My OperaDexys are coming back!!!!!
Friday, May 18, 2012 7:43:00 PM
..and I love this tune!
P*nut joins the HD revolution (properly, this time)
Friday, April 27, 2012 10:40:06 AM
Hiya! This is my Friday off don't you know - well, seeing as I'm tired of going onto opera every day and seeing no notifications I thought I'd write a blog again. This is all about tech-technology but it takes a while to get there - bare with me!
I have been collecting the South Park DVDs and at Christmas I asked for the latest one, which was the 14th season and which I believed contained the episodes 200 & 201 (albeit 201 edited by Comedy Central) - Dad got me this but I was disappointed upon discovering that the Region 2 version doesn't include these episodes AT ALL (so it's hardly "The Complete Fourteenth Season" is it then?) I persuaded Dad to send it back under the faulty pretext that I had been given two copies at Christmas, and thought I would get myself the Region 1 DVD some time, even though I may not be able to see it instantly.
Those who read this rubbish regularly (well, that's just Mossman, really!) will know that I have a fair few import DVDs from America, already, mostly of the classic animation variety and luckily the Warner Bros DVDs (which includes MGMs and Popeye) are actually Region Free and play on any player but I sadly haven't been able to play my Disney Treasures or Woody Woodpeckers for a while, and I feared the same fate would befall my South Park DVD once I got it.
Anyway, as an incentive for not having any time off sick in March (something I have also achieved in April - yay, me!) I bought the import South Park DVD and when it arrived and I stuck it in the lounge DVD player, sure enough, it didn't work.
My first machine for playing imported DVDs was a Playstation 2, in the lounge, for which I bought a "Region X" DVD designed to allow you to play different region discs on the player. However, eventually the Playstation stopped playing discs reliably and eventually ended up unplugged in the bedroom. This was replaced, along with another old broken DVD and/or video (can't quite remember history now) with a region 2 DVD/video player/recorder which was placed in the lounge and a cheap multi-region player that went in the bedroom.
However, eventually the scart socket around the back of the multi-region became unreliable and moored loose from it's surroundings and we thought it would cost more to get it fixed than replaced so it eventually also remained unplugged in the bedroom under the bedroom telly.
This left us with the combined DVD/video recorder. The idea behind this was brilliant - I can get all my old video archive onto DVD. However shortly after transferring some cartoons and Lee & Herring stuff, the remote control was lost, never to be refound EVER! And you needed the remote control in order to perform the recording function, so this left us with a lounge DVD player that could play most region 2 DVD as long as the menu screen wasn't too complicated (i.e. required a remote control), in which case only the computer would play it. We phoned up too ask how much it was to get a replacement remote control for it and it cost more, so we gave up.
Following this, we ended up with a new HD ready widescreen TV, courtesy of my mum and dad, as they got a replacement on their insurance owing to a small chip in the screen.
Anyway, back to South Park. When the Region 1 DVD arrived I tried re-setting up the Playstation on the new lounge TV. The bloody thing still wouldn't work so I thought I'd try the disc in this here lap top that I'm typing this on now.
I first of all looked up on google how to watch Region 1 DVDs on a laptop, because I vaguely knew that you could change the regions but only a limited amount of times and sure enough, you only had to right click to do this, but were limited to four swaps. Well, I thought "f*** it" I want to watch my new DVD so last Friday I did just that on this here laptop.
Now, concurrent to this, we had also been chatting that if we ever got a replacement DVD player we may as well get a Blu Ray as we now have a TV that can play them. However, my main concern was the playing Region 1's problem, so I wanted to look into this first. Now Woody has never watched DVDs on the laptop so I thought well, why don't I just keep the laptop as my Region 1 player. Then we could move the remote-control-less DVD/video into the bedroom and then get a cheap Blu Ray player for the lounge. The only disadvantage to this was that if I got a P*nut-only friendly and long DVD such as one of my other Christmas presents, the four disc Fist of Fun epic, I'd have to watch it in the lounge and banish Woody to the bedroom. However Woody assured me that this was cool, she found the bedroom comfortable, and as she's recently become a book-reading fiend she doesn't watch telly as much as she used to.
This also got Woody unreasonably excited about getting a Blu Ray player, so much so that when we did the super market shopping that evening, directly after having the above discussion in the car after I picked her up from work, we ...errr... bought a Blu Ray player. We looked at each other and thought "are we mad? should we not research this more?" but it was half price, and we have a bit more money now, having me not have time off sick (I don't get paid when I'm off sick) and another little windfall which meant we could pay off one of our overdrafts so now we only have one, rather than two accounts, in the red.
I then decided we needed to buy an actual Blu Ray disc at that moment, and from the selection available at Sainsburys, we plumped for "Fantasia." Woody asked do we need to get any wires to go with it and I assured her "no...it will come with everything." We get home. There's no bloody HDMI cable included. So we pop out again, this time to Asda (we like to vary our Supermarket activities) and got one and sat back to watch "Fantasia" - well, actually we only watched it up to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" but we were very tired.
Co-incidentally, on this very day of new technological horizons, I also got something through the post from Sky telling me as a loyal subscriber I could get a free HD box from them, and then after two months free a £10 subscription per month for the HD services. Woody is somewhat more enthusiastic about getting this than me, and we've decided we can afford it, so, why the hell not, and she wants me to upgrade today ... haven't found the letter yet though.
Went to town the following Saturday and bought my second Blu Ray disc. "Boogie Nights" from HMV. "Boogie Nights" is bizarrely, virtually the first DVD, region 1 DVD and Blu Ray I have got. It was one of the first DVDs (second again, I think, after Bjork) I got, but it was disappointing, as it wasn't proper widescreen, and contained virtally no extras. This was one of the reasons why it became the first import DVD I got as the American version had loads of stuff, and it was also cheap, so it was a good way of checking that the Playstation thing worked. And then when I was looking in HMV I discovered the Blu Ray version contained everything (and very possibly more) that was on the Region 1 and it was only £8 so I got it yet again.
Also, in other tech-technology news it was the end of an era in the South East as old fashioned through an aeriel TV finally died, but I'll talk about that another day (possibly) - I'm off to find a letter from Sky - tatty-bye!
I have been collecting the South Park DVDs and at Christmas I asked for the latest one, which was the 14th season and which I believed contained the episodes 200 & 201 (albeit 201 edited by Comedy Central) - Dad got me this but I was disappointed upon discovering that the Region 2 version doesn't include these episodes AT ALL (so it's hardly "The Complete Fourteenth Season" is it then?) I persuaded Dad to send it back under the faulty pretext that I had been given two copies at Christmas, and thought I would get myself the Region 1 DVD some time, even though I may not be able to see it instantly.
