Keying Foxtons Minis

Ah fuck off Foxtons with your 'punk' mini coopers and your A-level in Psychology mindgames and your refusal to let us view the flats we want to see. Estate agents are the gate-keepers to The Dream Home and you have to know the password to get in, otherwise they'll fob you off with studio flats on sink estates or million pound mansions in Edmonton. Foxtons are the Tescos of the estate agent world, the others might be not quite as awful, but they're much the same. The 14 year old boy from Ludlow Thompson (Sainsbury's) who came around to value my flat gave me the marketing spiel about how they always pick up potential buyers, how they're open on Sundays and how they don't play off buyers against each other. However, the 14 year old at our local LT office said he'd meet us at the place we wanted to view and refused to do Sunday, all the while claiming that the it was 'just a mistake on the website' that the flat stated 'under offer'. Squatting in an autonomous commune is starting to look more and more attractive.

[My own estate agent (Lidl) deals with everything by standard email so it can't give any bullshit to people wanting to see my flat].

Keying Foxtons Minis

Ah fuck off Foxtons with your 'punk' mini coopers and your A-level in Psychology mindgames and your refusal to let us view the flats we want to see. Estate agents are the gate-keepers to The Dream Home and you have to know the password to get in, otherwise they'll fob you off with studio flats on sink estates or million pound mansions in Edmonton. Foxtons are the Tescos of the estate agent world, the others might be not quite as awful, but they're much the same. The 14 year old boy from Ludlow Thompson (Sainsbury's) who came around to value my flat gave me the marketing spiel about how they always pick up potential buyers, how they're open on Sundays and how they don't play off buyers against each other. However, the 14 year old at our local LT office said he'd meet us at the place we wanted to view and refused to do Sunday, all the while claiming that the it was 'just a mistake on the website' that the flat stated 'under offer'. Squatting in an autonomous commune is starting to look more and more attractive.

[My own estate agent (Lidl) deals with everything by standard email so it can't give any bullshit to people wanting to see my flat].

Sweden is a scary place

Hej! This time last year, Fosca'd just come back from Sweden, a country seemingly populated by cute, young bicycle riding people who feel a lot of angst and drink a lot of alcohol. This makes it the perfect place for indie pop to flourish. Here is a round up of all the bonkers Swedish groups I have listened to lately:

The Zeitgeist - Baxendaley electropop
I'm from Barcelona - the Magic Numbers meet Architecture in Helsinki uptown
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names -  wondrous crazy
Lucky Misu - piano pop
Bobby Baby - cute smooth quiet synth tunes
Rough Bunnies - Moldy Peaches vs Beat Happening
Slagsmålsklubben - casio madness
Club 8 - the original Svenska indiepop
Irene - trumpet-filled feelgood music to bop to in the bedroom
South Ambulance - Sarah-esque jangles

and of course, the ever lovely Jens Lekman.

Catchy Tunes of Sweden blog
Swedes please blog

Sweden is a scary place

Hej! This time last year, Fosca'd just come back from Sweden, a country seemingly populated by cute, young bicycle riding people who feel a lot of angst and drink a lot of alcohol. This makes it the perfect place for indie pop to flourish. Here is a round up of all the bonkers Swedish groups I have listened to lately:

The Zeitgeist - Baxendaley electropop
I'm from Barcelona - the Magic Numbers meet Architecture in Helsinki uptown
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names -  wondrous crazy
Lucky Misu - piano pop
Bobby Baby - cute smooth quiet synth tunes
Rough Bunnies - Moldy Peaches vs Beat Happening
Slagsmålsklubben - casio madness
Club 8 - the original Svenska indiepop
Irene - trumpet-filled feelgood music to bop to in the bedroom
South Ambulance - Sarah-esque jangles

and of course, the ever lovely Jens Lekman.

Catchy Tunes of Sweden blog
Swedes please blog