Flash@TMB

It was a thread previous to this that actually led to us booking Estrella, I recall Laura and myself figuring that a band would have to be really good to inspire this much jealousy and derision on here, and we weren’t dissapponted.  Yes the music was unfashionable, but fuck me even back then they were tight, had their sound figured out, and put on an excellent show.

The diversity of, and depth of talent in, the local music scene back then was truly something to behold!

The tragic events of this weekend left me feeling nostalgic, so I started digging through some threads on here...  All seems so petty now, doesn’t it?

In the end I reckon that Estrella went on to achieve far more in the intervening decade than 10EW ever did, although both bands were great in their time.

RIP Nathan/Tommy, hope you had a blast, you were an absolute joy to work with.

On 17/03/2004 at 5:54 PM, Flash@TMB said:

Current Jukebox Listing: 20 slots to swap out - requests please

Among the things we intend to swap in this time around are:

Courtney Love - American Sweetheart

Fields of the Nephilim - Revelations

Jet - Get Born

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

Soil - Redefine

Young Heart Attack - Mouthful of Love

Various other jukebox stalwarts will have their albums rotated such as Red Hot Chilli Peppers, AC/DC, etc.

We intend to rotate about 20 entries in total, so we need specific suggestions on what goes in. We do not however require any input on what is removed, otherwise it will become impossible to remove anything... So please be constructive. Also take into account that we have to maintain some sort of balance, exactly where the point of balance is may drift a little over time though.

It would be useful if people could highlight niche compilations that cover a specific minority genre where there are no definitive albums as such.

Another thing we intend to do is hold over 5 slots for local bands material. AUBL are going to burn some local band compilation albums, that way we get to include the work of as many bands as possible.

Here is the existing lineup:

AC/DC - High Voltage

Aerosmith - Anthology

Alice in Chains - Dirt

Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Bee-Gees - Very Best of

Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Blink 182 - Enema of the State

Blondie - Greatest Hits

Blue Oyster Cult - The Best of

Bob Seger - Best of

Bon Jovi - Crossroads

Bruce Springstein - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

David Bowie - The Singles

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Deep Purple - Stormbringer

Double Jack - Phantom Energy

Eddie Cochran - The Story

Eric Clapton - The Cream of Clapton

Evanescence - Fallen

Faith No More - Greatest Hits

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Foofighters - One by One

Frank Zappa - Strictly Commercial, The Best of

Girlschool - The Best of

Golden Earring - Best of Golden Earring

Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel

Guns 'n Roses - Use Your Illusion I

Harem Scarem - Best of Rocks

Hawkwind - Best of

Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass

Heart - The Essential Heart

Ian Dury - Reasons to be Cheerful

Iron Maiden - Edward The Great (Best of)

Jane's Addiction - Strays

Jefferson Starship - Hits

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

John Lennon - Legend

Journey - The Essential Journey

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Kings of Leon - Youth & Young

Kiss - Greatest Hits

Levellers - The Best of

Lou Reed - Very Best of

Lynrd Skynrd - Gimme Back My Bullets

Marilyn Manson - Holywood

Megadeath - Capital Punishment

Metallica - Ride the Lightening

Motley Crue - Greatest Hits

Mott the Hoople - Anthology

Muse - Absolution

Nickelback - Silver Side Up

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Nirvana - Bleach

Offspring - Americana

Pat Benetar - In The Heat of The Night & Crimes of Passion

Patti Smith - Land

Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean

Queen - Greatest Hits

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

Rainbow - The Very Best of

Rammstein - Sehnsucht

Rancid - And Out Come The Wolves

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way

REM - Out of Time

Rolling Stones - Forty Licks Vol 1

Rolling Stones - Forty Licks Vol 2

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah

Skunk Anansie - Stoosh

SLF - Anthology

Steely Dan - The Best of

Sum 41 - All Killer no Filler

Supertramp - Very Best of

System of a Down - Toxicity

The Band - The Very Best of the Band - The Shape I'm In

The Beatles - 1967 - 1970

The Black Crowes - Greatest Hits

The Chameleons - Special Moorings Burn by Mark Burgess

The Clash (Live) - From Here To Eternity

The Cult - Pure Cult

The Darkness - Permission to Land

The Eagles - The Best of

The Fox - AKA

The Mission - Sum and Substance

The White Stripes - Elephant

The Who - My Generation

The Wildhearts - The Best of

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits

Tool - Aenima

Toxik Ephex - Punk as Fuck

U2 - Boy

Van Halen - Greatest Hits

Various - Glam Metal Noize 1983-1990

Various - Punk City Rockers

Various - Kerrang? Compilation

Various - The Best Punk Anthems ever

Various - The Best Glam Rock Album in the World

Various - Hard & Fast

Weird Al Yankovic - Poodle Hat

Cheers

Flash

How quaint!

