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truely fucking bizarre. i bought Rocksound today for the first time in a long, long, long time, and a punk-ska band called Big D and the Kids Table have a lil interview in it. one dude is wearing a STFC scarf, another an STFC wooly hat. if i had a scanner (or a pc, for that point) i'd show you, but i cant, so neeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr

search the rocksound website you tart

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/andyxbennett/bigd2.jpg
scarf on the right

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u286/andyxbennett/bigd.jpg
hat on head of scary faced man

leggett's so half arsed  :(

i'm at work you douche, i can't exactly go romping about on the rocksound website :P

That's random

i didn't, i looked on their myspace.

if you've got enough time to post shite like that atleast make sure you've got enough stuff to back it up. or else

i wanna be a mod  8)

they play swindon atleast twice a year despite coming from americania

they're shite. they've got trumpets in their music...

yeah leggett. Thats just fucking lazy ;)

Ska is fucking awful.

amen

dont let fatfuck hear you say that!!!

but yes, its very odd indeed.

My brother showed me this in Rock Sound the other day. You could just about see it was an STFC scarf but this clearly confirms it.
Been thinking about going to gig at the Furnace too.

Who's fatfuck? He's clearly a trumpet lover

one of our football-hating friends, who loves his ska.


tempted to email the band's website and ask bout it, and tell 'em that tommoro's a crunch match as to whether we go up or not :P

send them a stfc sticker. he can put it on his trumpet

if they did the badge as a sticker, i would do!!!


might suggest that to mr Lambert and mrs Mildenhall when i pick their mail up when i'm back on my full duty :D

Have you emailed the band?

speaking of famous faces, i notice one of the TEF regulars having the time of his life on the back page of the adver today.

Spuddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They have only played twice in the past 2 years Mr Bennet.
Last year they went to a town match, sat in town end. Was the first ever "real football match" they had been to. They each brought a pair of stfc socks and were really proud of them!
They talked about how much they enjoyed it on stage etc... Went over everyones head im sure!

They're playing again on Friday 18th May... You should all go, they're great. Infact come with me! Since i no longer work at the venue no one talks to me!

can someone alter that please...any public voices advocating ska are to censored.

To be fair as a rule i dont like it! But they have something extra... i love them!
I wont be going to watch the Spartans who are supporting i believe...

do they have two trumpets?

i like ska.

 you partial to a bit of the ol' trumpet then sonic?

i went to a SKA night at brunel rooms once, one of the few good nights i've had in there.

The best night I had in brunel was after an england game in world cup 98, I was fucking off my tits. I gave the bouncers so much mouth they made me take off my shoes and socks on the way in.. bastards. Turned out it was an all nighter and full of happy hardcore ravers. Blow blow ya whistle crew and all that.

been to a few of them, atomic jam in birmingham was class

i'm a giant raving homo old boy!

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: marvellous, absolutely spiffing

It's true y'know. Don't bend over in front of James  :o

i even have photographic evidence!

http://images.wikia.com/wikiality/images/thumb/200px-Gay_Bear_Firefighter.png

:shock:

P.S. can I borrow your hat?  :D

That Boy Georgesque hat is a dead giveaway

hell no. it's my prized posession, the first thing i'd rescue from my house in a fire.

i would post the pic of me wearing eyeliner and stuff with that hat, but, err, i won't.

poor cow. died just to make that monstrosity.

I reckon it's Dalmation myself.

you might well be right. Cruella de Youth strikes again!

it's marks and spencers apparently

Is that actually you is it Sonic? You've ruined the illusion. I thought you were an aging hippy you wore retro t-shirts and chord flares and only listened to vinyl records wearing massive headphones

there's nothing wrong with vinyl, i just bought a new phono stage so my johnny cash lps sound better.

that's me indeed. everyone used to think i was a goth, so i suppose a hippy is an improvement

no there isn't at all. When I lived in Cardiff there were some amazing vinyl shops. Bob Dylan's 'Blonde on Blonde', my prize posession

oooooh. i've got about 30 dylan albums on cd but none on vinyl. i'm afraid i'm a bit of a hifi geek.

