Great Interview
He was a great guy despite all his troubles. I'm lucky to have met him.
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Hall doesn't say much in that interview, Herring says too much.
Which is a shame, because I'm sure Hall had some interesting things to say given the chance.
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Varmint, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 17:23,
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Lovely bloke
Had the pleasure of working with him on a gig at the club where I introduced him to saffia. I rember a crazy fan who met him once in 79 was hammering on my office door demanding an audience.
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amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 18:03,
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RIP Martin Duffy
Martin Duffy (18 May 1967 – 18 December 2022) was an English keyboardist who originally played with Felt and most famously with with Primal Scream.
(, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 14:48, Reply)
Their last decent album was 20 years ago, Duffy was great though, RIP
(, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 15:03, Reply)
I was listening to some Felt earlier.
I'd never really got why people used to compare them to Belle and Sebastian, but focussing on the music rather than Lawrence's vocals made it quite obvious.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 23:13,
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Direct Uptake of Nutrition and Caffeine Study (DUNCS)
BMJ biscuit based comparative study. "...to achieve optimal palatability of a cup of tea without risk of harm (oral scalding) using the resources available in a standard hospital staff room, and to identify the best accompanying biscuit for nutritional content, crunchiness, and integrity when dunking."
— Link to tweet
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Centuries of Sound Presents: A Wartime Christmas 1939-1945
I made this!
This is quite a different mix as suits the timeframe, less of the religious and novelty Christmas and more of both the melancholy and the celebratory. Also features the best-selling single of all time (you know which one)
(I also made Christmas mixes for 1902-1924 and 1926-1938, not sure if I posted them up here before, but there you go, three hours of not-the-usual Christmas music for you!)
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Zuowan, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 13:52,
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I have included some clips of German wartime propoganda music in my main mixes.
Here's one to check out - www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_W_ceXY2V0
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Zuowan, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 14:30,
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My favourite specials song
the monster drums get me every time. The lyrics are pure Specials gold
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simbosan is too tired, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 9:06,
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One of the best pop tunes of all time
goodbye Terry
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 8:17,
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I've had this song in my head for the last few days.
And now I"m inflicting it on you. Still a good song though.
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Tricky, Terry Hall & Martina (Nearly God) - Poems
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 0:59,
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Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.
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Two of you beat me to it
But still
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 0:27,
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Terry hall has shuffled off
I dug 'em
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 23:39,
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It's a sad day for the specials.
Or /links as you guys prefer to be known
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 0:06,
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Three short films
Three short films
Film Prize Film Club | Craghoppers UK
(, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 22:26, Reply)
Resignation Compilation
I made this!
It's been a busy year for news, mostly people resigning.
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I would like to re-sign?
Can I have my job back pls.
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Cock BANNED from /talk, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 22:38,
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More film reviews
- Porn Hub's annual review.
Maybe NSFW depending on your company's word filters? Link goes to news site's report on the report, not PH itself.
2022 Pornhub stats: Who's been watching what?
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 18:30,
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yep
it funny how it's often the opposite of cultural personas. Brasil's quite a machismo male culture, but the top search is trannies. America has all these trump "all lives matter", but their top search is ebony. China hate the japs, but it's their top porn search. Millennials seem to have driven Hentai to the top. Not surprising, as in my kids primary school anime is massive, so it's a short walk to cosplay and themed porn. And I like that among my jaded Gen Xs, dystopian hardcore is prevalent. Fisting, bukake, creampies. We just want to feel something, dammit. Why isn't donkey midget porn bringing more search results?
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 21:35,
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are you filled with the festive spirit, porcs?
for such a mild "ooo, err, you said something about porn, you like porn" troll. It's sweet
merry christmas to you and yours, too
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 22:15,
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that's for suckers
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 23:17,
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The lure of the forbidden, as always.
Should get really mental when the sex robots improve and yiffers start having absurd sex with bizarre imaginary animals in bus stations. Disembodied living genitals grown from stem cells for sale in the chilled aisles, disposable escorts with celebrity faces, chocolate flavoured prostitutes.
Or so I've heard.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 20 Dec 2022, 1:34,
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I am so excited about this
Even knowing that this is highly unlikely to appear in the actual film. It's beautifully done.
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 18:36,
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Ha! That almost makes me want to watch it.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:26,
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It's being written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, so I expect it's going to be highly subversive.
