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"Watch us wreck the mic,<br>Watch us wreck the mic,<br>Watch us wreck the mic…… psyche!!"
– PJ and Duncan, "Let’s Get Read to Rhumble [sic]"
"She’s like a watermelon,<br>I want to find out what’s inside her"
– Scorpio Rising, "Watermelon"
<br>Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Congestion charges in cities? Absolutely fine by me. If a city is big enough to lend itself to that sort of scheme being considered, chances are there are already adequate enough public transport connections into, out of and within said city to provide a wholly satisfactory alternative. And if there aren’t, that’s what you lobby for, rather than another six lanes adding to every last thoroughfare.
Compare and contrast – I went from Brum to London for a gig a few weeks ago in the car, coughed up £40 for petrol, £15 for parking AND got got by the cameras a few days later for forgetting to buy a ticket for entering the city centre. Conversely, I got my sh*t together quickly enough to get one of those Stagecoach Megabus things from Brum to London and back for just £3 each way last weekend, and only forked out another £9.50 for a return to Lingfield. Even discounting my silliness with the city centre fees, the public transport way worked out over £35 cheaper, for all that it took a little longer. No contest.
In fact, I must just check Megabus.com just now to see what the Brum – Perth timetable is for late April…..
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
(Edited by graysonscolumn at 11:21 pm on Feb. 27, 2005)
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Hiya,
Unless anyone knows differently, I believe those old favourites Clever Folly, Centre Attraction and Music Be Magic still live on within the grounds of Brancepeth Manor Farm at the ages of 25, 26 and 26 respectively – certainly they were all still standing last I heard just over a year ago.
Norman Mason is a complete softie about looking after his favourite horses properly long after their careers have ended – Richard Guest has unsurprisingly followed suit by giving Red Marauder a home for life at the farm, and both Nosam and Xaipete will also get one once they finally pack in racing (probably later this year).
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from Khotso Moabi on 2:22 am on Feb. 7, 2005[br]tut tut, bad elmo!<br>if anyone thinks "shes the main man in the office in the city and she treats me like im just another lackey, but i can put a tennis racket up against my face and pretend that im kendo nagasaki" is not the work of a genius, then theyre just plain wrong:cool:
<br>"Everybody’s doing the Len Ganley Stance", Khotso. :biggrin:
<br>Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Oh, oh, oh! I’ve just remembered this abomination from Sheffield’s most objectionable, nine-armed big-haired rock combo Def Leppard.
From  "Let’s Get Rocked";
     Well I’m sorry girl, here’s my confesssion -<br>      suppose a good rock’s out of the question?
<br>Leery tossers.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
(Edited by graysonscolumn at 12:36 am on Feb. 7, 2005)
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
I add these because they sound crud written down but make me (and probably me alone) scream laughing when I play the tunes. Herewith some entries from the mighty Half Man Half Biscuit;
<br>From "******* Hell, It’s Fred Titmuss";
I was walking round my local superstore,<br> I was searching for the 10 pence off Lenor
<br>From "Reflections in a Flat";
Wife works for Marks and Spencer<br> La la la la Lech Walesa
<br>From "Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes"<br> <br> There is surely nothing worse than washing sieves<br> There is surely nothing worse than washing sieves<br> With the possible exception<br> of being Garth Crooks<br> There is surely nothing worse than washing sieves
<br>etc
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from Prufrock on 12:14 am on Feb. 7, 2005[br]I’m afraid that after decades of delighting in digging out new musical talent nearly as much as I delighted in digging out new racing talent, I seem to have lost the plot and have precious little to add on this subject now.
But after graysonscolumn has shown such a fine appreciation of Boards of Canada, Divine Comedy and Magnetic Fields (amongst many) on this and other threads I have to say that I intend following what he has to say very closely hereafter. :cool:
<br>Yoinks! Have I done something right at last? :cool:
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from Grey Desire on 12:42 am on Feb. 6, 2005[br]Presumably nothing to do with the Tunstall’s who bred all the ‘Tun’ horses Tom Tun,Henry Tun etc….grays?
<br>Nothing at all, GD, unless he comes from St Andrews, makes occasional appearances in punk / folk / kletzmer hybrid act Oi Va Voi and somehow manages to look drop-dead sexy in leg-warmers as well?
<br>Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
All these posts I’ve done without telling you what I’ve got on at the moment.
My current listening is "Skywriting" by The Field Mice, my favourite ever album and newly available on CD for the first time. When originally released in 1990, Melody Maker described it as "The Go-Betweens meets Kraftwerk", and I can’t really improve on that. Jangly guitars and imaginative experimentation abound, with all musical styles from New Order pop to country and western to sample collages, all shot through with the most lovelorn lyrics you’ll ever encounter.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)
(Edited by graysonscolumn at 1:06 am on Feb. 6, 2005)
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from Crazy Horse on 8:04 pm on Dec. 19, 2004[br]The Wedding Present – ‘Sticky’
Gedge has reformed his band – they’ve released so many albums that I didn’t have any – and I’m picking thru their back catalogue.
