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He was bloody great though, wasn't he?

I quite enjoyed all the 'crappest' threads a while back, so: what's the crappest date you've ever been on, and why was it so shite?

As proof that I'm turning into my own mum ('who's that actor?... you know... he was in that film, with that other one... oh, what was his name, he was married to that woman...') I am now posting an infuriatingly vague request for information. A few years ago, a punk novel of sorts was unearthed...

Anyone remember those tapes you used to get at Mr Bongos of the Stretch Armstrong show with Bobbito Garcia on WKCR? It was loads of people (by which I mean rappers - it wasn't some sort of ill-advised phone-in show) doing freestyles. I think I had most of them in the late 90s but being as they...

I'll get back to you all on this (it's kind of an offshoot from the party thread) but does anyone have a legendary crime and punishment tale from their youth?

Do they still make these? If so, will somewhere like Dixons have them? Ms STN and I are going away and would like to add that extra level of bickering to our trip which only musical disagreements can bring about.

Anyone heard this? Sounds interesting...

I always found this case strange and interesting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2049061,00.html

Has anyone here ever managed to re-learn a forgotten language? The first language I ever spoke was Welsh and I more or less had to learn English when I moved to England aged 5. I can no longer recall a word of Welsh but have now purloined a Welsh picture dictionary for kids from my mum's house...

I work opposite Sterns ('World' music shop in London, for you non-Londoners) and I go there fairly regular but only to the reggae section (and the odd Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn album) I can't help feeling I'm missing out so if anyone's got any high life/baile/Rembetika/Afrobeat recommendations they...

Anyone know who is playing at FWD tonight?

Anyone know what the really long spoken sample was at the beginning of this tune? It bugs me from time to time, despite the fact that I haven't heard it for years.

... (i.e. the Ozzy Osbourne ones) are completely essential. Discuss. Here is my view: The first one (Black Sabbath) is just splendid bluesy classic rock the next five are divine, awe-inspiring riff worship at varying degrees of slowness, possibly the fifth one (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) is a...

I'm sure we've all read more lists of bad cover versions than is strictly necessary, so I'll try and spare us another. What I'm interested in is what offends you most about shit cover versions? Do you find that they spoil the original tune, or is it just the sheer bloody cheek of the enterprise...

Has anyone seen Chris Petit's film Radio On? Is it any good? If so, does anyone know where I can get a copy? I really like his journalism and his novel, Robinson and as he's first and foremost a filmmaker I'd really like to check out some of his work in that field too. Also, if anyone's read any...

I have a prurient interest in any tales of horror/woe from the ghost of Office Party Past. My mate Ben was hospitalised at a work Xmas do. He was arsing about being given a piggy-back down a flight of stairs by another friend when the two of them collided with a burly colleague, who bollocked...

Okay, I typed the word 'thread' instead of 'head' by mistake but thought it was reasonably funny so haven't corrected it. I watched it last night and, despite being baffled for the first 15 minutes, I found myself really enjoying it - it kind of dragged me gently along rather than gripping me...

Does anyone remember a pub called the Acton Arms? I went to see Sham 69 (or maybe UK Subs, I can't remember) there in 1994 at the tender age of 14 because my mate's band, The Walking Abortions (I know), was supporting them. I seem to remember it being somewhere along Kingsland Road - does anyone...