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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,189
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later by the EU imposing migrant quotas, and the Eurozone using the QMV majority to impose new regulations on the City.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later by the EU imposing migrant quotas, and the Eurozone using the QMV majority to impose new regulations on the City.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later mmmity.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    Sarkozy will run anyway as most likely will Juppe even if they are not the official centre right candidate. Their egos are too big to allow the other a free run
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Love Blondie and Villa Lobos!

    Will try the others, any tracks?

    I love Anya Marina, she's so funny and seductive.

    https://youtu.be/yBx-p7kkxxQ
    Omnium said:

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Unless you know their work really well - Roxy Music.
    You may never have heard of them, but - The Be Good Tanyas
    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman
    I know you'll have your doubts, but - Blondie

    A random selection. Let me know if you (unexpectedly) approve.

    Edit: To add something classical - Villa-Lobos
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    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    I think the very best result for those who want to see UKIP gone would be a LEAVE victory. Any possible threat they might have been to either the Tories or Labour would evaporate in one fell swoop.
    Yes but that is not in UKIP's interests, for them a Leave vote would be as bad as a big Remain win
    Depends what you think UKIP is. There will be a small cadre around the leadership who feel that way but for many of the normal members like me UKIP are nothing more than a flag of convenience - and one that has largely had its time. I would shed no tears over the party disappearing after a LEAVE win.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,971

    Love Blondie and Villa Lobos!

    Will try the others, any tracks?

    I love Anya Marina, she's so funny and seductive.

    Youtu.be/yBx-p7kkxxQ

    Omnium said:

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Unless you know their work really well - Roxy Music.
    You may never have heard of them, but - The Be Good Tanyas
    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman
    I know you'll have your doubts, but - Blondie

    A random selection. Let me know if you (unexpectedly) approve.

    Edit: To add something classical - Villa-Lobos
    That video is a cross between Kate Bush and Lady Gaga!
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    @Plato - have you tried Dave In Charge?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M_TBnT3FJA
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,189

    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    I think the very best result for those who want to see UKIP gone would be a LEAVE victory. Any possible threat they might have been to either the Tories or Labour would evaporate in one fell swoop.
    Yes but that is not in UKIP's interests, for them a Leave vote would be as bad as a big Remain win
    Depends what you think UKIP is. There will be a small cadre around the leadership who feel that way but for many of the normal members like me UKIP are nothing more than a flag of convenience - and one that has largely had its time. I would shed no tears over the party disappearing after a LEAVE win.
    Yes but I was looking at it purely on the basis of self interest. In the same way in Scotland a Yes vote would have been almost as bad for the SNP as a big No vote
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    Good evening all. I'll just pitch in with Regina Spektor and Alt-J :).
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    TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 41,454
    edited February 2016
    Very funny if any of you get the Standard. Zac is doing "My London".

    Favourite shop? "Londis in Barnes..."

    ROFLMAO as I believe they used to say.
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    SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    A small campaign update on S.Carolina, to give you an idea about what may happen in tomorrow's debate.

    Rubio goes full conservative:
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article59957276.html

    "Sen. Marco Rubio channeled Tipper Gore on the campaign trail this week, railing against the harmful influence of contemporary music, movies and other hubs of pop culture."

    However he's a hypocrite too:

    "Last April, the Washington Post aggregated a number of Rubio’s past statements in which he expressed appreciation for Eminem, Tupac and other rap stars.

    He also attacked everybody:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-trashes-donald-trump-john-kasich-goes-after-jeb-bush/

    Cruz attacks Rubio and Trump as pro-gay marriage:
    http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/12/cruz-lets-face-it-rubio-and-trump-are-using-obamas-talking-points-on-gay-marriage/

    He also released an ad attacking Hillary to replace his Rubio one with the porn star he had to take down.

    Trump meanwhile has released a ton of positive ads about himself.
    And attacks Cruz as a liar:
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190

    Bush attacks Rubio on foreign policy:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-calls-marco-rubios-foreign-policy-attacks/story?id=368

    Carson attacks Cruz about Iowa:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-south-carolina_us_56bde591e4b0b40245c61769

    So to recap:

    Rubio attacks everyone but Cruz.
    Cruz attacks Trump and Rubio.
    Trump attacks Cruz.
    Bush attacks Rubio.
    Carson attacks Cruz.
    No word from Kasich
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    edited February 2016
    I loved the more recent

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY
    Sandpit said:

    Seriously, anything.

    youtube.com/watch?v=Pcw5D1jgfyw

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    upbeat?
    quiet?
    soul searching?
    romantic?
    laid back?
    Happy Hardcore! For those who lived the '90s at 160pbm ;)

    ttp://youtu.be/K5gWFkC75A0
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 54,130
    HYUFD said:

    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later by the EU imposing migrant quotas, and the Eurozone using the QMV majority to impose new regulations on the City.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later by the EU imposing migrant quotas, and the Eurozone using the QMV majority to impose new regulations on the City.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later mmmity.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    Sarkozy will run anyway as most likely will Juppe even if they are not the official centre right candidate. Their egos are too big to allow the other a free run
    I'll offer you 2:1 that there will not be two Les Republicans candidates, if you like
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I've three of her albums and they're ace.

    Love the lyrics here

    https://youtu.be/lAdXBF1eABU
    Sandpit said:

    Love Blondie and Villa Lobos!

    Will try the others, any tracks?

    I love Anya Marina, she's so funny and seductive.

    Youtu.be/yBx-p7kkxxQ

    Omnium said:

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Unless you know their work really well - Roxy Music.
    You may never have heard of them, but - The Be Good Tanyas
    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman
    I know you'll have your doubts, but - Blondie

    A random selection. Let me know if you (unexpectedly) approve.

    Edit: To add something classical - Villa-Lobos
    That video is a cross between Kate Bush and Lady Gaga!
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    OmniumOmnium Posts: 9,806

    Love Blondie and Villa Lobos!

    Will try the others, any tracks?

    I love Anya Marina, she's so funny and seductive.

    https://youtu.be/yBx-p7kkxxQ

    Omnium said:

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Unless you know their work really well - Roxy Music.
    You may never have heard of them, but - The Be Good Tanyas
    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman
    I know you'll have your doubts, but - Blondie

    A random selection. Let me know if you (unexpectedly) approve.

    Edit: To add something classical - Villa-Lobos
    Well I'm happy that you liked them.

