4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Paola]

I brought DD1 a lovely top from H&M yesterday with a cassette tape on the front She did not know what it was I had to explain I dread to think what she would think a record was for or how you play it

[MadMitch]

When I was playing my LP's (this was years ago), DD asked what they were.When I told her she couldn't believe it and was even more horrified that you could only listen to them at home and not carry them around with you.

[Popcorn]

We were watching Later with Jools last night. Chris Difford was on and Jools introduced is new 'record'. In his words. Sign of age

[Omletina Kyckling]

Vinyl is making a comeback though. Turntables are being produced again and people are realising that the sound from vinyl is much better than CD. You lose something with CD.

 

I was in HMV in Kettering a few weeks ago and an older chap went to the counter and asked for something on cassette. The young assistant explained to him that they don't do cassettes any longer. She said that they had it on CD. He asked what a CD was. She explained that it was a disc that had music on it. He said "oh you mean an LP"...she said "no, not an LP, it's a shiny silver disc, like a DVD"....you can guess what's coming now...he said "What's a DVD?" - the other assistant kept disappearing under the counter as he was sniggering so much. I wondered afterwards if he was a mystery shopper as he can't have totally missed what a CD or DVD was, surely?!!

[MedusA]

On a similar theme, but digressing a bit (sorry)

 

I was in Liverpool last Friday for a Billy Bragg gig. My OH and I went to the lovely Victorian Philharmonic Dining Rooms (it's a pub, honest) and I was sitting there with my pint chatting to OH when I became aware of someone speaking opposite to where I was sitting. "That's a real scouse accent" I thought, quickly followed by "Sounds a lot like Alexi Sayle". I turned to look at the slightly portly bearded chap, only to realise it was Alexi himself. He was being interviewed and made interesting eavesdropping.

 

Anyway, point of the story is that I texted my 23 year old DD to let her know and her reply was "Who? Never heard of him!"

[Imo]

I know lots of my friends who still by tracks on vinyl - just the novelty of it and the sound is lovely

[Jules.]

We were watching Later with Jools last night. Chris Difford was on and Jools introduced is new 'record'. In his words. Sign of age

We saw Chris Difford in concert last week, he was playing with Boo Hewerdine (lead singer & guitarist from a really old group called The Bible). Boo is a great songwriter- his main hit was writing "Patience of Angels" for Eddie Reader

Boo was sat next to Chris on the show last night, & it sounded like they will both be on Jool's show on Friday

I'm actually amazed that I managed to stay up so late to watch Jool's show , normally I'm tucked up by 9pm.

[chickencam]

My OH has a huge CD collection of very diverse music and sometimes he just keeps playing loads of different tracks and the kids dance around the lounge - he is a frustrated DJ at heart. The other week he played C30 C60 C90 Go by Bow Wow Wow and they didn't know what it was about and he said could you really have predicted that 30 years ago

[Tessa the Duchess]

Vinyl is making a comeback though. Turntables are being produced again and people are realising that the sound from vinyl is much better than CD. You lose something with CD.

 

I have a big vinyl collection, occasionaly I have a nostalgia evening and

play some of my faves Problem is many of them are very scratched due

to being played at parties and other racous events CD's seem a bit

more robust. My DH has to be told over and over what a DVD is, but then he

is an anti-screen person and prefers the written word

 

Tessa

[Guest]

On a similar theme, but digressing a bit (sorry)

 

I was in Liverpool last Friday for a Billy Bragg gig. My OH and I went to the lovely Victorian Philharmonic Dining Rooms (it's a pub, honest) and I was sitting there with my pint chatting to OH when I became aware of someone speaking opposite to where I was sitting. "That's a real scouse accent" I thought, quickly followed by "Sounds a lot like Alexi Sayle". I turned to look at the slightly portly bearded chap, only to realise it was Alexi himself. He was being interviewed and made interesting eavesdropping.

 

Anyway, point of the story is that I texted my 23 year old DD to let her know and her reply was "Who? Never heard of him!"

 

I know that pub very well, we got to The Philharmonic Hall and The Everyman (opposite) quite often.

 

I've frequented Liverpool for years and never bumped into anyone famous!

 

Actually, I tell a lie! When I was about 7, we saw Ken Dodd in M&S and I told him dancing girls were rude (he had a TV show at the time with scantily clad ladies).

[Guest]

we tried for a ages to get our hands on some of the stuff by "The Scaffold" but it was always on vinyl. They've brought out a 'best of' on CD finally, hurray!

 

Our copy is signed by Roger McGough and John Gorman, just need to collar Macca's brother now

[Guest]

who else has that song by The Belle Stars stuck in their head now

[chickencam]

are Roger McGough and John Gorman the other members of The Scaffold then I knew Mike McCartney was?

[Guest]

are Roger McGough and John Gorman the other members of The Scaffold then I knew Mike McCartney was?

 

They are indeed, I got Roger to sign it when we went to see him and Brian Patten at the 40th anniversay of The Mersey Sound recently. I see John Gorman quite often as he goes to a lot of local peotry events.

[The Dogmother]

Being an oldster I have loads of vinyl and still play it every now and then. I used to have lots of tapes (mostly 80s music) but Pamster now has those.

