Nomad_Axeman

Dead? Poets Society will be upset

Hi, I have a mint Boss BR-600 Digital Recording Studio. It comes with a 1GB flashcard, USB cable and PSU and carry case (note : the first three items are not normally supplied with the BR-600). Looking to swap for some interesting guitar-related product - cash either way.

Saw his band at King Tut's back in 2008 - they were excellent. Wouldn't mind seeing him again.

Couldn't HAVE said it better ... Fucks sake

As a response to my dismay at the utter shitetude of the current crop of movies - apart from Grand Budapest Hotel and a couple of others - I decided to dig out some older movies and reevaluate them. I love movies, I really do, but these days it's all big, ludricous effects, product placement, faux cool and demographics (do we need a rapper/pop star in every movie?). We're suckered in with high-energy trailers "Ooooh, that looks good", and served up utter garbage ("Noah", being the most recent disppointment for me). All the really good stuff is on television - Game of Thrones, Walking Deid, Fargo, Mad Men etc... Anyhoo, I'd recommend the following movies that I've watched over the last few weeks ... Taxi Driver The Bobster as the insomniac fruit-loop Vietnam vet. Awesome, no other word for it. 10/10 Night (or Curse) of the Demon Classic 1957 horror movie, with Dana Andrews as an American psychologist sent to England to debunk an Alastair Crowley-type satanist (superbly played by Niall McGuinnes). Creepy and well plotted with great effects for it's age. 9/10 Aliens (Extended Edition) The beginning and end of the cyber-grunt genre for me. One of the best action movies ever. "Game over man!". 10/10 The Abyss (Tsunami Edition) Another great (if a little flabby and overlong) David Cameron movie about a drilling team on an underwater rig who are commandeered to rescue a stricken US Navy sub before them damn Russkies can get their Commie paws on it. Stange underwater goings-on ensue as the team discover that they're not alone down there. Watch this edition, it greatly improves the overall story. 8/10 The Right Stuff This 1983 classic starts at with the test pilots at Edwards Airbase and Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier before moving on to the Gemini space programme and the lives of the astronauts. Absolutely superb movie with a stellar cast including Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Lance Herickson, Jeff Goldblum, Scott Glen. 10/10 Heat The Bobster and Liitle Al share the screen for the first time (they both featured in the Godfather II, but in different eras) in this epic Micahel Mann heist move. Di Niro is the epitome of steely cool and Pacino shouts a lot (noone shouts better than Pacino). Intelligent dialogue, brilliant use of sound (especially during the shootout), a gripping and hightly entertaining plot and a great musical score. 10/10

Might be interested in this if you still have it when I'm back in Aberdeen next week.

300 : Rise of an Empire More of the same, or rather LESS of the same. A pretty aenemic follow-up to the 2005 classic. The movie is hampered by a lack of story and an extremely weak lead. He's so nondescript that I could even be bothered looking up his name. 4/10 Lone Survivor Yee-ha for the the good ole' US of A! Kick some Taliban ass! Good action film based on a true story. More than a little patriotic . 6/10 I, Frankenstein. "This might be good for a laugh, she said". Sadly, this one falls waaaay below the "Plan 9 From Outer Space" so-bad-it's-good level. Awful, just awful. 0/10 Grand Budapest Hotel Hilarious movie from Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes is superb. Stellar cast. 9/10

I'm a big fan of audiobooks and quite listen to them when I'm travelling.

I suspected that you'd say Veedubya - there's a history of laquer problems with them. I hope you can get some form of compensation from the valet service. Worse case scenario, it shouldn't cost too much to have a new skin put on the roof and bonnet

Before I became an IT God (and we're talking Zeus here), I served my time as a panel beater/spray painter (no, I'm retired from that and NOT making a comeback !). There are several causes of peeling laquer and it's most common in the case of repainted vehicles. Poor surface preparation - the main culpritToo thin a coatPoor quality materialsOver polishing and surface abrasionExtreme temperatures - rare in this countryFault in factory proceduresCatalytic reaction to solvent, incompatible paint etc.High pressure jet getting under the skinLooking at the size of the area and the ragged edges on your roof and bonnet, I postulate the laquer was lifted by a high-pressure jet, but would stop short at placing all the blame at the cleaning dude. It's possible - if the car is 2nd hand to you - that there was an issue with the laquer - possibly a shitty respray job - before it was subject to the pressure hose. It's a toughie PS - what make/model is your car?

What he said ... but the hatchet-faced boot still managed to utter that toe-curling "You know nooothing John Snow" line before she got 86'd. The cunt. The "I'm thinking of ginger minge" line made me spray my cup of tea all over the place. Oh, and the giants bow and arrow was really cool.

That big dude is a MONSTER Apparently he's the 3rd actor to play The Mountain. Aye, the climax of the fight managed to turn even my stomach - and I'm bastard NAILS. Shame about Oberyn, he was a great character and I'm pretty sure The Mountain is fucked, maening that the fight was a draw - aye/naw?

