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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I clicked on the post belowand within seconds was thrown into a world of abuse and inter-board rivalry.
Can't we just get along?
I love you guys (and girls!)
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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broadsword now that's fresh, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 20:39,
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I clicked on the post belowAnd within seconds began to wonder where else I can spend bored slightly drunk evenings.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 20:53,
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I find the pub is a good optionfound out tonight my new local is closing next month, I'm the curse of decent pubs
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broadsword now that's fresh, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:04,
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fuck off /talkprick(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:01,
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Where's all this abuse and inter-board rivalry then?I'm not trawling through all that only to be disappointed.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:12,
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Then wear it proudlyLike Norman Wisdom.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:27,
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I'd like to think soBut I really can't predict this business. Been dead this week but already have £500 of work booked in next week.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:37,
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Doze is quite popular in Albania.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:30,
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If it wasn't for Prince Paul and Automator I would be modelling in Albania or some Balkan country.Still
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Enver Hoxha expelled youShortly before he was burned alive.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:42,
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Handsome Boy Modeling School is the best sixty dollars I ever spent If you got sixty dollars left in your pocket Go to Handsome Boy Modeling School, you won't be sorry for long(, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:45, Reply)
No, you are THE Disappointed.Capital tee, capital dee.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:24,
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Yes I am.Knocking on 8 years wasting my time on here now. Fucking hell.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:30,
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You get a carriage clock or a barometer or something soon.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:36,
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I think Cavy, B3th and Kroney are lower numbers than me. (
The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:39,
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it's not much to be proud aboutbut it's all I've got
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:48,
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Who'd have thought it would be so hard to buy some buttons eh?(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:38,
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Do you want to hear some metallers singing"diddly diddly dum dum"?
Because your dreams just came true
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCGQiGEYl4Y
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:39,
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acapella metalobviously
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:44,
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I'm hoping that you stumbled across this by accident(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:49,
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my friend told me about it(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:50,
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nobut I reckon it could be eventually. We definitely have drums and people who like to sing (+ beer)
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:53,
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Where would you go to buy buttons?I need a set for a jacket
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:54,
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Brill thanks!I haven't seen a haberdasher in years
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:56,
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dunelmlocal sewing shop or knitting shop
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:57,
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Dumelm eh? A gypsy called my mum a prostitute in one of those onceUnfortunately we don't have them in london
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:59,
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really? I like those places(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:01,
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Tru fax, she may have called him a gyppo first(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:05,
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There must be loads of prossies in London.Not least your mum.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:07,
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I don't want to hear metallers singing anythinng.Metallers are bent and shit.
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Now let me tell you this, before I go to my nice bed.I went out this morning for a meeting to get a new contract and I got it. Of course I did. But let me tell you that last time I got a new contract the VERY SAME SONG popped up on 6 Music.
And it's one of my six most influential bits of music ever.
Name it.
EDIT - It's not strong on lyrics but I've exhausted them in sigs over the years. It's the band I last got a shag to.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 21:55,
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Saturday Night - Whigfield?What job did you get?
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:00,
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What time was it?I remember them playing America Girl this morning
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:00,
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Just after 9You mean American Girl - Tom Petty? Another top ten.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:02,
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Ah, I was at work by then(yes, that one was the earworm this morning)
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:03,
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Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:01,
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More a Purple man, myself.(
The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:03,
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But you said influential.Or did you mean they had an influence on you?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:04,
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I love Deep PurpleThe user name XTC, the sig is Costello but yes, it's Wedding Present.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:10,
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Like listening to someone fart on an untuned guitar for an hour(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:03,
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Sunn o))) are excellent.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:06,
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I dont get itMesuggah church or some shit droning on and on and on
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:08,
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Then you need to go back and listen to what came before.Work forwards from Sabbath.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:10,
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Are you saying they are the zenith of metal?Because Linkin Park have that crown
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:16,
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No, I'm saying that you can trace a path from the first Sabbath LP, Through bands like those dozer mentioned, plus St Vitus, Earth, etc. to what they are doing.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:23,
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Plus electronic acts like Autechre.To me, a lot of what Sunn O))) do is about texture and mood, and closer to shit like SAW2 way more than metal.
Sunn O))) are arty, witty, committed and serious. I think this is what goes over the Ape's head.
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Go and see them live.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:35,
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Not in the least bit boring.Boring is shite like the fucking Foo Fighters.
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I really didn't get them at all the first time I saw them play.But I love Monoliths and Dimensions.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:15,
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I love how they are so serious but properly send up the inherent ridiculousness of heavy metal.I dig that sort of dichotomy, I really do.
You getting that new GYBE album on Monday?
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I'm getting nothing until my missus returns to work.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:19,
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I had an email yesterday advising that it was on its way.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:24,
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The Wedding Present thenEr... Everyone thinks he looks daft?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:03,
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Cracker!www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5HHhsOqZvY
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:05,
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You like thrash and speed metal?Those bands were trying to play faster and louder than what had come before.
So doom goes the other way, play slower and deeper than before.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:26,
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Goatsnake are stoner rather than Doom.And feature members of Sunn O)))
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They are neighbouring genres.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:31,
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Perhaps you'd prefer the slowcore approach of PD faves Low?Similar inspiration - if other bands are trying to be the fastest and loudest, then we'll be the slowest and quietest.
*dozer posts a link to something from Secret Name here*
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:33,
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I will do in a sec, I have Burning Witch on right now.HERE YOU GO!!!!
youtu.be/ako3beDuaO0
I prefer I Could Live in Hope actually.
