NME next week

[MrsCarbohydrate]

Originally Posted by Amanda

I meant if you read every single word - possibly including the adverts.

That would finish me off I think.

I think the inherent fagginess may be a localised issue, mostly found down my end of the barrier.

I dunno... I think the phrase just irritated me. There's definitely something slightly pretty about the other half of the stage as well

I think for the next tour the aim should be to be more imaginative with the sax and get solos in songs you wouldn't expect them (Kevin Carter and Ocean Spray are too obvious) I want the kind of imagination that lead to the great Die in the Summertime gong solo.

How about the bass line from archives of pain performed on the baritone sax? Honk honk honk honk honk honk honk- honk honk honk- honk honk honk...

[Alt.Duck]

Originally Posted by MrsCarbohydrate

How about the bass line from archives of pain performed on the baritone sax? Honk honk honk honk honk honk honk- honk honk honk- honk honk honk...

I would make that my mobile ringtone.

[Mary Chain]

I saw a guy playing a sitar yesterday that was the size of himself (and even more fierce than the monster in the picture). I feel it would add a whole new dimension to Faster.

[mooserevenge]

I am stronger than Harrison, Jones and Ravi Shankar..

Actually that would be awesome! You just know Jim could play it if he wanted to.

[Ken Korda]

If we're going with instrument changes I would love to see Sean give up the drums entirely and just jump around the stage excitedly, playing a cowbell.

[Marconi Delorian]

Never mind the Manics article, read the Bradford Cox 'interview'. It's possibly the worst thing ever. Badly conducted, Cox is an absolute moron and the standard of the write up would be laughable if it was from a school paper.

[Alt.Duck]

Originally Posted by Neon Loneliness

If we're going with instrument changes I would love to see Sean give up the drums entirely and just jump around the stage excitedly, playing a cowbell.

Nope, now we know that will never happen.

[Ken Korda]

Originally Posted by Alt.Duck

Nope, now we know that will never happen.

I know it would never happen, I would just love to see it.

[Alt.Duck]

Originally Posted by Neon Loneliness

I know it would never happen, I would just love to see it.

It was a possibility. But then you put in the word 'excitedly' and dashed my hopes, confirming it would never be reality.

[Ken Korda]

Originally Posted by Alt.Duck

It was a possibility. But then you put in the word 'excitedly' and dashed my hopes, confirming it would never be reality.

Well if I can make outlandish wishes of what I want to see, surely I should go the whole hog. I mean, when I think to myself that I want to see a dog fly I don't then go, "oh and I want his name to be 'Satan's Bitch'. Oh wait, nobody sane would ever name their dog that, better just stick to the flying then."

[Alt.Duck]

Originally Posted by Neon Loneliness

Well if I can make outlandish wishes of what I want to see, surely I should go the whole hog. I mean, when I think to myself that I want to see a dog fly I don't then go, "oh and I want his name to be 'Satan's Bitch'. Oh wait, nobody sane would ever name their dog that, better just stick to the flying then."

Destroyed my initial point and made me laugh in the process. Respect to you.

[mafiamonroe]

Originally Posted by the_soft_machine

did somebody say the scans earlier in the thread weren't working?

well i scanned the little piccies yesterday at t'library... their scanner is not the best and they WERE very small pics!

I know Nicky has never had the best makeup skills but you'd think he could shave if he's gonna wear excessive eye makeup. And foam applicators? Get to the nearest MAC and buy some decent brushes you old skinflint!

[wireobsessed]

Great to see another Manics article BUT not sure about it really. I thought the pics were a bit crap and I was bothered by the "inherent fagginess" comment too...

The best bit were Nicky's bitchy comments and the fact that James said see you in 2 years. Surely that means a UK tour as well. Two years isnt that far off so I'm happy.

[psychosweetie]

Originally Posted by MSPKYE

Oh ok




I thought it read like it had been written by a 2 year old child, but then this is the NME I wouldn't expect much else

Thanks for these! Haha, I see myself in the photo with the fans! The article does indeed suck, but oh well. It's just nice that they decided to cover the US tour at all.

[Bryter Layter]

Originally Posted by Amanda

You wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes back in the mid 90s then - it always used to be cheap newspaper and so the ink would come of on your fingers and then you'd forget and rub your nose or something and that would be black too and end you'd end up obliviously wandering around with black streaks accross your face and there never used to be all this colour malarky - half the time it was black and white photos and what was on the other side of the page would have seeped through.

Ahahaha! I remember those days when it was newsprint tabloid format! Think I still have quite a few stashed away somewhere still. For such a well-read music paper, it always looked like a cheap quaily free daily paper rather than a music mag.

As for content, well I've personally never been impressed by their coverage or many of the bands they got behind. They lambasted Radiohead in the early days (seriously went to town on how "ugly" Thom Yorke was) yet promoted the hell out of bands like Shed 7 for example. It was always a slight step up from teen-bopper magazines for me except it generally catered to the alternative crowd. However, that's just my impressions of the magazine as a non-UK resident. It might be a completely different reading experience for those of you in the UK though.