to get in (a rarity in Amsterdam) and open most nights (not Mondays). The cafe is situated right in the heart of the restuarant and club district of Amsterdam and is easily acessible by foot or public transport, driving there is not so easy. The address and telephone number are: Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 115 Amsterdam Nederland Telefoon: 020 6263249 The club opens at 9pm and my advice is to be there at 9pm otherwise the likeliehood of getting a seat is remote. There is always at least one live band playing and on many evenings more than one. The resident saxophonist is Hans Dolpher, and whilst...

paulhanton 06.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Alto

Suzuki Alto 2009 Zh4, an ALTOunative to the Hyundai i10?

Advantages: Much better looking than the i10, Very cheap to run, Spacious interior, Reasonably well appointed
Disadvantages: Lack of power in 3rd gear at low speed, A boot would be a nice addition

...Suzuki`s new Alto has everything you need for A-B travel at a bargain price, the basic model comes with electric windows, power steering and ABS. Pretty standard for a modern car I know but let?s face it other manufactures will have these as more expensive options. Most reviews you will read compare the Alto to the Hyundai i10; I think this is fair so I will do the same. The i10 comes with a more complete basic package and nice little additions like rear discs brakes the Alto also is without a proper glove box for storage ot Sat Nav etc. The Alto also lacks the adjustable rear seats of other small cars like the Twingo, if you think about it though an ?adjusted? rear seat is no longer a seat due to lack of leg room. As far as ride goes I test drove the i10 and found it quite harsh compared with the Alto. The Alto has sharp (maybe too...

KershTriumph12 25.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Suzuki Alto 1.0

yamaha descant recorder

Advantages: easy to learn
Disadvantages: none

...I started of playing the descant recorder in primary school, (many years ago,) we started of with the old fashioned wooden ones, by the time I moved to secondary school , the wooden recorder had changed, it was now plastic and dark brown in colour. I was taught the descant hand recorder all through school, we were taught two ways to remember the notes the first set of notes was F - A -C - E, the way to remember this was the word "FACE". the second set of notes was E - G - B - D - F and the way to remember these notes was to remember a short rhymn, which is "every good boy deserves fun." There is about 4 or 5 other recorders, one of them being the treble, Im not sure about the rest of them as I never played them, I just stuck to the wee descant recorder. I think when people think of the descant hand recorder, they class...

jenny967 08.12.2007 (24.12.2007) · Read review
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Unusual teen flick-Empire Records

Advantages: Quirky, fun and great soundtrack
Disadvantages: Predictable and a little sappy on occasions

...I first watched Empire records as a teenager and thought it was one of the best films ever made. Now nostalgia can make me watch it again and again and although I have down-graded it somewhat from 'World's Greatest Movie', I still feel that this is a good film about young adult life and deserves to be a teen classic. The film is about a group of teenagers who work in an independent record store (called Empire Records) run by Joe. The story opens with one of the employees, Lucas, discovereidng that the store is not making enough money and may be sold to a chain called Music Town. To try and save the shop he takes the day's takings and tries to win gambling in Atlantic City but ends up losing it all. Empire Records now in serious danger of having to be sold to the chain, the film follows one day in the life of the store and it's employees...

flyingllamas 29.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Empire Records (DVD)

Daily Record

Advantages: Frankie Boyle, Tam Cowan
Disadvantages: Jim McLean

...The Daily record is the only paper that I regularly read all the way through. The paper basically just prints daily news on what's happening mainly in the Britain, but also some news from the US and elsewhere. I focus mainly on the back sport pages, then go back to the front and work my way through the more amusing stories. The sports section is pretty good. Most of the information printed is generally correct, unlike the it's main rival... Hotline is included within the sports section. This can be frustrating to read as it is people who have phoned in who's often opinions are printed. Most of which are from people who don't really watch sport it seems. The Daily Record is home to my two favourite columnists - Tam Cowan and the recently recruited Frankie Boyle. My least favourite columnist being Jim McLean who I generally...

Wils0408n 20.11.2008 · Read review
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* Girls Aloud On The Record *

Advantages: GA Must Have , Entertaining
Disadvantages: Becomes A Bit Repetitive

...Girls Aloud are a British girlband consisting of five members ; Nadine Coyle , Cheryl Cole , Sarah Harding , Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh. Girls Aloud were formed on the reality television show ; Popstars The Rivals in 2002. Since then they have become a huge success. To date they have had eighteen top ten singles , including three number ones. Their style of music consists of pop and electro pop. Girls Aloud : Off The Record was actually a six-part series that Girls Aloud recorded for E4. The series was then released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2006. The show comes under the reality-tv genre. The show follows Girls Aloud on their day to day life as part of one of Britian's top girl bands.. It wasn't until recently that I knew about this DVD when I saw it sitting on a shelf in Woolworths for £6. I enjoyed watching this...

xdonzx 15.10.2008 (16.10.2008) · Read review
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Review of Girls Aloud - Off The Record (DVD) (DVD)

Not quite a record service!!

Advantages: Tracking service for letters & parcels
Disadvantages: Items can get lots or get delayed!

...***RECORDED DELIVERY SERVICE*** This service is offered by the post office to ensure important items get sent and signed for when they have reached their destination. With this service you also check online, the status of your parcel/item and where it currently is. You can use recorded delivery First or Second class, and if you sue first class most items will get to the destination the following day. Recorded signed for delivery includes the following things: * Proof of Posting - Should you need to make a claim for lost items or prove to the recipient that the item was posted. * Signature on delivery - To prove that your item got to the destination safely. * Online confirmation of delivery - This is great to check where your parcel is and to see if it has been delivered or not. * Up to £36 compensation - Great for small valuable...

kiss_me2070 25.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Royal Mail Recorded Signed For 1st / 2nd Class

Guinness World Record Breaker!

Advantages: Good variation of mini-games
Disadvantages: Can lose its appeal to adults quickly

...As a child I used to get a Guinness Book of Records every year for Christmas so I've always been quite interested in the whole idea of the records. When I saw that there was a Videogame dedicated to the records, I could not resist. The game begins by giving you the option to choose a character which you can customise in a way similar to that of the Miis. Clothes, hair colour, accessories and, of course, name. At this point, I must say, mine looks pretty damn cool. Once you have made the introductions you are straight into the action. There are around 40 mini-games available to play but you have to 'unlock' them by completing the basic games and earning enough to points to play the more advanced ones. The games are all fairly easy to play but sometimes the instructions are not explained clearly enough and you have to figure it out as...

dandadda 20.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Guinness World Records (Wii)