tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post116826949588871557..comments2024-03-02T22:28:45.521-05:00Comments on Inveresk Street Ingrate: Random thoughts on a Monday mourningImposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168451285892765302007-01-10T12:48:00.000-05:002007-01-10T12:48:00.000-05:00ha ha ha. I don't know anyone who'd join the WRP ...ha ha ha. I don't know <EM>anyone</EM> who'd join the WRP as a fashion statement. It was always a case of "bring your own parka and thermos flask."<BR/><BR/>Now, the RCP, on the other hand . . .Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272341393007849321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168346571638807812007-01-09T07:42:00.000-05:002007-01-09T07:42:00.000-05:00Lisa,I'm not totally denouncing Maximo Park, but i...Lisa,<BR/><BR/>I'm not totally denouncing Maximo Park, but it was the case that I was listening to them non-stop about six months ago, and apart from the odd track, such as 'Limassol', I can't listen to them at all nowadays.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tip about iTunes. I was starting to think that the business of the Kingmaker tracks cropping up again and <B>again</B> on shuffle was some sort of Manchurian Candidate moment for me.<BR/><BR/>John,<BR/>Of course you are that 1/10 . . .<I>"just a number on a list."</I><BR/><BR/>I mean those fashionista anarchists who couple their close minded attitudes with their oh so superior air, who you just know would have been members of the WRP 25 years ago, cos that was that year's political fashion . . . erm, wait up where's the edit facility on this comment?<BR/><BR/>Reidski, <BR/><BR/><I>"socialist train anecdote . . ."</I><BR/><BR/>Trust you to mention the one Tony Benn anecdote that I've never heard before. And I thought I'd memorised by heart all four anecdotes that he has using in that same speech he has been giving these last 20 years.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168345143547579992007-01-09T07:19:00.000-05:002007-01-09T07:19:00.000-05:00Phil,The grumpiest man on the UK Left Network has ...Phil,<BR/><BR/>The grumpiest man on the UK Left Network has to be TG.<BR/><BR/>However, the way some of the more recent exchanges on the UK Left Network are going I think various individuals on opposing sides of the SSP/Solidarity bun fight are collectively staking a claim.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168344624460347222007-01-09T07:10:00.000-05:002007-01-09T07:10:00.000-05:00Rosa does sound very interesting. I wouldn't might...Rosa does sound very interesting. I wouldn't might getting hold of a copy of it. (Often whistfully think what might-have-been had the German revolution been successful ...).<BR/><BR/>Also if MP is the 2nd grumpiest man on the UK Left Network, who's the first???Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168343981146229622007-01-09T06:59:00.000-05:002007-01-09T06:59:00.000-05:00Jim,I downloaded it from the UK Nova bit torrent s...Jim,<BR/><BR/>I downloaded it from the <A HREF="http://www.uknova.com/" REL="nofollow">UK Nova</A> bit torrent site, but you'll have to get it quick 'cos they have a policy of not uploading programmes that are available on DVD or video, and I understand that a DVD of 'This Life + 10' is being rush released.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168342698801633022007-01-09T06:38:00.000-05:002007-01-09T06:38:00.000-05:00Darren, where the hell did you download this life ...Darren, where the hell did you download this life from, the dvd recorder recorded a big zilch and I did want to watch it.timesnewromanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17719097311722958453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168291796804872832007-01-08T16:29:00.000-05:002007-01-08T16:29:00.000-05:00Great thoughts, whether random or not.Benn - I lov...Great thoughts, whether random or not.<BR/><BR/>Benn - I love his socialist train anecdote (when I say love, I really mean "cringe when he starts").<BR/><BR/>Ugly Betty - I mentioned that I didn't laugh once, but I still really enjoyed it! And I intend to watch every episode.<BR/><BR/>Walter Smith - has shown himself to be a traitor to the nation cause as he would much prefer promoting sectarian bigotry rather than national unity!Reidskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099190023784077789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168278563630924042007-01-08T12:49:00.000-05:002007-01-08T12:49:00.000-05:00Now I think of it, 9/10 anarchists annoy me!Now I think of it, 9/10 anarchists annoy <EM>me</EM>!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272341393007849321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168278482379687202007-01-08T12:48:00.000-05:002007-01-08T12:48:00.000-05:00I hope I'm the 1/10.Then again . . .I hope I'm the 1/10.<BR/><BR/>Then again . . .Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272341393007849321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1168276945599672112007-01-08T12:22:00.000-05:002007-01-08T12:22:00.000-05:00Hee. I'm gonna have to listen to Bikini Kill agai...Hee. I'm gonna have to listen to Bikini Kill again. Although I was wondering if/why Fat Children sounded a bit familiar...<BR/><BR/>Maximo Park is a tricky one, since I will maintain for quite some time to come that "Going Missing" is a cracking little track. Mostly for that great opening/closing line. But you're right; overall that blip you had six months ago was just wrong.<BR/><BR/>We all know iTunes shuffle doesn't do random as most people know it...Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.com