Under-rated

RichN95.

Mettan wrote:

Canal boat holidays - far better than most holiday types (imho).

My uncle is one of the Britain's top canal boat manufacturers - I can only see the attraction if there are loads of pubs en route.

Jez mon

Hockey (ice not field)
Cycling
Heavy metal
Ale
Engineering
MotoGP
Family
South Park

all show no go

Westons Cider
Northern Soul
De Marchi cycle clothing
Bristol nightlife
Lorus watches
Blokes having a parting in their hair
Tom Huddlestone

all show no go

RichN95 wrote:

Paul Whitehouse

Didn't Johnny Depp say that Paul Whitehouse is his favourite actor?

RichN95.

all show no go wrote:

Bristol nightlife

Is it still good? I was Uni there back in the early 90s. Lakota, Thekla and the Bierkeller were the places to go back then. Massive Attack and the whole trip-hop scene. Are they still there?

RichN95.

all show no go wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Paul Whitehouse

Didn't Johnny Depp say that Paul Whitehouse is his favourite actor?

That's why I included him - until Depp said that I hadn't really considered it, but he really is a brilliant actor.

teagar

RichN95 wrote:

all show no go wrote:

Bristol nightlife

Is it still good? I was Uni there back in the early 90s. Lakota, Thekla and the Bierkeller were the places to go back then. Massive Attack and the whole trip-hop scene. Are they still there?

S'alright if ya like your D'n'B...

Trip hop's over 15 years old now.

pneumatic

+1 for Ice Hockey. I took Mrs Pneumatic (who hates sport) and the minor Pneumatics to see Chamonix play Tours. Agreed to be one of the best nights out we've had together as a family. And it is brutal!

finchy

Water polo
Czech films
John Cale
Mammoth Book of..... series. Collections of short stories compiled by genre. Usually very high quality, and really good value for money (about £7.99 for 20-30 stories)
Autumn

teagar

johnfinch wrote:

Water polo
Czech films
John Cale
Mammoth Book of..... series. Collections of short stories compiled by genre. Usually very high quality, and really good value for money (about £7.99 for 20-30 stories)
Autumn

Which Czech films and why?

finchy

teagar wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

Water polo
Czech films
John Cale
Mammoth Book of..... series. Collections of short stories compiled by genre. Usually very high quality, and really good value for money (about £7.99 for 20-30 stories)
Autumn

Which Czech films and why?

Ones whose names I can't remember, but I watch on the 24 hour coach journey between the UK and Slovakia about twice a year. If you want to see one, take a Student Agency bus over that way. Mind you, you'll also have to put up with 5 episodes of Friends and then some tosh like Dirty Dancing or Mr and Mrs Smith to counter-balance your new cultural experience.

The Czechs have a fairly similar dry sense of humour to the British, and the films have a nice, pleasant low-key feel with engaging characters.

markos1963

JJ Cale
Cyprus(away from the tourist areas)
Ronnie Woods guitar playing
Norfolk
Slade
Sausages
Time Trialing

El Diego

The Durutti Column

andy162

British Sea Power.
Puressence.
Steel frames.
Grosse Pointe Blank.
Clarks Desert Trekkers.
Mark and Lard.
Count Arthur Strong.
Being at school.

RichN95.

teagar wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

all show no go wrote:

Bristol nightlife

Is it still good? I was Uni there back in the early 90s. Lakota, Thekla and the Bierkeller were the places to go back then. Massive Attack and the whole trip-hop scene. Are they still there?

S'alright if ya like your D'n'B...

Trip hop's over 15 years old now.

I'm 37 - so the maths works out about right

teagar

RichN95 wrote:

teagar wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

all show no go wrote:

Bristol nightlife

Is it still good? I was Uni there back in the early 90s. Lakota, Thekla and the Bierkeller were the places to go back then. Massive Attack and the whole trip-hop scene. Are they still there?

S'alright if ya like your D'n'B...

Trip hop's over 15 years old now.

I'm 37 - so the maths works out about right

Don't get me wrong - I like trip hop more than most people.

You're unlikely to get much of it other than the occasional obscure night.

DavidBelcher

andy162 wrote:

British Sea Power.
Puressence.
Steel frames.
Grosse Pointe Blank.
Clarks Desert Trekkers.
Mark and Lard.
Count Arthur Strong.
Being at school.

Now that is a quality list (some Count Arthur Strong repeats are doing the rounds on Radio 4 at present, hilarious stuff). Well done, sir!

David

Chip \'oyler

The band Metronomy
Alfa Romeo's
Stephen Merchant
Nathan Barley
Early Doors
New Fast Automatic Daffodils

finchy

Chip \'oyler wrote:

Nathan Barley

+1. Excellent comedy.

Mothyman

High Noon.....watch it again on a rainy sunday afternoon

afx237vi

Sky Arts 1 and 2. Hard to believe Sky are responsible for such a gem of a channel. Documentaries, music, drama... hidden away way up on channel 256 and 257. A bit like BBC 4, only better.

shouldbeinbed

+1 Night sky for sure - I spent a night camping in Haddington lying outside all night just looking at the unbridled brilliance of it. I love being in out of the way places just for the darkness, no chance round my way - light pollution rules.

black and white photography
sausage, mash & gravy
fish finger butties
spelling and grammar
The Fall
Socialism
Football outside the premiership
Trains (you don't realise till you lose them and get a replacement bus service for 2 years)
switching your mobile off and sitting by a duck pond for the afternoon
having a shed
being a miserable antisocial old git

synchronicity

flat pedals

thejesusandsedischain

fad gadget
comsat angels
john and edward

thejesusandsedischain

skodas
+2 on the count arthur strong seen him live genius

DavidBelcher

thejesusandsedischain wrote:

+2 on the count arthur strong seen him live genius

Me too, a superb night out. Wasn't the show with the Eminem "My Name Is" spoof (featuring a hedge trimmer) by any chance, was it?

David

DavidBelcher

afx237vi wrote:

Sky Arts 1 and 2. Hard to believe Sky are responsible for such a gem of a channel. Documentaries, music, drama... hidden away way up on channel 256 and 257. A bit like BBC 4, only better.

:shock: Don't have those channels on my Sky package, but must be going some to beat the excellent Beeb Four!

David

PBo

andy162 wrote:

British Sea Power.
Puressence.
Steel frames.
Grosse Pointe Blank.
Clarks Desert Trekkers.
Mark and Lard.
Count Arthur Strong.
Being at school.

+1 - John Cusack is great
gutted when M&L went their own ways..

afx237vi

DavidBelcher wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Sky Arts 1 and 2. Hard to believe Sky are responsible for such a gem of a channel. Documentaries, music, drama... hidden away way up on channel 256 and 257. A bit like BBC 4, only better.

:shock: Don't have those channels on my Sky package, but must be going some to beat the excellent Beeb Four!

David

It generally has more music stuff than BBC 4, which is probably why I end up watching it a bit more. Last night had a good documentary on the Clash, and I recently watched a great live performance by Radiohead.

It also has the excellent "In Treatment" starring Gabriel Byrne. No adverts either!

Barteos

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