Those who read this rubbish regularly (well, that's just Mossman, really!) will know that I have a fair few import DVDs from America, already, mostly of the classic animation variety and luckily the Warner Bros DVDs (which includes MGMs and Popeye) are actually Region Free and play on any player but I sadly haven't been able to play my Disney Treasures or Woody Woodpeckers for a while, and I feared the same fate would befall my South Park DVD once I got it.
Anyway, as an incentive for not having any time off sick in March (something I have also achieved in April - yay, me!) I bought the import South Park DVD and when it arrived and I stuck it in the lounge DVD player, sure enough, it didn't work.
My first machine for playing imported DVDs was a Playstation 2, in the lounge, for which I bought a "Region X" DVD designed to allow you to play different region discs on the player. However, eventually the Playstation stopped playing discs reliably and eventually ended up unplugged in the bedroom. This was replaced, along with another old broken DVD and/or video (can't quite remember history now) with a region 2 DVD/video player/recorder which was placed in the lounge and a cheap multi-region player that went in the bedroom.
However, eventually the scart socket around the back of the multi-region became unreliable and moored loose from it's surroundings and we thought it would cost more to get it fixed than replaced so it eventually also remained unplugged in the bedroom under the bedroom telly.
This left us with the combined DVD/video recorder. The idea behind this was brilliant - I can get all my old video archive onto DVD. However shortly after transferring some cartoons and Lee & Herring stuff, the remote control was lost, never to be refound EVER! And you needed the remote control in order to perform the recording function, so this left us with a lounge DVD player that could play most region 2 DVD as long as the menu screen wasn't too complicated (i.e. required a remote control), in which case only the computer would play it. We phoned up too ask how much it was to get a replacement remote control for it and it cost more, so we gave up.
Following this, we ended up with a new HD ready widescreen TV, courtesy of my mum and dad, as they got a replacement on their insurance owing to a small chip in the screen.
Anyway, back to South Park. When the Region 1 DVD arrived I tried re-setting up the Playstation on the new lounge TV. The bloody thing still wouldn't work so I thought I'd try the disc in this here lap top that I'm typing this on now.
I first of all looked up on google how to watch Region 1 DVDs on a laptop, because I vaguely knew that you could change the regions but only a limited amount of times and sure enough, you only had to right click to do this, but were limited to four swaps. Well, I thought "f*** it" I want to watch my new DVD so last Friday I did just that on this here laptop.
Now, concurrent to this, we had also been chatting that if we ever got a replacement DVD player we may as well get a Blu Ray as we now have a TV that can play them. However, my main concern was the playing Region 1's problem, so I wanted to look into this first. Now Woody has never watched DVDs on the laptop so I thought well, why don't I just keep the laptop as my Region 1 player. Then we could move the remote-control-less DVD/video into the bedroom and then get a cheap Blu Ray player for the lounge. The only disadvantage to this was that if I got a P*nut-only friendly and long DVD such as one of my other Christmas presents, the four disc Fist of Fun epic, I'd have to watch it in the lounge and banish Woody to the bedroom. However Woody assured me that this was cool, she found the bedroom comfortable, and as she's recently become a book-reading fiend she doesn't watch telly as much as she used to.
This also got Woody unreasonably excited about getting a Blu Ray player, so much so that when we did the super market shopping that evening, directly after having the above discussion in the car after I picked her up from work, we ...errr... bought a Blu Ray player. We looked at each other and thought "are we mad? should we not research this more?" but it was half price, and we have a bit more money now, having me not have time off sick (I don't get paid when I'm off sick) and another little windfall which meant we could pay off one of our overdrafts so now we only have one, rather than two accounts, in the red.
I then decided we needed to buy an actual Blu Ray disc at that moment, and from the selection available at Sainsburys, we plumped for "Fantasia." Woody asked do we need to get any wires to go with it and I assured her "no...it will come with everything." We get home. There's no bloody HDMI cable included. So we pop out again, this time to Asda (we like to vary our Supermarket activities) and got one and sat back to watch "Fantasia" - well, actually we only watched it up to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" but we were very tired.
Co-incidentally, on this very day of new technological horizons, I also got something through the post from Sky telling me as a loyal subscriber I could get a free HD box from them, and then after two months free a £10 subscription per month for the HD services. Woody is somewhat more enthusiastic about getting this than me, and we've decided we can afford it, so, why the hell not, and she wants me to upgrade today ... haven't found the letter yet though.
Went to town the following Saturday and bought my second Blu Ray disc. "Boogie Nights" from HMV. "Boogie Nights" is bizarrely, virtually the first DVD, region 1 DVD and Blu Ray I have got. It was one of the first DVDs (second again, I think, after Bjork) I got, but it was disappointing, as it wasn't proper widescreen, and contained virtally no extras. This was one of the reasons why it became the first import DVD I got as the American version had loads of stuff, and it was also cheap, so it was a good way of checking that the Playstation thing worked. And then when I was looking in HMV I discovered the Blu Ray version contained everything (and very possibly more) that was on the Region 1 and it was only £8 so I got it yet again.
Also, in other tech-technology news it was the end of an era in the South East as old fashioned through an aeriel TV finally died, but I'll talk about that another day (possibly) - I'm off to find a letter from Sky - tatty-bye!
Wee wee update
Monday, April 9, 2012 6:00:07 AM
Hullo ... we came back from our holiday in Wales on Friday and my chesty cough is now finally retreating after months of hanging around.
Great news was imparted to me before the hols - the chef who was my main anxiety causing vehicle was leaving and should have left on Thursday last week while I was on my hols - ideal! I don't even have to say goodbye to the bitch. Not that she would have spoken to me anyway. Now I just have to make sure I get on with the new chef and do not find something new to get anxious again.
My days off change from this week too because of staffing changes etc. (Got to go back tomorrow - bank holiday Monday in Britain today.) As of this week my days change to Mon - Thurs with Friday as my day off rather than Wednesday. I think this might suit me better although I may be knackered on Thursday (we work 7:30 - 6:30 with one hours unpaid lunch and no breaks.) but I like the idea of a long weekend.
It was nice getting a full months pay this month, for a change, so action plan - no sickness continues. My next wee holiday (and it will be a wee one - the long British jubilee weekend of (for me) Friday - Tuesday) is my next aim of 8 weeks away. I then have a week off in August, a week in October and then Christmas.
Anyway, the hols, we were at Pendine Sands in South Wales. Another caravan park with Bingo, although we only went to the venue once and I managed to win the top bingo prize of £93 plus £20 for a line. We thought we shouldn't chance our arm again and escaped with our winnings.
