Keith Houchen

It’s the Man Utd effect innit. Good mate of mine is from Brooklyn and a huge Yankees fan despite not being into sport. He said it’s like a rite of passage going to a Yankees game with an older family member and, like yourself, got hooked instantly! Sounds an incredible experience. I’d take once in 20! Reason I’m a White Sox fan is down to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball on the Nintendo! Loved the game and a family friend had brought back sports T-shirts for us from his trip to visit his Chicago based family. So the two combined made the Southsiders my team! I think The Show lead to our Flips getting into baseball and the Mariners. My partner is a Red Sox fan, she got into it via the channel 5 show in the late 90s as it was perfect post pub fodder. I know of a few people who are Red Sox fans because they’re fans of Dropkick Murphys.

OK Boomer Sooner. I mean, there’s protecting kayfabe and all that but that’s some proper Simpsons “Local Man Thinks Wrestling Is Real” shit.

Posted this in the baseball thread but ain’t no fucker going to read that! Harold Ramirez of Tampa Bay Rays does a Paul Mullin (not a fuck the tories set of cleats) The more sportsmen doing this, the better!

Happy White Sox Elimination Day to all who celebrate. Fuck me this is the worst baseball side I’ve ever seen. How’s your team started the season? A fucking damn sight better than mine, I can assure you!! Heres some wholesome stuff from Harold Ramirez and the Rays.

Haha!! If it was they’d have my vote!!

The two biggest arseholes in the Manchester Mayoral Election (Reform and the independent, utter bellsniff Nick Buckley) both have Reclaim The Streets as part of their pledges.

(Taylor’s Version)

Pretty sure they did the Throbbing Gristle one Merzbow mentioned and possibly the Def Leppard one. This is the trailer for the doc. CW contains Noel Gallagher.

Have you seen the Hipgnosis documentary? A few of his have been featured in this thread already. The Peter Gabriel covers always stand out for me. So do the ones for Scorpions but for very very different reasons. Definitely the Kleberson and Djemba Djembas of their output.

If Vince set up a new promotion, I don’t think there would be many wrestlers turning down working for it if the money was right. It’s wrestling after all.

I might be wrong but I think Lee even lost out on Asian roles to white actors because the studios weren’t prepared to have an unknown Asian on screen, they preferred an unknown white guy in case the audience didn’t like it!

Wasn’t there a scene that was in the first episode of new Matt that the credits played over, or was post credits where they’re watching Roseanne (I think) and they started mocking a different actor playing a character. The other two said they hate it when shows do that and they should just write out the character then shoot death stares at Matt? Or have I Mandela’d that? Anyway, was watching Mr Mercedes, had three or four episodes left and Disney took it off so they left me hanging. Worse than their historical racism and antisemitism. So moved on to Monk. It’s marvellous.

Yeah that’s ace when they do that! I have on occasion not mention the Pepsi in the trolley and assume they’ve noticed it. Got away with that a few times. If challenged I can always say that I must have forgotten to mention it, your mind isn’t so attentive when you get to my age.

Went to Food Warehouse and thought the shopping was a bit cheaper than usual. Wondered if they forgot to ring up an item or two so I checked the receipt. I’m getting on a bit and use a walking stick but COME ON!! Had conflicting feelings of happy and incredulity.