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Looks like the party is a complete disaster, I have turned to drowning my sorrows and belting out the comforting tunes of Stranglers In the night. hooray!!
(at least it's better than last fucking year).

Now you can always rely on the BBC for the answer ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8436194.stm Sorted! :shock: :lol: :lol: nice article. I'd like to make the impossibly egotistical claim of inventing the phrase "tensies". I am busting with pride seeing it mentioned in an article on...

aw shucks.

yep I'm havin a party but I'm not going to be too disappointed if people have already made plans...

NYE is my birthday so I'm having some friends round. If not enough people come round (likely, cos they've mostly gone to see their parents etc) I shall probably be found down the Waterfront having a dance.

I thought it was the Tensies.
Like the name of the song by the fantastic pop group Parasite, out 1/1/10....

STRANGLERS GIG OF THE YEAR N/A (I have been skint pretty much all year) STRANGLERS LIVE SONG OF THE YEAR N/A STRANGLERS EVENT OF THE YEAR Announcement of a new bloody single at last. HUGH CORNWELL GIG OF THE YEAR N/A HUGH CORNWELL LIVE SONG OF THE YEAR N/A NON STRANGLERS/HUGH GIG OF YEAR Ultravox - ...

My tip is towork out the chord progression and then play a load of arpeggios. The difficult bits are when it's not pure arpeggios. The other week I finally worked out Strange Little Girl and I felt quite smug. I've almost got No More Heroes, but I can't do the keyboard runs or solos very well due to...

theraven1979 wrote:Link?

Smells of bullshit

Jim

I thought it was quite blatantly a joke so I have not felt the need to comment.
It quite a funny one, I'll give you that.

Great review, and that's cool to hear they played "Back to the Sea", News and Tributes is my favourite album of theirs.
I still don't know why "Favours for Favours" or "Fallout" weren't singles.

The Nosferatu wrote:by saying lolocaust, are you making light of the holocaust ?

no, it's a phrase going round. I'm making light of the phrase because it's stupid.

dan-electro wrote:Saw this on you tube isn't that Baz on bass with the green jacket? Hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9_REuJnDgc

lolocaust.

thanks for sharing!
v tuneful, I'll have to keep an eye for the DVD.

APOLLO79 wrote: Both are cunts.

That possibly is the best answer to this whole thread.

I've had a couple of bevvies myself btw.