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Lists - Not Enough Lists On Here!
Blastronaut Mk2 wrote: "Apols Tim I forgot to put the date up. The 80s one with Pacino; one of Al's finest moments imo, and there's been a few. Reckon I saw the original as a kid but don't remember owt about it. Should re..."Yes indeed. There's not much in common between the two except for being great! ;-)
my top 5 tv series,Twin Peaks
The Sopranos (that's how I found out Tindersticks)
Westworld (season one was superb)
Breaking Bad
Father Ted
also close in goodness and entertaining,
Fargo, True Detective, Black Mirror, The Killing and Bridge (scandinavian),
Line Of Duty, Narcos, Ray Donovan (first 3 seasons), Flesh And Bone and ... Dexter.
excellent! for me, (have i ever mentioned?) 'twin peaks' (series 1,2&3) is the best television programme ever!
Would you like us to write you a list of how many times you have mentioned it? ;o>
My favourite lists;1. To starboard
2. To port
3. To do
4. Shopping
5. Franz
6. Brahms and
7. Philate
Fantasy List ...1. Have a fabulous Breakfast in Bed with Partner
2. Have long and leisurely Shower (Partner optional!) then get dressed
3. Get driven by the scenic route to a beautiful remote woodland area
4. Have a lovely rambly wheelchair accessible walk with Partner
5. Have a delicious long and leisurely Picnic with Partner
6. Drive on to a Country Estate with stunning Gardens to walk around
7. Discover a secret little Beach Harbour just beyond the Gardens
8. Walk on soft Sands, Hand in Hand, and paddle in the cool lapping tide
9. Find a gorgeous Country Pub on way home and stop off for a while
10. Relax/fall asleep on Sofa with Partner after a wonderful day spent together
Reality List ...
1. Wake up to Rain - let yappy Dogs racing out for their first pee of the day
2. Spend 20 mins towelling them both and cleaning up splashes everywhere
3. Put Kettle on and then mop all the muddy Footprints off Kitchen Floor
4. Go upstairs, wake M&D up with mugs of Tea, get my own Mug out ready
5. Feed Dogs their Breakfast and put some Bread in Toaster for myself
6. Put first load of Laundry on, hoover Front Room, then reboil Kettle for me
7. Go back to Bread in Toaster - only to find M&D have toasted and eaten it
8. Put more Bread in Toaster and, this time, also add two Teabags to my Mug
9. Wipe all of the previous day's doggy nose-prints from off French Windows
10. Go upstairs to get together second load of Laundry, sit down exhausted, then re-remember my Tea and Toast again, think "Ohhh sod it!" ... go back to Bed for an hour!
;o>
Tech, if you are a fan of kind of bonkers tv shows (Evil Dead/Twin Peaks) you might like this one,https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preacher-Sea...
it's on the radar, post, junior informs me that i'd enjoy it! he has several volumes of the graphic novel as well.
a list of blinding albums that i don't own copies of,1 - 'songs the lord taught us' - the cramps
2 - 'cry tuff dub encounter, chapters 3 & 4' - prince far i
3 - 'junkyard' - the birthday party
4 - 'feeding of the 5000' - crass
5 - '1987, what the f***'s going on' - justified ancients of mu mu
6 - 'nuh skin up' - keith hudson
7 - 'songs of/songs from a room' - leonard cohen
8 - anything - misty in roots
9 - 'we buy a hammer for daddy' - the lemon kittens
10 - 'hallowed ground' - violent femmes
Your 'To Buy' List for this year? ;o>
Tech wrote: "a list of blinding albums that i don't own copies of,1 - 'songs the lord taught us' - the cramps
2 - 'cry tuff dub encounter, chapters 3 & 4' - prince far i
3 - 'junkyard' - the birthday party
4 ..."
Cool list. Got several of those; some others also on my wants list.
Another list of blinding albums not on my shelves (and without duplicating tech's, except once)1. Cry Tuff Dub Encounter, Chapters 2 & 4 - Prince Far I
2. Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo! - Devo
3. Beach Party - The Marine Girls
4. Odyshape - The Raincoats
5. Beat Rhythm News - Essential Logic
6. Sextet - A Certain Ratio
7. The Culling Is Coming - 23 Skidoo
8. Chappaquiddick Bridge - Poison Girls
9. For Madmen Only - UK Decay
10. Playing With A Different Sex - Au Pairs
Your 'To Buy' List for this year? ;o>more like an 'if i come across them at a decent price and condition, i'll buy them' list. :)
cool list also tim, i have 'sextet' (textured sleeve of course), had and sold devo (on green vinyl), forgot to put au pairs on my list, and almost went for a different poison girls album - 'where's the pleasure?'.'cry tuff dub encounter 1-4' are screaming out to be re-released as a set of some description!
