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Bowling bouncers at Monty? Come on man, what's the point of that?! He wants to be careful Monty doesn't piss on him!

What has happened to Mitchell Johnson? Fair play, the bloke has turned it around. Showed more heart and commitment than the whole of the England team combined.

This is going to be a white wash. If you can't bat at Adelaide on a wicket like this, then you shouldn't be playing test cricket. This is a disgrace. Pea hearted bottlers,

Got a mate who is a Saints fan. I'm too embarrassed to take the piss! All I've got to say is, eh?

Erm... That was an odd 45 mins. The goal aside, it's been pretty awful. I've often said I don't care how we play, if we're picking up wins, but... Hmmm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3TAG638Sw#t=144

Sad news indeed. RIP Junior.

Sad to hear of the passing of Reggae singer, Junior Murvin. Spent many an hour enjoying his music. Will post some of his stuff on the 'What Song Are You Listening To?' thread later I think. Most people will probably know him as the singer of Police & Thieves. RIP http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/03/reggae-singer-junior-murvin-dies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF3KYwxE0mw

Tony in not a heartless Tory bar steward shocker!

Not an album as such, but giving this free Guided By Voices download a listen. A gig from 1994. Shambolic, sounds like it's been recorded in a shoe, and brilliant. http://gbvdb.com/tenth.asp

I buy the Big Issue, but only very occasionally give money directly to beggars (rather than Big Issue sellers). I have made donations to homeless charities in the past, and have no issues giving food. There was an occasion one New Years Day, when I gave a homeless guy a can of beer, while walking home from a NYE party. Possibly not the best thing to do, but my thinking was he deserves a beer, if he'd had to sleep rough all night.

The rumour was that they didn't like touring too far from home in case the drugs dried up. Went to see Arthur Lee at Glastonbury. Mainly for the same reasons as seeing James Brown and Dylan, a box ticking exercise. Glad I did. It obviously wasn't going to be as intense as LA in the 60s, and everyone knew Arthur was dieing - But it was nice, a gentle farewell to a legend. I saw them at Newcastle Opera House in 2002, when they played Forever Changes in full. They had a string and horn section with them, and it was pretty damn special. I also saw them without Lee (a quickly organised gig by my mate. Lee wanted a rest and the band wanted a warm up for their next gig), in Darlington. Johnny Echols was the only original member, but it was pretty much the same band that played at Newcastle. Even without Lee, they were brilliant. I got in free as well, and got to meet Johnny Echols after the gig, which made it even better.

Had a conversation tonight about seeing Love play live, which sent me to this track.

Yes, Albion and SHA fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHL1A-Z4mWA#t=57

I would post the Wu Tang Clan song that samples this, but Mooney wouldn't like it.

The thing that surprised me is the way the expats also got in on the racist attitudes. Giving crap to the cab drivers or the waiters that brought the drinks etc. It seems like it is very easy to slip into that mindset when the whole society is ordered in that way. agreed it's quite appalling and very deliberate I always recall the episode in the Mall of the Emirates I witnessed at McDonalds Arab man - 1 quarter pounder with cheese and chips please Indian Guy - ok but Sir , it's cheaper if you order it as a meal deal would you like that AM - Ok I'll have the meal with a bottle of water IG - I'm sorry sir but you can't have bottle water it has to be a soft drink AM - but i don't want a soft drink i want water ..followed by lots of demanding and general disregard for the 20 people waiting in the queue behind him IG checks with his boss ..Ok sir you can have it with a bottle of water ..no word of Thanks from arab man Transaction takes place , order comes AM - actually I've decided I don't want the water I want a Diet coke I swear it was all about showing how superior he was to the Indian guy working in McDonalds ... Don't get me wrong I'm not anti arab , I just do find their behaviour is appalling sometimes .. to be fair though I saw it a lot in India as well ( probably a Caste thing ) ... mind you I've met people like this in England as well so I'm not gonna just say it's a certain nationality My sister used to be married to a guy from the Caribbean. He was the nicest guy you could ever wish to meet, but when it came to restaurants and customer service, he had an entirely different attitude to what I was used to. He became very authoritative, with a lack of what we would consider to be good manners. When I questioned him on it, he simply said that the people were there to serve him in their capacity as waitor/waitress, and that there was no need to add a please or a thankyou because they're not doing you any favours. Just a different way of looking at things I suppose. It's a very good attitude to have, if you like the taste of other people's bodily fluids.

Not at all. The point was, I've heard Albion and SHA fans saying we should be embarrassed by the way we celebrated the equaliser and the final whistle.

Stern John equaliser anyone? The most celebrated equaliser in history. Fair enough, i'd have hit the roof under those circumstances. Infact, IIRC, I did hit the roof, and the door, and the cat. Really? Our 2 late winners at St Andrews weren't even celebrated like that goal was. I dunno about that. I can't recall ever seeing an away end going much wilder, than when Gabby scored that late winner in the 2-1 game (cup finals etc aside). It was absolute carnge! I know, I was in it. Watch their celebrations again, in my opinion they were worse. Why the Hell would I want to watch that again?!

Stern John equaliser anyone? The most celebrated equaliser in history. Fair enough, i'd have hit the roof under those circumstances. Infact, IIRC, I did hit the roof, and the door, and the cat. Really? Our 2 late winners at St Andrews weren't even celebrated like that goal was. I dunno about that. I can't recall ever seeing an away end going much wilder, than when Gabby scored that late winner in the 2-1 game (cup finals etc aside). It was absolute carnge! And rightly so, that's what makes all the last minute defeats worthwhile. Absolutely! There's no point being a football fan, if you can't take joy in something like a last min winner against your local rivals!