Steve Temple

Nowt, I wish I was 18 stone of something. 18 stone of Aberdonian, perhaps

Come on Jan, we all know it's really "the middle of.....NORWAY!"

18 Stone of Idiot is the best title ever bequeathed to an item of televisual entertainment. It lasts a lot longer than an hour, tho

Wowee Zowee, if that's an advert for Steinway and Son pianos, then I'm sold "Do you come with the piano?" "Oh you, hehehe"

Psydoll, did you just take 4 points off me? Your punches carry weight you know!

Explain?

Oh, for fuck sake, Rancid, Korn and now Wu-Wear!! At least Nevermnd will be a slight improvement on that!

That'll be where I'm going wrong then. I better have a rummage for "Love Will Tear Us Apart" for tomoro night then Or maybe "Neil Young and Crazy Horse on tour, 1999"

Who's it an anthem for? Bouley Bashers? In 25 years time there won't be a poll to find the greatest head-banging anthem, because it isn't a significant youth movement. I let you have Alternative Ulster, because you explained why, and i guess it works for the same reason that London Burning worked for any young person living in an urban nightmare

I'd be up for that. I saw Electric Tibet once, and thought them ace. I hope they have ditched the decks, tho

Hmmmm, last week in NME they were wearing ties with jeans. And they're a bunch of kids as well

GASP! I'm well up for that, if I can get anyone to go with me, now that Jazz is ruled out

I like seeing that, I think it's daring and bolshy. It's better if it's one that doesn't have their name on it. Billy Corgan in a "Zero" t-shirt is a good example

Well, punk (like the original pop revolution) was a youth movement, so the greatest and most significant songs of that era were those that were anthems for the greatest number of participating young people. "Suspect Device" by SLF was an anthem of this era, but i doubt that "Alternative Ulster" was In a nod to your avatar, I'll suggest Poor Ivan Dobsky by Billy Bragg

No, because it's scope is too narrow. "What we really need, is an Alternative Ulster" only really has relevance for people living in Northern Ireland, unlike, say Anarchy in the UK

Just in case it was unclear, I approve of this practice

Not just the bass, the general reverb applied to the mix. I couldn't think of another example of dub, other than Lee Perry, but he came before punk. My argument stands