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The first two records are incredible (if you can geet over the Godawful, heavy-handed drumming, which took me a while). Song-wise, by a millions miles Gibbard's best stuff. It's all been downhill from there imo.

The new record is predictably meh, just as the last two were. Their quality is almost exactly inverse to their chronology, with a couple of minor changes: Facts > Airplanes > Photo Album > Transatlanticism > Plans > Narrow Stairs Gonna reserve judgment for another coupla listens of the new one, but so far I am underwhelmed.

LOLd at both of Shaki's comments. Someone rep dat mang

As far as individual tracks go, I am crazy about some of his later, more wistful stuff like Mississippi and Not Dark Yet. They are incredible. The Slow Train Coming record, and its title track in particular, is probably my most-listened-to Dylan record; I think it is one of the best records of all time. One More Cup of Coffee, O Sister, You're a Big Girl Now, Visions of Johanna, Tom Thumb's Blues, Ballad of a Thin Man, Girl From the North Country...Jesus, the list is endless. Without question, the greatest artist ever.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Queen were fucking Godawful

Trippleganger? Sounds a little rapish

Typical tabloidy sensationalist mockrage garbage. His point was absolutely valid, but has been conveniently ignored in all the hysterical fallout. Watching a Tory squirm is one of the great pleasures in life, but in this case he is vindicated imo.

Cardiff have a good Scottish connection, and I have spent a bunch of time there and love the city. Cannot stand the fitba team, though. Just cannae want them to win at all.

It would be ridiculous for an ageing player with gammy trotters to play on Alloa's astro pitch. He might be a bit thick, but he ain't daft.

Samaras has the face of Freddie Mercury with the haircut of the villain from No Country For Old Men. I have genuinely never seen him have a bad Old Firm game (penalty miss aside). He is strong, fast and mobile, which the Orc defenders hate. Canna finish, though. If I were a Celtic fan he would frustrate me like no other.

Yeah there were a couple of younguns (no older than sixteen) who were basically just doing a commentary on the film. I guess it's kind of against the spirit of the experience to get pissed off by it, but I wish they would only speak if they were gonna say something funny, As it was, it was basically a couple of smart-arse kids thinking they were in their living room making 'witty' comments to each other. Still rib-achingly brilliant, though! The only other time that I'd seen it in the cinema was a year ago, on its first airing here. No spoons or any kind of pre-planned participation that time. Loved it last night!

The room at the belmont cinema tonight so excited so very very excited!

What is it with WHam and ridiculous managerial decision-making? They punted both Zola and Grant one year into four year megadeals. Looks like punting Curbishley was even more of a joke decision than it seemed at the time. I think MoN might fancy the challenge.

The only other person who has publicly claimed to only require four hours of sleep per night is the absolute cunt of a sub-human hellewhore-faced bell-end witch in the piccie

Yes, I am aware that I have just provided Dave with wank fodder

YouTube - Curb Your Enthusiasm:Season 8- Behind The Scenes Featurette The MJF bit is great

1) The Larry Sanders Show 2=) Curb Your Enthusaism 2=) Seinfeld 4) The Office (UK) 5) Im Alan Partridge

Seinfeld > Frasier >>>>>>> 2.5 Men Once you get over the canned laughter and the annoying synth-bass soundtrack, it becomes very clear that Seinfeld is so far superior to almost everything that has ever been on telly ever ever ever.

Buumped into Pat Nevin, pissed as a manflange, at an Edwyn Collins gig at the ABC a coupla years ago. Tremendous.

Going back to the Old Firm/Sectarianism/Societys problem issue, FrankieMachine on Aberdeen-mad.co.uk has put it better than I ever could/ This sums up my feelings on the issue perfectly: "Yes. These clubs can't dismiss this as "society's problem" because its not. They're not just a reflection of bigotry, they foment it and keep it alive. One example. A kid who grew up near me decided to support Rangers. Who knows why - glory hunter, liked the colour blue. You can't be too judgemental about a decision a kid makes at 6 or 7. He had a typical Aberdeen background. No Rangers fans in the family, probably didn't have a clue what religion his pals and schoolmates were growing up. By the time he's a young man, he hates Catholics. Gets in fights about it. Gets arrested for getting pissed and chanting sectarian bile in the street. This is not a guy who supported Rangers because he's sectarian. This is a guy who's sectarian because he supports Rangers. Maybe an unusual example, but far from unique. More common will be cases where the OF have kept sectarian hatred alive unto the the 4th and 5th generation when it would have died out generations since without them. Most of the grievances that motivates these folk happened long ago in a different country. Contrast, say, the attitude of the French to the Germans. The second world war wasn't so long ago. Invasion, brutality, murder, concentration camps, torture, womenfolk raped. The French have forgiven the Germans much faster than the Catholic half of Glasgow can forgive the Protestant half (or vice versa) and for much worse behaviour. Why? Because there isn't the same apparatus keeping the hatreds alive, reminding folk which tribe they belong to, bringing them together to focus on old grievances and telling them that the shared values of their own tribe include hating the members of the other one. The schools system doesn't help, some of the pronouncements of the Churches don't help, the continuing aggravation in Northern Ireland doesn't help, but the biggest, shiniest, most visible, most glamorous and most seductive bit of the apparatus that keeps this tribalism alive long after it ought to have died a natural death is the rivalry between Rangers and Celtic. So spare me the "we're the victims of society's problems" hypocrisy. It's society that's the victim here."

I lasted until he started singing, then I cringed and turned it off. How come every football player-turned-singer apart from Slavan Bilic wants to sound exactly like Pablo Nutella?

Yeah PH has certainly been on the receiving end of my verbals in his Hearts and Celtic days, but he was good for the Dons. We have missed him hugely since this latest injury took hold; the team has looked utterly direction-less. Foster won't be sold for less than 500k (I suspect closer to one mega). He has ttwo full years left on his deal, and is probably on the fringes of the Scotland squaaaad now. We will get about 500k for Bebo and Aluko this summer, so we won't need to cash in on Foster. I think that most fans recognise that the move to Rangers was a bizarre bit of business, but hardly his fault. I for one will welcome back the best full-back that we have, and the obvious pick for the armband.

Of the current squaaaaad, it has to be Tricky Foster. He is the only one with anything approaching professionalism and leadership qualities. Hartley was a good signing and my third choice for PoTY, behind Bebo and Vernon. Good luck to him in the future.

^^^ Then we agree. If I were to walk around Toxteth on match day with a Man U top on I should not get a kicking because it's just silly fitba rivalry and who really is offended by a shirt? But that won't be of much comfort when I'm in the hospital. Bottom line; do not make inflammatory gestures that you KNOW, rightly or wrongly, will cause a shitstorm.