I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

Its either come here, or work on a blog posting on why altriusm is dead, or why political parties are unacceptable manifestations of collectivism.

Sod it, these blog posts won’t write themselves. Cheerio!

You have an odd idea of ‘exceptional’.

hehe – “joy in repetition” from “graffiti bridge”; in under 10 seconds, although you’ve only got my word for it.

Congratulations again, you are now officially a Purple Pimp, Player, and all-round New Jack Hustler. I’m assuming you didn’t cheat by googling the lyrics…..

Great song and one of my princely favourites, and brilliant guitar solo at the end. Very different from the “pop” stuff that he’s more well-known for amongst the masses. I think that album’s very underrated.

however, i doubt i could have done that on any album since about 1993 with the possible exception of “the gold experience”; certainly not anything since “chaos and disorder”.

Agreed, I haven’t actually bought any of his albums since The B-Sides back in the early/mid-90s. “3121″ is apparently quite good, though.

i think i’d have preferred the aftershow party; however, it’s always worth seeing a truly fantastic band that’s that tight and that well rehearsed. plus maceo was leading the horn section.

I remember an “Arena Special” 90min/2hour (can’t remember) documentary on Prince on the BBC in the early 90s which included a number of clips from his aftershow gigs — lots of horns (Miles Davis, I think), songs originally by other artists such as the Rolling Stones, and so on. I have the programme buried away on one of my old VHS tapes somewhere, it was actually very good. Also included an excellent live bluesey clip of “The Question of U” from his 1990 tour. This was of course when Prince had a beard and was going through his “I haven’t had a haircut for about 2 years” phase, which I thought was actually quite a cool look for him.

Lucky you for managing to get tickets for his current tour. I hear that he’s basically got a different song lineup on every night of the tour.

b’shalom

bananabrain

b’shalom

bananabrain

Churchill was particularly keen on chemical weapons, suggesting they be used “against recalcitrant Arabs as an experiment”. He dismissed objections as “unreasonable”. “I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes _ [to] spread a lively terror _” In today’s terms, “the Arab” needed to be shocked and awed. A good gassing might well do the job.

“Churchill himself was keen to argue that gas, fired from ground-based guns or dropped from aircraft, would cause ‘only discomfort or illness, but not death to dissident tribespeople’…Wing-Commander Sir Arthur Harris…was happy to emphasise that “The Arab & Kurd now know what real bombing means in casualties & damage. Within 45 mins. a full-size village can be practically wiped out & a third of its inhabitants killed or injured”…The ministry drew up a list of possible weapons, some of them the forerunners of napalm & air-to-air ground missiles:
Phosphorus bombs, war rockets, metal crowsfeet (to maim livestock), man-killing shrapnel, liquid fire, delay-action bombs. Many of these weapons were first used in Kurdistan.”

b’shalom

bananabrain

Groupthink indeed — what tosh.

I don’t know where 1933 comes into it, but I suspect Sid is thinking of Churchill’s 1919 statement;

In a War Office minute of 12 May 1919, Winston Churchill argued for the use of tear gas: “I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. We have definitely adopted the position at the Peace Conference of arguing in favour of the retention of gas as a permanent method of warfare. It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes. The moral effect should be so good that the loss of life should be reduced to a minimum. It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gasses: gasses can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.”

He was, I think, talking of the Kurds at the time. I am not aware that any such action was taken.

I won’t be back here again except in exceptional circumstances, but I do reserve the right to comment on various postings here over at my own blog – I’ve started blogging on an anti-collectivist theme over at Diabolique.

however, i doubt i could have done that on any album since about 1993 with the possible exception of “the gold experience”; certainly not anything since “chaos and disorder”.

he was great, actually, although it was a “greatest hits” show and i think i’d have preferred the aftershow party; however, it’s always worth seeing a truly fantastic band that’s that tight and that well rehearsed. plus maceo was leading the horn section.

b’shalom

bananabrain

“cream”, from “diamonds and pearls” of course.

Very good ! Well done. Just for that, you get a free roll in the hay with Sid.

And I hope that seeing the great man at the O2 lived up to everyone’s expectations.

Here’s another one to see exactly how much of a purple gangster you really are:

“Pimps and thangs like to hang outside and cuss for kicks; Talking to no-one in particular, they say “The baddest I am tonight”.”

Anyone able to name the song and the album is a true Prince player as far as I’m concerned.

eh?

and, jagdeep, whether prince is kosher or not would depend on how he was killed.

b’shalom

bananabrain