Right, who's about?
It's Friday and I'm stuck at work until 8pm for fucks sakes. I am properly bored. Bring on the abuse
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:35, 75 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Hello!
I am at home. Sadly I fear we have nothing in common.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:38, Reply)

Nonsense
Even without knowing anything about you I can tell we have similar tastes in sitcoms starring Steve Coogan
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:42, Reply)

Monkey tennis?
What is the attraction to Pendulum? I'm not being arsey, I just don't see how they are so popular (though not with DnB fans, it must be said). Surely they are just bad DnB with terrible faux-metal vocals, or do I miss the point?

I know you dig them. I NEED TO KNOW.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:45, Reply)

They are the Australian Prodigy
But without the interesting stage show, or relatively groundbreaking music.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:48, Reply)

Succinct and to the point, Alphonse.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 21:45, Reply)

Pendulum have done something very clever
They've taken the principle of being jack of all trades, master of none and made it work for them in a way that Jamie Carragher could only dream of. They're not D'n'B any more, thank fuck, they're not a rock band in the conventional sense, they occupy a middle ground that pulls in fans from all directions. They're accessible enough for the Radio 1 idiots to fawn over them, aggressive enough for rock fans to lap them up (especially since that scene has mostly grown very stale) and bleepy enough for anyone with a passing interest in class A drugs to proclaim them as geniuses. Al's comparison with the Prodigy is pretty smart, to be honest. You can forgive them being a few years behind, cos, well, look where they come from.

This is all off the top of my head, by the way. I fucking love Pendulum, I've never really stopped to think about why they're so popular before
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:54, Reply)

But that's just it though
The electronic scene don't like them either. And I read Al's description in a negative way. Australia's had a fair amount of good electronic music in the last ten years by the way.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:58, Reply)

Decoder Ring were good
But I can't think of anyone else.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:00, Reply)

Fex, Infusion, The Presets, Blastique, Dopamine...
I could only think of five. But Infusion and Dopamine are particularly good. Disconnected Audio is a good record label, and they have a thriving breakbeat scene. Bigger than the UK's scene in 2004-2008, the Plumps get mobbed in Oz.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:07, Reply)

Lee Plump
is an old and dear chum of mine. I first got to know him many years ago when his scratching was even worse than mine at 'Freshly Breaked'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 21:47, Reply)

I'll have to take your word for that
To be honest I was just thinking in type above. To me the reason why people like Pendulum is cos they have fucking good songs, but most of the bands to whom I would attribute that quality have been much less successful than Pendulum whilst the likes of Oasis have sold millions of records, so perhaps its all about taste, or something
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:02, Reply)

The DnB scene particularly loathe Pendulum for what they did.
The Dogs on Acid thing was really funny. None of the DJs I know and play out with would play any Pendulum except for their very early tunes (which were pretty good- it's just a shame they went and pissed on their reputation by doing commercial emo shit with those terrible vocals). They're to serious dance music what Linkin Park are to serious metal. Kind of like The Vengaboys, but without the humour or the self-awareness.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:10, Reply)

Perhaps - and I'm just guessing here - they wanted to sell records
Linkin Park have done alright for themselves. Not a bad template to copy. I see your point, don't get me wrong - no-one likes a sell-out. But to someone like me who doesn't like Drum'n'Bass Pendulum made the right choice. And whilst Linkin Park have long since disappeared into self-parody, their older stuff still gets more people dancing than does Mastodon, musical integrity be damned
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:15, Reply)

I have no time for training bra bands like Linkin Park or Pendulum
I like a lot of metal. In particular Slayer, Kyuss, Sunn O))), early QOTSA, Nailbomb, Ministry etc. But when I see bands like the aforementioned Linkin Park, Evanescence, Green Day and Pendulum doing their thing it leaves me dumbfounded. It's entry-level music for 12 year olds and people who equate success with quality. Having said that, I also despise Faithless, all Hard House, the Tidy Boys, 50 Cent, Cascada and Oasis for the same reason.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:20, Reply)

Faithless were fucking awesome back in the day
their first two albums were great.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:26, Reply)

first two albums were that one song they did was

great alright, I suppose
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:27, Reply)

