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I had actually forgotten about that court case, and you are right, what he and Morrissey the consumer monkey did to the other two was wrong!
8/20/07 10:54pm
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I feel like I should back up my johnny marr - man-whore comments. I lost a lot of respect for him after the smiths court case, you remember when it turned out that morrissy/marr paid the other 2 guys 80 quid a week and gave them no royalties
8/20/07 7:23pm
The Bronze Badge
school milk was always rank, i dont drink milk anymore because of it. It always tasted a little odd, maybe our janitor used to wank into it or something
8/20/07 7:22pm
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Oh yeah, school milk in England finished about 1972, but I seem to remember that it went on in Scotland for much longer! I had a friend from Irvine who said he was put off milk for the rest of his life because the school janitor used to keep the school milk in the boiler room, and by the time the kids got it, it was all spoilt and curdled.
8/18/07 3:55pm
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Captain Scarlett beats both of 'em, but I like Steve Zodiac because essentially, he was in black and white, just like me!
8/18/07 3:53pm
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Yeah, there is a case for saying Johnny Marr is a musical man-whore, (it is a fun phrase top say full-stop) but anyone who makes a living out of music to a greater or lesser degree is to some extent. Show me a true musical purist and I will show you an anorak who will never emerge from his or her own bedroom. There are degrees of course, and Johnny does reside at the slutty street corner end of the scale. I liked his work with The The after The Smiths. Actually, the image of some hot indy band cruising up and down sunset hoping they will be able to pick up Marr for a few overdubs is an amusing one!
8/16/07 5:44pm
The Bronze Badge
Maggie stole my milk too! I only got it up till primary 3
I thought you would have long been finished school when it stopped. Although in Scotland in may have lasted longer.
I have a photo of me and maggie when I was three. She was only leader of the opposition at the time, but it was when she was campaging for election. I was more excited about getting to sit in a helicopter (she arrived in at and the pilot let me sit in his chair.
I thought you would have long been finished school when it stopped. Although in Scotland in may have lasted longer.
I have a photo of me and maggie when I was three. She was only leader of the opposition at the time, but it was when she was campaging for election. I was more excited about getting to sit in a helicopter (she arrived in at and the pilot let me sit in his chair.
8/16/07 12:34pm
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Thatcher was indeed our MP, and when she was Heaths education minister she stopped schjool milk. Around that time she visited our school, and my mate Jamie Lillis threw a carton of milk at her!
8/16/07 12:26pm
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Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers came from Finchley, as did I. Spike was involved in 'The Finchley Society', a group who vainly fought to keep local buildings of historical interest from being bulldozed to make way for yet another Tescos. When a local school dating from the early 1800s was due for demolition despite a preservation order, Spike and Sellers came and giftwrapped the building for the local council. It remains there to this day. (I thinK!) One time in the seventies, they drove through Finchley about 2 in the morning in an open top car, Milligan driving dressed as a storm trooper, Sellers dressed as Hitler standing up shouting orders. I always thought I would have liked Milligan if I had known him. In my last years in England I managed sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, who had played numerous Jazz and Poetry gigs with Spike in the early 60s. What he had to say about him did nothing to alter that opinion.
8/15/07 1:36pm
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My dad had spike milligans war memoirs. I loved those. I am a little young for the goon show, but I did listen to tapes of it.
8/15/07 10:02am
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I have one co-authored book out already about sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, the one in October is a history of the local Barn Theater ( a very niche market but I was hired to do it) and early next year I have one about Peter Green coming out. I am also in the planning stages of one with a working title of 'Life After The Music Industry'
7/30/07 12:22pm
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You are correct, Their bass player drowned in Spain while filming the video to 'Move Any Mountain'
7/30/07 10:30am
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The only thing I can remember about The Shamen before Ebeneezr Goode is that I read an article in the NME a year or two before that about how a member of the band had died in a freak swimming accident? Something like that anyway.
7/30/07 10:24am
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I have to say that my view of Simple Minds is coloured a little by an incident where John Martyn was supporting them at a show and tthe fans booed John throughout his set. Jim Kerr had a chance to say something to the crowd but chose not to. John didn't seem to care, but those of us who love him andn his music just felt very bad about the whole thing. I concede though, forget the 'Sign O the Times' cover, focus on the first few releases and they did do some good stuff
7/28/07 4:26pm
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thats ok, even the most perfect of us have imperfections..,., :p
7/28/07 9:48am
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I never claimed to be sane, but I never got Simple Minds I am afraid.
