Gene_Clark

No, I never met Hatton, luckily or unluckily enough.. however it's quite interesting to see how many Miltant full time activists got involved in football; Andy Walsh Chief Executive of FC United is another, as is Bill Brewster who set up When Saturday Comes. Others include NE playwright (who was guest on pitch at half time in promotion game v Sheff United) Ed Waugh & local radio bloke Andy Walker (not the footballer though) Actually best footballer i knew in Militant was Tommy Sheridan, but that's a whole different story all together....

to clarify, he's Ian Gilmour; his dad is Frank Gilmour, who is alive & managing the Benton Ale House, who used to be in INUSA back in 1998. i'm Ian Cusack; my dad was Eddy Cusack, who died in 2009 & has his retirement do at the Benton Ale House (or The Sun as it was at the time) i drink in the Benton Ale House, so there's no problem between Frank & me; the problem i had back then was with Kevin Miles (who i've known since 1981) & that is all in the past hope this helps.... I don't think it's appropriate for you to slag Kevin Miles off today when he has no way of retorting. I've met Kevin and he's a nice man. As I said so what if he was in Militant, better than the BNP or something like that, and with nearly 4m unemployed people did desperate things in the 1980s. I knew Kevin through Militant

to clarify, he's Ian Gilmour; his dad is Frank Gilmour, who is alive & managing the Benton Ale House, who used to be in INUSA back in 1998. i'm Ian Cusack; my dad was Eddy Cusack, who died in 2009 & has his retirement do at the Benton Ale House (or The Sun as it was at the time) i drink in the Benton Ale House, so there's no problem between Frank & me; the problem i had back then was with Kevin Miles (who i've known since 1981) & that is all in the past hope this helps....

Ah the sound of young scotland How I wish I was young again.......... "Blue Boy," "Simply Thrilled Honey," "Poor Old Soul" - has there ever been a finer trio of singles?

obscurity is where genius lies... wasn't Free Live recorded at the mackem Mayfair?

I'm proposing "scarves for Kim Jong-Il," so should there be 4 mins of injury time at WBA game we will wave scarves to celebrate the year he came to power, 94

Oh I still love Joy Division; my other musical strand is post punk - the stuff that started on Rough Trade in 1978, then Fast Product 79, Factory 1980, Postcard 81 etc

Am I missing something here? has Gene managed to offend Kevin? I've no idea; I'd never heard of him until I posted this last night!

Let morning shine on this land's rivers and mountains, Three thousand li full of silver and gold. This is my beautiful fatherland with a five millenia long history. Brought up in a brilliant culture The glory of a wise people Devoting our bodies and minds to this Korea, Let us support forever. Embracing the atmosphere of Baekdu Mountain, Nest for the spirit of labour, The firm will, bonded with truth, Will go forth to all the world. The country established by the will of the people, Breasting the raging waves with soaring strength. This limitlessly rich and strong Korea, Let us glorify forever.

Will there be a minute's applause for Kim Jong-Il? I'd like to think so....

Havel se na hrad, ale na hřbitov dnes

"Baby Lee" by Teenage Fanclub, the best band in the history of the world you used to say that about the Happy Mondays in every edition of True Faith man !!!!! Anyway, that song rang a bell, and Teenage Fanclub......I thought I'd heard it before but can't remember when. I think you're confusing me with someone else; presumably the editor - while I saw Happy Mondays a few times, I didn't rate them that much. My musical heroes come through the semi-acoustic folk rock lineage; The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Fairport Convention, leading to Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian and other such bands

there is a slight semantic difference in that large pies are often referred to as "plate pies" & seemingly only made by grandmas once they turn 60 & can spend a day a week baking

A friend of mine from a particular band's website (he'd arranged a meet up at a big London gig in July 2006) died in may 2010; he'd been ill with cancer for a while, but he went downhill rapidly & died in a fortnight after a relapse. The band were touring them & they attended his funeral (as did about 40 messageboard members) - each December there is a charity gig in his memory & we've raised about £5k for Cancer Relief. He was a genuinely great guy & I was honoured to have known him.

but infanticide, which you're advocating, isn't abortion is it? the 1967 Act is quite specific in stating that 24 weeks is the maximum term and abortion can be carried out at.

"music never lets you down; football always does" - as my mate Dave is fond of saying

Last Saturday I drank 3 pints of Black Sheep & 2 bottles of red house wine; on Sunday i physically couldn't get out of bed until noon. The hangover was one of the 10 worst in my life. I didn't feel right until Thursday,. Last night I drank again; a gallon of Thwaites Wainwright & today I am malodorus, but reasonably coherent. I will next drink on Wednesday, then Xmas Day, then 27th in the afternoon

I'm 5ft 10"

frankly, talking about Newcastle United is essentially a fairly repetitive subject. also it is interesting to compare band messageboards to football ones; with the exception of The Fall's, every music board i use is a gentle, friendly, inclusive sort of place. you never get the nationalistic, xenophobic, intolerant posturing that seems to be the staple of some football boards (though not this one in most instances)

if my "ramblings" are "incoherent," you presumably can't understand any of them, which means you can't also classify them as "risible," as you'd have to be able to understand them to pass that judgement. are you the intellectual alpha male in these parts whose judgement i need to accept on all matters?

right - i think my infrequent visits mean that most of the in jokes are entirely beyond my ken

it's all to do with the changing nature of social interaction in the world isn't it? also, the fact that messageboards are microcosmic by their nature; hence you get people who believe in X ranting hysterically at people who believe in Y, as they somehow imagine following the same football team makes it more likely you'll agree about everything else in the world. rationally, that is plain daft

Maybe it's because I don't rate Hitchens that I identify with the clownish, yet eminently quotable in this instance, Galloway on one particular topic. Have you ever considered that?

not quite of the same depth as the final interview with Dennis Potter was it?

Who is CT? Monkeys Fist brother. errr, i know both Monkeys Fist & his brother very well - is CT his alias on here? as those surely aren't his initials.....