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On The Road / Re: Frome set list 2025
« Last post by Winterwulf on November 16, 2025, 08:34:06 PM »Crikey, "See You in Hell" is getting an outing too - only ever seen that done live at a solo gig a long, long, time ago...
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Everything Else / Re: A thread about The Chameleons...
« Last post by Guillaume on November 16, 2025, 08:29:18 PM »Anyone else checked it out yet?
Not yet! The Chameleons will be playing 3 concerts in France in early December, I'm tempted to go to the Paris concert...Hugh Cornwell is the opening act for their concert.
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Everything Else / Re: what Film / TV are you watching RIGHT NOW
« Last post by Guillaume on November 16, 2025, 08:27:10 PM »
So, 'The Long Walk'... that's two Stephen King adaptations this year that have flopped at the box office * but I truly loved. I've been waiting for this one for decades, literally, seeing as I read the original novella in my teens and loved it... it's been mooted for a film version a few times over the years and we've finally got it... and it's genuinely one of the best book to film adaptations I've ever seen. The makers keep the original story for the most part but the bits that they change actually improve on the storyline. And it's beautifully made throughout, albeit somewhat shocking and bloody at times. Has anyone else read the book and are interesting in seeing this movie? If so, you should. Here's the trailer for the uninitiated...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtUHeMQ1F8
*- also, both of these movies have Mark Hamill delivering brilliant, career best performances. The dude's certainly having a career resurgence right now.
I was also pleasantly surprised by the film THE LONG WALK, which is captivating, gritty, and sometimes touching. I have excellent memories of the Bachman/King novel and was glad that the film stayed true to the spirit of the book. On the other hand, I saw THE RUNNING MAN and I wasn't very convinced; the tone and script are a mess. I even prefer the other adaptation, the Schwarzenegger/Paul Michael Glaser version, which at least is well-paced and entertaining!
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New Model Army / Re: Favourite NMA song for JS lyrics ?
« Last post by Guillaume on November 16, 2025, 08:08:36 PM »Really enjoyed this topic/thread. Just read through it again. Back in the day and all that,,
https://www.music-news.com/review/UK/16507/Live/New-Model-Army-Legend-Club-Milan
His lyrics remain among the most thoughtful and relevant in modern rock, weaving political, naturalistic, social, and spiritual themes that resonate now more than ever. It might not be poetry to some but whatever, his words (lyrics) deserve to be collected and preserved, to be found in libraries and on bookshelves, they help to give meaning to life.
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New Model Army / Re: Il Maestro
« Last post by Guillaume on November 16, 2025, 08:06:20 PM »YES FOR SOME reasons the band has never been well known in Italy like it is in Germany, Austria, France and other countries (not to mention England for sure.......). I am Italian and I went to see Justin in Milan playing his amazing solo album. I can tell you we were not many and there I found the only person I ever met in my country who knew them.
NMA may be better known in France than in Italy, but when they play in France it's usually in small venues (500 to 700/800 people/capacity maximum...in the early 90s they played in slightly bigger venues like l'Elysée Montmartre in Paris), but that's great for french people like me because we get to see the band in an "intimate" setting! The band is much better known in England and Germany. It's cool to see them in small venues in France, but frankly they deserve to play in front of a bigger audience!
Here's a very nice review of NMA's last concert in Milan, Italy, this week:
https://www.music-news.com/review/UK/16507/Live/New-Model-Army-Legend-Club-Milan
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New Model Army / Re: Is Michael Dean OK?
« Last post by Guillaume on November 16, 2025, 08:03:13 PM »He was on drums at the Milan concert
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New Model Army / Re: Is Michael Dean OK?
« Last post by MaoLee on November 16, 2025, 05:45:15 AM »He wasn't on drums in Prague either. Best wishes to him!
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On The Road / Re: Frome set list 2025
« Last post by Master Ray on November 15, 2025, 11:16:23 PM »Damn, I couldn't make the Manchester gig due to having to work, they played Brother? PLEASE let that be played at Nottingham next month!
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Everything Else / Re: what Film / TV are you watching RIGHT NOW
« Last post by Master Ray on November 15, 2025, 11:13:19 PM »Predator - Badlands. I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would, I didn't like the trailer but my friend Dan The Postman (some of you might have met him at NMA gigs) gets free tickets to the cinema so I went along and it was an absolute blast, great action scenes and production design and it's really rather funny at times, something that certain other Predator entries can't regarded as... it might not be to the tastes of the hardcore fans but I had a good time with it.
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Everything Else / Re: The BOOKS thread... what you reading?
« Last post by Master Ray on November 15, 2025, 11:06:42 PM »You Like It Darker - Stephen King.