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Never been against them as such, but the sheer weight of coverage on 'the Wedding' this week has me hankering for a Republic.

This is just a side show to the fact there's a Scottish general election in 9 days time.

Hmm. Dunno.

Fair enough. I don't really care either way.

Del does a good line in top tips on his facebook.

The conditions at Clinterty were awful. Aberdeen Council have some cheek taking money for that pish.

there's a very real chance that my third choice may win the election, so I would have helped a candidate I really didn't want to win to do so

But a candidate you preferred over the candidate you voted forth.

It was right at the beginning. It was simply her name, birth and death date.

Best episode I can think of in a long time. In fact, that might just have raised the bar.

Won't this 'helping smaller parties' business mean that the likes of the NF or BNP will be able to get more seats

No.

If 20% of a constituency vote BNP, however abhorrent we may find their views, they should be allowed to represent those people

Both these posts suggest a misunderstanding of how AV works.

Firstly, AV is not proportional representation. There is no list vote. People might say it is a "more proportional" voting system, but that's not the same thing. Not even close.

Currently, if 20% of the cast votes go to the BNP and their nearest rival gets 19% the BNP wins. But in AV they look at the ballots of the people who voted for the least popular candidate and see who their 2nd choice was. They then add those ballots to the piles of their 2nd choices. This goes on until someone has the required % of the vote and is declared the winner.

In other words, people from across the political spectrum would need to be listing the BNP as a high preference in their voting.

AV will help only the smaller parties that people find generally unobjectionable, feel lukewarm about and have heard of. You could call this the "I agree with Nick" effect. Of course, when these parties get anywhere near power your mild appreciation of them might very well evaporate.

I don't think most people are lukewarm/unsure about racism.

Personally, I don't think the AV vote is really important or even very relevant. Right now I think I'll vote YES because the idea seems to annoy the Tories.

Bet he disnae get heckled much

Peri Brown, Peri Brown, Peri Peri Brown.

Oh yeah.

The Sunshine Underground. Tasty.

On the other hand it does give folk another wonderful opportunity to moan about something.

Tonight I'm going to see Liam Quinn (Irish folk singer/songwriter) at the Blue Lamp.

Well worth missing.

Aye, this was a decent gig apart from the shit dancing at the front.

I was at Ideals and Acrylic Iqon last night which was decent. Tonight I'm going to see Liam Quinn (Irish folk singer/songwriter) at the Blue Lamp.

It's taken me a while to work out but I reckon it's 2.

Hey guys, I've solved this one.

It's 2.

I am not from Leeds, Du-un-dee or Hull

All of the-ese places-to-me seem to be quite dull

The guy is a poet.

The two uninterested folk in the coffee shop are also in the band. The chick is the drummer. I did my research.

What's the normal encoding these days? I was used to 128K back in the day and the quality is noticeable there. When you buy mp3s, say from itunes what encoding do they come at? 192?

Anyway, I've found this article quite inspiring in a backwards sort of way. Makes you think about different ways to present your music.

I dunno about FLAC but I can hear the difference between mp3 and CD. Is FLAC the same as CD quality?

Funny. I knew he'd be a right wee geeky looking snotter even before I saw his photo.

are Nirvana good enough musically to be mentioned in the same breath as Led Zep, Beatles, Rolling Stones etc

I don't think that's the point. Nirvana were at the forefront of a musical revolution which propelled the idea of 'alternative' music into the mainstream (an oxymoron I know) and changed the face of music forever.

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With regards to repetition: of all the great composers Mozart is probably the most repetitive of the classical period and he's still regarded by most (rightly or wrongly) as the greatest.

So the idea that Nirvana are repetitive or whatever just doesn't hold water with me. The point is that Nirvana took those building blocks and created great songs from them. The song is more important than its constituent elements, so while a technically brilliant musician might make you gasp in amazement at their sheer skill and ability a great song performed with integrity and emotion will capture your heart and fire your imagination.

That's what Nirvana did. I ask you; which is the greater legacy?