The Shed

   My old buddy Neil (who recognises that it's possible to be Pop AND have talent) although a late entry, is definitely looking like he can wee higher up the tree!

Edited by prog-chick - August 27 2008 at 03:10

Heavyfreight wrote: James wrote: I cannot stand Sophie Ellis-Bextor either.   I've met her twice and recorded her singing an accoustic set for our radio station.  She seemed a nice enough person to me and definitely had talent.

Atavachron wrote: How is the old hogweed situation in Blighty?  Still inundated or have the herbicides caught up?

I believe it is still a menace in certain parts of the country and warning signs have to be put up warning people of its presence. Unfortunately it doesn't look particularly threatening, so can catch the unwary. I saw some last year in Hannah Peschar's sculpture garden in Surrey - most unimpressive - looked like cow-parsley... but bigger.

Edited by Dean - August 27 2008 at 04:53

Wherein lies the whole crux of the matter in The Shed.

Elsewhere on this esteemed site (ie outside The Shed), no doubt it does matter to all kinds of people exactly who did what on which instrument in whatever band, under whichsoever name they choose to use at the time; it's this absolute certainty over facts, figures, names and dates which fuel some of the most long running & occasionally pointless debates you could ever fall asleep reading . To those participating, this matters...

...in The Shed, however, these things matter not a jot - in here, the substance & feel of a memory is just as important if not more so as its factual accuracy; that's a benefit of our extreme age - you give somebody not so much a fact, as a cultural reference point; if you were there, you understand, maybe sigh a little, perhaps even shed a nostagic tear, sometimes even have a good laugh (if you're really lucky, until a little bit of wee comes out) - in this very small way, we're like slightly wrinkled tabloid newspapers - factual accuracy doesn't matter... at all! That's what Steve set the original Grey Room up for. We're here for a laugh, not to quibble over mere detail.

Atavachron wrote: How is the old hogweed situation in Blighty?  Still inundated or have the herbicides caught up?

Did anyone happen to see 'Carol Klein's Grow Your Own Veg' on BBC2 this evening?

Not only do the producers know their onions but they know their prog! The incidental music included Genesis,Renaissance,Curved Air and Willow's Song from The Wickerman soundtrack!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/aug/28/nhs.health  

I agree, I hate people talking over the top of others in interviews, however, (and please understand I didn't see it)  if I was on a limited time span due to some fella's accountancy I would probably talk over him too, unfortunately time is something that these people no longer have thanks to the money crunchers from NICE.

Another thing which annoys me (I don't think I should take this to The Ranting Room yet) is if someone is in a position to pay for a particular drug & does so (thereby saving an already stretched NHS £1000sss), they then lose all entitlement to free treatment from the NHS for that illness.

I know the arguments about setting precedents, ending up with a two-tier health system etc, but it just seems so bloody unfair.

Jim Garten wrote: Wherein lies the whole crux of the matter in The Shed. Elsewhere on this esteemed site (ie outside The Shed), no doubt it does matter to all kinds of people exactly who did what on which instrument in whatever band, under whichsoever name they choose to use at the time; it's this absolute certainty over facts, figures, names and dates which fuel some of the most long running & occasionally pointless debates you could ever fall asleep reading . To those participating, this matters... ...in The Shed, however, these things matter not a jot - in here, the substance & feel of a memory is just as important if not more so as its factual accuracy; that's a benefit of our extreme age - you give somebody not so much a fact, as a cultural reference point; if you were there, you understand, maybe sigh a little, perhaps even shed a nostagic tear, sometimes even have a good laugh (if you're really lucky, until a little bit of wee comes out) - in this very small way, we're like slightly wrinkled tabloid newspapers - factual accuracy doesn't matter... at all! That's what Steve set the original Grey Room up for. We're here for a laugh, not to quibble over mere detail.