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[Gemmill 46030]

Sounds shit lads. Can we get back to fanny magnate please? 

[PaddockLad 17654]

I think I saw the DJ one, broadcasting from a car park of retail park? “Chorley FM…. coming in your ears”  

 

Wasn’t aware there were more, they’ll likely be on All 4? 

[PaddockLad 17654]

3 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Sounds shit lads. Can we get back to fanny magnate please? 

You should try selling your jokes, good money as a writer. Don’t give the day job up just yet though  

[Monkeys Fist 43067]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

You should try selling your jokes, good money as a writer. Don’t give the day job up just yet though  

Aye, you could end up a funny magnate. 

[Alex 35583]

1 minute ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

The ice cream man episode is unhinged, mind  He really was quite the comic actor before he dropped off big time. Then again, people who I would normally listen to tell me Car Share is actually good but I still haven’t brought myself to watch it 

It was ok but I didn’t stick with it / watch them all. Also, iirc, the best stuff Peter Kay did (That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix Nights imo) the writing team was him along with Neil Fitzmaurice and Dave Spikey. Talking of the subtle bits, in The Ice Cream Man Cometh one, he’s at some event selling his wares where there’s lots of people. And in the crowd you see Leonard. Or what you actually see is the massive cross with the wheel on the bottom amongst the crowd. The one Leonard took with him when he went preaching in town. But Leonard’s character hadn’t been introduced yet because his episode is later in the series. 

[Alex 35583]

8 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

I think I saw the DJ one, broadcasting from a car park of retail park? “Chorley FM…. coming in your ears”  

 

Wasn’t aware there were more, they’ll likely be on All 4? 

I’d forgotten about that but I think that was shown as a one-off pilot. Then there was a 6 part series off the back of that but a year or two later. It was really well observed in terms of shite, cheesy local radio with the DJ and his forced zanyness 

Edited September 15 by Alex

[Ayatollah Hermione 14053]

1 hour ago, Alex said:

It was ok but I didn’t stick with it / watch them all. Also, iirc, the best stuff Peter Kay did (That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix Nights imo) the writing team was him along with Neil Fitzmaurice and Dave Spikey. Talking of the subtle bits, in The Ice Cream Man Cometh one, he’s at some event selling his wares where there’s lots of people. And in the crowd you see Leonard. Or what you actually see is the massive cross with the wheel on the bottom amongst the crowd. The one Leonard took with him when he went preaching in town. But Leonard’s character hadn’t been introduced yet because his episode is later in the series. 

Aye, no coincidence that Max and Paddy was shite without those two. I’m sure I remember him saying that Airplane was a big influence on Phoenix Nights/TPKT which explains all the little jokes buried away in the background for rewatches

[RobinRobin 11563]

14 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

Aye, you could end up a funny magnate. 

[The Fish 10965]

On 13/09/2024 at 20:05, Gemmill said:

Neil Gaiman the latest to be cancelled for being an alleged sex offender. 

Not a good omen.

[Gemmill 46030]

Just found a bunch of Smiths vinyl singled that I forgot I had. Some clear or orange see through vinyl and shit. The highest value on discogs so far is £50 odd. I can see these fuckers getting listed.

 

Also found this, which is going nowhere:

 

[Gemmill 46030]

[Gemmill 46030]

£50 OBO. 

[Howmanheyman 33844]

8 hours ago, RobinRobin said:

 

I recognise Tom but who is the wall dancer? (Just out of interest, you understand?) 

[Gemmill 46030]

Shakira innit. 

[Howmanheyman 33844]

5 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Just found a bunch of Smiths vinyl singled that I forgot I had. Some clear or orange see through vinyl and shit. The highest value on discogs so far is £50 odd. I can see these fuckers getting listed.

 

Also found this, which is going nowhere:

 

 

Guarantee CT loved 'Lady in red' by Chris De Burgh.

 

What do you think, Johnathan Frakes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Meenzer 15718]

8 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

There's genuinely only three songs on there I'd skip. Maybe even just two, depending on whether I'm in a Holiday Rap mood.

 

 

[Sonatine 11542]

7 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Shakira innit. 

 

Still can't my head around Gerard Piqué cheating on her 

 

If she did the dirty on me I'd give her a free pass as long as she didn't fuck off and leave 

[Howmanheyman 33844]

2 minutes ago, Meenzer said:

 

There's genuinely only three songs on there I'd skip. Maybe even just two, depending on whether I'm in a Holiday Rap mood.

 

 

 

🎶

We're going to London, and New York city 

And we'll take a piece of Amsterdam 

 

We're gonna ring rongy* dong for a holiday

🎵

 

 

 

 

*I accept these might not be the actual words

[Gemmill 46030]

13 minutes ago, Meenzer said:

 

There's genuinely only three songs on there I'd skip. Maybe even just two, depending on whether I'm in a Holiday Rap mood.

 

 

 

It's all thriller, no filler. What a year.

[Alex 35583]

18 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

🎶

We're going to London, and New York city 

And we'll take a piece of Amsterdam 

 

We're gonna ring rongy* dong for a holiday

🎵

 

 

 

 

*I accept these might not be the actual words

Close. We are going on a summer holiday

If you wanna go, yo, Sven*
We’re to London and New York City

And we take a little piece of Amsterdam 

 

*At the time I thought it was “If you wanna go, you can swim” 

[Dazzler 10378]

43 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Just found a bunch of Smiths vinyl singled that I forgot I had. Some clear or orange see through vinyl and shit. The highest value on discogs so far is £50 odd. I can see these fuckers getting listed.

 

Also found this, which is going nowhere:

 

 

[Alex 35583]

14 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

It's all thriller, no filler. What a year.

Was thinking why the 60s soul? Then I remembered the influence of Levi’s adverts. The Lady in Red though. I knew a lad in the 90s roughly my age (Who was otherwise seemingly normal and a good laugh) but who was genuinely into Chris De Burg. Fuck me  

[Alex 35583]

Also, as with picture discs, the sound quality of coloured vinyl was always terrible. 

[Gemmill 46030]

Just now, Alex said:

Also, as with picture discs, the sound quality of coloured vinyl was always terrible. 

 

I actually don't have much idea what to do with these. I don't have a record player so can't check if they still play OK, so it would just be a case of selling them in a you get what you get basis, but not sure if I'm comfortable doing that. 

 

They'll probably just go nowhere if I need to give them some sort of rating. The sleeves are pristine mind, they look brand new cos they've just been in a document box for the last 30 years. 

[Alex 35583]

1 minute ago, Gemmill said:

 

I actually don't have much idea what to do with these. I don't have a record player so can't check if they still play OK, so it would just be a case of selling them in a you get what you get basis, but not sure if I'm comfortable doing that. 

 

They'll probably just go nowhere if I need to give them some sort of rating. The sleeves are pristine mind, they look brand new cos they've just been in a document box for the last 30 years. 

Might be worth looking for a second hand record store that’s local. The Smiths stuff will always be collectible. That 586 Records in Gateshead is exclusively (or almost exclusively) vinyl and sells new and second hand. It’s mainly dance but he definitely does a little bit of indie / other stuff.