30? thats impressive. I'm on about 17 or so, but i havent bought any for a few years. Whats your top 3? If you can possibly decide between them?

i hate dylan, he killed folk.

hahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahhhahahhahha!!

tough choice but probably:

blonde on blonde
the times they are a-changin'
the freewheelin'

although i can stick any on the hifi and lose myself fr 40 minutes

i can burn some for you if you're desparate for any in particular reg

it's true! that cunt went electric and ruined it for the folkie types.

fine choices... i'd probably go with...

blonde on blonde
the time they are a-changin'
highway 61 revisited

followed closely by the freewheelin' and the bootleg series vol. 1-3

still sounds great to me though! there's plenty of room in todays music genre's for all sorts, just have to be good at what you do. it's like saying cars killed off walking, you can still walk if you want to, you don't have to follow the masses.

he went electric to further his own musical pursuits and went on to write one of the greatest albums in popular music history... Blonde on blonde...

spot on there axs

i don't mind dylan really, just not a huge fan. i ought to get blonde on blonde though...

it's class, 14 tracks of greatness, i'd happily make a copy for you, bob wouldn't mind.

nice of you to offer. I appreciate that. I can get hold of most of what i need though. Got so much music to listen to at the mo, but cheers

I have been thinking about going to this gig.

And there is NOTHING wrong with SKA!

quite right.

just like any other music, good SKA is good, shite SKA (and there's quite a bit of it admittedly) is shite.

What system have you got?

I built quite a nice mid-range system a few months before I went to uni. As I went to uni (and didn't take it with me) it never got much use. I'm absolutely loving it now.

mines Krell KAV300l amp, Inca katana CD,Sony DAB tuner, Epos speakers, project xpression II and creek phono stage, got to a point where i'm happy, at least until upgrade-itis strikes again!

you?

Nice.

I've got a Rotel ra-02 amp, sony twin deck recordable cd (can't remember the model number), acoustic energy aegis evo 3 speakers.

Also have a denon tuner and sony minidisc deck but rarely get used now. Would like to get a power amp so I can bi-amp the speakers and also a new cd player as the sony records really nice and plays ok, but is a bit limited

I have technics 1210's  8)

rotels are good, used to have a rotel pre-amp. AE speakers also nice, tight bass and pretty good imaging when placed well. i just sold an arcam power amp (p75) which performed great, especially for midrange detail, you can get them on ebay for under £200. for bi-amping you'd need two though but a straight through setup of rotel (used as a pre) and then a power amp would sound good, although you can never improve sound quality by adding extra amps - only through better quality amps. I also used to have a Denon TU 200 or something until i switched to DAB. you can get a quality CD for little money depending what your budget is - if you do decide to upgrade it i'm happy to offer my experience if you want advice before buying.

poncy DJ turntable!!!

good for DJ's, rubbish for home listening!!

They are the best decks you can get in my opinion for DJing.

I find them good for home listening too.

not doubting their DJ qualities, i hear they're the best on the market, just think belt driven tables give better sound reproduction in a home environment, which is my case cos i couldn't DJ for shit if i tried!

Yeah not too fussed about the radio now, I can get DAB through my pc with the tv card I've got.

The Rotel has a pre-out circuit which you can use as well as the integrated circuit, so I was hoping to pair it with a power amp and use the Rotel as the treble and the power amp as the bass. Probably not worth considering until I move out of home though.

ska is shit

cant believe I just found this thread! Big D and the kids table are Ace!!! Saw them supporting the Dropkick Murphys in Bologna last year. Im sending the lead singer a town shirt after they decalred how much they love the town at their last gig in Swindon!!! :beers:

Great band.
There last album Strictly Rude is brilliant.