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| full name | Alan |
| age | 54 |
| location | Washington DC |
| gender | male |
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The Big news from my part of the world is
MY WIFE IS PREGNANT!
first child. I am excited
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MY WIFE IS PREGNANT!
first child. I am excited
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Badges
The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2007-02-17
The Lotto Badge
The Lotto Badge is awarded only to the truly lucky. The Gods look favorably upon this one.
awarded on 2006-11-20
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Happy Valentine's day from the MTC staff. We really love you guys. That said, put your pants on and get out before we call the cops.
awarded on 2007-02-14
The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2007-01-10
The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2006-11-30
Favorite Music Artists
- Pixies
- Delgados
- Belle & Sebastian
- Arab Strap
- Olivia Tremor Control
Favorite Favourite Things
- Buying CDs
- Eating Nice Food
- Comics Books
- Video Games
- Sleeping
Favorite Favourite People
- My Wife
- (she might be reading this!)
Favorite Favourite Books
- 1984
- I'm a Sherlock Holmes geek
- I am also a mythology nerd
- Catch 22
- I also like those books filled with facts. Does that make a me a loser?
immers's Highest Ranked Mixtapes
immers's Mixtapes
2028 points (Level 5) · 7/27/07 11:53am
I decided not to make a tape with songs about driving, but to pick songs I like to listen to while I am driving.
Sorry about the shitty descriptions.
enjoy
Sorry about the shitty descriptions.
enjoy
2324 points (Level 5) · 7/25/07 10:54am
I made a mix to listen to in the bath. I got this new bath that seats 3!!! obviously the people who had the house before me were kinky like that.
And its only an hour as I dont want to go all wrinkly
And its only an hour as I dont want to go all wrinkly
1964 points (Level 4) · 2/5/07 7:55pm
I just discovered that I am too late......
Oh well, I am sorry; I have been sick and busy and I wont bore you with excuses.
I dont think I would of won anyway
Oh well, I am sorry; I have been sick and busy and I wont bore you with excuses.
I dont think I would of won anyway
2708 points (Level 6) · 12/7/06 3:30pm
Here is my contest entry. Nothing too obscure or unique, hopefully I'll place better this time!
enjoy.
enjoy.
2319 points (Level 5) · 12/4/06 2:13pm
Part two of my Scottish Tunes series. I am sure I missed out enough to warrent a 3rd. If I can bring myself to do it
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enjoy
2473 points (Level 5) · 12/3/06 11:44am
I have just posted an eighties mix and here is the seventies. Its like some kind of crazy TV offer. Send no money and preview in your home the hits of the decades..
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enjoy
2354 points (Level 5) · 12/3/06 12:08am
I did a sixties, now my take on the eighties! Some of my favourite tracks. Hope you all like them as much as me
Enjoy
Enjoy
2687 points (Level 6) · 11/22/06 11:38am
A sixties compilation for you all! Maybe not the best of the sixties stuff, as I am sure you would need at least 20 mixtapes for that; but I like all of these tracks a lot and I hope you do too
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enjoy
2629 points (Level 6) · 11/20/06 2:45pm
A mixtape containing only cover versions. Not the most original idea perhaps, but these are versions that I like. I am not suggestion for one second that all of these are better than the original artists, but some of them are :p
Enjoy
Enjoy
2280 points (Level 5) · 11/15/06 11:45pm
I thought about just posting My Bloody Valentines Loveless album in its entirety, but I guessed that it wouldnt have gone down to well! So I thought I would give you the soundtrack to an evening of love. I tried to follow the mood of the evening.
Hopefully you'll like it and I am sorry if the descriptions are too pervy.
Enjoy
Hopefully you'll like it and I am sorry if the descriptions are too pervy.
Enjoy
2618 points (Level 6) · 11/15/06 9:59am
People sometimes ask me about Scottish band, and I do sometimes feel its my duty to champion them a little. Nothing obscure and nothing new perhaps, just some great tracks from band from Scotland or bands with Scottish personal.
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enjoy
2388 points (Level 5) · 11/14/06 10:44pm
I read an article on the BBC website about a scientest in Sri Lanka has a theory that a red rain that fell on parts of India last year was actually interglactic bacteria.
So I made a mix with songs containing star or space in the title, perhaps its a lame idea, but it gives me something to listen too tomorrow on the drive to work, its a little short, but it will time almost perfectly for my commute.