7/28/07 6:16am
The Bronze Badge
Your crazy, First few simple minds albums are superb
7/28/07 5:58am
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thanks for the track! I saw Little Feat on a Warner Bros package tour in the early 70s that also included The Doobie Brothers, Tower Of Power and Montrose
7/27/07 6:04am
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Things are good. My band have three gigs this weekend, my book comes out in October and I have recovered from a triple root canal without killing anyone!
7/25/07 9:12pm
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things are great
I got a new house, new furniture
how is it with you?
I got a new house, new furniture
how is it with you?
7/25/07 12:39pm
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Great mixtape and great to see you back here. Hope things go well for you.
7/25/07 12:37pm
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Yay, your back! As for The Kinks, I think that the version that was released in the USA as a single mentioned cherry cola, not the real thing, so it wasn't just Auntie Beeb, but I may be wrong. I used to love the fact that stuff could get by the beeb censors if they didn't understand it. When you think of some stuff that was banned from TOTP, yet 'Walk On The Wild Side' slipped through. Also, I recall the Who doing 'Who Are You' on TOTP when it was still a rock song and not just a theme tune, and Daltry getting the 'Who The Fuck Are You' line in, and no one who might object noticing. I suppose sometimes it is best to hide stuff in plain site. I worked with a guy in a wine store, and to prove a point, he put a sign in the window for about two hours which read "Would patrons kindly just fuck off." Not one person complained.
3/26/07 8:54am
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How is the move going? Looking forward to you being active on here again!
3/2/07 3:31pm
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let me get it together and then I will send you a link
2/6/07 7:00pm
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It was a bloody excellent mix, and it is a shame you missed the contest!
2/6/07 7:59am
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It is on twice
thats was a mistake, but I am sure you realise that.
And I thought I checked it carefully...
thats was a mistake, but I am sure you realise that.
And I thought I checked it carefully...
2/6/07 5:48am
The Bronze Badge
Its coming, I am struggling to be inspired.
but it will be up soon
but it will be up soon
1/24/07 7:03pm
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I just thought, I could have filled up one week of my mixtape almost with Bowie tunes. I could cover Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday anyhow!
1/23/07 11:03am
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No, not leaving, though my internet access will be painfully limited soon. Just having a very bad day!
1/22/07 9:23pm
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Yeah a theramin mixtape. So, Good vibrations x 20? :)
1/20/07 7:34am
The Bronze Badge
Oh I did get a pretty decent Chemikal Underground DVD with a pile of Arab Strap and Mogwai videos
1/16/07 9:07am
The Bronze Badge
You made it to level 20!!!
I was the worst; the only thing I listen to when I was home was a band called Wolf something or other; one of my friends was loving them. Sounded like Ozzy Black Sabbath; and to be honest if I wanted to listen to that, I would listen to Ozzy Black Sabbath
I did pick up some DVDs though! (TV shows; not music)
I was the worst; the only thing I listen to when I was home was a band called Wolf something or other; one of my friends was loving them. Sounded like Ozzy Black Sabbath; and to be honest if I wanted to listen to that, I would listen to Ozzy Black Sabbath
I did pick up some DVDs though! (TV shows; not music)
1/16/07 9:04am
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Cheers Mate. Glad you like my mix. It looks like the novelty value of having an old fucker like me on this site is fading, not many people seem to like my recent mixes. I still like doing them though. Did you get to check out any new UK music while you were home?
1/15/07 12:53pm
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I remember going to see Stardust just because Keith Moon was in it. That was my excuse anyhow!
1/12/07 7:06am
The Bronze Badge
Never saw stardust
but I did see david essex on the telly at christmas. He is looking old now
but I did see david essex on the telly at christmas. He is looking old now
1/12/07 5:47am
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Out trivia-ed indeed, so you know I have to have a come-back. Hendrix recorded Spainish Castle Magic flat on his back, an incident that was recreated in "Stardust", the very silly David Essex rockstar movie!
