Emery will communicate his priorities in next phase of season

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Onto football news, Mesut Ozil is back in the press, this time it’s Per bloody Mertesacker weighing in on the conversation about whether his ex-teammate said the German team were racist. Apparently, Der Spiegel ran a story in the print edition that basically confirmed the bling bling gang, but they used potatoes as a reference because of some negative connotation it has with immigrants. This is what Big Per said.

“I never heard anything about ‘potatoes’ or ‘kanaken’ during my time in the national team,”

“However I have been called ‘potato’, too.

“It should be understood that it is just a bit of fun, however. There were separate groups within the team during my time, too.

“You simply have to be careful that this does not lead to division, like: ‘you are one team, we are the other’.”

After Per cleared up that he’d been called a potato once or twice, he weighed in on Mesut’s overall accusation that the national setup was a big racist.

“Everything is possible,”

“I am curious as to how the DFB is going to approach the building of a new team.

“I never experienced racism or discrimination during my time, so I was surprised by Mesut’s allegations and that they were so harsh.

I for one was very surprised to hear that a 6ft6 blonde German hadn’t experienced the harshness of racism from his national team. He looks like exactly the sort of person who’d have the right wing throwing potatoes at him. That aside, this really is the neverending story.

What I guess is working in Mesut’s favour is the German players have focused on the fact that they personally are not racist, which is not what he’d claimed. The real story is Ozil stood tall with a wannabe dictator just before a World Cup for propaganda purposes, then kicked out at the way DFB, media and his partners handled the photo/issue afterwards. I’d still say that overall, the lesson for Ozil is don’t stand tall with dictators, because that really has fuck all to do with your ancestry. Just my opinion, of course.

Still, at least he has a pal in Nacho Monreal.

“People have been a bit unfair with him,”

“He is a very famous player and obviously people love talking about him. Recently, it is always bad things. Like last time, he was sick and that’s why he didn’t play.

“People started to invent that he had a problem with the manager. It wasn’t like that. He got a cold, he was sick, that’s it. That’s why he didn’t play.”

You go girlfriend.

Matty G landed Arsenal player of the month at his first attempt, well played that lad. I think he’s a very exciting talent and I pray we develop him, opposed to going down the path of overplaying him, breaking his confidence, injuring him, then sending him out on loan to Cheltenham.

Who said that I’m negative?

Next three games in the Premier League after the break are Newcastle, Everton and Watford. On paper, those should bring home 9 points, but all of those teams are capable of an upset. It’s super tough to come back from an international break and go away to Geordieland – home of the greatest fans ever known in the universe – so that’ll be a big test of Emery’s planning skills. I think out of those three games, the Watford game will pose the greatest threat. They’ve started extremely well this season, and it’s exactly the sort of game we’d lose under Wenger. Let’s see what’s changed.

The manager is also going to have to deal with the complications of a trip to Ukraine before the Everton game which lands three days later on a Sunday. I can’t wait to see what sort of team the manager takes for the Europa League, because really, that’s a great chance for us to make CL through the back door. We then have Brentford, who play some sexy football, 3 days later in the league cup. Does Emery go for all the trophies this year? We’ll find out after the break!

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PhD2020

Guns of HackneySeptember 7, 2018 16:37:11
Steve is gay.
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I think you are..You watch X-Factor… 🙂

Paddy got bored

So as well as all the American shit talk on here.. guys and ballers etc
We now have people talking about American politics..
All this on a site supposed to be about The Arsenal..
Bollox to the front I say
EIE

Guns of Hackney

Phd Mariah could sing but personally I thought she played on that whole ‘octave’ thing. She had a unique ability but did it in EVERY song. Morten Harkett of AHa had a bigger vocal range than her. Something silly like 5 octaves. Just because you have it, you don’t have to use it. Whitney was a pure class act. Fucking Bobby Brown! For me, no comparison. Whitney wins every time. Arguably the greatest vocal, male or female of all time. Leona Lewis was a weird one. She’s from my home town of Stoke Newington! A great singer but a bit… Read more »

PhD2020

Guns of HackneySeptember 7, 2018 16:52:46
Phd Mariah could sing but personally I thought she played on that whole ‘octave’ thing. She had a unique ability but did it in EVERY song. Morten Harkett of AHa had a bigger vocal range than her. Something silly like 5 octaves.
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True,can’t argue with that..

