"Goth" from Oxford in the Sun today...
Pete Scathe
anyone know Alison McCullough?
She was hauled in by the Sun to refute claims that Oxford Uni is snobby.
Looks like a member of Coal Chamber and plays in a punk band, but was
termed "goth" by the Sun... whether that was her term or theirs god
knows, this is after all the Sun, so everything is viewed through a haze
of bullshit...
I can't quote the article as it's against my principles to actually buy
the damn thing...
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Saiira
Pete Scathe <pe...@scathe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> There's apparently a "goth" from Oxford Uni in the Sun today- does
> anyone know Alison McCullough?
>
> She was hauled in by the Sun to refute claims that Oxford Uni is snobby.
>
> Looks like a member of Coal Chamber and plays in a punk band, but was
> termed "goth" by the Sun... whether that was her term or theirs god
> knows, this is after all the Sun, so everything is viewed through a haze
> of bullshit...
>
> I can't quote the article as it's against my principles to actually buy
> the damn thing...
I can, but I didn't buy it ;o) It's on the website.
By MARTYN SHARPE
A MINER'S girl who wears up to 18 rings and studs in her face yesterday
blasted Gordon Brown's "snobs" attack on Oxford University - where SHE is a
student.
Brilliant Alison McCullough, 19, said she was judged on her academic
achievements and attitude, and not her appearance or background, when she
won her place.
And she told how she faces far more abuse and ridicule in her home town of
Castleford, West Yorks, than she does at St Peter's College, Oxford.
The Chancellor accused the university of toffee-nosed prejudice last week
over its rejection of brainy Tyneside teenager Laura Spence.
But Alison, a "Goth" with pink-streaked hair, said: "If they let me in,
anyone can make it." She added: "Gordon Brown reinforced the feeling the
place is old fashioned and snobby. My experience is totally different."
Alison, who plays guitar in a punk band, revealed she has endured years of
jibes in Castleford.
She said: "At my school it was cool to be unintelligent. If you were bright
and tried it was a problem.
"People would abuse me because I looked different. I was spat at and
attacked. Some lads yanked my hair out because I had a studded dog collar.
"In Oxford people think the way I dress is interesting."
Alison, whose dad Patrick is a pit train driver, got seven A-grade and five
A-star GCSEs. Her results were Castleford High School's best ever - and she
went on to get three A-grade A-levels.
Her mum Christine said: "We're ever so proud."
Go to http://www.thesun.co.uk for the picture, just go down the main page
and the link is there.
Saiira
Michael Johnson
>There's apparently a "goth" from Oxford Uni in the Sun today-
Yesterday, Iggy Pop was the star of Page 3 in the Sun.
Only because he'd been photographed in a swimming pool with a 'topless
mystery beauty' (or somesuch bit of tabloidese) but still, given that
Iggy isn't exactly storming the charts right now with some boy-band
ballad - in fact I strongly suspect that most Sun readers wouldn't
know him from a hole in the ground - not bad going, I reckon.
Iggy Pop.
At 53 years old.
On Page 3 of the Sun.
There's hope for us all yet ;-)
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Captain M
>
> I can, but I didn't buy it ;o) It's on the website.
>
> By MARTYN SHARPE
>
> A MINER'S girl who wears up to 18 rings and studs in her face yesterday
> blasted Gordon Brown's "snobs" attack on Oxford University - where SHE is a
> student.
>
> Brilliant Alison McCullough, 19, said she was judged on her academic
> achievements and attitude, and not her appearance or background, when she
> won her place.
<snip rest of quoted article>
Cor blimey, wot's 'appened to the ole Current Bun these days? Why's it
suddenly gone all posh and taking an interest in academia? Been taken over
by loony leftie pooftas has it? In the good old days when Kelvin was editor
such an article would have read something more like the following.
"IT'S OXFREAK UNIVERSITY"
Top toffs' university, Oxford, is taking on weirdo students in a bid to
change its snotty image.