    BGT - I like almost everything they ever did - The cover of Prince's "When Doves cry" is a particular highlight for me.

    SL - First album (The one everyone knows)

    Roxy Music - I'd go with @Richard_Tyndall. However I would add (not really RM) - Ferry's Dylanesque album.

    I'll explore your Anya Marina suggestion.

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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Love this one!

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,154
    Played the London Grammar album If You Wait to death. Wondering if there will be another?
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    That's too Dave Mitchell does pop for me.

    @Richard_Tyndall Yes, I've got some pokey tracks!

    @Plato - have you tried Dave In Charge?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M_TBnT3FJA

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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Tracks?
    John_M said:

    Good evening all. I'll just pitch in with Regina Spektor and Alt-J :).

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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,971

    I've three of her albums and they're ace.

    Love the lyrics here

    //youtu.be/lAdXBF1eABU

    Sandpit said:

    Love Blondie and Villa Lobos!

    Will try the others, any tracks?

    I love Anya Marina, she's so funny and seductive.

    Youtu.be/yBx-p7kkxxQ

    Omnium said:

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Unless you know their work really well - Roxy Music.
    You may never have heard of them, but - The Be Good Tanyas
    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman
    I know you'll have your doubts, but - Blondie

    A random selection. Let me know if you (unexpectedly) approve.

    Edit: To add something classical - Villa-Lobos
    That video is a cross between Kate Bush and Lady Gaga!
    LOL at the lyrics. I shall stick with my previous comparisons of her work!
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,189
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later by the EU imposing migrant quotas, and the Eurozone using the QMV majority to impose new regulations on the City.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later by the EU imposing migrant quotas, and the Eurozone using the QMV majority to impose new regulations on the City.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    rcs1000 said:

    HYUFD said:

    Indigo said:

    HYUFD said:

    The best result for UKIP ironically would not be a Leave vote but a very narrow Remain victory

    Followed a month later mmmity.
    By 2017 Le Pen will have come top in France, Wilders in the Netherlands and the UK would have nearly voted Out it will have enough on its hands without provoking the UK even further
    She tops the polls if it's Sarkozy as Les Republicans candidate. She's 5 points adrift if it's Juppe.
    Sarkozy will run anyway as most likely will Juppe even if they are not the official centre right candidate. Their egos are too big to allow the other a free run
    I'll offer you 2:1 that there will not be two Les Republicans candidates, if you like
    Balladur ran against Chirac in 1995 and of course only one would be the official candidate
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    edited February 2016
    I'd recommend her album Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II

    This track was used on Greys Anatomy

    https://youtu.be/AbDNJo3iLSs
    Omnium said:

    Love Blondie and Villa Lobos!

    Will try the others, any tracks?

    I love Anya Marina, she's so funny and seductive.

    https://youtu.be/yBx-p7kkxxQ

    Omnium said:

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Unless you know their work really well - Roxy Music.
    You may never have heard of them, but - The Be Good Tanyas
    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman
    I know you'll have your doubts, but - Blondie

    A random selection. Let me know if you (unexpectedly) approve.

    Edit: To add something classical - Villa-Lobos
    Well I'm happy that you liked them.

    BGT - I like almost everything they ever did - The cover of Prince's "When Doves cry" is a particular highlight for me.

    SL - First album (The one everyone knows)

    Roxy Music - I'd go with @Richard_Tyndall. However I would add (not really RM) - Ferry's Dylanesque album.

    I'll explore your Anya Marina suggestion.

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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,694
    edited February 2016

    That's too Dave Mitchell does pop for me.

    @Richard_Tyndall Yes, I've got some pokey tracks!

    @Plato - have you tried Dave In Charge?



    What do you mean?

    Dave In Charge is an emerging Conscious Rap artist who grips your attention with epiphanies and sentiments as he unravels what we take for granted.
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503

    Tracks?

    John_M said:

    Good evening all. I'll just pitch in with Regina Spektor and Alt-J :).

    Regina: Samson, On the Radio, Better, Fidelity.
    Alt-J: Something Good, Matilda, Fitzpleasure.

    Hope you enjoy!
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    MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    We should note that the online polls showing close or Leave leads in the EU referendum are the same polls that show UKIP support up on last May's GE . The phone pollsters with large Remain leads also have UKIP support down on the last GE .
    These results and many others recently give a good clue as to whether we should place more faith in the telephone pollsters rather than the online ones with panels overstuffed with UKIP supporters .
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,154
    If you want some sunshine on a grey day, try William Onyeabor. Little-known Eighties African music recently given an airing to a very appreciative world (he has since turned his back on music and, I think, is now a pastor.)

    I really want my own backing band, available at all times to remind me that:

    "You look so good, fantastic man..."
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    PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 76,010
    Let's dispel this myth that Cromwell doesn't know what he's doing.

    He knows exactly what he's doing.
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    JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    @Plato do you know James Booker? Probably my all time favourite pianist but didn't reach the heights his talent richly deserved because of a LOT of drugs; I believe he even lost his eye to an unhappy drug dealer. There aren't many studio recordings of him, most are live recordings at New Orleans clubs and bars like this one, a great night with just him and his piano at the Maple Leaf http://youtu.be/lXQ-01QQw1Y?list=PL6A2DF5D02CAD3CF8
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I'm very fond of The Fray - Love Don't Die is a superb track

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WptxUWvrINQ

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    As someone already mentioned - Roxy Music. Start with the Stranded album, probably the best one they did.
    As I linked to on the previous thread - Public Service Broadcasting. Just awesome.
    Some American roots music - Pokey Lafarge. Fantastic.
    Some Australian strangeness - CW Stoneking. A 40 year old white man who sounds like a 70 year old black blues man.
    If you fancy folk - Show of Hands.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,189
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

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    @Plato - another one of my all time favourites:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Any linky?
    John_M said:

    Tracks?

    John_M said:

    Good evening all. I'll just pitch in with Regina Spektor and Alt-J :).

    Regina: Samson, On the Radio, Better, Fidelity.
    Alt-J: Something Good, Matilda, Fitzpleasure.

    Hope you enjoy!
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    :smiley:

    Have you tried DLZ = it's hypnotic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlGXlNgtok

    That's too Dave Mitchell does pop for me.

    @Richard_Tyndall Yes, I've got some pokey tracks!

    @Plato - have you tried Dave In Charge?