On a slightly different note-since you mentioned Morten Harkett of AHA..
Who has a bigger vocal range between him and Seal?

Talking of classics..Seal’s-“Kiss from a rose”-has to be up there surely?

Ishola70

Can you imagine that the Americans didn’t bother with Alison Moyet at the height of her talent.

She wasn’t promoted in the USA.

Now you see comments from Americans on her youtube videos and they are like damn how did we miss this girl.

Guns of Hackney

Phd

Without googling, I can’t answer it. I’ve never heard that Seal had a big range? I mean, the guy can sing but I didn’t know he had a massive range.

Ish. Moyet is another amazing vocal from what is considered a bit of a joke era of music: the 80’s. I love the 80’s!!! Tony Hadley from Spandau also is a very, very good singer. Didn’t he win a American Idol show for ‘washed up singers’ back in the mid 2000’s??? I think he did.

Guns of Hackney

Had to google. The great, Axel Rose also has a massive range.

BTW he IS the greatest rock singer of all time.

Jim Morrison is the greatest everything (my hero).

Freddy Mercury is the greatest male performer ever.

Alex Cutter

“I would venture “When Doves Cry” & “If I was your girlfriend”-as a starting point..”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQ57Gv7W7k

Guns of Hackney

Cutter likes cock rock. So do I!

China

Fucking internationals

Football has been gone less than a week and we’ve already gone to American presidents, aliens and Leona Lewis

This is what international friendlies will do to a man

PhD2020

Ishola70September 7, 2018 17:01:00 Can you imagine that the Americans didn’t bother with Alison Moyet at the height of her talent.She wasn’t promoted in the USA.Now you see comments from Americans on her youtube videos and they are like damn how did we miss this girl. —————– Sometimes the fish misses the catching net…Yes,she wasn’t promoted well in the US.Maybe she didn’t want to go big over there.. George Michael was massive over there.I think he consciously wanted to cross over there.Wasn’t his first foray into the US market,via his collaboration with the Queen of Soul-Aretha Franklin-‘I knew you were… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

I’m sitting in my dining room watching Magic 80’s Tv online and Kim Wilde is on.

How did Chris Evans manage to stick one on her?

Alex Cutter

Ohhh, I wasn’t endorsing that! Metallica hasn’t been relevant in 20 years.

It’s just an embarrassing curiosity.

China

Kevin Gilbert of ‘Giraffe’ ‘NRG’ and ‘Toy Matinee’ is the greatest singer song writer ever imo

Pink Floyd take the cake for best ever band

Guns of Hackney

Too late, Cutter. Too late mate.

You are now an official cock rock/hair rock advocate.

It’s the rules.

Alex Cutter

“Can you imagine that the Americans didn’t bother with Alison Moyet at the height of her talent”

Yaz(oo) was relatively popular on MTV US during the eighties — especially “Only You” and “Don’t Go”

Alex Cutter

Doh!

Guns of Hackney

China???

I’m not a fan but you can’t look past the Beatles as the best ever.

I think Led Zep pisses over everyone but…annoyingly the Beatles are the greatest of all time.

Alex Cutter

Great use of the song here:

https://youtu.be/JOMEjSolsPQ?t=1m50s

Ishola70

As well as the vocal Moyet was a little more cutting edge than messrs Michael and Hadley.

Spandau Ballet some of their early tracks were decent, Too cut a long story short was a decent 80s track.

Guns of Hackney

Agree with Cutter.

Movies/TV can be made by good picks.

Tarantino nails it every time. His soundtracks are insanely good.

Alex Cutter

“I think Led Zep pisses over everyone…”

Including the graves of the old timer blues artists who they borrowed from heavily:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zcuNUfdsI&frags=pl%2Cwn

PhD2020

GOH
How did Chris Evans manage to stick one on her?
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He had(still does I guess) money,fame and was/is supposedly funny..I guess some of the qualities women like,or are attracted to…

Confessing you like the X Factor,is more likely to repel Kim Wilde,and attract musical groups such as-“The Communards” or “The Village People”-GOH.. 🙂

Guns of Hackney

Through the Barricades.

Ishola70

Philip Oakley of Human League did a lot of sop but his group was responsible for this monster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_NStTkSRQw

Ishola70

Led Zep sound quite dated now.