Without bandana Craig, with bandana Flash.

BTW - That article bears no resemblance whatsoever to the press release sent to the EE, which didn't mention Hawaiian, Hawaii, or "themed" in it, so fuck knows... I wouldn't have the slightest clue what a Hawaiian bar actually looks like inside.  STV did a much better job.

Can't reveal the new name because it's top secret, and only a handful of people know it.  There are various rumours circling, which we are ultimately the source of, but whether anyone chooses to believe those or not is entirely their call

Most of the other changes have slowly implemented over the course of the past 5 years, and although the toilets have been taken in an entirely new direction, the rest of the building resolutely remains a dive bar (in the true context of dive).  

We've always targeted the students to some extent, and were fixture at the student fayers until last year, when we reached the point of demising returns and decided to invest our marking budget into live music instead.  There are no plans whatsoever to turn the place into a dedicated student bar, except perhaps on the morning of the 1st of April 2016, when one shall be erected on the site of our former absinthe distillery.

Am aware of various other rumours floating around, none of them accurate.  Happy to answer any questions, so fire away!

In the bar yesterday with his sister, had one pint, left sober, went home to his wife, just in time for tea.

Still waiting for a photo of Ewan with Phil photoshopped on his thumb.

Tibetan Dave

*COUGH* perhaps this vote should be a paper only one?

It should mean diligence against foul play.  I'm going to start using it and pass it off as a real word, along with antivate, antivated, and antivating.

Antivation is a great work.  What would it mean?

To the best of my knowledge, as things presently stand, a bar can only be held partially responsible for someone becomming  the victim of something, not the perpetrator.  So if someone gets drunk, and is then the victim of GBH, the bar who served that victim might be held partially responsible for that.  However the bar that served their assailant(s) would not be held in any way responsible.  Likewise someone gets drunk and is mown down by a drunk driver, the bar who served the pedestrian gets into trouble, not the bar who served the driver.

Don't take this as gospel, it's just my understanding, based of what we've taken heat for.

BRING BACK THE WASTELAND!

I exaggerate somewhat, but it's true to some extent, and to be honest it's not entirely a bad thing. The bar trade is need to realise that the more someone has to drink the less they are capable of looking after themselves, so serving them beyond a certain point may potentially result in their coming to harm. However there are problems around establishing whether or not a bar has taken reasonable steps to protect its customers. Say for instance the injured party wasn't served directly, but had their drinks bought for then whilst they were seated elsewhere on the room, and that multiple people bought those rounds, being served by multiple bartenders in a packed room. Quite hard for the bartenders to keep track of how much a person is drinking under those circumstances. Is it reasonable to expect the licensee to keep track of this under those circumstances?

That does not stop a less intoxicated person buying more booze for someone who is the worse for wear.

We're meant to stop that too. Licensed premises are now held entirely responsible for everything no matter how tenuous the link. As soon as a person enters a licensed premises they may abdicate all personal responsibility and place their fragile body in the hands of try bartenders. The authorities consider us more along the lines of pharmacists on minimum wage. If you have a drink, then fall in front of a bus 2 miles down the road, we'll get the blame for causing your death. So don't worry, it's not your fault your forgot to tie your shoelaces, and fear not some evil premises manager somewhere will be getting dragged out of bed and thrown in jail without a trial to compensate your family for their loss

who's who?

The Wanderers are the Italian guys, and the Wongs are the Chinese guys, but they both have black greasy hair so it can be hard to tell them apart.

Premier Artist Maple Fusion

Red colour

21x18" kick

10", 12", 14", & 16" toms

Complete set of stands

Drum stool

Snare

Not included are cymbals or kick pedal

Make me a sensible offer

It was "Duck Duck Goose".  Where I dredged that up from God only knows...

Just wanna say, to HateEvent, If you look at my news feed on Facebook you'll see that i have spammed everybody to no end on it and literally sent everybody i know a message asking them to come on here...

So yeah...   

But yeah, we do want it, so we are working hard, I like to think taking it from moorings on their own turf would be a pretty cool recognition and dammit i could use a win!

Hard work pays off and all that jazz!

Watch Bri's face during the speech  Wonderful.

And why can't I edit my original post and correct all the typos?

EDIT: Where was voted BEST VENUE every year before we started winning it?  Dr Drakes.  When did we start winning that category?  After Drakes closed.  Fact!

Couple of years ago, the girl on Facebook posted a status that asked her friends to tell her exactly what they thought of her. Nobody took the bait, so she posted the same request a few more times.

Eventually I thought "fuck it", and replied that I thought she had histrionic personality disorder. Then someone else liked the reply. Then more people liked it. We're not friends any more.