@Mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@jegga It is indeed the infamous Verity. Apparently men catcall/drive up and invite her for rides every time she ventures outside.

Sure they do.

@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

I refuse to even read this article

I think it’s the same cretin who wrote that Freudian article about “ being tailgated by a big black truck “ by a muscly guy in a singlet .

Lizzy Marvelly has some pretty stiff competition from Stuff with this one banging out dross like this .

@Nevorian said in NZ Rugby Board representational 'diversity':

How diverse is Netball New Zealand Board? maybe they should swap or amalgamate with NZRFU to sure up this diversity thing?

I’d say they are bracing themselves for the issue of blokes wanting to play in women’s teams that must surely be coming their way.

@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:

I have listened to Appetite a LOT this week.

And i am now firmly of the view that the first 6 songs are up there with the first 6 songs of any record ever. Let alone a debut record. What an opening to a career. And i am completely unsurprised that they just exploded. Had anybody heard anything like it in 1987? It's not metal, it's not punk, what we know as alternative music didn't exist, it's just raw and dirty, but with an amazing groove to it.

And having listened to both Illusion records, they were not even close to recapturing that spirit. It's an over-long, over-produced bloated mess. And that's not surprising given the state of them by that point.

I missed this discussion last week. I never got into the Use Your Illusions after loving Appetite and GnR Lies.

My favourite from Appetite:

On FNM, I like Epic even if it's not one of the best on the album.

I used to have a video with Bill and Teds on it and then when that finished it had Faith No More's Brixton Academy concert - so I watched it a lot.

Faith no More killed it in that Brixton concert......"We care a lot" being a higlight for me.

We know that you love it when they break into New Kids on the Block in the middle of We Care A lot.

But yeah, that concert was awesome.

When I saw them in about 1993 they came out all together and did aerobics on stage for long enough for everyone in the crowd to look at each other and think wtf? The concert before that Patton wore an old school MacDonalds uniform for the whole gig. One like this

@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@antipodean said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@MN5 the Epic thing drives me nuts. It's not even close to the best track on the album it's off. And yet there it is, FNM's only song apparently.

On that album alone I'd go:
War Pigs
Falling to Pieces
The Real Thing

"Woodpecker from Mars" is a great instrumental and you can't go past "From out of Nowhere"

I'm amazed "The Real Thing" isn't much better known. It is one of my favourite ever rock songs.

Still one of my favourite albums, the real thing and woodpeckers from mars are my standouts too.

@Siam said in Aussie Rugby in general:

@taniwharugby rugby news 1983. Murray mexted's profile, favourite hobbies: spoofing. Had me wondering for years....

Thats about where I stopped reading his book, I have no idea what spoofing is because his description made no sense.
No mention of Renee Chignall in there either I hear.

I think there should be a spot on the board for people who lacked any talent at the game and like to get drunk watching test matches. I'd be a shoe in i reckon , perhaps a tad over qualified if I'm being honest.

@taniwharugby said in Aussie Rugby in general:

@Rancid-Schnitzel although TBF, when you were a kid, there was no social media...cos I bet some players from yesteryear woulda put up some classics (both awesome and incredibly dumb)

Kit Fawcett springs to mind

The 21-year-old found infamy when he claimed the All Blacks hoped to "score more off the field than on" ahead of his sole tour - to South Africa - in 1976. He played two tests and 11 matches but was never selected for New Zealand again, eventually playing out his career overseas from 1979. No word on how successful he was.