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Beneath contempt. Vomit.

A disgrace to Ireland. The UVF must have been wetting themselves: On the other hand, maudlin, soppy neo-nazi ballads are an entire galaxy of atonal cringe (just as well I couldn't find "N.R. Rap" by No Remorse, it would have made everything posted so far sound vital).

Yeah, he died in The Pub in Malta. I went there shortly after and they were giving these out - like mass cards but with bad pub wit on the back ("When you lie, let it be by a pretty lady...when you steal, steal away from bad company", yadda yadda)

Godfrey Ho made all these trashy action and horror films in the '80s, mostly about ninjas, and would just swipe music without licensing it. Guess there were a few post-punk records floating around Hong Kong at the time: there's some surreal bits in "Ninja In The Killing Field" where the ninjas...

@subvert47 For sure, even Joy Division being at their shittest is obviously miles better than the Libertines, Fratellis, Killers etc at their best. I just find Side 2 of Closer the most underwhelming thing they ever did. @Leo I agree, Atrocity Exhibition is fucking incredible. But then it...

03:01 now :) What do you think of them now? I can still listen to Substance, Unknown Pleasures and Still on a loop and never get sick of them. Though now I find Side 2 of Closer really boring and almost a harbinger of the landfill indie dross that was to follow.,

A cunt.

OK, that, and what Linebaugh said, are really selling it to me. That's all I want out of a book really.

I was intrigued after you wrote (in another thread?) about the Kenosha Kid coincidence. Think I might let my guard down.

I know it definitely WASN'T 'The Comforters' by Muriel Spark, 'cos I read that earlier in the week and enjoyed it.

Oh, the book I read was definitely The Corrections. They live in a town called St Jude and the mother is annoying and I think one son's working for the KGB and has a wank at his computer. I was confused because I thought that was the book being compared to Pynchon...maybe the reviews mentioned...

Yeah, I probably have mixed those up.

I might have got that wrong about the Corrections, to be fair. I'm thought I'd seen them compared, though I'd find it hard to believe that Pynchon could be considered remotely 'cool' if they were similar. ETA @Linebaugh ah, that would make sense.

I agree. Americans seem to like combining the two, for some reason. "You're British, you must love beer...let's go to the Ugly Dog" - and then, 6pm, they've ordered a load of onion rings or chilli and you can't put your drink down. I was drinking in a pub in Old Street years ago and the person...

I've had a copy of GR since 2008 and haven't ever got past 2 pages. Every time I try, I glaze over and suddenly want to read something else. I don't know what it is. I'm sure it's not the length or the fact it might be hard work, as I've no problem with Burroughs, Joyce, PKD at his most...

Got smashed on a bottle of Havana Club last night and went to bed at 4am. Just had a chat with my boss (midday) and realised half-way through I still sound pissed.

Had a load of rum and cokes tonight (yeah, I know it's Monday) - fuck it, I'm putting on the best video of all time.

We went to Knock once, where the statue of the Blessed Virgin was meant to be weeping blood. She wasn't. My dad said "She must have stopped for today". Then had to sit through the most excruciatingly boring mass ever.