tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.comments2023-10-15T03:13:03.093-05:00Stay-At-Home Indie PopIan Plenderleithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comBlogger674125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-70927882301447278012020-02-10T03:52:52.182-05:002020-02-10T03:52:52.182-05:00Hello Ian
Well you certainly got a few of your han...Hello Ian<br />Well you certainly got a few of your hang-ups off your chest with that commendation of all things English. I have been following the whole Brexit mess with some bemusement, for some time, and still cannot work out just what middle England expects to reap from the divorce. Anyway Politics Live on the BBC will still have the upcoming trade deals to masticate over in coming months so Neil MacLucasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-67619959353276890822018-12-20T11:07:35.277-05:002018-12-20T11:07:35.277-05:00Thank you, Martin. The Manchester United and Scotl...Thank you, Martin. The Manchester United and Scotland back four both miss you too right now. Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-27370736477886199572018-12-19T22:39:08.658-05:002018-12-19T22:39:08.658-05:00Album of the year - welcome back. I missed you.Album of the year - welcome back. I missed you.Martin Buchannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-54615568028678630252014-10-06T07:44:31.588-05:002014-10-06T07:44:31.588-05:00Thank you very much for the extremely kind comment...Thank you very much for the extremely kind comments - really nice to know there were at least one or two appreciative readers out there. I may well post an end of year album list. I didn't bother in 2013 because it was a really poor year, at least from where I was listening.Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-83310311884051054212014-10-04T19:14:42.905-05:002014-10-04T19:14:42.905-05:00I have always enjoyed your iconoclastic opinions o...I have always enjoyed your iconoclastic opinions on music and soccer and other life situations you found yourself in. And the locations from rocketville to europe. While I never did get attuned to your blogs timing, i was never that far behind. I have also looked on your other sites with some amazement. The only other blog that I have followed is an ultra marathoner physics researcher. I hope opchuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765756733463858170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-15746175734883921872014-08-18T15:25:21.592-05:002014-08-18T15:25:21.592-05:00definitely still here to the very end!definitely still here to the very end!Marc Silversteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067894316099737862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-73881809658982832382014-04-03T09:37:25.126-05:002014-04-03T09:37:25.126-05:00Well said! If you win the rat race, you are still...Well said! If you win the rat race, you are still a rat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903399774369505644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-1250025661225728512014-03-05T14:34:27.205-05:002014-03-05T14:34:27.205-05:00Ian, what has happened to "No-Good Boyo"...Ian, what has happened to "No-Good Boyo". Don't seem to have heard from him for a while.wee.scottynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-88532454411953159672014-02-28T08:43:57.800-05:002014-02-28T08:43:57.800-05:00Thanks, Nathan and Natascha. People at school used...Thanks, Nathan and Natascha. People at school used to call me 'twisted' too, but not in a good way. Natascha, I like your idea for a new cultural movement - we could call it something like Stoical Optimism. Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-77341673924938867852014-02-27T21:52:13.228-05:002014-02-27T21:52:13.228-05:00I love your twisted view of the world. It's a ...I love your twisted view of the world. It's a pessimistic kind of optimism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768064191982593461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-22354128518679453762013-12-16T22:40:41.173-05:002013-12-16T22:40:41.173-05:00Very nice Ian. I like the Lincoln City photo. Ag...Very nice Ian. I like the Lincoln City photo. Agreed on imperfection, imperfection is what draws me to the music made by Burial, Leyland Kirby, etc.Jackson Duinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06002985873268109983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-12150219017622573622013-11-30T16:46:31.691-05:002013-11-30T16:46:31.691-05:00Ian! You have returned!
