Three things that alleviated Christmas shopping hell in Cardiff on Saturday

1. My first visit to Spillers in ages for some post-ATP purchases, Melvins' Houdini and Deerhoof's Offend Maggie.

2. A rummage around a post-apocalyptic Borders in search of some diamonds in the rough of diet-yourself-dead and Sid Owen autobiographies being soundtracked briefly and somewhat unexpectedly by Fuck Buttons ('The Lisbon Maru', I think it was).

3. Jen overhearing one woman discussing possible Christmas presents with another: "Well, he doesn't even really use his nunchucks".