Bored now
Insult my family and call me mental
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:29, Reply)

Your fianceé is only marrying you
because Sloth from the Goonies rejected her
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:32, Reply)

I never got the whole stadium trance thing.
Surely Faithless are a poor man's trance version of Massive attack?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:29, Reply)

I never like Massive Attack

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:31, Reply)

never attack cock
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:40, Reply)

But again, that's just about taste, isn't it
No-one in their right mind would ever claim that Billie Joe Armstrong was as good a guitarist as Kerry King, but he knows how to write a catchy tune. Or, given their most recent output, he knows how to REwrite a catchy tune and convince people that different lyrics = different song. That's what he's good at and although I understand your thinking it to be shit, I happen to like Green Day. Obviously you prize musicianship and agression above commerical success, and fair play to you for that; we'd be richer as a species if everyone held this view and artist with no discernable talent like the aforementioned Mr Cent and those Manc Beatles-worshipping twats (you missed out Robbie Williams) were never allowed near a recording studio. Honestly I've given up getting angry at bands who make it big for no explicable reason, it's not worth the energy. Maybe I'm just getting old
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:30, Reply)

I'm not angry at them at all
I just find it amusing that people past the age of 13 buy Green Day, Linkin Park and Pendulous records.

You can't be totally cloth-eared though- you like Faith No More. Now that was a band that could mesh metal with electronic and retain humour, warmth, wit, talent and integrity.

Unlike Pendulous.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:37, Reply)

You are a bit angry at them
or you wouldn't be trying to get a rise out of me with your comments about them.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:41, Reply)

Not at all
I know you love them. I can't see the attraction or the point. To me, they just sound like generic poppy rock with some cheesy breakbeats in. Just wanted a different viewpoint. The first tunes of theirs I heard were that Pack of Wolves remix they did for Nightbreed and Another Planet. Great, great tunes. Good, well produced, techy DnB. Then they released In Silico and Granite.

And that hilarious strop on Dogs On Acid. My favourite thing they've done since their early days.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:47, Reply)

I genuinely have no idea about this Dogs on Acid thing
This is my point though. To me most D'n'B sounds incredibly samey and therefore dull. It's not my cup of tea but you love it so fair enough. For you to go after Pendulum and someone who likes them with such venom intimates that their success angers you
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:51, Reply)

Whoah!
Their success doesn't anger me at all dude. Not one jot. It amuses me.

Anyway, did you not challenge fans of 'dance music' to listen to their new album and not proclaim it to be genius? I have heard it, I love electronic music and I find it very, very poor. They just aren't very good at what they do, either their pseudo DnB or their rock stuff.

The DoA thing is here:

www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?s=b1810f0d7b4bbdf89df38a99b0c59766&threadid=536978&perpage=20&pagenumber=8

Mucho lols.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:59, Reply)

By implication
this means you are a very attractive man with a pug ugly girlfriend who knows most of my close friends very well, has fantastic hair, a truly appalling taste in music and as a hobby kills african lions with his bare hands and other manly pursuits.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:42, Reply)

I think - THINK -
that somewhere in there was a compliment about my music taste

That's going in the file
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:44, Reply)

I wondered if you'd spot that.
Why are you still at work?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:45, Reply)

Shift work. Didn't start til 11am
Second to last time I'll ever have to do this, and the last time on a Friday, thank fuck

How do you know about the awesomeness of my taste in music? Either you've been trawling posts on here looking for the tiniest snippet of information about me, or you've seen my Facebook page in full. Still not sure how you managed that
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:49, Reply)

You DJ at a Rock night
and you said you were going to play Whitesnake at my request once. That's pretty good in my book.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:54, Reply)

God you've got a good memory
Seriously, how did you see that pic of me and Turk on FB? Cos if my security settings are shithouse I should probably know
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:55, Reply)

Your security settings are shit
anyone can see your photos, change them to only friends rather than friends of friends. This will of course mean I won't be able to spy on you any more, but you know, I'm willing to give that up for you.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:01, Reply)

That's awfully decent of you
Having never visited my own page I hadn't realised that. I hope Ms Foxtrot's security settings are better than mine, don't like the idea of you snooping through her pics, you filthy mongrel
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:03, Reply)

