Mark

Hahahaha! By all means, take your time. And, as I said, be brutally honest in your feedback.

 

Love,

 

Winking Baby Man

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No worries. But please...it's 'Creepy Winking-Baby Man. ;)

yeah, it would seem that way... i'll probably be celebrating that in the next few days, too!

free avatars for all! ;)

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Splendid. Now, let us curtail this accursed off-topicness, or John'll use his new gnarly powers to do terrible things to us...maybe.

My whaaaaaaaat?

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A good question. I was merely referring to the 'no Keanu-hostility' rule you applied to this thread...nothing more.

ill pass on this meeting, alas...

but, i'll use that money for paying my college fees, and i'm military free for a few more years :)

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Excellent news, sir. So, you won't be getting yourself blown up/shot/stabbed any time soon after all? Not in uniform, anyway. Congratulations.

My full name, Drashko Roganovich, actually means "Dear Son of The Horned One"...

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It does, too, doesn't it? Sweet Jebus...

Tom - photos of my good self in performance avec guitar shall wing their way forum-wards as soon as I can get hold of some...there are several, but they're mostly on my computer in Norway.

I really am laughing out loud at "creepy winking baby man."

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I'm glad my paranoia amuses you so.

Gosh, the Stones. "I was born in a flash-fire hurricane, and I *mumbles* in the wind and the pouring rain..." We could be here all day with the Stones.

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Good ol' leatherlips Jagger, eh? Incidentally, it's "I was born in a cross-fire hurricane, and I howled at my ma in the driving rain", but that rather illustrates your point, doesn't it? ;)

I always heard 'Paperback Writer' as "Take it back, writer", amusingly enough.

Mark, read anything good in the crime fiction genre lately?  ;)

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Stop fishing for compliments, you. ;)

Actually, the answer'd be a 'yes' thus far, albeit with some qualifications - details to follow once I've read a bit more. There. Happy now?

I figure it'd be nice to restore some of the stalwarts of the old forum. So, to complement the books thread, here's this one.

Me, I was listening to Danzig and Voivod last night. The former were a sadly underrated classic Doors/Elvis rock and roll act masquerading as a metal band (their latest album is SHIT, though - I heard a pre-release review version, and it was depressing to listen to it), while the latter's 'Nothingface' is a cracking record...Voivod began as a thrash metal band (and a damn good one), then went a bit odd. This record is essentially a psychedelic prog-metal album, complete with a surprisingly faithful cover of 'Interstellar Overdrive' from Pink Floyd's first album. The whole album actually sounds more like a slightly heavier take on early Floyd than anything else, but in a very good way.

GAHHHH!

 

When you get a PM it makes a big box at the top of your screen with the person's avatar. Freaked me out, it did!

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A-ha! How d'you like them apples, creepy winking-baby man?!

Cracking up here. Krix made that for me. You must have thought, "Shouldna taken the brown acid! Oh, geeeez..."

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God, yeah. Ironically, I more or less did...I was afraid I might be about to have an acid flashback in the middle of the legal office. The last time I took acid was a pretty nasty experience, and pretty firmly soured me on all drugs except pot. I'm just glad I didn't scream out loud... :lol: :unsure: ;)

I may as well kick this one off. I've been on a biography/autobiography kick lately, and have been ploughing through 'He Walked The Line' (Johnny Cash biog...basic, but tells the story reasonably well), 'Point Blank' (Springsteen biog...again, nothing too special, but worth reading if you're interested in The Boss), 'No Direction Home' (excellent biography of Bob Dylan by Robert Shelton...it loses its way after about 1972, but as a depiction of Dylan in the '60s, it's probably the best out there) and Johnny Cash's own autobiography (a marvellously human and engaging read...recommended to all and sundry). On this note, I'm currently looking forward immensely to 'Chronicles Vol. 1', the first installment of Bob Dylan's memoir (extract available at the Newsweek website, along with an interview - thanks, Charlie), which is due out next week.

