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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Stroller, May 27, 2017.

  1. kiwiqpr

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    Irony of it all had better be in the set
     
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    Vic and Bob are back!
     
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    We went to see Midsommar last night. It's no Wicker Man, but it was damn weird - lots of pagan ritual stuff and the weirdest sex scene I think I've seen in a movie that isn't porn!!

    Some good performances by the cast, and brilliant cinematography (especially when the group are experiencing a trip on some mushrooms....), accompanied by an unusual, but effective, musical score.

    Basic premise - group of American students, each with their own personal baggage, go to Sweden to experience Midsommar celebrations in a commune, and get dragged into some heavy ritual ****.

    It's long, it won't be to everyones taste, but we enjoyed it (we like all the pagan festivals, and have attended a few at the solstices and Beltane and Samhain - nothing like a good fire!!!)
     
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    Earbuds and a gooseberry.
     
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    listening to jeff waynes war of the worlds and have just seen that the beeb have made a new 3 part mini series
    was it any good
     
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    It still hasn't been televised yet, not sure when they're putting it on
     
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    God, aka John Cooper Clarke, doing his Desert Island Discs

    LISTEN NOW
     
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    Superb.
     
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    Watched s2 and still not keen on Eve thing at all
    It’s very poor in fact
    As for the Eve I just think Oldboy the original

    But it’s not as bad as Atomic Blonde there they tried to fit in 2000 records into one movie ... the worse film for ten years imo
     
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    I’m clearly in a minority as he makes me reach for the remote.
     
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    Finally finished season one of Killing Eve. Thought the first 4-5 episodes were quite entertaining. As Stan said, it worked because it didn’t take itself seriously. But, for me, it slowly but surely started to become ridiculous. Episode 8 where Eve and Astonvillla (or whatever she’s called) are lying on the bed and getting all lezzy with each other, before Eve stabs her, but then chooses to help her, but finds she’s then ****ed off was a load of bollocks.
     
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    I agree. So much so that I haven't bothered with season 2
     
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    It’s a common trend especially with this Hyped BBC drama bollocks ... it’s getting worse

    They are so out of touch and scope imo

    Drama on the BBC now means something else imo. Really good series are balanced so well that you are drawn in and it’s a natural process

    From previews of sport to their programs they have lost the plot imo ... I believe they are trying too hard to be diverse.... Street Rap works once in awhile as a soundtrack no doubt but the BBC are using it all the time even on netball

    As for MOTD that **** Mark someone who asks the most obvious and useless questions in a style that is serious fluff . They are ruining football
     
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    On holiday and have binge re-watched The Thick of It. So many wonderful Tuckerisms. “I’m going to tear my eyelids off, screw them up into little balls and stuff them in my ears, just so I don’t have to listen to you”. Peter Capaldi is truly brilliant in his venomous role. Well worth a revisit.
     
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    Saw him on Saturday - superb
     
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    fantastic night out

    The Streets bring dancefloor bangers to Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre

    Marcus Stickley08:27, Jul 24 2019
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      MARCUS STICKLEY
      Mike Skinner, aka The Streets, in the crowd at the Michael Fowler Centre.
      The Streets, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington July 23. Reviewed by Marcus Stickley.
      Mike Skinner's debut as The Streets, Original Pirate Material, was an album that felt like a soundtrack to my life when it dropped in 2002. It was a bedroom warm-up for a night out and a headphone listen for getting through a week of lectures and work.
      Skinner, a young geezer from Birmingham, spat sharp rhymes about addled minds and good times. The songs were like stories you might share with your mates hung over on a Sunday.
      A couple years later, he released A Grand Don't Come For Free, which was a bit more slick and even more clever; a concept album about not being able to catch a break. It was another great listen.
      Then, other than a few big singles ('When You Wasn't Famous', 'Everything is Borrowed'), I lost track of him for a while. It turned out he had chronic fatigue syndrome. After five albums he called time out on The Streets, and did a bit of DJing and film directing.
      Now Skinner has brought The Streets back, appearing in Wellington off the back of playing Australian festival Splendour in the Grass. It was the last night of his tour.
      The Michael Fowler Centre, home of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, seemed like a very grown-up venue for the gig. From Leeds to Sydney to Auckland, there had been moshpits and crowd surfing since The Streets returned last year.
      But last night a barrier set up at the front of the stage was getting in the way. Skinner thrived off being able to interact with the audience, whether it was a bit of back-and-forth banter or being in the middle of the crowd as he rapped over another banger.
      And there are plenty of them, from 'Has it Come to This' to 'Going Through Hell', 'Let's Push Things Forward' to 'Weak Become Heroes', one after another, with a few words thrown in between songs about changing lives with smiles and 1999 versus 2019.
      Proving even at 40 years old he was still up for getting rowdy, he sprayed the crowd gathered beyong the barrier (and the photographer in front of it) with champagne.
      Crowd surfing did happen, once he figured out how to cross from the stage into the arms of his fans, and everyone went wild. It was enough to forget the show was in the city's great concert hall, where performances usually involve a polite intermission and not singalongs.
      'Dry Your Eyes' had everyone who wasn't recording the moment on their phones in chorus with Skinner. It was a song that must have carried meaning for anyone who'd been through a break-up about the time they first heard it.
      Skinner was sure to make the most of the last moments of his tour. After delivering 'Fit But You Know It', one last banger for the fans, he counted "one, two, three, four" and launched himself into the crowd. He was carried halfway to the back of the room then returned to the stage.
      One last burst of energy from the crowd to carry him home.
     
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    Whilst suffering in the throes of the comedown from festivalling at the weekend (more about that another time....) watched this great documentary on BBC Scotland last night.....

    Proclaimers: This is the Story: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08w51r4 via @bbciplayer

    "In 1987, two brothers from Auctermuchty in Fife released an album called This Is the Story. Featuring songs such as Letter from America, the album propelled The Proclaimers and the Scottish accent into the charts.

    Superfan David Tennant talks to Craig and Charlie Reid about 30 years in the business which has taken them from playing small pubs and clubs across Scotland to become one of the nation's most iconic bands."

    Sure some of you know this, but some great insights into the political machinations of their writing, especially Letter From America and Cap in Hand.

    They are a great band to see live, have seen them a few times at T in the Park where the crowd go mental, and once at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, a bit more refined crowd, but still a blast!
     
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    As a part time Hibbie Sunshine on Leith is close to my heart, and this is surely its finest ever rendition, makes the hairs on your arms stand up. The Reid’s can be justifiably proud of their contribution.

    Mind you, I also like this
     
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