Hello y'all. Radiohead were in fine form last night at Malahide Castle. The support, Bat For Lashes, were brilliant too. A nice touch happened about fifteen...
1.following on from a discussion of what "Cool" is.... wikipedia, the best goddam blasted bleedin thing on the internet has a definition of it....
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heathert.long@...
Jun 11, 2008 3:44 am
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Thanks for the Ashley Pomeroy link! I'm working through his writings. This one is great - http://www.everything2.com/node/1788497 "Cool" is an interesting...
It made me smile too. I just love Andy Kaufman. I like the name Andrew. Here's another favourite Andrew of mine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfYkJA_g8g ...
"this month's "cool" is tomorrows "tasteless"," i disagree. "cool" is "cool" forever. this is to do with perception. we tend to PERCEIVE subjectively, but...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 11, 2008 11:46 pm
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... Ah, right, so we're talking about what others describe as "the X factor", in this case we're describing it as "cool". We're not talking about "fashion" as...
"Yes, we can watch endless hours of footage with Steve McQueen, Prince, Dirk Bogarde or whoever and parrot their demeanour, but that will not make you as...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 13, 2008 2:58 am
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... Bob Dylan recorded "Highway 61 Revisited" knowing he was doing something good, even though the dickhead-farties were yelling "Judas" at him. The operative...
"It still comes around to a question of, what is the "IT" which makes a certain person *Know* rather than *Think* they *Know*?" i think that we DO know. we try...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 14, 2008 10:15 am
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... More than likely, although there are actually a few people I know of who do make me doubt the above statement. Iris Robinson is one of them. The old man...
those people arent full of shit though. theyre just wrong. Iris Robinson isnt a fake. shes a genuine bigot. full of shit would be holding the views that she...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 15, 2008 12:42 pm
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... Iris: I don't know about that. Middle Class Ulster Protestant Fundamentalist Christians are sexual animals like the rest of humanity, yet they tend to hide...
"I think she could apply more thought to what she's saying. She is the 'First Lady' after all," so she should act insincere because we expect our politicians...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 16, 2008 8:26 am
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surely this is the thing that we DONT like about politicians- the double speak, the insincerity, the ability to cover up what they really think in order to...
I've been slowly recouperating from my Bowie obsession, which was good while it lasted (over 5 years) but it's time for a change. Time for one of my warm-down,...
I had a similar experience at an R.E.M. gig in Marlay Park. Just as the chorus to "I'll take the Rain" kicked in, a really very fine shower washed over us....
cant watch "Have i got News" anymore. it was funny years ago but NOW?.............the thing is, the media has now trivialised everything to such an extent that...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 17, 2008 4:38 pm
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"I've been slowly recouperating from my Bowie obsession, which was good while it lasted (over 5 years) but it's time for a change. " mine lasted about 5 years...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 17, 2008 4:49 pm
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did the rain put out the lighter you were holding aloft for the powerful emotionally bonding performance of "Everybody Hurts"? ... From: Chris McEvoy To:...
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heathert.long@...
Jun 17, 2008 4:52 pm
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I really like Gabriel's 4th album. I remember a really good South Bank Show about him making that album - and the new *miracle* Fairlight sampler. Melvyn and...
They who? It's not Gordon Brown or David Cameron. They couldn't organise a piss up out of a paper bag. Or something. Think I took the mixed metaphor pills. I...
he's a public school educated twat who thinks what he's doing is "Arht". Thanks for clearing that up. I should have known - he IS Phil's mate after all. the...
Nothing that corny. It was just one of those shiver-up-the-spine moments. The song in question is pretty poor, but there was just a great feeling that came...
My musical ears are well fucked up. e.g. I like some of Yes' albums - a lot. And I like 'Barbie Girl' by Aqua. Recently I've been listening to Coil and NON......
I've got time for 'Selling England By The Pound'. I'm well aware that it's hopelessly romantic Tory in attitude, impossibly dismissive of the mass, but...
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