Freaks with coloured hair and safety pins through their noses are invading
the town which was made famous by clever copper, Inspector Morse. Boaters
and striped blazers are out in favour of PVC, leather trenchcoats and
pierced tongues. American tourists visiting the egghead town stood open
mouthed as hoards of students dressed in fetish gear rode past on their
bicycles.
Sun reporter, Garry Bullshit, has learned that reds and gays on the staff of
Oxford colleges are to blame for this move. "They're trying to get more
bright young people from comprehensives to enter Oxford," said one angry
don. "But what we're really getting is lots of scruffy undesirables. You
know, I can't even tell the men from the women."
THE SUN SAYS
What's this county coming to when taxpayers' money is handed out for weirdos
to study useless arty farty subjects like lesbian literature studies. Who's
paying for them to idle around all day bonking and smoking pot? Why, us of
course! Next thing you know these purple-haired ponces and loony left
layabouts will going on to become teachers and social workers. For crying
out loud, things are bad enough as it is! Would you want someone with half a
ton of metal stuck in their boatrace put in charge of your kids?
Lets send these dotty dons in their ivory towers a message from the real
world. There's already too many over-educated too-clever-by-half
Guardian-reading nonces going around trying to tell us ordinary folk what to
do. So come off it. We don't need the chattering classes' ranks added to by
boffy toffy goths with silver studs pushed through their eggy heads.
Captain Misquote
Pete Scathe
>There's apparently a "goth" from Oxford Uni in the Sun today- does
>anyone know Alison McCullough?
>
And I've just had an email from Alison herself...
Apparently it was the Sun who decided to tag her "goth", she likes all
sorts of stuff and wouldn't call herself anything in particular...
Good way to be.
Karen Farr
Stephen.
Michael Johnson <un...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Pete Scathe <pe...@scathe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >There's apparently a "goth" from Oxford Uni in the Sun today-
>
Saiira
Karen Farr <und...@spirit.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Why does everyone pretend they do not read the Sun ???
I don't pretend that i don't read it - I just like to maintain the image
that I don't buy it - people at college do. For the stories you
understand.....
Saiira
Pete Scathe
>Pete Scathe <pe...@scathe.demon.co.uk> wrote
>>There's apparently a "goth" from Oxford Uni in the Sun today- does
>>anyone know Alison McCullough?
>>
>[snip]
>
>And I've just had an email from Alison herself...
>
order to clear up any misconceptions, so here goes:
"Actually, I too hate the Sun, but the people who needed to hear what I
had to say back up North where I live do read it. The Sun contacted me
and asked me a few questions, that's all. As for being 'goth' the
lovely people at the Sun decided to stick me in that stereotype bracket
- I like metal, goth, black metal, punk, grunge and all sorts of music,
so I don't know what on earth would be the accurate word to describe me.
Sorry if I have offended any truly gothic types out there. I just
wanted to let people know that there are all types of people in Oxford.
That's it now, end of story. And by the way, I hate Coal Chamber..."
</quote>
MrWombat
<pe...@scathe.demon.co.uk> writes
>There's apparently a "goth" from Oxford Uni in the Sun today- does
>anyone know Alison McCullough?
>
>the damn thing...
http://www.the-sun.co.uk/news/8514844
Wombat
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Pete Scathe
>Why does everyone pretend they do not read the Sun ???
I don't pretend not to read it.
I don't read it.
Except very, very rarely in passing if something unusual crops up, like
that one article in a newsagent's today.
As for why people don't read it: its target audience appears to be
idiots.
It's also owned by an exceptionally unpleasant plutocrat.
Pete Scathe
>
>Yesterday, Iggy Pop was the star of Page 3 in the Sun.
>
>Only because he'd been photographed in a swimming pool with a 'topless
>mystery beauty' (or somesuch bit of tabloidese) but still, given that
>Iggy isn't exactly storming the charts right now with some boy-band
>ballad - in fact I strongly suspect that most Sun readers wouldn't
>know him from a hole in the ground - not bad going, I reckon.
>
</sun reader mode>
Darkness Fish
Mirror....the best headline I have ever seen...
