* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 09:25:21AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
Oh I did ... In general I find Billy Braggs ability to produce 'something
you could mistake for music' roughly equal to Craig Charles' ability to
tell a joke. .. although he was
Barbie [easynet] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: Robin Szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I understand folk singers sometime place a finger over their ear
whilst singing. Perhaps Mr Bragg should try that. I doubt it would
improve his singing, but at least it would stop him twanging that
guitar
From: Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Look, I'm not saying Bragg's voice is pretty. But his pitching is
accurate, his tunes are good, his songwriting is immaculate and you
can tell what he's singing. Same goes for his Bobness too come to
that.
You can tell what Bob is singing! I had to
Barbie [easynet] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Look, I'm not saying Bragg's voice is pretty. But his pitching is
accurate, his tunes are good, his songwriting is immaculate and you
can tell what he's singing. Same goes for his Bobness too come to
that.
On Sat, 02 Jun 2001, Piers Cawley wrote:
Robin Szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001, Cross David - dcross wrote:
There's a fine version of it to this tune by Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughn on
BB's mini-album The Internationale.
undef error - Can't locate
From: Robin Szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I understand folk singers sometime place a finger over their ear whilst
singing. Perhaps Mr Bragg should try that. I doubt it would improve his
singing, but at least it would stop him twanging that guitar ...
I don't think you could call Billy Bragg a
Robin Szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
well ok ... just so long as he does it quietly ...
or on a different planet.
Could be worse...could be Richard Digance...
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Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 09:25:21AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
Oh I did ... In general I find Billy Braggs ability to produce 'something
you could mistake for music' roughly equal to Craig Charles' ability to
tell a joke. .. although he was passibly OK in Red Dwarf.
Billy Bragg was in Red
You'll have noticed, I hope, that next Thursday is both our June meeting and
a General Election. I hope you'll all go and vote before the meeting so you
don't have to dash off before the polling stations close :)
Someone (Paul?) mentioned a couple of weeks ago that it might be nice if we
could
At 10:32 01/06/01 +0100, you wrote:
I suggest we leave the pub at about 9:30pm and get the tube
back to mine, stopping at Threshers en route.
Can't we just go to another pub that's got Peter Snow on the telly?
There will, of course, be an entrance test. Anyone who doesn't know the
first verse
* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
You'll have noticed, I hope, that next Thursday is both our June meeting and
a General Election. I hope you'll all go and vote before the meeting so you
don't have to dash off before the polling stations close :)
Someone (Paul?) mentioned
Jonathan Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 10:32 01/06/01 +0100, you wrote:
I suggest we leave the pub at about 9:30pm and get the tube
back to mine, stopping at Threshers en route.
Can't we just go to another pub that's got Peter Snow on the telly?
There will, of course, be an
From: Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:04 AM
Jonathan Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 10:32 01/06/01 +0100, you wrote:
I suggest we leave the pub at about 9:30pm and get the tube
back to mine, stopping at Threshers en route.
Can't we just go to
* Robert Shiels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
What! You mean go south of the river after dark. I'm afraid I'm not properly
insured for that kind of excursion :)
what sort of insurance do you need? insurance against culture? insurance
against clearner air? insurance against nice restaurants and
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 10:32:55AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
You'll have noticed, I hope, that next Thursday is both our June meeting and
a General Election. I hope you'll all go and vote before the meeting so you
don't have to dash off before the polling stations close :)
Vote
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:10 AM
i'll be with you standing on his doorstep Jonathan, especially as
it was written by a member of the irish republic brotherhood ;-),
and we all know what results are important on thursday night -
thats right the
If we are at Dave's we could have a little competition, quite simply,
write a CGI script that takes 2 or 3 numbers (cons seats, lab seat and
others) and display some sort of visualisation of the numbers in
classic Peter Snow style. The winner is the one judged coolest by
the people at Dave's
On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Cross David - dcross wrote:
Someone (Paul?) mentioned a couple of weeks ago that it might be nice if we
could all go somewhere after the pub to watch the results come in and...