[Clash City Rocker]

I bought this last year,

http://www.ion-audio.com/ionttusb05

It converts vinyl to CD via your computer, really easy to use. I spent nearly 3 months converting old vinyl (from the loft) onto CD's and then into my i-tunes library. You have the option to remove "crackles & hisses" from the original records but I didn't bother.

 

Chris Difford has a new album out called "The Last Temptation of Chris" most tracks seem to reference his "mid-life crisis" it has really great reveiws and some great lyrics, if anyone can find the lyrics to a track called "Fat as a Fiddle" then post them up as they are very funny!!!!

[Omletina Kyckling]

My DH has to be told over and over what a DVD is, but then he

is an anti-screen person and prefers the written word

 

Tessa

 

My hubby pretends to be old and stuffy (actually, I'm not sure he's pretending ) - he is always asking me what a CD is, or an MP3 player or blueteeth - every single time he's with me at the supermarket or whatever and I'm paying with my card - as I go to put my numbers in the machine he asks "What's that?" and I say "It's Chip and Pin" and he says, without fail "Is that like pitch and putt?"....every single time.....I stand there waiting for it. The young assistants just stare at him like he's off another planet as they don't get it....sometimes they try to explain, which makes it even worse.....

[MedusA]

I know that pub very well, we go to The Philharmonic Hall and The Everyman (opposite) quite often.

 

BB's gig was at the the Philharmonic! It is a lovely venue - great accoustics. We also ate at the Everyman, at the recommendation of my friend who is a food journalist. They had a great vegetarian selection!

 

As you mentioned in another post, I loved the whole Liverpool Scene Poets. I saw Roger McGough and Brian Pattern at a poetry reading, organised by my school, and was in heaven.

[Helly Welly]

My OH kept all his vinyl so i bought him a turnatble for his birthday a couple of ears ago. Now, no charity shop is safe, he'll spend ages looking at LPs. We even found Now that's what i call music, the first one, on vinyl for about £2!

[Jules.]

CCR I can't find the lyrics to Fat as a Fiddle, but I remember him singing a bit about him finding it difficult to put his socks on , ( & I didn't buy the album at the gig I went to , only Boo's stuff!) but here is a link to a review of a gig they played in Stoke.

http://stokesounds.blogspot.com/2008/04/chris-diffordboo-hewerdine-biddulph.html

[Guest]

On a similar theme, but digressing a bit (sorry)

 

I was in Liverpool last Friday for a Billy Bragg gig. My OH and I went to the lovely Victorian Philharmonic Dining Rooms (it's a pub, honest) and I was sitting there with my pint chatting to OH when I became aware of someone speaking opposite to where I was sitting. "That's a real scouse accent" I thought, quickly followed by "Sounds a lot like Alexi Sayle". I turned to look at the slightly portly bearded chap, only to realise it was Alexi himself. He was being interviewed and made interesting eavesdropping.

 

Anyway, point of the story is that I texted my 23 year old DD to let her know and her reply was "Who? Never heard of him!"

 

Hello John - got a new motor??

 

saw him live at Warwick University back in the eighties - when he had bit-parts in the Young Ones..

 

have heard him interviewed a few times recently - usually sounds quite bitter and seems to think that he and his cronies invented modern comedy.... funny in his day though!

 

 

Phil

[hillfamily]

Being an oldster I have loads of vinyl and still play it every now and then. I used to have lots of tapes (mostly 80s music) but Pamster now has those.

 

and I'm thoroughly enjoying them :D whilst making my teenagers go

[The Dogmother]

getting revenge then Pam!?

[Clash City Rocker]

CCR I can't find the lyrics to Fat as a Fiddle, but I remember him singing a bit about him finding it difficult to put his socks on , ( & I didn't buy the album at the gig I went to , only Boo's stuff!) but here is a link to a review of a gig they played in Stoke.

http://stokesounds.blogspot.com/2008/04/chris-diffordboo-hewerdine-biddulph.html

 

It's the right song, about struggling to put your socks on in the morning.

I can't find the lyric either, but part of the song I remember

 

Now I have t*ts just like my mum

I'm out of breathe before I run,

I like to eat because it's fun

but it comes at such a price,

I'm on the old brown rice

and the herbal tea.

 

also

 

I'm never thin,

I'm never svelte,

I wear the biggest belt.

[chocchick]

My hubby pretends to be old and stuffy (actually, I'm not sure he's pretending ) - he is always asking me what a CD is, or an MP3 player or blueteeth - every single time he's with me at the supermarket or whatever and I'm paying with my card - as I go to put my numbers in the machine he asks "What's that?" and I say "It's Chip and Pin" and he says, without fail "Is that like pitch and putt?"....every single time.....I stand there waiting for it. The young assistants just stare at him like he's off another planet as they don't get it....sometimes they try to explain, which makes it even worse.....

I wouldn't be surprised if the man in HMV didn't know about the discs, I'm quite amused as there is so mch pressure to know what random new technologies are and all the letters and numbers. Good for him

I still talk about the "video shop", and renting videos, even though I mean DVDs. I have memories as a kid of playing my Gran's smurf album on a record player at different speeds. It was bad enough at the one it was at