Had two days out on our short break - Pembroke Castle and a Zoo which didn't seem quite finished. It was just what the doctor ordered.
Both cats grateful to see us back although Millie seems to have got a little more aggressive in her efforts to become top cat on our return. She's up the top of the study door while I type this inconsequential rubbish while Mabel is on the floor looking up at her.
Actually I should feed them as it's now 7am and they're being very patient. See y'awl later!
Great news was imparted to me before the hols - the chef who was my main anxiety causing vehicle was leaving and should have left on Thursday last week while I was on my hols - ideal! I don't even have to say goodbye to the bitch. Not that she would have spoken to me anyway. Now I just have to make sure I get on with the new chef and do not find something new to get anxious again.
My days off change from this week too because of staffing changes etc. (Got to go back tomorrow - bank holiday Monday in Britain today.) As of this week my days change to Mon - Thurs with Friday as my day off rather than Wednesday. I think this might suit me better although I may be knackered on Thursday (we work 7:30 - 6:30 with one hours unpaid lunch and no breaks.) but I like the idea of a long weekend.
It was nice getting a full months pay this month, for a change, so action plan - no sickness continues. My next wee holiday (and it will be a wee one - the long British jubilee weekend of (for me) Friday - Tuesday) is my next aim of 8 weeks away. I then have a week off in August, a week in October and then Christmas.
Anyway, the hols, we were at Pendine Sands in South Wales. Another caravan park with Bingo, although we only went to the venue once and I managed to win the top bingo prize of £93 plus £20 for a line. We thought we shouldn't chance our arm again and escaped with our winnings.
Had two days out on our short break - Pembroke Castle and a Zoo which didn't seem quite finished. It was just what the doctor ordered.
Both cats grateful to see us back although Millie seems to have got a little more aggressive in her efforts to become top cat on our return. She's up the top of the study door while I type this inconsequential rubbish while Mabel is on the floor looking up at her.
Actually I should feed them as it's now 7am and they're being very patient. See y'awl later!
Holiday Preparations Complete
Sunday, March 11, 2012 9:46:57 PM
UPDATE : Turns out Holiday Preparations weren't quite complete!
Sickeness Shenanigans
Sunday, March 11, 2012 2:47:11 PM
Okay - here it is - the latest sickness shenanigans post.
As regular readers will know I do suffer with a recurring sickness/attendance problem. Now - let me re-iterate I never have, to my knowledge, "thrown a sicky." i.e. had a fun time at home rather than work, and have always been genuinely sick, but I was starting to wonder with my spells of hot and dizziness in December and January whether physical symptoms were being caused from my anxiety.
So I chatted to my doctor about it and she basically said "yes". The main thing I chatted about was my main anxiety-causing thing which was occupying far too much of my brain-time. Namely the chef where I work, who for reasons that I still don't fully know hates me, refuses to acknowledge my existance, will pointedly thank everyone but me and was aggressive towards me.
Things eventually came to a head in early November and I ended up being off with two days of stress and filing a complaint about her. Following all this, she has still not changed one bit, bar possibly being less aggressive and we have worked out in our room how to work around her. One thing the doctor said made it all fall into place, "It's her problem, not yours." For some reason, this thought had never occured to me, and once I managed to implant this thought in my head, along with the knowledge that the rest of the staff are as equally bamboozled by her attitude as I am, it has become much easier and she no longer interrupts my thoughts. It's her problem, not mine.
And so my mission to improve my attendance (and therefore get more money as we don't get paid if we're off sick) starts apace. Unfortunately, in early Febuary, I then get laid up with a chest infection, and am signed off for my 2nd week off sick, most of this spent in bed, resting as doctor recommended. Following this my mission to attend every day until my week off that I have in April starts again in earnest.
Unfortunately these two weeks, even though signed off by my doctor, and in the midst of all my new-found positivity, appear to be works final straw and I receive a letter on my regular day off, Wednesday, informing me that they'd like me to attend a meeting that Friday. In order to cheer myself up and maintain my positivity I decide to go out and went to see "The Muppets" which is brill, rather than wallow in despondency.
The meeting goes okay, and I think they were shocked by my attitude of wanting to improve. Following this meeting I received a written warning though, something which wasn't mentioned in the meeting, and therefore possibly makes this written warning null and void - who knows?
However at 3am on the morning following this Friday meeting I become very ill with diarohoea and vomitting. So much so that at approx 3pm that Saturday, W*stock says I black out while vomitting and she thinks I'm fitting as my eyes go back and I start shaking. In her worry, she phones 999. The paramedic comes round and does loads of tests that show I'm okay now but tells W*Stock to look after me.
Great timing, I think. But what with all my promises I decide in spite of the paramedic visit, and in spite of not eating and still having diarohoea, I have to go to work and I am now half way through on my no days off sick mission. I suspect it's all still related to this chest infection as I'm still having coughing fits daily, and need a ready supply of cough sweets about my person.
Anyway, on a bit of a whim, we decided to book an actual holiday for our days off, to get away from it all (Woody's been having a tough time too) and as a motivational tool, so we'll be off to Wales on Easter week.
I have also expanded my Funkadelic Faves Mini disc to become a two disc Funkadelic Faves mini disc collection, for the journey to Wales. Woody is delighted!
I've also decided that as well as doing the housework I need to enjoy myself more on my Wednesdays off, so I saw "The Artist" last Wednesday. It was also brill.
Long may this continue!
As regular readers will know I do suffer with a recurring sickness/attendance problem. Now - let me re-iterate I never have, to my knowledge, "thrown a sicky." i.e. had a fun time at home rather than work, and have always been genuinely sick, but I was starting to wonder with my spells of hot and dizziness in December and January whether physical symptoms were being caused from my anxiety.
So I chatted to my doctor about it and she basically said "yes". The main thing I chatted about was my main anxiety-causing thing which was occupying far too much of my brain-time. Namely the chef where I work, who for reasons that I still don't fully know hates me, refuses to acknowledge my existance, will pointedly thank everyone but me and was aggressive towards me.
Things eventually came to a head in early November and I ended up being off with two days of stress and filing a complaint about her. Following all this, she has still not changed one bit, bar possibly being less aggressive and we have worked out in our room how to work around her. One thing the doctor said made it all fall into place, "It's her problem, not yours." For some reason, this thought had never occured to me, and once I managed to implant this thought in my head, along with the knowledge that the rest of the staff are as equally bamboozled by her attitude as I am, it has become much easier and she no longer interrupts my thoughts. It's her problem, not mine.