I have something else to listen too on the way home :p
So I made a mix with songs containing star or space in the title, perhaps its a lame idea, but it gives me something to listen too tomorrow on the drive to work, its a little short, but it will time almost perfectly for my commute.
I have something else to listen too on the way home :p
3135 points (Level 7) · 11/8/06 12:15am
A new guy started working with me a few months ago, within a couple of days he told me that he was a music snob, that isnt really a problem. I work with several music people so he proudly passed around a list of his mp3s and told us if we wanted anything. Well people he, in a word likes shit. Which in itself isnt really a problem, he then began to diss everything I let him hear. It was either 'sounded terrible' or 'wasn't as good as their newer stuff' and every day I have to listen to him go on about how great the music from Riverdance is or that he has never heard of them. So every day I tell him his music is no good. I thought I would make a mix for him, now I dont expect him to like it, I really just want him to read the liner notes.
P.S I am not usually filled with such vitriol and hate, but he has driven me to it!
PSS I stole the title from Malcolm Middleton
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P.S I am not usually filled with such vitriol and hate, but he has driven me to it!
PSS I stole the title from Malcolm Middleton
enjoy
2246 points (Level 5) · 11/6/06 2:11pm
Today I took a mental health day from work. I stayed home and played video games and listened to music. This mixtape is what I created to listen to, its nice and relaxing without being too laid-back
Hope you Enjoy
Hope you Enjoy
2238 points (Level 5) · 11/2/06 11:43pm
I wanted a rock-ish mix tape to listen to on the drive to work. So I threw this together, definitely not the definitive rock mix but some of my favourites.
Enjoy
Enjoy
2899 points (Level 6) · 10/30/06 10:30pm
For the last six weeks I have suffered from pretty serious insomnia, I can never get to sleep before 3.30 or 4. Its starting to drive me nuts. I have tried alcohol, herbal tea, valerian root and medicinal "smoking mixtures" but nothing has worked for me. So I thought I would kill two birds with one stone make a mixtape and try to listen to some tunes that would help me drift off. Fingers Crossed!
2730 points (Level 6) · 10/29/06 2:44pm
I decided to link bands through not only personal but by producer and remixer. Some of these might be a little tenious but there is a connection between them all.
enjoy
enjoy
2449 points (Level 5) · 10/24/06 3:04pm
I decided to make a mixtape featuring some of the tracks I was listening to in the 90s, I was in my 20s then and thought I like the best music in the world. Was I right? you be the judge; but it is a slice of 90's indie rock? or should it be a Madchester comp? I cant decide!
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The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
I FINALLY popped your disc in the mail today ... i could make up some lame excuse like my eyes being allergic to the awesomely-bad-disco-carpet @ our local post-office, but actually the procrastination fairies zonked me something fierce ... please forgive me.
9/28/07 7:56pm
The Feedback Badge
Applegate river goes from southern Oregon to northern California, probably about 50 or 60 miles from the coast. The spot that this trip concluded to is in northern California, tho. (To get there, go south past the end of the lake, take the first right and it's right after the third bridge--you can't miss it.)
9/11/07 9:31pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
'Snake Plissken? I thought you were dead..'
Kurt Russell is a such a badass
Kurt Russell is a such a badass
8/31/07 12:28pm
The Yay! Badge IX
I would love to, but its on vhs and I dony have the proper ways of doing so.
8/31/07 8:33am
The Yay! Badge XII
pleasing everyone would be so goddamn boring don't ya think? that's why I recommend getting a lap dance every once in a while by someone hot who smells like pizza. capiche
8/22/07 8:51pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
ew, haha i wasnt saying MY name was alan. i was for a moment pretending to BE you as an inverted compliment, guy. my name is siobahn, isn't that obvious enough as it is noted in the name section, followed by siobahn? get it together, hoe!
8/20/07 11:01pm
Team Robot Member
I had actually forgotten about that court case, and you are right, what he and Morrissey the consumer monkey did to the other two was wrong!
8/20/07 10:54pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
they still do school milk in various parts of east asia but i aint trying to play with that shit when it's all goat milk... urgh! and also like J_lud said - curdled and spoilt. crap, indeed. um anyway, my name's alan and i'm awesome.