    What do you mean?

    Dave In Charge is an emerging Conscious Rap artist who grips your attention with epiphanies and sentiments as he unravels what we take for granted.
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    jayfdee said:

    Remain or leave,I am a genuine undecided.
    I am put off by both sides of the argument,I am definitely not a Kipper, I do not read the express, or the mail for that matter.
    Just cannot see me siding with Farage and the Kippers, but not sure about remaining either.
    Plenty of time yet to decide.

    When people ask me why I think that universal franchise democracy may not be the best system of government that is a post I shall point them to.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Another suggestion - The Kills, Future Starts Slow

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwudqTCkBis
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,154
    While we are on music, can I plug my local store in Totnes please. These folk live for music. Their weekly e-mail update will let you know about all manner of weird and wonderful stuff being released. And they stock a huge amount of vinyl. Top place - can't recommend it highly enough. One of the finest in the country.

    https://driftrecords.com
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    edited February 2016

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    This Northern Soul Classic is a classic for stalking:

    http://youtu.be/XAdqqwQ5pcI
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    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098

    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I loved the movie about Rodriguez - just so perfect and great tunes.

    Have all his albums. Love them, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyE9vFGKogs

    If you want some sunshine on a grey day, try William Onyeabor. Little-known Eighties African music recently given an airing to a very appreciative world (he has since turned his back on music and, I think, is now a pastor.)

    I really want my own backing band, available at all times to remind me that:

    "You look so good, fantastic man..."

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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    You won't regret a minute.

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

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    Pulpstar said:

    Let's dispel this myth that Cromwell doesn't know what he's doing.

    He knows exactly what he's doing.

    LOL brilliant.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,971

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

    Never seen Breaking Bad?
    Some of the best TV of the last decade, prepare to disappear for a week watching it!
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    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
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    Nigel Farage on LBC until 10.00pm holding a phone-in on the EU.
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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    Speedy said:

    A small campaign update on S.Carolina, to give you an idea about what may happen in tomorrow's debate.

    Rubio goes full conservative:
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article59957276.html

    "Sen. Marco Rubio channeled Tipper Gore on the campaign trail this week, railing against the harmful influence of contemporary music, movies and other hubs of pop culture."

    However he's a hypocrite too:

    "Last April, the Washington Post aggregated a number of Rubio’s past statements in which he expressed appreciation for Eminem, Tupac and other rap stars.

    He also attacked everybody:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-trashes-donald-trump-john-kasich-goes-after-jeb-bush/

    Cruz attacks Rubio and Trump as pro-gay marriage:
    http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/12/cruz-lets-face-it-rubio-and-trump-are-using-obamas-talking-points-on-gay-marriage/

    He also released an ad attacking Hillary to replace his Rubio one with the porn star he had to take down.

    Trump meanwhile has released a ton of positive ads about himself.
    And attacks Cruz as a liar:
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190

    Bush attacks Rubio on foreign policy:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-calls-marco-rubios-foreign-policy-attacks/story?id=368

    Carson attacks Cruz about Iowa:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-south-carolina_us_56bde591e4b0b40245c61769

    So to recap:

    Rubio attacks everyone but Cruz.
    Cruz attacks Trump and Rubio.
    Trump attacks Cruz.
    Bush attacks Rubio.
    Carson attacks Cruz.
    No word from Kasich

    From a focus group among SC GOP faithful:

    1. Everyone is fed up with politics as usual
    2. A plurality prefer Cruz (but he is also politics as usual) but think Trump is inevitable so many are switching
    3. Of all the campaign messages, Kasich's of not campaigning as a partisan GOPer but as someone who can bring the country together and fix the economy got the most (only) enthusiastic reception, but group members think that there is not enough time for Kasich to get the message out before the primary.
    4. Rubio and Bush are seen as the old politics
    5. Making the country safe and strong again is the biggest single issue with GOP primary goers in SC. Trump wins that.

    From this it looks like a big Trump win unless his ground game is as bad as others are saying, and assuming the Kasich message does not get out. Cruz and Rubio to be bloodied. If Cruz does not do well here, his prospects for the nomination diminish massively.
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    JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    @Plato_Says Lack Of Afro is worth listening to. he plays pretty much all the instruments on his tracks, mixes it and gets good singers in to finish it off. This one has a pretty funny video as well as being a rather good song http://youtu.be/rrltM8n1RJU
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I've a serious nerd interest in music used in TV shows - it's fascinating to see where tracks appear and in so many different contexts. It's a huge money spinner for an artist and creates great exposure.

    I know some people use apps like Shazam to discover them - many here will recall the tune ASDA used in every advert and even featured the Shazam logo to encourage downloads.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXTg7owzmYo
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    edited February 2016

    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
    Of course it is wishful, but the self destructing blue and red parties are a great opportunity.
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    Speedy said:

    A small campaign update on S.Carolina, to give you an idea about what may happen in tomorrow's debate.

    Rubio goes full conservative:
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article59957276.html

    "Sen. Marco Rubio channeled Tipper Gore on the campaign trail this week, railing against the harmful influence of contemporary music, movies and other hubs of pop culture."

    However he's a hypocrite too:

    "Last April, the Washington Post aggregated a number of Rubio’s past statements in which he expressed appreciation for Eminem, Tupac and other rap stars.

    He also attacked everybody:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-trashes-donald-trump-john-kasich-goes-after-jeb-bush/

    Cruz attacks Rubio and Trump as pro-gay marriage:
    http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/12/cruz-lets-face-it-rubio-and-trump-are-using-obamas-talking-points-on-gay-marriage/

    He also released an ad attacking Hillary to replace his Rubio one with the porn star he had to take down.

