Some People Feel This Angry All The Time

Once a man strolled in, pointed to something behind the counter, and gruffly asked if he could have it for five pounds off. He was wearing tracksuit bottoms, and had one hand absent-mindedly stuffed down the front, playing with his balls, as he studied my face for a response. I politely explained that the price was the price, haggling wasn't an option, and so on. He asked if I wanted to step outside. When I said I didn't, he swore at me, kicked the counter, and stormed out. The entire exchange lasted less than 30 seconds.

J.K.

The Olden Days

In days of old when Knights were bold and toilets werent invented, etc etc

Turkey

Not sure what my reaction is, or even should be, to this news.

J.K.

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Good God I hope that they dont mess Watchmen up like most of the Comic ports so far.. still this screenshot looks pretty damn sweet.. praying.. especially since I've got news that Akira has been given the green light, with a (I'm pretty sure) 30 odd year old Yank playing a 15 year old Japanese Kid...Yes indeed Di Caprio has been rumoured to play my favorite hero and I swear to god if this happens i will pull a stewie griffin on him (Will Ferrell)

1st post

If you've seen this great Gondry here's the Sweded trailer :)

Arse!

A really bad day.

J.K.

Mario

From here (via here)

J.K.

The Moose

J.K.

Imagine this in the wrong hands

Stuart T. is a bollix !

Look at him, swanning around Howth like a bollix thinking Queen of the Damned was a masterpiece. Apparently, after the Irish Premiere of his latest flick Battle of Seattle ,he indulged himself onto his fans with a Q&A and one particular meathead asked him, that with his great civic sensibilities, would he consider running for the leadership of The Green Party. Stuart responded with great pompous whimsy "well if I was the leader I would have stopped the road goin through the Hill of Tara".

The bollix.

Posable Robot Lamp

From here (via here).

J.K.

New Ideas Take Shape

I have started a new blog.

There shall be no writing involved. But only my art. photoshop, doodles, drawings. Anything creative from my own hand. Current affairs and gossip given an artistic spin.

Keep an eye out for new content.

http://malcolmexeter.wordpress.com/

High Stakes English Debate

you can be a real pedanterist sometimes.

but I was just trying to be a correspondentionalist

well thats to be admired I suppose
when we all become monosylaballists, that's when i'll start to worry

Lego Stephen Hawking

Fidel Castro Resigns

Fidel Castro resigned his position as Cuban president today but this was not due to his ailing health, with his brother Raul continuing to run the country this will allow Castro to pursue his first love - music. His first realeases were with RUN-DMC in the late 80's and early 90's, [which included the hits "street street street" and "on my corner". His gritty street style of rap brought him fans across the globe, he will be working on a new solo album and says he has high hopes of a European Tour.

4n1m4t3d wishes you all the best Fidel.

Podcasting (who polices the internet?)

I have been in talks with Aidanovic about a date for our second attempt to start our radioshow for ISM or RedLeeroy or both etc. I have some software installed, and also a mic on route. This should be a piece of cake. My only concern is licensing, although as Mike Skinner would say, I have a "you think I care air" purely because i would feel that playing music over the interplace cant really be policed unless you are a limewire or a Napster. And unless ones popularity grows beyond all expectations then a short sharp warning before any escalations would normally suffice. To avoid immediate deletion from somewhere like Itunes, would hosting be needed? lets just say, all that is sorted about this venture is the presence of beer and our collection of Mp3's.

Roy Scheider RIP

Ade

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Santana

You Decide.

Was trawling around blogs/forums reading about drummers and found some amusing comments, one in particular filled me with distress.

I was just thinking to myself how overrated Led Zepplin is and although John Bonham is really good, Carter Beauford is just better because he has so much more style. But then I realized I don't really know anything about Led Zepplin (I'm not even sure if I'm spelling the name right) and that I base my opinions off of the few times I am forced to listen to that trite garbage, but for anyone who actually knows what they're talking about and isn't completely biased. Is John Bonham really that good? I mean, I know he can do the tripelet bass thing with one pedal but to me its like, big deal. If you used two you would sound better still. All of his drumming sounds to me like Carter's drummer on Everyday (for the most part which is lame).

Now I went onto YouTube and found Carter Beauford, and while saying he is not talented would be idiotic in itself, so say that he produces anything better than Bonham or Baker is laughable anyway. To read responses to this chaps post click here. Also to have a look at Beaufort go here. I had never heard of him before but here he is anyhow.

So then I moved onto Bonham. Moby Dick being his most well know drum solo. Now this is some special stuff, by any standards of rock drumming, Bonham is described by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the perfect model for all hard rock drummers that have followed him High praise indeed. A great video cut with moments from his life can be found right here. His famous drum solo, first entitled "Pat's Delight," then "Moby Dick," would often last for half an hour and regularly featured his use of bare hands to achieve different sound effects. In Led Zeppelin concert tours after 1969, Bonham would expand his basic kit to include congas, orchestral timpani, and a symphonic gong. Bonham is also credited (by the Dallas Times Herald) with the first in-concert use of electronic timpani drum synthesisers (most likely made by Syndrum) during a performance of the song "Kashmir" in Dallas, Texas in 1977. Many modern rappers would later heavily sample his drumming and incorporate it into their compositions, such as the Beastie Boys, who sampled "Moby Dick," "The Ocean," and "When the Levee Breaks."

Ginger Baker was originally on Jimmy Page's wanted list when forming Led Zeppelin, I think he was originally more blues influenced than Bonham, but could play rock and roll drums with amazing skill, as this clip shows.

On my meanderings I did find this, and although I had been loving drumming and its protaganists for years I have never seen anything that impressed me as much as this particular piece of film. Buddy Rich in full flight

This is only scratching the surface of finding the Best Drummer ever, check some of these and delve deeper.

Elvin Jones
Alphonse Mouzon
Max Roach
keith moon
Michael Shrieve

Best Drummer ever? - You decide.