And so my mission to improve my attendance (and therefore get more money as we don't get paid if we're off sick) starts apace. Unfortunately, in early Febuary, I then get laid up with a chest infection, and am signed off for my 2nd week off sick, most of this spent in bed, resting as doctor recommended. Following this my mission to attend every day until my week off that I have in April starts again in earnest.
Unfortunately these two weeks, even though signed off by my doctor, and in the midst of all my new-found positivity, appear to be works final straw and I receive a letter on my regular day off, Wednesday, informing me that they'd like me to attend a meeting that Friday. In order to cheer myself up and maintain my positivity I decide to go out and went to see "The Muppets" which is brill, rather than wallow in despondency.
The meeting goes okay, and I think they were shocked by my attitude of wanting to improve. Following this meeting I received a written warning though, something which wasn't mentioned in the meeting, and therefore possibly makes this written warning null and void - who knows?
However at 3am on the morning following this Friday meeting I become very ill with diarohoea and vomitting. So much so that at approx 3pm that Saturday, W*stock says I black out while vomitting and she thinks I'm fitting as my eyes go back and I start shaking. In her worry, she phones 999. The paramedic comes round and does loads of tests that show I'm okay now but tells W*Stock to look after me.
Great timing, I think. But what with all my promises I decide in spite of the paramedic visit, and in spite of not eating and still having diarohoea, I have to go to work and I am now half way through on my no days off sick mission. I suspect it's all still related to this chest infection as I'm still having coughing fits daily, and need a ready supply of cough sweets about my person.
Anyway, on a bit of a whim, we decided to book an actual holiday for our days off, to get away from it all (Woody's been having a tough time too) and as a motivational tool, so we'll be off to Wales on Easter week.
I have also expanded my Funkadelic Faves Mini disc to become a two disc Funkadelic Faves mini disc collection, for the journey to Wales. Woody is delighted!
I've also decided that as well as doing the housework I need to enjoy myself more on my Wednesdays off, so I saw "The Artist" last Wednesday. It was also brill.
Long may this continue!
A purrrrrfect weekend
Saturday, February 18, 2012 8:10:25 AM
Two weeks ago today, our pussycats Millie & Mabel had rather an exciting weekend, so I thought I'd put some pictures up here in operaland for the cat fans.
1st thing on Saturday I went to pick up a brand new cat activity centre that we'd got for a bargain price on ebay.
The cats rather liked it.
In fact they liked it so much they performed their famous cutting a cat in half trick.
And this is where their old one resides. Our computer room where I am typing this right now.
Mabel has now taken to hiding in the covered bit. Something neither of them ever did in the lounge. Millie has also found a new perch by climbing on to the top and then jumping onto the top of the door!
Anyway, that night something strange happened in the sky and they watched expectantly.
And this is what they woke up to....
Neither had stepped out in the snow before. Millie was first.
Mabel was a little less confident. It's cold stuff this snow! But also gave it a go.
And then Mabel went to sleep.
Awhhh!!! Aren't they cute. Latest update is much like the last one. Millie is definitely top cat and fights for supremacy of the top bit of the new cat activity centre and usually wins. (Mabel in turn has adopted the old blue one in the study as her own.) Millie has also in the last few weeks become a lap cat and if I put a blanket on my outstretched legs she will lay on there...well, till the end of the night if I don't move.
Mabel is still the most vocal cat I've ever known and miaows at you next to her toy, even putting her paw on it, looking at it and then looking at you, as if to say, "come on then. You know what I want!" and what she wants is for us to swish the wormy from side to side as quickly as humanly possible. She's less of a lap cat but when she wants a lap she prefers a scrunched up Woody lap rather than an outstretched P*nut lap.
I'll be going outside with them both shortly. They still don't go very far although Mabel is now the greater wanderer and is definitely the more territorial of the two, when it comes to protecting the outside area. Mabel still hides when we have visitors and Millie comes out to see what's occuring. They may be sisters and look alike but they're very different!
1st thing on Saturday I went to pick up a brand new cat activity centre that we'd got for a bargain price on ebay.
The cats rather liked it.
In fact they liked it so much they performed their famous cutting a cat in half trick.
And this is where their old one resides. Our computer room where I am typing this right now.
Mabel has now taken to hiding in the covered bit. Something neither of them ever did in the lounge. Millie has also found a new perch by climbing on to the top and then jumping onto the top of the door!
Anyway, that night something strange happened in the sky and they watched expectantly.
And this is what they woke up to....
Neither had stepped out in the snow before. Millie was first.
Mabel was a little less confident. It's cold stuff this snow! But also gave it a go.
And then Mabel went to sleep.
Awhhh!!! Aren't they cute. Latest update is much like the last one. Millie is definitely top cat and fights for supremacy of the top bit of the new cat activity centre and usually wins. (Mabel in turn has adopted the old blue one in the study as her own.) Millie has also in the last few weeks become a lap cat and if I put a blanket on my outstretched legs she will lay on there...well, till the end of the night if I don't move.
Mabel is still the most vocal cat I've ever known and miaows at you next to her toy, even putting her paw on it, looking at it and then looking at you, as if to say, "come on then. You know what I want!" and what she wants is for us to swish the wormy from side to side as quickly as humanly possible. She's less of a lap cat but when she wants a lap she prefers a scrunched up Woody lap rather than an outstretched P*nut lap.
I'll be going outside with them both shortly. They still don't go very far although Mabel is now the greater wanderer and is definitely the more territorial of the two, when it comes to protecting the outside area. Mabel still hides when we have visitors and Millie comes out to see what's occuring. They may be sisters and look alike but they're very different!
The wonders of Youtube
Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:47:46 AM
I've been poorly and indeed now signed off with a chest infection recently so had lots of time to investigate the wonders of the internet recently, and more specificially the "Youtube converter"
I had done this once before when I got Madness' Norton Folgate LP and then discovered that there was a special edition with 7 extra tracks and I attempted to download those tracks and create the "full" album, without spending £40. The youtube converter I used was a bit temperamental and I remember it leading me down a few blind alleys so didn't want to risk it again, even though I only managed to find 4 of the 7 songs.
Prompted by my random "favourite artists" sorting thus prompting random "favourite artists" playlists I thought I'd give this Norton Folgate completion target another stab, and was able to find all the missing songs although one was only half complete.
The youtube converter was much more efficient this time (just the first one that comes up when you type "youtube converter" into google.)
I next had the thought - hang on! I bet those Funkadelic and Parliament outtakes from the George Clinton family series are on youtube. And indeed they were - 10 downloads later - sorted!
