Recent content by ThePantomimeThief

The other day I got a series of text messages from a guy who'd been given a fake number by a girl. She'd made up my phone number. That was weird. Particularly when he refused to believe he was actually talking to a 22-year old guy. I don't mind so much girls giving out fake numbers...

I saw it when it was first released, it is bloody brilliant, one of the best films this year easily. For those of you that don't know Chris Morris, watch Brasseye and the Day Today as well. Absolute hero. Oh, and if you've seen the film already, also check out the terrorist sections from...

Oh god yes. Also, the coalition has removed the limits on how much the train companies can charge now. So, expect skyrocketing ticket prices in the future with the same shitty service. Oh no, wait they're going to cut the number of trains too, so a worse service. When German train...

No, Formula 1 isn't redneck or lower class, in fact it's pretty high society in places (the Monaco Grand Prix for instance is seen as one of the classic races, and that's pretty much as decadent as you can get). It's also bloody expensive to go see as well. As for Rednecks, there isn't...

The single player game is now 2 hours long. One and a half hours of that is cut scenes involving the lead 'characters' dying in increasingly ridiculous plot twists. The other half hour? Quick time events! The multiplayer game gets rid of the whole shooting thing too. Melee away at a one-armed...

A million times this. Also, Tomorrow Never Knows, I Am The Walrus, Eleanor Rigby, Helter Skelter, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Let It Be... I'm a big fan :)

I hate pigheaded people, greedy people, arrogant people, and the bitchy, backstabbing kind of rude people. That covers pretty much everyone and everything that I dislike. Oh, and tinned fish, tuna in particular.

Yeah I love post rock and post metal. It's so difficult to get into when you first hear it, but when you do they're such rewarding genres to listen to. Amazing to see live too! :)

Well I'd say one of the main strengths of Explosions, Mogwai, Godspeed and Sigur is their ability to 'repeat the same thing over and over' and layer it each time, listen to the untitled album by Sigur Ros, or Mogwai Fear Satan and then listen to One or With Or Without You. There's quite a clear...

Bill Bailey is a hero :D

Look at the use of effects that The Edge uses, and compare it to the effects used by My Bloody Valentine. Sure, MBV gave us the biggest jump in terms of effects use, but there's a real influence there in terms of chorus, delay, tremolo. More recently bands like Autolux have clear Joshua Tree-era...

Oh yes, it was totally naive of me, I apologise profusely. It's important because of the direction of indie music, the use of effects in post-rock and shoe gaze since, blah blah blah. I don't have an issue with people disliking them at all, like I said I'm not their biggest fan overall, but you...

As a guitarist, I just want to say - delay is God :) The fact of the matter is, The Edge isn't a brilliant guitarist in terms of technical ability, but in terms of finding melody U2 are fantastic. And that's what music's about isn't it? I'd rather have a song that actually creates emotion...

The 80s just expanded into the 90s really. 1980s was a decade of general experimentation with new musical forms, that kind of exploded into the endless different genres and styles that came about in the 1990s. It's one of the reasons that I love the 90s so much - there's a lot of shit there, and...

I've seen Nine Inch Nails four times and they're the four best live shows I've seen. The best was probably the Wave Goodbye Tour in Summer 2009, at the O2 Arena in London. That was absolutely incredible. Other than NIN, Christ I dunno. Maybe 65daysofstatic, or Hell is for Heroes. I've seen so...