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SKARLETT TROUSERS
£51.99-£55.99
If you fancy yourself a bit of a dancefloor diva
then what says ‘snake hips’ better than a pair
of kecks with snakes slithering up to your
hips? Also note the rather cool (if somewhat
inconvenient) skull buttons above the ankles.
https://tinyurl.com/serpent-hips

MINECRAFT FRIDGE MAGNETS
£9.99
If you’ve never understood why baddies
keep breaking into your house on Minecraft
(something to do with where you place the
torches, right?), fear not. Pull a Machiavellian
AYREON http://tinyurl.com/minecraft-magnets
power move and bring the fight to the fridge.

INTO THE ELECTRIC CASTLE LIVE AND OTHER TALES:

WOODEN BOX

MASCOT
£137

POLARISING THEY MAY be, but Dutch prog rockers Ayreon have never
lacked for ambition, case in point being 1998’s gargantuan space opera concept
album, Into The Electric Castle. Part deadly Crystal Maze, part human origin story,
it drew in luminaries such as Sharon den Adel, Anneke van Giersbergen, and
ex-Marillion singer Fish to voice the various, questing characters – the latter two
reappearing for the 20th anniversary show in Tilburg. For the sturdy of hearing, TEXAS IS THE REASON
the whole event is being released, most spectacularly, in the form of this limited- £29.99
to-1,500 box set. Prise open its thick, handled wooden gates and within you’ll find This lavish tome from Bazillion Points digs
the album on three red/gold splatter vinyl discs, housed in a trifold, gold-foiled into the 80s Texas hardcore scene, with
sleeve; another vinyl picture disc featuring rehearsals and actor John De Lancie’s 200-plus photos of saucily named legends like
narration; a 44-page ‘Earbook’ with two CDs, two DVDs and Blu-ray; poster; set of The Dicks, Big Boys and Butthole Surfers, plus
10 postcards; and signed certificate of authenticity. A holy grail for true prog and essays from David Yow and Richard Linklater.
power metal crusaders! http://tinyurl.com/texas-reason
http://tinyurl.com/ayreon-box

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