Michael MacLennan

Perhaps one of the most surreal moments, from a Halloween Party I went to in Edinburgh on Sat, was going on to a residential street at about 3 in the morning and playing baseball, all while in Halloween costume. As I stepped to bat, lo and behold if it wasn't Jason from Friday the 13th playing catcher. God knows what the public passing by were thinking...

Birthday greetings to you both, from Michael, your beards are an inspiration to me always xxx

*SPOILERS AHOY* So what does everyone think was the best death then in the last episode? I thought Clare's was the most touching, surrounded by all her photos (plus the old woman make-up looked better than it did for some of the others), but I thought Brenda's just shaded it, finally giving up the ghost after a lifetime of Billy rabbiting on. Though having to hear Brenda moan would personally have finished me off long before that. Apparently Alan Ball might be developing a new show for HBO about, um, vampires, which should at least be interesting... Click here

I remember that before the first gig of my band Subsist in '99 there was a survey asking if people liked us or not, such was the ferocity of insults aimed at us on the messageboard by an errant member of Seven Stone Under. I actually think, if anything, things seem more civilised nowadays, mainly as people aren't posting anonymously in the way that was commonplace with the AUBL board. Oh, and in relation to G's comment, I'm in agreement. There's little point of trying to get publicity for a sampler if the recording quality makes it a poor representation of the bands involved. It'll just make everybody involved seem amateurish, I'm afraid to say, and decreases the likelihood of anyone repeatedly listening to it.

Cool, might be getting a Popcorn Fiend 'band' up and going, so we should play together sometime, before I knock your lights out for selling my toy glockenspiel and having your album produced by Steve Albini.

You should come to Glasgow and play, if only for my personal benefit. Can't wait to hear some new recordings, I'll donate you my toy glockenspiel if you want.

Six Feet Under has been possibly my favourite show of the past few years, and the one time of the week when I make sure to have complete tranquility to watch the show, and try and reach a state of zen. I was exactly the same, and then afterwards, it was complete shock. I'm still hoping it's an alternative reality, but I doubt that's the case (given what's happened in previous series, though I won't explicate for fear of ruining anyone else's knowledge of forthcoming events). As for this thread, I'm just glad there was nothing else revealed about the next episodes, knowledge of future events would surely reach my zen-like calm during the shows. PS MINOR SPOILER (well, is there such a thing?) To be honest, I was thinking either the hairdresser or Mrs Fischer was going to get picked off by that cougar, actually, that was quite a shock at the start of the show...

Where's the best website to get some decent free samples?

What, you actually work in the some thunder-storm clouds, or in the midst of a blizzard? No wonder your spelling's so abysmal then.

Are you unintentionally being moronic' date=' or are you just trying to wind me up? Because if it's the former, Jesus, that's my whole point. You don't have a clue about the context of the situation, yet you make a variety of baseless assumptions. (If it's the latter, you're doing a damned fine job.) What, somebody touches a guitar, so they deserve a beating? That's completely disproportionate to the point of laughability. At least as proportionate as chopping off your fingers for having the gall to type out such garbage. And yes, I've laughed at You've Been Framed once or twice, but I've yet to see any clips in the 'Wacky Toddlers' section where a child takes a crowbar to the grandmother who ate a piece of her birthday cake.

Totally man, sometimes after a gig, I see people passing outside my flat, obviously wanting some freebies, so I rip out their throats and eat their testicles. You know, if might be a bit OTT, but I'm so fired up that obviously you can't blame me.

You don't have to be stupid, just a confused and vulnerable old person who doesn't realise they're being taken advantage of. Personally, I'd refuse to ever work in such a company, which is a shame considering all the great times I must have missed out on...

I was in Stuart's philosophy year at Aberdeen uni. I remember him saying in the final year that he was going to try and give magic a go full-time, which I always thought was very admirable, and much better than my ultra-predictable/boring 'I don't know what I'm going to do once I leave' reply.

I was finding it mildly amusing, but the hockey and baby ones almost had me pissing myself at work, lol

It was an 'affectionate tribute'. Besides, if I wasn't so moronic that I couldn't get the picture to show on the post, I GUARANTEE you would have laughed until your spleen somehow popped out of your nose, given those HILARIOUS posts that you... oh, you deleted them for some reason. How odd.

Yeah, because I'm sure the elite Megabus police squad scan the pages of aberdeen-music.com on a daily basis to catch out the fraudsters intending to do them out of a pound. Next time anybody see Grisen he'll be running away hurriedly from an annoyed-looking, leather-faced Tommy Lee Jones, cursing the day he was taught how to use computers as he decides whether it's really a good idea to leap off that dam.

Who's this Subsister? Does he play in Dedalus now?

I thought it was an amazing film, possibly the best movie I've seen this year. Fortunately the 'critiques' on this thread are so poor that I don't feel compelled to launch some angry defence. If you wanted more violence, go and see Ong-Bak. PS That isn't to suggest that I don't love Ong-Bak PPS Please God, if you're going to use a word such as 'vacuous', look it up in a dictionary first, so you don't sound like a dolt.