I'm definitely a piece of string and two tin cans type of guy. Of course technology is amazing I wouldn't be here otherwise, but wow does it seriously come in for abuse.Dr. Medulla wrote:Eh, I'm not so jaundiced. I'm not saying there are no negative consequences, but it's still communication. As well, there's less gatekeeping via Internet communication, which is a positive development.Marky Dread wrote:The thing is he really has a point in someways. With all the technology available it just seems to make us more stupid. Now we can call up on our mobiles whenever we like and connect through Facebook/Twitter and fuck knows what else, no one bothers to actually talk to each other but instead just send text messages and pics of the bosses secretary bending over the fax machine.Dr. Medulla wrote:"It was better in the old days when no one was interested in anything and didn't want to talk about stuff, and basically we all sat in the dark. Things were better when we didn't communicate." What a hilarious codger.Silent Majority wrote:Mark E Smith in 2015.
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/138 ... echnology/"But you can’t even watch TV in peace these days. There is a lot of peer pressure to watch certain programmes. It is like, ‘Have you watched Game of Thrones Mark?' Why? Should I have done? You are a social leper if you are not up to speed with the latest ridiculous episiode. The wife goes, ‘The rest of the band have got Netflix Mark.’ I just say go and live with them then. You even have to pay £50 to watch football on the box these days.
The Fall
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Which can be said of any technology. As much as I wince at the quality of online discourse—too often it seems like it's a competition to dredge up people's worst qualities and bigotries—anything that opens up communication is a positive development.Marky Dread wrote:Of course technology is amazing I wouldn't be here otherwise, but wow does it seriously come in for abuse.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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That was pretty great, if you ask me.Silent Majority wrote:Shit, I still haven't heard 2015's Fall album. I've just downloaded it, will give it a play now. Through my computer machine.
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Did you just say what I wanted to say only a thousand times better, but yeah I go along with all of that statement.Dr. Medulla wrote:Which can be said of any technology. As much as I wince at the quality of online discourse—too often it seems like it's a competition to dredge up people's worst qualities and bigotries—anything that opens up communication is a positive development.Marky Dread wrote:Of course technology is amazing I wouldn't be here otherwise, but wow does it seriously come in for abuse.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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He's settled into a decent groove. Nothing exceptional, but nothing that suggests it's time for him to hang up the gloves.Silent Majority wrote:That was pretty great, if you ask me.Silent Majority wrote:Shit, I still haven't heard 2015's Fall album. I've just downloaded it, will give it a play now. Through my computer machine.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Did you play it after six cans of lager at top volume? Anecdotal evidence over here suggests that's the best way to listen to it.Dr. Medulla wrote:He's settled into a decent groove. Nothing exceptional, but nothing that suggests it's time for him to hang up the gloves.Silent Majority wrote:That was pretty great, if you ask me.Silent Majority wrote:Shit, I still haven't heard 2015's Fall album. I've just downloaded it, will give it a play now. Through my computer machine.
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I can't recall the last time I've had that much beer, MES or not. Quite possibly I was still your age.Silent Majority wrote:Did you play it after six cans of lager at top volume? Anecdotal evidence over here suggests that's the best way to listen to it.Dr. Medulla wrote:He's settled into a decent groove. Nothing exceptional, but nothing that suggests it's time for him to hang up the gloves.Silent Majority wrote:That was pretty great, if you ask me.Silent Majority wrote:Shit, I still haven't heard 2015's Fall album. I've just downloaded it, will give it a play now. Through my computer machine.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: The Fall
I've never been able to get into The Fall, what is it about them that y'all find enjoyable/what's a good "give 'em another chance" album?
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I've never really gotten into The Fall either, but if Kory don't like 'em then I do.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Re: The Fall
Actually, I thought we were talking about the Camus book. I do like the band.Flex wrote:I've never really gotten into The Fall either, but if Kory don't like 'em then I do.
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Then they suck, but Camus4evaKory wrote:Actually, I thought we were talking about the Camus book. I do like the band.Flex wrote:I've never really gotten into The Fall either, but if Kory don't like 'em then I do.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Re: The Fall
You really are a politician!Flex wrote:Then they suck, but Camus4evaKory wrote:Actually, I thought we were talking about the Camus book. I do like the band.Flex wrote:I've never really gotten into The Fall either, but if Kory don't like 'em then I do.
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Re: The Fall
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Re: The Fall
I especially like that all the testimonials are from married women.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: The Fall
I once did the scoring on the darts before The Fall played a gig at Fat Sam's, Dundee, mid-80s. "Can You drum?" asked Mark when he realised I could count to four. "Fuck off," said their drummer at the time.