I then hit the motherload. Now Prince was very prolific during his classic 70s/80s period and did loads of unreleased tracks that I'd heard about but heard relatively few. The first bootleg I got was the Black Album (which later came out on CD.) There was an advert in NME for "royal black cassette" or something but I cleverly saw through this disguise! He also offered Charade outtakes which i correctly guessed was Parade out-takes. I am a genius!
When I transferred my cassettes onto my Ipod I only transferred two of the songs from "Charade" and wished I'd done more, so I thought "well, it's unlikely as Prince is so litigious an'all but they may be some of his unreleased stuff on Youtube."
There's bloody tonnes of it. I've already downloaded about 40 tunes, using a Prince bootlegs site and the "Prince Vault" as a guide to choosing, but there's still tonnes more out there.
Whether this represents a change in attitude of Prince to his unreleased stuff and we may finally get a chronological archive that includes his earlier stuff (his expensive "Crystal Ball" set contained 10 out-takes from the 80s, and 20 out-takes or remixes from the 90s, "Old Friends 4 Sale" contained a 90s re-recording and 9 more from the 90s.)
Anyway, here isn't two Youtube clips of unreleased songs rather here's two other Youtube clips with moving pictures that I've discovered. First up is the original recording of "Purple Rain" complete with commentary that tells you when the album version kicks in.
And the other is a clip of Prince performing "Mutiny" live which is probably the moment that I turned from "interested observer" to "rabid fan." Enjoy!
Actually no, it's not cos I can't find a decent copy of it - I'm sure I saw a better copy of it last week. Just imagine it - oh look, there's Prince dancing around etc.
I had done this once before when I got Madness' Norton Folgate LP and then discovered that there was a special edition with 7 extra tracks and I attempted to download those tracks and create the "full" album, without spending £40. The youtube converter I used was a bit temperamental and I remember it leading me down a few blind alleys so didn't want to risk it again, even though I only managed to find 4 of the 7 songs.
Prompted by my random "favourite artists" sorting thus prompting random "favourite artists" playlists I thought I'd give this Norton Folgate completion target another stab, and was able to find all the missing songs although one was only half complete.
The youtube converter was much more efficient this time (just the first one that comes up when you type "youtube converter" into google.)
I next had the thought - hang on! I bet those Funkadelic and Parliament outtakes from the George Clinton family series are on youtube. And indeed they were - 10 downloads later - sorted!
I then hit the motherload. Now Prince was very prolific during his classic 70s/80s period and did loads of unreleased tracks that I'd heard about but heard relatively few. The first bootleg I got was the Black Album (which later came out on CD.) There was an advert in NME for "royal black cassette" or something but I cleverly saw through this disguise! He also offered Charade outtakes which i correctly guessed was Parade out-takes. I am a genius!
When I transferred my cassettes onto my Ipod I only transferred two of the songs from "Charade" and wished I'd done more, so I thought "well, it's unlikely as Prince is so litigious an'all but they may be some of his unreleased stuff on Youtube."
There's bloody tonnes of it. I've already downloaded about 40 tunes, using a Prince bootlegs site and the "Prince Vault" as a guide to choosing, but there's still tonnes more out there.
Whether this represents a change in attitude of Prince to his unreleased stuff and we may finally get a chronological archive that includes his earlier stuff (his expensive "Crystal Ball" set contained 10 out-takes from the 80s, and 20 out-takes or remixes from the 90s, "Old Friends 4 Sale" contained a 90s re-recording and 9 more from the 90s.)
Anyway, here isn't two Youtube clips of unreleased songs rather here's two other Youtube clips with moving pictures that I've discovered. First up is the original recording of "Purple Rain" complete with commentary that tells you when the album version kicks in.
And the other is a clip of Prince performing "Mutiny" live which is probably the moment that I turned from "interested observer" to "rabid fan." Enjoy!
Actually no, it's not cos I can't find a decent copy of it - I'm sure I saw a better copy of it last week. Just imagine it - oh look, there's Prince dancing around etc.
HOME COOKERY CLUB!!!!!!
Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:41:28 AM
this blog post is just for Mossman, really but it might be amusing to anyone else who remembers living in Britain in the mid 80s. Do you remember Home Cookery Club???
Mossman - We did some kind of spoof of it in our Elvis & Presley comics I think, although it's possible it may be just in one of my solo comics. Can't quite remember.
The bloke who uploaded this is into early cartoons too and has uploaded cartoons complete with original BBC1 or BBC2 intro. "Coming up in just over 5 minutes, Tuckers luck but first cartoon time." That was proper telly!!!!
Mossman - We did some kind of spoof of it in our Elvis & Presley comics I think, although it's possible it may be just in one of my solo comics. Can't quite remember.
The bloke who uploaded this is into early cartoons too and has uploaded cartoons complete with original BBC1 or BBC2 intro. "Coming up in just over 5 minutes, Tuckers luck but first cartoon time." That was proper telly!!!!
(Almost) a years worth of Lovefilm
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:19:50 AM
It's been a while since a Lovefilm catch-up and since I'm up early with flu type feelings here's a quick(ish) blog catch-up. I've just copied and pasted this, so it goes from most recent to least recent.
Arthur (5961) 7 February 2012 Write a review
From my list - Arthur remake starring Russell Brand - not bad - got better as it went along.
Beastly (5418) 30 January 2012 Write a review
From Woodys list - re-telling of Beauty and the Beast - I didn't watch. Woody absolutely loved. Watched it twice. Now wants to own.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (3231) 26 January 2012 Write a review
From my list - Woody Allen film I missed. Okay but ended before I felt the story was over. Better than "Whatever Works" which preceded it and which I couldn't make it all the way through.
Red Riding Hood (7908) 20 January 2012 Write a review
From Woodys list - re-telling of "Red Riding Hood" unsurprisingly. I started watching but didn't like. Woody did but not as much as "Beastly."
Chalet Girl (6234) 7 January 2012 Write a review
From Woodys list - A romantic comedy. Woody felt this was rather poor and disappointing. I saw bits of it.
Tangled (17,865) 21 December 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - A Disney film - I did actually watch this and enjoyed. A good romp!
A Christmas Carol (8750) 14 December 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list (do you see a pattern emerging here?) - Surprisingly grim "rotoscoping" or "motion capture" as it's called now telling of the classic tale. Tough going.
Hot Tub Time Machine (13,445) 8 December 2011 Write a review
Actually from my list - I enjoyed this romp. Woody didn't particularly.
Gulliver's Travels (15,477) 29 November 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - Another I also watched. 'Salright.
