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by zontar
13 Dec 2009, 02:06
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Favourite Serial Killer ?
Replies: 37
Views: 1818

Re: Favourite Serial Killer ?

With multiple misanthropes to select, the poll still excluded hinterlands antiheo Gary Gilmore, memorialized in the early punk hit GARY GILMORE'S EYES. Fave serial snuffer: late 50's punk and dustman Charlie Starkweather. Inspired two fiims, the respected BADLANDS (w/Charlie Sheen and Sissy Spaceck ...
by zontar
12 Dec 2009, 08:15
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Favourite Rock books.
Replies: 43
Views: 2994

Re: Favourite Rock books.

A splendid feelbad holiday gift for yer mum: AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THIS LIFE by the mother of human trainwreck, Nancy Spungeon, infamous for sinking her claws into wastecase Sid Vicious. No lurid tell-all, just a heartfelt cautionary tale remarkably free of namedropping - well, the Pretty Things ...
by zontar
10 Dec 2009, 23:03
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Favourite Rock books.
Replies: 43
Views: 2994

Re: Favourite Rock books.

Agree on UP TIGHT. The interview material is skilfully collated enough that you quickly stop checking to see who was attributed to each quote. One of the collaborators, Warhol associate Victor Bockris, also aided John Cale in his autobio WHAT'S WELSH FOR ZEN? Cale can often be a self-pitying moper, ...
by zontar
01 Dec 2009, 01:47
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: WHAT THE FCUK ARE YOU LOT LISTENIN TO - When it's not the fucking Stranglers??!
Replies: 5622
Views: 882573

Re: WHAT THE FCUK ARE YOU LOT LISTENIN TO - When it's not the fu

DEBUT a collector's item? Dang it, donated mine to Goodwill - but not before I defaced the cover wth my customary "Death to eBay profiteers."
by zontar
26 Nov 2009, 20:29
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Seal
Replies: 25
Views: 1747

Re: Seal

Don't slag seal regarding his compamy. He's selective about his chum.
by zontar
24 Nov 2009, 00:48
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Seal
Replies: 25
Views: 1747

Seal

Just rec'd a come-on from Amazon.co.uk: "We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated music by the Stranglers have also purchased HITS (standard version) by Seal. For this reason... Seal may be a talented fellow, but, I mean, COME ON. If I ordered a collection of sea chanteys, would...
by zontar
23 Nov 2009, 04:55
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Who is making you laugh at the moment?
Replies: 108
Views: 50307

Re: Who is making you laugh at the moment?

That would be three saps led by a guy named Moe. The Stooges 3 always do it for me. I try to take in a two-reeler daily, like vitamins. Their output wasn't art, but where else could you witness a gorilla firing a machine gun? I consider them to be comedic absurdists, but Moe Howard deemed them "...
by zontar
23 Nov 2009, 04:30
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Paypal
Replies: 6
Views: 581

Re: Paypal

You're correct, JB, the "dear customer" line is a giveaway that it's bogus. Same deal w/eBay.
by zontar
03 Nov 2009, 00:58
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Always the Sun - The Horse
Replies: 18
Views: 1028

Re: Always the Sun - The Horse

Horse finished so late, the jockey was wearing pajamas.
by zontar
01 Nov 2009, 20:46
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: WHAT THE FCUK ARE YOU LOT LISTENIN TO - When it's not the fucking Stranglers??!
Replies: 5622
Views: 882573

Re: WHAT THE FCUK ARE YOU LOT LISTENIN TO - When it's not the fu

Whoah, TBC, Metal Box. Unique in its time. Used to rise a half hr early fer work to ingest two sides.

WOT A SAP I WAS!
by zontar
19 Oct 2009, 02:32
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: The first film that scared the crap out of you...
Replies: 64
Views: 3614

Re: The first film that scared the crap out of you...

Nah, "The Pit..." was helmed by US indie god Roger Corman, though he openly admitted being motivated by Hammer.