I've also been going back to some of my favourite novels ever...the Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser. Hilarious, witty, convincing, and informative - what more could you ask for? If you haven't heard of them, they're the alleged memoirs of Sir Harry Flashman, (the callous, amoral and cowardly bully from 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'), depicting his involvement in most of the major historical battles of the latter half of the 19th Century and beyond. He's (fictionally) one of the most admired figures in Victorian England, a brave, patriotic selfless hero...but in reality, he's still as vile as he was in 'Tom Brown'. As well as being absurdly funny and affecting, they're also a fine reader in late Victorian history - the historical research is magnificent, and with the exception of Flash Harry himself, almost every event described in the books is pretty close to historical fact. All but the latest one (Vol. XI: Flashman and the Tiger, in which he meets Sherlock Holmes - a terrible mistake, which reminds you for the first time in the whole series that these are, after all, just fiction. It's less brilliantly-written than the others, too) are utterly sublime, and are hopefully available from your local library now. Say I sent you. :)

Yes, it always used to do that! Ha! Can't believe you never noticed.

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Good grief. Well, twist my nipple-nuts and send me to Alaska. I'd never noticed that before, and got the shock of my life. I thought I was hallucinating for a few seconds, then it happened again. Congratulations - however inadvertently, you well and truly 'got me'. Nice one. I'm never going to look at another baby photo again without wondering...

The Reds are coming! The Reds are coming!

Good to have you with us, sir.

My opinion on Goth is now legend.

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Not to mention misguided...;)

Gah...and the post order. My reply to Charlie now makes no sense at all. Ah well, if at first you don't succeed...

And Charlie - no, I haven't read Dylan's memoir/autobiography yet. Don't think it's out here just yet...I'm going to look it up now, though. Must read it...

Aargh! Your son just winked at me! It never used to do that, did it? I'm frightened...

So says you. 

 

Perhaps it really should be Swedish. ;)

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Actually, you're quite right. In a better world, it would be 'Swedish'. Sadly, the Downward Spiral lyric sheet claims otherwise, and unlike Ziggy's eagle, I fear it does not lie...

Incidentally, another personal favourite (leaving aside the timeless ''Scuse me, while I kiss this guy" from Purple Haze) is one a friend of mine confessed to a while back. In regard to the Stones' Gimme Shelter, he had, for most of his adult life, sung the line "War, children, it's just a shot away" as "whoah, Jimmy..." He was genuinely surprised to be corrected.

Marvellous.

Oh, and I'll echo electricinca's 'what the fudge'? regarding the +/- quote thingie. Haven't figured that out yet.

While I'm here, I may as well chip in...it's all true, Akhira. You are a fine, foxy lady. That's another one to add to the STH collection...

(cue disturbing 'roomful of attractive ladies pinned to a wall' images)

And all in a new post, naturally. We've got to build up our post counts somehow...

Hey, Charlie. Glad you could join us.

I've made a start on your book, by the way. I'll send you some initial impressions/feedback fairly soon.

Lou...

i can give you emails of authors, if you'd like, since they could both do with a little praise and appreciation...

 

That would be great.

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Ditto. I'm always happy to be able to personally thank/commend authors whose work I enjoy.

Mark, if last year was anything to go by then there won't be that much in the way of back issues.  Couple of stores had some back issue bins but the layout of the room....it's quite small so it's cramped all the day and back issue bins were kept down at foot level, meaning you had to crouch down to root through them - not easy to do with 200 people trying to get past you.

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Damn, damn, and thrice damn. And blast.

EDIT: Thanks for the clear-up, Ade. That's much better news. I had posted a nasty mean dig at you 'cos I'm mean like that, but I feel all guilty now. ;)

Yet another gratuitous post just to break through the ??? post barrier.

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I think there's going to be a fair few of those over the next week or two...

In fact, there already are. Mainly from Rogan thus far, but there are others... :unsure: who, me?

That looks promising, Ade. On the downside, a load of bands I hate...but on the upside, ZOMBIES!

Plus, the bands I hate are all getting killed. This could be right up my proverbial, this could...

Next year I'll only have the cash to head to one of the gigs, quite probably Bristol if it goes ahead as there's loads of actual comics...

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So, any idea what kind of back issue stands there'll be in London? This'll be my last chance to try and dig out any of the issues I'm after for quite a while...

(or, of course, I could just order a load online. But that takes all the fun out of it).