Watercooler 0: Nothing Is A Problem For Me

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When I was a kid at school, one of the other kids' dads had a big model rail layout in his attic, with amazingly detailed, realistic scenery. In one corner he'd made a little river out of clear resin, with a little school of fish, made out of tiny slivers of wood, I presume, dipped in silver paint. around a bend in the river from the school of fish was a little model angler, sitting in a dejected pose. When I was a kid I thought it was dorky and a bit embarrasing, but now I think it's really funny and cool, and it makes me wonder what other similar things he'd made that I missed at the time.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 10:54 (seventeen years ago) link

From my own personal experience the people my age tend to have had a goth phase if they didn't have a metal phase. Those a bit older it's definitely a punk or prog phase if its not the 70s hard rock.
(excluding the people who prefer chart music - ie the majority of people)
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pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 10:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I saw hanoi rocks on all of their uk tours, the second one was the best, they were absolutely rocking, the forth one, w/johnny thunders supporting, they had got as bit slack, johnny thunders band absolutley blew them off stage. I still like "bankok shocks..." the rest of it, not so much.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 10:57 (seventeen years ago) link

The 1st album is my fave too. My least fave is the one everyone raves about(the last album),still good though, I just prefer them when they were raw.

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 10:59 (seventeen years ago) link

HA HA HA HA HA, yes, I had a Goff phase. Some might say it never ended.

Lookit what I just saw advertised:

http://myspace-115.vo.llnwd.net/01062/51/12/1062212115_l.jpg

ED!!! Someone nicked our prog and psych night idea!

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 10:59 (seventeen years ago) link

That's all psych! I don't see much in the way of prog there at all!

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, Soft Machine and Pink Floyd definitely straddle the pysch/prog line. I think I saw Hawkwind in there, too, but maybe it was wishful thinking.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:02 (seventeen years ago) link

on that subject (the "p" word), I flipped thru a copy of "Classic Rock" in Tesco's the other day, and they had reprinted an old interview w/joe strummer where he was waxing lyrical about how awesome king crimson were! wtf.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Why have Soft Machine, 13th floor elevators and Misunderstood got asterixes? hmmm

xpost didn't J.Lydon say much the same thing recently?

M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I bought "Red Queen to Gryphon Three" in to-bay, btw if anyone's interested. It'l like that "Bouree" track of the 2nd circulus album, except there's a whole album of it, and their keyboard player has better taste in moog noises.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm looking at analogue solutions (uk modular synth manufacturer) website in another browser tab, and it's condensed the url yo "http://www.anal...solutions.com". Ha ha ha ha ha ha. God.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Ha ha ha ha ha, indeed. :-)

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I think lydon said the same thing years ago, except w/him it was hawkwind and peter hammill.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Ooh, I've never been to Pendon. I, also, wish I had room, time and money enough for a model railway; I've got as far as joining the Scalefour Society

I know you don't like it when we don't stereotype you ..

Hey, for all you know, they might *not* have been pervs!

Ok, they were.

There wasn't anything interesting and salvagable in the crap they were throwing out and/or sending to charity, though - they offered me a pair of cheap wrist cuffs whose D-rings had snapped off, but I've given up on rescuing other people's broken crap for the moment. I always take things in thinking "ooh, I can do something with that", and it just sits around gathering dust. I did rescue a length of lightweight chain they didn't want - it's not great, because its links are a bit weird in style, but I need more. In fact, I really should go out some time, talk to a locksmith, and get a set of maybe 10 small same-keyed padlocks. I can't imagine ever needing to use that many at once, but the largest same-keyed sets I've seen in DIY stores have 3 in, which isn't enough for non-immobilising positions.

Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link

That night looks like my kinda thing! I can't go :(

FP how much do people spend on kitting out a serviceable dungeon with all modern conveniences?

beanz-ii (beanz), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:15 (seventeen years ago) link

The watercooler has gone pervy and it's not because of Kate this time.

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm very tempted to go... if I can find someone to go with me. I've been kind of rubbish about going to clubs and/or gigs on mine own lately.

It does look very good. Though I'm never quite sure with 60s psych clubs. I can't stand purism. The thing that's great about Sonic Cathedrals is, even though it's a "Shoegazer Club" is that it will play music of all ages, if it's kinda psychedelic and textural - they'll happily play Chapterhouse and then play The Pink Floyd then Jonathan Richman then Neu! then dub reggae.

