General Ermintrude

be careful what you wish for...........

necrophelia's usually cheaper.....

nah, we've been busy fucking your mother up the dunger

frankly, she wasn't worth the 50p

very true. I hear it can be avoided by the diligent purchase of a zoom or pod unit with a 'music suppressor' function. Those gentleman experts at r&b will keep you right.

I think a few people underestimate the distribution of the PnJ...

or perhaps they don't' date=' and they are vocalising the elitist, snobbery that "we don't need a plebs paper"...

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I think it's more a case of 'we don't need a condescending pat on the head, which is all that any article would amount to'.

Local music is a minority pursuit, there are probably more young people modifying cars in Aberdeen than playing in bands. No-one is suprised at the lack of a 'squeezing more bhp out of your 1.2 Corsa' in the P&J. It is also a fact that the majority of Aberdonians (ie readers) have little or no interest in small bands. The fact that the worst Oasis tribute band can draw a larger audience in Aberdeen than the cream of the local crop bears this out. People want to see what they've heard on the radio, or seen on the telly. In a utopian society, one of the prime roles of the media would be to confront such issues and educate and inform the masses. This is not a utopian society, if you confront the preconceptions of the masses too much, they will buy someone elses newspaper. In order to sell papers, the P&J has to pretty much go with the flow. If 30% of its' readership care about Robbie Williams and 0.01% care about some local band, what story should they print? There seems to be a certain level of hipocracy operating here. On one hand, people in the club want to strut around feeling all undergroundy and alternative, whilst on the other they feel overlooked by the mainstream media. It doesn't fucking compute. The information culture of the pissclub is totally healthy. This website is a prime example, there's also band-sites and fanzines. Gigs are advertised free on northsound1 . You've never had it so good. Whether the public give a flying fuck or not is outwith your control. What do you expect? "HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!!!!!!! AUDIENCE IN DRAKES EXCEEDS TOTAL NUMBER OF BAND MEMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"?

It distresses me to see how territorial certain members of this forum get when people lampoon their naivety. It's a pubilc forum, when you post an opinion you should expect to get it questioned. If you throw hissy fits about a joke or two on the internet, how the fuck would you cope with the media coverage you're craving?

The fact is, if a media-type did decide to take an interest in the 'scene', their search would doubtless lead them here, and it wouldn't take more than an hour or two of trawling through the undergraduate drivel that passes as debate here to make them realize that it's just a bunch of stupid wee pricks fucking about.

ithangyou

Christ, imagine if your band WAS endorsed by that miserable parochial rag, how uncool would that be? If it means that much to yous, phone them up and ask to speak to a reporter - if you're doing anything vaguely newsworthy, and they've got space to fill you'll probably get something in. Getting 'discovered' requires a more pro-active approach than you'd think.

I don't think a pile of snotty emails will achieve anything (remember northsound/delgate?). Journalists have to fill space quickly, it would be vain, to say the least, to expect one to spend the time neccessary to understand all the musical/social/political intricacies of the local pissclub, especially when the boy from Driveblind's number is already in their mobile.

another mystery solved - get back to yer fucking work!

howz about friday night?

Originally posted by sex pest sidca:

Incidentally, would whoever stole the Sidca t-shirt from 1UP own up now so I can cancel the Painful Death Disposal Squad contract. We know what colour it is you dick, and theres only 2 that colour in Aberdeen. We will find you. Hope the heroin kills you sooner rather than later, bastard.

Don't warn them!! I was looking forwards to just planting some unsuspecting cunt in the face, removing the shirt from them ,and then demanding a tenner towards the cost of dry-cleaning the blood out of it.

in a more enlightened age, you would have been burned at the stake

Gentry?

more like a bastard!

you don't have a band, though..........

Before everyone gets over-excited, and things start getting out of hand, I feel I should stress that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD ITEMS FROM THE BUFFET BE HURLED AT MEMBERS OF THE PROLETARIATE!!!!! This would be purely infantile behaviour, and not amusing in the slightest.

I'd also consider exchange/part-exchange for studio effects, compressors, reverbs and such like.

I bought it off ebay, spares or repair. Turns out, all that was wrong with it was a couple of blown internal fuses! Now working good as new.

IT IS a studio quality 8track reel-to-reel, 1/4 inch tape running at 15 inches per second,computer controlled locate function, can be synced up to an adat for more tracks.

I'm selling it because I don't need two of the things.250 or nearest serious offer. It can be seen working. I can also supply copies of both user and service manuals if required. PM me if you're interested.

Oh yeah, it doesn't sound as shit as digital!

Goddamn it, Blastcap!!! You've gone and spoilt it all again. All the big licks have stopped!!

.....proposed new thread title :" Your cheques have bounced, and you're all a bunch on cunts!"...............

super! when?

Am I right in thinking that ,if the HT fuse keeps blowiing, then the power valves are up fuck street? Should the HT fuse be fast or slow burn? (1973 50w Marshall Artiste)

Is it ok if i carve something obscene into half a tattie, and then print it onto a bit of sandpaper?

Any posts which break any/all forum rules must be left untouched by moderators, if they are REALLY FUCKING FUNNY!

The forums' poll feature could be used to clear up any grey areas.

anyone fancy a game of democracy?

Anyone know of a good reel-to-reel technician in the northeast? It's for a fostex 8 that needs its bias adjusted and alignment checked over.

direct drive actually has greater pitch instability than belt drive. in a quality hifi turntable, the heavy platter acts as a flywheel and the elasticity of the belt smooths out any motor fluctuation. by a project; cheap as chips yet bobby dazzlers

hi

this is daves' mum, posting as general ermintrude. the best part of you ran down my leg, you wee rub-ma-prick.

Originally posted by The Ghost Of Fudge

tsk! i've seen it happen. not when sidca play though.

possibly beforehand - never afterwards

we seperate the wheat from the chaff in an audience

think of it as social quality control