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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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I guess it depends on whether the cat is generally streetwise enough to deal with outdoor hazards and that the area isn't a total deathtrap. I let my cat out, installed two catflaps for her. She loves it but I am in a quiet residential area, I would be more wary if there was a busy main road outside. But it would be a shame, she can hunt and catches lots of rats and mice which is better than anything I can feed her, she flirts and fights with other cats, hangs out with my human neighbours who adore her. She would get very bored if she couldn't come and go as she pleased.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I let my cat out all the time now I have a house with a garden. She loves it. I have friends who live on a quieter estate than me and they won't let their cat out at all, I think it's so cruel. Their backdoor opens out onto an enclosed green with no cars in sight, it's idiotic.
I think indoor cats are like homeschooled children. It's not right.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
You just brought back some immense memories of my first year in college. My flatmate and I would sometimes watch that shit when stoned out of our skulls. Then we'd change channels to BBC2 to catch some TOTP2 and Old Grey Whistle Test reruns. Good times.
I was going to post something like that, but felt like going the high road. I kind of regret it now as I fear I'm about to be accused of being the reincarnation of Oswald Mosley.
My cat was always outdoors until she was around 10. Then she entered cat retirement and slept 20 hours a day inside, only going outside for the toilet. Then again I lived in a village of roughly 1200 people and had a decent sized garden.
Hot Coldman
Banned
It's been chilly in yer home town too. Sometimes in the last week it's sunny (like, really sunny, unusually), but mostly just cold. Good thing my radiator basically shits out heat like crazy.
Still, you're up north, british weather, not much you can do *insert obnoxious dealwithit.gif here*
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Kamikaze Girls really is an amazing film. Seriously.
That it was. Shakey Hand Man was mint.
Hot Coldman
Banned
You're losing character
Green Scar I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Are you okay?
If you're feeling under the weather lately I can really recommend St. John's Wart and the scent of witchhazel to calm the nerves. Both work a treat. I think it is also important that we all make a concerted effort to get out into nature from time to time. Go for a walk in the woods. The mental health benefits of natural surroundings are numerous and as such have been recommended as part of official NHS guidelines in treating depression for a long time.
KungFuBill
Member
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
That's a good thing to some people.
This documentary is good:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cpd2m/This_World_Inside_the_Meltdown/
It's about the nuclear disaster in Japan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cpd2m/This_World_Inside_the_Meltdown/
It's about the nuclear disaster in Japan
Am I the only one that enjoyed/s watching The Brits? Things like that I just take light heartedly as a bit of fun, I think some people (like that reviewer up there) take it way too seriously and get themselves worked up.
Having said that, Cordon is still a HUGE wanker.
Having said that, Cordon is still a HUGE wanker.
I watching it for Blur. That was all. Unfortunately, Damon tired his vocals out 3/4s of the way into the first song. I've seen him live twice, once as Gorillaz and once for Doctor Dee. He does that sometimes as because he's getting older he can't quite hit the same range as his voice is changing. Gorillaz tracks are more suited to his current voice. Doctor Dee had some amazing moments but every now and again he'd try to hit a note he wasn't quite comfortable with but would have been totally fine doing back in the Britpop era.
I would appreciate it if you didn't use our classification as water fowl as a pejorative against our good selves.
J Tourettes
Banned
Really loving this weather at the moment.
I'm currently trying the Camden Pale Ale in The Engineer, Primrose Hill. The pale ale is good but the pub is a tad poncey (but does have a great range of beers) for my liking. It's good to have an alternative to the Edinboro Castle in the beer garden stakes though.
I'm currently trying the Camden Pale Ale in The Engineer, Primrose Hill. The pale ale is good but the pub is a tad poncey (but does have a great range of beers) for my liking. It's good to have an alternative to the Edinboro Castle in the beer garden stakes though.
Hot Coldman
Banned
but the best bit is by an american
and the crazy parts of the 13-minute version are almost certainly by the other american
and it was funded by an american company i guess
(still agree)
My first ever gig was the Chemical Brothers for their Push The Button tour. I was 17 and everyone around me was on drugs. Amazing.
But.