1/11/07 5:18pm
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I read you comment on Nick Drake lying on his back to record his vocal part. John Lennon did the same thing during Revolution (the B-side version)
Did I out trivia you????
Did I out trivia you????
1/11/07 2:26pm
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I truly miss the JP Festive Fifty. It was always a chance to hear stuff I wouldn't have thought of hearing, plus catch up with what The Fall had been up to!
12/25/06 6:50pm
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I looked again, and I do have 4 versions of john, I'm only dancing
I leave on Friday and will be gone till the 5th of January
So have a good Christmas and a better New Year! I'll be partying it up hard on Hogmany and I'll raise a glass to you then!
I leave on Friday and will be gone till the 5th of January
So have a good Christmas and a better New Year! I'll be partying it up hard on Hogmany and I'll raise a glass to you then!
12/18/06 12:00pm
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There are 4 John I'm Only Dancing versions I know of. 2 from the original session, plus the Young Americans session one and a remix that came out on the B side of that single. Enjoy the home lands!
12/17/06 12:29pm
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I have Blues stuff from 1920, quite a bit in the 50s, but the sixties is where most things except blues and jazz start for me!
12/6/06 12:54pm
The Bronze Badge
its all yours; most of my music stops in the sixties.
I do have some stuff from the 20s; but to many same artist stuff
I do have some stuff from the 20s; but to many same artist stuff
12/6/06 10:09am
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Actually, I reckon I could just about make a 40s mix!
12/6/06 7:43am
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Well, your Dad certainly would not approve of the fifties mix I just posted. Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins are there amongst the guitars and stuff!
12/5/06 11:32am
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when I used to work in a record shop we had a regular customer that maintained that there was no 'real' jazz recorded after the Hot Fives and Sevens sessions
he was a freak
he was a freak
12/5/06 9:36am
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Dick found anti sax purists a lot in his career. When he joined Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated, Englands first blues band, the harp player with the band, Cyril Davies also thought the sax was the instrument of the devil.
12/5/06 8:56am
The Bronze Badge
My father always considers the sax as the instrument of the devil and it has no place in Jazz
He is a traditionalist at heart.....
I thought I would share that.
He is a traditionalist at heart.....
I thought I would share that.
12/5/06 8:33am
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I will have to get my father to find that tape. if he can i'll mp3 it and send it to you.
I know the battlefield band; but I dont really care for them that much. Me and Scottish folk music dont play nice together. Years of the Alexander Brothers and the Corries at new year, i'd imagine
I know the battlefield band; but I dont really care for them that much. Me and Scottish folk music dont play nice together. Years of the Alexander Brothers and the Corries at new year, i'd imagine
12/5/06 6:25am
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I didn't know about the blues bagpiper, but I do have a strange piper story myself. I used to be the manager of blues and jazz sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith who told me the story of playing a festival in Scotland which also featured a roots folk band (The Battlefield Band? something like that) which had pipers. Deep into a drunken lock-in at a pub, Dick and the bagpipers jammed, and so impressed was he with this that the seeds were planted which led him to write a jazz suite combining celtic themes with jazz. The resulting album was called 'Celtic Steppes'.
12/4/06 8:37pm
The Bronze Badge
Nazareth came from Dunfermiline (same as the Skids) Although they may of had one Geordie. Although they didnt really hit the big time till they shifted down south.
and I dont know if I really have part 3 in me, I may have to put the Bay City Rollers on it, and do we really want that?
Or, you may actually know this guy; my father has a tape of a Humphrey Littleton Jazz show that used to go out on Radio 2 on a friday night. It featured some guy from Scotland that moved to Chicago (I think) and he rose to prominence as blues bagpiper; now the strange thing was he only had one arm, and its really difficult to play the pipes with one arm, (I think he filled the bag with bellows between his knees) He used to play with a twelve fingered pianist, (go figure). Anyway; I cant remember his name.
He was bad, but kind of funny
and I dont know if I really have part 3 in me, I may have to put the Bay City Rollers on it, and do we really want that?
Or, you may actually know this guy; my father has a tape of a Humphrey Littleton Jazz show that used to go out on Radio 2 on a friday night. It featured some guy from Scotland that moved to Chicago (I think) and he rose to prominence as blues bagpiper; now the strange thing was he only had one arm, and its really difficult to play the pipes with one arm, (I think he filled the bag with bellows between his knees) He used to play with a twelve fingered pianist, (go figure). Anyway; I cant remember his name.