Attack the Block (14,951) 2 November 2011 Write a review
From my list - Joe Cornish's debut movie - A good'un too.
Bandslam (5678) 14 October 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - Another tweenie type film, I think. I don't know. I didn't watch it.
Vampires Suck (6310) 20 September 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - Pants!
Dreamgirls (26,067) 22 August 2011 Write a review
From my list - Had seen this before but just fancied seeing it again. Not as good as I remembered but still enjoyable.
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (18,654) 16 August 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - Didn't watch
Furry Vengeance (5460) 16 August 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - Oh, I remember this now. I did watch it. Featured that Brendan Fraser guy, as a bad man, who becomes a good man eventually after being tortured by animals. Not bad as these things go.
Burke and Hare (16,118) 8 August 2011 Write a review
From my list - Comedy film about grave-robbers. Lacking something - not sure what.
Remember Me (24,866) 19 July 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - That bloke from the Twilight films stars in it. I watched this and liked it I think, although can't remember anything about it now, other than it's utterly bizarre ending.
The Social Network (58,755) 6 July 2011 Write a review
From my list - re-telling of the Facebook story. Very interesting.
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman - A Heart Within (61) 28 June 2011 Write a review
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman - The Movie (99) 23 June 2011 Write a review
Both from Woodys list - Neither watched by me. One was better than the other Woody said, don't know which.
Four Lions (30,368) 9 June 2011 Write a review
From my list - Entertaining and funny.
Boys And Girls (2194) 19 May 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list (I think) - Can't remember anything about this one at all. Okay - just looked it up. Freddie Prinz Jr stars. I did watch this. Think it was alright although lacking something.
Nativity (6108) 10 May 2011 Write a review
From Woodys list - Totally unrealistic (but then me and Woody know schools!) and not as good as it thinks it is.
Sesame Street - Old School Vol.1 (16) Write a review
Sesame Street - Old School Vol.1 - Disc 3 9 June 2011
Sesame Street - Old School Vol.1 - Disc 2 12 May 2011
Sesame Street - Old School Vol.1 - Disc 1
Hey - these are all from my list - and jolly entertaining they were too.
That's it - you may now continue onwards with your lives.
A blog post for everyone in the world
Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:43:25 AM
Remember those thrilling "facebook faves" posts a while ago.
Everyone in the World : Of course, how could I forget? They were entertaining, stimulating and informative. I really hope that's not the last I hear of your favourite bands and pop singers though. I want more!
Well, everyone in the world. You are in luck! Prompted by George Clintons own "GC and Parliament/Funkadelic" feed finally appearing under "music" on facebook and that combination of the Parliament and Funkadelic meaning that I no longer had five entries on my R&Bish top line I decided to mix it up and piss around and eventually ended up at a sort of TOP 20 ARTISTES!!!! Exciting huh? And then after deciding I had placed Outkast a little high in the order, I shuffled them a bit more and now have a listing that is KIND OF BUT NOT REALLY in order!
So, here they are. If I have anything new to tell you since my facebook faves posts I shall tell you. If not, I'll leave it blank.
Everyone in the World : Wow! This is exactly what I was hoping for? Tell me P*nut. What have you placed at number one? I hope it isn't George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic because that would be boring and predictable.
Sorry, everyone in the world but the number one is.....
1. George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic
This may well not be my number one forever but seeing as it's still my current favourite I thought I'd leave it there for now. Since the facebook faves posts I have managed to collect all the Funkadelic and Parliament albums, and have started collecting the related entries rather like I did with Prince back in the 80s. Didn't get that into Bootsy Collins but rather liked the debut Brides of Funkenstein album. Still not got the currently unavailable first George Clinton solo album and have discovered that his "George Clinton & Family" releases include Parliament and Funkadelic outtakes from the late 70s, so I might get them at some stage.
Everyone in the World : Well, I was with you at the beginning of that paragraph but then you went into information that was of no interest to anyone but the most anal Funkadelic fan, who, let's face it, won't come across this blog post in a month of Sundays!
Oi, everyone in the world, I thought you were a fan of these postings. Don't you want to know who's number two????
Everyone in the World : Well, to be honest. I'm losing interest. It's probably just going to be Prince anyway.
Well, that shows how much you know, because...oh bugger.
2. Prince
Yes, Prince stays at number two because I love him, and even though I didn't stay loyal like the turncoat I am after the mid 90s his 70s to early 90s output is so top notch that I lurve him.
Everyone in the World : That was better. Brevity is the key, you see. I might stick around to see who's number three now.
Good, cos here it comes...
3. Aphex Twin
Everyone in the World : Oh, I don't like him. Next!
Oi, everyone in the world. Other people might do. He's an electronic genius.
Everyone in the World : I prefer Orbital. You like them too, don't you. Why aren't they your top electronic choice?
Well, that doesn't even work because if I was talking to everyone in the world then Orbital would be the biggest band the world and they're not. The Beatles are.
Everyone in the World : Oh, the Beatles. What number did they get too?
Errr...they didn't make it into my top 20.
Everyone in the World : Well, that's just ridiculous. There's no point me reading this any more.
They'd be in the top 30 probably, if that's any consolation. I am aware this is my most controversial omission.
Everyone in the World : No, I'm not interested any more. You're on your own now!
Okay, bye Everyone in the World.
Heeeeeere's number 4.....
4. Dexys Midnight Runners
Always one of my favourites and their facebook feed has revealed that they are finally going to be releasing a new album next year. I'm excited! Mick Talbot from Style Council has rejoined the line up. More of them later.
Everyone in the World : What? The Style Council! World renowned as the least good Paul Weller period are better than The Beatles. That's just laughable!!!
Look, it's my personal taste, okay! God! Everyone in the World is giving me such grief! And the relationship started out so well!
Everyone in the World : Okay, I'll reserve judgement till I find out who's number five.
Number five is....
5. Pulp
Everyone in the World : Oh, I like them. Good choice!
Oh, glad you approve. They've reformed. Hope they release some new stuff in a Dexys style.
Everyone in the World : Me too! They're almost as good as Muse.
Oh, you don't like Muse do you, everyone in the world? I hate them. Why does everyone of a certain age (my age) like Muse so f***ing much?
Everyone in the World : I am Everyone in the World and I like things that are good. Who's number six? You're doing well now. I approve.
Number 6 is...
6. Pet Shop Boys
Everyone in the World : Pfffttthhhhhh!!!
What have you got against the Pet Shop Boys.
Everyone in the World : Well, they're not very rocky are they? And if I'm about 20, well, they're not very urban are they?
