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I know this is going to make the young whippersnappers roll their eyes a bit, but maybe 'coz I'm in a faraway country I'd like to reminisce about a few items of 80's Kiwiana - I wanna remember Ollie Olsen and "After School" (A-F-T-E-R...S-C-H-double o el AFTER SCHOOOOL! Before that machievellian MJ wannabe Jase and his budget Styrofoam pal Thingy killed him... even "Nice One Stewie", when Ollie was on holidays or summint , The Kids From O.W.L...Count Homogenised...Under The Mountain...SPOT ON on sundays (remeber Philip Schofield anyone?)...SHAZAM...Radio With Pictures...Ready To Roll 6pm Saturday night - when the budget single shots of just the artist, without an accompanying soundclip played for the Top 20......

I've got a tear in my eye dammit....please feel free to reminisce with me... throw me a Winegum or K-Bar while you're at it...

so what's your plan?

I don't know if this has been brought up before or if anyone has seen this but nothing will ever beat it....it is fantastic.......
go here http://videos.antville.org/stories/1089682/
and click on the link to the music video......

everything will now be a disappointment as nothing can top this.....

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inside sources tell me that radio rhema was started by a satanic cult known as the freemasons. the freemasons want to control the world by fooling suckers into false religions thus making them self policing, maluable and easy to rule over. here's the proof:

http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/logo/radio/or/rhema_fm.jpg
http://naomi.mountains.net.au/rhema/images/rhemafm.gif
take a look at this logo.

turn it upside down and you can almost lay it perfectly over this:
http://watch.pair.com/eye.jpg

In God we trust...

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this topic might already exist but i can't be bothered checking so..
i was just wondering, what are the weirdest band names you have ever heard of?? i find these ones pretty strange....

A Box of Fish with Tartar Sauce
Electric Blue Peggy Sue and the Revolutionions from Mars
Ozzy Beard Spaghetti
Mayhem Lettuce
Fuck You Yankee Bluejeans
Crappy the Clown and the Punch Drunk Monkies

anyone got some more???

My boyfriend is going to be buying some pretty hardcore equipment as he wants to get into producing drum n bass, and he doesn't know whether to go with Q-Bass or Logic, can someone in the know give me some pros/cons of each?

Well, ive begun playing guitar, in the hope of someday becoming a fine rock musician who gets bitched about on this very forum. I have one small problem (yes, that is a pun).. my hands arent the biggest in the world. There not tiny, just not all that big... So, anyone know of small handed guitar geniouses who i can look to in times of trouble, when i need some inspiration?

Any tips by the way? Barring is prooving to be the main difficulty, bloody 4th string rattles, i think i need a stronger arm/thumb...

Anyone got any great idea's for Band names?

Enter them in here and you could win a $100 bar tab at your choice of 4 venues and also 5 free latest hits CD's from the Universal catalouge listing!

Start thinking!!

:)

i've just been looking through some of the crap i've collected on my computer, and i've found quite a few cute pictures of animals. here are some of my favourites:

http://valo.orcon.net.nz/otter.jpg
http://valo.orcon.net.nz/cat.jpg
http://valo.orcon.net.nz/mommycat.jpg

please contribute. I LOVE CUTE!

we eat them all the time...
numbers which we dont know the full background contents of.
this site is really interesting if you wanna find out what you are eating... all you do is look up the number an it's tell you.

for example; someone gave me 2 boxes of PODS for my birthday, i looked up the numbers for the colours they use and all 3 are banned in most european coutries. anyone want 2 boxes of PODS?

E102
Tartrazine
FD&C Yellow No.5; known to provoke asthma attacks (though the US FDA** do not recognise this) and urticaria (nettle rash) in children (the US FDA** estimates 1:10 000); also linked to thyroid tumours, chromosomal damage, urticaria (hives) and hyperactivity; tartrazine sensitivity is also linked to aspirin sensitivity; used to colour drinks, sweets, jams, cereals, snack foods, canned fish, packaged soups; banned in Norway and Austria

E173
Aluminium
avoid it, banned in some countries

E220
Sulphur dioxide
derived from coal tar; all sulphur drugs are toxic and restricted in use (in USA, FDA** prohibits their use on raw fruits and vegetables), produced by combustion of sulphur or gypsum; known to provoke asthma attacks and difficult to metabolise for those with impaired kidney function, also destroys vitamin B1; typical products are beer, soft drinks, dried fruit, juices, cordials, wine, vinegar, potato products

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Everytime I use Hair Gel it always dries up everytime i put it in after i wash it when its wet and when its dry it rejects it. But whenever I use Petroleum Jelly in my hair to touch up on it, it seems to hold a whole lot better! I've been using that Wella Extra Hold gel recently but it doesn't hold as well as it says. Just wondering if there is a better hair gel out there thats not too expensive but still decent.

And also just wondering if Petroleum Jelly is safe to use in ur hair? My friend referred it to me and said it was and some chicks even used it.

So..do u think its a good idea? Under nineteen's, are u going to get the vaccine since it's free? i got mine two days ago and my arm is still a bit sore..well i reckon this vaccine is great NZ's lucky to have something to prevent an epidemic happening...but...waddoyouthink??

Well our band 'chronic myopia' needs a drummer to be truely complete...

i could stick this in the classifieds, but that might lure a good drummer.... you see we have guitar, bass and a singer... and we all suck, suck and have crappy gear... yes so why would be want to join, i don't know... they may have there reasons...

we will pretty much take on anyone, even if you can't play and just want to learn, just as long as theres a drum kit...

email me if you are interested: bring_back_the_mullet@hotmail.com (we're in hamilton)

i was just curious to know how many of the members of nzm know each other. if u do know people on here, i was just wondering how/where u met (if it was at a gig or whatever) or through band friends and u realised that they were an nzm member aswell.