He was bad, but kind of funny
12/4/06 6:07pm
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I believe he did
It bombed if I remember
He also used to do Grants Whisky Ads. I think it was grants
It bombed if I remember
He also used to do Grants Whisky Ads. I think it was grants
12/4/06 6:00pm
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Didn't Jerry Sadowitz have a strange show on Ch 5 for a while?
12/4/06 5:45pm
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Do you remember the fuss? E's are good E's are good!
The video to that song had Jerry Sadowitz in it. He was from Aberdeen with a really thick accent. Me and a friend saw him perform at a comedy club in London and I think we were the only people that were laughing as no one else could understand him
Best joke. The Jehovahs Witness visited someone in Dundee to tell them about the Kingdom of God, spent 2 hours teaching them basic arithmatic!
The video to that song had Jerry Sadowitz in it. He was from Aberdeen with a really thick accent. Me and a friend saw him perform at a comedy club in London and I think we were the only people that were laughing as no one else could understand him
Best joke. The Jehovahs Witness visited someone in Dundee to tell them about the Kingdom of God, spent 2 hours teaching them basic arithmatic!
12/4/06 5:22pm
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I was planning to use Ebeneezer Goode in a mix soon!
12/4/06 3:06pm
The Bronze Badge
not actual dixieland I suppose, but the UK trad movement
12/4/06 8:53am
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I would have to get my father to make a 50s mixtape
which would be great if you like dixieland!
which would be great if you like dixieland!
12/4/06 8:47am
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Now you have set me off. I think I might just go for a fifties mixtape!
12/4/06 7:39am
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Bob Mould from Husker Du lives in DC now and he Djs a club night in one of the local clubs.
I also did a 70s mix at the same time, but there has been so many new mixes posted in the last 24 hours it vanished of the recent mixes board.
I also did a 70s mix at the same time, but there has been so many new mixes posted in the last 24 hours it vanished of the recent mixes board.
12/4/06 5:57am
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I lived and worked in Birmingham in the mid 80's. I was in a guitar shop one day when in walked Roy Wood, red and green hair and all. He was a really soft spoken nice bloke! The very first Move album is still an all time favourite of mine. As for Steppenwolf, it is my fault for listening to classic rock radio in the USA!
12/3/06 2:27am
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I love the Move; A guy I used to work with got me into them, he still goes to see Roy Wood on every tour, and apparently they exchange Christmas Cards. As for the Steppenwolf; sorry about that I havent heard it for such a long time I thought it would be a good addition.
12/3/06 12:13am
The Bronze Badge
My dad has seen Dr John a couple of times, and he took me once. I was twelve and hated it!
I also turned down the opportunity to see live aid. I went to Stonehenge instead.
I am such a loser
I also turned down the opportunity to see live aid. I went to Stonehenge instead.
I am such a loser
11/26/06 12:55pm
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Weirdest thing. One Sunday in the late eighties, I was over by Clapham common and there were a couple of hundred people gathered round the bandstand. I had no idea what was going on. Of all things, it was Dr John with a full band doing a free gig. He played for ages and it was one of those odd little quirks of fate that makes life interesting!
11/26/06 7:48am
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I am a Sherlock Holmes freak too, plus a fact nerd, as you know!
11/24/06 11:23pm
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Sorry about the mistake :)
I only ever heard the original a couple of times, I knew the Costello one for years as the original!: but the friend that played it for me told me it was Nick Lowe.
Thanks for pointing that out. I love facts!
I only ever heard the original a couple of times, I knew the Costello one for years as the original!: but the friend that played it for me told me it was Nick Lowe.
Thanks for pointing that out. I love facts!
11/20/06 6:52pm
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Thanks Immers. I don't suppose Sheena Easton will be featured in part 2 of your Scottish mix though will she. I was suprised she was in mine, but that track really fits in.
11/16/06 8:33pm
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Back in the 80s, I went to an 'Industrial' evening at Dingwall's in Camden Town and saw Throbbing Gristle amongst others. It was a very weird experience.
11/16/06 9:39am
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I love the Divine Comedy, Alway great pop tunes.
Thats 3 mixes in about 24 hours from me, I need a break!
