HummerOfIntenseEvil

Mike Patton - Surely the most versatile voice in the world? Near-operatic at times, and he can make grunting sound better than most people's sung vocals. I think this man could sing in any style and sound better than anyone who'd done it all their life. James Dean Bradfield - Whether it's raw, powerful, shouty vocals like Archives Of Pain or gentle, beautiful vocals like The Everlasting, Bradders does them all better than anyone (not called Patton). Kate Jane Garside - Has such a vulnerable edge to her voice, but can also scream her head off like nothing else and still sound beautiful. Only thing is she's starting to get a bit of a Yank twang sometimes. But she's good enough that it doesn't make too much difference. Joe Strummer - Not exactly the most eloquent voice in the world, but White Riot wouldn't have had as much impact sung by someone with a voice like Robert Plant. And I like vocalists who keep their own accent in their singing voice, instead of resorting to a Yankee drawl. Although it could perhaps be argued that Joe Strummer's voice is rather different from John Mellor's... Anyway, listening to Rock Art & The X-Ray Style today reminded me that he could also sing in quite a nice, sort of self-unassured way. Ian Curtis - His primal screams like "and we can daaAAAAAAAAAAnce", "it was meeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" and "she's lost controoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL" have more emotion than anything a technically superior singer could come out with. I just remember the very first time I heard his voice, on Atmosphere, it was completely different to anything else I'd ever heard. Chuck D, Trent Reznor, Axl Rose, Morrissey, Stevie Nicks, Perry Farrell and Robert Smith all have ace individual voices that you can recognise straight away as well. Which is an important thing as far as I'm concerned. Rubbish/disappointing singers: Ian Astbury - I love The Cult, and he's got a good voice on Dreamtime and Love, but from Electric onwards his obsession with trying to sound American can really detract from the songs. The line in Heart Of Soul, "Down out in London, Los An-ge-leeees..." REALLY grates with me. And I can barely listen to half of Sonic Temple because of it. Howard Devoto - I think he really spoils a lot of Magazine songs. Maybe it's one of those love-it-or-hate-it voices, but I just think he sounds like he's trying to sound quirky or something. Quite a staccatoish voice. Not my liking. Barney Sumner - Totally agree with what's already been said. On the Finsbury Park DVD he absolutely DESTROYS Transmission, and he's basically completely inept at trying to sing Joy Division songs. Which only serves to highlight how great Curtis' voice really was. He can sound okay on record - he seems to manage to control the weakness to a certain extent - but absolutely terrible live. Liam Gallagher - I really don't see the appeal. All he's trying to do is sing like Ian Brown and John Lennon at the same time, and it really bugs me. A nasal whine with the "40 B&H a day" idea taken to "400 B&H a day" by the sounds of it. His attempts to reach the higher notes during My Generation at Glasto 2004 were absolutely priceless. I was MADE to watch it incidentally. Ian Brown - see Jimmy Jazz's reasons. They're spot on.

Undie vs Mankind Hell In A Cell is the obvious contender. Undie being so fucking brutal, and Mankind being so fucking stupid. Fantastic. For some reason, I always remember Hart Foundation vs Demolition at Summerslam 90 extremely fondly, although that could just be because Hart Foundation won the tag titles. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart at Wrestlemania X springs to mind too. And the Summerslam 94 cage match, with Bulldog and the Harts climbing in at the end. Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon ladder match at Wrestlemania X was fucking immense as well. Bret vs Mr Perfect at Summerslam 91 was great too. The two best technical wrestlers of the time - it was always going to be brilliant. But again, that could just be cos Bret Hart won his first solo title. Oooh, Bret vs Undie at Summerslam 97 was good. I think. Oh aye, and Bret vs Austin at Wrestlemania 13. There's TONS!

That's been saying "Full website coming soon" for fucking ages now. There seems to be a distinct lack of Queen Adreena info on the internet in fact. Boo!!!!

Not working, but I'm having to do a resit coursework, even though I'm pretty sure I've already passed the course overall. I would actually rather be at work than doing this pish.

That last clause is something I didn't think about to be honest. However, my main argument against national service is that it'd be much more worthwhile finding ways of making sure it wasn't even needed, ie doing something about shit parents. I dunno... I just feel there's a lot more to the increasing amount of little cunts than just the lack of national service. It's a much wider cultural change thingy. Plus, if it weren't for the lack of national service, punk in the UK may not have happened. I only say that cos I'm listening to The Clash just now, and I'd hate to think of a Clashless world.