Generic blues rock.

Alex Cutter

“Tarantino nails it every time. His soundtracks are insanely good.”

Wes Anderson and Martin Sorsese as well.

Anderson’s use of The Who’s true classic “A Quick One…” in Rushmore is such an inspired choice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_2gUTGjeYI&frags=pl%2Cwn

James wood

Home made chicken soup Jewish style with a farm chicken.
Dexter beef from a farm near me here in Folkestone.

Dionne Warwick
Amy Whinehouse
Smokey Robinson.
Alabama shakes.

Fosters top
Baileys

Paul Newman
Sidney Pottier.

And Arsenal .

Guns of Hackney

Cutter

Of course they stole music. Every fucker did. Clapton, Elvis, Hendrix…The Stones. I’m pretty sure that it’s impossible to write a track that ISNT ripped off from somewhere. I think the biggest issue is that black music was purged by white bits and made famous while the brothers’ died poor. The musicians lose, we win because we can appreciate both versions.

Phd

I just like gay music.

Ishola70

Do you know the way to San Jose best Warwick track.

And Smokey did some good stuff when the masses stopped listening to him

Guns of Hackney

Can we all agree that Marvin Gaye is the greatest male vocal of all time?

Anyone heard his version of The Beatles’ yesterday? It is the most heart stopping, beautiful sound ever recorded.

Alex Cutter

“Of course they stole music. Every fucker did. Clapton, Elvis, Hendrix…The Stones. I’m pretty sure that it’s impossible to write a track that ISNT ripped off from somewhere.”

Influenced by ≠ blatantly stealing the riffs of their biggest songs from dead people who can’t sue them.

PhD2020

Alex CutterSeptember 7, 2018 17:10:09
“I would venture “When Doves Cry” & “If I was your girlfriend”-as a starting point..”
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I like the guitar arrangments.But I think the guy butchered Prince’s-“When Doves Cry” with his vocal ability or lack of…

Ishola70

Marvin did concept on Motown.

Colossus album what’s going on.

Alex Cutter

Scorsese’s Mean Streets:

https://youtu.be/FQz32DByt5U

And GoodFellas:

https://youtu.be/1Z6MJIjCJ20

Guns of Hackney

Cutter

Purged. I think it’s called, purged.

Listen, would you rather hear something or nothing?

These cats were recording on fucking clay records and dying of horse overdoses…no one was gearing it. I’d rather someone records a Johnson or leadbelly record than not. Know that I mean?

Ishola70

The Stones still sound a bit edgy though.

Led Zep in comparison don’t.

Monkey Man great Stones track.

PhD2020

Guns of HackneySeptember 7, 2018 17:34:40
Can we all agree that Marvin Gaye is the greatest male vocal of all time?
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Certainly up there…Some people might say Sam Cook,is one to also be considered..

Could go back a bit..And some might even say what about Nat King Cole?

Alex Cutter

“Listen, would you rather hear something or nothing?” Not sure what you’re asking? Are you implying that the original versions aren’t available to listen to? The video link I provided (along with the others you’ll find when googling “Led Zeppelin Plagiarism” ) shows that isn’t the case. Also, it’s not just that they blatantly stole material, but that they had until relatively recently denied it, and have put up legal fights against the original musician’s heirs attempting to collect compensation for the thefts. I’ve always found in curious that the musical genius that is Jimmy Page ran so completely dry… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

Phd

NKC is my good friend’s pick. I’m actually a fan of Otis Reading.

And, dare I say it…Elvis Presley. Always on form. 50’s late 60’s or the end days 70’s. Still brilliant.

Alex Cutter

“Monkey Man great Stones track.”

