UK Watercooler Fifteen: Men On A Dead Man's Chest

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It is time.

No f**tb*ll, no B*g Br*th*r, Kate is Queen, and spacerock for all, to infinity and beyond!

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, poo, spelling error in the title, there.

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

You killed that because I was whoring myself, didn't you?

― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

No, because it was over 1100 posts long, and I read Andrew's description of how much it killed the server to repeatedly have to load 1000-post theads.

Were you whoring yourself, my dear? Carry on!

(And any Mod who would care to change that from Men's to Man's, we would be eternally obliged.)

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:57 (nineteen years ago)

I would just like to say that I've had a great thread title idea for the *next* thread, when we get around to it in a couple of weeks or so.

Just checking today's website traffic, I spotted incoming links from a site I didn't recognise: a message board for paganism in East Yorkshire. Looking, at it, someone who apparently knows me has started a thread to advertise my blog! "Made a new friend on another circuit," it says - hmm, I wonder what circuit they mean *cough* - "and just discovered he's pagan too. Some good insights on our philosophy mixed in" [on his blog]. It's all very nice, but I did wonder if they'd cut and pasted the wrong address.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

OK, FP, you can start 16. There were just such great things for 13, 14 and 15 that I couldnt' not use them.

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

Were you whoring yourself, my dear? Carry on!

No, once was bad enough I think (actually I've done it twice today already--terrible form).

― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh yeah I like this title.

*Are* you a pagan FP?

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

i haven't had a cookie for months.

― teh_kit haev been evicted, oh noes! (g-kit), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:05 (nineteen years ago)

Well, not exactly. I mean, I've never been to any moots or anything. Paganism is the religion I would probably belong to if I belonged to a religion.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

Thank you, kind sir Pash.

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

I was speaking of AECOMI2, of course, whose ending sounds like Free Bird re-recorded in the 24th century... :-D

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

I'd actually love to hear TSM do a cover of Freebird - for the precise reason that it would probably sound like AECOMI. Heh. Except much, muuuuuch, muuuuuuuuuuuch longer and heavier and wilder.

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

A quickly loading thread! A joy!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

They have that ability (like Medicine used to have on songs like "Candy Candy") to start a song so conventionally that you're not entirely sure why you're listening to such college rock - and then slowly pile on the psychedelia until it's the most mind-blowing thing you've ever heard, and you're not sure how you ever lived without it.

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

Or, in the case of The Road Leads Where It's Lead, start the song like a bizarre avant-garde noise experiment then magically transform it into a brilliant college rock single. :P

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

Bugger, the last.fm importer is broken.

― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

reverse the polarity, that'll fix it.

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Try the Sonic Screwdriver, TISSP!

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

I read that as 'the last fm importer is broken'.

The last action hero is dead...

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

HYDROSPANNERS

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

Ahh hello everyone. I'm just home. I replied to your email Kate.

I'll reply to arhcel here then

So can you still sort of use last.fm if you don't have any mp3s? Would there be any point?

You can listen to radio. IF you actually subscribe £1.50 a month you can choose what stations you want. The more tracks played you have(radio plays count) will then give you a created profile(used to be 300 tracks but might be less now) Once you have that done you have enough tracks to play the personal radio suited to your tastes. Or you can listen to tag radio. ie drone rock radio, metal radio, twee radio, forest pines radio if he tags stuff that in other words. ANYTHING.

If you don't want to subscribe you can simply listen to neighbours or friends radio (mine is awesome naturally) .

Read up on the site about it http://www.last.fm/listen/

more massive xposts. and the post is probably useless now but what the hell.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

> They were better when they had nuts instead of raisins - then there was only one rubbish one.

they had nuts AND raisins back when i was in school. (although peanuts not technically nuts don'tcha know...). and coconut.

― Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm half my post vanished. Heres the rest.

Read up on the site about it http://www.last.fm/listen/ tag radio or http://www.last.fm/explore/

To listen to someones radio go to their homepage
for example http://www.last.fm/user/trailofgybe/ and click the listen to trailofgybes radio.

Or on your own page you will have i think neighbours radio(if you have radio) if you dont have neighbours yet go to that tag radio OR do a search for a band
ie Spacemen 3 and on their page click the listen to bands similar to spacemen 3.
(beware some people tag badly or for a laugh ie Britney spears - metal) but you can skip or ban tracks you don't like.
If you don't want to subscribe

As I said if you subscribe you get more benefits. And also when subscribing you can see who visits your page (FP would love that) and loads of others explained here - http://www.last.fm/subscribe/

also as ever read
http://www.last.fm/help/faq/

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

Kate could find LOADS of stations but unfortunately she can't download the player.
But theres something for everyone.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

Damn poxy fule!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 11 August 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone around today then?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:00 (nineteen years ago)

yes, me!

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:00 (nineteen years ago)

Hello!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:25 (nineteen years ago)

Hello! I was wondering earlier about your real identity actually, Brigadier!

