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Everything Else / Re: What bands are you going to see?

« Last post by Guillaume on June 06, 2026, 08:19:45 PM »

Tomorrow I will go at "ça sonne à la porte", a free music festival in Grossoeuvre (a french smalltown) where i will see the french Funk Rock band FFF and Yonaka, a Pop Rock band from Brighton ,UK.

Next I'll join a festival called John Smith Rock Festival which is a small-mid sized metal festival near to the city of Jyväskylä. It's a 3-dayer and I'm especially interested to see The Gathering

You're so lucky to see The Gathering in concert! They're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album "Mandylion" and I regret missing them in Paris (or Lyon) these past few weeks, because Anneke always has such a beautiful voice in concert!

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Everything Else / Re: Billy Idol is back!

« Last post by Guillaume on June 06, 2026, 08:10:12 PM »

Well, Howdy!  That is indeed, a terrific tune.

Indeed! His last album released last year was a bit disappointing (especially compared to his very good "Devil's Playground" from 2005 or even "Kings & Queens of the Underground" in 2014) but this song "John Wayne" is not bad at all and demonstrates that Billy still has plenty left in the tank at 70!

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Everything Else / Re: What takes your attention these days?

« Last post by Master Ray on June 05, 2026, 09:02:09 PM »

Just trying to focus on the activities I love and the few people I care about whilst trying to ignore on the absolute cavalcade of shite that the world is nowadays... I've never been more despairing of humanity in general than I am right now.  [...]

Oh yea the shite is spinning incredibly fast and high. It's more than recommended to have some xtra escapism in life to survive and stay sane at these days. I often think about my departed father that if he'd still live he wouldn't believe what a joke the world had became.

Cheers, MR, it's been a long time. Btw, you known what? Once, many years ago, you wrote about things concerning heart health and strange feelings in the chest. Now I have probably the same issue. Been at the doctors and things are getting followed now on.

Hope it's nothing, pal.  Never EVER ignore stuff going on in your chest (and I say that to anyone else here who might be reading this). I experienced a heart attack where I had very little pain and just mild sweatiness and breathlessness and I was told that if I'd left it another hour or so then I would have died.  It's only because I went on the internet to Google my symptoms and was subsequently told to ring an ambulance immediately that I'm still here. 

On the other hand... there's a ton of chest related symptoms that could be something very minor.     Hopefully you're in the latter catagory.

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Everything Else / Re: What takes your attention these days?

« Last post by Rusco on June 04, 2026, 09:02:47 PM »

Just trying to focus on the activities I love and the few people I care about whilst trying to ignore on the absolute cavalcade of shite that the world is nowadays... I've never been more despairing of humanity in general than I am right now.  [...]

Oh yea the shite is spinning incredibly fast and high. It's more than recommended to have some xtra escapism in life to survive and stay sane at these days. I often think about my departed father that if he'd still live he wouldn't believe what a joke the world had became.

Cheers, MR, it's been a long time. Btw, you known what? Once, many years ago, you wrote about things concerning heart health and strange feelings in the chest. Now I have probably the same issue. Been at the doctors and things are getting followed now on.

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Everything Else / Re: What bands are you going to see?

« Last post by Rusco on June 04, 2026, 08:47:22 PM »

Oh!  Manic Street Preachers and Suede doing a co-headlining arena tour in the autumn!

Would be very cool to see Manics. A friend of mine has seen them many times but it seems I'll miss them every time.

Next I'll join a festival called John Smith Rock Festival which is a small-mid sized metal festival near to the city of Jyväskylä. It's a 3-dayer and I'm especially interested to see Coroner, The Gathering and Carcass.

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New Model Army / Re: Vinyl Re-Releases

« Last post by Guillaume on June 04, 2026, 07:53:03 PM »

The first good news of 2025??

According to a comment i've read today on the Unofficial NMA Facebook page:

"Local indi record store told me last week, that all NMA back catalogue is being re-release early next year on vinyl from original masters. He has Stange Brotherhood first press on vinyl at 250. Vinyl releases from Rough Trade apparently."

Always waiting, bloody waiting.

After THE LOVE OF HOPELESS CAUSES, NO REST FOR THE WICKED and THUNDER AND CONSOLATION...

THE GHOST OF CAIN is going to be re-released on vinyl this month...40 years after its original LP release!:

https://www.roughtrade.com/fr/product/new-model-army/the-ghost-of-cain

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Everything Else / Re: What pisses you off..? ;o)

« Last post by Master Ray on June 04, 2026, 07:40:13 PM »

Right now?  Pigeons.

That brief heatwave we had recently?  It led me, as someone in a smallish top floor flat, to get all my windows open in all my rooms, leave the doors open to get a decent flow of air through and cool the place down somewhat.  And I work from home so I've got headphones on throughout the day whilst dealing with clients so I can be oblivious to that's going on outside of my little home office.  So I was subsequently finding feathers and splatters of shit all over the place...  yup, these winged bastards (rats with wings, to be honest) clearly found a potential new source of food... 

Clearly, I closed those windows and have done since... but now those pigeons are ALL OVER the outside of my flat, landing on the windowsills and the roofs and doing that annoying 'cooing' sounds... I've found them thudding against the windows and tapping on the glass and they seem utterly unafraid when I bang back on the glass... like they're saying 'Oy, what are you gonna do?  I can fly, bee-yatch'...   

Seeing as it seems like we're going to have a hot summer I suspect I'm going to be at war with these vermin... 

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Everything Else / Re: What takes your attention these days?

« Last post by Master Ray on June 04, 2026, 07:16:27 PM »

Just trying to focus on the activities I love and the few people I care about whilst trying to ignore on the absolute cavalcade of shite that the world is nowadays... I've never been more despairing of humanity in general than I am right now. 

Another happy message from your old pal MR!      

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Everything Else / Re: Billy Idol is back!

« Last post by Master Ray on June 04, 2026, 06:51:32 PM »

Well, Howdy!  That is indeed, a terrific tune.

I can't believe I missed him at Manchester Arena, a year or two ago, when he was supported by Killing Joke!  How the fook did I miss that one?  Two great acts on the same bill?   

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Everything Else / Re: Billy Idol is back!

« Last post by Guillaume on June 04, 2026, 02:42:13 PM »

Billy Idol is John Wayne!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LNk7oiTVI