Wall of Mouths

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17001548

Whitney Houston anyone?

Stories and Shame on you by the Wildhearts

Also Nothing Ever Changes But the Shoes by the Wildhearts and Kicking my Heart Around by the Black Crowes.

Don’t you think it would be like a one night stand with an ex-girlfriend?

Yeah - good to see what’s changed, but not the same as it was first time round.

I still would though.

(Babyteeth and Pleasuredeath I mean)

In other news - I absolutely love love love the album.

motherh666 wrote:

Loving it. *sneaks back into the shadows*

With your little book, with your little book, with your little book, you’re hiding in the shadows?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16911310

Anyone have this guy? I think he was on an old list of mine, but not recently

Nothing from Amazon yet, so iTunes it is.

Fuck.

Where to start.

The absolute best thing about Therapy? Is their total and utter mastery of developing and changing their style with each and every album. I knew what this album was going to sound like, I KNEW it. I was totally totally wrong, so I had to listen to it. You know, properly listen to it.

I listened 3 times and I’m scared, paranoid and uncomfortable. It’s a quite unsettling piece of music. It took me years to properly get SPYF, but it’s my favourite album. This is a great album. I need to listen to it more and more, but I do most of my listening in the car and on my own, and I’m not sure it’s an album to listen to unless there’s someone to look after you after.

Brilliant?

How bad is it that I heard the news on Radio 1 earlier and instinctively fist pumped the air and shouted yes?

I’m going to Hell aren’t I?

Well I had a pretty poor year last year. Let’s see if I can’t do better this time round.

1) Kirk Douglas
2) Margaret Thatcher
3) Zsa Zsa Gabor
4) Chuck Berry
5) Abdelbaset Ali al Megrahi
6) PD James
7) Fidel Castro
8) Prince Phillip
9) Etta James
10) Dennis Healey
11) Hosni Mubarak * Wildcard*
12) Sir Peter Tapsell (MP for Horncastle and Louth)
13) Peter Sallis
14) Dame Vera Lynn
15) Lady GaGa
16) Russel Brand
17) Robert Mugabe
18) Joanie Laurer (Chyna from WWE - history of mental health problems/suicide attempts and now a full time “porn star/stripper/escort”)
19) Abdullah the Butcher
20) Bobby Heenan

Let’s see how that pans out!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/15698271

I’m ridiculously excited about this. My dead best friend’s favourite band and I promised I woudl definitely go and see them if they ever reformed again.

I’m SO there!

James with a full orchestra and choir at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester - absolutely brilliant! Totally different to the normal gig experience, but even had crowds of people Manc dancing in the aisles before the end. Superb

Belgians. It’s all waffle with you people!

I used to work in Preston, I’ve jusst changed jobs and now work in Leeds. I live somewhere between the 2 (not far from Gav)

I went to Uni in Leeds and lived and worked there for a while after. It’s ace!

Saturday night IS The Cockpit - it’s a hole but it’s my favourite hole in Leeds. The Vic is the best pub in Leeds, although the Scarborough near the station is good too. The Metropole is a good bet for central Leeds. North Bar is good for the fashionista.

I’m busy all weekend I’m afraid, but hope you have fun!

I was banking on an elderly natural causes death like Pol Pot, who, let’s face it was considerable worse.

@DavidJamesonUK how very dull

University admissions have expanded too much too quickly and there are too many universities offering degrees with too little value. The whole higher education sector need to contract and rebuild slowly. Unfortunately this will manifest itself through some smaller universities in smaller towns and cities struggling to fill numbers and most likely failing. In the meantime courses and lecturers will continue to be seen as a purchesed commodity and minimum standards will be expected. More and more professional academics will be complained about and sued when students don’t pass the course to their satisfaction.

Social mobility will no doubt be impaired as a result of higher fees, some institutions will continue to thrive on basket weaving with media studies degrees for rich kids. The loss of some of the weaker courses will not be a bad thing.

It’s very hard to believe that Babyteeth was their first album. It’s so very very good. Not a weak moment on it.

Reaeally - 2 years ago? I’m pretty sure OCFA was a coaster by now - can’t remember the last time I dug it out in fact.

Timber is excellent - I’ll reserve judgement until we have another album or 2 - it’s certainly top 3 or 4 though isn’t it?

Only if I head over the border to Rochdale Gav.

I saw Europe in Leeds on Saturday. It was the cheesiest gig I think I’ve ever seen, but good fun.

A lot of 30-40 year old men with beards, glasses, long hair and Journey T-Shirts who looked like they still live with their mums. We got on great!

I’m getting married on the 17th September. Ace.

I’ve been charged £150 this month. I called them and asked if they would mind not charging me for a bit so I can sort it “well you go overdrawn every month”

Yes, because you cunts keep charging me!

They used to do a five cover bak in the day - was class!

Ranting about banks.

I have no money so I go overdrawn
I’m overdrawn so they charge me
Because the charge is paid out whilst I am overdrawn I get charged for paying a bill when I am overdrawn.
So because I have no money, I now owe them £50.
Which means I have no money so I go overdrawn
And the cycle repeats and exacerbates until I really really have no money.

If I didn’t have a bank account:

I have no money
I get paid
I have money.

new album! wow. might even be worth a live show

Oh fuck! That’s seriously nasty - he’ll be lucky to get out of that alive.

You’re right though - very Slayer-y disease

Sweet Jesus, did that guy ever find his lost Prozac?

Entertaining though the lunatic fringe conspiracy theorists are, I see we have little option but to believe our government and intelligence agencies if they say there are justifiable reasons to go to war. It may be unpalatable and it may not be the easiest thing to do, but how many 7/7’s have been stopped through the course of the military action? I know some people in the intelligence community, and although they never discuss their work, I know they work incredibly long hours and can be very busy.

As for the poor soldiers - I was on a train with 2 lads from Blackburn going to sign up for the first time recently - both about 17 - lovely guys, energetic, funny, genuine and excited. They’ll (hopefully) come out of the army well disciplined, trained and mature. much better than lurking in bus shelters smoking ratty fags through nicotine stained fingers and drinking cheap white cider. What would they do if they didn’t go into the army? Well there’s no jobs, and they can’t afford to go to Uni (who can?) so for them it is a viable career. I don’t fancy it myself, but all the more credit to them for doing it.

As for the Therapy? lads and their involvement in the war - let’s hark back to Not in Any Name from High Anxiety for a moment, the chorus speaks for itself and

“My Grandfather, was cannon fodder, to think he died for the likes of you” is pretty self-explanatory too. I don’t think you can even remotely claim that T? are pro-war.

I’m glad you’ve expressed your opinion and it’s provoked a rather deeper debate than the usual range of farting, telly and nonsense, but I think there are some big inaccuracies in what you’re claiming.

Are they meant to be lumpy?

I’ve decided today that I do like Chutzpah! after all.

I have to draw a diagram on an eyeball for an assignment, and the CD makes the perfect template to sketch around.