8/18/07 11:53pm
Team Robot Member
Oh yeah, school milk in England finished about 1972, but I seem to remember that it went on in Scotland for much longer! I had a friend from Irvine who said he was put off milk for the rest of his life because the school janitor used to keep the school milk in the boiler room, and by the time the kids got it, it was all spoilt and curdled.
8/18/07 3:55pm
Team Robot Member
Captain Scarlett beats both of 'em, but I like Steve Zodiac because essentially, he was in black and white, just like me!
8/18/07 3:53pm
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
it is on its way ... hope you enjoy it.
8/18/07 12:27am
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
you! what kind of sad loser would i be if i didn't know who os mutantes were! i love 'ave lucifer.' thanks for your note :)
8/17/07 7:14pm
The One Year Anniversary Badge
I've never heard that song before. But i just listened to it then. I dont think it would have worked with the other songs. But its a cool song.
8/17/07 10:03am
Team Robot Member
Yeah, there is a case for saying Johnny Marr is a musical man-whore, (it is a fun phrase top say full-stop) but anyone who makes a living out of music to a greater or lesser degree is to some extent. Show me a true musical purist and I will show you an anorak who will never emerge from his or her own bedroom. There are degrees of course, and Johnny does reside at the slutty street corner end of the scale. I liked his work with The The after The Smiths. Actually, the image of some hot indy band cruising up and down sunset hoping they will be able to pick up Marr for a few overdubs is an amusing one!
8/16/07 5:44pm
Team Robot Member
Thatcher was indeed our MP, and when she was Heaths education minister she stopped schjool milk. Around that time she visited our school, and my mate Jamie Lillis threw a carton of milk at her!
8/16/07 12:26pm
Team Robot Member
Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers came from Finchley, as did I. Spike was involved in 'The Finchley Society', a group who vainly fought to keep local buildings of historical interest from being bulldozed to make way for yet another Tescos. When a local school dating from the early 1800s was due for demolition despite a preservation order, Spike and Sellers came and giftwrapped the building for the local council. It remains there to this day. (I thinK!) One time in the seventies, they drove through Finchley about 2 in the morning in an open top car, Milligan driving dressed as a storm trooper, Sellers dressed as Hitler standing up shouting orders. I always thought I would have liked Milligan if I had known him. In my last years in England I managed sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, who had played numerous Jazz and Poetry gigs with Spike in the early 60s. What he had to say about him did nothing to alter that opinion.
8/15/07 1:36pm
The Level 5 Badge
A church key is slang for a bottle opener. Thanks for the comments.
8/14/07 12:04pm
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
thank you, email me a mailing address (jesusridesaunicorn@yahoo.com) & i'll get a copy out to you posthaste.
8/13/07 8:10am
The Newbie Badge
Hi. Thanks for checking out my mix. And I love Sherlock Holmes too!
8/1/07 12:52pm
Team Robot Member
I have one co-authored book out already about sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, the one in October is a history of the local Barn Theater ( a very niche market but I was hired to do it) and early next year I have one about Peter Green coming out. I am also in the planning stages of one with a working title of 'Life After The Music Industry'
7/30/07 12:22pm
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
i haven't had any problems substituting vegan margarine for butter. with vegan cookies though, i have noticed that they get REALLY crunchy if you cook them too long so i add a tablespoon or two of applesauce with the margarine to make up for the milk-solids that are missing. the best one i've found is Organic Earth Balance Whipped Buttery Spread ... it's 100% vegan & doesn't seem to make white cupcakes as dark as some others have.
7/30/07 11:12am
Team Robot Member
The only thing I can remember about The Shamen before Ebeneezr Goode is that I read an article in the NME a year or two before that about how a member of the band had died in a freak swimming accident? Something like that anyway.
7/30/07 10:24am
Team Robot Member
I have to say that my view of Simple Minds is coloured a little by an incident where John Martyn was supporting them at a show and tthe fans booed John throughout his set. Jim Kerr had a chance to say something to the crowd but chose not to. John didn't seem to care, but those of us who love him andn his music just felt very bad about the whole thing. I concede though, forget the 'Sign O the Times' cover, focus on the first few releases and they did do some good stuff
7/28/07 4:26pm
Team Robot Member
I never claimed to be sane, but I never got Simple Minds I am afraid.
7/28/07 6:16am
Team Robot Member
thanks for the track! I saw Little Feat on a Warner Bros package tour in the early 70s that also included The Doobie Brothers, Tower Of Power and Montrose
7/27/07 6:04am
Team Robot Member
Things are good. My band have three gigs this weekend, my book comes out in October and I have recovered from a triple root canal without killing anyone!
