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9.00pm
14 October 2012
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I think bikelock is from London, if I remember correctly, though I don't know if she'll know anything about it either tho. Maybe PM her? Good luck
Yup, a true Cockney!
For places to stay, there's a Youth Hostel near St Paul's, that's probably pretty cheap.
Wimpole Street, where Paul lived with Jane Asher, is near Oxford Street. You should definitely do the museums- British Museum in Holborn and Museum of London in The City are the best IMO. I think the V & A is a bit posh, but that's probably just me. Science Museum is good, especially if you're going with kids (I'm assuming you're not, though). British Library near King's Cross is also very cool. The National Gallery is a good place to hang round if you’re at a loose end (in other words- its free).
Joe's right about the East End, it’s the place to be. You can get tours around the Olympic Park, too.
The City is very pretty because it has old 17th-centruy architecture. The South bank is also really nice, it’s opposite Big Ben and the London Eye is there, there’s a lot of mime artists and street entertainers.
Nightlife-wise, Shoreditch and Soho are the best. Soho is a predominantly gay area with lots of cool music shops, but Joe's right when he says its a bit seedy. Shoreditch is often full of students and hipsters but its OK. Concert venues are the O2 in Greenwich and the Hammersmith Odeon. They're both pretty expensive- the O2 is bigger and any did there will be pretty phenonmenal. West End theatres are great- lastminute.com is the place to go for cheap tickets.
Other advice:
Watch out for pigeons- they have no shame or fear. Bring a map. Stand on the right-hand side of the escalator. If in doubt, stick to the Central Line (that’s the red one). Don’t bring a massive rucksack on the Tube. Try to avoid eye contact with anyone. Under no circumstances should you start a conversation with anybody, especially on public transport.
"I don't think we were actually swimming, as it were, with shirts on, 'cos we always wear overcoats when we're swimming,"-
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9.39pm
1 November 2012
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bikelock28 said
Stand on the right-hand side of the escalator. If in doubt, stick to the Central Line (that’s the red one). Don’t bring a massive rucksack on the Tube. Try to avoid eye contact with anyone. Under no circumstances should you start a conversation with anybody, especially on public transport.
Or as, when an underground train, in the tube, stops too long between stations
And the conversation rises and slowly fades into silence
And you see behind every face the mental emptiness deepen
Leaving only the growing terror of nothing to think about…
"East Coker" III, from Four Quartets, by T.S. Eliot
11.49am
3 May 2012
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meanmistermustard said
Watching the UK Budget be announced is like watching unruly 5 year old boys taunting yucky horrible girls who are retorting by name calling and a teacher who keeps trying to get them to shut up but cant do it. Pathetic to see from grown-ups.
Hahaha, that sums it up pretty nicely.
9.20pm
1 May 2011
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Liking the amazon.co.uk 1963 homage to Please Please Me's 50th anniversary. Very cool.
10.29pm
1 May 2011
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Believing in the Scottish National Football team. Everytime i believe we will finally get our act together yet every time we find a way to mess it up. Absoluted gutted. Its in blood, you dont give up on your country but my word its heartbreaking.
And i cant even go out and get drunk by drinking my sorrows away.
Hey John's on the tv singing Jealous Guy. Beatles everywhere i turn, its solo beatle night on Sky Arts 1.
3.56pm
6 December 2012
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I'm so excited!!! I'm going to see the Fab Faux tonight! 
They're not The Beatles, but they're pretty good!
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7.02am
5 November 2011
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How was that?
7.05am
6 December 2012
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I went to a Fab Faux concert last night. They were AWESOME!!! They weren't nearly as good as The Beatles, of course, but they were still great!
They played While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and at the end, they played the extra verse from Anthology, and I mean the actual recording! I kinda got a little freaked out because I thought it was George's ghost or something at first… but then I realized what was happening. It was just a recording.
I went to see them back in September (I think), and at the concert, there was a guy standing in the aisle dancing and obviously having the time of his life. He was there again this time. I kept reaching down to "fix my shoe" or something like that, and then subtly turning around to see the dancing guy.
The second half of the show was Abbey Road, and during I Want You (She's So Heavy), the main guy in the band got off of the stage and went around the audience. Luckily, I was at the end of an aisle, so he went right by me!
The concert was even better than the one in September. Then again, that might just be because I love Abbey Road.
(Sorry. This is from the Beatley moments thread. I forgot that I had posted about the concert in this thread.)
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7.25am
5 November 2011
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Egroeg Evoli said
(Sorry. This is from the Beatley moments thread. I forgot that I had posted about the concert in this thread.)
Oh, that makes sense. I was going to say you responded really fast for how long it was. Glad you had a good time.
I went to see the Liverpool Legends a couple years ago, and after the intermission, some homeless guy got in and he sat in front of myself, then he took a hotdog and fries out of his coat and started eating. After that, I couldn't really pay much attention since I was concentrating on trying not to breathe too much. Then people started going in front of the stage and dancing, and that guy was having a blast!
2.11am
1 November 2012
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Come on guys, we can make it to page 200 if we push, all together!
