tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post3424822331581084151..comments2023-09-27T13:16:58.368+01:00Comments on The Ill Man: A Date With My Tape DeckiLL Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107892879700381858noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-20881276822741693882008-06-09T23:00:00.000+01:002008-06-09T23:00:00.000+01:00Cocktails,You are wise beyond your years!Cocktails,<BR/>You are wise beyond your years!Clairwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503239355248016287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-59912960521128766732008-06-08T12:39:00.000+01:002008-06-08T12:39:00.000+01:00That sounds absolutely horrific Clairwil.Seems lik...That sounds absolutely horrific Clairwil.<BR/><BR/>Seems like I had a lucky escape. I won't risk going there again.Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-61150488820385273722008-06-08T02:26:00.000+01:002008-06-08T02:26:00.000+01:00The school had you in Dunoon for a fornight? Why?...The school had you in Dunoon for a fornight? Why? Sounds like child abuse to me.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a decent description of hell to me........iLL Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107892879700381858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-38283250706929819912008-06-08T00:05:00.000+01:002008-06-08T00:05:00.000+01:00I spent the worst fortnight of my life in Dunoon. ...I spent the worst fortnight of my life in Dunoon. I was taken there on a school trip and it was awful.<BR/><BR/>1. I lived in constant fear of the ghost of Winston Churchill getting me in the night.<BR/><BR/>2. They made me wear their duffel coat that had a number painted on the back so they could should at you from a distance. NUMBER SIXTEEN LET GO OF NUMBER THIRTY NINE THIS INSTANT.<BR/><BR/>3. The food was disgusting and I fainted with hunger.<BR/><BR/>4. I was taken to an American base and forced to attend a roller disco.<BR/><BR/>5. A guard at the place we were staying called me the most stupid, ugly child she'd ever met and advised that she didn't blame my mother for hating me.<BR/><BR/>6. There was an outbreak of scabies.<BR/><BR/>7. We were made to sing the 'jeely piece' song. I made it very clear that my parents had worked hard to achieve lower middle class status but they still forced me to take part. <BR/><BR/>8. I battered a girl from Uddingston on the first day and spent the next two weeks getting battered by her friends.<BR/><BR/>9. One of my friends peed the bed after Winston Churchill haunted her in the night. They made her carry her sheets through the dining room in full view of the other children who mocked and hooted. Or in several cases thought there but for the grace of God.....<BR/><BR/>10. It is a disgusting miserable hellhole and I hate it.Clairwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503239355248016287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-47206730083851195502008-06-06T23:49:00.000+01:002008-06-06T23:49:00.000+01:00Ah, that would make sense - I only went there for ...Ah, that would make sense - I only went there for a day and the weather wasn't that grim. A week in the drizzle could be a tad dull I must admit.Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-15155606355320492942008-06-06T22:53:00.000+01:002008-06-06T22:53:00.000+01:00I spent a fair few miserable holidays there. Back...I spent a fair few miserable holidays there. Back then (mid to late eighties) the town was pretty tatty. On top of that, and no fault of the town itself, but the weather was usually rank. The town's main economy was the American naval base in the Holy Loch, though it had been a tourist destination back in the fifties and sixties. That said, according to wikipedia, since the naval base went, the place went through a bit of a doldrum period, but seems to be on the up again.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Alan Wicker will drop by one day.....iLL Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107892879700381858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-67254067796494401972008-06-06T10:22:00.000+01:002008-06-06T10:22:00.000+01:00I wasn't joking about Dunoon! I thought it was nic...I wasn't joking about Dunoon! I thought it was nice - great location (you can catch the car ferry!) and its got (or had) a mini golf course... What's not to like?Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-45140786902106358132008-06-06T00:36:00.000+01:002008-06-06T00:36:00.000+01:00Billy - I didn't get them mixed up as such, but I ...Billy - I didn't get them mixed up as such, but I did sort of associate them together. I preferred Madder Rose..........<BR/><BR/>Not sure where the twee thing came from. Art students are a possible starting point. I think you get a free Jonathan Richman album when you enrol.............<BR/><BR/>Cocktails - I'm just glad to have written something at all. I'm running seriously low on inspiration this weather. <BR/><BR/>Dunoon? Lovely place? On what planet? I assume you had yr tongue in cheek on that one.......... =D If theres one place I never want to go back to, it's Dunoon.........Much prefer Rothesay.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about including the Hollies in that. What I was getting at was that the tapes my father bought never had any Kinks/Beatles/Rolling Stones/Small Faces/Who stuff on them. In fact, now I think about it, a lot of the stuff was less 2nd division and more 'Sunday League'. Real dregs from the old Tin Pan Alley days..........iLL Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107892879700381858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-1015038336044234852008-06-05T10:57:00.000+01:002008-06-05T10:57:00.000+01:00Nice, nice post Ill Man. I feel instantly nostalgi...Nice, nice post Ill Man. I feel instantly nostalgic (again!) for my tapes. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you on Vauxhall and I - definitely, definitely Morrissey's best. Absolutely nothing compares to since sadly. I haven't played Automatic for the People for a long time, I aways preferred Green and the earlier albums, but I really should have another listen.<BR/><BR/>I saw B&S play in Dunoon - lovely place! - I tried to like them but it didn't work for me. Strangely, I've just got into them recently and I actually like their last album. <BR/><BR/>And the Hollies are not second division! Bus Stop, Suzanne, Look through any Window, King Midas in Reverse = great!Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080579.post-62747179357864292572008-06-05T09:28:00.000+01:002008-06-05T09:28:00.000+01:00I've often wondered why a lot of Glaswegian music ...I've often wondered why a lot of Glaswegian music is so twee. I mean, based on my knowledge of the place, it doesn't seem that twee.<BR/><BR/>I always get Madder Rose and Mazzy Star mixed up. I think I like Mazzy better, but I could be misremembering.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.com