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Five Minutes wrote:People who are so thick ignorant and lazy that you have to explain every fucking thing you say to them

Can you run that by me again - can't quite get your drift

Getting beaten again by Germany (with or without penalties) ...

Pork scratchings - food of the devil.
Phil Collins - the music the devil listens to while eating pork scratchings.

Finished the Morrissey  autobiography last night and have to say it was a brilliant read. I always thought of him as great British eccentric admired only be we foible-understanding fellow Brits but it is revealing how, just like a prophet is never regarded in his home town, he seems to be far more ...

Just finished Inferno by Dan Brown,thought it was good,I know I'll get a slagging for this as I suspect lots of folk on here will think Dan Brown is crap etc but I like him to be honest.Before that I read a Mark Billingham novel called Lazy Bones which I thought was very good,first time I've read a...

New Arcade Fire album - yes, oh yes.

Wake Up by Arcade Fire. Brilliant track, brilliant band.

Springsteen - Born To Run
The Clash - Garageland
The Jam - When You're Young
The Killers - Mr Brightside
The Ramones - She's The One
The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere
Dexys - What's She Like
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Muse - Time is Running Out
Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone

Agree with Elvis - this was a great show and a big improvement on the Birmingham show I saw the week before. The sound was great (which always helps) and the band were in high spirits throughout. In my experience the band's mood is often a reflection of JJ's and last night he was in a playful zone w...

Teenage dreams so hard to beat... Finally got round more than 25 years later to putting my old band's music (well two tracks of a not very glittering career of it) on cyberspace. The band were called The Classified Ads and as you will see from this video I made sure The Stranglers loomed very large....

One of the best albums ever made by one of the best bands ever (both on 'viynl' and on stage). Great piece about them in this month's Uncut...

PS What's She Like is their magnus opus but see if you can find a version of their cover of Respect online. Magnificent.

Brilliant pix, comments and wine reviews. Thanks chaps - glad you had a good time. Thre rest of us? We just got very, very wet.

PS Best pic of Piegon ever!