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- cable (we don't own a TV)
- paper towel: instead we use dishcloths or towels
- deodorant: I make it (recipe here)
- cars, car insurance, gas & maintenance: we use our bikes, our feet, transit & sometimes Modo carshare
- disposable diapers or wipes
- shampoo or conditioner: it's been just over a year since I went 'no poo' & switched to baking soda & apple cider vinegar
- shaving cream
- glass cleaner: vinegar & water with a drop or two of dish soap works great
- music
- mouthwash: salt water is great for this, particularly if you're sick
- newspaper or magazine subscriptions
- frozen meals (except the occasional pizza)
- pads or tampons: I've used a DivaCup or occasionally LunaPads for a long time now
- books, real or digital (excepting Sprout's)
- paper napkins
- DVDs or video games
- dryer sheets or fabric softener
- manicures, acrylic nails, waxing, etc.: I just don't do this stuff these days--never really did before
- hair products
- hair cuts for Oli: he or I buzz it with our clippers
- extended warranties
- bottled water: not only is it expensive, wasteful & often less clean than Vancouver tap water, plus it's sitting around in plastic which can leach more chemicals into it
- kleenex: we use toilet paper or washable hankies/wipes
- hair colour
- wrapping paper: I make fabric gift bags or wraps or reuse gift wrap/bags that have been given to us
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Why Monday lists? Reading the lovely Chloe's blog, Tea Swamp Park, I found an idea I had to 'steal': a list of all her Halloween costumes, with quite a few photos. She got the idea from Hula Seventy's List Project. I've decided to do the weekly lists for a year that Hula Seventy is doing.
I have a question. You say you don't pay for music is that because you don't buy new music?
ReplyDeleteHere is another blog you might enjoy: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/
We don't really acquire music in any form anymore, aside from the occasional CBC podcast. I stopped buying CDs years ago & even the last few that I did tended to be directly from merch tables at festivals or gigs. I got tired of giving $15 to record labels & $1 to the artist.
DeleteMost of the time we listen to music on the radio or on free streaming sites. Occasionally we get CDs from the library, but that's usually for Sprout. Once in a while we'll drag out one of our old CDs & play it on Oli's laptop. I think this is the way things are going & people are not going to 'own' music in the future.
Really? I can't imagine not owning music. I only want to hear what I want to hear so playlists are extremely important to me. Do you really think with digital sales the artists are not getting more money? What if they sell directly from their own websites? If people don't buy music how do artists get compensated?
DeleteI like podcasts & the radio for introducing me to music I might not have heard before. I have been making playlists for YouTube videos, but that's not necessarily a great source of music in terms of sound quality.
DeleteI did a quick bit of googling to find some numbers. Looks like artists going the traditional route of find a big label, let them promote you & sell albums through retailers make 10% or less whether it's online or brick & mortar stores.
There's an interesting infographic on the breakdown of a CD here: http://articles.clickitticket.com/MoneyMusicandPiracy.asp
Here's another infographic I found on the percentages that go to artists comparing various types of media. It shows artists selling on iTunes getting 9.4% of the total song/album cost, which is a bit less, actually, than selling an actual CD at a store.
I think a big issue with the music industry is that as a whole, they're still in denial about the fact that everything's going digital. All the music execs & others who make tons of money off artists are going the way of the dodo.