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Quote from: Fishy on April 05, 2022, 10:14:25 PMJust listened to some Coney Hatch. They're not very good at all

I like the first album. Devil's Deck rocks hard and Hey Operator is a good enough tune for the great Aldo Nova to cover on Subject....Aldo Nova......and Andy Curran sports a nice pair of leg-warmers on the cover. What's not to like?
Canuck cranium crunchers
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I remember Tommy Vance playing them back in the day.  Don't remember what song he played, I just remember that the band got their name from Colney Hatch, an area very close to where I was brought up in Barnet

Quote from: dom on April 07, 2022, 04:09:10 PM

Quote from: Slim on April 07, 2022, 02:14:15 PM

Quote from: pxr5 on April 07, 2022, 01:33:06 PMHmm, like a watered down, mellower version of Genesis. It's OK, but drags on a bit - it's mainly guitars too and starts to get dull.

I've heard of this record, but never actually heard it. Just listened to a bit on YouTube, more than anything to me it sounds a bit rough like a home demo.

Just read a bit about it on Wikipedia; Rutherford and Phillips spent £3000 on multi-track tape recorders and a mixing desk for the album, but the tape decks went wrong and recorded unwanted clicks over the recordings before they were fixed.

DIY recording is a lot easier now.

I bought that album back in the day.  The only song I remember is God If I Saw her now, sung by Phil Collins and some woman.  Nice enough song, nothing special.  Can't remember anything else about it but I'll give it a listen and see what memories it brings.

Just did a little reading there and saw that "some woman" was Vivienne McAuliffe.  She died in 1998 at the age of 50.  Thought she deserved a little more respect than I gave her initially!

Quote from: Slim on April 07, 2022, 02:14:15 PM

Quote from: pxr5 on April 07, 2022, 01:33:06 PMHmm, like a watered down, mellower version of Genesis. It's OK, but drags on a bit - it's mainly guitars too and starts to get dull.

I've heard of this record, but never actually heard it. Just listened to a bit on YouTube, more than anything to me it sounds a bit rough like a home demo.

Just read a bit about it on Wikipedia; Rutherford and Phillips spent £3000 on multi-track tape recorders and a mixing desk for the album, but the tape decks went wrong and recorded unwanted clicks over the recordings before they were fixed.

DIY recording is a lot easier now.

I bought that album back in the day.  The only song I remember is God If I Saw her now, sung by Phil Collins and some woman.  Nice enough song, nothing special.  Can't remember anything else about it but I'll give it a listen and see what memories it brings.

Personally, I'd rather keep politics in General Chat, but if other contributors feel strongly that it should be hidden, I can understand that

Really love their 1st album. Really disappointed when it was removed from Spotify a while back.  Crime of the Century is a classic, and they were pretty strong throughout the 70s.

Their live album recorded in Paris in 79 is excellent.

Really, I know that whenever my heart rate was taken in hospital it pretty much matches the reading on my watch. I wouldn't want to rely on it if my life was dependent on it but it is a reasonable indicator that confirms whether you've been pushing it or taking it easier.

Even In The Quietest Moments - Supertramp after Alex said it was his favourite album from 77. Its a decent enough album that ends brilliantly with , Babaji, From Now On (Rick Davies best vocal) and the epic Fool's Overture.

Really like Inglorious Basterds - Christopher Waltz was brilliant

I think that fag packet has been trashed!

Quote from: Rufus_the_dawg on April 04, 2022, 10:01:38 AMI am after a descent heart monitor -strap and watch. Any surjections?

Thinking of a Polar ft7 or a Garmin 410 any thoughts.

Any reason for getting the strap?  Is it more accurate than just leaving it to the watch?

I really like VT, songs like Earthshine, the title track and Ghost Rider some really strong songs, but Snakes and Arrows is absolutely abysmal.  Clockwork Angels is really not much better, I find them both really unpleasant to listen to.

Very Orwellian

Amplifier - Echo Street, Matmos deserves more recognition (as do Amplifier come to that!)

Quote from: Nick on April 03, 2022, 03:15:36 PM

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on April 02, 2022, 09:29:00 PMWent out for my first ride in a fortnight today, thanks to COVID. Bloody Hell, it's taken a lot out of me. I'd managed to get back to 50 mile rides and now I'm doing half that and feeling it. The flat was OK but as soon as the road went uphill that was it. I looked at one uphill segment on Strava and my times hade been coming down consistently all year, now I'm back to the beginning of January times and there wasn't even a headwind today...

Didn't manage a full hill climb today, although I got further than I intended, but I managed to reach pub car parks to turn round in - and collapse over my handlebars for a bit, not done that in years. The inside of my lungs felt like they were being toasted, a strange sensation. I suppose it's only onwards and upwards from here...

https://www.strava.com/activities/6921065245/

Take in the views and enjoy it for a bit while you recover.

100%. Don't worry too much about times and speeds. Just enjoy the fact that you are out there and cycling.

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on April 03, 2022, 11:05:59 AM

Quote from: Nick on April 03, 2022, 09:13:46 AMShocking scenes of civilian killings in Bucha.

That was the UKranonazi Azov battalion doing it to their own side. The Russian special military operation operatives have not harmed any civilians.

Are you certain of that? Sounds like it comes from a putin apologist/sympathiser