What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

Installed BT Broadband to replace shite tesco setup tonight.

 

Its quicker, cheaper, and worked out of the box. I am the king of the web! MWAAAAH HA HA HA HA HA!!

I wish you well with it, my BT needed several calls to Sanjeev last week, after a lot of arsing about after it kept disconnecting itself all the time, including bollocksing up the Vision box.Eventually they sent an engineer round at, mostly, their convenience to change the face-plate on my main BT socket, seems ok again now.

Never had a problem with them. The only time I did call the guy was very good indeed and the fault was our internal phone network gone wonky.

 

Only 'problem' I have is the wiring in Washington is now >30 years old and not capable of more than 1Gig* so I can't have BT Vision until they lay new wires (or fibre, please let it be fibre!).

 

*It will struggle up to almost 2 on nights when all the neighbours are sleeping.

[trigger]

I use to be with Tesco dial up many moons ago, moved on to BT wifi home hub these days, in 4 years i've only had to call them once and that was only for some thing silly, i can't fault them personally.

 

My mum went with Talk Talk a month ago and has regreted since after spending over £10 on her mobile ringing them trying to get her phone back online again.

[Parky]

Been lucky with tech lately.

 

1)- Replaced 5 year old Motorola with Blackberry from Virgin

2)- Synchronised all my e-mail addresses to it in about a minute

3)- It also synchronises (mostly) with iTunes so I put in a bigger memory card and hey presto, an iPod!

4)- Unlimited internet access and gazillions of free texts

5)- Once the parental control was switched off, I could place bets on horses from the comfort of my desk.

 

Yes, music and betting, what technology is all about in my book. Just wish I hadnt bough the sodding "free" netbook at Christmas as the blackberry can basically do all the stuff I want. Oh and since upgrading the broadband, I can now watch iPlayer without it rebuffering every 30 seconds......

[Mr H Sceptre]

Currently lying in the garden listening to test Match Special in the sun.

 

I love summer, me.

 

[barrett]

Last week someone on here compiled a list of their top ten favourite songs, I've always been to scared to do this, but it got me thinking and I reckon i've nailed it. Subject to change, of course, but here it is..... I've even compiled and sequenced them into a little compilation tape for you lot, which you can download from here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/392540195/top_of_my_plops.rar.html

 

Brian Eno - The Big Ship (1974)

Alphataurus - La Mente Vola (1973)

Dilute - Apple (2001)

At the Drive-in - Heliotrope (1998)

Donald Byrd - The Loud Minority (1968)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Moody Liz (1968)

BlackBlack - Honey in Your Ears (2006)

The Fall - Totally Wired (1980)

The Modern Lovers - Hospital (1974-6)

Jonathan Fire*Eater - Inpatient Talent Show (1997)

 

I limited myself to one song per artist, otherwise it would all be Dilute/Beefheart based.... I reckon it's a pretty wide-ranging mix though. Please download it and let me know what you think guys & gals! (it's in .rar formant so you'll have to unzip it to play the songs - all mp3s so of varying quality/ volumes, sorry)

[Mr H Sceptre]

Last week someone on here compiled a list of their top ten favourite songs, I've always been to scared to do this, but it got me thinking and I reckon i've nailed it. Subject to change, of course, but here it is..... I've even compiled and sequenced them into a little compilation tape for you lot, which you can download from here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/392540195/top_of_my_plops.rar.html

 

Brian Eno - The Big Ship (1974)

Alphataurus - La Mente Vola (1973)

Dilute - Apple (2001)

At the Drive-in - Heliotrope (1998)

Donald Byrd - The Loud Minority (1968)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Moody Liz (1968)

BlackBlack - Honey in Your Ears (2006)

The Fall - Totally Wired (1980)

The Modern Lovers - Hospital (1974-6)

Jonathan Fire*Eater - Inpatient Talent Show (1997)

 

I limited myself to one song per artist, otherwise it would all be Dilute/Beefheart based.... I reckon it's a pretty wide-ranging mix though. Please download it and let me know what you think guys & gals! (it's in .rar formant so you'll have to unzip it to play the songs - all mp3s so of varying quality/ volumes, sorry)

My Top Ten, very much off the top of my head though:

 

The Byrds - Chestnut Mare

Flying Burrito Brothers - Tried So Hard

The Faces - Stay With Me

Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

Captain Beefhart & His Magic Band - Sure Nuff & Yes I Do

The Fall - Bury Parts 1 & 3

Edwin Starr - Funky Music Sho' Nuff Turns Me On

Easton Clark - Bike No License

James Brown - Funky President

Kenny - I Could Be So Good For You (Minder theme tune)

 

This choice is liable to change at any given moment.

