What is your favorite word? Yespourtaquoi … as invented by the mighty Eliza Rose age 5. What is your least favorite word? standardize What turns you on? Summer evening: empty road: window down: Ramones. What turns you off? I might be with Brett Eugene Ralph on that one. What sound do you love? The s...

Just got in horribly late after work to find all these replies ... thanks v. much guys. tempted to try the ice cube right now but don't want to wake the kids.

Hi, I’m going to record some songs in a couple of month’s time, just singing and a guitar. I’ve got a got a nice bassy sounding Gretsch guitar which I play through a pedal-overdriven silverface Fender Twin when I play with a group. I’m happy with it. On my own though, I’m not sure it’s going to work...

Sorry, no photo but ... there's a guy who bicycles around Strasbourg with his shirt off who's entire back is covered by a portrait of Jean-Michel Jarre playing one of those guitar-shaped keybaords. Hands up who wants to see him trouserless?

yeah, get that sorted as soon as possible and make sure you get the appropriate antibiotics. I've had this a couple of times from living/working in a forest where there is a large deer population. the first time I had the bullseye rash, (luckily in retrospect because the 2nd time I had nowt and woul...

Gallo Pinto. Refried black beans and rice with red peppers and corriander. Couple of srambled eggs with paprika. Fresh fruit salad. Pot of coffee. Have some toast as well, fuck it. You're not going anywhere.

This one always sounds like "crap writer but what a vocabulary" to me. I know what you're getting at though. And my vote goes to Thomas Bonvalet.

Great thread. Off my head the Fall have written about one of Bishop Muzorewi’s kids, Cary Grant, Pope Jean Paul the first, Damo Suzuki, Martin Borman, Doctor Faustus, Terry Waite, William of Orange. Oprah gets a mention, Joe Strummer, Shaun Ryder … you probably get a mention.

Qui were playing in a neighbouring town in a few weeks time. Hadn't looked forward so much to a show in ages. Saw the Yow headline and thought I'd have a chance to gloat. 3 strokes? collapsed fucking lung? sakes.

I was there in 2001. Stayed on a banana plantation in the jungle. Really beautiful. Watch it if you don't like creepy-crawlies though. The least light at night attracted a million bugs and we had huge spiders and occasional scorpion to deal with. Hard to say about the crime as I didn't experience an...