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'Priti smirked as she realised they didn't know how smugversive she'd been'.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 20 Dec 2022, 15:35,
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I have no idea who they are, so I looked up their previous work and I'm still none the wiser.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 21:06,
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Mark Kermode's negative film review causes death of movie goer
Man dies of heart attack while watching Avatar 2
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 15:07,
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Mark Kemode's hilarious review of Avatar 2
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 11:13,
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I can't fathom why anyone liked the first one, the character design is so...first draft.
(This is very funny until the end when he starts doing alternative titles, but funny up to that point)
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 12:11,
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I lost patience with it at “Unobtanium”
Don’t recall actually watching it through to the end.
I’m sure the sequel will be equally missable.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 12:59,
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Of all the issues with it, character design is an odd one to pick.
The writing was abysmal. I couldn't name a single character in the film they were all so forgettable. Sigourney Weaver was seemingly only in it so you could say "Oh look, there's Sigourney Weaver". I couldn't even tell you who played either of the lead roles.
The plot was incredibly simplistic. Army bad, trees good.
The world design was incredible... to anyone who's never played a video game.
Was there music?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:25,
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Hands up I confess all I've seen of it is the character design.
But what you say doesn't make me want to rush out and see either. Barbie, on the other hand...
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:32,
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Looks like it's doing better business than Titanic 2
variety.com/2022/film/box-office/avatar-2-box-office-opening-weekend-1235464497/
Edit: here's a bonus Variety link variety.com/vip/streamers-fortunes-unlikely-to-improve-much-in-q4-1235447338/
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:05,
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Week 2 is where the real judgement happens. If it sustains that performance then fair play. A huge amount of week 1 will have been pre-books and people who didn't get to see the reviews until the embargo ended. I'm expecting a precipitous drop-off for week 2 as the word gets around.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:28,
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The word may not get around so fast as some of the first weekend viewers have died of deep vein thrombosis
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 14:09,
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I did get a numb arse after an hour.
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 4:28,
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Christ, I thought he was a dick on the BBC news film slots
That's a whole other level. I had to turn it off.
It was worse than having to sit through one of the films that Kermode actually likes.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:44,
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alright Danny Dyer, got any more Cockney gangster films in the pipeline?
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Man paid to have an opinion is a dick
opines man on internet for free.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 14:15,
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Kermode is a massive bellend though.
Mayo is a black hole of charisma, too.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 17:23,
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Does anyone have any credible film reviewers on YT? Not because I disagree with Kermode on this, but because I can't fucking bear him any longer. British ideally
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:09,
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Moviebob? HA!
No. But seriously, I don't think there are any good ones on youtube. Empire's website seems to be tolerable, but I'm not sure what differentiates it from the rest of them.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:49,
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Actually, scratch that. They gave the GotG Holiday Special three stars, so they clearly haven't a clue.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:54,
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Credible? No.
I watch two film critic teams, both comedy/semi fictitious parody stuff:
Red Letter Media and On Cinema At The Cinema (though the latter seem to have gone behind a paywall since Adult Swim dropped them).
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 20:34,
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The Weekly Planet covered it this week and seemed pretty even handed.
Have a link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwPACVQRyGY
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VicJameson : fucking internet virgins since, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 23:27,
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That's nearly as long as the film...
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 0:35,
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The relevant part is from 57:00 to 1:32:00, I perhaps should have said.
edit: A standalone version of just the Avatar2 review is now available www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlgEaXi-d8U
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VicJameson : fucking internet virgins since, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 12:34,
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I lasted until he did the stupid voice. 5 seconds.
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Tue 20 Dec 2022, 0:03,
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I made an Xmas YouTube Short animation
I made this!
Because 15 seconds is all anyone can concentrate for these days.
Bevor Sie zu YouTube weitergehen
(, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 9:01, Reply)
Not that you lot need reminding
But this is starting to remind me of the old "stay away from the electric pylons" type vibe.
It's still ace though. :)
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That is still a cracker of a beat
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 7:37,
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Great track still
Too bad he became a bit of an annoying hippie douchebag.
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Mex3 =mememe, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 12:16,
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A classic
When it was first released it didn't seem that relevant to TV in the UK, but with the ubiquity of the Internet and mobile devices the lyrics feel more relevant than ever.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Mon 19 Dec 2022, 14:40,
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Brilliant
I love Franti, I've even got a Beatnigs LP and the 12" of their version of Television from back in t'day. And some the Spearhead stuff is INCREDIBLE.
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