7/25/07 9:12pm
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
only thing better than reading them is selling them to others so that they might enjoy them
7/25/07 6:14pm
Team Robot Member
Great mixtape and great to see you back here. Hope things go well for you.
7/25/07 12:37pm
Team Robot Member
Yay, your back! As for The Kinks, I think that the version that was released in the USA as a single mentioned cherry cola, not the real thing, so it wasn't just Auntie Beeb, but I may be wrong. I used to love the fact that stuff could get by the beeb censors if they didn't understand it. When you think of some stuff that was banned from TOTP, yet 'Walk On The Wild Side' slipped through. Also, I recall the Who doing 'Who Are You' on TOTP when it was still a rock song and not just a theme tune, and Daltry getting the 'Who The Fuck Are You' line in, and no one who might object noticing. I suppose sometimes it is best to hide stuff in plain site. I worked with a guy in a wine store, and to prove a point, he put a sign in the window for about two hours which read "Would patrons kindly just fuck off." Not one person complained.
3/26/07 8:54am
Team Robot Member
How is the move going? Looking forward to you being active on here again!
3/2/07 3:31pm
Mixtape Contest X: First Place
death by sexy. points for you.
2/20/07 12:09am
The Patton Badge
awful about your music, but congrats on quitting the smokes! it's hard.
2/15/07 9:00pm
The Badge of Mystery
An early Valentine's present for you since you commented on the mix:
http://www.s endspace.com/file/c85pm3
http://www.s endspace.com/file/c85pm3
2/12/07 8:29pm
Team Robot Member
It was a bloody excellent mix, and it is a shame you missed the contest!
2/6/07 7:59am
The Level 10 Badge
There is no such thing as an unhealthy addiction to chocolate.
1/31/07 7:24am
The Yay! Badge VIII
Do you have a problem with The Dismemberment Plan?
1/26/07 12:33pm
Team Robot Member
I just thought, I could have filled up one week of my mixtape almost with Bowie tunes. I could cover Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday anyhow!
1/23/07 11:03am
Team Robot Member
No, not leaving, though my internet access will be painfully limited soon. Just having a very bad day!
1/22/07 9:23pm
Team Robot Member
Yeah a theramin mixtape. So, Good vibrations x 20? :)
1/20/07 7:34am
Team Robot Member
Cheers Mate. Glad you like my mix. It looks like the novelty value of having an old fucker like me on this site is fading, not many people seem to like my recent mixes. I still like doing them though. Did you get to check out any new UK music while you were home?
1/15/07 12:53pm
Team Robot Member
I remember going to see Stardust just because Keith Moon was in it. That was my excuse anyhow!
1/12/07 7:06am
Team Robot Member
Out trivia-ed indeed, so you know I have to have a come-back. Hendrix recorded Spainish Castle Magic flat on his back, an incident that was recreated in "Stardust", the very silly David Essex rockstar movie!
1/11/07 5:18pm
The Audiobiography II Badge
For a swear-word cat sweater, you've got to be the world's cutest/most angry little white kitten. It's like I own an aggressive cotton ball. The sweaters take a day or two but it's worth it when my mom gets home, looks down and says: "Apparently the cat thinks I'm a cocksucker."
1/11/07 3:43pm
The Patton Badge
thanks!! i always find it entertaining to put the white town on a mix every once in a while. it's funny because almost every time quite a few people voice that they actually liked it. i did too!
1/10/07 9:20pm
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
Mmm. Scotland sounds like a treat
it's 15°C in Belgium. I guess that's called global warming...where is the snow?
it's 15°C in Belgium. I guess that's called global warming...where is the snow?
1/9/07 12:03am
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
and how was/is the weather in scotland?
1/8/07 2:19pm
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
Policemen are nice. my mom used to date one.
1/8/07 2:19pm
Team Robot Member
I truly miss the JP Festive Fifty. It was always a chance to hear stuff I wouldn't have thought of hearing, plus catch up with what The Fall had been up to!
12/25/06 6:50pm
Team Robot Member
There are 4 John I'm Only Dancing versions I know of. 2 from the original session, plus the Young Americans session one and a remix that came out on the B side of that single. Enjoy the home lands!