It wouldn't work for everyone though. Basically the ones who shouldn't need to be in national service in the first place mind!

I actually think it's cos the children don't get respect from their parents. Why the fuck should you respect people if no one respects you? Parents not showing respect to others is most likely a contributing factor too, but I think it's ultimately the result of being ignored/treated like shit at home. Anyway, if the deciding factor is "troublesome", then surely what we're really asking for here is for juvenile criminals to be... put into juvenile detention centres? Which they surely are already? I would go for an overhaul of detention centre methods, and then send kids there sooner than they obviously currently are. And then if they remain little cunts, put them down like the daaaaawgs they are.

No. I've managed to turn out perfectly well without national service, as have all the folk I hang around with (not in council estates terrorising auld folk I might add). Why should the army do the job parents should be doing? Why should prefectly well turned out teenagers be condemned to being shouted at by some sadistic cunt who thinks he has the authority (and right) to treat people like shit because he has a few gold arrows (can't think of the proper name at the moment) on his arm? I'd have hated national service, in fact it'd probably have made me turn out worse. No, what we need is for certain types of people to not be allowed to bring up kids. Or steralised even. May sound a BIT extreme, but let's face it, there ARE families out there who basically breed criminals.

When did T In The Park become a three day festival?

Aye! I've not missed out on the chance to go to any gig that I REALLY wanted to go to for about a year, because I've made sure I'm signed up to the mailing lists of my favourite bands to ensure "pre-sale tickets" access, and also I make sure I'm on the internet the SECOND the tickets are being sold. And if I can't get anyone else to go with me, I just fucking go by myself. However, I still think ticket touts are utter, UTTER cunts.

I didn't realise there was an option on tax forms "tick here if you'd rather your tax money went to charity instead", sounds fantastic to me. Yes, charities get tax relief. I'm no authority on tax issues, but I find it hard to believe that by giving sizeable donations to charities you therefore avoid paying any tax yourself. Less tax, yes - but you'll also have less left over afterwards since you'll have given money to charity AND paid tax, instead of just paying tax. There are far better people to criticise over Live8, eg Doherty for making a mockery of it by being a fucking state; Scissor Sisters for using the event to unveil a new song (which, to me, reeks of even more shameful self-promotion than usual), when everyone KNOWS you just play "the hits" at charity gigs; Robbie Williams for being a cunt, and for trying to use the event to try and galvanise his desired status as the new Freddie Mercury; Kaiser Chiefs for playing in America instead of Britain (they're not well-known there, so they weren't there to pull the crowds - but what better way to try and "break America"? Worst offenders of using charity for publicity out of the whole bloody lot); Bob Geldof for singing "the Boomtown Rats song that isn't I Don't Like Mondays" at the Edinburgh gig; Bob Geldof for singing; Eddie Izzard for not learning Vienna properly before playing it in public; Syd Barratt for being part of the Pink Floyd reunion. Okay I'm just being silly now.

Because the Manics aren't cool now. If this had been 1996-1998, they'd have been one of the first acts asked. But as sales for Lifeblood shows, the majority don't care about them any more. Which is more fool them, since Lifeblood is their best sans-Richey album. That's assuming they weren't asked. However, seeing as how they did the Tsunami fundraiser this year, the Hillsborough fundraiser a few years back, and a Cancer fundraiser in 1994, it's unlikely they'd have turned this down if they were asked. Unless they have something better to do, eg eat pies. Or perhaps Geldof was just scared the Wire would say "let's pray Robbie Williams goes the same way as Freddie Mercury pretty soon" or something. But that's unlikely, since they had Snoop "What's ma muthafuckin' name?" Doggy Dogg on at tea time. Or maybe him and Bono just didn't want to be upstaged in the political tirade stakes. Or maybe he just doesn't like them. Because some people ARE stupid after all.

And I almost fucking missed it! Got all the way to Dundee before suddenly realising I hadn't brought the tickets. So I had to drive all the way back again to get them. Bloody G8 summit meant there were police crawling all over the place from just after Dundee to almost Glasgow - got there as they were playing The Wretched, which I believe was just the first song. So anyway, what did everyone that went think? How ace is Terrible Lie live?!! I think that, Reptile, March Of The Pigs, Suck, The Day The Whole World Went Away and With Teeth were my favourites. The sound was impeccable throughout as well.