Interstate5 is a great new single with an album to follow in the New Year – anyone catch their short set on the Peel Tribute on R1 last Thursday?<br>Suddenly 2005 seems brighter!<br>
<br>Yep Crazy Horse, heard the session and bought a copy of "I’m From Further North Than You", which should become the Weddoes’ first Top 40 hit for a decade this weekend. Can’t wait to see them live in four weeks’ time.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from Meshaheer on 2:17 am on Dec. 8, 2004[br]Yeah Martin, the Annual is a bit disappointing overall. Haven’t actually got Clubland 6 but my dad has bought it so I guess I’ll get a copy and check it out. (In case you were wondering my dad is into hard house and trance and usually nicks all my CDs!!!):o <br>
<br>Ach, this trance stuff defeats me completely. I prefer the old Detroit techno, mid to late 80s house music (whoever’s just released a mauled version of "Strings of Life" needs inhumanely destroying this instant!) and all that pummeling hardcore u know the score stuff from the early 90s.
Dance music interests me appreciably less nowadays, although some of the happy hardcore Peel played right up to his end kicks botty, and the odd bit of speed garage or gabba is always welcome.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
(Edited by graysonscolumn at 12:56 am on Feb. 6, 2005)
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from Prufrock on 11:55 pm on Dec. 2, 2004[br]This might not play well with the posse, but I’m currently listening to Aphex Twin’s "Ambient Works" and am shortly going to put Boards of Canada’s "Geogaddi" on. I’m a bit of an ambient/experimental type but managed to segue Radiohead and Divine Comedy a bit earlier……….
So there.<br>
<br>"Geogaddi" is a mighty album, respect. As for Divine Comedy, his smugger-than-thou stuff annoyed as much as it delighted, but the recent "Absent Friends" is a career highlight, absolutely delightful.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Hiya,
New bands / acts I like? Hmm, tricky.
I despise most of the generic sludge laughingly passed off under the misappropriated "indie" tag by the Evening Session and its ilk, although the Zutons are reasonable enough as new acts go. The bits of sax and edgy energy are enough to separate them from a lot of the depressed no-marks in overcoats.
But I much prefer the less-heralded Grand National, dance-tinged alternative pop with the occasional nod to the musical past. "Cherry Tree" has the sort of chorus Boney M wouldn’t have snubbed.
Speaking of cherry trees, I also rate singer-songwriter K T Tunstall, whom you may have seen doing "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Jools Holland before Christmas. Strong voice, reasonable guitarist, and a headrush loop sampler pedal which she uses to create impromptu backing for herself most creatively. Patti Smith and Polly Harvey would be obvious comparisons, but rather lazy ones.
German quartet Wir Sind Helden do that rarest of things – ape Catatonia, No Doubt and Nena without sounding sh*te. Judith Holofernes is a rare axe heroine from a country where big-haired power balladeers, peerless clanky electronic music and nearly as many boy bands as we have here are more prevalent.
Finally for now, The Real Tuesday Weld combine the dry wit of The Magnetic Fields with the Flaming Stars’ bar-room swagger and a knowing appreciation of easy listening sensibilities. Their debut album sets the novel "I, Lucifer" to music and does so sumptuously.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
(Edited by graysonscolumn at 12:39 am on Feb. 6, 2005)
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Hiya,
Much as I appreciate the oeuvre of celebrated Stourbridge grebos Pop Will Eat Itself, I cannot let these two instances of substandard lyricism pass;
from "X, Y and Zee";
You may wonder is it how<br> a kitten may turn into a cow<br> with bells, horns, tinned corn beef<br> forest, prophets, plastic high streets
From "RSVP"
Shaking like a sh*tting dog<br> he couldn’t work it out
<br>Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from tooting on 3:10 pm on Sep. 19, 2004[br]graysonscolumn,
just in case there are any others who misunderstood my post, let me nail my colours to the mast.
I’m intrigued by what (and indeed whom) the Countryside Alliance thinks it’s supposed to be representing.  Their manifesto is hazy at best.  Maybe they should be clearer about what they want. Sat here in South London,  I’d say they seem to be about protecting the following values and traditions:
1.  The right to hunt and kill animals for fun.  For fun.
2.  The right to huge subsidies from a Europe they want no part of.
3. The right to farm animals so intensively that future generations will look back on them with a horror and shame similar to that with which we regard the slave trade.
4. The right to keep England not so much green and pleasant, as white, Tory and Church of England.
Now if I’m misjudging them, they’d be well advised to work better on their marketing…
<br>My apologies, Tooting; on the basis of the above I did indeed interpret your comment entirely incorrectly. Can’t argue with any of the four points you’ve outlined, particularly number, um, er… bugger it, all of them.
Jeremy<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Quote: from Ian Davies on 10:01 pm on Sep. 18, 2004[br]Jeremy,
Have you ever been to the Holderness at Dalton Park up in that neck of the woods (usually the Saturday after the Cheltenham Festival or Lincoln Day)?
That venue marked my introduction to ptp in 1978, and, among other things, I saw Ronnie Beggan riding there an an amateur and Old Applejack – who went on to be a fairly useful handicapchaser under rules – win an Adjacent Hunts Maiden.
Since then, most of my ptp has been on the Kent/East Sussex SE circuit and, more latterly, at my new local track at Hackwood Park, Hampshire.
<br>Indeed I have, Dalton is a lovely course with good viewing, a nice atmosphere and a good-sized parade ring for a PTP course.
As may have become apparent over some of my posts I do tend to follow anything and anyone to do with the Mason / Guest franchise quite keenly, and it was primarily in that capacity that I went to Dalton in 2002, as Brancepeth employee and Red Marauder’s lass Claire Metcalfe was riding Light The River – a former Mason inmate gifted to her – in the ladies’ open. It squeaked home and I went home richer. Nice.
Old Applejack was a fave of mine over a decade ago – I think I’m right in saying he got round in the National at least once, didn’t he?
Jeremy
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