[Minimad5]

"I'm Totally Wired"

I can't stop laughing when i hear them lyrics

[boobydoo]

 

Brian Eno - The Big Ship (1974)

Alphataurus - La Mente Vola (1973)

Dilute - Apple (2001)

At the Drive-in - Heliotrope (1998)

Donald Byrd - The Loud Minority (1968)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Moody Liz (1968)

BlackBlack - Honey in Your Ears (2006)

The Fall - Totally Wired (1980)

The Modern Lovers - Hospital (1974-6)

Jonathan Fire*Eater - Inpatient Talent Show (1997)

 

 

OH DEAR, NOT ONLY DO I NOT KNOW THE SONGS, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANY OF THE ARTISTS EITHER.....

 

OR DID THE MODERN LOVERS DO SOMETHING WITH JONATHAN RICHMAN AT ONE STAGE...?

[barrett]

CAPS LOCK BROKEN BOBBY?

 

Yup, modern lovers were Jonathan Richman's band. Wouldn't expect anyone to have heard of the rest, save for Eno and The Fall I guess most of it is pretty obscure...

[trigger]

I've never heard of most of them neither!

 

What's making me grin today is a phone call telling me that my 35 year old BMW has past it mot today without any advisorys!, i bet there's a lot of 3 year old cars that can't even boast of that!

[The Liberator]

Excellent work, Mr barrett! My top ten, using the same no artist duplication criterion:

 

Wire - I Am The Fly

Talking Heads - Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town

The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man

Univers Zero - Malaise

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Sheriff of Hong Kong

Bartok - String Quartet No 4

Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues

Can - Peking O

Stars of the Lid - Piano Aquieu

Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling

 

Contents liable to change without notice etc.

[RedSparrow]

Hey, I always thought that Take the skinheads bowling was by the Manics.

 

 

Anyway, that Van Beetohoven lot seem good, ta for introducing me to another good band!

[barrett]

Eggsellant choices!

As a Stars of the Lid fan, have you heard this Acid Mothers Temple track? (annoyingly split into two parts on youtube, it's pretty long)

Despite being the precurser to a very bad acid trip, it's still one of my favourites (ok, i've already completely changed my list... )

 

 

edit: just listened to it and they cut the last 5 minutes off, which is the best bit! try and download the track instead....

[Cavcraft]

Hard to do a 'permanent' top ten as keep changing my mind but here's my current one:

 

Althea & Donna: 'Uptown Top Ranking'

 

Sugar Mynott: 'Good Thing Going'

 

Slaughter & The Dogs: 'Where Have All The Bootboys Gone?'

 

P.I.L: 'Rise'.

 

Sid Vicious: 'My Way'.

 

Snap: 'Rhythm Is A Dancer' (preferably 12" version). Greatest dance recored EVER.

 

The Exploited: 'Let's Start A War'.

 

Cockney Rejects: (either) 'War On The Terraces' or 'Here We Go Again'.

 

Keith and Tex: 'Stop That Train'. I've only recently 'found' this song and it's utterly fantastic.

 

The Smiths: 'Hand In Glove' (sung by Morrissy).

[barrett]

'uptown top rankin' is a massive tune!

 

ps- congrats to Trigger, here's to another year of non-weldy BMW love!

[Minimad5]

My work gear is getting made up as we speak ... with my name on

 

Is it sad to say i am excited to be part of a company ?

[brammy777]

My BCOT overalls have my name on them!

Today we went to the Aldermaston banger track and there was testing done on the Colleges 2CV racecar in preperation for the 24 hour race. I dont care what anyone else thinks, those things sound brilliant, the noise it made when going up into third was sublime.

So much shite on the roads today too! Saw a mint MKII Escort 2 door driving round, may even be one owner!

[dollywobbler]

2CV racing is ace. Make ten minutes in your life to watch this. Super close finish!!

 

[ashmicro]

2CV racing is ace. Make ten minutes in your life to watch this. Super close finish!!

 

Marshalled a couple of 2CV races at Mondello Park in the past. Brilliant fun. I remember quite a few of the cars with "Thank You For Marshalling" in the rear windows. Always a nice touch.

[Parky]

The old top ten is going to be tough but here goes. It'll be different in the morning fo sho'. In no particular order.

 

Une Very Stylish Fille - DJ Dimitri from Paris

Any Major Dude will tell you - Steely Dan

Essex Dogs - Blur

Distractions - Zero 7

Our love is here to stay - Ella Fitzgerald

Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

The Happy Goth - Divine Comedy

Mini - Corduroy

Diskobox - Beck

 

Its not often I compile a top ten without at least one Depeche Mode or Ben Folds Five track. Strewth that was tricky but as I say, it'll be different tomorrow....