12/17/06 12:29pm
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
'I don't want to play football' by Belle & Sebastian rocks.
12/13/06 11:04am
The New Years 2007 Badge
Chocolate is a great addiction to have!!
12/11/06 9:26pm
The Level 21 Badge
I love that song (Town Called Malice), and was reluctant to put it on this mix because I might've had a better use for it in the future.
12/11/06 9:18pm
The Bronze Badge
Im an energetic guy. And the indie/acoustic just dosent satisfy me most of the time.
I have bands like The Decemberist, Walden Drive, Aqua Lung, Asian Kung-fu generation, ETC...
But I like to be entertained, screamed at, High energy, ya know, go hyphy.
I have bands like The Decemberist, Walden Drive, Aqua Lung, Asian Kung-fu generation, ETC...
But I like to be entertained, screamed at, High energy, ya know, go hyphy.
12/8/06 9:40pm
The Bronze Badge
PSH, My mix sucks. Thats the only problem with this site is that most people dotn listen to the type of music i do. So they dont rate my mixes high enough. Ya know.
I listen to hardcore punk/Hip hop. You guys listen to indie acoustic emo.
I listen to hardcore punk/Hip hop. You guys listen to indie acoustic emo.
12/8/06 11:50am
The Bronze Badge
PSH, My mix sucks. Thats the only problem with this site is that most people dotn listen to the type of music i do. So they dont rate my mixes high enough. Ya know.
I listen to hardcore punk/Hip hop. Guys listen to emo.
I listen to hardcore punk/Hip hop. Guys listen to emo.
12/8/06 8:52am
The Bronze Badge
No, Your winning.
Im currently in 4th, but not by much.
Im currently in 4th, but not by much.
12/8/06 7:25am
The Yay! Badge VI
Irish people don't sing about Leith, but you're right, they are from an Irish family. I think most of Scotland's known musical output is dire myself
12/7/06 3:31pm
Team Robot Member
I have Blues stuff from 1920, quite a bit in the 50s, but the sixties is where most things except blues and jazz start for me!
12/6/06 12:54pm
The Yay! Badge VII
I'd exchange for your best of the seldom compiled jems of the Eighties mix. (Hair Metal optional, I'm thinking more like Freur, A Certain Ratio, Flying Lizards et al.)
12/6/06 11:43am
Team Robot Member
Actually, I reckon I could just about make a 40s mix!
12/6/06 7:43am
The Yay! Badge VII
Not to tempt you, but I don't think you are capable of making a mix I won't like. FYI, I really like The Glasgow School by Orange Juice. I like music. Nice pants.
12/5/06 2:12pm
Team Robot Member
Well, your Dad certainly would not approve of the fifties mix I just posted. Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins are there amongst the guitars and stuff!
12/5/06 11:32am
Team Robot Member
Dick found anti sax purists a lot in his career. When he joined Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated, Englands first blues band, the harp player with the band, Cyril Davies also thought the sax was the instrument of the devil.
12/5/06 8:56am
Team Robot Member
I didn't know about the blues bagpiper, but I do have a strange piper story myself. I used to be the manager of blues and jazz sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith who told me the story of playing a festival in Scotland which also featured a roots folk band (The Battlefield Band? something like that) which had pipers. Deep into a drunken lock-in at a pub, Dick and the bagpipers jammed, and so impressed was he with this that the seeds were planted which led him to write a jazz suite combining celtic themes with jazz. The resulting album was called 'Celtic Steppes'.
12/4/06 8:37pm
Team Robot Member
Didn't Jerry Sadowitz have a strange show on Ch 5 for a while?
12/4/06 5:45pm
Team Robot Member
I was planning to use Ebeneezer Goode in a mix soon!
12/4/06 3:06pm
Team Robot Member
Now you have set me off. I think I might just go for a fifties mixtape!
12/4/06 7:39am
The Newbie Badge
Just listened to Kruder & Dorfmeister DJ Kicks. Pretty cool, I especially liked all the bukem styled drum and bass. Haven't listened to any of that sort of thing in ages.
12/4/06 2:45am
Team Robot Member
I lived and worked in Birmingham in the mid 80's. I was in a guitar shop one day when in walked Roy Wood, red and green hair and all. He was a really soft spoken nice bloke! The very first Move album is still an all time favourite of mine. As for Steppenwolf, it is my fault for listening to classic rock radio in the USA!
