Tony Le Mesmer

I quit teacher training for the same reasons. Took on things with less responsibility and things that have allowed me to have a social life and regain that confidence and belief in myself. Tomorrow I hope is the start of getting to do what I really want to do without spending every night thinking I haven't done something.

KBB and LesterRam .... I have 'liked' what you said as there isn't a 'support' button to click.  
Good Luck with whatever you and your Mrs decide to do.

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

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

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

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

Already got my tickets for December at the Venue.

Yep TLM I've seen all of these and have vinyl by them all except for Moose, which I think feature on various compilations I own. Always loved MBV and enjoyed dancing to Glider (AW mix) at The Mudd Club an indie disco I attended in my teens and early 20's. Here we go.......
 

I knew they were *****!
Where's me jumper indeed.
 

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

Not heard much by them if i'm honest IR. New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Moose, Slowdive, Chapterhouse were faves as was probably the best album I've ever owned which to this day I cannot find a band of similar ilk that distorts guitars in the same fashion - Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. Absolute genius album that one.
Loved the Charlatans. You heard of Flowered Up? They did a couple of corkers including weekender.

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

or Shonen Knife or maybe Stereolab..........

You'll be bringing up The Frank and Walters and Sultans of Ping FC next, at this rate.

Yep got Northside stuff on vinyl and saw them back in the day, when chasing around Britain to see the likes of The Stone Roses, The Happy Monday's, The Inspiral Carpets loads of times etc. Also seen The Charlatans loads of times including going to Paris to see them, and the gig was featured on Rapido, a few folk from Aberdeen met up with a load of Manx and went on the coach and ferry across etc.
 

I take it you enjoyed Paris Angels also TLM.
 

Chicken Rhythms. What a great name for an album! I thought i'd change my avatar every couple of days with bands that I've loved over the last 25 years. Northside were one of the lesser known of the 'madchester' bands.
 

Agree with you T...L.M...Seamonsters followed by Bizarro......you are a top bloke.
L....S....D.....
Shall We Take A Trip..... back to the 80's and 90's when we all loved each other. Happy Days!
 

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.
 

I saw them live in Nottingham in 1991 (I think).

I was going to 'like' that post WHR but that might have looked like I was taking the p*ss so I've left it.
If it's any consolation, i'm approaching oldness I think and rapidly.

New words.. Staycation.. Wtf 

It was a mate of mine who started suggesting to me all these different bands that had been around a while and before my time so to speak. Bands like Bolt Thrower and Slayer and S.O.D (Stormtroopers of Death) and the like and it goes to show that if you are into a certain type of music, whether it's 2 months old or 40 years old, there is still loads yet for you to discover that you didn't know about.

Know what you mean Jono. I wince when I notice what other people's shopping trolleys contain sometimes. Manufactured, processed, refined, packaged rubbish.
I have to confess I do have food issues but stems from a kid. I didn't eat a single vegetable until I was 20 and now eat just about every one. Don't do cauliflower though.  
Gluten free is another thing that gets on my nerves. I am actually gluten free as I have gluten sensitivity which took ages to find out. I basically lived my life with chronic squirts and had my body's immune response go insane but the ridiculous thing is, if you eat pretty naturally and healthily then that diet should be pretty much gluten free anyway. It's only things that are boxed, packaged and manufactured that are pumped full of the stuff. Fruits, meats, fish, dairy, veg, nuts, seeds, water none have gluten in. (Nuts and seeds though can be contaminated).
It's the people who just buy all this replacement gluten free crap that you have to laugh at. Fair enough, if you like pasta then you can get gluten free pasta but you can buy almost anything nowadays and many folk have just stopped eating crap with gluten in and are now eating more crap but just without gluten. Bread, pretzels, rich tea biscuits, fish fingers, sausage rolls the list is endless. The prices are stupid too. I saw GF tomato sauce, £1.50 a bottle. ALL products now have to be labelled if they have allergens in there so you'll find that ordinary tomato sauce at say 40p a bottle is also gluten free anyway. Pasta sauce the same. Pay £2 for a jar of GF or 70p for a jar of ordinary that is GF anyway.
I don't want to make light of gluten intolerance / sensitivity / coeliac as it's horrendous to live with but sometimes I think folk just don't help themselves.