No, they're the Pet Shop Boys and they do jolly good tunes. They've got a B sides album coming out soon.
Everyone in the World : Hmmm...you're on thin ice...who's number seven???
Seven is....
7. Madness
Everyone in the World : Yay! Baggy Trousers! Baggy Trousers! Welcome to the House of Fun! I fucking love bleeding Madness - good choice, matey!
Cor, let's see if I can keep this up! Number 8 is....
8. Orbital
Everyone in the World : Oh, I said I liked them earlier, didn't I. My tastes seem to have gone a bit more populist since my earlier proclamation though so I've decided I no longer like Orbital. Bloody noodly synth rubbish.
Oh, for f***s sake. Can I just say their facebook feed says they have a new album out this year too, in an informative bloggy style that this post was going to be before everyone in the world started bleeding interrupting.
Everyone in the World : No, you can't. NEXT!!
9. Elvis Costello
well...
how do you feel about him, everyone in the world?...
hello....
Oh, he/she/it/they've gone.
Everyone in the World : Boo!!!! Scared you!!!!! Ha! Thought I'd gone. No, I'm still here. I approve of Elvis Costello. He's the nations treasure. Apart from that period where he started warbling strangely.
Oh, yeah, I remember that.
Everyone in the World : Yes, so does everyone in the world bar none. We're just having a nice chat now - isn't this nice?
Yes, isn't it? Do you want to know who's number 10?
Everyone in the World : Yeah, go on.
10. Patsy Cline
Everyone in the World : Oh, for fucks sake!
What, what's wrong with Patsy Cline? - I got into her via Elvis Costellos country album after all.
Everyone in the World : Hmmm...bit easy listening if you ask me.
Well, I like a bit of everything, everyone in the world.
Everyone in the World : Yeah, good stuff and crap stuff. What's number eleven then. Let me decide if it's good or crap!!
11. The Fall
Everyone in the World : Crap!
Thought you'd say that. I actually had to take some Fall off my favourite artists playlist as it was too Fall-heavy.
Everyone in the World : How is that of interest to me?
Well, that's the sort of stuff I was going to write before you started putting your oar in.
Everyone in the World : Well, it's a good job I'm here then, isn't it. Come on then. Who's number twelve?
12. The Jesus and Mary Chain
Well...?
Everyone in the World : Oh, that's a tricky one. I quite like "Just Like Honey." Hmmmm...
Well, glad to have foxed you. The Jesus and Mary Chain have recently been re-promoted into my affections as all their back catalogue and more is being re-released as 2 CD + DVD editions. I have already replaced the three CDs I had on my Ipod (Psychocandy / Darklands / Stoned & Dethroned) and have now started collecting the remaining three, two of which I only had on cassette and one I never had. The B sides on the new collections replace the "Barbed Wire Kisses" compilation.
Everyone in the World : Have you quite finished?
Yes, I have thankyou. Do you want number 13? Here it is....
13. Stevie Wonder
Everyone in the World : Class!
Oh good. I'm so happy, you approve. I realised while re-reading the facebook faves posts that I had more early sixties stuff than I thought.
Everyone in the World : Yawn! You've lost my interest again now. Does this really have to go on till 20?
Not necessarily. Do you want to know who's number 14?
Everyone in the World : Yeah, go on!!!
14. The Monkees
Everyone in the World : What!?!
I said...
14. The Monkees
Everyone in the World : So, in your opinion, a created band that mimiced The Beatles are better than The Beatles. Ey? Ey???
Errr...better is a subjective thing but I like The Monkees and Mike Nesmith and their story and they do nice tunes. When did you become so intimidating Everyone in the World???
Everyone in the World : Since you put The Monkees higher than The Beatles that's when!!!!
Oh, okay. I'll rattle through the rest quickly then cos I fear you're going to beat me up.
15. Teenage Fanclub
16. Bjork (new album out which I don't have and haven't heard yet. Bit remiss of me.)
17. Outkast (now have all their albums)
18. Air (new album and DVD of short silent film by georges melieres coming out vee soon)
Everyone in the World : Learn to Spell!
Ah, fuck off!
Everyone in the World : Now, who's aggressive???
Shutit!
19. The Style Council
20. The Boo Radleys
And that's it! Hope you enjoyed peeps!!!
Everyone in the World : Yes I did! It was entertaining, stimulating and informative. I really hope that's not the last I hear of your favourite bands and pop singers though. I want more!
Well, stick around Everyone in the World. I might post something similar again! I just might!!!!
Everyone in the World : Of course, how could I forget? They were entertaining, stimulating and informative. I really hope that's not the last I hear of your favourite bands and pop singers though. I want more!
Well, everyone in the world. You are in luck! Prompted by George Clintons own "GC and Parliament/Funkadelic" feed finally appearing under "music" on facebook and that combination of the Parliament and Funkadelic meaning that I no longer had five entries on my R&Bish top line I decided to mix it up and piss around and eventually ended up at a sort of TOP 20 ARTISTES!!!! Exciting huh? And then after deciding I had placed Outkast a little high in the order, I shuffled them a bit more and now have a listing that is KIND OF BUT NOT REALLY in order!
So, here they are. If I have anything new to tell you since my facebook faves posts I shall tell you. If not, I'll leave it blank.
Everyone in the World : Wow! This is exactly what I was hoping for? Tell me P*nut. What have you placed at number one? I hope it isn't George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic because that would be boring and predictable.
Sorry, everyone in the world but the number one is.....
1. George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic
This may well not be my number one forever but seeing as it's still my current favourite I thought I'd leave it there for now. Since the facebook faves posts I have managed to collect all the Funkadelic and Parliament albums, and have started collecting the related entries rather like I did with Prince back in the 80s. Didn't get that into Bootsy Collins but rather liked the debut Brides of Funkenstein album. Still not got the currently unavailable first George Clinton solo album and have discovered that his "George Clinton & Family" releases include Parliament and Funkadelic outtakes from the late 70s, so I might get them at some stage.
Everyone in the World : Well, I was with you at the beginning of that paragraph but then you went into information that was of no interest to anyone but the most anal Funkadelic fan, who, let's face it, won't come across this blog post in a month of Sundays!
Oi, everyone in the world, I thought you were a fan of these postings. Don't you want to know who's number two????
Everyone in the World : Well, to be honest. I'm losing interest. It's probably just going to be Prince anyway.
Well, that shows how much you know, because...oh bugger.
2. Prince
Yes, Prince stays at number two because I love him, and even though I didn't stay loyal like the turncoat I am after the mid 90s his 70s to early 90s output is so top notch that I lurve him.
