Ross Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 According to The NME this week & their Topman sponsored pullout.. Aberdeen doesn't exist.Loads of people on other messageboards have been moaning that the recent Sugarcult tour wasn't playing Glasgow / Liverpool / Birmingham and numerous other places on the tour but was playing "Aberdeen..... who the fuck goes to gigs in Aberdeen!"Are we all just wasting our time or should we all email the NME in discust.editor@nme.comIf anyone emails : Go Postal - gopostal@nme.com and gets their letter published then they can have 2 free tickets to any gig they wish at Moshulu.Aberdeen has 2 Unis and a College as well as a Topman.Happy writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew DigiTek Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 How can I write, I'm a ghost I don't Exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilunderscorecooper Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 who gives a shit about the NME anyway?i wouldnt even wipe my arse on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 True...but..How many agents and bands read it and then think... Oh i`ll miss out Aberdeen and just use those 19 places for touring bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 I once sent an abusive e-mail to NME cos in a review they said that "like rain and irritable vowel movements the Needles come from Aberdeen". That pissed me off. They didn't print it though, unsuprisingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 this is the same pile of wank that's editor once said there were no decent bands in scotland, and he wouldn't feature any band from there. A year later Franz Ferdinand have come along and they can't get enough bands from glasgow to stick in their shit encrusted rag. Fuck em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Please send your emails to the NME....addresses above..If 20 letters from Aberdeen's gig goers get published then you`ll all get free tickets.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 just posted a letter. nothing better to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allstardawn Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 what do the NME know?nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onlynik Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 I'll get on to it tomorrow, once I get a copy of the NME and photocopy it. Not paying to read that shit. Any way maybe a certain venue could write in disgust saying that they have recently started taking bookings for larger bands maybe offer the Editor to come and visit see what its all about. May also mention that Aberdeen has one of the best local music scenes in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 i think its just another example of how woefully out of touch with things the NME are. I've seen the editor conor mcnicholas on TV and he looks like a wet behind the ears arsewipe just out of journalism school. Whilst no serious music fan takes the NME seriously these days it does, as Ross says have an influence on out of town promoters/bands etc. considoring how hard some folk in Aberdeen work to get out of town bands like sugarcult up to the North East, they should get their facts right before printing stuff like that. i havent actually seen it yet cos for me sins i still buy it every week (out of habit more than anything else) but it doesnt seem to reach Derry till thursdays. thing is even if they do print a letter of protest you'll just get some snidy sarcastic reply. the standard of journalism in the paper has steadily gone downhill mainly since the competition ceased to exist as they have a virtual monopoly on the market (kerrang i suppose could be classed as competition at a push). about a year ago i sent in a letter of disgust about a peice they did on coldplay, saying they were the most important band of the last 20 years, a peice which dismissed and openly criticised the likes of radiohead, blur, oasis and other influential bands. like or hate those bands they've all made many more albums than coldplay and have been around a lot longer. even though my letter didnt get printed, many others agreed with me as they did publish a selection of thoughts about the article.but yeah fuck em, the NME is only interested in bands that sell papers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnathan Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 email sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killamangiro Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 ask yourself why wasnt aberdeen mentioned, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmaxwell Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 why werent aberdeen mentioned??----->>> www.ordancesurvey.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaya Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 same(fucking minimal characters) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I like Aberdeen i see nothing wrong with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 why werent aberdeen mentioned??----->>> www.ordancesurvey.comthat's impressive!!!they bought the domain that your typo creates and redirect you to the correct site!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnathan Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 hey thats really cool. you miss out one of the letters and it still takes you to right place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmaxwell Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 i thought so toovery impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydoll Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 According to The NME this week & their Topman sponsored pullout.. Aberdeen doesn't exist.As soon as you read that bit it's almost guaranteed to be ROT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I think it's great that the N.M.E ignore Aberdeen, this means that the music scene can thrive in splendid isolation and one day when people realise that Aberdeen is more exciting than Glasgow, when Aberdeen bands that are selling shelves of records and ploughing up and down the country gaining large underground fan-bases they can start a campaign to abolish the N.M.E and lobby parliament to pass a bill that makes shit music press illegal. John Peel will have been living in Aberdeen for the previous five years up until the 'N.M.E is the enemy' act has been passed in say 2050. Well, c'mon we can all dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didz Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 The only Scotland date Pink Grease played this tour was Aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 I don't read the NME, but I sent this for you :Fuck me, here we go again, a victim of Geography ? Or peoples fucking laziness ?"who the fuck goes to gigs in Aberdeen"Err, all the Aberdonians who can always fucking afford to go to "the one and only Scottish Date" (in Fucking Glasgow, 140 miles from here) because, A lazy fucking band can't be arsed travelling to "the Deen".When I become famous (ho ho), I am going to play 100 Shows in Scotland, and one in England (hmmNewcastle) and see how the FEBs like it.Phil "le peep" thompson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 nah you should just play Derry and forget about England! And Letterkenny just of the border in the Republic (incidently le peep how's about another sneaky peaky - nudge nudge wink wink say no more)hey i bought the NME today and cant find the offending peice, can someone point me in the right direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 It was a pullout booklet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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