While 60s clubs tend to be very IF IT WAS RECORDED AFTER 1969 WE'RE NOT HAVING IT!!! even though a lot of what I would think of as total 60s psych wasn't recorded until 1972 or whenever.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:22 (seventeen years ago) link

ihttp://theheadsrock.com/croftgig.jpg

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Kate have you found anyone to go see Sunn o))) with you?

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:29 (seventeen years ago) link

No, but I'm positive that at least half the Plan B crew will be there anyway.

I'd love to go to that Heads gig, but I just swing it.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:32 (seventeen years ago) link

FP how much do people spend on kitting out a serviceable dungeon with all modern conveniences?

If you start buying furniture and everything, you can spend thousands. The average perv who's been around for a few years will have a few hundred quid's worth of toys and clothes, more if they're into a particular clothing fetish.

Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 31 August 2006 11:52 (seventeen years ago) link

GODMOTHERFUCKINGDAMN!!!

::kicks something::

And I can't even rant about it here because I'll get shouted at. Grrrrrrrrr.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 12:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Who's going to shout at you?? I won't! Rant away!

C J (C J), Thursday, 31 August 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link

No, you won't. But all kinds of people who have decided to take it upon themselves to speak for other people - oh yeah, and possibly even those other people, too, would shout at me.

So just never mind.

::kicks something::

I've got to try and finish this bloody report before the end of the week.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 12:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, day, why won't you go faster?

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link

otm :(

Listening to the tracks on your own myspace page @ the moment.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm listening to Neu! 75. I had forgotten how pretty this album is!

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link

"Hung with Joy" is the best one. I liked the gnarly wah-wah on the blog one.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks! Hung With Joy remains, to this day, my favourite thing I've ever recorded. Wish I could remember how I did it... but I was on drugz at the time. Heh.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I usually check all the music when we get a friend request from a band, I'm always pleasantly surprised at how much of it I do like a lot.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish I could be so assiduous, but the sound on MySpace doesn't work on my 'puter. So I kinda have to go by what they look like. Shallow, huh?

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, day, why won't you go faster?

Cos the timezone thing on faux-ilx isn't live, seemingly

beanz-ii (beanz), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Ha! not really, or if it is, so is everyone else. The proportion of bands who have hott goth chixx at the top of their "friend" list against those who don't is high.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link

eesh, x-post, of course.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Do you decline requests tho?

beanz-ii (beanz), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Very rarely on the Shimura Curves account - unless it's some totally tasteless tacky thing with nekkid womens all over it.

I usually decline random requests on my personal account unless I actually know them (or if they have people I know listed in their top eight), or unless their space looks particularly cool. i.e. hott dirty dronerock boys I will always accept friendships from.

Not that I get many of those, mind you. :-(

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I haven't yet. The one time I nearly did, it was from some goth band who were obviously trying to get as many "friends" on their list as possible. I listened to their first track, and the lyrics started off "down in the deep dark dungeon of my soul", so obviously had to add them for that. It paid off when I got into an agrument with the singer on analogue heaven (pure coincidence! I recognised the guy's email address - his band name and remembered it) when he was running down prog-rock lyrics, heh.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link

That's good and synchronous, hah

I don't think being shallow is necessarily a bad thing anyway.

I ain't got no last fm friends - should ask around really.

beanz-ii (beanz), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought there was supposed to be a box saying WOULD LIKE TO MEET but I never seemed to find it. I should put in WOULD LIKE TO MEET DIRTY DRONEROCK BOYS!!! and see if any friend me.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link

God DAMN!!!

I've been working on this payaway report all day, trying to get the rolling cumulative totals to add up right. And this conslutant keeps PESTERING me to make this minor change on his case. Less than half an hour before he sent the second request.

Like... DUDE!!! I am the head of MI for a large company of several hundred people. I clearly have NOTHING better to do with my time than change your errors.

Bah.

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:21 (seventeen years ago) link

and the lyrics started off "down in the deep dark dungeon of my soul",

.....Nah i can't do that to FP twice in one day.

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link

He can take it, I'm sure.

beanz-ii (beanz), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link

It depends how much lu... no, sorry, that's too bad even for me ;-)

Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

lunch?

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I ain't got no last fm friends - should ask around really.

I'll be your last fm friend!

Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!!

::sticks fingers in ears and thinks of Benjamin::

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/mel_face/earring.jpg

LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAA LA LA LA LA LAAAAA LA LA!

masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Yay! Cheers
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beanz-ii (beanz), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link

add me http://www.last.fm/user/trailofgybe/

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Here we go loobi-lu

andypandy (Mark Grout), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Who is going to be mother?

pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link


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