Your mrs' name isn't on your public profile so I can't snoop her pics.
Shame.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:07, Reply)

Yeah, there's a reason for that
Fucking pervert
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:10, Reply)

*points at nose with left index finger*
*points at ferociously ugly man with right index finger*
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:27, Reply)

I'm still pretty sure you want to fuck me
You've taken "the lady doth protest too much" to staggeringly agressive new levels
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:31, Reply)

We should totally meet up on Hampstead Heath

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:32, Reply)

Effort!
You're the one who's keen. You're coming to Norwich
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:39, Reply)

Oh, you'd like that wouldn't you?
A nice bit of abuse to make the time fly. Well just to prove what a sadist I am I'm not going to abuse you. Subtle eh?
Talking of abuse, did you see the article about the bloke who died in the shower after a good seeing to by two dominatrices?

www.metro.co.uk/news/832784-dominatrix-held-over-britons-death
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:40, Reply)

That is genuinely awful/brilliant
My favourite bit has to be "A statement released on behalf of Mr Mortimer's family said relatives believed the racing driver died of natural causes in his sleep."

Possibly the worst lie about a post-mortem since someone at the BBC claimed that Davina McCall's chat show was cancelled due to whatever they said that wasn't "she was shit"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:43, Reply)

He couldn't have died of natural causes
if they are investigating two people for causing his death. It must have been severe internal bleeding from being buggered with a massive strap on.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:44, Reply)

Hello Darth Foxtrot, I'd like to bum you
in both holes
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:44, Reply)

I know, Bert, I know
but it's not going to happen
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:45, Reply)

Bert is too busy making people feel good about themselves

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:46, Reply)

I'm like a rainbow of fluff
that brightens the lives of retards with a warm feeling in their bellies
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:47, Reply)

I've got a warm feeling in my anus
I think I need a shit
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:50, Reply)

I need a poo as well
with a little co-ordination, we could meet up on a hill and recreate the rolling logs scene from spartacus
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:53, Reply)

That is a phenomenally good idea
I really don't think I can suppress this slurry for as long as it takes to get from Norwich to, say, Manchester. I'm not sure if that's halfway but no-one will mind us shitting in public there
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:56, Reply)

Never say never, Darth
You haven't lived until you've felt my puckered anus twitching all over your turgid manpiece
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:50, Reply)

Good point
If Ms Foxtrot ever dumps me you're going on the list
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 18:57, Reply)

alright darth foxtrot
why is your ignore button in purple?

I'm listening to this www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7wlgW8dyXs&feature=related
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:04, Reply)

I have no idea
I assume that at some point you dallied with the idea of ignoring me. I'm glad you've decided against it, even if I could understand your reasons for doing so
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:06, Reply)

actually my browser gets stuck sometimes and when I click it ends up clicking something else once it's fully loaded
I got an itchy trigger finger
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:12, Reply)

*clicks ignore*

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:15, Reply)

I call shenanigans

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:18, Reply)

For the first time I'm glad there's an ocean between us
"Itchy trigger finger" is not a phrase any man wants to hear ;-)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:17, Reply)

what's it mean to you?

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:19, Reply)

You've got a gun and might shoot me in the head with it

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:24, Reply)

She does live in that there Virginia
they like their snipers around there.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:26, Reply)

I was studiously avoiding national stereotyping
I just tend to assume people want to shoot me cos I'm annoying
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:31, Reply)

fuck em
no, literally, I mean rape them until their eyes bleed
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:38, Reply)

What, the people who want to shoot me?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:41, Reply)

yes

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:47, Reply)

It'll take me a while
Want to help?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:52, Reply)

first time I shot a gun I was 7
Kristine fact #301
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:31, Reply)

Sweet.
I like you even more now.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:33, Reply)

that was the last time I shot a gun
Kristine fact #302
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:37, Reply)

I saw her first, bitch

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:41, Reply)

pfft
trust me, there's plenty to go around
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 19:50, Reply)

Richard McBeef.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 21:59, Reply)

Richard McBeef makes people feel good about themselves.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 22:19, Reply)

He's all heart that man
I heard he also liked to take the piss out of Monty's relatives.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 22:29, Reply)