I’ve always loved this relatively unknown track from Mick and Ry Cooder from the soundtrack of Cammell’s awesome mind-fuck of a movie Performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3qgmVb4-kU

Gunner2301

LeedsG This story came out some time ago. I think Pedro mentioned it in a piece he did but it was more from the Poor old Per having to deal with these mental issues in silence and good that he’s spoken out BS totally ignoring the obvious. I made the same points you made because for me how does he then become academy manager after that WTF. How do you tell an academy player to pull his finger out when he’s feigning injury when your own shit is in the public domain for them to throw back in your face?… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

Cutter Why are you always fighting? Anyone who listens to music knows that Zep nicked some riffs and tracks. Everyone! It’s not new news. The Stones are guilty. So are the Beatles. So is pretty much everyone that wasn’t is the 1920’s. Even Hendrix was a bit of a thief. It happens and happened. I’m not defending it, I’m just saying that it’s life. I doubt if Robert Johnson would have given a shit that 40 years later some white boy stole his back catalogue. Music is for everyone. If you want to hear a crackly recording of a leadbelly,… Read more »

PhD2020

Ishola70September 7, 2018 17:25:47
Philip Oakley of Human League did a lot of sop but his group was responsible for this monster
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What about Fleetwood Mac…?Pretty big on both sides of the Atlantic….
I guess they had a lot of inspirational material to work with,giving all the shenanigans they got up to and with each other.. 🙂

Ishola70

So so.

You can go your own way quite a powerful track.

PhD2020

Guns of HackneySeptember 7, 2018 17:50:21
Music is for everyone. If you want to hear a crackly recording of a leadbelly, great. If you want to hear a stadium recording of a old blues track, great! Trust me, Robert Johnson doesn’t give a fuck and neither should anyone.
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What GOH is actually meaning to say,is that he is an avid lover of Bronski Beat/The Communards…So let him be…

LOL
🙂

China

Nah I’ve never really followed th Beatles hype

I get why people like them but I don’t think they produced that many genuinely awesome songs compared with Pink Floyd for example

Dare I say it (at risk of being ridiculed by the world) I think Beatles mania hype went a bit overboard. Just a solid band who got propelled onto a stellar stage for reasons I’ve not entirely understood

Alex Cutter

“Anyone who listens to music knows that Zep nicked some riffs and tracks. Everyone! It’s not new news. The Stones are guilty. So are the Beatles. So is pretty much everyone that wasn’t is the 1920’s. Even Hendrix was a bit of a thief.”

Why aren’t you differentiating between covering songs (with compensation to the original artists) and stealing others material without compensation?

Feel free to provide sources to Stones/Beatles/Hendrix “original” songs that have stolen their riffs (without credit) from earlier artists.

As they say, I’ll wait.

China

I think musically and lyrically there are absolutely better out there

Not more popular tho

Ishola70

Deep Purple – Chasing Shadows

Track from an early self-titled album with Bosch on the cover.

This don’t sound like 60s/early 70s. Sounds more modern than that. Prog.

Never seen this track on a va compilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfRJqBQ5eTM

PhD2020

Ishola70September 7, 2018 17:55:47
So so.
You can go your own way quite a powerful track.
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You can go your own way-only?
They were a few others,surely..”Everywhere”,”Seven wonders”,”Gypsy”,”Little Lies”,You make loving fun”…Are just some contenders-non?

Guns of Hackney

Phd

Is a raving mincer.

Alex Cutter

“Dare I say it (at risk of being ridiculed by the world) I think Beatles mania hype went a bit overboard. Just a solid band who got propelled onto a stellar stage for reasons I’ve not entirely understood”

I think by definition, “mania” and “hype” are synonymous with “overboard”. The reasons why Beatlemania occurred (right time, place and personalities) are fairly well-documented.

Comparing The Beatle’s value, influence and musicality to Pink Floyd — the choice of sullen college freshmen all over the world who are smoking pot for the first time! — seems misguided.

PhD2020

GOH

Back to your earlier messages.Where you mentioned about female vocalists that got you all moist..
You mentioned Whitney Houston as one..
I forgot to mention or add Mary J Blige..Quite an awesome vocalist as well as a talent,certainly during her prime..She’s massively understated I think..

Another one for me,is Sade..Certainly up there with regards to talent..

Guns of Hackney

Cutter

You are rivalling me for the most miserable bastard on here.

Sheesh.

BTW. The Beatles ARE the greatest band of all time but not the most talented.

Guns of Hackney

Phd

Sade. I have no idea why she didn’t hit the big time. Stunning. Original and a great singer. Puzzling.

China

Kevin Gilbert was a poet in the truest sense of the word. He also used to play basically every instrument on all his solo albums which ranges from everything from bass to keys to guitar, banjo, brass, you name it

Genius at work before he died

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=rs484wvKvvM

China

The Beatles are the most popular and best selling.