    Trump meanwhile has released a ton of positive ads about himself.
    And attacks Cruz as a liar:
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190

    Bush attacks Rubio on foreign policy:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-calls-marco-rubios-foreign-policy-attacks/story?id=368

    Carson attacks Cruz about Iowa:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-south-carolina_us_56bde591e4b0b40245c61769

    So to recap:

    Rubio attacks everyone but Cruz.
    Cruz attacks Trump and Rubio.
    Trump attacks Cruz.
    Bush attacks Rubio.
    Carson attacks Cruz.
    No word from Kasich

    Typical Lamestream media bias forgetting the political Brobdingnagian that is Jim Gillmore. Yesterday he did this: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

    7:35 a.m. Phone interview with WRNN Myrtle Beach
    8:30 a.m. Interview with South Carolina Radio News Network, Charleston, SC
    9:10 a.m. Interview with 98 Rock radio, Charleston, SC
    9:45 a.m. Interview with John Cumulous Radio, Charleston, SC

    Gilmorementum baby!
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    YossariansChildYossariansChild Posts: 536
    edited February 2016
    Thinking of UKIP and of Labour's continuing clusterf@ck is there a market on whether UKIP overtakes Labour in a poll this year? What do people think the odds on UKIP leading Labour in at least one poll this year would be?
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    OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 32,088

    We should note that the online polls showing close or Leave leads in the EU referendum are the same polls that show UKIP support up on last May's GE . The phone pollsters with large Remain leads also have UKIP support down on the last GE .
    These results and many others recently give a good clue as to whether we should place more faith in the telephone pollsters rather than the online ones with panels overstuffed with UKIP supporters .

    Food for thought.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I adored The Shield - it was perfect.

    I was talking to a mate about it and noted Walton Goggins was not only in that but Justified and Sons of Anarchy - as a drag queen. He's one of my favourite actors and plays so many roles most convincingly.
    Sandpit said:

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

    Never seen Breaking Bad?
    Some of the best TV of the last decade, prepare to disappear for a week watching it!
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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034

    Speedy said:

    A small campaign update on S.Carolina, to give you an idea about what may happen in tomorrow's debate.

    Rubio goes full conservative:
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article59957276.html

    "Sen. Marco Rubio channeled Tipper Gore on the campaign trail this week, railing against the harmful influence of contemporary music, movies and other hubs of pop culture."

    However he's a hypocrite too:

    "Last April, the Washington Post aggregated a number of Rubio’s past statements in which he expressed appreciation for Eminem, Tupac and other rap stars.

    He also attacked everybody:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-trashes-donald-trump-john-kasich-goes-after-jeb-bush/

    Cruz attacks Rubio and Trump as pro-gay marriage:
    http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/12/cruz-lets-face-it-rubio-and-trump-are-using-obamas-talking-points-on-gay-marriage/

    He also released an ad attacking Hillary to replace his Rubio one with the porn star he had to take down.

    Trump meanwhile has released a ton of positive ads about himself.
    And attacks Cruz as a liar:
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190

    Bush attacks Rubio on foreign policy:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-calls-marco-rubios-foreign-policy-attacks/story?id=368

    Carson attacks Cruz about Iowa:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-south-carolina_us_56bde591e4b0b40245c61769

    So to recap:

    Rubio attacks everyone but Cruz.
    Cruz attacks Trump and Rubio.
    Trump attacks Cruz.
    Bush attacks Rubio.
    Carson attacks Cruz.
    No word from Kasich

    Typical Lamestream media bias forgetting the political Brobdingnagian that is Jim Gillmore. Yesterday he did this: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

    7:35 a.m. Phone interview with WRNN Myrtle Beach
    8:30 a.m. Interview with South Carolina Radio News Network, Charleston, SC
    9:10 a.m. Interview with 98 Rock radio, Charleston, SC
    9:45 a.m. Interview with John Cumulous Radio, Charleston, SC

    Gilmorementum baby!
    Keeping his 1200% contest on contest improvement, look for him to break triple digits!!
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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    Felt that about Yemen within 24 hours, every time I left it. Then, in reverse, the rest of the world seemed as remote of the moon within 24 hours of return.
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    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I hate the actor so much I can't absorb this.

    Great use of tunes TV context? Think this gets one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrldRAp5JY

    @Plato_Says Lack Of Afro is worth listening to. he plays pretty much all the instruments on his tracks, mixes it and gets good singers in to finish it off. This one has a pretty funny video as well as being a rather good song ttp://youtu.be/rrltM8n1RJU

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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    As a teen, at the time it seemed the most dreadfully dull decade after the fun and wildness of the 60s, and then retrospectively in comparison with the exuberant modernity of the 80s.
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    MTimT said:

    Speedy said:

    A small campaign update on S.Carolina, to give you an idea about what may happen in tomorrow's debate.

    Rubio goes full conservative:
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article59957276.html

    "Sen. Marco Rubio channeled Tipper Gore on the campaign trail this week, railing against the harmful influence of contemporary music, movies and other hubs of pop culture."

    However he's a hypocrite too:

    "Last April, the Washington Post aggregated a number of Rubio’s past statements in which he expressed appreciation for Eminem, Tupac and other rap stars.

    He also attacked everybody:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-trashes-donald-trump-john-kasich-goes-after-jeb-bush/

    Cruz attacks Rubio and Trump as pro-gay marriage:
    http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/12/cruz-lets-face-it-rubio-and-trump-are-using-obamas-talking-points-on-gay-marriage/

    He also released an ad attacking Hillary to replace his Rubio one with the porn star he had to take down.

    Trump meanwhile has released a ton of positive ads about himself.
    And attacks Cruz as a liar:
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190

    Bush attacks Rubio on foreign policy:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-calls-marco-rubios-foreign-policy-attacks/story?id=368

    Carson attacks Cruz about Iowa:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-south-carolina_us_56bde591e4b0b40245c61769

    So to recap:

    Rubio attacks everyone but Cruz.
    Cruz attacks Trump and Rubio.
    Trump attacks Cruz.
    Bush attacks Rubio.
    Carson attacks Cruz.
    No word from Kasich

    Typical Lamestream media bias forgetting the political Brobdingnagian that is Jim Gillmore. Yesterday he did this: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

    7:35 a.m. Phone interview with WRNN Myrtle Beach
    8:30 a.m. Interview with South Carolina Radio News Network, Charleston, SC
    9:10 a.m. Interview with 98 Rock radio, Charleston, SC
    9:45 a.m. Interview with John Cumulous Radio, Charleston, SC

    Gilmorementum baby!
    Keeping his 1200% contest on contest improvement, look for him to break triple digits!!
    Already into 3 digits 153 in NH. It is ON! BTW did you see his 'victory party'? 10 showed up - but it did look like he had nice spaghetti..

    https://twitter.com/TrishaThadani/status/697242460339175424?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Omnium said:


    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman

    I prefer Cara
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098

    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
    Of course it is wishful, but the self destructing blue and red parties are a great opportunity.
    Fair go. An opportunity for someone, but that party would have to have a clear set of ideas that chimed with that national mood and a history which does not include manifest and manifold breaches of promise. All of which rather leaves the Lib Dems stuffed.

