Big_Stu

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1362049443' post='1994903'] I think you'll find that the preferred useage in Estuary English (a.k.a. Mockney) is actually [i]"[b]knock [/b]it on the 'ead"[/i] rather than "[i]hit[/i]", as in: "[i]Do what? Leave it out! Knock it on the 'ead![/i]" [/quote] Yore 'avin' a laarf aintcha?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1362003842' post='1994467'] Banned lists should be applauded.... and extend that to banned bands... [/quote] So if there was a thread (again) about what songs should never be allowed to be played, like, ever, it'd be a "Battle Of The Banned"?

Friend of mine used to live so close to the site of Gettysburg that they used to go hunting for spent bullets in the fields. Apparently you could still find hundreds of them.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1362000821' post='1994393']I would definitely see you live because I'm sure I'd really enjoy that.[/quote] Nobody spoil it for Nige and tell him the women don't appear on stage at the actual gigs, just the vids.............. ..................... or do they?

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1361956929' post='1993480'] [attachment=128598:waistcoat.jpg] hmmm... colour discrepancy when viewed in greyscale... maybe not! [/quote] You're too good for this place, you should be Manzie of The Yard, looking for Lord Lucan & Shergar.

[quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1361958776' post='1993513'] ... now with tie & porn 'tache combo!!![/quote] fixed it for you

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1361920098' post='1993224'] I'm a bit more concerned that he might not approve of this 'detective work' and track me down for revenge!! [/quote] In that case we'll plug the band that he's just joined.................... ............ hand's off - I saw her first! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5dezZucnSI[/media] Edit: Not him on bass though, not recent enough.

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1361919755' post='1993218'] Hey! You nabbed my big unveiling! I was going to get a band in to do a big drumroll on page 10 [/quote] Sorry mate would you settle for being his agent now that you've made him a star in his own lunchtime?

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1361919583' post='1993213'] I think Big Stu has it nailed , [/quote] Wasn't me, it's tedmanzie that nailed it. I reckon it's "tedmanzie"s guy who is the one true heir apparent. Is THIS THE waistcoat??

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1361918922' post='1993198'] This is interesting. Who is this guy you found, and where did you find that photograph. We need more.[/quote] [url="http://www.bandmix.co.uk/fran-bass/"]http://www.bandmix.co.uk/fran-bass/[/url] Yeah, but who's going to hit the "Contact" button?

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1361914564' post='1993117'] Ok.....................[/quote] Astounding bit of detective work! Notice both pics the guy's right hand is over the neck - and (FWIW) in a almost identical shape. Over the neck is a fairly unusual way of playing - even if one is posed.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1361905258' post='1992890'] I just did . God , I think I've had my wisdom teeth removed again [/quote] Is that what you have to do to be able to "sing" like that?

"Lust For Life", used to get it all the time if walking down Princes St in Edinburgh (the running scene - partly - at the start of "Trainspotting"). Now it can happen anywhere.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1361893157' post='1992576'] The bloke on the far right looks pretty grumpy about it all. I bet he's the bass player! [/quote] My guess is that on stage they wore lederhosen and at least two of them played accordians; though they'd never get far with the guy in the middle looking like Ed "Stewpot" Stewart.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1361885945' post='1992415'] Do these count?[/quote] Reminds me of when I used to tie my Mum's apron round my neck & pretend I was Batman, though they look a lot older than I was at the time.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1361874635' post='1992131'] i just spat crisps all over my laptop. it's like cookie monster hitting the 'epic' button over and over again [/quote]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1361836661' post='1991880']BTW can anyone explain why their NAMM coverage had very few photos of the goodies described? Deadlines or copyright?[/quote] Space restrictions from squeezing in the Lull review?

In the almost six years we've been together I've taken my other half to more gigs than she has been to in her whole life. Now she hears that all of the guitars (only 5 now) I've got have their own unique sounds & she sees them getting played. It's when we go to tool shops that she gets worried....... "Ooooh, TOYS!!"

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1361814379' post='1991327'] Nope, but there was a time when everyone wore them [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1361814658' post='1991338'] [/quote] The only "Good Old Days" I can remember with clothes like that was the music-hall show with the compere that talked crap (who was "Manuel's" brother in real life). [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1361814570' post='1991334'] Francis Rossi always looks pretty cool in a waistcoat, unfortunately these days I tend to look more like Meatloaf in one so not so cool... [/quote] Denim waistcoats were never cool, only marginally even less cool than denim waistcoats were full length denim coats. Trucker jackets at a push, for a late 70s football match, but even so............. Though, yes, early 70's 'Quo were the dog's doodahs.

Has there ever been a time - ever - when waistcoats were "cool"?

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1361787973' post='1990660']I am getting sharp pains in my neck/shoulder (Trapezius muscle I think?) feels like knots ............... my whole shoulder and upper back feels like its solidifying... Swimming helps but won't clear it up.[/quote] Missed this earlier; this sounds a lot like the lower back pain I had. It was caused by stiffening of the muscular fascia (the yellow "sheets" you see in meat in the butchers window sometimes, it's what separates different muscles as they slide against each other). My physio said they should have the flexibility of a Fairy Liquid* bottle (other detergents* are available) but if you spend too long in the same position; at a computer desk or playing bass??? they stiffen up causing pain as you try to flex them. The swimming helping was exactly what he recommended (my GP seriously recommended ballroom dancing for the same reason). Obviously my physio was the expert not me, but the resemblance is incredible.

Ha! The tendonitis one reminded me off another one. I didn't know what it was; turned out I had three tendons in my forearm that had fused together (RSI). GP said surgery, physio said "manipulation". Over the course of three sessions I had very deep massage to re-separate them & exercises to do in-between times. One of which is to lean against a wall with hands flat to the wall & try to swivel the arms as much as possible. The other was flexing the wrist as far up then down repeatedly, all of them with pauses at each furthest stretch. That was about 5 years ago - been problem free since.

GPs treat the symptoms not the cause. You could well end up with being recommended carpal tunnel surgery next - or cortizone injections. I've had a fair few injuries over the years, some from other causes (cycle crash for eg.) some that affected playing. (Twice had fingertips go numb = trapped nerve in the neck for eg.). A sports physio I knew cured my ex's RSI - when she was told to "cope with it" by her GP. Haven't had one yet that a good sports physio couldn't fix, ask for recommendations off folk you know, or see if your local rugby or football team's physio has an open surgery day. You're right that it's been covered before, a few times, so you will get some who have been fixed up surgically, or who have had the injections. IMHO it's better to avoid surgery or chemicals in your body until all else has failed. It's just a choice.

I bought a live L42 CD in one of those cheapie shops that sells non-descript CDs for a £5. It's from 2006 on the "Forever Gold" label cat no. FG407 from Holland............ and that's your lot - on a single page cover apart from the tracks it has no details of where it was, when or how old the recording is. Any fans know more about it? just curious.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1361727821' post='1989958'] Nige is actually a Vogon. Never one to allow a planet to stand in his way. [/quote] [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1361727903' post='1989961'] But writes marvellous poetry...[/quote] It's always the quiet ones that you have to watch carefully!