Kaz Hayashi

A bit off topic, but this gives me hope that we can also get rid of the Tory scum too. There’s just a sudden realisation that the earth isn’t absolutely completely utterly fucked.

Yeah I’m up for that. 

4 minutes ago, Nostalgia Nonce said:

Yorkies are a victim of the "new and improved" curse, where they tasted better when they were still made by Rowntree.

Fuck Nestlé.

Square crisps tasted better by Smiths while we’re on. 

58 minutes ago, Accident Prone said:

Judging by his comments, FelatioLips prefers biscuits over chocolate, which makes the whole ranking and tourney biased IMOH. He's even got the green triangle at 9, and refers to the Malteaser as overrated! As bent and as fair as a North Korean election.

You’ve redeemed this thread, and @mim731 comments below about Fuse & Dream have hit a nerve. Both absolutely brilliant additions to Heroes that are sorely missed.

I’d like a box of Chocolate rejects this Christmas. 

As somebody once said, “That was nice”.

It was pleasant craic, count me in again for the next one. As we all said, it felt very natural and canny. I’ve managed to capture the true grey scale essence of the North East, in the top right square there. Sunniest day we’ve had in months, and it’s still grey.

YouTube have turned one of my old videos to adult only. It was a basic draw to determine the winner of a comp, for a private group of people, who donated to his just giving page when he passed away. The video was a very basic ‘random draw’ to show proof it had been done fairly. No opinions, nothing of general discussion, a boring draw. In fact, I believe it was set to private (view with link only) at the time.
However, it has the name Kamala in the title.

After asking around for a possible reason, It’s assumed it’s because of Kamala Harris the politician, and as most political videos are turned to adult only, and youtube are so broken they can’t tell the difference between these two people, or their review system clearly doesn’t actually review anything.

19 minutes ago, Frankie Crisp said:

One of my best mates lost his Mum to Covid yesterday and his Dad’s in a really bad way with it (and has all but thrown the towel in since his missus passed).

She was only 63 and got the positive test last Wednesday. Admitted to hospital on Thursday after feeling really bad but was sat up talking on Friday on a bit of oxygen rather than any kind of ventilator. Everyone assumed she would be fine but late Sunday, her two lads were told she’d taken a nosedive and was being placed on end of life care. They weren’t allowed to visit at that time.

She made it through the night so both of them were allowed to go in and see her, but were given the task of deciding whether to turn the oxygen off as her organs were starting to fail. 

Spoke to him shortly after she passed away and he was in bits; not just losing his Mum so suddenly, but having to pass her a phone so her husband of 43 years could say goodbye on a FaceTime call, as he was too unwell to do it in person. She did the same with my nephew - who’s seven - so it’s absolutely fucking floored him, seeing that on top of her take her last breath.

Just been with my Ma who’s really cut up as they were only with Pauline a week and a bit ago (my mate’s brother is married to my sister, so they were close). They were talking about how her husband was retiring next month so they could spend a long retirement together, and now they’re having to decide who can go to the funeral and who misses out. Five days and their lives have been ripped apart.

I know there are plenty of people who’ve got similar experiences but honestly, hearing my mate completely break down on the phone after going through that has bothered all of us. That’s going to haunt him and his brother forever and he can’t even grieve properly as his Dad’s still on the ropes. 

This thing is fucking ruthless when it gets a grip.

This made me well up Frankie. So sorry for all concerned. 

1 hour ago, SuperBacon said:

 

This @Shy Dad

Do it. You’re doing it here, which is good, now do it by texting SHOUT to 85258, as that will be even better. 
Do it and then let us know how you get on with it, even if via DM.

Get it done.

I feel the need to promote this North East based brewery, firstly because they’re good mates, secondly because their beers are bloody brilliant (very well brewed, consistent and tasty) and thirdly because their approach to inclusivity is excellent.

Hops & Dots Brewery

One of the two brewers and owners (John) has worked in specialist adult education for a long time, specifically with visually impaired people. He then became a specialist in Braille, becoming one of a very few teachers of Braille in the country. 
Braille is the part of the reason behind the name ‘hops & dots’ and they also add a Braille sticker on their cans so visually impaired folks who can read Braille can read what they’re buying, which I think is absolutely amazing.