    I should not be surprised if the Lib Dems achieved just one or, maybe, two MPs at the next general election. Going into government killed their unique selling point.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    The Seventies were great fun as a teenager. Great music including glam rock then the punk revolution, the Sixties permissiveness had become mainstream, the eighties AIDS epidemic and right wing backlash hadn't hit yet, good times!
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    MTimT said:

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    As a teen, at the time it seemed the most dreadfully dull decade after the fun and wildness of the 60s, and then retrospectively in comparison with the exuberant modernity of the 80s.
    The 60s always seemed overrated to me. Mainly because, I think, growing up in late 70s early 80s everyone on TV kept banging on about how great a decade it was it pissed me off into antagonism. The 80s were pretty crappy for me (personal reasons) so no desire for that again! And I 'did' the 90s and meh. 50s look too grim. 70s I'd like to see for myself since there are such stringent views on either side.

    Also I get to be a fan of Bush without the invading foreign countries shadow.
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Given the recent Bowie hysteria, Gail Ann Dorsey - "The Corporate World"

    Rodrigo y Gabriela - (Metallica does Flamenco)

    Or some home grown funk, The Federation of the Disco Pimp

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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    There's a very funny Twitter account 70s cook books that will bring it all back in terribly photography.

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
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    There's a very funny Twitter account 70s cook books that will bring it all back in terribly photography.

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    Does it involve Butterscotch Angel Delight? Now that was a treat. But WTF was Tapioca? Frog Spawn yuk.
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    EPGEPG Posts: 6,060
    What's going on? Sanders is polling level with Clinton in Nevada. If she takes South Carolina, then it is 2.5 to 1.5 for the old anti-capitalist guy. Do they have a Corbynista death wish???
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503

    @Plato_Says Lack Of Afro is worth listening to. he plays pretty much all the instruments on his tracks, mixes it and gets good singers in to finish it off. This one has a pretty funny video as well as being a rather good song http://youtu.be/rrltM8n1RJU

    On theme of uniforms getting down:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvC_0foemLY
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Nylon socks and shirts, soya mince, hessian on the walls, polystyrene ceiling tiles and lots and lots of moulded plastic.

    The decade taste forgot.
    MTimT said:

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    As a teen, at the time it seemed the most dreadfully dull decade after the fun and wildness of the 60s, and then retrospectively in comparison with the exuberant modernity of the 80s.
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    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    The Seventies were great fun as a teenager. Great music including glam rock then the punk revolution, the Sixties permissiveness had become mainstream, the eighties AIDS epidemic and right wing backlash hadn't hit yet, good times!
    Yes I think you'd have to go back as a teenager. Going back in my 40s not so much; though I guess I could hang out at the BBC..
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    Does it involve Butterscotch Angel Delight? Now that was a treat. But WTF was Tapioca? Frog Spawn yuk.

    I still enjoy, and purchase, tapioca. And semolina.

    But I am the only person I know of who likes, or can even tolerate, either! When I have offered it to people as dessert, I have got some bloody strange looks.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
    Of course it is wishful, but the self destructing blue and red parties are a great opportunity.
    Fair go. An opportunity for someone, but that party would have to have a clear set of ideas that chimed with that national mood and a history which does not include manifest and manifold breaches of promise. All of which rather leaves the Lib Dems stuffed.

    I should not be surprised if the Lib Dems achieved just one or, maybe, two MPs at the next general election. Going into government killed their unique selling point.
    8 times the number of kipper MPs! And looking at these real election results better prospects of gaining more.

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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,300
    edited February 2016

    I adored The Shield - it was perfect.

    I was talking to a mate about it and noted Walton Goggins was not only in that but Justified and Sons of Anarchy - as a drag queen. He's one of my favourite actors and plays so many roles most convincingly.

    Sandpit said:

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

    Never seen Breaking Bad?
    Some of the best TV of the last decade, prepare to disappear for a week watching it!
    Recently rewatched The Shield, and I think it might be better than The Wire. Definitely better than Sons of Anarchy and Justified and I like both of those shows a lot. It is massively under rated show.
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    MTimT said:

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    As a teen, at the time it seemed the most dreadfully dull decade after the fun and wildness of the 60s, and then retrospectively in comparison with the exuberant modernity of the 80s.
    The Seventies Dull? Are you mad? It was a superb decade, even better than the sixties. Ok, there was a whole load of political and economic shit which was pretty dire, but for a young(ish) person it was tremendous. Aside from life expectancy, what measure of a normal Joe's life is better now than it was then?
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    MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,956
    MTimT said:

    Speedy said:

    A small campaign update on S.Carolina, to give you an idea about what may happen in tomorrow's debate.

    Rubio goes full conservative:
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article59957276.html

    "Sen. Marco Rubio channeled Tipper Gore on the campaign trail this week, railing against the harmful influence of contemporary music, movies and other hubs of pop culture."

    However he's a hypocrite too:

    "Last April, the Washington Post aggregated a number of Rubio’s past statements in which he expressed appreciation for Eminem, Tupac and other rap stars.

    He also attacked everybody:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-trashes-donald-trump-john-kasich-goes-after-jeb-bush/

    Cruz attacks Rubio and Trump as pro-gay marriage:
    http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/12/cruz-lets-face-it-rubio-and-trump-are-using-obamas-talking-points-on-gay-marriage/

    He also released an ad attacking Hillary to replace his Rubio one with the porn star he had to take down.

    Trump meanwhile has released a ton of positive ads about himself.
    And attacks Cruz as a liar:
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190

    Bush attacks Rubio on foreign policy:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-calls-marco-rubios-foreign-policy-attacks/story?id=368

    Carson attacks Cruz about Iowa:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-south-carolina_us_56bde591e4b0b40245c61769

    So to recap:

    Rubio attacks everyone but Cruz.
    Cruz attacks Trump and Rubio.
    Trump attacks Cruz.
    Bush attacks Rubio.
    Carson attacks Cruz.
    No word from Kasich

    Typical Lamestream media bias forgetting the political Brobdingnagian that is Jim Gillmore. Yesterday he did this: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

    7:35 a.m. Phone interview with WRNN Myrtle Beach
    8:30 a.m. Interview with South Carolina Radio News Network, Charleston, SC
    9:10 a.m. Interview with 98 Rock radio, Charleston, SC
    9:45 a.m. Interview with John Cumulous Radio, Charleston, SC

    Gilmorementum baby!
    Keeping his 1200% contest on contest improvement, look for him to break triple digits!!
    How is he still in the race?
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    Sean_FSean_F Posts: 36,005

    We should note that the online polls showing close or Leave leads in the EU referendum are the same polls that show UKIP support up on last May's GE . The phone pollsters with large Remain leads also have UKIP support down on the last GE .
    These results and many others recently give a good clue as to whether we should place more faith in the telephone pollsters rather than the online ones with panels overstuffed with UKIP supporters .