8.08am
1 May 2011
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The last sketch was very funny. Have always wished Ringo had stuck to comedy as he had great timing and could down play anything, its why he was so good in the Beatles films as he always looked so innocent regardless of what he was saying, doing. At times i could give him a hug.
8.11am
1 November 2012
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meanmistermustard said
The last sketch was very funny. Have always wished Ringo had stuck to comedy as he had great timing and could down play anything, its why he was so good in the Beatles films as he always looked so innocent regardless of what he was saying, doing. At times i could give him a hug.
Yes, even now he could be cast in quite a few good witty comedies.
8.44am
1 May 2011
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Funny Paper said
meanmistermustard said
The last sketch was very funny. Have always wished Ringo had stuck to comedy as he had great timing and could down play anything, its why he was so good in the Beatles films as he always looked so innocent regardless of what he was saying, doing. At times i could give him a hug.Yes, even now he could be cast in quite a few good witty comedies.
The films he chose are a bit odd and sound terrible, who's going to sit thru Caveman or Candy after reading each synopsis, they sound dreadful. Even the Magic Christian is meant to have dated badly and thats meant to be one of the better ones. Yet when i see him in interviews and comedy sketches he's always very funny.
Oh Caveman is on youtube. Its flipping awful, hilariously bad, tho Barbara looks good, no wonder Ringo was interested.
Candy is also up but in parts. From what i briefly saw its terrible, Ringo isnt it in it that often – which may not be a bad thing as its good reason not to suffer.
The Magic Christian again in parts, it has to be better than the other 2.
Ognir Ratts was good in parts, a big benefit being George appearing and narrating, far better than Pauls Give My Regards To Broad Street. Maybe thats what Paul needed – George appearing or a good script and pointless crappy remakes of his songs.
6.36pm
1 November 2012
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I was thoroughly entertained by Magic Christian. Haven't seen the others, though.
Woody Allen should write a movie for him.
8.05pm
6 December 2012
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I just looked up "Threw It on the Ground" on Google to find a video of it (I'm bored), and I saw that there's a Wikipedia article about it. I clicked on the article and read it. The video is hilarious, but the seriousness of the Wikipedia article makes it even funnier.
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8.43pm
21 November 2012
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I tried to watch the Magic Christian once, but I just..hated it? Or maybe I just didn't understand it. Caveman has never sounded appealing to me and Candy doesn't seem too good either. Ognir Ratts sounds lame.
I read once that he was asked to play a big role but he refused. Damn it's on the tip of my tongue. Something with a secret agent spie thingie, quite well known.
I want to watch the sketch thingie, but right now I'm listening to a friend who's performing on the radio. He won a contest and just sang Zombie by the Cranberries. Tbh..it wasn't good. At all. If he was the best, I don't even want to know how horrible the other contestants were. I'm pleased for him though.
Edit: He just sang something by Billy Idol. My mom thought he sounded like Bowie. He kinda does. But then he did Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down which was veeeery bad
2.30am
17 December 2012
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meanmistermustard said
…far better than Pauls Give My Regards To Broad Street. Maybe thats what Paul needed – George appearing or a good script and pointless crappy remakes of his songs.
Not sure that reads as you intended. Wasn't Give My Regards to Broad Street full of "pointless crappy remakes of his songs". It certainly didn't need any more. Or am I just reading it wrong? Unless… and I'm just kinda getting this reading of it, you're suggesting it had "a good script and pointless crappy remakes of his songs" but if it had had George as well that could have saved it! And damn, pet peeve, as grammar is being discussed over in that thread, is the apostrophe (Pauls, thats) so hard? Sorry, I'm in ranting mode.
9.13am
1 May 2011
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See im not that big a grammar person, so an apostrophe was dropped, ive seen worse and moved on and not given a fig or two. Some things bug me like in Newspapers where they miss out words or twitter when they rewrite words that only had 3 words yet make it longer or text speak but the odd work or punctuation online i can move past. And i always spell through as thru, its something ive done for years. Maybe i should hire a proof-reader for every post and take a lesson in punctuation – does it make people scream when i get ;, : and – mixed up? I have no idea and to be honest dont find it that much of an issue to decide to work out (i missed an apostrophe on dont). Apologies to all who's heads steam up and come out their ears – im not looking for or wanting to cause issues.
As for what i wrote about crappy remakes, i re-read that 3 times and never picked up on it, should have said something else that made sense – dfinately less as i couldnt handle another dire remake of a macca beatles or solo song. He completely rewrote Hold Me Tight for Red Rose Speedway, changing the words, melody and chords so it was a whole new completely unrelated except for the title song, yet still made it suck.
9.23am
17 December 2012
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Disturbing that Mandela's back in hospital again so soon. I used to be one of the pickets on South Africa House back in the day. I am getting ready but am nowhere near ready. A giant walks among us. We will miss him when he leaves.
9.35am
17 December 2012
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I just think an apostrophe changes meaning, Pauls is multiple Paul's, it's and its are completely different meanings. I've got used to the lack of apostrophe, just saying I don't think it's a good thing to lose it overall as it makes a difference.
GMRtBS, I would love to understand what you think. I don't.
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