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Following my rant here and getting absolutely no response to my emailed complaint, I have now written to the company in question. I used the phrases 'shoddy merchandise' and 'appalling quality', as well as stating that I expected better from a product that sells for £7 a pop (and not mentioning I got it for £4 on Amazon, which is none of their business anyway...).

So, let's see what Random House customer service is like, shall we? ;)

And in other news, I just ordered my Christmas present to myself... not quite as pricy as last year's (so I might buy myself something more, if anything takes my fancy), but equally purple!

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Meanwhile, what's the point of cover songs that sound exactly like the original? If I wanted a song that sounds like the original, I'd... well, I'd play the original, wouldn't I?

I always thought the idea of a cover was to take the original and make it your own, not force yourself into the exact same working of it as when it turned up the first time around.

Yes, Oingo Boingo, I am looking at you and your so-called cover of 'Turning Japanese' which is apparently about masturbation though I have no idea where people got that idea from since it's a theory I'd never heard until last week and it seems a bit far-fetched to me... not convinced.