So, new thread time
I'm going to see Babybird at Scala in London next week. Other people should come too as their new album is very good indeed, and features Johnny Depp on guitar for one song.

Which collaboration between A-List hollywood star and little known indie bands would you like to see?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:46, 37 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Chuck Norris (I'm stretching A-list)
and Oasis (I'm stretching little known) purely as I would pay a lot of money to see Liam Gallagagaher roundhouse kicked in the face
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:47, Reply)

^This
with big brass knobs on
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I don't know so I'm going to ask my own question.
So, how do you check if a buisiness that you're going to deal with is dodgy?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:48, Reply)

We run credit checks on them
Do you have that facility?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:49, Reply)

No, this is an estate agent I'm going to give £180 to.
I went on companies house. There's two companies with similar names at the same address, that's not necessarily bad though?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Is this a deposit on a flat or something?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:51, Reply)

It's an admin fee for the letting agent.
Fucking shit is what it is, but legal according to citizens advice.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Yeah, it is.
I had to pay one when renting through an estate agent a few years ago. At least you get a deposit back from a landlord.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:54, Reply)

Oh just to save you some time
they don't accept monopoly money. Also yelling at the woman that she should because the way they run their business is like a game where they are the big fat moneybag man and you are the old boot and I would have been better off living in a tiny plastic house on Old Kent Road will get you escorted off the premises.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:54, Reply)

'Estate Agent'.
'Dodgy'.

*stereotypes*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:51, Reply)

estate agents are all dodgy fucktards
who will screw you out of any and all money you give them.

This statement backed up by 7 years of renting
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Not sure.
google them to see if any scandal pops up? What kind of company?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Nothing comes up with google of the name or address.
edit: apart from their website.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Probably reasonably above board then.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:12, Reply)

Are they called Honest Daves Honest Business Practice
because if they are, they must be kosher since they've got the word Honest in their name twice.

If they aren't, they could be dodgy.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:50, Reply)

I hope I never hear "You're gorgeous" ever again
ever
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Oh God, that was an appallingly irritating song.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Mark & Lard did a pisstake, "You're gormless"

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:53, Reply)

I liked You're Gormless!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:54, Reply)

The Shirehorses
were excellent.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I loved Mark and Lard
Remember One Man and his Frog?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:16, Reply)

I don't, no.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:34, Reply)

They did two
The other was You're a bastard.
( Peej, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)

'Fucking shit' does not even come close.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:58, Reply)

Jack Nicolson playing the spoons with Babylon Zoo

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:52, Reply)

This would be quite brilliant
If they stopped Spaceman after the fast bit and had a spoon solo
(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:53, Reply)

after the fast bit and had a spoon solo
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I had a poster of that moon girl wearing levis on my wall
it feels like a very long time ago now
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:57, Reply)

'totally Babylon Zoo'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:58, Reply)

I'd rather spend an evening in the company of a baby's turd, personally.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:59, Reply)

Have you listened to anything other than "You're Gorgeous"?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Of course not! Why on earth would I want to hear more?
Is this where you tell me that their last record was actually a flawless psych rock LP in the vein of Captain Beyond?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:02, Reply)

There is a lot more to Baby Bird than that song.
'Fatherhood' is a brilliant album.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 13:25, Reply)

There's a lot more to U2 than 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
A lot more shite, unfortunately...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:14, Reply)

I'd like to see Robin Williams and Woody Allen
'collaborate' with some of those Norwegian black metal bands that are always killing each other, that would be excellent.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I would like to see Brad Pitt play the triangle on stage with Bis

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:16, Reply)

There's zero chance of it happening
but if Zooey Deschanel ever wanted to sing for my god-awful blues band she'd be more than welcome.

More importantly, I'd also like to see Sheridan Smith (not A-list, I know) sing with Iron Maiden (hardly little-known, I know) just so everyone else would be able to judge my long-standing theory that she looks like a young Dave Murray.

EDIT: Or Nick Griffin should be made to play a set with Tinariwen. And enjoy it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:20, Reply)