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Some cans of Miller lurking at the back there? Ready for use when he hits the winning goal tonite no doubt.
What is missing is the shelf above, with bottles of white wine cooling.
Veering back to the football, as I tend to, you can get 7/1 on Scotland tonite. That’s a record. And as of last night, their only takers were Danish based. Says it all.
Yes, I think you should. It is a Tuesday after all.
Incidentally, I’ve been meaning to ask. A little off-topic, and also a little late, given that it has now sold out, but are you partaking of T and the Pixies in July?
Fraid not, it seemed an awful lot of money for one band who split ten years ago and a whole load of bands who I know are bad and some bands who I don’t know at all. Are you going?
Course I’m going. I knew I was going the day I heard the Pixies were playing.
And please, put names to the bands you ‘know are bad’ and the ones you don’t know at all.
Bowie?
Strokes?
PJ Harvey?
Snow Patrol?
Chemical Brothers?
Franz Ferdinand?
Bowie - not a band, but a legend. In his own right.
Strokes - well I’d have them 2nd on the Bill to the Pixies, but hey. They had they’re own we zeitgeist cool for a while, but the 2nd album isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, there’s signs they could build on it.
PJ Harvey - You don’t care? I give up. I’m not her greatest fan by any manner of means, but I’d rather watch her than many others.
Franz Ferdinand - you’re being decidedly elitist here wee bro. I can tell now that when you hearthe album, it’ll be ‘nose in the air’ and ‘i just don’t see it’. They aren;t the greatest band going, or even the greatest Scottish band going, but when last did a Scottish band get so much hype? And deserve some of it? (That rules out Texas) And play a Scottish festival? It will be, I’m afraid, hailed as a defining moment. I’m afraid it’ll be compared to when Texas played, or something horrible like that. But it should be good.
Snow Patrol/Chemical Brothers/Strokes/Massive Attack - the great dilemma is which clsoing act to see on Sunday. You see that’s the beauty of festivals. 4 stages (or is it 5?) Don’t like Ocean Colour Scene. Quite right. They’re on stage 4. Go see someone-else.
As I say, I’m going for the Pixies. My top five bands of all time - New Order, The Pixies, The Stone Roses, the Smiths and either the Beatles or Talking Heads. And Bowie probably comes in at 7, he’s definitely top 10. But the whole festival line-up is cracking. Sure, I’d re-arrange it to suit me. The clsoing Sunday line-up is a real dilemma (tho as I’ll be at the main stage for the Pixies, the decision is probably the Strokes). But it’s as good as I’ve seen in a long while.
How am I being elitist?! All I said was ‘don’t know.’ That about sums it up, sure I said the other day that ‘I’ve not heard good things’ but I’m not ruling anything out or in, I don’t know. If you send me the album I’ll listen to it and then let you know.
I heard ‘Matinee’ on TOTP a wee while back, it seemed ok, probably a song that I could like. I thought that they looked totally out of place on TOTP in 2004 though, they looked like they should be on ‘The Tube’ (I can’t remember it, I wasn’t born, just from what I have heard though it sound like the sort of show I imagine they should have been on) in 1984.
Not that I base my music taste on what the people look like, as I said I liked the Strokes and look at them.
I’m not being elitist, you’re just drawing too much from some written words.
maybe I’m guilty of applying my mindset to you. I was certainly guilty when I was younger of almost wilfully ignoring a band I felt I’d missed the boat on - a sort of ‘damn I should have been listening to them a year ago when no-one else was, so I’m certainly not going to start now, type of bizarre attitude. It’s not one I recommend, but it was a common one. Gibb, Marc were also guilty of it. It took me years to break my Cure are bad fixation (I went to see them live stating they would be awful????), and it’s to my eternal shame that I resisted Ross Easton’s praises for the Smiths. It took sharing a room with Gibb, a boy who wore his hair in a quiff cos Morrissey did, to break that one.
Oh, and I made a horrendous mistake in my top 5. It is, of course, the Pixies, New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Radiohead. (in no particular order). Followed by Nick Drake, Talking Heads, the Beatles, Bowie and B&S. I think.
April 28th, 2004 at 11:16 am on the 28th of April, 2004
Some cans of Miller lurking at the back there? Ready for use when he hits the winning goal tonite no doubt.
What is missing is the shelf above, with bottles of white wine cooling.
Veering back to the football, as I tend to, you can get 7/1 on Scotland tonite. That’s a record. And as of last night, their only takers were Danish based. Says it all.
April 28th, 2004 at 5:10 pm on the 28th of April, 2004
just out of interest how did you know they were miller? and do you really expect him to hit a goal, let alone a winning one?
the wine tends to get kept in the other fridge in the lounge but I don’t drink much of that although I am learning.
I saw those odds and that nobody had taken them except Danes, gives me the impression you were reading the Metro today.
April 29th, 2004 at 12:06 pm on the 29th of April, 2004
How did I know they were Miller? Shall we say an educated guess?
As far as my football comment goes, I suggest you look up flippancy in the dictionary.