Anyway, they’ve been consistently knocking out bangers, and I swear that’s not just a biased opinion. 
Class range for all tastes in cans, bottles and mini kegs:

Oat Milk Brownie Stout.  
Lockdown Lager. 
Sim Specs NE-IPA. 
Fat Fingers Wheat Ale.  
Speadboat West Coast Pale.  
And loads of other small batch stuff in their modified digits line.

Again, I honestly think they’re one of the best micro breweries in the North of England right now. I’m defo taking the opportunity to promote a pals business giving the circumstances too, but I promise, it’s quality stuff. If you spot them in the wild, I’d advise you check them out, or pop by their site next weekend as it’ll have new stock and new beers added.

This is bloody wonderful BTW.

That’s review alone has made me want to check this out, loads of carrot dangling. I really fancy watching it now.

TentaJohn Jr

The only fair thing to come out of that was his brother putting in a shift for a Paddi Power advert and getting a nice pay day from it, while poking fun at Ryan being a shit, untrustworthy brother.

2 hours ago, WyattSheepMask said:

I’d say it’s weaker than Load, but it’s still fine for what it is. How anyone could say they’d sold out after The Black Album had already had half a decade of mainstream success, Christ even ...And Justice For All charted at #6 on the Billboard 200 and was on the chart for 83 weeks (until it was beaten by the first McMahon v Austin), just shows what a bunch of narrow-minded fuckwits metal fans can be.

Its been said on here many times before, as recently as the Deftones talk a couple of months, but fans often can’t see past what the band were when they first got into them, when in reality the band is 15 years older than they were and don’t necessarily have the same outlook on things that they once did.

Its this tribal/gatekeeping mentality that a lot of fans have. I got into Metallica around the time of Reload too, that was my starting point, so listening to the older stuff was like discovering an entirely different band, but I liked both. It’s fine to like different eras of a band.

It’s a very different sound to the early stuff. Ride the Lightening was fast as fuck with lots of fuzz, and as I say, I was a big fan of that Metallica era, I found them around 92-93’ish and loved everything they did. 
I did understand the point that some fans were saying, that it was very different, but the idea that it was shit just didn’t sit well. 
I think the late 90’s, found out a way to market metal to the masses in an acceptable way, through games and movie franchises.

I wonder if the new Metallica sound had been the soundtrack for a cult/underground movie, rather than a mainstream cheese action flick, would those fans have been as vocal about their displeasure? 
In other words, did they dislike the sound as much as they claim because it was a different sounding Metallica, or did they dislike it because generic Kevin who works with them in Asda had just been to seen MI:2 and was humming Metallica tunes along with Tori Amos? 
Probs a bit of both, bet I bet the latter had much more to do with it than they’d admit.

Jericho tried to colour his bald patch in with dog shite on Instagram.

This is currently the best page on the forum.

And it was trending. Incredible.

I’ve just listened to Metallica - Reload for the first time in around 20 years. It was the first album I bought on release day in the U.K. 

I remember it getting loads of stick from older metal friends, “sell outs, biker ballads, lost their metal” etc, and although I was a massive fan of Kill Em All, etc, I thought Reload was a tremendous album, but pretended it was bad at the time to fit in with the cool, older nerds.

It’s still a fucking mint album.

#BringBackDownVotes

No filters or effects, very quick point and click of the sky this morning. I love it when it looks like the start of the end.

6 minutes ago, neil said:

See it a lot with hostile architecture - governments paying to have ugly shit installed to stop the homeless sleeping there. But put that money into homeless programs? Nah.

Gets even worse man, I remember when Iceland staff spoke out a few years ago, saying that they’d been instructed by management to purposely spoil out of date food in the biffa bins, to stop people digging for food. Some apparently told to pour bleach over food. That’s predetermined ABH at the very least isn’t it?
I was in shock at the time, but I’ve been told by people that they’ve witnessed it still happening (not sure which shops).

Imagine bring that fucking evil? It’s bad enough adding horrible metal bumps to potential seating areas, but purposely poisoning food with bleach is absolutely insane.

10 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

This post absolutely highlights why just giving someone a roof over their head will not end homelessness. In an old job, I used to run a money skills workshop with a homeless charity which dispelled myths around having a bank account. This stuff should be on the curriculum. 