:Scandel of Baby fed on Cheese:
which amused me greatly
you cant give a baby cheese!
Kevin O' Gorman
>:Scandel of Baby fed on Cheese:
>which amused me greatly
Maybe its mother just couldn't stop headbanging.
K.
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Teknomancer
Captain M wrote:
>
<snip _brilliant_ parody>
Now _that's_ the Sun we know and loathe! Nice one.
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Michael Johnson
>Karen Farr <und...@spirit.fsnet.co.uk> wrote
>>Why does everyone pretend they do not read the Sun ???
>I don't pretend not to read it.
>I don't read it.
I *do* read it. Because all the lads at work buy it, and when I have
my night-shift lunch break at around 3am, there are always a few
copies lying around in the canteen. And what else can you do to amuse
yourself on a 3am lunch break....?
Sometimes there's a Mirror or a Star lying around, too. It's quite
odd.....just by looking at these cast-off papers, I've become quite
discerning about the tabloid press.
The Mirror tries to be worthy and likes to think of itself as a cut
above the rest of 'em. But it's still the same old trash.
The Star is cheap will-this-do rubbish.
The Sun is the biggest tabloid and they damn well know it. But as
Captain M observes, it has changed over the years. Compared to the
brash, swaggering, journalistic fist-in-the-face attitute it displayed
in the Kelvin McKenzie years, today's Sun is .....almost subtle.
And the Sun's 'Striker' is *far* better than the Mirror's 'Scorer'.
What started as a modern-day Roy of the Rovers-style footy strip has
gradually become almost Pythonesque in its surrealism. The plague of
fish on the pitch was a stroke of bizarre genius. I often think that
strip must leave its readers *way* behind....
>It's also owned by an exceptionally unpleasant plutocrat.
This is, of course, true. But we can always rely on Private Eye to
sort him out....
The Rattler
teknom...@nospam.hotmail.com says...
> Captain M wrote:
> <snip _brilliant_ parody>
>
> Now _that's_ the Sun we know and loathe! Nice one.
Doh, there I was thinking it was just a brilliant parody of one side of
any typical ukpg "issues debate".
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M.Elston
> Not much to do with much...but i bought my first tabloid ever
yesterday..The
> Mirror....the best headline I have ever seen...
>
>
> which amused me greatly
>
>
M.Elston
> Why does everyone pretend they do not read the Sun ???
I didn't think you were supposed to _read_ the sun...
Isn't it just for gawping at page 3 ?
Jodi
>Why does everyone pretend they do not read the Sun ???
>Stephen.
Because some of us never have read the Sun.
There has been a copy of the Sun in my house exactly once.
I ran out of newspaper to line the rabbit hutch and sent someone else
out to get a newspaper. They came back with the Sun because it was
cheapest and going straight under the bunny's bum.
I still think it was probbly cruelty to animals.
Jodi
Donnla NicGearailt
and the Sun is no good as bog roll because it's already full of shite to
saturation point.
Donnla.
Saiira
M.Elston <ma...@dodgybit.elston45.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> But I thought all babygoffs were brought up on a diet of 80's cheese :-p
Actually, i think you'll find our musical tastes came into force on their
own rather than our mummy's and daddy's in the early 90s. I was 8 at the end
of the 80s don'tcha know?!
And NKOTB were my fave. band for many a year/month/week?
Saiira
Jo Moy
_my_ diet.
Jo
M.Elston
> M.Elston <ma...@dodgybit.elston45.freeserve.co.uk> wrote :
>
> > But I thought all babygoffs were brought up on a diet of 80's cheese :-p
>
> Actually, i think you'll find our musical tastes came into force on their
> own rather than our mummy's and daddy's in the early 90s. I was 8 at the
> end of the 80s don'tcha know?!
>
mummy's radio whilst she wasn't looking, and fave music styles tend to stick
for life. Little minds are very impressionable.
That's prolly why I like guitar goth so much - glam rock used to get played
a lot on the radio when I was ickle, and I was 8 when punk hit the charts.
> And NKOTB were my fave. band for many a year/month/week?
>
Yuk !