That doesn’t equate the greatest for me. Britney Spears would be up there as an all time great if we allow popularity to be a consideration

I don’t deny they were a good band tho. I just never understood why they were more popular than many other bands who were writing better lyrics and music

Ishola70

There is so much choice of early 70s blues rock to listen to, loads of it, and more than enough of it sounds fresher than Led Zep.

Yeah Led Zep did some nice tunes but overall bit generic.

PhD2020

Guns of HackneySeptember 7, 2018 18:11:57
Sade. I have no idea why she didn’t hit the big time. Stunning. Original and a great singer. Puzzling.

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She did…Sade was big in the states.I’ll also venture she is big worldwide.
I think it’s the fact that she is a very private person.Chooses to leave a secluded life,away from the glare of the cameras and publicity.
Most people I meet from across the globe,or visit around the world-are aware of her in most cases…And do appreciate her music.

Definitely a talent either way..

Alex Cutter

“You are rivalling me for the most miserable bastard on here.” Because I have a problem with rich people blatantly stealing from others. Ok? Still waiting on your examples of Beatles/Stones/Hendrix song thievery. In the meantime… 1) The Who’s only “great” album was The Who Sell Out. The perfect concept album. Anything after than was self-indulgent twaddle. 2) Hole was better than Nirvana. More angry, focused, and musically inventive. While undeniably talented, Cobain was a mopey whiner who “borrowed” the band’s sound from The Pixies, Vaselines, Killing Joke, the Meat Puppets, etc. At least Cobain — unlike LZ — made… Read more »

Alex Cutter

Here’s a band from my home town that’s channeling Led Zeppelin. They’re very good live, and I think they’ll make it big-ish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co&frags=pl%2Cwn

China

Suga – today’s news: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dallas-police-officer-enters-wrong-apartment-fatally-shoots-man/ar-BBMZIqS?li=BBnb7Kz

‘Administrative leave’ rather than arrested on grounds on suspicion of murder or man slaughter. This guy was also a top student, in his own apartment, not a ‘hood rat’. Let’s see what her sentence is eh

Alex Cutter

China — Keep this link handy when dealing with cop apologists:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/

PhD2020

China/Alex Cutter Dallas police in a statement said that preliminary information suggests the officer involved called for help, and told responding officers that “she entered the victim’s apartment believing that it was her own.” ——— How could you enter the wrong apartment?You put your key into the door and if it doesn’t work,you check the door number or figure out-you’ve got the wrong door…The story by the detective stinks…. You enter the wrong apartment-how?Then blast the poor guy to smithereens… No doubt Suga will say-” This is life,things can go wrong.Wrong place,wrong time..He was unlucky..” Funny,I mentioned a case today… Read more »

James wood

Ready steady go what a show.?
Wasn’t Sade the ugly one. 🙂

PhD2020

Alex CutterSeptember 7, 2018 18:28:47
Here’s a band from my home town that’s channeling Led Zeppelin. They’re very good live, and I think they’ll make it big-ish:
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Nice link..I quite enjoyed it… 🙂

jwl

Alex Cutter I am Led Zeppelin fan but Page and Plant have admitted to stealing songs, don’t know about other two groups. There is even a list on wiki that looks at questionable Zep songs. ————— Once again Led Zeppelin find themselves battling allegations of copyright infringement, this time over who wrote the introduction of their most famous song, Stairway To Heaven. It’s a scenario that’s become familiar since 1985, when Willie Dixon launched a legal case over Whole Lotta Love, claiming that the song copied his own You Need Love – written seven years earlier – without giving him… Read more »

HillWood

Ishola
How about A Crow And A Baby

Stefano14

Alex cunter is quite clearly devoid of physical friends.

HillWood

PhD
There are only 7 basic musical notes in the world to make music from
Hardly surprising bands “re arrange” other bands stuff

Ishola70

Crow and a baby?

General sound/feel of the track is good enough but vocals a little too meandering for me on that one.

HillWood

Ishola
I loved the Human League both before and after the girls joined
Along with plenty of other bands

zeus

Why is Sane acting up?

Alone + Easy Target

The state of Italy in this match lol. Just sub in Immobile or Belotti already. Seriously inadequate in midfield too.

Only listen to shoegaze these days especially Slowdive. That or the more post-punk sound of Have A Nice Life.