I didn’t realise you did that, but you’ve nailed it. My team is called Progression and Engagement Team. We run a wood workshop, music production sessions, arts & crafts and other basic enrichment stuff such as cook & chat sessions (we invite them in to cook with us and have a roast dinner), also a video games club. It’s all just a way to spark up engagement, get them chatting. That then leads on to employability sessions, we put them through training and pay for CSCS cards for example. 
I have to apply for funding for every project but it’s so critical as I’m sure you’re aware. 

Anyway, sorry, unintentionally taken this off topic a bit, but yup, putting a roof over a persons head is pointless unless you assist them with the journey of understanding what it takes to keep the roof over their head. That is absolutely lost on Tory ethics.

You can’t force a square to fit a circle, and if it doesn’t fit, it’s the squares fault in the eyes of Tory. They aren’t interested in helping a square to reshape, and don’t even think about providing a square hole in the first place. Meh.

1 hour ago, Keith Houchen said:

Yep. My stock answer to this is “Sure. Once you put one of those homeless veterans that you bang on about constantly up in your spare room”

The way these fuckers talk gives the impression that they ask to see a passport and a CV before giving a homeless person anything. 

Indeed. The vast majority of homeless people I work with, approx 85%, have addictions or substance dependencies, hence why we run a needle exchange in our drop in/health centre. Most of those also have criminal records associated with struggling on the streets. I imagine they aren’t deemed real homeless by the Britain first lot though, even though almost 100% are classed as white British. 
These homeless aren’t fluffy enough, or not all served in the armed forces etc. There will always be a caveat as to what meets their standards for who truly needs support.

On 10/21/2020 at 8:50 PM, Keith Houchen said:

And of course, what a surprise that people who think we should help our own before helping out foreigners aren’t keen on helping our own after all. 

Before I fucked FB off, I had a random habit of finding posts/threads, knowing there were going to be “look after our own” type posts. I found plenty and attempted convo around 20-30 times, around the time of the Banksy boat. 
The discussion would usually be along the lines of:

Them: “Send them back, we need to focus on our own, there’s no room, put them up in your own house, we have too many British homeless people to as it is.”

Me: “I work for a homeless organisation/rehousing association, and you are correct in that we do have too many British homeless people. Do you want me to send you details about how you can directly support British homeless people.”

It obviously goes without saying that there wasn’t one response from the intended recipients, but I did receive 3 messages from people who are sympathetic to those on the boats, as well as those on our streets, regardless of background or place of origin. All 3 of those people now volunteer at some of our food banks and drop in centres. 

Shock horror, those who show empathy to the plight of ‘anyone in need’ are more likely to actually help people in need. 
Whereas those who describe ‘British homelessness’ as British people who are homeless, rather than homelessness in Britain, tend use it as a point to try and justify their racism, and are more likely to be bellends who aren’t interested in helping people in need. 

Saying that, it’s a shame a Britain first type didn’t respond, I’d have been up for them getting involved. It might have given them some perspective of homelessness and opened their eyes a bit. Although, the silence in their response to me might have been the catalyst for the 3 liberal minded folk to get involved. Silver linings where we can find them I suppose.

How’s it going.

I’ve barely been posting much online as of late, I had one of those hating the internet phases. Sacked Twitter and FB off and stepped away from all pod/events stuff. Can’t be bothered anymore. 
It’s nice to be able to just focus on my job and music, it’s a complete weight off.
I also started to get back in to my art stuff again, it’s been years, I was never that talented, but it’s just nice to do, stress free, no hassle. I’ve just been doing quick pen sketches and some basic acrylic pours in the house with my wife, it’s been really lovely to be honest. I might try and introduce it as a session at work, we’ll see. Anyway, I thought I’d pop a couple of them up in here. Cheers 

I turned the above in to a clock and it’s amazing how the colours dry much differently. 

The yelp at 0.37

19 hours ago, Carbomb said:

@Kaz Hayashi that's a really sweet track. Feel like that needs to be listened to in a car with the top down going along at high speed.

Appreciate it man. The craic is, the album is ready to release but we’re just trying to build a bit of a following with the first single there. So by all means if you fancy it, we appreciate people joining our Facebook page etc 👍

The album is in keeping with that single so nearly all tracks have a similar kinda vibe.

33 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said:

This is great. 

Thanks very much mate. Appreciate it.