Give me Siouxsie any day...
Covgoth
> > And NKOTB were my fave. band for many a year/month/week?
That tramatised me for life, then they brought out the animated series
<runs screaming for the hills>
> Yuk !
> Give me Siouxsie any day...
Yup, preferably very loud:)
Jade
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Phildo
Jo Moy <jv...@cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Well, I was born in 1974, and I still like to keep a good bit of 80s
cheese in
> _my_ diet.
>
Phildo
Shaking Hell [Lan]
> Saiira <bra...@attglobal.net> wrote :
>> M.Elston <ma...@dodgybit.elston45.freeserve.co.uk> wrote :
>>> But I thought all babygoffs were brought up on a diet of 80's cheese
>>> :-p
>> Actually, i think you'll find our musical tastes came into force on
>> their own rather than our mummy's and daddy's in the early 90s. I was
>> 8 at the end of the 80s don'tcha know?!
> Well, that _still_ leaves about 4 years of jumping around to things on
> mummy's radio whilst she wasn't looking, and fave music styles tend to
> stick for life. Little minds are very impressionable.
> That's prolly why I like guitar goth so much - glam rock used to get
> played a lot on the radio when I was ickle, and I was 8 when punk hit
> the charts.
I didn't like music at all until I heard Nirvana. I just thought
"Music is all pop music, so whats the point in listening to it? Its so
boring".
Then I heard Nirvana :o)
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Saiira
Shaking Hell [Lan] <as...@zxcv.net> wrote in message
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> I didn't like music at all until I heard Nirvana. I just thought
>
> "Music is all pop music, so whats the point in listening to it? Its so
> boring".
>
> Then I heard Nirvana :o)
*cough* Cliche *cough*
Saiira
Shaking Hell [Lan]
> Shaking Hell [Lan] <as...@zxcv.net> wrote in message news
>> I didn't like music at all until I heard Nirvana. I just thought
>> "Music is all pop music, so whats the point in listening to it? Its so
>> boring".
>> Then I heard Nirvana :o)
> *cough* Cliche *cough*
First I ever heard of that happening. Most people I know listened to all
sorts of junk before getting into decent music. Even Kurt Cobain
listened to the Beatles and Thurston O Moore listened to other stuff
that wasnt so amazing (Black flag?).
What makes you think thats a cliche?
Tal
>> Yuk !
>> Give me Siouxsie any day...
>
>Yup, preferably very loud:)
I was sitting last week, in the dark (well, watching the last flicker
of light die as the sun set), with Siouxsie vids running on TV feeling
all morose and gothicke. At least I don't feel so old now :)
But I never knew a room could have so many dark corners...
Tal
Trad version
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Jo Moy
I _thought_ it was beginning to smell a bit strange round here....
Jo
Graham Clark
> Even Kurt Cobain listened to the Beatles
But the Beatles are decent. A reasonable amount of it, anyway.
> Thurston O Moore listened to other stuff
> that wasnt so amazing (Black flag?).
1. I like Black Flag
2. Weren't they Da Yoot's contemporaries? I know it's easy to forget that
they're all so old, but they've been about for twenty years now.
G.
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Whisky Dave
"Karen Farr" <und...@spirit.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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I think I read that article but thought it was in the mirror, as that's
what my
parents get, and as I'm there on a Saturday........
Anyway why does it matter what you read.
I'm sure that article is much more relevant to most of us
than what was on the front page (or whatever page)
of the independent or Guardian.
Anyone car to list the page number,
and then what was in other papers on that page?.
Alex Page
<as...@zxcv.net> wrote:
> I didn't like music at all until I heard Nirvana. I just thought
> "Music is all pop music, so whats the point in listening to it? Its so
> boring".
Hmm, I had the same as a kid... I'd be sat programming my speccy [1]
while my sisters listened to Madonna etc. and just think "what's the
point?". I liked a lot of my Dad's stuff, the Who and the Beatles
etc., but I didn't get excited about it.
The first song I heard that really blew me away was "Whatever" by
Oasis. See? I'm *definitely* not a goth. After that, things were never
the same...