Thats 3 mixes in about 24 hours from me, I need a break!
11/16/06 9:13am
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I love Throbbing Gristle! usually their tunes sound like violent sex in a robot factory, but when I am in the mood, it really hits the spot!
11/16/06 9:13am
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Actually You are right, Richard Jobson was annoying, I remember him now on Channel 4! I liked 'Working For The Yankee Dollar' though when it came out!
11/15/06 5:40pm
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They started off as The Rezillos and became The Revillos I think.
11/15/06 5:38pm
The Bronze Badge
skids dont make it because of the fact I dislike richard jobson with a passion. he used to present a programmes on BBC scotland, and he irritated me. I actually have we hate the revillos (or was it the rezillos??) on vinyl at my parents house, and thank you for not mentioning big country or simple minds :) I may go for a volume 2 soon though, as there was a lot I missed out on.
11/15/06 5:29pm
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I like the fact that the two Brits I know of here at the collective both rabidly post mixtapes!
11/15/06 5:00pm
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My Mothers side of the family come from Scotland, I lived in Morningside, Edinburgh for a bit, and worked in Aberdeen in Children's theatre for one long bloody cold winter!
11/11/06 4:54pm
The Bronze Badge
The Fat Slags are indeed still in Viz. Billy the Fish less often
11/11/06 12:50pm
The Bronze Badge
That could be right. Dennis Law was a football player for Manchester Utd and Scotland, he was from Aberdeen though. I am actually from Kirriemuir through (I only spent a couple of days in Dundee) Kirriemuir is also the home town of Bon Scott and J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan author)
11/11/06 12:50pm
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I had forgotton about Viz. Haven't seen that for a while. Does it still have the fat slags and Billy the fish?
11/11/06 11:36am
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I think I have only been to Dundee once. I did a gig there a long time ago (mid 80-s I think) and had a drink in a bar owned by Dennis Law. Does that sound right?
11/11/06 11:31am
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I found some Robertsons Marmalade in a store today. What a sad man I am. Made my bloody day!
11/10/06 9:05pm
The Bronze Badge
ummm.....I actually quite like danelion and burdock........
11/9/06 6:02am
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I lived in Middlesbrough for a time. Irn Brew is big there as well as something horrible called Dandelion and Burdock! There are web sites you can order Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps from if you are a millionaire. there is also an English store at San Juan Capistrano which admittedly is about six hours away from here by car. I envy your visit. I am having residency problems, and I can't leave the country right now or I won't get back in. I was last home in April 2004.
11/8/06 8:59pm
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I am lucky, the local supermarket here sells marmite and it isnt too expensive. I have to shell out for my Orange Squash and there is even a store here that sells irn-bru (which you may or may not know the cultural significance of that for a scotsman) but I cant find cheese and onion crisps anywhere, but I will be in scotland for christmas and new year so I will stock up then!
11/8/06 8:42pm
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I missed Marmite so much, but there is a supermarket here that sells it as a delicacy. It costs an arm and a leg, but what are a couple of limbs compared to yeast extract!
11/8/06 6:32pm
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I love marmite, it was the first decent picture I got when I google image searched shite
11/8/06 11:17am
The Bronze Badge
Yeah, Joshua Tree and Rattle & Hum both sucked; in all reality I was never really a big fan, funny thing is; my wife is a HUGE fan; which makes it interesting in my house! Oh and I find bono patronising all the time!
11/7/06 6:35am
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I went off U2 a long time ago myself although there will always be the odd track of theirs that gets to me. I found their patronising attitude to Americana in general, and the blues in particular got on my tits. At the time of the Rattle And Hum tour, it was as if they were saying that blues had suddenly become valid because they had bothered to notice it at last!
11/7/06 6:23am
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I used Bonzo Dog on my Finchley Boys mix, 'Death Cab for Cutie' I am doing a part 2 this week of my obscure mix, so they could feature again.
11/7/06 6:20am
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Negativland were famously sued by both U2 and Casey Kasem for a track that they did based on Still Havent Found What I am Looking for with Casey screaming and swearing over the top of it. I really went off U2 then; there was no need for the lawsuit, and U2 then turn around and rip them off for their entire ZooTV tour! Nice one boys
11/7/06 6:05am