    Telephone polls understated UKIP in 2015. And, no telephone poll has UKIP under 10%, a score which the Lib Dems would love to have.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    edited February 2016
    Cottage cheese recipes and fondues in Flashing Blade font.

    Edit - I didn't get how funny The Flashing Blade was until about ten yrs after I watched it.

    It was great - much better than Beachcombers or White Horses.

    There's a very funny Twitter account 70s cook books that will bring it all back in terribly photography.

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    Does it involve Butterscotch Angel Delight? Now that was a treat. But WTF was Tapioca? Frog Spawn yuk.
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    MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,956

    MTimT said:

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    As a teen, at the time it seemed the most dreadfully dull decade after the fun and wildness of the 60s, and then retrospectively in comparison with the exuberant modernity of the 80s.
    The Seventies Dull? Are you mad? It was a superb decade, even better than the sixties. Ok, there was a whole load of political and economic shit which was pretty dire, but for a young(ish) person it was tremendous. Aside from life expectancy, what measure of a normal Joe's life is better now than it was then?
    Standard of living?

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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503

    MTimT said:

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    As a teen, at the time it seemed the most dreadfully dull decade after the fun and wildness of the 60s, and then retrospectively in comparison with the exuberant modernity of the 80s.
    The Seventies Dull? Are you mad? It was a superb decade, even better than the sixties. Ok, there was a whole load of political and economic shit which was pretty dire, but for a young(ish) person it was tremendous. Aside from life expectancy, what measure of a normal Joe's life is better now than it was then?
    To go from King Crimson to Dire Straits by way of punk and disco...'twas musically fantastic, even if we were all as poor as church mice by today's standards.
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    YossariansChildYossariansChild Posts: 536
    edited February 2016

    Does it involve Butterscotch Angel Delight? Now that was a treat. But WTF was Tapioca? Frog Spawn yuk.

    I still enjoy, and purchase, tapioca. And semolina.

    But I am the only person I know of who likes, or can even tolerate, either! When I have offered it to people as dessert, I have got some bloody strange looks.
    Now Semolina, with a big dollop of strawberry jam in the middle; swirled around to look like a spiral galaxy now that was a treat.

    Tapioca ugh. Wretched stuff. Like Pilchards. Horrid I have PTSD from primary school due to those culinary abominations. . The mere thought of which is guaranteed to make me want to hurl. Should be banished from this earth together with ISIS, Noel Edmunds and Bono who give similar reactions.
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    JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    edited February 2016

    I hate the actor so much I can't absorb this.

    Great use of tunes TV context? Think this gets one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrldRAp5JY

    @Plato_Says Lack Of Afro is worth listening to. he plays pretty much all the instruments on his tracks, mixes it and gets good singers in to finish it off. This one has a pretty funny video as well as being a rather good song ttp://youtu.be/rrltM8n1RJU

    Try this one with no video instead :)
    http://youtu.be/ff13yIGFnIo
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    They're experiencing Recovered Memories at the fraction of a shrink rate

    Does it involve Butterscotch Angel Delight? Now that was a treat. But WTF was Tapioca? Frog Spawn yuk.

    I still enjoy, and purchase, tapioca. And semolina.

    But I am the only person I know of who likes, or can even tolerate, either! When I have offered it to people as dessert, I have got some bloody strange looks.
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    Sean_FSean_F Posts: 36,005
    jayfdee said:

    Remain or leave,I am a genuine undecided.
    I am put off by both sides of the argument,I am definitely not a Kipper, I do not read the express, or the mail for that matter.
    Just cannot see me siding with Farage and the Kippers, but not sure about remaining either.
    Plenty of time yet to decide.

    If you support Remain, you're siding with Gerry Adams and Eddie Izzard.
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    Does it involve Butterscotch Angel Delight? Now that was a treat. But WTF was Tapioca? Frog Spawn yuk.

    I still enjoy, and purchase, tapioca. And semolina.

    But I am the only person I know of who likes, or can even tolerate, either! When I have offered it to people as dessert, I have got some bloody strange looks.
    Now Semolina, with a big dollop of strawberry jam in the middle; swirled around to look like a spiral galaxy now that was a treat.

    Tapioca ugh. Wretched stuff. Like Pilchards. Horrid I have PTSD from primary school due to those culinary abominations. . The mere thought of which is guaranteed to make me want to hurl. Should be banished from this earth together with ISIS, Noel Edmunds and Bono who give similar reactions.
    Well one out of two ain't bad!
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    edited February 2016

    Does it involve Butterscotch Angel Delight? Now that was a treat. But WTF was Tapioca? Frog Spawn yuk.

    I still enjoy, and purchase, tapioca. And semolina.

    But I am the only person I know of who likes, or can even tolerate, either! When I have offered it to people as dessert, I have got some bloody strange looks.
    Sago was quite good. Not seen it for a while, but I still have a soft spot for ambrosia cream rice.

    When watching TV of the Seventies (watching BBC4 Totally British 70s rock n roll) the striking thing is how much thinner everyone was. I notice it too on the 1981 TOTP being reshown.

    The last three decades have made us into fatsos.
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    YossariansChildYossariansChild Posts: 536
    edited February 2016
    Mortimer said:

    MTimT said:

    Speedy said:

    A small campaign update on S.Carolina, to give you an idea about what may happen in tomorrow's debate.

    Rubio goes full conservative:
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article59957276.html

    "Sen. Marco Rubio channeled Tipper Gore on the campaign trail this week, railing against the harmful influence of contemporary music, movies and other hubs of pop culture."

    However he's a hypocrite too:

    "Last April, the Washington Post aggregated a number of Rubio’s past statements in which he expressed appreciation for Eminem, Tupac and other rap stars.