Alex
[1] Yes, I was a geek from an early age
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emma
> >> "Music is all pop music, so whats the point in listening to it? Its
> >> so boring".
> >> Then I heard Nirvana :o)
>
> > *cough* Cliche *cough*
> What makes you think thats a cliche?
cos it happened that way for a lot of people growing up at that time &
you can see why - when 'teen spirit' exploded it blew everything else
off the air. i got excited about it as a jaded 20 year old, if i'd been
14 it would've seemed like revolution.
just cos something is a cliche, doesn't automatically make it bad
[unless you're a po-faced elitist *grin*]
love,
emma
who's act of musical teenage rebellion was to buy g&r's 'appetite'...
Shaking Hell [Lan]
> shaking hell wrote:
>>>> "Music is all pop music, so whats the point in listening to it? Its
>>>> so boring".
>>>> Then I heard Nirvana :o)
>>> *cough* Cliche *cough*
>> What makes you think thats a cliche?
> cos it happened that way for a lot of people growing up at that time &
> you can see why - when 'teen spirit' exploded it blew everything else
> off the air. i got excited about it as a jaded 20 year old, if i'd been
> 14 it would've seemed like revolution.
> just cos something is a cliche, doesn't automatically make it bad
> [unless you're a po-faced elitist *grin*]
I never heard it till I was 16. And I never saw it on the air. I never
WATCHED anything on the air even. Remember like I said, I didn't LISTEN
TO MUSIC so how could I know what was being played on radio or not?
Shaking Hell [Lan]
>> Even Kurt Cobain listened to the Beatles
> But the Beatles are decent. A reasonable amount of it, anyway.
>> Thurston O Moore listened to other stuff that wasnt so amazing (Black
>> flag?).
> 1. I like Black Flag
> 2. Weren't they Da Yoot's contemporaries? I know it's easy to forget
> that they're all so old, but they've been about for twenty years now.
1. I don't like Black Flag so much.
2. I don't like the beatles at all.
3. Thurston is young. He looks and acts like it? So what if he is 40
he looks like a BIG BOY.
emma
> I never heard it till I was 16. And I never saw it on the air. I never
> WATCHED anything on the air even. Remember like I said, I didn't
> LISTEN TO MUSIC so how could I know what was being played on radio or
> not?
sheesh. if that's how you respond to someone trying to support you,
you're going to be dead lonely, dead quick lan me old matey.
saiira, he's all yours....
love,
emma
Shaking Hell [Lan]
> lan wrote:
Peace, girl. I don't hate you. I was only correcting you. What about
what I said didn't you like?
emma
> >> I never heard it till I was 16. And I never saw it on the air.
> >> I never WATCHED anything on the air even. Remember like I said, I
> >> didn't LISTEN TO MUSIC so how could I know what was being played
> >> on radio or not?
> > sheesh.
> I was only correcting you. What about what I said didn't you like?
content: you seem to be slagging me for not getting your personal
circumstances exactly right. i was hoping to express a general feeling
of revelation on first hearing nirvana & to try & place it in some
context. even if that context wasn't *exactly* relevant to you, i was in
the right ball park.
style: can the capitals - old i may be but i'm not deaf yet.
love,
emma
np: the pixies - u-mass
[oops, slipped in hmv at the 3 or 20 quid rack when i was just supposed
to be buying a ticket for queen adreena tonight....]
The Rattler
> [oops, slipped in hmv at the 3 or 20 quid rack when i was just supposed
> to be buying a ticket for queen adreena tonight....]
Which gig? Middlesborough? Fscking good wasn't it???
That's definately the best set I've seen them do in the last couple of
months (and that's a lotta sets ;)), it was amazing. Is the PA in the
Cornerhouse always THAT BLOODY LOUD!? Not that I was complaining at the
time of course (tho it did piss me off a little during the second support
band who were a) very loud and b) downright awful) - I thought hearing
them at such an incredible volume only added to the intensity of their
set. The crowd reaction was great too, much better than in Glasgow the
previous night where I counted all of one person who was actually showing
any visible sign of movement. :/
Still, absolutely amazing stuff. One of those times when I can't even
begin to understand how anyone in the building could not have been
anything less than thoroughly blown away.
emma
> Which gig? Middlesborough?
aye. i did accost someone on the off-chance it might be you, but my
netgoth antennae were off [pollution interference i reckon].