 

And add me on for Althea and Donna, class tune which always makes me think of fixing shite in the sunshine! In fact Jamaican dancehall (Desmond Dekker, Lord Tanamo) is just the best for fixing motors. Cant remove a gearbox to Ella Fitzgerald IMHO but happy to stand corrected!

[michiel]

Ben Folds Five

[ashmicro]

Since a top ten thing is going on here (and us blokes love our lists eg, cars, music, firearms, planes etc)

 

1: Iron Maiden - Hallowed be Thy Name

2: Metallica - Seek and Destroy (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1989)

3: Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

4: Megadeth - Peace Sells

5: Motorhead - The Ace of Spades

6: Iron Maiden - The Phantom of the Opera - remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LtaD63zYoQ

7: Metallica - One

8: Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

9: Boston - More than a feeling (Live New York 1977)

10: Finally, the theme music from the PC game "Driver". If you put the CD ROM in a CD player, you get 2 tracks of funky 70's cop show music.

[Station]

Haven't got much of a list - my favourite albums are:

 

Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity

Rage Against The Machine - Debut

Paw - Dragline

Mr Bungle - Disco Volante

The Rollins Band - Weight

Car Bomb - Centralia

Boards Of Canada - Twoism

Alarum - Eventuality

Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

Coalesce - Revolution In Just Listening

[ashmicro]

Just getting back to the Antidote thread for a mo - my 4 year old niece bought me a Lambo:

 

 

Bless her, she saved some of her birthday money

[scaryoldcortina]

Since a top ten thing is going on here (and us blokes love our lists eg, cars, music, firearms, planes etc)

 

1: Iron Maiden - Hallowed be Thy Name

2: Metallica - Seek and Destroy (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1989)

3: Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

4: Megadeth - Peace Sells

5: Motorhead - The Ace of Spades

6: Iron Maiden - The Phantom of the Opera - remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LtaD63zYoQ

7: Metallica - One

8: Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

9: Boston - More than a feeling (Live New York 1977)

10: Finally, the theme music from the PC game "Driver". If you put the CD ROM in a CD player, you get 2 tracks of funky 70's cop show music.

ash, you are my new god, lol... everything there is on my garage playlist, except the driver things.. I did play the PS1 game to death though... did the PC version have the "get carter" chase through newcastle as a completion bonus?

[Albert Ross]

Top ten eh? No particular order.

 

Budgie- Napoleon Bonapartes 1 and 2.

Mountain- Theme from an imaginary Western.

Led Zeppelin- Dazed and Confused.

PWEI- 92 degrees F.

Rush- Spirit of Radio.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads- Spasticus Autisticus.

ELP-The Great Gates of Kiev.

Deep Purple- Grabsplatter.

AC/DC- Ain't No Fun (Waitin' round to be a milionaire)

War of the Worlds- (Anything but the Red Weed.)

Cheating, but true.

[warren t claim]

Since a top ten thing is going on here (and us blokes love our lists eg, cars, music, firearms, planes etc)

 

1: Iron Maiden - Hallowed be Thy Name

2: Metallica - Seek and Destroy (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1989)

3: Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

4: Megadeth - Peace Sells

5: Motorhead - The Ace of Spades

6: Iron Maiden - The Phantom of the Opera - remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LtaD63zYoQ

7: Metallica - One

8: Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

9: Boston - More than a feeling (Live New York 1977)

10: Finally, the theme music from the PC game "Driver". If you put the CD ROM in a CD player, you get 2 tracks of funky 70's cop show music.

All top tunes with the exception of Boston. If someone buys me another cheap compilation rock album with More Than A Feeling I will go on a kill crazy rampage!

 

Slightly miffed that no one here has chosen any Zappa.

[Parky]

Jewish Princess would make my top twenty if that makes you feel better Warren?

[scaryoldcortina]

Zappa is fine with me too but hey, don't knock boston.. got Fred a cheap escort, didn't it? lol....

 

I'm not even close to giving you a top then tho. here's a good sample of what's in my head at any given time though.

[ashmicro]

Since a top ten thing is going on here (and us blokes love our lists eg, cars, music, firearms, planes etc)

 

1: Iron Maiden - Hallowed be Thy Name

2: Metallica - Seek and Destroy (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1989)

3: Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

4: Megadeth - Peace Sells

5: Motorhead - The Ace of Spades

6: Iron Maiden - The Phantom of the Opera - remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LtaD63zYoQ

7: Metallica - One

8: Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

9: Boston - More than a feeling (Live New York 1977)

10: Finally, the theme music from the PC game "Driver". If you put the CD ROM in a CD player, you get 2 tracks of funky 70's cop show music.

Fair comment, Warren. In mitigation, my missus said that the fact I didn't like "spide" music (rave in those days) when we first knew each other gave me brownie points.