Iran

I think I would say you were practicing civil disobedience.

GOOD FOR YOU!!!




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Bit
In my book this is simply just an accurate observation, which can't be seen as Political / Religious  as you make no mention, for instance, that they are Fundamentalist Raving Loons  - so it must be by definition just a psychiatric observation.
Now if you said something along the lines of these Pretend devout religious scum were using the in built frailties of all religions to further their own political ends, I think that could be seen as both religious and Political, so I think we shouldn't say anything like that.
Nigel

And here I thought it was "Captain Oblivious"! Thanks for clearing that up for me, Mooch, even if it is 50 years too late.

 
Wow

Has anyone ever noticed that Wow spelled backwards is woW?

Pretty cool.

Bub


Darn, when I saw your subject line I thought we were going to talk about A Flock Of Seagulls.

 
Bub, did you know how they chose the name.
 
It's a line from a rather super song by The Stranglers - Toiler On The Sea (at about 3:30)
 
 

SteveStrummerUK

Bub


Darn, when I saw your subject line I thought we were going to talk about A Flock Of Seagulls.

 
Bub, did you know how they chose the name.
 
It's a line from a rather super song by The Stranglers - Toiler On The Sea (at about 3:30)

I didn't know that. Good song by The Stranglers.

FastBikerBoy


Ah the Stranglers  - my all time favourite band.

They must be very talented if they're your favorite band.

Bub

FastBikerBoy


Ah the Stranglers  - my all time favourite band.

They must be very talented if they're your favorite band.

Yeah opposites attract see. They - the talented - attract people like me - the untalented.

Strangler using an early version of Dimension Pro?

http://www.youtube.com/wa...3g&feature=related

FastBikerBoy


Ah the Stranglers  - my all time favourite band. Touring the UK starting 4th March as well for anyone interested - I'm hoping to catch them at Cambridge & Norwich.

I can still remember being in the front row at West Runton pavilion in my early teens back in the 70s bouncing around to Toiler when JJ jumped off stage & kicked 3 shades out of someone in the crowd. Turned out it was someone from my schools 6th form. When asked at school why the guy said "I don't know why he done that  I only called him a W&nker" LOL.

They've calmed down a bit now but still got a sense of humour - last time I saw them at the UEA JJ said to someone holding and swaying with a lighter to "Princess of the Streets" - "I don't know why you've got a lighter the only thing a lighter is used for at a Stranglers gig is to burn the building down"

 
Definitely in my top 5 FBB
 
I only caught them once - 1978 at the Malvern Winter Gardens when they were touring to promote Black & White. J-JB was on form that night as well, someone who spat on him received a glancing blow from the thick end of his Precision Bass!
 
Incidentally, the support band were the excellent Skids - Richard Jobsh1te on vocals and the marvellous (and sadly missed) Stuart Adamson on guitar.
 
They interviewed Hugh Cornwell on our local BBC Radio (Hereford & Worcester) station last week - I even managed to get through and ask him if he'd ever consider re-joining the Stranglers, even if it was just a one off. He said 'no' (as I'd expected) and said he actually enjoyed himself most as part of a 3-piece (guit/bass/drums) - one in the nuts for Dave Greenfield then!
 
I don't know if you can get it, but the interview's here (there's two days left before it expires): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dj6cv - (from 2h:28m - 2h:46m) my contribution is read out at the very end
 
Have you read Cornwell's autobiography A Multitude of Sins FBB - or his excellent Stranglers Song By Song - both great reads if you haven't.
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks for the link SSUK, I'm listen to it now.

Have you read Cornwell's autobiography A Multitude of Sins FBB - or his excellent Stranglers Song By Song - both great reads if you haven't.

Yes I have, both signed being the sad git that I am. I've been lucky enough to have several conversations with him at various times. I caught him in a cafe in Norwich while he was touring his "blueprint" film - a sort of story of Hooverdam (one of his solo albums) film.

It was recorded at Toerag studios where the engineer/producer/owner uses loads of vintage gear, sets the band up and records them direct on to stereo two track. Obviously that was of particular interest to me and quite an interesting conversation, no he hadn't heard of Sonar either - knew Protools though. LOL

On the subjects of books the Stranglers biography "No Mercy" is worth a read as well.

BitFlipper
I don't want to violate the TOS, so if I were to say that the Iranian government is being run by a pack of raving loons, would that be a political or a psychiatric observation?
　
That is certainly the image this government/media wants us to believe. Whether it's true or not who knows?
United States military forces have the country of Iran just about surrounded.
Probably monitering every move they make with our satelites. How would we react if the situation was reversed?

Is the news reporting by Al Jazeera the work of the "this government/mediae"?


http://english.aljazeera....11220125132363934.html

mike_mccue


Is the news reporting by Al Jazeera the work of the "this government/mediae"?


http://english.aljazeera....11220125132363934.html

Why should their news media be any different to anyone elses?