Alex Cutter

If you like Slowdive and Have A Nice Life, this band has a similar, loungy, less lo-fi sound:

https://youtu.be/q4xKvHANqjk

This is also pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1PaX5GBODE&frags=pl%2Cwn

Alone + Easy Target

Kuba already on caution anyway but why not another one? Only started because of nepotism too. Of course Flappyanski can’t even guess correctly.

Bamford10

Zeppelin were incredible, but the Stones reign supreme for me.

“Midnight Rambler” is as good a rock & roll tune as any ever written, IMO, but unlike several of the Stones’ other smash classics (e.g., “Satisfaction”), it hasn’t been overplayed.

Incredible band.

Alone + Easy Target

I don’t know man that one doesn’t do it for me. I guess maybe at the moment I just want that atmospheric wall of noise mood? Something like Filosofem by Burzum but with the vocal more drowned out and not that harsh.

If I want a bit more upbeat I prefer the It’s Immaterial by Black Marble which sounds a tad like New Order too but even more lo-fi.

Alex Cutter

“I prefer the It’s Immaterial by Black Marble”

Like this. Grabbing now. thx.

Alone + Easy Target

All these shitty crosses but they kept trying the same thing. A masterstroke from Mancini for sure.

Alone + Easy Target

At least with the Nations League it’s not just meaningless friendlies for most of the international breaks right? I know it’s just artificial competition to justify the glorified friendlies but at least there’s some structure to it now.

alexanderhenry

Hillwood

Human League. That’s a curveball. Great band especially the album Dare.

This is surely the most 80s song ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehYU6p3aIZQ

Who can out 80s that?

HillWood

The Jam
Town Called Malice

Alex Cutter

“Human League. That’s a curveball. Great band especially the album Dare.”

I was always partial to Fascination and their attempt at political commentary, The Lebanon. Where did that come from?

HillWood

In fact anything by The Jam or Paul Weller

Alex Cutter

“In fact anything by The Jam or Paul Weller”

Seen Weller at least 12 times.

The best was a three-night set in Hollywood. Night one was mostly Jam songs, night two was mostly Style Council, and night three was mostly solo stuff.

alexanderhenry

Alex Cutter

Bands were far more political in those days, especially in the UK. The Jam, Clash, the specials etc.

Alex Cutter

“Bands were far more political in those days, especially in the UK. The Jam, Clash, the specials etc.”

For sure, but coming from a group like THL, was quite a surprise.

Here’s an extended version of the song I’d never heard before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5VmR6hZw2c&frags=pl%2Cwn

Alex Cutter

Nadal v DelPotro shaping up to be a good one.

HillWood

I was lucky enough to be at The Jam last gig in London
The best Weller gig I’ve seen was at The Apollo in 2016

HillWood

Anyone been watching Friday Night Dinner ?
It’s fucking hilarious

alexanderhenry

Alex Cutter

I know it. Phil Oakey- master of the ‘distressed’ vocal.

Bamford10

Hackney I’d say the opposite of what you said about The Beatles. Immensely, immensely talented — in Paul McCartney and John Lennon alone you have two towering geniuses — but as good as everything they did is, there is something a little too poppy and superficial in the end about a lot of their stuff. Relative to the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, that is. I’m not taking away from how great they were —- their greatness is unquestionable — but as rock & roll it isn’t up to the level of the RS or LZ. As pop, it’s up… Read more »

China

Firstly you couldn’t enter a neighbors apartment sober without realizing that you’re in the wrong fucking house unless you were wasted or high Secondly she did that when had finished her shift which means she was only a civilian at that time. As a civilian off duty she shouldn’t be getting treated differently than anyone else. If I murdered my neighbkur the police wouldn’t let me walk free for a few days lol One rule for the guys in blue and another for everyone else The only way this gets explained away is if she is unbelievably incompetent. But that’s… Read more »

gonsterous

morning chaps

Michael24

First time for years, during an international break, that I’ve actually felt a yearning for Arsenal’s next game.

Just one of the many things that Wenger helped to destroy.

China

Same Michael.

This is an agony that I forgot existed

Why does it take so long to pass???

Champagne Charlie

One Direction ruins all.

gonsterous

so bale, how much does he rely on athleticism or is it just talent ?