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Cambridge manager on the red card…
at 22:31 18 Oct 2022

I heard the interview on the drive home. It was absolutely genuine.
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Friday Music Thread: Covers
at 20:04 21 Aug 2022

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Anyone here superstitious?
at 13:13 7 Aug 2022

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New Music Recommendations Thread
at 12:21 9 Oct 2021

New JOHN album will appeal if you liked the previous albums. Not quite grabbed me but I expect they'll be immense live.

Witch Fever are my discovery of the year so far - saw them supporting Bob Vylan. Doomy thrashy fem punk:



Basically, go see Bob Vylan. The other support was Zand, who I also love. Hard to describe. Angry Enbie Billie Eilish?

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TWTD 'The Expanse' massive......
at 12:14 9 Oct 2021

I'm eagerly awaiting the final book but haven't tried out the novellas. Which would you recommend to read before the last book comes out.

I'm tempted by The Churn but I already imagine Amos' back story as pretty grim, so not sure a book would go as bleak as the bits I've already filled in in my head.
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Nirvana - Nevermind is 30 (thirty) today
at 13:11 25 Sep 2021

Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger came out a few weeks later too, and the first Alice in Chains album in August. There's always a bit of bias for stuff you liked when you were 18 as it's a fun age that I remember (mostly) fondly, but that's a simply amazing collection of albums released within weeks of each other.

I'm revisiting Pretty On The Inside which also came out a few weeks before as I've got tickets to an exhibition next weekend that Courtney is doing to commemorate 30 years of. I loved Riot Grrrl but wrote it off at the time as an inferior copy of Babes In Toyland's Spanking Machine. If I'm honest I still think that's true, but now don't see that as a bad thing. Certainly Hole went on to make 2 amazing albums, and some of the signs were there on the debut.
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When the apocalypse eventually comes....
at 12:45 25 Sep 2021

Conversely, one of my team lives with his parents and his mum is a bit of a compulsive hoarder type. They've always had a garage full of tinned food and household essentials 'just in case'.

She has apparently been unbearably smug for most of the last 2 years.
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Football themed Friday music thread
at 11:07 11 Jun 2021

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Apparently today is International Masturbation Day.
at 18:40 28 May 2021

The doctor said I should do it whenever I like. I think his exact words were - you could have a stroke at any time.

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What would the 'Ideal' ITFC signing need to be?
at 18:22 23 May 2021

I've not been around much in recent years - do people still get agitated about cyclists?
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Is modern top level football a bit boring?
at 18:09 15 May 2021

Never mind that. Is Jermaine Jenas wearing a cardigan under his jacket?

These are the important questions.
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Seeing that I am a modern man - Friday Tunes female version?
at 22:43 6 May 2021

Watch the documentary her daughter made if you haven't already. It's a great watch.

Not sure how we made it 8 pages in without St Vincent putting in an appearance. In years to come she'll be mentioned in the same breath as Bowie.



Also, have some bonus queer feminist punk from the last few years. So much good music around at the moment.





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Worst Celebrity Football Fans
at 11:47 11 Mar 2021

Ah, it has been a while since I read it.

The only thing that could possibly improve it is actual slow motion footage of the Neil Ruddock tackle with a close up of Lovejoy's face at the end.
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I think this is worthy of a music thread
at 11:51 8 Mar 2021

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TWTD's cycling massive
at 13:35 18 Apr 2020

This is about right.

Similar advice for cleats/clipless - if in doubt build up speed with one leg, either pedalling full circles or just pushing down then backpedalling to the top (which you can do with one foot in straps/clips), before trying to sort out your other leg. the bike will be more stable at speed. It does get easier with practice, and you're not really a proper cyclist until you've fallen over at some traffic lights having forgotten to unclip as you come to a stop.

I've been riding spd-sl for years and still have the odd hiccup when I can't clip in properly. Generally speaking it's not a problem, but if I'm in a slightly risky position, like pulling off from traffic lights with cars behind I'll still get up speed before trying to clip my left foot in. Don't really want to be wobbling about when someone is overtaking you.

It's too easy to overthink cycling - best advice is to get out there and enjoy it. Unless you're training to compete or doing huge events no-one ever got less fit by just riding more. If you want to get fitter without riding more, push harder on the pedals (and maybe go up and down decent hills that take several minutes to climb).
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Artists / Bands that are obviously / probably good but you can't get into them
at 20:01 14 Apr 2020

FFS, this is classic TWTD.

I return after a year or two off with crappy family circumstances and dodgy mental health and the first post I read is your latest 'Despatches ...' which made me well up with just how decent people can be, and here we are, half a dozen posts later shouting at the laptop because PEOPLE ARE WRONG ON THE INTERNET!!!!

Megadeth have probably been patchier over the years, and Mustaine is never going to be a singer, but when they're good they bloody soar. One of my favourite live acts, and I've seen a lot of live acts.

Ahem.

*deep breaths*

Anyway, Dylan. Seen him play. Awful. I'm told you need to see around half a dozen Dylan gigs to get one of the transcendent ones that makes it all worthwhile. Life's to short.
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Metal heads Netflix Lemmy
at 16:21 9 Feb 2020

It's a great watch, as is this ... Henry Rollins on Lemmy

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TWTD metal heads.
at 15:58 17 Oct 2019

Shouty, loud and angry? Have some Pig Destroyer.


Also, new single from Dream Nails. Not metal, but still shouty, loud and angry, and you need it in your life.
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Sound City Ipswich tomorrow - SOLD OUT
at 22:18 3 Oct 2019

Already booked for Indie Daze when I heard about it, but it really is a fantastic lineup.
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What are you reading thread?
at 23:10 24 Sep 2019

Just waiting for the price to drop on the last one before buying it. Watched the tv version, and while initially I didn't think any of the characters were as I imagined them, it really grew on me.

Just finishing Rosewood, which I'd recommend if you like sci-fi. Won the last Arthur C Clarke award.

Next up is Fatherland.
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