> Fscking good wasn't it???
indeed it was. shame it was so bloody short. quite hypnotic in places. &
visions of katie jane are going to keep most of the audience in lust for
quite a while.
> Is the PA in the Cornerhouse always THAT BLOODY LOUD!?
dunno. i've not been there before & we had a spot of bother finding the
place - i think we drove past it 4 times in total!
> tho it did piss me off a little during the second support
> band who were a) very loud and b) downright awful) -
ah yes the supports. oh dear. the crowd was quite thin anyway & half of
that was support bands & assorted parents.
band one were blink 182 lite [& you thought i couldn't get much
lighter...]
band number 2 reckon they're radiohead-esque & are woefully mistaken.
some quality screaming & 3 guitars could've made it interesting but they
essentially played the same some with different intros. & if you're
going to burn & smash a bass, don't use an obvious prop.
they thought they were going to blow the headliners off stage.... oh
silly *silly* boys.
> Still, absolutely amazing stuff. One of those times when I can't even
> begin to understand how anyone in the building could not have been
> anything less than thoroughly blown away.
definately stunning in the literal sense. & definately worth the trip,
even if we had to endure 'boro. plus a respectable head count from the
n.e. netgoth massive.
btw didn't queen adreena's guitarist used to play for kula shaker?
*ducks*
love,
emma
The Rattler
> > Which gig? Middlesborough?
>
> aye. i did accost someone on the off-chance it might be you, but my
> netgoth antennae were off [pollution interference i reckon].
Hahaha... Sorry! :/ I didn't even know any net.goths were going to be
there, so I'd left my antennae in the car. That probably explains why you
couldn't pick up on it. ;)
(Suddenly has this odd vision of net.goths spotting one another via large
antennae strapped to their heads...)
> > Fscking good wasn't it???
>
> indeed it was. shame it was so bloody short. quite hypnotic in places.
It wasn't *that* short at somewhere between 35 and 40 mins, earlier on in
the year, they were only 25 minute sets! Besides, they don't need to play
for another second, they have the short, sharp shock thing down to a tee.
Admittedly, I coulda watched them all night but I'm yet to ever feel like
I haven't got my proverbial money's worth from one of their sets.
> > Is the PA in the Cornerhouse always THAT BLOODY LOUD!?
>
> dunno. i've not been there before & we had a spot of bother finding the
> place - i think we drove past it 4 times in total!
Hehehe, well I'd driven down through the night from Glasgow and gotten to
Midds at 6:30am so plenty of time to find it. :) I had "underneath the
station" written on my ticket so I just followed the signs for the
Station and hey presto. :)
> ah yes the supports. oh dear. the crowd was quite thin anyway & half of
> that was support bands & assorted parents.
> band one were blink 182 lite [& you thought i couldn't get much
> lighter...]
I thought they were really cute, I just wanted to pinch their singer's
little cheeks until he popped - especially when he was playing air
guitar. :) Seriously, I really can't abide 99% of modern pop-punk but I
thought they were endearingly poppy and perky enough to be watchable.
Granted they were "light" as all Hell and way more "pop" than "punk" (in
fact, they weren't punk at all IMHO, but that's just my standards ;)) but
I dunno, I've seen a HELLUVA lot worse and at least they seemed sincere.
> band number 2 reckon they're radiohead-esque & are woefully mistaken.
> some quality screaming & 3 guitars could've made it interesting but they
> essentially played the same some with different intros.
Yes, agreed. What made it worse was that they didn't actually have any
*songs* - it was just a series of loud bits and quiet bits, there seemed
to be no real structure to what they were doing, it was a horrible sloppy
mess... and they seemed to think they were way more smart than they
actually were.