12/3/06 2:27am
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
I hate it when I press enter before finishing my uninteresting stories. So, he said he knew my mom. What a creepy man. Is Washington as scary as this?
12/2/06 11:23am
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
Mmm. My weekend is very exciting. I went grocery shopping, and when I came back there was a weird guy in a long coat was staring at our house. We asked him what he was doing and he wasn't saying anything. Then when we got
12/2/06 11:22am
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
Look, you got my love now. In Belgium no one seems to care about Patrick and The Village, not even the arty people know it. So I'm not sharing my obsession with myself. I'm going to visit Portmeirion next summer, probably.
Mm. If you lived in Scotland, you probably know what time it is there now.
Be seeing you.
Mm. If you lived in Scotland, you probably know what time it is there now.
Be seeing you.
11/30/06 2:22pm
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
I should go get some Allo Allo dvds, I used to be totally addicted to it.
Now I'm addicted to 'The Prisoner'. (Patrick McGoohan, Number Six, etc.) If you know that series I will love you deeply.
That picture is the only one of myself I have on this computer. Very representative. It was fun, though it hurt to wash it off. Because it's not make-up, but regular paint.
Now I'm addicted to 'The Prisoner'. (Patrick McGoohan, Number Six, etc.) If you know that series I will love you deeply.
That picture is the only one of myself I have on this computer. Very representative. It was fun, though it hurt to wash it off. Because it's not make-up, but regular paint.
11/30/06 2:14pm
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
If I had any certainty about you knowing the TV show 'Allo Allo' I'd spontaneously say: 'It is I, Leclerc.' But nevermind.
It is I with the crazy make-up. We got a little crazy at the art academy.
It is I with the crazy make-up. We got a little crazy at the art academy.
11/30/06 1:43pm
The Newbie Badge
London. Stuck here at the moment and can't see anyway out.
11/27/06 3:12pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
glasweigans? I'm starting to wish I could change my time in glasgow...
11/27/06 1:13pm
The Newbie Badge
Cheers. Never been to Aberdeen but visited Aberdeenshire a couple of times - beautiful place. I adore Scotland; my favourite country.
11/27/06 11:53am
The Yay! Badge VI
Of course I know what boke means! I'm glad someone understands me finally, I always forget that slang is different everywhere.
11/27/06 5:42am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
glasgow bored the shit out of me. better night life in edinburgh as well don't you think?
11/27/06 12:18am
The MLK Badge
That was brought on by a friend telling me that all I care about is being cool. We were fighting, and she was being a bitch, so I decided that although being cool wasn't one of my biggest priorities in the first place, from now on it never, ever trumps honesty.
11/26/06 9:37pm
Team Robot Member
Weirdest thing. One Sunday in the late eighties, I was over by Clapham common and there were a couple of hundred people gathered round the bandstand. I had no idea what was going on. Of all things, it was Dr John with a full band doing a free gig. He played for ages and it was one of those odd little quirks of fate that makes life interesting!
11/26/06 7:48am
The Family Badge
I like your diagram of the hookah, my husband and I just got one from our brother-in-law. We have had a smoking party every night since.
11/25/06 3:54pm
Team Robot Member
I am a Sherlock Holmes freak too, plus a fact nerd, as you know!
11/24/06 11:23pm
The Yay! Badge VII
Not to be too vein, but I change my avatar so often because it is on the main page. Once I'm bumped, and I welcome that, I won't worry about it so much.
11/24/06 1:05pm
The MLK Badge
It's cool. I respect Nirvana, think they had a couple of good songs, but they were pretty overrated overall. It's all good.
11/20/06 7:42pm
The Fibonacci Badge
Yay another Biffy fan! Can you not use amazon.co.uk? They're touring the U.K again in January. So excited!
11/17/06 8:03am
Team Robot Member
Thanks Immers. I don't suppose Sheena Easton will be featured in part 2 of your Scottish mix though will she. I was suprised she was in mine, but that track really fits in.
11/16/06 8:33pm
Team Robot Member
Back in the 80s, I went to an 'Industrial' evening at Dingwall's in Camden Town and saw Throbbing Gristle amongst others. It was a very weird experience.
11/16/06 9:39am
The Level 21 Badge
Well, you must dust one down some evening while you have your tea. No harm can come from a travis album.
