Paul Kersey
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On 14/09/2022 at 15:24, Detournement said:
Sorcerer
All I knew about this was it stars Rod Steiger and is directed by William Friedkin. A very long opening sets up very interesting back stories for the four main characters which is a complete waste of time as it ends up just being about driving lorries through the jungle. Underwhelming but the Tangerine Dream electro soundtrack is class.
I enjoyed it. One of the films where not much happens but it's strangely compelling.
On 14/09/2022 at 15:33, BFTD said:I remember some film critic claiming that this was the greatest film of all time. Still haven't seen it.
Not sure if Mark Kermode is still banging on about The Exorcist being the best. William Friedkin seems to have a very strange effect on some people; the first one of his films I ever saw was The Guardian, and I think it made me immune to his charms.
Friedkin made Cruising and To Live and Die in LA.
Two of my all time favourites.
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23 hours ago, Harry Kinnear said:
Just booked The Dead Kennedys at La Belle Angel next May, only have The Cure in December so felt the need to start getting stuff booked for 2023.
Seen them twice in bigger venues so will be good to see them in La Belle which is a venue I like.
Have you seen the original line up, or just the post-Jello version?
I'd be interested to know if the current line up is any good.
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A politically charged choon from 1985
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I dug out a couple of classic reggae albums this afternoon...
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution.
1978 album by the brummie reggae act. Fecking excellent.
The Congos - The Heart of the Congos.
Lee "Scratch" Perry produced this dub reggae classic. Some of the sweetest sounds ever.
Both of these albums are a solid 10 out of 10.
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5 minutes ago, Wile E Coyote said:
Yes
5 minutes ago, jagfox said:Yes, yes it is! Could explain the funny gait right enough?
2 minutes ago, SweeperDee said:
As long as there is no love involved.2 minutes ago, bobbykdy said:Yep, you absolute wrong un. I was astounded the other week to discover she was still in her 40s. Had her at least 55.
I'll hang my head in shame...
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20 minutes ago, jagfox said:
Is it wrong to think that Liz Truss is a total wid?
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Pleasing to see that the Dundee Stars and the Fife Flyers are able to overcome their grief and get on with things.
Why the f**k can't our football teams do the same?
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8 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:
I know a guy who supported Rangers as his dad did. Then Larsson come along and he supported Celtic because his best mate did.
I know a guy who claims that he supports Rangers because his uncle is a Celtic fan and he wanted to wind him up.
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I was speaking to some bloke in a pub in Dundee the other day who claimed to be a Chelsea fan.
His excuse is that his dad is a Dundee United fan and United have The Shed. When he heard that Chelsea also have an area of their ground called The Shed he started supporting them.
What is the most feeble excuse that you have ever heard from a gloryhunter?
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Top quality, as you'd expect a Bavarian beer to be.
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Travelled alone many times.
I've been to Japan, Israel, Ukraine, Switzerland and a few other places. I never would have visited them if I'd sat around waiting for other people.
Imagine growing old and wishing that you'd been to Japan but never did because nobody else would go with you. Now that would be fucking sad.
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Motörhead - Motörhead
Bush Tetras - Motörhead
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On 18/08/2022 at 19:14, Luddite said:
Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
Historical novel, I guess "sweeping" would be the adjective used in book reviews.
A 70 yr old veteran of WW1 finds himself walking 60miles to Rome with an illiterate young factory worker. He tells the young man his life story which swings between comedic and tragic repeatedly, filled with characters that will stay with you forever. Beautiful dialogue and prose.
10/10....just finished my fourth reading, it is that fucking good. Best fiction book I've ever read. Various big name actors and directors have been trying to get this onto cinema screens / HBO for about 20 years.
I read that around 10 or 12 years ago. I loved the chapter where has to spend a month alone in a lookout post high in the Alps, surrounded by hostile Austro-Hungarians...
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Not sure if this counts. Some of Funkadelic's early stuff was pretty heavy before they moved into a more soulful sound.
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La Haine
A day in the life of three French neds as they face up to police brutality and racial harassment in the wake of a riot in their Paris housing scheme.
An excellent film. Stylish, with a great soundtrack but also hard hitting.
10/10
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1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:
True. If they hadn't made a daft hit single that became so successful then the rest of their career doesn't happen.
Their first album, while good, borrowed heavily from other acts such as Run DMC. Paul's Boutique is were they started showing what they were really capable of.
They were very talented and have such a diverse discography. I wish I had got to see them live.
I only saw them live once, at TITP 1998. It should have been a good set, but I was knee deep in mud, soaked to the bone and freezing cold so I didn't really enjoy it as much as I should have.
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I was in Belgium on holiday last week. Flying back yesterday I noticed Rocky Bishiri was on the plane with his leg in one of those plastic stookies.
Looks like he'll be out of action for a while.
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On 31/08/2022 at 18:13, Girth said:
Even my hometown Hereford (where I live now) is too expensive to live solo!
What colour is the boat house?
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Just a couple of months away from the end of the decade...
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Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
I'm not the biggest fan of the Beasties, but this good. Easily their best work. Much better than that Fight For You Right To Party pish that they slavered over us a few years earlier.
This album still sounds fresh. It's hard to believe that it's 33 years old. Heck, there are adults out there today with kids and mortgages who hadn't even been conceived when this album was released.
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13 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:
Stockholm. Full of alkies cutting about in sub zero temperatures.
Sounds like Fraserburgh.
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10 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:
Coastal Croatia is nowhere near the deal it was ten, twenty years ago. You'd be as well going to Calabria. Slovenia remains underrated. Lithuania > Latvia as Mr Bairn Cymry stated.
In general second tier cities are better value than first tier. e.g. Berlin overrated, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hanover underrated.
Any Italian city of 10-30,000 population will be better than the regional capitals. No country in Europe has done a better job of protecting historic city centres and most of these diddy towns are at least 500 years old (my diddy town was a good 1,000 years older than the regional capital).
Nordic countries are massively overrated, except perhaps Norway. The media frenzy over Denmark about seven years ago was inexplicable.The only Nordic destination that I've visited was Oslo. It was clean and civilised but expensive as f**k and a tad boring. Up there with Zurich as the most expensive and boring city in the universe.
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Sex dolls are great.
I occasionally turn mine inside out whenever I feel like living out my prison bitch fantasies.
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Just booked a ticket to see The Cure at the Mercedes Benz arena in Berlin in October.
It's always a risk seeing aging bands. Some still have it, others are just like somebody's drunk uncle singing karaoke. I hope Smith puts on a good show.
Still, spending a few hours in the company of thousands of German Goths should be interesting.
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What Are You Drinking ?
in The General Nonsense Forum
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Cooncil Joose IPA from Dundee's Law Brewery
Not bad, it's made with grape juice and has a similar taste to a tonic wine.