    He also attacked everybody:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-trashes-donald-trump-john-kasich-goes-after-jeb-bush/

    Cruz attacks Rubio and Trump as pro-gay marriage:
    http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/12/cruz-lets-face-it-rubio-and-trump-are-using-obamas-talking-points-on-gay-marriage/

    He also released an ad attacking Hillary to replace his Rubio one with the porn star he had to take down.

    Trump meanwhile has released a ton of positive ads about himself.
    And attacks Cruz as a liar:
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190

    Bush attacks Rubio on foreign policy:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-calls-marco-rubios-foreign-policy-attacks/story?id=368

    Carson attacks Cruz about Iowa:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-south-carolina_us_56bde591e4b0b40245c61769

    So to recap:

    Rubio attacks everyone but Cruz.
    Cruz attacks Trump and Rubio.
    Trump attacks Cruz.
    Bush attacks Rubio.
    Carson attacks Cruz.
    No word from Kasich

    Typical Lamestream media bias forgetting the political Brobdingnagian that is Jim Gillmore. Yesterday he did this: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

    7:35 a.m. Phone interview with WRNN Myrtle Beach
    8:30 a.m. Interview with South Carolina Radio News Network, Charleston, SC
    9:10 a.m. Interview with 98 Rock radio, Charleston, SC
    9:45 a.m. Interview with John Cumulous Radio, Charleston, SC

    Gilmorementum baby!
    Keeping his 1200% contest on contest improvement, look for him to break triple digits!!
    How is he still in the race?
    I find your faithlessness troubling Mortimer.
    "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I loved Justified and just watched it again for nth time.

    I've done SoA twice and still give it a solid 9 of 10

    The Shield has so much more fun involved and comedy. It's SoA and Justifed combined.

    Isn't Walton FAB as Venus? He's so convincing as Boyd and her.

    I adored The Shield - it was perfect.

    I was talking to a mate about it and noted Walton Goggins was not only in that but Justified and Sons of Anarchy - as a drag queen. He's one of my favourite actors and plays so many roles most convincingly.

    Sandpit said:

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

    Never seen Breaking Bad?
    Some of the best TV of the last decade, prepare to disappear for a week watching it!
    Recently rewatched The Shield, and I think it might be better than The Wire. Definitely better than Sons of Anarchy and Justified and I like both of those shows a lot. It is massively under rated show.
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098

    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
    Of course it is wishful, but the self destructing blue and red parties are a great opportunity.
    Fair go. An opportunity for someone, but that party would have to have a clear set of ideas that chimed with that national mood and a history which does not include manifest and manifold breaches of promise. All of which rather leaves the Lib Dems stuffed.

    I should not be surprised if the Lib Dems achieved just one or, maybe, two MPs at the next general election. Going into government killed their unique selling point.
    8 times the number of kipper MPs! And looking at these real election results better prospects of gaining more.

    You think the number of Lib Dem MPs will increase at the next GE? I sense a bet coming on. Same stakes as last time or will you be wanting odds?

    I always felt guilty about our last bet and it was laid at about this time of night. So if you fancy a gentle wager on the Lib Dems having more than 8 seats after the next GE drop me a PM tommorow.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I never got passed the first couple of The Wire = all too sweary and shot in the dark.

    When it comes back on Netflix or Prime, I'll try again.

    I adored The Shield - it was perfect.

    I was talking to a mate about it and noted Walton Goggins was not only in that but Justified and Sons of Anarchy - as a drag queen. He's one of my favourite actors and plays so many roles most convincingly.

    Sandpit said:

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

    Never seen Breaking Bad?
    Some of the best TV of the last decade, prepare to disappear for a week watching it!
    Recently rewatched The Shield, and I think it might be better than The Wire. Definitely better than Sons of Anarchy and Justified and I like both of those shows a lot. It is massively under rated show.
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    Mortimer said:

    MTimT said:

    My dad was a Pye TV dealer in the 70s - I had a copy of Popcorn for my stocking filler.

    The 70s seem like distant history but so very near - its very weird

    Got to add the best stalking song from Clarence Frogman, the lyrics are ace

    https://youtu.be/ZwBkKF1P9VA

    Seriously, anything.

    I've got Elizabethan lutes to heavy metal. There's something about most rap and that whole thing that grates on my IQ.

    I've only found one band I like that does gangsta stuff and they're Nigger BlueGrass as a brand. They did the soundtrack for lots of Justified - Gangstagrass, the lyrics are very clever.

    Ever heard Prince Buster?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsqiyNk6fE&list=PLFC985CC6FACDABE6&index=6

    Play 10 commandments - just for the leftie misogynists.
    How about Judge Dread by Prince Buster, a song to make the hang'em and flog'em brigade go weak at the knees.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3CGENBhn0

    Py(i)e International, Let me in... Sounds like something Adam Johnson had on his car stereo..
    A great decade - I was born! Seriously though its probably the one decade I am curious enough I would like to go back to and live in and see for myself. Yes three-day week, Kiddie fiddling at the BBC, inexplicable amounts of orange and beige etc put me off but it does seem so very different and interesting. Dunno really why.
    As a teen, at the time it seemed the most dreadfully dull decade after the fun and wildness of the 60s, and then retrospectively in comparison with the exuberant modernity of the 80s.
    The Seventies Dull? Are you mad? It was a superb decade, even better than the sixties. Ok, there was a whole load of political and economic shit which was pretty dire, but for a young(ish) person it was tremendous. Aside from life expectancy, what measure of a normal Joe's life is better now than it was then?
    Standard of living?

    Thats the thing isnt it? Though we like to go on about the past the fact is it was irredeemably grimmer than now. Go back 100 years and its literally shit. Shit everywhere. I mean take away sanitation, antiseptics, antibiotics, dentistry and surgery what has the modern world done for us?
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    Sean_FSean_F Posts: 36,005

    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
    Of course it is wishful, but the self destructing blue and red parties are a great opportunity.
    Fair go. An opportunity for someone, but that party would have to have a clear set of ideas that chimed with that national mood and a history which does not include manifest and manifold breaches of promise. All of which rather leaves the Lib Dems stuffed.

    I should not be surprised if the Lib Dems achieved just one or, maybe, two MPs at the next general election. Going into government killed their unique selling point.
    8 times the number of kipper MPs! And looking at these real election results better prospects of gaining more.

