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Absolutely marvelous stuff! Darcheville must have felt like a right prick after his 'we can score six' claim. Thought Stuart Duff had a great game. Could he be the next Lee Miller/ Derek Young? Apparently Richie Foran is on the verge of signing and so is that French keeper who is on trial. Bloody hell, it's going to be a long summer.

I went to see Dinosaur Jr two years ago in Edinburgh (been to see them about five times in total). The noise level was insane. I remember when the solo to the first song kicked in it felt as if my teeth and my spinal chord were rattling around and my ears were bleeding. I had to rush to the back of the room to escape, and remained there for the rest of the set. I love Dinosaur jr, but I did feel that was slightly over the top.

Soccer casuals. Deary me. What a shower of knuckle-dragging cunts. Still, as a balding over- -the- hill telly producer, I suppose the idea of milking their 'movement' one last time, by sending in some cockney wannabe hardman armed with an inept translator to whisper "En-ger-lund" under his breath on the Polish football terraces, must have had some appeal. Cos that's well 'ard. And mental. ASC No. 1! Shame.

Correct! 10 points. Was just drawing attention to the article really, thought it was quite a stirring read. Better than the shite the Daily Record will be spewing out if the unthinkable happens, anyway.

Happy Anniversary - Aberdeen FC, Gothenburg 1983. That was a real footballing side, doing themselves and Scotland proud. Here's a wee story from the paper When the world woke up to Fergie's heroes - Scotland on Sunday

That didn't last long... Novo penalty.

Amusingly, St Johnstone have just taken the lead against Rangers in extra time.

I saw them play at Edinburgh Student Union when I was in first or second year, so they must be at least 8 or 9 years old. Thought they'd folded a long time ago though.

Exactly! Im glad I finally managed to explain myself properly.

Actually, I think I was talking about McFly because someone mentioned them earlier in the thread as an example of a talentless group who use this type of technology to 'cheat' and convince people they have talents that they don't possess. Which, to be fair, I don't think they are. I seem to remember seeing them live on telly once and noting that they could actually sing. Apologies to McFly, I had too much gin to drink last night. Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that this technology can serve to smooth out or enhance a decent recording which in some cases I think is OK (this is what I was talking about in relation to previous recordings I'd been involved in) and it can also be used in the above mentioned way - to make talentless nobodies sound like pop stars. However, I do think people who understand music can tell the difference between a decent band playing well in the studio (whether they're using technology to enhance their performance or not) and Mc... I mean, er, Cher!

I'm not sure I agree. I think I could happily sit in a studio for a long time twiddling with the latest beardy trickster's techno skills to make my slightly off- key warbling sound like Cher-like vocal magic before posting it on the aberdeen-music feedback forum in the hope that a couple of like minded souls might give it the thumbs up. I reckon performing music live, if you've any sense of conviction in what you do, requires a relatively larger pair of balls. Lest anyone accuse me of hypocrisy, I have used and benefited from auto-tune and various other forms of studio trickery to lend consistency to my recorded playing on numerous occasions. I'm sure there are plenty of ways in which such techonological advances can add to our enjoyment of music. I'm equally sure that all of us musically- savvy types can distinguish between Stripey using the latest programmes to revolutionise music from his bedroom and the new McFly pretending they can really sing.

Quality post Chris.

I am similarly perturbed by the possibility of impoliteness, but while we're at it - fuck off yersel' you fucking fuck! Arf. Actually, point taken on the New Firm thing, although it was more of a lazy in-jokey type thing between myself (a Don) and Jon (one of those Jute things) than a thoughtless concession to the oft-cited ogre that is the West Coast media. Talking of which, anyone see Graham Spiers' article in the Times arguing (once again) for the Old Firm relocation to the EPL? This time he's thrown in the idea that they could field Celtic and Rangers 'B' teams in the SPL after leaving. Now that really does deserve a big "fuck off".

I wouldn't be so sure. Motherwell still have games in hand, don't they? And Hibs are hellishly inconsistent, but that works both ways. And you do realise the Dons are saving themselves for a late charge, don't you? Perhaps not. Anyway, should be an exciting run in. I'd be happy enough to see both halves of the New Firm in Europe next eason, especially if we managed to horse the Huns in a Hampden final on the way. I'm sure Q o S will have summat to say about that though.

Jon was playing guitar with them for a good while. Musical slag that boy. But he left to form the new band, Curators. Apparently there was all sorts of controversy, involving drugs, guns and a red snapper. I saw them a couple of times and thought they were quite fine. Very tight with some good melodies. Rumour has it the Curators are about to surface too, and that they're quite the thing.

I think that would be the final nail in the coffin.The point where people who follow 'their' team around the grounds through thick and thin have to find a new passtime, and give up on this bloated, whoarey excuse for a sport once and for all. The point where the rich fucks running the game admit that it has fuck all to do with the fans and everything to do with creating a 'brand' (as David Gold refers to it on the BBC website) that can be exported around the world generating ever bigger revenues at he expense of the people wo made these 'great' clubs great and who helped create 'the best league in the world' in the first place. In short, what a pile of fucking shite.

Don't aberdeen have a press conference every tuesday?

It's one of the sad things about footballers and their agents these days. These guys like Clark are too daft to realise that by playing in a relatively successful Aberdeen team they have realised their limited potential and are at the peak of their careers. With someone whispering in their ears about the chance to earn mega bucks playing in the English championship they start to get delusions of grandeur and think they merit a 2m transfer down south, apparently unable or unwilling to learn the lessons from those who have gone before them. Chris Clark is not a better player than Eoin Jess, Russell Anderson, Kevin McNaughton etc. He wouldn't get a game for the Old Firm and would be lucky to get on the bench for a decent English side, so why he'd even consider leaving a team who are challenging for cups, playing in Europe and where he is guaranteed first team football is beyond me.

Shouldn't your band be called 'The Former Assisitant Curators'?

Bolshakovo Three from Buttermilk Village 1. Music of Sakha 2. Vyse 3. W. O. Mitchell 4. Sezai Karako 5. FK Budućnost Prva Kutina 6. Governor James Devlin Quite pleased with the band name and album title.

Flash liked it though. And he's kind of a purist. Or a pirate. I don't remember now, it was all such a long time ago...

So far so good in the UEFA cup tonight... Atletico and Panathanaikos both leading 2-0. If it stays this way the Dons have everything to play for in the last game. Fingers crossed.

La Marca is the major dedicated sports newspaper in Spain, and has a huge readership. Think this is a bit of a mountain out of a molehill though. Most of the Atletico fans responding to the article are saying the Dons fans were well behaved and sociable, and that this was obviously a few dafties getting out of order. Still a shame to see the Dons being associated with this kid of nonsense though.

I may have been slightly upset when i made my first post. I think blaming the ref is a bit far fetched when our goal did look a bit off-side and their second could have been given. But I can't stomach the gamesmanship and the ease with which some of the Italians go down. At one point Ferguson brushed past one of them and he collapsed to the ground as if he'd been shot. Of course he got the free kick. And there's the endless gesticulation and bullshitting at the ref, and blocking every free kick until the ref orders them back ten yeards. It's just irritating. You're right that the Scots were a little naive going into tackles from behind though, and did give away plenty of unnecessary fouls. So we're out, and that's that. Well done Italy and France. Now, as for the prospect of England qualifying....