I'm looking for a good treble bosster. Anyone got anything interesting - Xotic, Fulltone, BYOC etc? Please drop me a PM Thanks

Sorry to hear that, man. Same thing happened to me last January, though my then employers handled it properly. I thought it was the end of the world (I'm no youngster), but got another job within a couple of weeks. Like Bigsby says, the 'Deen is bouyant at the moment - What's your skillset?

You're wariness probably stems from the fact the your'e buying blind through an intermediate (i.e eBay) - and let's be honest, we kinda still see The Bay of E as a place to offload stuff. I've had no trouble (yet) with computer gears via eBay - and saved a pile of moolah. Memory - 8GB works for me, but then if you can afford 16 gigs, then fuck it, too much is never enough GPU - I've had both NVidia and Radeon cards. You get more bang for buck with the latter, but NVidia seem to be the "industry standard". The 12-screen collaborative room I set up at work is driven by a HOOR of a NVidia card and it's been running constantly for over a year without issue. XFX, EVGA, Sapphire are all decent makes of GPU One overlooked component is the motherboard. If your motherboard is shitty, then having high-end components will be like driving Ferraris round narrow cobbled streets - i.e. rendering them ineffective. ASUS are a good mid-priced make. You could give yourself a migraine thinking about all the permutations. Like I said, there a lot of good "White Box" sellers on eBay and you will get a warranty. For peace of mind, there's North East Peripherals - a wee bit more pricey, but local and very helpful. All the best

That's pretty much the spec of mine and it can handle any game on high graphic settings. There are some reputable dealers on eBay (believe it or not) with some high spec machines at good money. Here's an example that came up on a quick search ... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-GAMERS-Gaming-PC-i5-4670K-QUAD-CORE-3-40-GHz-X4-8GB-RAM-1TB-NVIDIA-GTX-750-/181394672838?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2a3bf70cc6 The 4670K is a good processor and there's not a whole heap of REAL perfromance between it and the equivalent i7. Sometimes you're just paying for the priviledge I bought my PC on it's own and got the monitor, moose and keyboard locally.

Wolfenstein : The New Order Downloaded this from Steam the other day. It's a mission-driven 1st person shooter in the Half-Life 2 mould and is set in an alternative reality where the Durty Jormans have won WWII (including nuking New York). After spending 14 years in a coma, your character William "B.J." Blazkowicz joins the Resistance. He's help by a former squadmate, Sgt Fraser, who I swear looks like Davie Moyes and has superb dialogue is, using words like "skitters, numpty, doss and bawbag", you even here him off-screen saying "take that ya Nazi cunt". Anyhoo, nothing new here, but the game looks great and is fun to play. 7.5/10

Didn't you see the funeral procession? Hundreds of folk all marching out of step

...before shafting them royally! Conceded - Annoying charcter or not, Ygritte is indeed a babe. Collar and cuffs match?

The Tunnels is probably the best bet. The last time I played there they had a decent PA system, which would reduce your logistics quite a bit. My band woud be up for supporting this. Great idea and good luck

Ah ken - which makes her shite Midlands accent even worse - "Ye dah ken feck-aw, John Sna' " would have been much better.

The Hound showed some uncharacteristic compassion last night ... even if his idea of kindness was stabbing some poor auld cunt in the heart. Agree with Murr vis-a-vis John Snow. His Little Boy Lost act is getting very old. I'm also pleased thon ginger Wildling boot hasn't been in it recently. Her entire repertoire comprises of scowling and uttering the line "You knaaaw noothin' John Snaaaaaaaw...." Little FInger doesn't fuck about ... tossed Kate Dickie through the Moon Door without batting an eyelid. There canny be many of the Scots cast left surely? - Rob, Mormont, Lysa are all fucked.

Godzilla Closer in spirit to the original Toho series than thon awful 1998 pishathon, with superb special effects, decent acting and most importantly, NO stupid comedy characters (are you watching Pacifc Rim?). Quite a few surprises as well. Go see the 3D version and DON'T read any blurb beforehand. 8.5/10 Se7en Best serial killer movie ever. That is all. 10/10

The Wee Man looks like he's about to launch into Joe Pesci's "Meeting in the Desert" tirade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2dewDwIQyM It was an impressive piece of acting from Mr Dinklage as the normally composed Tyrion finally snapped.

This is what "Outdoors" looks like ... ... you lot should try it. I love sci-fi but the Matrix was utter gash. It started well enough, but got increasingly more stupid as it went along. I think the movie is a prime example of what happens when writers and production team get a hold of new cinematic technology ... and benzedrine. A stampede of special effects trying desparately to be cool - they tore the arse of the the "bullet time" gimmick. Dark City was far better. That is all.