Sometimes people are s...Ian! You have returned! <br /><br />Sometimes people are supposed to be pricks and aren't (Henry Rollins, who slept on my couch twice, willingly, and is a fantastic person) and sometimes they are, and provide additional evidence every time they appear in public (Mazzy Star, John Lydon, etc).Jackson Duinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06002985873268109983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-14855955876523756482013-11-25T12:16:20.043-05:002013-11-25T12:16:20.043-05:00There's 'a project' - more news next y...There's 'a project' - more news next year.Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-22865202746569988062013-11-25T12:14:55.557-05:002013-11-25T12:14:55.557-05:00Yes, Brandi was somewhat chattier. I was surprised...Yes, Brandi was somewhat chattier. I was surprised that Mazzy Star played an encore - it's the kind of thing you'd expect them to eschew on principle. In fact it turned out to be the musical highlight as they finally varied the volume and the pace. I also forgot to mention that Hope stood with some kind of e-reader, I think, directly in front of her at head height the whole night, so evenIan Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-32686052471534867302013-11-25T01:04:28.295-05:002013-11-25T01:04:28.295-05:00This sounds almost exactly as I imagined a Mazzy S...This sounds almost exactly as I imagined a Mazzy Starr gig to be. I trust Brandi Carlile was better fun.AMDhttp://www.halfhearteddude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-72954736024062124232013-11-12T17:26:07.569-05:002013-11-12T17:26:07.569-05:00Just thought to check in on you after a while bein...Just thought to check in on you after a while being AWOL (passing by my very own copy of FWTBR). Very nice remembrance of the Big Man. <br /><br />You still slinging any ink? Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255038570506731679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-32340038548786946182013-08-01T09:05:49.603-05:002013-08-01T09:05:49.603-05:00Thank you, AMD and Nathan. This garden project, in...Thank you, AMD and Nathan. This garden project, incidentally, has been under discussion for 14 years, so last July is nothing in domestic renovation time terms. Oh, and Nathan, I saw your pertinent letter in The Wire, July issue, I think. I'm not sure I'll be renewing my subscription - truth is, I quite enjoy reading the magazine but most of the music they write about is, while in many Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-417500259862973432013-08-01T08:22:07.603-05:002013-08-01T08:22:07.603-05:00Having not yet completed a renovation we started l...Having not yet completed a renovation we started last July, the mention of Home Depot gives me a facial tic. Your story was awesome though.Nathanhttp://nathan3e.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-61429848730923679292013-07-16T00:35:16.554-05:002013-07-16T00:35:16.554-05:00Great story well told.
The old coot was lucky tha...Great story well told.<br /><br />The old coot was lucky that standing your ground means something different in leafy Maryland than it does in Florida...AMDhttp://www.halfhearteddude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-37650760245816501352013-06-19T08:28:27.437-05:002013-06-19T08:28:27.437-05:00I have a free extra ticket for you to see DCU play...I have a free extra ticket for you to see DCU play on 6/29 and it's a referee clinic night as well. email me if you have any interest.<br />msilver@genre.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-44942940781424025202013-05-10T08:27:56.892-05:002013-05-10T08:27:56.892-05:00I liked the way this was handled in Nick Hornby...I liked the way this was handled in Nick Hornby's 'How To Be Good' when a A-grade asshole realises he's an asshole and starts trying to redeem himself by emptying his pockets to every homeless person he comes across, causing himself a few immediate economic and marital problems. Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-35232321844901626302013-04-30T23:14:50.627-05:002013-04-30T23:14:50.627-05:00I had this same internal should I/shouldn't I ...I had this same internal should I/shouldn't I dialogue when encountering Hungry and Homeless until I encountered a gentleman outside a corner store on the Upper West Side who was so desperate and pitiful, and so visibly grateful that I stopped that I could have wept right there. Now I just hand it over.Nathanhttp://nathan3e.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-41304254469726365862013-03-27T00:08:31.540-05:002013-03-27T00:08:31.540-05:00Alberto Korda never asked for royalties for that p...Alberto Korda never asked for royalties for that photo. The story is actually a very interesting one.Nathanhttp://nathan3e.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-52069110427903658852013-03-21T15:39:00.151-05:002013-03-21T15:39:00.151-05:00Johnny Marr's now on tour doing the same thing...Johnny Marr's now on tour doing the same thing - desecrating The Smiths' back catalogue. The Sumner/Marr project with Electronic was great - much better than latter day New Order. Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153364.post-72913360603003915862013-03-21T15:36:14.498-05:002013-03-21T15:36:14.498-05:00Yes, French farmers are admirably quick to take it...Yes, French farmers are admirably quick to take it to the streets. British farmers only get upset when someone takes a stroll across their field, or if someone who's not a blood relative proposes marriage to their daughters.Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.com