Comments on: A dot com sitcom about a hip hop chip shop

By: Shirley Dimensions

Shirley Dimensions — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:37:15 +0000

I was considering asking if the building opposite happens to be a church, as this would lead me to conclude ‘Vicar In A Tutu’. However, I decided against this as it wouldn’t be big or clever. I’m actually fairly chuffed though that people still steal lead from roofs* to be honest. It’s almost ‘dog on the pitch’ like, and gives me a warm glow inside. I’ll celebrate by whacking ‘Cammell Laird Social Club’ up loud on the drive home…specifically track twelve. Do I win £5? (copyright ‘Viz’ circa 1993).

* pre-empting (God, I hope that one’s correct) any rising excitement at this juncture, it can be either roofs or rooves, rooves being the older form of usage).

By: a_p

a_p — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:20:00 +0000

So, I come into work this morning and notice on the rear of the building opposite that huge swathes of lead have been stolen off the roof overnight. The protective razor-wire ripped away offering no protection at all. And what song comes to mind…?

By: Alex B

Alex B — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:15:45 +0000

Sorry for going over old pedantry, but I’d say it was neither ‘and yes’ nor even ‘oh yes’ but ‘though yes, we’re really excited…’. As in saying how shallow and soulless the music industry is, before then trying to flog their new album. Kind of in the ‘we’re forever slagging off the majors’ spirit?

To distract from this dreadful pettiness may I say how much I’m looking forward to the old farm games again next year – it’s not been the same down here in League 1 without you.

By: TWO FAT FEET

TWO FAT FEET — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:53:46 +0000

Not necessarily my all-time favourite, but defnitely my favourite track from my favourite album. Even if it was just the guitars and drums for twenty minutes it would be brilliant.

By: Exxo

Exxo — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:47:05 +0000

And talk about meerkats
And come out with statements like:
“Well of course music these days is the slave of mammon and as a result
It has become corrupt and shallow
Its real essence is industry
Its moral purpose is the acquisition of money
Its aesthetic pretext is the entertainment of those who are bored…”

I thought it might have been Nietzsche, but in fact it turns out this is quoting Wagner from “Art and Revolution” (1849).

Except the bit about meerkats, like

By: Charles Exford

Charles Exford — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:39:36 +0000

I reckon NB would go for ‘placing a comma after each word, as if to give pause while that word was driven well home to the reader’s heart’.

By: NIck Ink

NIck Ink — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:14:45 +0000

Brilliant site Chris and a constant refuge from the triviality of non HMHB-related business.

But why the commas in the coda? Isn’t it just a statement ‘Thy damnation slumbereth not’ , i.e you lot are going to hell sooner than you think?

By: Chris The Siteowner

Chris The Siteowner — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:26:15 +0000

Nothing’s ever too petty Peter, but I’d like to hear others’ comments!

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:11:06 +0000

Please tell me if this is too petty to bother with…but I’m pretty sure it’s “Oh yes we’re really excited”, not “And yes…”, and later on it’s “So I’ve sprayed it onto the wall”, rather than “I sprayed it…”.

Just tried to do the lyrics of She’s from Broadstairs, only to be totally defeated by the couplet that ends with the word “equator”. I’m sure it’s not “a scenic regulator”, as someone posted on their myspace page.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:20:36 +0000

Following on from Exford (absolutely loving your/his* work by the way) how appropriate is ‘Stealing the leaf off the roof!” (again I yearn to hear this live, though I listened to it today on CD) in view of the fact that tonights gig (7.5/10 in HMHB live gigs (that I’ve seen)I reckon) was opposite ‘The Holy Name Church’ from Vicar in a Tutu “I was lifting the lead off” fame.

*”Full marks to the blockhead who thought it was a great idea to leave a pony in” etc Arf!