I'd put a ton on money on the general musical direction having been done by Albarn.
No doubt.
But.
I'd put a ton on money on the general musical direction having been done by Albarn.
StealthGoblin
Banned
I don't really rate anything we've produced since the mid nineties. I have to get my musical fixes from Scandinavia, Germany and Holland. So basically my whole life I've kept well clear of UK music.
I like some of the older stuff. Beatles, Pet Shop Boys, Eurythmics, Yazoo, Queen, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Floyd etc (the list goes on and on).
Probably the only new(ish) band I rate is Muse.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Probably, it kinda reminded me a lot of Doncamatic. Which I also love. Yay Gorillaz.
J Tourettes
Banned
J Tourettes
Banned
I wasn't too much of a fan after OK Computer. The Bends is my favourite album of theirs but that's because it was the soundtrack to my greatest summer ever.
i got on the radiohead partywagon fairly late, but i think if anything they got better post-ok computer
StealthGoblin
Banned
I have a theory that the quality of British music declined proportionally with the decline of the emphasis on 'albums'.
I think what we Brits did was just produce bloody brilliant albums that had something special about them from beginning to end. These days is more single orientated and its easy to dupe people into believing your good if you don't have to:
a) write all the music yourself
b) perform all the music yourself
c) produce 12 of these songs on one saleable physical product.
Modern artists also seem to be prolonging their careers by collaborating much more. The amount of tracks I see how with Feat. (Endless list of names) is shocking.
Of the Muse albums, I think Absolution is the best and thats because the whole album reminded me of the thematic/quality albums of years gone by. The rest of their stuff has been patchy.
I think what we Brits did was just produce bloody brilliant albums that had something special about them from beginning to end. These days is more single orientated and its easy to dupe people into believing your good if you don't have to:
a) write all the music yourself
b) perform all the music yourself
c) produce 12 of these songs on one saleable physical product.
Modern artists also seem to be prolonging their careers by collaborating much more. The amount of tracks I see how with Feat. (Endless list of names) is shocking.
Of the Muse albums, I think Absolution is the best and thats because the whole album reminded me of the thematic/quality albums of years gone by. The rest of their stuff has been patchy.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Britpop may have died, but its zombie form known as 'landfill indie' that terrorised the early/mid Noughts was so much worse. HEY GUYS LET'S ALL LISTEN TO THE PIGEON DETECTIVES *shoves gun down throat*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBfFo1zQTfo
:'(
Not that they made it to the end of the Britpop movement anyway...
the same period also gave us franz ferdinand
take me out is basically a perfect song
Hot Coldman
Banned
Well yeah, they were like one of the first. Those 3 albums are all great, although the first one is obviously a touch above due to the amount of single-worthy tracks on it.
I feel like there was a million bands that came after trying to capitalise on their success, as if 4 lads with guitars was somehow the formula, and not writing fantastic songs with an awesome amount of swagger to them.
Kaiser Chiefs have aged badly, I feel.
i was never that enamoured with the kaiser chiefs, i always felt like they were franz ferdinand's coattail clingers
one of the interesting things about the UK music scene is how many big bands break the UK first
e.g. the strokes, the killers, scissor sisters
i once heard someone say that the great thing about the UK is that it has musical ADHD
every. single. song.
e.g. the strokes, the killers, scissor sisters
i once heard someone say that the great thing about the UK is that it has musical ADHD
ooooooooooohhhhhhhh!-oooooooOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!-OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!-OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
every. single. song.
J Tourettes
Banned
Anyone who got duped into buying it deserved it for having such shite MOR taste. Might as well enjoy Coldplay too while you're at it.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Employment's singles were OK, but nowhere near worthy of the amount of times that Radio 1 sucked the Kaisers dicks. The other albums are so dull.
This.
I listen to music and maybe discuss a new album when it drops. In a way im part of the problem.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Nothing bores people more than listening to me talk about music
mostly because they rarely have a fucking clue who i'm talking about
fuck
mostly because they rarely have a fucking clue who i'm talking about
fuck
o gosh you must really listen to lots of cool indie bands that noone has ever heard of can i sleep with you?
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