11/15/06 7:27pm
Team Robot Member
Actually You are right, Richard Jobson was annoying, I remember him now on Channel 4! I liked 'Working For The Yankee Dollar' though when it came out!
11/15/06 5:40pm
Team Robot Member
They started off as The Rezillos and became The Revillos I think.
11/15/06 5:38pm
Team Robot Member
I like the fact that the two Brits I know of here at the collective both rabidly post mixtapes!
11/15/06 5:00pm
The Level 21 Badge
Fair enough. I like Travis. I've seen them a number of times. They tell great stories and seem like they would be cool to have a few lagers with.
11/15/06 4:47pm
The Yay! Badge VII
Some good friends of mine, Land Pirates, shared a fun game with me. It is called Sean Connery's Shopping List and the point is to list grocery store items with Sir Sean's accent. My favorite, to this day, is Hostess Cupcakes.
11/15/06 11:14am
Team Robot - First Place
your two top mixes are 4 points away from each other. weeeeird.
11/14/06 9:00pm
Team Robot - First Place
i understand sir! completely discounting an entire bands work as crap, especially one as influential as them, is sheer lunacy.
and i dunno, tits arnt up there in my esteem.
and i dunno, tits arnt up there in my esteem.
11/14/06 4:14pm
Team Robot Member
My Mothers side of the family come from Scotland, I lived in Morningside, Edinburgh for a bit, and worked in Aberdeen in Children's theatre for one long bloody cold winter!
11/11/06 4:54pm
Team Robot Member
I had forgotton about Viz. Haven't seen that for a while. Does it still have the fat slags and Billy the fish?
11/11/06 11:36am
Team Robot Member
I think I have only been to Dundee once. I did a gig there a long time ago (mid 80-s I think) and had a drink in a bar owned by Dennis Law. Does that sound right?
11/11/06 11:31am
Team Robot Member
I found some Robertsons Marmalade in a store today. What a sad man I am. Made my bloody day!
11/10/06 9:05pm
Team Robot Member
I lived in Middlesbrough for a time. Irn Brew is big there as well as something horrible called Dandelion and Burdock! There are web sites you can order Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps from if you are a millionaire. there is also an English store at San Juan Capistrano which admittedly is about six hours away from here by car. I envy your visit. I am having residency problems, and I can't leave the country right now or I won't get back in. I was last home in April 2004.
11/8/06 8:59pm
Team Robot Member
I missed Marmite so much, but there is a supermarket here that sells it as a delicacy. It costs an arm and a leg, but what are a couple of limbs compared to yeast extract!
11/8/06 6:32pm
The Newbie Badge
i internet more than i work too. i think MTC is a new addiction.
11/8/06 7:57am
The Patton Badge
aw thanks - i've been meaning to do the whole, "friending" thing for a while but i just got around to it today. i like yours as well, buddy.
11/7/06 10:00pm
Team Robot Member
I went off U2 a long time ago myself although there will always be the odd track of theirs that gets to me. I found their patronising attitude to Americana in general, and the blues in particular got on my tits. At the time of the Rattle And Hum tour, it was as if they were saying that blues had suddenly become valid because they had bothered to notice it at last!
11/7/06 6:23am
Team Robot Member
I used Bonzo Dog on my Finchley Boys mix, 'Death Cab for Cutie' I am doing a part 2 this week of my obscure mix, so they could feature again.
11/7/06 6:20am
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Holy shit!
Olivia Tremor Control!!!!!!
Olivia Tremor Control!!!!!!
11/4/06 8:28am
The Level 5 Badge
Thanks for the visit. Scotland aye? I have a thing for most things Scottish - even when I have no idea what is being said to me because of a thick accent. lol. Nice favorites!
11/2/06 10:14am
The Halloween 2006 Badge
Hello! I love your favorite bands and your mixtapes. Great taste. :)
10/31/06 6:01am
The MLK Badge
Oy! I"m ashamed now. I'll change it, cos they totally are.
10/29/06 4:01pm
The MLK Badge
I like some stuff on your last.fm!
+4 for being Scottish and liking comic books
+4 for being Scottish and liking comic books
10/28/06 4:43pm
Team Robot - First Place
no prob! boc have my heartstrings in their grasp.
you seem pretty swell
you seem pretty swell
10/24/06 6:54pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
welcome!
you got some mad cool favorites.
you got some mad cool favorites.
10/23/06 6:37pm
