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I used to love The sky at night until I saw him cavorting with Thatcher at a celebrity thiing for the 87 election campaign so its a qualified RIP from me.
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Well that's my fact for the day.
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Best/Worst Gigs you've been to and who have you seen most (more than 3 times)
NJS replied to Toonpack's topic in General Chat
Best: Ozzy at the Mayfair with Randy Rhoads - either late 80 or 81 Black Sabbath with Dio as mentioned by TP. PIxies Mayfair about 1990 Big Country Whitley Bay Ice Rink about 87 U2 Milton Keynes Bowl 85 - pissed down all day so by the end the crowd just decided to say "fuck it" and go properly mental. Manics Millenium Cardiff Tanya Donelly ULU 87 PJ Harvey Brixton on the Stories... tour. I did a lot of festivals from about 1998-2007 and probably the best performamce in that scenario was 3 Colours Red at Reading headlining the second stage in what I think was their last gig pre-beakup/reunion. I Can't really remember too many "bad" gigs though I remember being really pissed off when I went to see the Stereophonics at Donnington and a huge area in front of the stage was reserved for fan club members - large enough to really spoli it. Seen more than 3 times: Big Country U2 Ash Manics Placebo -
There was a case a long time ago of an actor - I think his name was Mark Scarborough and he was in Eastenders. He had depression and other mental health problems and the NOTW had some dirt on him - can't remember what it was - it might have been that he was gay or maybe even just that he did have mental problems. Anyway his family and doctors told the paper that publishing the story would have serious consequences but they did so anyway and the bloke then chucked himself off Beachy Head. Of course theres a part of anyone that thinks the cunts should be "brought to justice" for it and maybe in the face of medical evidence theres a case but the point is where does it end if all actions are assessed on whether some poor bastard is ill enough to react in a tragic way? Do we ban all jokes and pranks just in case people react badly? In the spirit of looking at events in the 70s/80s Jeremy Beadle and Matthew Kelly must be shitting themselves now.
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She wasn't facing any disciplinary charges so don't see anything "career ruining".
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If there are no other reasons and she really thought "letting down" the royals was worth suicide then I'm sorry but she was an idiot.
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Gemmill, Alex, Manc-Mag, Renton, Gejon and Gloom have all had absolute dogs abuse from him ovar a long period. The nature of forums means people will always have one or two people they dislike which is fair enough but when it becomes that many (and more on a casual basis) you have to take notice.
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Cowardice on the part of Labour. Alternative agenda for the Tories - see Gloom's posts about the social contract. Drunk on power and won't upset their masters for the Libs.
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It's a pisser on the whole - I find myself thinking "good" when people I dislike are charged but obviously feel sorry for the kids involved at the same time.
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I don't see how you can say "nice" (online at least) considering the nasty, vindictive, personal posts he addressed at several posters on a constant basis. I think you have a blind spot being an argumentative git like him (which I consider myself to be as well) and sharing a lot of his views - thats fair enough but you have to weigh up the associated bile as well.
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Nobody else relishes it though.
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On a related note I read that Mellon Collie was the biggest selling double album of the decade which is impressive when you realise that includes Jacksons Bad.
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Two yank bands there Stevie - careful now. Oops forgot Moby - three.
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Holy Bible Achtung Baby Without you I'm nothing Siamese Dream Star Don't try this at home The real Ramona Bossanova 1977 Dog man star
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At the time of the crash I remember having a go at the head of finance at my previous place when he came out with "once again labour have ruined the economy and the Tories will have go fix it." He works in a bank and fucking knew the root causes but still clung to the southern attitude based on thatcherite bollocks. The classic cliche you've used about sheep voting labour in the ne is more than matched by willfully ignorant so called educated people in the south and unfortunately that won't change and labour have to try and pander to them. I'd love to see a party of truth unafraid to call a spade a spade but that hope is now dead on a base of capitalist selfishness. Unfortunately Thatcher won and her bastard children (Blair as well) will rule forever.
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I would add that when Osbourne claims top earners willl be hit more (forgetting about the top rate reduction) he's referring to paye staff - the real rich who they serve don't fall into that group.
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Because thanks to the media the populace are as clueless as you and in general cannot be persuaded because of that.
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The money they used/use to lend to Fred was secured on your dodgy shite though - shite rated as gold by your rating agency gods.
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I have no connection with Washington whatsoever but suddenly including in Sunderland was a huge crime imo and completely distorts the size of the resulting "city".
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All of those are bare faced lies. You really are an abysmally stupid cunt when it comes to politics.
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They're already having to do mackem type ticket deals to sell out now so I think sixty thousand is bollocks. Brady was going on about a fanbase of 500k in East London/Essex which completely ignores all the yids and other teams who have a few.
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Haven't read the full list but it looks like the usual combo of journos obscurities and the more obvious suspects. Siamese Dream would probably be top for me.
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Or just east - there's a good four or five inches lying in Essex this morning.
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I tried to watch the first one twice but fell asleep both times. I also disliked the blatant reverence for the characters which imo assumes that the viewer has read the books and so is on the edge of their seats at each introduction to see if whoever it is lives up to their expectations.
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psychic cunt