Wall of Mouths

I think the last one I went to was Iron Maiden at the NIA in Birmingham.

Very good, but I’d love to have seen them somewhere less soulless.

Before that…I think it was Adam Ant at the O2 in Brum.. very, very good. Legend. Relied very heavily on his first album - which is a good thing, I should add. Stripped down, punky, rock n roll. Cack version of YMCA though - changed to A.N.T.S. :D Knobhead!

I’ve always had a “they’re really shit” spot for Van Halen, meself…

Epitome wrote:

Can I then hope for a Shameless re-issue one day, with a bonus disc including the never-heard title track :-)

I know most of you don’t appreciate Shameless, but that’s just because you’re all deranged ;-)

^ This.

Shamelss is a great album, one of my favourite T? releases.

I’ll get lambasted for this, but I’d much rather listen to Shameless these days than Troublegum.

I am currently listening to my first two new release purchases of 2012, namely:

Therapy? - A Brief Crack of LIght - I have commented in the dedicated thread, but needless to say I like it

Lamb of God - Resolution - Again, pleased with this one. Some interesting ventures into new pastures without being odd for the sake of it. I expect it will be a bit too melodic for some long-term fans..I’m anticipating cries of “sell out!”, and certainly it’s a more accessible album than some of their others. But…it’s very good.

Really impressed with this album.

It’s quite dark, and quite stark in some places too, so might be a “difficult” album to come back to a lot…but I think it’s great that a band that has been going so long can push forwards into different areas and still retain what it is that makes them what they are.

Liking the sense of space in this album, as much as anything else - some really stripped down moments.

Different enough from CT to be worth making, similar enough to not be a let down (CT was effin’ ace, after all!)

Yes, I like.

A very happy birthday to Mrs H. I shall be expecting a piece of cake.

Currently reading Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Eveyrthing. Fascinating stuff.

I did indeed. I thought it was really good. They’d changed a few things here and there from the books and it all seemed a bit rushed with each book compressed into two episodes, but despite that they did a good job of it. What did you think?

Congrats Divers!

And nice job, Squall! Which model’s that? And how does it sound with the Tele…?

Citizen Erased wrote:

Doh, bad luck!

Having upset my girlfriend by going off for the weekend with the cute girl at work and some other friends, I’m finally (semingly) forgiven by my girlfriend but the cute girl at work is barely talking to me - the minimum necessary to keep a working relationship going (thankfully, given that we work together), but aside from that is really acting in an unfriendly manner. Given that the trip away cost a few quid and a massive row, I’m inclined to think she’s being a cow. If there’s something more behind it, I buggered if I know what >:-(

Come on, you’re amongst friends now…there’s more to this story, isn’t there…?

Happy birthday Hoooooooooch!

Have a good ‘un ;)

Nope, he’s on a fairly long UK tour at the moment - must be the biggest tour he’s done for years and years

Adam Ant last night.

Set was loaded towards the earlier stuff, which is no bad thing, though it did mean I didn’t know quite a few of the songs. He’s on good form though and he’s still a great frontman, even if he is dangerously close to being a cross between Alan Carr and Benny Hill these days.

Happy 40th Matthias!

Saw the Manics last week and…bloody hell, I wasn’t expecting them to be so good!

JdB was on great form, vocal- and guitar-wise. Never heard him play the solos so closely to the recorded versions before.

Just three songs from the latest (and worst) album, and some nice surprises in the setlist.

Happy days!

Manic Street Preachers at Wolves Civic last Thursday - excellent, band’s on top form

Rush at NEC last night - Also very, very good. But what’s the point of paying through the nose for a seat when every c*nt stands up?!

*is consumed with an all-encompassing jealousy*

I know, it’s a right shithole innit?

*ducks*

yeah Happy etc etc Taunty Dan.
And all that.

If you must.

I haven’t got this one yet - I have their other live DVD’s and haven’t been disappointed with one yet.

this tour was the first time I got to see them live myself, so I’m especially keen to see this DVD.

Grohl comes across as such a great bloke, they are very, very good live and I really want to like them but…

…their music just leaves me cold.

I wish it left Kerrang! Radio cold too, cos they play waaaaaaaaay too much Foo Fighters..

Good work, Hooch! Hopefully I haven’t made you waste 30p… I enjoyed it, anyway!

Having watched the Big 4 DVD, it’s clear that the other three bands piss all over Metallica in terms of musicianship and tightness.

I have to say I hate Bellendonna-era Anthrax…letting Bush go was a very bad move in my book. I’d have settled for Dan Nelson, he sounds promising in the YouTube clips…but Joey..Nah, no thanks. I’m out.

In amongst all the bluff and bluster, I reckon there are some damn fine songs too.

Been listening to a lot of Lamb of God lately, but there’s only so long a 38 year old man can sulk about having to tidy his room, so I’ve moved on from them for now.

Oops just noticed the b/d greetings.

Many thanks everyone!

I had a lovely day looking round the Cotswolds nature centre…meeting my relatives, you might say.

I listened to Big Country and The Alarm on the way to work this morning, so feel free to take me out the back and shoot me.

hoochalobster wrote:

But without the footnotes it would pretty much just be the transcripts to three live shows, in which case you may as well watch the DVDs ;)

Am very happy to know that there’s another Jackson Brodie book - will have to snaffle it from my mum’s at the weekend (shh). Was the other one you read Behind the Scenes at the Museum? That was terrible (not that I read beyond the first 40 pages or so).

I think the book I didn’t like was Emotionally Weird. Which is such a crap name for a book it would have had to have been outstandingly brilliant to even get the balance back to zero, never mind get into plus figures.

As for Stewart Lee and the footnotes, this is quite true. Fortunately, I’ve not seen much of his stand-up stuff so a lot of this is new to me.
I DID see the routine in his last series where he went on about political correctness, which was sublime.
Interesting to read about his deliberately slow delivery and how he is as interested in the art of what he does as well as just the “jokes” themselves, for want of a better word.

Epitome wrote:

New series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle on BBC2 tonight :-)

Any good? As you might spot in the “What’s everybody reading?” thread, I’m halfway through his book.

Wanted to watch this but way too late for how tired I was last night. Will try to iPlayer it, if it’s there.

Next spot of watching will be some old Doctor Whos I got on DVD for my buffdee - Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee eras we’re talking here.

Ah but Hooch, you need to read the latest one too - called something daft like Started Early, Took The Dog. Also features Jackson Brodie.

I do like the Kate Atkinson ones with him in, didn’t like the other KA one I read…I forget what it was called though… Was a bit too “girly”, for want of a much better description.

I am currently reading Stewart Lee (him of Fist of Fun/ Lee And Herring fame) - “How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian”.
Interesting and veyr clever, just not sure it’s easy to warm to him as a person. And his use of extensive footnotes on almost every single page is starting to get very annoying, although I am sure if I ever wrote a book I would find myself doing the same thing…