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BritGAF |OT5| Superb Birds, Absurd Turds and Disturbed Nerds
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JonathanEx
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You can sort of feel sorry for the writers of them, they've had to make up so much shit to fill these to do their job that they have to keep going even more fucking insane in terms of story to do something new. And then occasionally you do have a real person believe something and you have to speak to them as if they are in any way rational. And then twist and manipulate their story and add lies. Actually feel less sorry for them now thinking that through.
At least making up the letters page might be fun.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
That's our new band name right there, Jed.
I dunno, from my extremely limited interaction with her, she seemed a little bit snobby/uber-hip for my liking (and that's me saying that). A very London musician, you know the sort. Super talented though.
A little bit from Column A, a little bit from Column B.
Yeah I know what you mean. I've played a few solo female singer songwriters and I don't know if they're just rude or scared but trying to get a hello out of them is like trying to milk a cat. Must be something about the folk, it's so serious and shit.
Still, that cool/calm/totally derisive thing is pretty hawt. I'd like Emmy to look at me with disdain.
Screaming Meat
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Everyone's a sucker for Femme Fatale.
It's not even specific to female singer/songwriters, it's just a large portion of London musicians that look down on the "provincial" bands. XD
NinjaBoiX
Member
This is the dream.Here's a picture of a generic family having some quality time in their new conservatory:
"Whoa, heavy."Haha, what you need is a time travelling bikini to sort this mistake out before you committed it!
Talent goes a long way. Primus for example, I really enjoy around half of their stuff, but some of it just seems like wanky noodling to me (and I can't stand Claypool's voice). But fuck if Brain and Claypool don't lay down that funk, that band have musical ability falling out of their pockets.
Nah, I found about three before I realised it was asking you to meticulously scroll around an entire map of the globe clicking on little images of pokeymanz. Yeah, no.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
It must be amazing, the writers must be full of seething contempt for their audience. I wonder if there's any other form of media where the authors so obviously hate and think so little of their audience?
I think these publications must be doing bad things to their audience's brains but I don't know if I can articulate it in a way that is horribly offensive to all women (eg this this why women are so stupid - no wait I didn't mean it like that, please don't hurt me Musha!!)
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I sort of feel the same about Queen. Great musicians, amazing songwriters, but for the love of all that is pure and holy keep that filth away from my ears.
Love a bit of Primus though. That shit is fun.
Fucking hell, I just read the Mandrake summary for this thread. I knew CobraGT had some 'wacky' views from prior posts, but this thread looks like it'll be golden. Must find time to read all 17 pages at some point.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
It's genius, isn't it? The guy is a nut job.
There is a guy who makes gaming side OTs like that. Ground Zeroes was one.
dapperbandit
Banned
Just read that conspiracy thread.
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen here.
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen here.
What a crazy ride that thread was. Love the ending. Dat Mandrake is a genius.
Amazing!
Amazing!
Musha_Soturi
Member
It really is possible, London isn't as expensive as people who don't live here make it out to be. I have friends who are on under £25K who manage just fine.
But yes, you should come to the meet, it's always a blast.
I got them all bar one, couldn't get the last one. Apparently it moved about a lot and only appeared at certain times.
No you have a point, people who read these sorts of magazines are stupid. But it's not just women, some men read them too.
dapperbandit
Banned
That conspiracy thread reminds me of Speed.
Instead of a bus that blows up if it goes below a certain speed, a deranged user has to keep delivering wacky slave trade denial posts or he gets banned.
You can see he was banned only after he left the thread and had stopped entertaining everyone.
Instead of a bus that blows up if it goes below a certain speed, a deranged user has to keep delivering wacky slave trade denial posts or he gets banned.
You can see he was banned only after he left the thread and had stopped entertaining everyone.
When I used to be all social and sceney I met so many people like this. To be honest, the only thing that comes to mind is 'twat'.
Yeah, but it was a bit of a con. You had to also follow the Google Maps Twitter or Google+ account (for up to the minute Google Maps news that you're all dying to know!) to know that they had a specific page on Google+ that you needed to respond to between some set dates and news about it only broke out after the deadline.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Did you play much yourself? I can imagine you doing some serious Derek Bailey-esque shredding over a delicately distorted Drum N Folk backing, whilst Prince-style synths and vocals wail over the top.