Tech wrote: "cool list also tim, i have 'sextet' (textured sleeve of course), had and sold devo (on green vinyl), forgot to put au pairs on my list, and almost went for a different poison girls album - 'where's..."Absolutely. I can't understand why they're not. Probably stuck in "rights" hell is most likely.
2 & 4 have never been released, as is, on c.d. (2 available in re-arranged order with extras on 'dubwise). front line have the rights on that, 1 &3 last seen on pressure sounds, 4 on trojan, ye'd think it wouldn't be that problematic to unify!? don't know how central adrian sherwood (mixer of 1 -3) might be to it all.
Tech wrote: "Your 'To Buy' List for this year? ;o>more like an 'if i come across them at a decent price and condition, i'll buy them' list. :)"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Songs-Lord-T... - £4.87 new
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hallowed-Gro... - £8.55 new
cheers, i'll likely pick up v.f. from that, but my lack of the cramps 1st is like a weird badge of honour now! i want a special copy, mibbe first pressing 'illegal' 12" or summat!
Tech wrote: "cheers, i'll likely pick up v.f. from that, but my lack of the cramps 1st is like a weird badge of honour now! i want a special copy, mibbe first pressing 'illegal' 12" or summat!"I read somewhere (a long time ago) that the CD release of 'Songs The Lord Taught Us' has lost something that made the original vinyl special - it could be its been reissued again since, and problem fixed. Worth bearing in mind though. Mine is the vinyl.
it actually happened before it's 1st appearance on c.d.! i was appalled when i heard the vinyl version that appeared a couple of years after release (still on illegal', but i remember the label design being different), that was devoid of the clicks and hisses and general 'recorded in a toilet' sound that made it such a brilliant record.
Tech wrote: "that was devoid of the clicks and hisses and general 'recorded in a toilet' sound that made it such a brilliant record"Everything that I DON'T want from the Sound Quality of a CD then?!! ;o>
Could you not just sit in the Loo and make some of your own Sound Effects up while listening to the CD? ... HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
Clicks and hisses, Lez Lee?! ... ;oO ... ;o>
My 'While Tech's Away On Holiday' List ...1. Search out Key to the Door of tech's List Thread.
2. Quietly unlock Door, sneak in, and then lock Door behind me.
3. Switch on fancy Coffee Machine and select the Latte option.
4. Ransack tech's Desk Drawer for his secret stash of Biscuits.
5. Look out for Remote for tech's brand new 65" HDR TV and switch on.
6. Get all snuggly and comfy in tech's favourite Chair.
7. Put Feet up on tech's Coffee Table.
8. Reach for large Mug of delicious freshly-brewed Latte.
9. Leisurely dunk several Biscuits in Latte and devour.
10. Enjoy ... relax ... and doze off contentedly ...
Ahhh, I could get used to this!!! ;o>
11. Throw out his extensive reggae collection......
12. List it all on eBay? ... !
13. Just send 'em to me for nowt, the many duplicates can go to t'landfill.
14. Come up with a Good Excuses List for when tech gets back!
cannae lea' yez alain fur five meenits!haud oan! whaur's mah reggae?............an' wha's been eatin' mah sculptures o' keech shaped lik' biscuits?
Well, it wasn't me?! - 'cos I wasn't here?! ... It must have been that Mr B! ;oOEDIT : Thank goodness I palmed all of those decidedly dodgy-looking Biscuits off on Duke in return for two chunky Peanut Butter KitKats and a Double Decker!!! ;o>
Ohhh, by the way? ... x ! ! ! WELCOME HOME TECH ! ! ! x
yep! and not on a wave of skitter this time! :)
Some people's mid-life crises manifest themselves as fast cars. I don't drive, so mine has evolved into a guitar collection with an emphasis on 'quirky'.Guitars:
Airline Map STD
Backlund 400
Backlund Katalina
Campbell American Nelsonic Transitone
Crafter Convoy FM/TPU
Danelectro DC59M Spruce (semi-acoustic)
DeArmond Jet Star
Eastwood Custom Kraft DLX (semi-acoustic)
Eko 295 (semi-acoustic)
Eko 700 vintage reissue
Fernandes Ravelle X
Fernandes Ravelle Elite DK
Hondo Professional H-1030
Hondo HS-126 Deluxe 83 Dreadnought (acoustic)
Italia Maranello Classic
Maya (‘lawsuit’ Stratocaster copy)
Ovation CC 24 (electro-acoustic)
Revelation VX64
Rose Morris Avon
Vox Starstream VSS-1 (modelling guitar)
Westone Spectrum MX
Basses:
Eastwood TB 64 (6 string)
Fender Squier Jazz (fretless)
Ibanez Sound Gear SRX650 (active)
Yamaha Bex4 (semi-acoustic, active)
Fishy_Jim wrote: "Some people's mid-life crises manifest themselves as fast cars. I don't drive, so mine has evolved into a guitar collection with an emphasis on 'quirky'.Guitars:
Airline Map STD
Backlund 400
Back..."
