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I think the only difference is the media portrayal of the two. The Sun had little interest in Paul Kossoff. They do have in Pete Doherty. Is it because he's a better musician? Obviously not. It's because he shagged a famous model. I have nothing more against Doherty than any other crackheed, more pity than hatred. Anyone who works at The Sun should be shot though. 130039[/snapback] Basically, the media didn't bother people like Kossoff and Janis Joplin, because they didn't attract attention by being fuckwits and yobs. Doherty attracts attention because he's a fuckwit and a yob, not just because he was shagging Kate Moss. Load of celebs shag other celebs but don't attract that sort of publicity. As for the Sun, I take the view that each to their own with newspapers. If someone wants to fight their way through huge sized pages to read something, fair enough its up to them. I couldn't be arsed. I know plenty of intelligent and worldy wise people who are quite happy watching the news on TV every evening, and don't bother reading a newspaper, if they want to read something, they pick up a good book instead. This is what I like to do. Because in all newspapers, once you get past the basic news in whatever format its presented, the rest is just articles, and I for one don't give a rats arse about the theatre, fashion, check the thousands of stocks and share listings, or a profile on the history of stamp collecting. Basically, I don't feel the need to read the Guardian, or the Times, to portray myself as intelligent, do what you want. Looking down on people for being themselves does you no favours, in fact, quite the reverse. It just makes you look like a right nob. A journalist is a journalist too, they are just doing their jobs. However, so far as football goes, I think some of the journalists who write for the Times and the Guardian, most definitely don't have a clue about the game or what they are talking about. And if that photo of him injecting that girl turns out to be real and he gets 10 years, then that journalist from the Sun, "who should be shot" according to you, has done us all a favour IMO 130050[/snapback] Woah, way to misconstrue. I'm not saying Sun readers are thick. My Dad gets it for the racing page. Like you, I don't get a daily paper. I was using the Sun as an example as it's the most popular tabloid. I'll bet you famous people most definately were fuckwits in the past, but evidence of their fuckwitiness was harder to produce than it is now. The majority of the population have a camera on them 24 hours a day these days. Any indiscretion is likely to be captured. The Sun could have done us the favour equally as well if they'd sent the photo on to the police and not said a dickybird in the paper. Would they go round taking photos of nondescript smack rats shooting up then paste it all over the paper? The media coverage fuels his fire tbh. Take away the oxygen of publicity and he'll burn out soon enough.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - How badly promoted was this? It's taken me a year to see it and all that time I was thinking it was a (not quite art-house, but high brow) cop thriller with a few laughs thrown in. It's actually a hilarious buddy cop comedy that constantly rips the shit out of itself and similar Hollywood fare. I'd recommend it to anyone who liked The Beverly Hills Cop films, The Big Lebowski, 48 Hours etc.

I think the only difference is the media portrayal of the two. The Sun had little interest in Paul Kossoff. They do have in Pete Doherty. Is it because he's a better musician? Obviously not. It's because he shagged a famous model. I have nothing more against Doherty than any other crackheed, more pity than hatred. Anyone who works at The Sun should be shot though.

Because one is a tragic hero of immense talent and the other is talentless junkie scum?

I went away with 3 lads this week and was disgusted to hear that each of them had frequented The Monkey. I asked if I could come along next time

The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery

pees o pees

Not great photos cos I'm shite with a camera, but my best from New York.... and Turkey....

Finally got round to reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles Volume 1. Absoloute class it is too. His voice comes across in every word.

I've amended your lists, but De Niro still wins.

290GB 60GB spare

I don't quite understand, should it still be set in Brazil? It's a true story. English slums don't really exist to that extent..

I have no buddies from the internets.

Another European qualifying farce... http://www.football365.com/teams/tottenham...ry_183133.shtml That throws my list of possibilities into dissarray.

They should remake Lord of War and make it any good.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006170680,00.html Guy is a mentalist. 124259[/snapback] More of a humorist I think

Why do passions run so much higher in Ice Hockey than any other sport. Could it be because anyone who plays it is a closet gay supressing their feelings into an angry ache in the pit of their stomach that erupts into a homoerotic fight fetish given any opportunity? It's the only explanation I can think of.

I've whitened it for those who prefer not to know... Finn He'll break his back! 123551[/snapback] Who's he? 124059[/snapback] Meadows boyfriend who worked on the building site and saw Vito blowing a fella.

Really? http://www.toontastic.net/forum/index.php?...ndpost&p=123474 Ban him! A search for that word (with a space before and after) retuns 14 pages of results tbh.

Megastar? Has a word ever been used so inappropriately.

Talking of Ricky Gervais (and Princess Di), has anyone seen his Simpsons? Canny shit apart from Homer describing CSI and the song for Marge Lady when you go away I feel like I could die Not like dye like your hair is dyed But die like Lady Di And not like Di like her name is Di But die like when she died But lady just like Lady Di Be my princess tonight But don't die Don't die, nooowee

"Not! Your minge."

They only really developed him in series 5 and brougt him to the fore in series 6. He's the massive whale like humunculous that hangs around the butchers. Chrissy had a go at him when everyone thought Adriana sucked Tony's cock. The lad he rapes is Finn, Meadows boyfriend who worked on the building site and saw Vito blowing a fella. It seemed like Finn and Meadow split up at the end of episode 6 so i don't know how much it will sway Tony toward Whacking Vito when it does happen..

There have been scams, yes, but then there are sites that are certified and supported by respected online communities, like Exceem. They do not allow sites on there that have either not been proven to be real or look at all suspicious. The idea is to use the bigger companies that have already sent out a high number of gifts, rather than new upstarts. For example, a new site has come out offering a scooter for something like 50 referrals, among other things. Now, I wouldn't mind a scooter, but no way am I signing up to that site until they have been proven legit and have sent out gifts for a month or two. It's all about perspective .. 123554[/snapback] The site I was using was freeipods. I think it's one of the older one and has had a lot of good media.

I've whitened it for those who prefer not to know... Finn He'll break his back!