I'm spot on, right?
EDIT: Avant-Drum 'N' Folk Synth Pop, has a nice ring to it.
Drum 'n' Folk sounds like an awesome genre.
Yes.
Actually, I tried that for a while. I also played in a 'band' that wanted to be Interpol and one that wanted to be Pixies.
Oo bugger I also produced some hip hop tracks too. But the rapper I worked with was a moron. I've lost them though, I'd definitely share them.
But I ditched all that a while ago and decided I was only going to play country twangy guitar and/or R&B guitar (in the sense of Stax, Atlantic etc). Fewer notes, more feel, basically. I get distracted though and end up playing slooowwlly.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
You tried Avant-Drum 'N' Folk Synth Pop?!
EDIT: ...and Hip-hop? Really? Can we listen?
So you still play, right?
Honey, I tried everything.
I just need to find them. They're at my mum and dad's and I can't go back since I was booted out.
Edit- ish. I'm not really into making music at the moment.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Ah, fair enough.
I know it all sounds a bit fantastical but my parents were both working musicians and although we lived in a tiny house in the bad-ish part of Blackpool almost every room had some kind of musical instrument or recording equipment. We had something like two organs, 2 keyboards, about 5 or 6 guitars, a bass, a piano, a 4 track, some tape echo stuff, sequencers, amps, cabinets, a drum kit and so on. So as an only (and lonely) I had the run of some of them (not the Gibson!) and of my dad's music computer stuff - we had an Amiga which he used to use for scoring things.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Hey, I'm not doubting you. That "Honey..." bit just sounded sassy!
Sounds awesome. I'd love a set up like that for Evy Eris... well, mainly for me but her too! I just get her hitting cheap bongos and my beat up acoustic. Her eyes light up when the guitar comes out. So cute!
Ah, the Amiga. Must've been ProTracker, right? I loved that. I used to mess around with the Flashback score and Enola Gay.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
That's a shame, this is pretty great
And I do venture out of pop-punx a lot of the time, as surprising as that may be
And just because I feel the need to bring this up as much as possible and it's vaguely relevant, Feeder deserve more recognition. I mean listen to this shit. This is fucking rad.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
And I do venture out of pop-punx a lot of the time, as surprising as that may be
U LYING Y R U LYING
I can't at work, but I'll have a listen when I get back. I must admit did enjoy the first album waaaaay back in my yoot, mostly because I thought the bass player was funny. He was always so enthusiastic!
dapperbandit
Banned
Glam Folk
More of a Turbo Jazz Enthusiast myself
Changing the subject somewhat, I've been having rather odd dreams lately and there seems to be a running theme; death by animals.
On Sunday night I dreamt I was walking cobbled streets and alleways in an old French town. I don't know where I was or where I was going, but there was only one way to move on from where I was, and it involved walking past a lion. In that dreamy way that you understand things without seeing them, I knew that I could walk past the lion safely if I didn't show any fear. Yet every time I tried my knees trembled and the lion roared and chased me and presumably killed me because I had to try again. The lion chased me at least three times in the same dream.
Last night I dreamt that I was walking down Staines high street. I go clothes shopping with this strange person who would ask me to find wierdly specific items of clothing that I didn't believe would be there but sure enough, there's a white polo shirt with orange yellow and brown stripes. After the inane shopping bit, I return to the high street, only to see a whale swimming towards me with it's mouth open. I can feel it sucking in a current of water and I'm pulled in. Now, whales have this stuff called baleen, which is this thick comb-like filter that helps them eat plankton and krill. I found myself pushed by the force of the water against the baleen and was never able to swim against the force of the water.
Really vivid and bizarre.
If this continues my next one will probably look like this
More of a Turbo Jazz Enthusiast myself
Changing the subject somewhat, I've been having rather odd dreams lately and there seems to be a running theme; death by animals.
