Ex-Kirkholt
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On 31/07/2017 at 10:43 PM, Tyrone Shoelaces said:
What was playing in our little Clio today in the mountains South of Granada -
" Graham Parker and the Rumour " - " Heat Treatment " , " Discovering Japan ", " Hold Back The Night " etc. Another very under rated musician.
Squeezing Out Sparks is a brilliant album but his best track by far is Mercury Poisoning
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Twin Peaks this week - the scene with Gordon, Albert, the French lady and the bottle of wine was hilarious
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21 hours ago, my missus said:
twin peaks just gets better, checkout nine inch nails with an absolute banger of a tune.
Got a light ?
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On 30/05/2017 at 0:09 AM, my missus said:
this series makes the first seem normal.
Absolutely. Lots of tiny threads. 3 Dale Coopers. David Lynch is brilliant as Gordon Cole.
How are they going to tie this all together ?
It is great to see how many of the original cast are involved 25 years on !!
Hellloooo-oooo !!!
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On 24/05/2017 at 3:30 PM, Futtocks said:
The only book I have of WW2 from a German perspective is The First and the Last, by Luftwaffe fighter pilot Adolf Galland. Given his background, it focusses more on the aerial warfare aspect of the war, but is very interesting.
He began his career with the Condor Legion in Spain, and the book ends with him and his crew destroying their own jet fighters, so stop them falling into Allied hands, which explains the book's title. He was there for the duration, flying over 700 missions and being involved in a lot of the Luftwaffe's decision-making..
Another one from a German perspective is "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer.
The twist here is that he was a Frenchman from Alsace with a German mother who fought for Germany. It is a very harrowing story although some doubts have been cast on its authenticity.
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On 21/05/2017 at 11:33 AM, Bleep1673 said:
Downloaded from Amazon to my Kindle, for my upcoming (Tuesday) holiday to Malta, "D-Day, from a German Perspective". They must have been Kakking themselves.
I saw that in the 99p sale.
Caught my eye as I'm reading Anthony Beevor's "D-Day". Great book with lots of detail and great sub-stories. The one fault is keep having to refer back to the maps all the time to make some sort of geographical sense. They should issue the maps as separate sheets !
The interesting point he makes again and again (and also came out in "Italy's Sorrow" by James Holland) is what an effective fighting force the Germans still were in 1944.
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Going for a revisit of the James Ellroy back catalogue which I haven't read in a good few years.
Once you get used to the staccato style it is utterly mesmerising, terrifying and real.
Which one, the LA triloogy or the 60's set ?
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"Red or Dead" - David Peace's fictionalised account of Bill Shankly's time at Liverpool FC.
Very stylised but a good read all the same.
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It was enjoyable (apart from the obvious
) - now for the eternal problem of getting Scotland to show that much commitment and belief in a world cup or Euro qualification match, in some remote eastern European country, on a wet Wednesday in February!You are NOT Scottish !
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Heavy dread...
PJ Harvey's take...
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Moved on to Wooden Shjips via Yabby You's "Jesus Dread".
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De Stijl - White Stripes.
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'The Nightfly' is a wonderful album.
And I recently found out what I.G.Y. stands for.
Was it a seismic event ?
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please explain, which link do you use and which coding do you delete, do you use the embed thingy?
Click "Insert Media" - looks like 3 pictures; paste in the URL
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Moon Duo - A spin off from Wooden Shjips
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The two CD reissue of Junior Murvin's Police & Thieves.
Up there with "Heart of the Congos" and Max Romeo's "War Inna Babylon" as Lee Perry's finest vocal productions.
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Dexy's were a great band ruined by their own success. Geno was a great song - but that other song that's the mainstay of every mobile DJ just grates. It's not even in itself a bad song just over-exposed. I cannot even bring myself to say the title!!
Come on Eileen
I liked all 3 incarnations of Dexys. The "Irish Lady" song to which you refer is most definitely over-exposed but still a good song as far as I'm concerned.
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Paul Sculthorpe
You are joking !
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Very sad indeed.
Talented player who was always great to watch.
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I haven't really seen enough of Ellis at Wests to comment. I understand that he has been better this year than last, but I haven't seen anything in his game that suggests he is a better player now than when he went to the NRL.
Burgess, I think, is not quite the same player as he was. At Bradford, in his breakthrough year, he was in a very strong pack - in 2009, when he needed to carry the team, he was not quite capable of this. He is in a similar position at Souths - in a pack with old men, trundlers and fatties, and his game is suffering under the weight of expectations. He is committing many more unforced errors than he ever did at Bradford and there doesn't seem to be an improvement in his game - although I accept that would be hard, with him having reached such heights at his young age.
Both of the above statements could be because they are playing in a stronger competiton. I.E. You think Ellis may not be a better player now than when he left SL - I think he is because, at the very least, he is reproducing his SL form against better coached and better conditioned players week-in / week-out. I think his recent England games have shown him to be our best forward by a good mark.
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Ellis and Burgess were fine players in Super League. They now play in a competition in which, I feel, the opposition are consistently stronger than in SL. They have carried on progressing as players and have improved. This is great news for the England RL side.
Book thread: what are you reading?
in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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Don't Whitbread own Costa ?