    You think the number of Lib Dem MPs will increase at the next GE? I sense a bet coming on. Same stakes as last time or will you be wanting odds?

    I always felt guilty about our last bet and it was laid at about this time of night. So if you fancy a gentle wager on the Lib Dems having more than 8 seats after the next GE drop me a PM tommorow.
    After the boundary changes, the Lib Dems are probably starting on 4-5 MP's.
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    I never got passed the first couple of The Wire = all too sweary and shot in the dark.

    When it comes back on Netflix or Prime, I'll try again.

    I adored The Shield - it was perfect.

    I was talking to a mate about it and noted Walton Goggins was not only in that but Justified and Sons of Anarchy - as a drag queen. He's one of my favourite actors and plays so many roles most convincingly.

    Sandpit said:

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

    Never seen Breaking Bad?
    Some of the best TV of the last decade, prepare to disappear for a week watching it!
    Recently rewatched The Shield, and I think it might be better than The Wire. Definitely better than Sons of Anarchy and Justified and I like both of those shows a lot. It is massively under rated show.
    The Wire is simply brilliant. Give it another try. Still is my no1.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
    Of course it is wishful, but the self destructing blue and red parties are a great opportunity.
    Fair go. An opportunity for someone, but that party would have to have a clear set of ideas that chimed with that national mood and a history which does not include manifest and manifold breaches of promise. All of which rather leaves the Lib Dems stuffed.

    I should not be surprised if the Lib Dems achieved just one or, maybe, two MPs at the next general election. Going into government killed their unique selling point.
    8 times the number of kipper MPs! And looking at these real election results better prospects of gaining more.

    You think the number of Lib Dem MPs will increase at the next GE? I sense a bet coming on. Same stakes as last time or will you be wanting odds?

    I always felt guilty about our last bet and it was laid at about this time of night. So if you fancy a gentle wager on the Lib Dems having more than 8 seats after the next GE drop me a PM tommorow.
    Four and a half years is too early to make that bet. We need to see the fallout of the May elections and EU referendum first. A lot depends on whether the Tories and/or kippers implode and whether Labour MPs depose Corbyn for someone electable.
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    Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Sorry, that's afro meh for me.

    I hate the actor so much I can't absorb this.

    Great use of tunes TV context? Think this gets one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrldRAp5JY

    @Plato_Says Lack Of Afro is worth listening to. he plays pretty much all the instruments on his tracks, mixes it and gets good singers in to finish it off. This one has a pretty funny video as well as being a rather good song ttp://youtu.be/rrltM8n1RJU

    Try this one with no video instead :)
    ttp://youtu.be/ff13yIGFnIo
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    SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Get ready for a new episode of Ted Cruz the Canadian:

    CNNVerified account ‏@CNN 37m37 minutes ago
    .@realDonaldTrump threatens to sue @tedcruz for "not being a natural born citizen" http://cnn.it/20sXvCP

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/report-ted-cruz-entered-us-illegally-1974/
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,300
    edited February 2016

    I loved Justified and just watched it again for nth time.

    I've done SoA twice and still give it a solid 9 of 10

    The Shield has so much more fun involved and comedy. It's SoA and Justifed combined.

    Isn't Walton FAB as Venus? He's so convincing as Boyd and her.

    I adored The Shield - it was perfect.

    I was talking to a mate about it and noted Walton Goggins was not only in that but Justified and Sons of Anarchy - as a drag queen. He's one of my favourite actors and plays so many roles most convincingly.

    Sandpit said:

    @Plato - I've never seen Breaking Bad actually.

    I need to watch that.

    Never seen Breaking Bad?
    Some of the best TV of the last decade, prepare to disappear for a week watching it!
    Recently rewatched The Shield, and I think it might be better than The Wire. Definitely better than Sons of Anarchy and Justified and I like both of those shows a lot. It is massively under rated show.
    For me SoA had some dodgy seasons in the middle, where it didn't really know where it was going. But the start and end (excluding the dodgy CGI ending) were great.

    Justified was solid throughout for me. Goggins being great it in.
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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    Sandpit said:

    Love Blondie and Villa Lobos!

    Will try the others, any tracks?

    I love Anya Marina, she's so funny and seductive.

    Youtu.be/yBx-p7kkxxQ

    Omnium said:

    I'm after some more music recommendations. I detest jungle and rap et al - so anything else is cool for me. Any genre from any era.

    Unless you know their work really well - Roxy Music.
    You may never have heard of them, but - The Be Good Tanyas
    Alarming that I'm suggesting this, but - Seth Lakeman
    I know you'll have your doubts, but - Blondie

    A random selection. Let me know if you (unexpectedly) approve.

    Edit: To add something classical - Villa-Lobos
    That video is a cross between Kate Bush and Lady Gaga!
    In parts, it was almost an upbeat female Leonard Cohen
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    PClipp said:

    First. Like the Lib Dems in Eastleigh. Lib Dem fightback well under way.

    Excellent news!

    The Tories splitting and the seppukku of Corbynism will do the LDs a lot of good as the years pass to the next GE.
    Wishful thinking there, Doc? The LibDems would need to be renamed the Lazarus Party to bounce back in 2020.
    Of course it is wishful, but the self destructing blue and red parties are a great opportunity.
    Fair go. An opportunity for someone, but that party would have to have a clear set of ideas that chimed with that national mood and a history which does not include manifest and manifold breaches of promise. All of which rather leaves the Lib Dems stuffed.

    I should not be surprised if the Lib Dems achieved just one or, maybe, two MPs at the next general election. Going into government killed their unique selling point.
    8 times the number of kipper MPs! And looking at these real election results better prospects of gaining more.

    You think the number of Lib Dem MPs will increase at the next GE? I sense a bet coming on. Same stakes as last time or will you be wanting odds?

    I always felt guilty about our last bet and it was laid at about this time of night. So if you fancy a gentle wager on the Lib Dems having more than 8 seats after the next GE drop me a PM tommorow.
    Four and a half years is too early to make that bet. We need to see the fallout of the May elections and EU referendum first. A lot depends on whether the Tories and/or kippers implode and whether Labour MPs depose Corbyn for someone electable.
    But the fundamental point will still remain the same. The Lib Dems have no purpose. They are a disparate crowd of confused malcontents bereft of any sensible or practical ideas whose time has passed. The sooner they disappear permanently the better for everyone.
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