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  2. Sin City

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    video piracy is a crime' date=' do not accept it.[/quote']

    To be fair It seemed like a real copy (thinking about it this seems pretty unlikely since it's not even out in the cinemas here). I'll probably go and see it on a big screen anyway...and thus I have justified my crime to myself. :nono:

  3. Sin City

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    Basically, it's a film concerning three or four seperate main characters whose storylines all intertwine (but aren't really 'brought together' properly in the film). I saw it a few weeks ago on DVD (is it out in America or something..?) and I spent the first half hour or so amused at just how over-the-top it actually was. After a while though, you realise that's just how it's supposed to be. Anyway won't spoil anything here..thoroughly enjoyed it...gritty as fuck though.

  7. math

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    y= 2x(squared) - 7x +10

    dy/dx = 4x - 7

    gradient = tan 45' = 1 = dy/dx

    4x - 7 = 1

    4x = 8

    x = 2

    x = 2: y = 2(4) - 7(2) + 10 = 4

    Ans: (2,4)

    ..i think. I do maths at uni but I'm spectacularly bad at it... 'pologies if youve already had your exam or whatever.

  8. At the Drive-In Best of

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    Ive heard "Autorelocator"' date=' it's pish. Nothing from Acrobatic Tenement deserves to be on a best of. Well maybe "Porfirio Diaz" just for the title.[/quote']

    I dunno, Acrobatic Tenement had a few good tunes on it. Raw as fuck, but not all that bad. Seems about time for a ATDI best of, even if it is as akward a track-listing as this. I might get hold of it if i can't find the covers/b-sides elsewhere...

  9. The Best Gig You've Ever Been To...

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    It was just before V2001 I believe. Way before the Remote Part was even recorded.

    I was going to mention it anyway. Idlewild were great (nuts to you' date=' Maxi!) and Aereogramme were absolutely stunning. I'd never heard them before but they were a bolt out of the blue. I remember shouting for joey was particularly insane. I also managed to smash my glasses at this gig... Hmmm... :D

    [/quote']

    Yeah, i remember it being a long time before the Remote Part. My brother was at that gig when he was 16 or 17, I wish I'd been into the 'wild then. Have managed to catch them a few times since then but I would've loved to have seen them as a four-peice. Favourite gigs:

    Jetplanelanding - The Loft, Forres, March 2003 (i think)

    Sonic Youth - Barras, Dec 2004

    Radiohead - Music Hall, Dec 2003

    Rolling Stones - SECC, Dec 2003

    Dillinger Escape Plan - Cathouse, Glasgow, sometime in 2003

    ...on a more local note, I was really impressed with Poltik (playing Dedalus and some other local band) at Bannerman's in Edinburgh last year. By far the best Aberdeen band I've seen.

  14. What is your shit film alert?

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    After seeing 'Hero' last night, I have to agree with whoever on this thread said it was shit. What an absolute pile af arty wank. I actually laughed out loud at several points during the film and just about ripped my eyes out with anger at the oh-so-drawn-out-and-meaningful slow-motion suspense filled moments...fuck off Hero.

  15. Albums that you grew up listening to?

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    REM -Automatic for the People

    Daryll Hall and John Oates - Looking Back

    the first few Oasis albums

    Joni Mitchell - whatever one 'The Circle Game' is on

    Annie Lennox

    James Taylor

    George Michael

    Paul Simon - Graceland

    Chris Rea

    John Martyn

    ...until the age of 11 or something. Then came shit music until age 16, then not too bad.

  18. What is your shit film alert?

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    Cabin Fever is good just because it's unintentionally funny. The adverts made it look like the scariest movie ever..when i saw it i was like..eh? Other shit:

    Ali - had some decent moments, but plodded on forever..jumped around a lot, incoherent.

    Battle Royale II - what. the. fuck. How could you fuck up a classic film so badly with a sequal as bad as this? Dragged out, formulaic...

    Terminator 3 - no explanation required.

    Nutty Professor 2 - Again, shite.

    Star Wars Ep.II - Spectacularly wooden acting all round, even from Ewan Mcgregor.

  20. best album openers?

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    21st Century Schizoid Man is incredible...that solo! Other openers:

    'Sunday Morning' - Velvet Underground (VU and Nico)

    'Kill All Hippies' - Primal Scream (XTRMNTR, 'Movin' on up' from Screamadelica also)

    'Schizophrenia' - Sonic Youth (Sister)

    'Waiting Room' - Fugazi (13 Songs)

    Untitled #1 - Sigur Ros (Untitled Album)

    'Five Years' - David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust...)

    'Rainy Day Women...' - Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde)

    'Airbag' - Radiohead (OK Computer, Also 'Everything in it's right place' - Kid A)

    'Sure nuff n yes i do' - Captain Beefheart (Safe as Milk)

    'Concubine' - Converge (Jane Doe)

    ...Blah that'll do.

  22. Hookers Green #1

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    Interesting...I really want to see these guys live now (are they playing anytime soon..?). What I've heard of their recorded stuff is amazing. I sometimes get the impression that they're more of a collective/side-project though (what with members being in other bands etc), is that accurate?

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