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Just finished watching Synecdoche New York, by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine, Adaptation). Its stunning.

A young Father Ted? Interesting.

I'm just impressed he felt he could reach her head with his penis.

Covering Hocus Pocus by Focus for the next gig then aye?

You're too cool for school.

If you can cope with the gay poncey shite I chuck at you, 'Breathe in Breathe Out' would seem pretty reasonable.

Sounds about right.

There's a nice wee video on the facebook page. Thats the closest you're going to get at the moment I'm afraid.

I used to get nervous when first starting out, but that was primarily due to being the front man and having relatively shite banter. But once on stage I just had the oppinion that 'well, I'm here now, might as well just go for it.' When a gig goes well its fucking amazing. I fucking love it. Though when it goes bad, always found the best thing to do is ignore the fact nobody is enjoying it and just enjoy yourself. There is very little that can compare to playing in a band live on stage. Especially if you're not shite.

I knew there was something I should have insisted upon when I joined this band.

I had been wondering when it was we were going to branch out and become more appealing to young neddy whores.

Hey chief. Whatever happened to your man who played keys originally? Didn't you have a chap on the hammond? Or was that just for the first gig? Cool to see you expanding the numbers again. If I had the time I'd suggest my services in a second, but i feel my experience of funk piano isn't great, despite loving P-Funk, also can't solo on the guitar for shit. Hope you find someone sharpish. D

Nicely done.

Of course, how could I forget that? Check and mate.

I knew there was something about you that upset me. I couldn't put my finger on it, but now you've set my record straight.

Same here, just got it on DVD as a belated Christmas present and rewatched. Despite having seen before, come the end I was still sitting there hoping the arena was going to be full of yelling japanese folk. Absolutely loved it.

'Watched Anvil:The Story of Anvil' last night. Absolute belter of a movie. It is actually dangerously, and scarily close to a real life 'This is Spinal Tap'. A must for anyone who loves comedy and old metallers crying. And absolutely no need to enjoy the music. Brilliant.

Your wisdom really does know no bounds doesn't it?

Just hope its not going to be another Oscar whitewash with Cameron winning everything, despite his movie being pretty much amazing effects at the expense of a decent story. Great to see Tarantino back in again. Don't think he'll win though. Would be great to see something like the Hurt Locker win, or even Up or Up in the Air. Don't really get why they expanded the category to 10 pictures. The 5 was always cut down from a bigger group anyway, so it kind of seems more like a token gesture than anything. Though love that Pixar have been nominated for best picture. Chritoph Waltz for the oscar.

Just started reading Alasdair Gray's 'Poor Things' again. Absolute belter.

Ha, yes I have no doubt. Never had the pleasure unfortunately.

Aye. should've pointed out mine was a stage piano. Which when living in a flat, and aye, if you plan on using for anything outside of your flat, is the better choice.

Aye, good point. Not recommending buying abroad, just what I ended up doing. Just worth going into talk to Bruce Millers, even if you choose to buy online or another shop, as the man does know what hes talking about.

Speaking to the chaps down at Bruce Millers is a good bet, even if you don't buy from them. I got my digital piano couple years ago after checking it out from Bruce Millers, then buying it from Denmark (or at least my mum did as it was a present, and it could be guaranteed quicker from Denmark than anywhere in Scotland...bizzarre yes). But mines a Casio px-320, which is a digital piano, but can also do everything a keyboard would also do. It cost just on the 500 mark. And its full size, weighted and all such piano stuff and connectable to a computer. Really, just have a chat with the guys in the shops, say what you're after, price range and all that, and they'll be able to point you in the right direction. Also, I live in a flat, top floor, and I don't bother anyone with playing. Just in my oppinion, digital piano is the much better idea than a keyboard.

4 to 8 really are great. Though 3, 9 and 10 still have pretty great moments. Phil Hartman died in 1998 and his last episode was in season 10. I think that was generally the moment The Simpsons began its slow descent into pure bollocks.