Everyone in the World : That was better. Brevity is the key, you see. I might stick around to see who's number three now.
Good, cos here it comes...
3. Aphex Twin
Everyone in the World : Oh, I don't like him. Next!
Oi, everyone in the world. Other people might do. He's an electronic genius.
Everyone in the World : I prefer Orbital. You like them too, don't you. Why aren't they your top electronic choice?
Well, that doesn't even work because if I was talking to everyone in the world then Orbital would be the biggest band the world and they're not. The Beatles are.
Everyone in the World : Oh, the Beatles. What number did they get too?
Errr...they didn't make it into my top 20.
Everyone in the World : Well, that's just ridiculous. There's no point me reading this any more.
They'd be in the top 30 probably, if that's any consolation. I am aware this is my most controversial omission.
Everyone in the World : No, I'm not interested any more. You're on your own now!
Okay, bye Everyone in the World.
Heeeeeere's number 4.....
4. Dexys Midnight Runners
Always one of my favourites and their facebook feed has revealed that they are finally going to be releasing a new album next year. I'm excited! Mick Talbot from Style Council has rejoined the line up. More of them later.
Everyone in the World : What? The Style Council! World renowned as the least good Paul Weller period are better than The Beatles. That's just laughable!!!
Look, it's my personal taste, okay! God! Everyone in the World is giving me such grief! And the relationship started out so well!
Everyone in the World : Okay, I'll reserve judgement till I find out who's number five.
Number five is....
5. Pulp
Everyone in the World : Oh, I like them. Good choice!
Oh, glad you approve. They've reformed. Hope they release some new stuff in a Dexys style.
Everyone in the World : Me too! They're almost as good as Muse.
Oh, you don't like Muse do you, everyone in the world? I hate them. Why does everyone of a certain age (my age) like Muse so f***ing much?
Everyone in the World : I am Everyone in the World and I like things that are good. Who's number six? You're doing well now. I approve.
Number 6 is...
6. Pet Shop Boys
Everyone in the World : Pfffttthhhhhh!!!
What have you got against the Pet Shop Boys.
Everyone in the World : Well, they're not very rocky are they? And if I'm about 20, well, they're not very urban are they?
No, they're the Pet Shop Boys and they do jolly good tunes. They've got a B sides album coming out soon.
Everyone in the World : Hmmm...you're on thin ice...who's number seven???
Seven is....
7. Madness
Everyone in the World : Yay! Baggy Trousers! Baggy Trousers! Welcome to the House of Fun! I fucking love bleeding Madness - good choice, matey!
Cor, let's see if I can keep this up! Number 8 is....
8. Orbital
Everyone in the World : Oh, I said I liked them earlier, didn't I. My tastes seem to have gone a bit more populist since my earlier proclamation though so I've decided I no longer like Orbital. Bloody noodly synth rubbish.
Oh, for f***s sake. Can I just say their facebook feed says they have a new album out this year too, in an informative bloggy style that this post was going to be before everyone in the world started bleeding interrupting.
Everyone in the World : No, you can't. NEXT!!
9. Elvis Costello
well...
how do you feel about him, everyone in the world?...
hello....
Oh, he/she/it/they've gone.
Everyone in the World : Boo!!!! Scared you!!!!! Ha! Thought I'd gone. No, I'm still here. I approve of Elvis Costello. He's the nations treasure. Apart from that period where he started warbling strangely.
Oh, yeah, I remember that.
Everyone in the World : Yes, so does everyone in the world bar none. We're just having a nice chat now - isn't this nice?
Yes, isn't it? Do you want to know who's number 10?
Everyone in the World : Yeah, go on.
10. Patsy Cline
Everyone in the World : Oh, for fucks sake!
What, what's wrong with Patsy Cline? - I got into her via Elvis Costellos country album after all.
Everyone in the World : Hmmm...bit easy listening if you ask me.
Well, I like a bit of everything, everyone in the world.
Everyone in the World : Yeah, good stuff and crap stuff. What's number eleven then. Let me decide if it's good or crap!!
11. The Fall
Everyone in the World : Crap!
Thought you'd say that. I actually had to take some Fall off my favourite artists playlist as it was too Fall-heavy.
Everyone in the World : How is that of interest to me?
Well, that's the sort of stuff I was going to write before you started putting your oar in.
Everyone in the World : Well, it's a good job I'm here then, isn't it. Come on then. Who's number twelve?
12. The Jesus and Mary Chain
Well...?
Everyone in the World : Oh, that's a tricky one. I quite like "Just Like Honey." Hmmmm...
Well, glad to have foxed you. The Jesus and Mary Chain have recently been re-promoted into my affections as all their back catalogue and more is being re-released as 2 CD + DVD editions. I have already replaced the three CDs I had on my Ipod (Psychocandy / Darklands / Stoned & Dethroned) and have now started collecting the remaining three, two of which I only had on cassette and one I never had. The B sides on the new collections replace the "Barbed Wire Kisses" compilation.
Everyone in the World : Have you quite finished?
Yes, I have thankyou. Do you want number 13? Here it is....
13. Stevie Wonder
Everyone in the World : Class!
Oh good. I'm so happy, you approve. I realised while re-reading the facebook faves posts that I had more early sixties stuff than I thought.
Everyone in the World : Yawn! You've lost my interest again now. Does this really have to go on till 20?
Not necessarily. Do you want to know who's number 14?
Everyone in the World : Yeah, go on!!!
14. The Monkees
Everyone in the World : What!?!
I said...
14. The Monkees
Everyone in the World : So, in your opinion, a created band that mimiced The Beatles are better than The Beatles. Ey? Ey???
Errr...better is a subjective thing but I like The Monkees and Mike Nesmith and their story and they do nice tunes. When did you become so intimidating Everyone in the World???
Everyone in the World : Since you put The Monkees higher than The Beatles that's when!!!!
Oh, okay. I'll rattle through the rest quickly then cos I fear you're going to beat me up.
15. Teenage Fanclub
16. Bjork (new album out which I don't have and haven't heard yet. Bit remiss of me.)
17. Outkast (now have all their albums)
18. Air (new album and DVD of short silent film by georges melieres coming out vee soon)
Everyone in the World : Learn to Spell!
Ah, fuck off!
Everyone in the World : Now, who's aggressive???
Shutit!
19. The Style Council
20. The Boo Radleys
And that's it! Hope you enjoyed peeps!!!
Everyone in the World : Yes I did! It was entertaining, stimulating and informative. I really hope that's not the last I hear of your favourite bands and pop singers though. I want more!
Well, stick around Everyone in the World. I might post something similar again! I just might!!!!
P*nut
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