On Sunday night I dreamt I was walking cobbled streets and alleways in an old French town. I don't know where I was or where I was going, but there was only one way to move on from where I was, and it involved walking past a lion. In that dreamy way that you understand things without seeing them, I knew that I could walk past the lion safely if I didn't show any fear. Yet every time I tried my knees trembled and the lion roared and chased me and presumably killed me because I had to try again. The lion chased me at least three times in the same dream.
Last night I dreamt that I was walking down Staines high street. I go clothes shopping with this strange person who would ask me to find wierdly specific items of clothing that I didn't believe would be there but sure enough, there's a white polo shirt with orange yellow and brown stripes. After the inane shopping bit, I return to the high street, only to see a whale swimming towards me with it's mouth open. I can feel it sucking in a current of water and I'm pulled in. Now, whales have this stuff called baleen, which is this thick comb-like filter that helps them eat plankton and krill. I found myself pushed by the force of the water against the baleen and was never able to swim against the force of the water.
Really vivid and bizarre.
If this continues my next one will probably look like this
Hey, I'm not doubting you. That "Honey..." bit just sounded sassy!
Sounds awesome. I'd love a set up like that for Evy Eris... well, mainly for me but her too! I just get her hitting cheap bongos and my beat up acoustic. Her eyes light up when the guitar comes out. So cute!
Ah, the Amiga. Must've been ProTracker, right? I loved that. I used to mess around with the Flashback score and Enola Gay.
I know, I was just being defensive!
It was Ok from a creativity and bored horizon perspective. But terrible from a socialisation perspective and kind of deprived me of my parents (music was their life, perhaps a bit more than having a child) so don't make that mistake!!
Edit- no it was deluxe music! He decided to use it to score Greek folk backing tracks with his Greek friend (together they made up 66% of the blackpool immigrant community, the remainder being the Jamaican guy who lived on our road). Lots of fun trying to program it to understand 9/8 time.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
NOT LYING. GOING TO LISTEN TO PRIMAL SCREAM TO PROVE IT. THEN SOME HELL IS FOR HEROES.
Feeder are legitimately my favourite band. They've got the perfect combination of nostalgia 'cause they were the first band I liked and actually being genuinely great.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I'll try not to. I don't think my wife would let me anyway!
This is legitimately the best thing I've ever seen.
By God it better be Xtrmntr you're listening to or so help me I'll give you such a pranging...
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Feeder are aiiiight but first album Hell Is For Heroes is godly.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
A) Fuck off, Screamadelica yo
B) That's not even a word!
I'll allow it
RobotNinjaHornets seems to think Screamadelica is better than XTRMNTR.
Xtrmntr is so much better than everything else they ever did. But it's better than most things. Although Vanishing Point was Ok.
But Kill All Hippies, Shoot Speed, Mbv Arkestra, swastika eyes, blimey. That record is like a tank from start to finish.
Ah, a rare cover from one of James Herbert's earlier works that didn't quite take off.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Bobbie Gillespie: "Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be... IN THE ROLLING STONES! BUT MUCH MUCH SHITTER!"
*spattered, confused applause*
Puh-lease, girl.
This is exactly right. Kevin Shields made Primal Scream amazing.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
RobotNinjaHornets seems to think Screamadelica is better than XTRMNTR.
I'm not saying it's bad. But Pills. Pills yo.
And it could do without 2 versions of Swastika Eyes.
Nothing compares to Come Together/Loaded double up though. 17 minutes of fucking awesome.
You've confused Screamadelica and Give Out But Don't Give Up there pal
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Nope. I'm thinking of "Moving On Up" and "Sympathy for the Devil".
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
That's one song that's completely different from the rest of the album. Though I'd be impressed if The Rolling Stones had come out with Don't Fight It, Feel It or Higher Than The Sun
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
They wouldn't lower themselves
Disclaimer: I'm not even a RS fan! TEE HEE!
How dare you
Me neither
NinjaBoiX
Member
I think we can also agree that this is their best video:
Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
It's an absolute banger too, love it.
Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
It's an absolute banger too, love it.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Cannot wait for S2. The soundtrackand cinematography in the original series was astounding. Unfortunately the plotting unravelled a bit.
Yeah, all went a bit south at the end but looked and sounded great and I've watched far worse TV.
QuicheFontaine
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Nerdkiller
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