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Invoked above as an antidotewww.youtube.com/watch?v=uNgt7U9QrFQ
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:26,
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OK - I'm off out for a tab.When I come back - the track - the one track - that got you into music.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:34,
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Depends.Into punk? Into metal? Into hip hop? Into drum n bass? Into house?
Actually, this is the track that convinced me that house was worth it. Until about 2000 I was strictly DnB and hip hop. House was bent, see, and just like commercial chart pop?
Was it fuck. This is sleek, soulful, underground US house.
youtu.be/88YS1z2Z5kQ
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There's only us left it appears.But there must have been something - a one thing - that electified you. I know what mine was.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:45,
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Thing is, the song or band which acted as a turning point may not necessarily be that great in themselves,but if they lead you down an exciting new path...
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:48,
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ExactlyJohn Peel, 1982. This is the one that turned me:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DE8UQnM5Y
That's 30 years ago and I must be looking very old tonight.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:52,
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I came to the Smiths late, so they never occupied that special place in my heart that they seem to for their fans.I quite like some of it, but it has never been life-changing stuff for me - their best album is the best of the smiths.
TD is the right age for them to have played an important role though.
You're only a couple of years younger than me, Doz, but you grew up in a very different world to our man TD.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:57,
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See I'm only four years older, but I caught the tail end of TD's era.Not to the same extent as TD, but I can remember being amazed to discover 'alternative' music.
When I started going to clubs aged around 15/16 there was one or two nights that catered for all the alternative groups - goths, metallers, indie kids, hippies, crusties, etc. - we all had to wait our turn as the DJs would play a section of each style of music through the course of the night.
Of course this introduced you to other genres you might not otherwise have heard and you learned to appreciate them.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:08,
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I KNOW, I READ ITYou'd like my friend Neil's writing, maybe.
I think I gazzed you a link to one of his pieces once before.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:11,
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But did you like it?Why do you think I sent you it?
You're one of the few people who don't just say that things are fucking shit.
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I did actually.I'm not that much of a Joy Division fan, but other people's passion for a band always makes me want to explore what it is that they love.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:16,
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So now you know.I think the main thing is that they were just working class lads and they made such fluid, literary music. Arty when they had no right to be, and I don't think they realised just how arty and clever they were.
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Applies to a lot of bands really.(
The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:24,
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I still think New Order are fucking shit though.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:25,
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MehSome great songs- Ceremony (which was written by Joy Division) and Temptation are fucking wonderful.
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I got all sortsBut - as below - I grew up in Barrow-in-Furness. Popular culture was forced upon us, and if you wanted to be different you had to get out.
Three of us went to Glasgow after school one weekend to see Lloyd Cole. Ok, we'd been a bit smartarsey about getting out of town etc. - but when we went to get our bags from the common room someone had written "posh twats" on them.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:16,
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I just checkedAnd I'm on last week's main qotw Best Of page TWICE.
BEAT THAT, FATBOY!!!
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You've attained the dizzying heights of Pooflake.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:28,
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Not really something I aspire to beat.Midge Ure lookalike.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:34,
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I was quite lucky in that the school I went to drew from a quite middle class, bohemian, lefty sort of areaSo there were kids there with cool older brothers or parents that smoked dope, etc.
But it took me until my fifth year to meet them.
There was still the twats who called you names if you had long hair, but it didn't really matter because there were enough alternative people to make it bearable.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:23,
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Age thing again.I passed my 11 plus and went to Grammar School. A year later it became a comprehensive but it was the closest school to home so I stayed there - ex Grammar School teachers forced to teach in a comp wasn't a happy mix at all.
They loved our year but even as a 15 year old I watched standards decline.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:30,
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As below - thanks.Me, Buzz and Jez used to get the train to Manchester every Saturday to buy music - 128 miles to buy good stuff.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:01,
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You're a lot younger than meImagine growing up in a working class North West town in the early 80's, when it was all fucking Spandau Ballet.
If I sometimes spit out balls of vitriol, remember that the place I grew up in was dead from the hair down and then understand that my younger brother is gay.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:58,
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I hate homophobia.And I grew up an articulate, well read, awkward stammerer in abject poverty in a council house.
Not sure what that has to do with anything really.
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What it means is that you make the best of what you've gotParochial, insular towns either crush you or squeeze you out to something better.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:06,
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Yeah, you're secretly proud of that.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:12,
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I think the point is that growing up in small towns is hideous beyond the understanding of most people.(
The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:19,
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One track???I don't recall ever not being into music.
I could probably list a few turning points in my listening career.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:43,
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That's what I was getting at.Ooh, plus this for mad props from the Dizzle, Joy Division covered by Low:
youtu.be/_nVrwzptNVc
I fucking love Joy Division.
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Maybe it's just me, thenBut I can put a point on when music became part of my life.
In fact I can say it was after 8 bars of a song.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 22:48,
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Right, I really should go to bed.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 23:35,
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Then I won't read it.This'll make you smile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFlmEznsr2w
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 0:06,
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and indeed it didcheers jeff. :)
BTW I am off LARPing with Cavy tomorrow, if I don't return, tell my family I was raped to death by sex-starved LARP chicks.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 12 Oct 2012, 0:08,
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How does LARPing work.I know it doesn't involve dice.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 0:12,
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Kinda improvised acting with rubber swordsor six-shooters in this case.
Details here: www.serenity-lrp.co.uk/handbook3.pdf
if you really care. Sorry too tired for a proper explanation. I'm off to sleep, lots of silliness to get up to tomorrow. :)
night jeffers.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 12 Oct 2012, 0:15,
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