Yes, but can you actually play? And strumming with your finger in a bar chord doesn't count! 😉
Nothing to do with music but..........some random modern portmanteau words that annoy me intensely, grrrrr:-Advertorial (arrrrrrgh)
Hangry
Tofurkey
Chugger
Chillax
Jeggings
Glamping
Staycation
Fembot
Brexit
Edutainment?Biopic?
Turducken (a duck inside a chicken inside a turkey, presumably all boned but a bugger to get the cooking times right?)?
10 things to (or not to) do on acid when you were a young un1 - Sit in the house with a bunch of like-minded folk - Fun
2 - Go to a nightclub - Chaotic
3 - Go to the village pub which is full of folk who don't 'know' - Hysterical
4 - Again, hang around the house with a bunch of like-minded folk, but this time the law knocks on the door due to a complaint of loud noise - Hilariously insane as the most 'together' of the group composes themselves and prepares to answer the door whilst other 'less-together' individuals run for cover by trying to climb into food cupboards and such, that are obviously way too small to fit into.
5 - Go for a midnight walk in the woods - Visually splendid
6 - Go for a midnight walk in the woods... but this time walk right into the middle of a army cadet campsite, totally oblivious to the surrounding tents (well blended into the dark and trees, it does have to be said) until the very last minute - "W-w-what wuz that?" "Did anyone else see summat move over there?" "Hold on, there's movement everywhere, RUN!!"
7 - Go for a midnight walk in the woods in the winter and come across some fantastic mythical beast (a bull) in the corner of the field and be utterly mesmerized by the 'smoke' coming outta it's nostrils as it grunts and gets to it's feet looking non too impressed - RUN!!
8 - Return home about 3 or 4 AM and fear the awakening of mother who doesn't 'know' - Scary
9 - Grab a packet of crisps and wince with every crackle and crunch (which sounds loud enough too wake the whole village) as one tries to get into said bag - Terribly frustrating after going through all that, finally getting the bag open, and finding that the crisps are nothing like usual, with a taste more akin to haystacks (?)
10 - Getting a glimpse of oneself in the mirror in the dark, jumping outta one's skin and then, upon putting on the light, see that said skin looks kinda rubbery, a tad like a Spitting Image puppet - Freak out and scurry off to bed... where the only fractions of sleep one gets will be haunted by the most freakiest of dreams/nightmares
Biopic doesn't bother me at all but Dramedy is mildly irritating, don't know why. Turducken is just daft, but has the word turd in it, so that's ok ;-)
Tim wrote: "Yes, but can you actually play? And strumming with your finger in a bar chord doesn't count!"Not brilliantly, but I muddle through. I find having different guitars to play is an incentive to practice more and I have improved noticeably over the past nine months.
All of Helen’s with a special mention for Chillax.I loathe all the ‘holics.
Alcoholic is simply alcohol with the grammatically correct suffix ‘ic’
There are no such words as chocahol, shopahol etc. so you can’t add ‘ic to them. Aarrggghh!
To take your mind off such grammatical faux pas Lez, you could always pre-order some vinyls?!!
bang on list, blastro, the eating thing brought back a memory of coming home in the early hours, still buzzin', to find parents still up! aargh! assuming i was fu', my mother prepared me a soda scone with roasted cheese, which in another universe somewhere, i am still eating! the questions you ask yourself,why does it feel that i'm eating a rolled up newspaper?
how long have i been eating it?
why won't they stop looking at me and go to bed?
i'll have to finish it however distasteful i'm finding the experience!
too much fun! :)
I was expecting one of those 'Go for a midnight walk in the woods' to continue ...stumble across a man with a large sack furtively digging a big hole.
1 - anything that pasquale appears on
2 - friends
3 - top gear
4 - formula 1
5 - bones
6 - eastenders
7 - anything that the food nazi jamie oliver appears on
8 - horse racing
9 - marvel agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. (no idea what goes on and can't be arsed finding out, don't tell me!)
10 - mr tumble