RamuelLJackson

Me too, though I love a party with a friendly atmosphere.

I have CFS so know what you mean Paul. I think partly it's psychosomatic for sure in the case of ME/CFS but it is a real medical issue that is unrecognised. If I do some exercise or gardening then the day after I can barely move. Most days I wake up in the morning having had plenty of sleep but tumble out of bed feeling like I've just run a marathon. My legs hurt all the time, my head is groggy, I get viruses and things at least every 3 months which in turn impacts on your health and state of mind as it would.
Some days you are pretty ok and others you can hardly function and it's also the unpredictability of this that means planning for things is an impossibility. I've been on holiday before and spent large parts laid up. I have to cancel things or rearrange last minute depends on how i'm feeling and work since it got bad the last 5 years working has been tough as I have to work from home because I was off ill frequently in other employment.
Going to football also is a long day. Some people can just rock out of bed, get ready and head off out on the train with mates for a few beers and a bite to eat then head off down the iPro and have a great day out. I have to push through severe fatigue, plan the day which in turn causes stress and anxiety which exhausts your adrenal system and makes you even more tired, then there is the drive to Derby and the hassle of finding somewhere to park, then the sheer number of people you face milling about at the ground which can send your senses a bit awry. To be honest the easiest part is just to be sat down in my seat and then I can relax a bit for 90 minutes.
The way we think about things, whether we worry or have anxiety about things gradually takes it's toll on your health and it's incredible just how the manner in which you react to set backs and situations over many years can have such a profound detrimental impact on your way of life.
I feel for Paul as I haven't got the medical issues that he has and mine probably pale into insignificance when compared but in terms of chronic fatigue and one day looking ok to people, I completely agree. It's a challenge every single day.

I'm sorry, but Martin Kuhl cannot be on that list.  To be a defensive midfielder, you had to be effective defensively.
Kuhl may have been the final piece of the jigsaw, however it was certainly not the jigsaw we had at the time!

He's a nice young man, he's a lovely smile!

More like STUPID! S - T - U - P -I - D       KID!

Already got my tickets for December at the Venue.

This was waiting for me on the mat when I got back off holiday. Very long album - so much so I still haven't listened to it all yet. And what's with starting an album with 4 instrumentals?! Haha. That David Gedge is an obstinate bugger. Probably why he's still doing it

Also listening to Santa Monica I notice Gedge is quoting a couple of lines from "A Million Miles":
"when you returned my smile/It all became worthwhile"
Interesting, especially as this track is the final stop on Gedge's musical road trip.

Already got my tickets for December at the Venue.

......following on from the annoying people thread
Why does everything nowadays have to be "dubbed as" something.
Just reading on BBC News that today has been "dubbed as 'Super Thursday'" because of the elections. Why?. By Whom?. Why do we need everything to effectively have a Brand?
Don't get me started on why every scandal has to be .....gate?
I realise it's lowest-common-demonator stuff dreamed up by a lazy media copying a USA format but it does my head in.

Anyone Going Going to see The Wedding Present at the Derby Venue Wed 7th Dec 2016?
GOING, GOING...’ TOUR DATES
Here’s a list of all The Wedding Present’s forthcoming shows...

THE ‘GOING, GOING...’ AUDIO-VISUAL TOUR ~ The Wedding Present will play their beautiful album in its entirety in front of films. Support comes from Such Small Hands.

07/09 : Cardiff - TramShed

09/09 : Gateshead - Sage

10/09 : Glasgow - School Of Art SOLD OUT

11/09 : Salford – Lowry SOLD OUT

12/09 : Stowmarket - John Peel Centre SOLD OUT

THE WEDDING PRESENT'S 2016 EUROPEAN TOUR

Unlike the September ‘Going, Going...’ Audio-Visual Tour, these winter dates will consist of a mixed 90 minute set of selected new songs plus other material drawn from the band’s extensive back catalogue.