> & if you're going to burn & smash a bass, don't use an obvious prop.
By the time they'd done that (I just heard a lot of crowd response,
didn't actually see it) I was hiding behind the corner in an effort to
escape their racket. My ears were hurting they were so piss poor.
[Back to QA]
> definately stunning in the literal sense. & definately worth the trip,
> even if we had to endure 'boro.
I didn't think 'boro was so bad. I did manage to score a very nice balti
and find some free net access in this weird little community centre type
thingie. Anyway, the high quality of the gig was so good, I'd've even
felt it was worth the travel to RHYL of all places. ;)
> btw didn't queen adreena's guitarist used to play for kula shaker?
Oooh ouch. Wrong Crispin. ;P Note: One is seriously cooler than the
other. ;)
NP: Lawnmower Deth - "Mower Liberation Front"
Edward Scissorhands
Rattler <rattl...@hotmail.com> writes
>(Suddenly has this odd vision of net.goths spotting one another via large
>antennae strapped to their heads...)
Deely-boppers!
Required attire for net.goths!
This /is/ the future!
EdwardS
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Saiira
The Rattler <rattl...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> (Suddenly has this odd vision of net.goths spotting one another via large
> antennae strapped to their heads...)
http://www.geocities.com/saiira/gallery.html
Bottom picture I'm wearing deely boppers.....
Which I wore to Slimes and whitby too....
(Apologies to the nice man here who got smacked in the face with them when I
jumped up and down)
Saiira
magdalen
>>Deely-boppers!
>>Required attire for net.goths!
>>This /is/ the future!
Ummmm...dearie?
Remember when you asked me to let you know when you were about
to make a /bad/ fashion decision? ;)
*coughs meaningfully*
*hides*
~magdalene
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DarkOverlord
(Alex Page) wrote:
>Hmm, I had the same as a kid... I'd be sat programming my speccy [1]
>while my sisters listened to Madonna etc. and just think "what's the
>point?". I liked a lot of my Dad's stuff, the Who and the Beatles
>etc., but I didn't get excited about it.
>
>The first song I heard that really blew me away was "Whatever" by
>Oasis. See? I'm *definitely* not a goth. After that, things were never
>the same...
>
>Alex
One song I recall that blew me away ( and I hadn`t been blown that
often ) was "Tuesday Morning" by the Pogues...definitly not goth.
Since then I have found much to create a breeze, .....from all corners
of the musical compass so to speak, not just goth..all depends on my
moods, why be so limiting .
DarkOverlord
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Edward Scissorhands
<magdalen...@gateway.net.invalid> writes
>Ummmm...dearie?
>Remember when you asked me to let you know when you were about
>to make a /bad/ fashion decision? ;)
>*coughs meaningfully*
You mean I've made good ones?
*grins*
EdwardS, back from stupid errands to Glasgow and writing email...
mel
> The first song I heard that really blew me away was "Whatever" by
> Oasis. See? I'm *definitely* not a goth. After that, things were never
> the same...
Oh dear... I think the first thing I heard that blew me away was something
by Jean Michelle Jarre!
/Mel/
NP: Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Across A Thousand Blades
Edward Scissorhands
<mel@cix.?.?.co.?.?.uk> writes
>Oh dear... I think the first thing I heard that blew me away was something
>by Jean Michelle Jarre!
I'm racking my brain to find something which has blown me away as
such... I'd probably go for Tangerine Dream, with A-Ha coming a close
second.
Recently... hmmm...
Nothing has really grabbed me, although the only modern CD I've bought
is Dr. Dre... but then, that's been around for at least a decade, so I'm
bound to be getting used to it by now.
I'd say Bjork, but again, that's five years ago now.
EdwardS
Lord Occum
>>Oh dear... I think the first thing I heard that blew me away was something
>>by Jean Michelle Jarre!
>
>I'm racking my brain to find something which has blown me away as
>such... I'd probably go for Tangerine Dream, with A-Ha coming a close
>second.
