tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post6374523908766202716..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Unchained melodyTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-27792747650987305012008-01-21T21:30:00.000+00:002008-01-21T21:30:00.000+00:00okay you probably won't see this because it's on a...okay you probably won't see this because it's on an "old" post. but the day i read this entry of yours, i turned around an hour later and showed Lost in Translation to my english class. so i got to hear J&MC at the end of the movie, just like you said .... and within hours of you saying it! (or rather, me reading it).<BR/><BR/>cool.amyonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336092306270018567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-8610128829791582092008-01-18T06:02:00.000+00:002008-01-18T06:02:00.000+00:00The Manics have recorded plenty of rubbish albums,...The Manics have recorded plenty of rubbish albums, but I still think The Holy Bible stands up - easily the equal of In Utero for gouging beauty out of misery. And they were pretty good live as well.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-62931008385908060012008-01-17T17:43:00.000+00:002008-01-17T17:43:00.000+00:00"In fact, in those glory days of the NME, it was p..."In fact, in those glory days of the NME, it was possible to become a devoted acolyte of the <I>idea</I>of a band well before a specific note had ever punctured your consciousness."<BR/><BR/>So true; often the <I>idea</I> of a band is so much more intoxicating than the reality. Examples? Manic Street Preachers (excellent interviews, rubbish albums); The Strokes (21st century Television, in reality Menswear wiht better breeding); when reality lives up to the idea, then you are on to something (Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Blue Nile).The Curvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069050042534955813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-3160824253456717252008-01-16T15:03:00.000+00:002008-01-16T15:03:00.000+00:00I love the Mags too, Billy. I just think this is a...I love the Mags too, Billy. I just think this is an unnecessary gimmick.<BR/><BR/>Even better, Patroclus. Riot in Pizza Express! Police horses dodging the flying doughballs! <BR/><BR/>Yes, Annie, but Jason in the Scarlett J role.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-86903604834931773912008-01-16T10:37:00.000+00:002008-01-16T10:37:00.000+00:00"...but with just enough sweetness at the heart to..."...but with just enough sweetness at the heart to make the experience bearable (like Bill Murray, and Tokyo)"<BR/><BR/>Good point. Imagine that film set in Cornwall with Jason Donovan.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793047799910670620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-49128184996763720752008-01-15T20:23:00.000+00:002008-01-15T20:23:00.000+00:00Ooh, is it time to get Psychocandy out again? I r...Ooh, is it time to get Psychocandy out again? I rather think it is.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for that clip, too. I used to live next to an outpost of North London Poly, but by the time I moved there it had been converted into a Pizza Express and some yuppie flats. Not a gurning two-string Scotsman in sight, let alone a riot of any description. Shame.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-41558924584360363292008-01-15T18:47:00.000+00:002008-01-15T18:47:00.000+00:00I actually like the idea of walls of feedback from...I actually like the idea of walls of feedback from a ukulele.<BR/><BR/>I'm still going to buy this as I like the Mags and adding feedback is a plus in my opinion.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.com