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:28 (nineteen years ago)

My name is my log in name.

btw everyone 2 more members needed in the last fm watercooler group to get group charts!
Onimo joined!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:35 (nineteen years ago)

Make that one. Norman hasn't joined yet.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

and now he has.

1 more needed guys!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

I need a new ILX name. I don't know how Kate can change hers so often.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

This one is a bit of an in-joke so it's not suitable.

― Pfunkboy Doesn't Wear Capes (Kerr), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm. dunno. Before you change your name for real, I should tell you that I have an acquaintance who just told me she is taking a teaching job for a university in Lethbridge, Alberta.

― g00blar (gooblar), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

Lethbridge

― g00blar (gooblar), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is a character from the old Dr Who.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.relocate-canada.com/images/lethbridge.jpg

Ah. I'm American and thus have no Dr Who knowledge.

― g00blar (gooblar), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

Ahh i thought as much.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

Hi there, sah. Watery sun and the inky remnants of morning rainfall here in London, not much else to report, although I would be out and about if the young lady I had planned to enjoy a mild tipple with hadn't been cruelly struck down with illness overnight. At least, that's what she said (not that I'm suspicious, or anything). ILX it is...

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Sunday, 13 August 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

You're addicted to ILX already.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 13 August 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

Well, good afternoon to you too...

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Sunday, 13 August 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

hmm is this thing on? or is ilx dying already..

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 14 August 2006 09:06 (nineteen years ago)

Theres now 3 UK watercoolers on the interweb.
This One kept us occupied on monday and most of tuesday until nu-ilx appeared.

It's remaining open for all music related chats and Kates Benjamin pic thread.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

We have UK WATERCOOLER CHARTS!

I am off to bed now. Glad to see you all back (in advance)!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 22:41 (nineteen years ago)

Hurrah!

― g00blar (gooblar), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

Morning there, people. Can I go back to bed yet please?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, we're back then. Cool.

Unfortunately no ILX just meant that I fed my other addiction even more - looking at pram porn on ebay. Not actual pram porn, just... nice prams. It's like buying a car or something, I imagine, quite a minefield.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

*refuses to see what's on the other side of a google search for "pram porn," even for a joke's sake*

― g00blar (gooblar), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 07:49 (nineteen years ago)

Skipping 1013 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

You know, TISSP! texted me earlier to whinge that it was National Flirting Week

It's National Flirting Wekk?!? Why did nobody tell me this? As if I need an excuse, but still . . .

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 07:04 (nineteen years ago)

TISSP! did you learn nothing from Princes Albert and Philip?

I am resisting the temptation to speculate about piercings.

I haven't talked to any ILXors on AIM for ... well, a long long time, at any rate. And I don't have AIM at work; I assumed that a Watercooler AIM chat would be a bit quiet in the evening.

They're talking about the Cheddar Gorge! Aw, man, The L011i3s went there on tour, it was GRATE.

I don't know if this was a deliberate pun, but it made *me* laugh.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 07:22 (nineteen years ago)

might be...

― Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 07:29 (nineteen years ago)

Who was I talking to about the history of the reformation and the book they were going to recommend to me? Was it Beanz?

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 07:34 (nineteen years ago)

I seem to have stopped posting.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 07:54 (nineteen years ago)

I will AIM chat sometime if anyone likes, but I don't have anything interesting to contribute on the subject of music. But for bitching and moaning about work and pregnancy, or maybe discussing TV (OH THE IRONING) I'm your girl.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

Good morning all and sundry.

― g00blar (gooblar), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 08:03 (nineteen years ago)

Morning.

Who won? Or do I not want to know?

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 08:15 (nineteen years ago)

Pakistan

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 08:20 (nineteen years ago)

That's just not cricket, Ed.

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 08:30 (nineteen years ago)

Ugh, ugh, ugh, I had to look at nme.com to find out. Now there's a surprise. Bleh.

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

I have only heard the R1chard Hawl3y album, which is great Scott Walker-lite. Are any of the other shortlist nominations any good, or are they all cack (as is usual for this award?) I guess I need to hear the Th0m Y0rke album, tho.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 08:50 (nineteen years ago)

I kinda wanted Muse to win. I don't know why. I suspect I should investigate them or something. They're one of those bands I really don't want to like, but I suspect I would develop a soft spot for because you know how I feel about pompous prog epics.

Anyway. I'm feeling kind of flat today, which is weird because I slept well. I barely remembered to blow my candles out before slipping into sleep. In the end, I didn't get a proper supper because I didn't buy any supper food this week because I thought I'd be out every night but plans keep getting cancelled. I tried to buy something, but all the takeaways on my street decided to shut the moment I got home. So I had a pot noodle and some grapes and now there is NOTHING in my fridge but booze and lunch curries. Oh no.

I installed my new external backup drive, though. Wow, the space. I was all "oh no, is 250 gig enough..." then realised my entire Powerbook only has 40 gig or something. So I've cleaned out my hard drive. What a lot of crap there was on there!