The first song to blow me away was 'Teenage Dream' by the Undertones, though
the first single I bought was 'Rapture' by Blondie. First album was The
Police, the one with 'Walking on the Moon'.
Dez
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emma
> (Suddenly has this odd vision of net.goths spotting one another via
> large antennae strapped to their heads...)
erm, been done. when the ne goth list had been going for a while & we
kept missing people at snakebite so we bought a stack of deely boppers
[not my idea, honest... ok yes it was] & dished them out. worked like a
charm.
> It wasn't *that* short at somewhere between 35 and 40 mins, earlier
> on in the year, they were only 25 minute sets!
crikey. i think i might've been a bit cheesed of it it'd been that
short.
> Midds at 6:30am so plenty of time to find it. :) I had "underneath the
> station" written on my ticket so I just followed the signs for the
> Station and
with you so far...
> hey presto. :)
smart arse! we seemed to spot every pub but. & then got caught up in a
tangle of no right turn signs. ick.
> Granted they were "light" as all Hell and way more "pop" than "punk"
well at least we know what hanson are up to now...
> I didn't think 'boro was so bad.
oh dear. you really are ruining your cred as a man who's judgement is to
be trusted you know...
> I did manage to score a very nice balti
now i am jealous. out of desperation at the entire town looking shut we
ended up in a maccy d's transplanted from the gaza strip.
> Oooh ouch. Wrong Crispin. ;P
nice outfit in the cd booklet [yep, liked the gig so much i bought the
album at the weekend.]
love,
emma
The Rattler
> > (Suddenly has this odd vision of net.goths spotting one another via
> > large antennae strapped to their heads...)
>
> erm, been done. when the ne goth list had been going for a while &
Classic. Wish I'd seen it!
> > It wasn't *that* short at somewhere between 35 and 40 mins, earlier
> > on in the year, they were only 25 minute sets!
>
> crikey. i think i might've been a bit cheesed of it it'd been that
> short.
Nah you wouldn't... It's all about quality not quantity. ;)
[Finding the Station]
> > hey presto. :)
>
> smart arse! we seemed to spot every pub but. & then got caught up in a
> tangle of no right turn signs. ick.
Oh wlel I did the smart thing. I parked in the car park just behind
Sainsburys which offered 24 hours of parking for £2.10, then walked to
the station. Some oiks had decided to spin round some of those Wizard of
Oz style signs that pointed here, there and everywhere, but nonetheless,
I found it within about 20 mins... not bad going considering it was 6:30
in the morning and I'd been driving half the night!
[Helter Skelter]
> > Granted they were "light" as all Hell and way more "pop" than "punk"
>
> well at least we know what hanson are up to now...
ROFL! Good observation...
> > I didn't think 'boro was so bad.
>
> oh dear. you really are ruining your cred as a man who's judgement is to
> be trusted you know...
No fear, I have none to ruin! :) Nah, I've seen far worse towns than that
(see Rhyl!) in my time... At least Boro had a decent tourist information
shoppe, a nice balti place and a verrrry cheap internet access point.
> > Oooh ouch. Wrong Crispin. ;P
>
> nice outfit in the cd booklet
Hahah isn't it just!?? I want one! :) *THAT*'d help me stand out at gigs.
;))
> [yep, liked the gig so much i bought the album at the weekend.]
You know it makes sense... chalk up another convert... ;)
NP - Creaming Jesus - "Jessie The God"
emma
> Nah you wouldn't... It's all about quality not quantity. ;)
i want *both* *stamp*
but yes, to be fair, if i had to choose....
> NP - Creaming Jesus - "Jessie The God"
mary don't cry...
love,
emma
np: dead kennedys - too drunk to fuck
Graham Clark
> NP - Creaming Jesus - "Jessie The God"
Jessie "the god"?
Used to read House of Dolls, did we?
G.
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The Rattler
says...
> rattl...@hotmail.com (The Rattler) writes:
> > NP - Creaming Jesus - "Jessie The God"
>
> Jessie "the god"?
> Used to read House of Dolls, did we?
Heheh, that's where the 7" came from, yep... ;))) Well spotted.