Brendan

eh?

Sounds like fun!

the blue waste paper bag.

?twas not me! But is one of the heinous sins that I have seen committed in these situations. I thought it was quite a good image to show what a waste it can be cracking out the good stuff when everyone is, well stuffed.

I know exactly where you coming from Ted. Many has been the night that I?ve decided after way too much of everything else it is just the time to share the single malt around liberally. Next morning ? fuzzy memories ? stumble downstairs ? 3-quarter empty bottle of Glenmorangie balancing precariously on the telly ? Laphrioag and coke spilled on the carpet ? wineglass full of untouched whiskey with cigarette butt in it ? Inconsolable sense of regret. There also always seems to be an Australian sleeping on the sofa. Anyway I'm going to see what they have on offer in the Plough sometime over the weekend. I shall report back.

Perhaps it will become a local curiosity that develops some kind of urban legend surrounding it.

Good question that. I actually have no idea.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Excellent post Brendan, very informative and > researched but with one small error, 30 years ago > or 31 if you like, maybe 32 years ago but let's > not split hairs. So are you a music journalist or > just a rabid music fan like me. What I meant was about 20 years before the release of Green Day - Dookie (1994) which was probably the first album of the genre to get any real radio play in the UK. I?m just a rabid music fan Jah. Although I would like to be a music journalist. At the moment I am writing an article on the merging of the Health and Safety Executive with the Commission. It is about as interesting as watching paint dry and less significant.

Yeah I like Guns and Wankers. I know the guy who used to drum for them.

Ahhh so that's what you were on about in your earlier post. I completely missed the significance of the E. ::o Doh!

Now bands like Green Day and Blink 182 were not really trying to copy early punk rock like the Clash. They were just the poppy, radio friendly tip of the iceberg that was the undergound punk scene in the 90s (made up mostly of West Coast, American bands). This music was sort of one level under the mid 90s ?Alternative? or ?Grunge? scene that was considered to be the undergound in America by some. The way punk evolved in America during the 80s was quite different to this side of the Atlantic which is why when most people in Britain first heard Green Day or Blink 182 they thought, ?What the fcuk is this? These guys sound like they are trying to play punk rock. Punk was 20 years ago wasn?t it?? Which it was in Britain. What had happened across the pond though was bands like the Descendants (formed 1978) and Black Flag (formed 1976) started a music scene that spawned the likes of Bad Religion (formed 1980) and NOFX (formed 1983) and was adopted by the skateboard/surfing culture in California at the time. By the 90s this music had evolved into something that sounded a bit different to what punk was in the 70s but was still called punk and recognisable as such. Notable bands being Lagwagon, Pennywise, Rancid and Face to Face. With the likes of Green Day being the more commercial radio friendly side. The fans had changed too. Your general teenage punk rocker now probably had a skateboard, wore baggy jeans and spent his time smoking weed or going to the mall somewhere in suburban America/Canada/Australia. This scene is still very much alive and evolving with each new generation and has also produced 3 quite large but fiercely independent record labels, Epitaph, FATwrechords and Hellcat. Right! Consider yourself educated. Next on subjective, opinionated rock ?n roll history with Brendan: Why Nirvana Really Were Better Than The Pixies Regardless Of What Everyone Else Says.

Facebook would be a good place to start Mark. More and more people are using it. Even though facebook in itself can act as a chatroom it doesn?t play the same role as this forum. If every time someone searched for East Dulwich or SE London etc on facebook it directed them to a group which promoted this forum I?m sure you would draw in quite a few new members. What about beer-mats? Don?t know how much it would be to get some printed off but you could offer some advertising to local pubs if they use beer-mats with www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk printed on them. Church bulletins are also a good place and school newsletters.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I do love The Ramones, but their records were > essentially stripped down 50s rock n roll played > badly. 'S'punk rock innit?

Anyway what the fuck would I know I wasn't even alive then and only discovered the Ramones in the mid 90s.

Hmmm. good question there Mockney. They did form 1 year earlier than the ramones.

The Clash were just a band the Ramones were the paradigm-shifters.

Wikipedia said this to me: Single malt whisky is a whisky which is distilled at a single distillery, and which is made completely from a single type of malted grain, traditionally barley, (although there are also single malt rye whiskies). In which case Black Bush qualifies. Or if we were to take it literally merely saying ?Malt Whisky? would incorporate all whiskies as they are all made with malt. Although as a modern colloquialism the term ?Malt Whisky? generally implies Single Malt Scotch Whisky. The argument of colloquial meaning or literal meaning is one that I?m sure there must be some type of legal precedent for. When a judge is asked to determine what the original terms of a verbal contract were there must be some type of test they apply when this problem crops up. This point is deeply significant for those who would like their partners to buy them the correct type of whisky for Christmas. It must be sorted out before this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6919503.stm goes on the market and throws another spanner in the works.

Come to think of it mrs B was orange when I met her and she is from Mancunia. I thought I was being well progressive and having a mixed race relationship then it rubbed of on the towels. She?s going to read this tomorrow and I?m going to be in trouble again. :-S

I like tears in heaven. There you go! I said it! Whew. But then I once went to a Spice Girls concert so what would I know?

If you don't dunk the biscuit for too long you wont get the bits.

I read the same book recently Sean. Although I already enjoyed single malts it spurred me on to try different types. I never finished it though. About 80% of the way through I got sick of him going on about how all his life consists of is driving around in cool cars, drinking interesting whiskeys and writing. Wanker!

I enjoy Macallan. Sometimes as a change I like Bowmore as I like the Islay peatyness but find Laphroaig and Arbeg a bit too overpowering. I also recently had a bottle of Rum cask matured Glenmorangie which I really enjoyed.

when I play too much of my music people tend to throw stones.

Dulwich won 1-0 Jah. vs Horsham YMCA

Well that shouldn?t be a problem in London. There are orange girls all over the place.