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 08:55 (nineteen years ago)

I'm really not keen on muse. It's all too much shouting for my liking. You'd like them Kate. You'd probably like a guy as well if it wasn't for his silly hair.

Yay to more HD space! I bought a 400gb HD last year, and it's been a friend indeed. I need to clean it out though - it's cluttered up with old episodes of R3d Dw@rf. And 60gb of p0rn.

My new motherboad/CPU/SDRAM arrived today, yay me! 3.6ghz P4, 1gb DDR SDRAM. That'll keep me going for a while.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:05 (nineteen years ago)

I need to slim down my amazon shopping basket. I was going to buy one (1) book about the reformation and now it is bursting.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:09 (nineteen years ago)

This is why I stay off Amazon.

Go to Foyle's, it much easier... oh wait...

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:10 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I don't like shouting, though, so I probably won't like Muse, then.

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:11 (nineteen years ago)

I have to pick up my suit today so a trip by foyles may be in order for instant gratification, this does however mean that Thoreau gets demoted again.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

Mark Lanegan wuz robbed.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:17 (nineteen years ago)

RAM that you can only use for playing DDR? Fantastic!

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:20 (nineteen years ago)

muse? shouting? rofl?

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:26 (nineteen years ago)

kit, BE SERIOUS!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:27 (nineteen years ago)

I'd have given the award to Scritti Politti just for the wtfness.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:28 (nineteen years ago)

Can I get some DDB RAM, please?

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:29 (nineteen years ago)

I have sampled the music of pop band 'Muse', and i did not enjoy it. For my tastes, it was too pompous, and lacked the passion/aggression that I felt it was intended to contain. That said, they certainly wrote the best Radiohead songs that Radiohead didn't write.

fs, my seriousness slipped at the end there. fuckadoodlepwnage.

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:30 (nineteen years ago)

oh, my friend is the guitar player in this Scritti Politti lot. like, he was on TV! last night! wtfness indeed. i've never heard of them tbh.

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:31 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I like passion and agression in music.

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:36 (nineteen years ago)

I thought they'd give it to Scritti in one of those twists where people couldn't back down from Arctic Monkeys/Sway arguments and so had to go with someone everyone wanted to win. I really love that record, though.

In other news, My Sister The Barmaid is getting married in April.

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:38 (nineteen years ago)

kate i don't think you'd like muse. they're just irritating.

― emsk ( emsk), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:45 (nineteen years ago)

What should I listen to today? I think I'm going to have some coffee. I need something absorbing and relentless but without any distractions.

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:53 (nineteen years ago)

Blimey, this is getting long. FP, what title did you have in mind for our next thread?

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:55 (nineteen years ago)

how about "THE WATERCOOLER WELCOMES TEH KIT OH YEAH PWNAGE!!!!!11!!!!" ?

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:58 (nineteen years ago)

ok, ok, Onimo. i'll be serious.

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 09:59 (nineteen years ago)

The Watercooler Thread: 2^4

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:00 (nineteen years ago)

suzy, did magz get you?

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:00 (nineteen years ago)

I promised FP he could name the next one, as special dispensation. Don't the rest of you get ideas or anything.

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:02 (nineteen years ago)

To be honest I've forgotten exactly. It was something along the lines of "finally we're legal!"

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:04 (nineteen years ago)

please be aware that anybody can start any thread at any time.

― i am teh_kit! (g-kit), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

Sixteen!

"And life.. Goes on.. You know it aint easy. You just gotta be strong..!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

Is 16 the age of consent in the UK? Blimey!

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:12 (nineteen years ago)

Whoot! last.fm recommendations seem to have come through and don't feature Oasis and meatloaf this week. I may actually listen.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:19 (nineteen years ago)

JAYSUS, is it really 14 in Canada?!?!?

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:23 (nineteen years ago)

Age of consent is pretty arbitary anyway, no matter WHAT it's set to. On p0rn, they make a point of saying "All the models are at least 18 years of age." and I think "Well, that's not really VERY old for some of the nasty shit you're doing." Hey ho, but still . . . I always took it as being a guideline anyway. Most people lose their virginity under the age of consent anyway.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:28 (nineteen years ago)

UK Watercooler 16: Barely Legal

― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:28 (nineteen years ago)

Spain is 13.

14-16 is the norm for most of Europe.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 10:28 (nineteen years ago)

Guten morgen!

How's tricks today, people?

― C J (C J), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:39 (nineteen years ago)

Bah, my throat is sore. Pack of Strepsils beside me all day today, I think.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:44 (nineteen years ago)

Get some Disprin (or other soluble aspirin), dissolve a couple of tablets in a small glass of water and use it to gargle with. I really helps.

Hope you feel better soon anyway though - sore throats are miserable :(

― C J (C J), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:51 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, hang on, don't we have another thread? Oops.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 7 September 2006 07:07 (nineteen years ago)

UK Watercooler 16: Barely Legal

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 7 September 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

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