Sounds like an evil flan. Especially as I'm holding up my end of the
bargain (right, MBM?) and
* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:10 AM
i'll be with you standing on his doorstep Jonathan, especially as
it was written by a member of the irish republic brotherhood ;-),
and we all know what results
* Robert Shiels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
If we are at Dave's we could have a little competition, quite simply,
write a CGI script that takes 2 or 3 numbers (cons seats, lab seat and
others) and display some sort of visualisation of the numbers in
classic Peter Snow style. The winner
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I like this idea - is there anywhere that is providing this data in an
easily slurpable format so that the script can actually work without user
intervention?
we could agree that a particular URL would return the data, stick
a CGI in
There will, of course, be an entrance test. Anyone who doesn't know the
first verse and chorus of The Red Flag will not be admitted :)
Is this the modern doctored version or the traditional version?
Barbie.
From: Barbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:46 PM
There will, of course, be an entrance test. Anyone who doesn't know the
first verse and chorus of The Red Flag will not be admitted :)
Is this the modern doctored version or the traditional version?
The New Labour version
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 01:55:20PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
The New Labour version starts like this:
The people's flag is lightest pink,
It's not as red as you might think.
How things have changed.
'Mr Heseltine, whose mane of golden hair has given him the nickname
of Tarzan,
Barbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There will, of course, be an entrance test. Anyone who doesn't know the
first verse and chorus of The Red Flag will not be admitted :)
Is this the modern doctored version or the traditional version?
How about:
The working class can kiss my arse
I've got
Cross David - dcross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: Barbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:46 PM
There will, of course, be an entrance test. Anyone who doesn't know the
first verse and chorus of The Red Flag will not be admitted :)
Is this the modern doctored
From: Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:27 PM
Cross David - dcross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[The Red Flag]
I prefer it sung to the original tune (The White Cockade) as opposed
to
the christmas carol dirge that is most used these days.
Hmm... how the hell do
At 14:23 01/06/01 +0100, you wrote:
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 01:55:20PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
The New Labour version starts like this:
The people's flag is lightest pink,
It's not as red as you might think.
How things have changed.
Yikes!
Changed for the better, apparently.
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:24:57PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
How about:
The working class can kiss my arse
I've got the foreman's job at last.
Or
The people's flag is deepest puce
with fleurs de lys in pale chartreuse
Pah!
Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples
On or about Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:39:03PM +0100, David Cantrell typed:
Pah!
Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!
Humbug!
The people's flag is black as night
From
* David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:24:57PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
How about:
The working class can kiss my arse
I've got the foreman's job at last.
Or
The people's flag is deepest puce
with fleurs de lys in pale chartreuse
Pah!
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:47:18PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote:
sing all you want, it will be you lot who have egg on your
faces when a unionist/conservative coalition government is
in power in a few weeks, ohhh yes
Hmmmph. paul daniels if that happens, I'll leave the country /short
From: Cross David - dcross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: General Election
From: Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:27 PM
Cross David - dcross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[The Red Flag]
I prefer it sung
From: Barbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 3:56 PM
[The Red Flag]
There's a fine version of it to this tune by Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughn
on BB's mini-album The Internationale.
If you haven't tracked down an mp3 by next week, remind me and I'll play
it to you.
Have
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001, Cross David - dcross wrote:
There's a fine version of it to this tune by Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughn on
BB's mini-album The Internationale.
undef error - Can't locate auto/Billy/Bragg/tune.al in @INC ...
--
Robin Szemeti
Robin Szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001, Cross David - dcross wrote:
There's a fine version of it to this tune by Billy Bragg and Dick Gaughn on
BB's mini-album The Internationale.
undef error - Can't locate auto/Billy/Bragg/tune.al in @INC ...
Then I suggest you
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