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Rockula wrote:Arthur Comics (a.k.a. Snivelling Shits) - Isgodaman

Was that the band Giovanni Dadomo was in? He was a good music journalist back in the day.

TV Stars by the Skids
"ALBERT TATLOCK!!!"

So the attack in Woolwich had absolutely nothing to do with a million dead in Iraq caused by Bush and Blair in a pointless war that was just about oil? Are you serious? I'm aware of the Islamists who can't be appeased but it's really no surprise that some want revenge for what's been done in our na...

Some enlightened views on here, nice work chaps. Enlightened, maybe. Depends from where your sources of enlightenment are derived. The media determine what's reported from abroad and it's mostly a minute or so of "news" then interpreted at length by a correspondent or expert. The fundamen...

Alexinblack's enthusiasm for all things Stranglers.

The Raven is a beautiful piece of work, but all of the recognisable "anthems" are from other albums.
Difficult to compare a single with an album but in the spirit of this poll I'd plump for NMH as the greatest moment.

Rockula wrote:I have to say that JJ's bass and Dave's keyboards are what MAKE The Stranglers sound for me.
As long as they are both in the band I'd go see them.
But I'd also go and see then doing solo stuff if that's what they chose to do.

That sums it up quite nicely.

Just out for a walk after an early stack Not looking for trouble, not watching my back Mothers with prams holding hands with their kids Not paying attention to the car as it skids Caught completely off guard not expecting what comes One man with a knife another with guns No chance of defence no cha...

Quite often when instances like this happen there is a tendency to over react which doesn't deflect from the barbarity of yesterday's events. I never understand why some people are keen to eradicate our civil liberties on the back of these attacks as one of the objectives of terrorism is to play to...

The values they despise aren't just Western, they are Eastern, Muslim, Christian etc. Human values in fact. We can't go to war against an idea, however vile it is. It was another horrific act of terror that reminds us we are at constant war with extremists of whatever persuasion. It's a weakness (o...

It was another horrific act of terror that reminds us we are at constant war with extremists of whatever persuasion. It's a weakness (or is it a strenghth?) of Western Civilisation that we try to understand and address what motivates these people. If we acknowledged that we're at war and adopted war...

Good blog.
Quirky.