Which band would u recommend?
Do u know any of them?

!!! (SMOG) 12TWELVE 2 MANY DJ'S 24 GRANA A TOUCH OF CLASS (DJ'S) ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK ANGIL ASCII.DISKO ASTRUD ATOM RHUMBA B. FLEISCHMANN BENJAMIN BIOLAY BERG SANS NIPPLE BLACK STROBE BLOOMINGTON CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE CHICKS ON SPEED AND THE NO HEADS CHUCHO COLDER CRISTIAN VOGEL (DJ) DAVID HOLMES (DJ) DAYNA KURTZ DEVENDRA BANHART DIZZEE RASCAL DJ/RUPTURE DOMINIQUE A DORIAN EDISON WOODS ELBOW ELECTRELANE EROL ALKAN (DJ) FANNYPACK FERENC FERNANDO ALFARO & NACHO VEGAS FRANZ FERDINAND FUNK D'VOID (DJ) GINFERNO GRABBA GRABBA TAPE HUMBERT HUMBERT JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS JAMES MURPHY (DJ) JASON FORREST/ DONNA SUMMER JIMMY EDGAR JULIE DELPY JULIE DOIRON KID 606 LA BUENA VIDA LAS PERRAS DEL INFIERNO LES PHILIPPES LIARS LÍNEAS ALBIÉS LLOYD COLE LLUÍS LLACH LORI MEYERS LOVE OF LESBIAN LUKE SLATER (DJ) MALAHORA MARCO PASSARANI (DJ) MATMOS MATT ELLIOT MICHAEL GIRA MISS KITTIN (DJ) MUDHONEY NINA NASTASIA NUMBERS PAT MacDONALD PIXIES PJ HARVEY PLAID PREFUSE 73 PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES PRIMAL SCREAM REFREE REMATE RHYTHM & SOUND w. Paul St. Hilaire RUPER ORDORIKA SANPEDRO SCALDE SCISSOR SISTERS SERPENTINA SONGSTORE SUN KIL MOON SWELL TÉLÉFAX TECHNASIA (DJ) TEX LA HOMA THE BUG THE DIVINE COMEDY THE FALL THE GLIMMER TWINS DJ'S THE HIDDEN CAMERAS THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR THE LINN YOUKI PROJECT THE MODERNIST THE RAVEONETTES THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS THE TELEPATHIC BOY TRIGGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON VERACRUZ WILCO WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY XIU XIU YAKUZI

have a look on the website ... its better:

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Ok, so my band is working on the art work for our new ep, and i was wondering...

Say i spray painted the labelling side of a cd, would this somehow affect the cd's performance or life?

Cheers

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starting with A and moving along

Just found this by accident- Billy talks candidly about his pre-fame life, his reaction to musical success, and the Pumpkins' love-affair with the almighty Big Muff fuzz pedal... really well written stuff!

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This topic has proablby been done before, many times. But I'm wondering how the physical appearence of those in a band effects perception of the music. Obviousely the music is primary to...liking the music, but would Led Zepplin have been successful if Robert plant was bald? If Kurt Cobain looked like the milkman would anybody have cared? If Marvin was a short, white and wore glasses would any woman want his babeis? I think no.

It seems like it's harder to get into good music if the band members look like accountants. Certain bands of the Flying Nun type spring to mind. It's a ego projection thing, you don't want to be them, if them is being fat, old or ugly, no matter how good the music might be. Face it, the best musicians are also pretty good looking, or at least have character. Looking like a pudgy average joe just doesn't do it.

Moronic topic endeth.

its gotta be "touched by an angel".

anyone else have a nomination?

Who annoys you on TV? Ads or shows, there some characters that really suck.

My biggest gripe is Wendy Meyer from 'Better Living Everyone'.

Marc Ellis has become a bit of a tosser lately. Too much hanging around Matthew Ridge.

hotel california unplugged- that rules
cats in the cradle- I forget who it's by
One in a million- Gn'r
Nutshell, down a hole, no excuses- AIC
wish you were here- Pink Floyd
Over the hills and far away- Led Zep

I'm forgetting some, but there's my favorites off hand

Yesterday I was asking about Sky-ll that may or may not turn out to be Sky at all, and it got me thinking about all those lyrics that catch your ear, not so much the ear worms or the barks like a dog, Phil, but those delightful phrases or what ever, the lyrical equivilant of Cellar Door.
I just love how Paselode sing Dance so it doesn't rhyme with Romance, it catches me everytime I hear it.......
any others?

ok as many of you may not know i slipped up in my 4 month old "stop smoking attempt" 3 weeks ago and im smoking more than i did in October, i have set a date to quit smoking tobacco for 10pm Sunday March 16. my plan is no caffeine, meat or alcohol for 72 solid hours, frequent 3x per day at least exercising, plus after dinner swim, strict diet of vegetables, and to break the cravings if nessecary my miricle medicine - mother mary. Frankly being 23 in 2 weeks i reckon im doing meself a lot of good, and i regret starting up at 17. i was wondering does anybody have any other suggestions i could add that could helpme become a non-smoker again??? id help heaps, cheers and respec'

i got this idea off another thread i was reading a couple of days ago. But was just wondering if there are songs that make you/or have made you cry, maybe in a time of badness, or hardtimes?