Average spending per week in Bristol

I still think 'Gong' is one of their best.

Such a raw tune. In fact I'm going to wake my family up with it now.

Reply 41

Peppercorn

'Gong' is a wonderful piece...
...though as far as that kinda music goes, I reckon there's much better out there. GY!BE, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, 65daysofstatic and all that.

Reply 42

I frickin love 65daysofstatic (The Fall of Math would get in my top ten albums of all time), but really they sound nothing like Sigur Ros. Just because they are lumped in with the "post-rock" tag don't make them similar.

Godspeed I love as well. I used 'East Hastings' in a short film I made a few months back. I got everything they've ever released in a rather nice torrent a year or so back. Great stuff.

Mogwai I like odd tracks, Explosions in the Sky I never really got into.

Reply 43

GY!BE have some really amazing tracks. check out:

Moya
Glass Museum
Providence
East Hastings (you mentioned already, v good.)

never heard of Mogwai...who?! and where can i listen to it?

Reply 44

Mogwai, Scottish post-rock band.

Get Young Team, it's their only album worth bothering with really.

Reply 45

kazap

after rent, I got by on about £40 a week - which was hard going but I didnt want to max out my debts. Its really worth thinking about. I used to purchase a bottle of wine (2.99 somerfield) and down that and head out at 9 or so, keeping a few quid for entry somewhere, maybe one drink. Taxis home was a luxury - geesh the number of times I walked home...! But at least in Bristol you can for the most part.

In later years I earned a bit more over summer and upped my spending to a more comfortable £70-80. I used to know people who killed 1-200 a week though, mostly on credit cards and loans etc, they are still paying for it :frown:

Reply 46

Yay, let's have a lifetime of debt :smile:

Reply 47

just declare yourself bankrupt when you leave university :biggrin:

Reply 48

Or move to another country, you never have to pay back your tuition fees that way :biggrin:

Reply 49

ever heard of 'extradition' :biggrin:

be wise when you choose the country. France, Germany, China and Japan (YEY!) protect their people against extradition :biggrin:

EDIT: although first i must become japanese....

Reply 50

diamond_fire

I think I may die, I have already eaten £700 into my overdraft on books / necessary things for uni like new shoes and a garlic press.

Tbh I can see myself spending far too much of my loan during freshers week. Goodbye money.

Does anyone know whats going on with Freshers Week? Some of my friends have got plans of whats happening during their fresher's weeks...Ive heard nothing!

Reply 51

We got a fresher's thing from our hall.

It's all organised by them.

Reply 52

the victory james

It's all organised by them.

lame.

how about a party at my flat instead. BYOB.

Reply 53

Ive eaten about 1200 pounds into my over draft, shag!

Reply 54

My overdraft is as yet, intact.

I have only had it for like a week, so plenty of time to decimate it.

Reply 55

rosieposy87

1

I'm not liking this overdraft thing at all. You go to your bank, it says you have £1000- but that's not your money! That's someone else's money you eventually have to pay back! No wonder students get into debt when it says you have money you don't! Goodness me!

Reply 56

brabzzz

14

Get battered before you actually leave the house and it becomes much cheaper. Wine/coke, vod/orange etc. A cheap night and you know exactly what colour it's gonna be when you yak it all up again! :smile:

If you're catered, you can get buy on less than £10 a week food wise. Less if you nick what you need for lunch from breakfast. You can also 'borrow' plates, cutlery, milk and other stuff there.

You don't need books - that's what the library is for. Only buy the ones you really need, and don't do that until about easter time.

I was spending £lots for the best part of a year. 4 heavy night out a week and an expensive hobby at weekends. It dropped considerably once i became hall bar manager.... :biggrin:

Reply 57

rosieposy87

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Getting drunk before you go out at uni is ace- SO much cheaper and cos everyone goes out so late anyway you're drunk for the rest of the evening.

Reply 58

rosieposy87

I'm not liking this overdraft thing at all. You go to your bank, it says you have £1000- but that's not your money! That's someone else's money you eventually have to pay back! No wonder students get into debt when it says you have money you don't! Goodness me!

We're gonna get into another "free" debate aren't we...

FREE MONEY

Reply 59