May 2nd, 2004 at 6:32 pm on the 2nd of May, 2004
Can I assume your fridge is less happy these days?
May 4th, 2004 at 3:51 pm on the 4th of May, 2004
you could, but you’d be wrong unfortunatley, i might work on it tonight
May 4th, 2004 at 4:11 pm on the 4th of May, 2004
Yes, I think you should. It is a Tuesday after all.
Incidentally, I’ve been meaning to ask. A little off-topic, and also a little late, given that it has now sold out, but are you partaking of T and the Pixies in July?
May 4th, 2004 at 4:18 pm on the 4th of May, 2004
Fraid not, it seemed an awful lot of money for one band who split ten years ago and a whole load of bands who I know are bad and some bands who I don’t know at all. Are you going?
A festval in Europe would be nice, got any ideas?
May 5th, 2004 at 9:15 am on the 5th of May, 2004
Course I’m going. I knew I was going the day I heard the Pixies were playing.
And please, put names to the bands you ‘know are bad’ and the ones you don’t know at all.
Bowie?
Strokes?
PJ Harvey?
Snow Patrol?
Chemical Brothers?
Franz Ferdinand?
Besides, music is only one part of a festival.
May 5th, 2004 at 9:34 am on the 5th of May, 2004
Bowie - not a band
Strokes - i don’t really care, liked them for a while though
PJ Harvey - don’t know, don’t much care to be honest
Snow Patrol - an exception, there’s one to every rule
Chemical Brothers - don’t like on the whole, some ok tunes
Franz Ferdinand - don’t know
The Libertines - definitely not
Scissor Sisters - don’t know, but not heard good things
Ocean Colour Scene, Black Eyed Peas, Wu Tang Klan, Basement Jaxx, do I have to go on?
May 5th, 2004 at 11:29 am on the 5th of May, 2004
Bowie - not a band, but a legend. In his own right.
Strokes - well I’d have them 2nd on the Bill to the Pixies, but hey. They had they’re own we zeitgeist cool for a while, but the 2nd album isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, there’s signs they could build on it.
PJ Harvey - You don’t care? I give up. I’m not her greatest fan by any manner of means, but I’d rather watch her than many others.
Franz Ferdinand - you’re being decidedly elitist here wee bro. I can tell now that when you hearthe album, it’ll be ‘nose in the air’ and ‘i just don’t see it’. They aren;t the greatest band going, or even the greatest Scottish band going, but when last did a Scottish band get so much hype? And deserve some of it? (That rules out Texas) And play a Scottish festival? It will be, I’m afraid, hailed as a defining moment. I’m afraid it’ll be compared to when Texas played, or something horrible like that. But it should be good.
Snow Patrol/Chemical Brothers/Strokes/Massive Attack - the great dilemma is which clsoing act to see on Sunday. You see that’s the beauty of festivals. 4 stages (or is it 5?) Don’t like Ocean Colour Scene. Quite right. They’re on stage 4. Go see someone-else.
As I say, I’m going for the Pixies. My top five bands of all time - New Order, The Pixies, The Stone Roses, the Smiths and either the Beatles or Talking Heads. And Bowie probably comes in at 7, he’s definitely top 10. But the whole festival line-up is cracking. Sure, I’d re-arrange it to suit me. The clsoing Sunday line-up is a real dilemma (tho as I’ll be at the main stage for the Pixies, the decision is probably the Strokes). But it’s as good as I’ve seen in a long while.
May 5th, 2004 at 12:10 pm on the 5th of May, 2004
How am I being elitist?! All I said was ‘don’t know.’ That about sums it up, sure I said the other day that ‘I’ve not heard good things’ but I’m not ruling anything out or in, I don’t know. If you send me the album I’ll listen to it and then let you know.
I heard ‘Matinee’ on TOTP a wee while back, it seemed ok, probably a song that I could like. I thought that they looked totally out of place on TOTP in 2004 though, they looked like they should be on ‘The Tube’ (I can’t remember it, I wasn’t born, just from what I have heard though it sound like the sort of show I imagine they should have been on) in 1984.
Not that I base my music taste on what the people look like, as I said I liked the Strokes and look at them.
I’m not being elitist, you’re just drawing too much from some written words.
May 5th, 2004 at 1:31 pm on the 5th of May, 2004
Ok,
maybe I’m guilty of applying my mindset to you. I was certainly guilty when I was younger of almost wilfully ignoring a band I felt I’d missed the boat on - a sort of ‘damn I should have been listening to them a year ago when no-one else was, so I’m certainly not going to start now, type of bizarre attitude. It’s not one I recommend, but it was a common one. Gibb, Marc were also guilty of it. It took me years to break my Cure are bad fixation (I went to see them live stating they would be awful????), and it’s to my eternal shame that I resisted Ross Easton’s praises for the Smiths. It took sharing a room with Gibb, a boy who wore his hair in a quiff cos Morrissey did, to break that one.
Oh, and I made a horrendous mistake in my top 5. It is, of course, the Pixies, New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Radiohead. (in no particular order). Followed by Nick Drake, Talking Heads, the Beatles, Bowie and B&S. I think.
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