06/10 : Winchester, UK - Railway Inn with Miranda Lee Richards

07/10 : Bognor Regis, UK - Butlin's for the Rockaway Beach festival [The Wedding Present will play a 90 minute set from 9PM]

08/10 : Wolverhampton, UK – Slade Rooms with Haiku Salut

09/10 : Morley, UK - Alexandra Hall for the Morley Arts festival [The Wedding Present will play a 90 minute set from 9PM] with The Velveteens

13/10 : Bruxelles / Brussel, B – Botanique

14/10 : Utrecht, NL – Ekko

15/10 : Bremen, D – Lagerhaus

16/10 : Hamburg, D – Hafenklang

17/10 : Berlin, D – Privatclub

18/10 : Leipzig, D – Werk 2 with Summer Cannibals

20/10 : Praha, CZ – Klub 007 Strahov with Summer Cannibals

21/10 : Wien, A – Chelsea with Summer Cannibals

22/10 : Lugau, D – Landei with Summer Cannibals

24/10 : Luxembourg, L – Bar National with Summer Cannibals

25/10 : Dijon, F – Novosonic Festival at Atheneum Theatre

26/10 : Lyon, F – Sonic with Summer Cannibals

27/10 : Clermont-Ferrand, F – Bombshell with Summer Cannibals

28/10 : Donostia / San Sebastián, E – Tabakalera with Summer Cannibals

30/10 : Pontevedra, E – Karma with Summer Cannibals

31/10 : Madrid, E – Café Berlin with Summer Cannibals

01/11 : València / Valencia, E – Loco with Summer Cannibals

02/11 : Barcelona, E – Sidecar with Summer Cannibals

03/11 : Bordeaux, F – I.Boat with Summer Cannibals

04/11 : Rennes / Roazhon, F – 1988 Club with Summer Cannibals

05/11 : Paris, F – Le Batofar with Summer Cannibals

20/11 : Colchester, UK - Arts Centre

21/11 : Chatham, UK - Britannia Theatre

22/11 : Portsmouth, UK - Wedgwood Rooms

23/11 : Exeter, UK - Cavern Club

24/11 : Bristol, UK - Fleece

26/11 : Belfast, UK - Limelight

27/11 : Dublin / Baile Átha Cliath, IRL – Whelan’s

28/11 : Limerick, IRL – Dolan’s Warehouse

30/11 : Aberdeen, UK - Tunnels

01/12 : Edinburgh, UK - La Belle Angele

02/12 : Sunderland, UK - Point

03/12 : Kendal, UK - Brewery Arts Centre

04/12 : Holmfirth, UK - Picturedrome

06/12 : Liverpool, UK - O2 Academy Arts Club

07/12 : Derby, UK - Venue

08/12 : Oxford, UK - O2 Academy

09/12 : Lowestoft, UK - Aquarium

10/12 : London, UK – O2 Academy Islington

The Wedding Present are hoping to play in The United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Japan in the spring of 2017.

 

I'll be getting it. Huge fan. Gedgey must be about 80 by now!
Best album IMO was Seamonsters followed by Bizarro. Brassneck!

New Album by The Wedding Present. The full 20-track track-listing for ‘Going, Going...’ is...

Kittery / Greenland / Marblehead / Sprague / Two Bridges / Little Silver / Bear / Secretary / Birdsnest / Kill Devil Hills / Bells / Fifty-Six / Fordland / Emporia / Broken Bow / Lead / Ten Sleep / Wales / Rachel / Santa Monica

The band will also be playing tracks from the album live on air when they are featured on Marc Riley’s BBC Radio 6 Music show from 7PM on September 8th. ‘Going, Going...’ will also be the station’s ‘album of the day’ on that date.
 

Sad to say, but singer Niall O'Flaherty is a Forest fanatic by all accounts. But then a lot of musicians are troubled souls with self destructive tendencies. 

Great band. Dare is a favourite of mine. A bloke I know says My Favourite Dress was about his ex. 

Just don't ask for an encore.