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the thrill of it all

Mar. 24th, 2006 at 9:08 PM

here's a little poster for the nottingham event I posted about last time. Not 100% done yet, but you get the idea. Feel free to take it and post it around wherever the English will be looking.

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I found this little French blog-up of Scott Pilgrim, just a line or two, and found it amusing. Way more amusing than it actually is, I'm sure.

"Scott Pilgrim est amoureux de Ramona, mais pour la garder, il doit combattre ses 7 ex maléfiques tout en gerant les interventions malveillantes de ses propres ex à lui, de sa soeur, et de son co-locataire gay (il doit y avoir une loi qui oblige tous les co-locs a etre gays!)."

I like the phrases "ses 7 ex maléfiques" (her 7 evil exes) and "son co-locataire gay" (his gay roommate, also "co-loc" for short, which I love!). Ha ha ha ha sigh. At the end he says (paraphrase) "there must be a law saying all roommates must be gay!". I guess I just like French colloquialisms. Reading NANA in French made it vastly more amusing to me than it would have been in English.

Also, I am now listening to Kraftwerk, which is not as exciting as I maybe always dreamed it would be. I really liked Roxy Music's "Country Life" though (first time listening to it seriously, although one of my old roommates had played it for me a few years ago).

Mood: mrghga
Music:roxy music

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kingdodongo wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:29 am (UTC)

Shouldn't it be 14.4.2006? I dunno, just don't confuse the British. They hate it.

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hopelarson wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:31 am (UTC)

I think we're okay, unless the British year has 14 months. :)

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kingdodongo wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:36 am (UTC)

I dunno, it might. Those weirdos.

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warren_ellis wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:39 am (UTC)

Silence, filthy Colonial dog.

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warren_ellis wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:40 am (UTC)

You are possibly going to be a little bit mocked for Americanising the date format. But I imagine you'll be forgiven quickly.

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:44 am (UTC)

Oh, you're right. Shit, that's my fault. I should know better. We're probably too lazy to fix it, though.

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warren_ellis wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:46 am (UTC)

Heh.

I put it on the website and the email list tonight -- the latter particularly has a lot of Brits on it.

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hopelarson wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:53 am (UTC)

I cling to my small rebellions.

-Hope "gonna lie in Europe and say she's Canadian" Larson

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warren_ellis wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 01:55 am (UTC)

If anyone can get away with it, you can...

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hopelarson wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 02:03 am (UTC)

I'm cowardly, so I went ahead and fixed it.

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peanutismint wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 02:03 am (UTC)

Hahah yea I did stare at the date for like a half hour trying to work out exactly what it meant (well maybe not...), before realising it was 'Americanised'. You should print it in the 'British' way, if only to distance yourselves from your southern-neighbours. (that said, I don't have anything against the Americans. You have to A) be interested in politics OR B) live in London to hate them nowadays, and I'm neither...)

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 02:04 am (UTC)

Well, Hope went ahead and fixed it, so be at ease.

Oh, the terror of meeting you and your ilk at this signing. At least you'll have soothing accents. I hope.

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peanutismint wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 02:08 am (UTC)

Oh she fixed it? Well, I'll sleep tonight. I don't know whether I'm going to be able to make it now, although I am working fervently on recording a certain Sex Bob-Omb song which will be mailed to a friend in Notts and possibly delivered to you on the day for your travel-listening pleasure SLASH terror....so there's that........

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benitocereno wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 04:40 am (UTC)

I guess I just like French colloquialisms. Reading NANA in French made it vastly more amusing to me than it would have been in English.

I've found that funny things are funnier when you're reading them in a non-native language, even if it's just some really weak joke. Maybe it's because there's a sense of pride and relief that you get it? Like you're part of the [name of language]-speaking club or something. I don't know.

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ndgmtlcd wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 05:38 am (UTC)

Tiens, je viens de me rendre compte que cette jolie affiche est bilingue, mais de manière invisible.

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 05:54 am (UTC)

ho ho ho

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aves_ives wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 07:27 am (UTC)

along with "colloquialism", could you write down and email me a list of words that i can use in life to make me appear reverse-dumber?

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burnt_jamb wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 07:53 pm (UTC)

Oooh sexy.
I probably won't be able to come to this :( Good luck though.

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xiuxiuvinyl wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 08:10 pm (UTC)

kraftwerk, not exciting?!

that roxy music album is soooooooo good. what is up with bryan ferry's voice being unbelievable.

god i just realized i dont have that record anymore. divorce is bad.

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 08:28 pm (UTC)

"station to station" is my favourite Bowie album, and "country life" has sort of the same vibe, which is good because none of Bowie's other stuff has that vibe really.

i was listening to "autobahn"... it's pleasant but not what i'd call exciting. i was excited at first but then i remembered the first song was 22 minutes long and... well... not that exciting.

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parkas_4_kids wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 09:07 pm (UTC)

agreed. Station to Station is Bowie magic. pure genius, in fact!

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xiuxiuvinyl wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2006 04:58 pm (UTC)

ah, this is because autobahn was part of their earlier, more experimental, instrumental stage. give 'computer world' and 'the man machine' a listen. pure pynth pop robotic genius.

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parkas_4_kids wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2006 09:05 pm (UTC)

i've been meaning to give Roxy Music a good listen. i picked up Belle And Sebastian's The Life Pursuit and was rather impressed with it on the whole. i'm just such a lazy fucker when it comes to seeking out new music.

i DID, however, somehow manage to convice someone on the internet to give me The Essential Bob Dylan. don't ask me how, though, cuz i don't really know.

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lazesummerstone wrote:

Mar. 26th, 2006 10:40 pm (UTC)

roxymusic never fails to be 100 percent sexy.

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