So the most productive musical thing I did this weekend was help Marty buy a guitar. Although I'm very proud of myself for not buying the 7-string Ibanez S-series they had in there. There's something rotten in the state of Denmark Street though... a good few of the music shops have closed or consolidated onto the same premesis and the ones that remain are no longer holding anything like the same amount of stock as they used to. Not sure if this is an attempt to batten down the hatches in advance of the looming recession ("luxury" goods often being one of the worst hit areas) or a sign that said economic doom is already upon us but either way it's very, very sad.