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darkness · Post by **darkness** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:55 am

yeah not really a local gig. but intruiging list of who's playing.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/15011 ... d=10449489

Spinal Tap!!

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:36 am

the pumpkins must be the story writer's fav band huh?

"It will also feature performances from the Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Kanye West, Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, the Beastie Boys, Duran Duran, James Blunt, Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park and Snow Patrol."

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:37 am

darkness wrote:yeah not really a local gig. but intruiging list of who's playing.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/15011 ... d=10449489

Spinal Tap!!

Cool, a joke band at a concert for a joke cause, seems appropriate...

darkness · Post by **darkness** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:08 am

Danger Mouse wrote:
Cool, a joke band at a concert for a joke cause, seems appropriate...

exactly. but I could care less about the cause. I just want to hear a few of the bands.

Terexgeek · Post by **Terexgeek** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:30 am

Go the mighty 'Tap...

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:48 pm

Bah, no Bad News reunion?

Then again, they were never one for causes. Other than getting trolleyed.

Speaking of big concerts, I watched the Live Aid DVD yesterday for the first time. Not having seen it since the original broadcast in 1985, I found it pretty cool nostalgia. The abundance of Telecasters made me feel a bit queasy though.

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:14 pm

Jenesis wrote:The abundance of Telecasters made me feel a bit queasy though.

Tele envy?

Polar Bear · Post by **Polar Bear** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:14 pm

Still, nothing a wall of Wailing AC30s and a homebuilt fireplace can't fix.

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:20 pm

Damn straight.

Danger Mouse wrote:
Jenesis wrote:The abundance of Telecasters made me feel a bit queasy though.
Tele envy?

Tele revulsion.

Post by Bg » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:31 pm

Jenesis wrote:Damn straight.

Danger Mouse wrote:
Jenesis wrote:The abundance of Telecasters made me feel a bit queasy though.
Tele envy?
Tele revulsion.

snap....

foal30 · Post by **foal30** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:44 pm

I can see the long list of Joke Bands but what exactly is the Joke cause?

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:15 pm

foal30 wrote:I can see the long list of Joke Bands but what exactly is the Joke cause?

the misguided idea that a species as insignificant as human beings could even put a dent in the earth with the ultimate smiting that mother nature can (and eventually probably will) launch at us and wipe us off the face of the planet while dinosaurs get a better track record than we ever did.
global warming? y2k? 1984?
at least global warming gets a better run than y2k did, that had a finite time.. this is almost as good of a scam as afterlife insurance (organised religion).

Post by Bg » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:31 pm

rocklander wrote:at least global warming gets a better run than y2k did, that had a finite time.. this is almost as good of a scam as afterlife insurance (organised religion).

Perhaps it didn't occur to you that Y2K would have had devastating effects IF nothing had been done about it? Having worked in both the Nuclear Power and Chemical industries fixing the problems that WOULD have occurred due to the bug, I can assure you that all the time and money spent was worth it. The reason why nothing happened was because we actually fixed the problems before they occurred. Sheesh....

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:38 pm

bluesgeek wrote: I can assure you that all the time and money spent was worth it. .

although I agree there were certainly issues that required time and money, "all "of it? not likely.
going around workstations and ensuring they'd be y2k compliant at a desktop level was pretty much a complete waste of time and money to name just one instance.
I've no problem with the critical work carried out, but there was a huge scam run on the general public in order for the trade (I.T.) to make some bucks... I was one of them too... it was a great scam.

Post by Bg » Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:21 pm

re-read the post - 'all' was pertaining to the nuclear power and chemical industries - I had nothing to do with the sort of unethical cowboys involved with any scamming.... perhaps you should have avoided the sweeping generalization in the first place

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