jeff leopard

State of Play (2003) I missed this when it was on TV a couple of years ago but its just been made into a Hollywood blockbuster so it’s a good time to give it a go. I think the phrase that best suites it is enjoyable hokum. The plot is very silly but the cast is first rate, John Simm and Philip Glenister lock horns in a precursor to their double act in Life on Mars, Kelly Macdonald is still a sexy minx (and talented lady actor) ten years on from Trainspotting and David Morrissey does his classy crying-man routine again, but the stars are undoubtedly Bill Nighy and James McAvoy as the editor and his tear-away son. It races along at 100mph and has more twists and turns than a very twisty turny thing indeed. Ultimately it succeeds because of the balancing act between gritty realism and Hollywood style ridiculousness, a bit like Life on Mars. 7.5/10

Heat up a can of tomato soup, poach an egg in it and then serve with a sausage roll or pork pie.

I've already got a friendly booked for tomorrow night, is that the last of the season or do they keep on going? i bought a keeper the other night with passable skills and a TSI of 2000 for £16,000. i'll train this one up and maybe see if i can make a quick profit, mainly cos he's on over a grand a week.

I watched that last night, thought it was alright. I'd watched the bourne supremacy the week before and all the good bit were seemingly cut and pasted into Quantum. Along with Batman and Bourne, Bond is another modern day hero given a dark and gritty image, flawed nature, nasty side, and the films are drenched in this ambiguity of 'is the USA good or bad, discuss'. Bond is much nastier than Bourne, which makes me feel slightly patriotic in a way. One thing which really sucked about Quantum was the shoe-horned in 'corperations are bad mkay and US intelligence is corrupt'. I found myself tutting like a Daily Mail reader. I watched it after Couscous, which is a rather odd and in a round-about way quite heart-warming French film. Some early scenes drag a bit, but its worth sticking with it as it becomes this weird, existential version of faulty towers, and literally climaxes with the most erotic belly-dancing scene you will ever see!!! :heart: 6/10 and 7/10 probably not the best double bill ever if you do want a good double bill, try this for size death wish & robocop its a hoot!

thank christy for hattrick, helping to take the edge off southampton's complete and absolute humiliation this season. now i waste all my time worrying about my hattrick side instead. no drama on the last day so the sinistry of mound also finished second. the top side won 9-0 and we won 8-0, i played my reserve strikers and both came away with hattricks which pleased me deeply. i'm thinking about blowing all my cash on adding several thousand more seats to the Kissmyface Areana as we had a full house last week. i'd rather do it now then try it half way through next season (if it goes fairly well). is anyone else doing this international friendly tournament thing during the closed season? i thought i'd go and test my first team for next season.

i hear ya. its all about having a few good teams to really push you, as well as some bots so the points don't dry up completely. in my last two friendlies i've beaten league 6 reserve teams (with my first team, i admit:D) so i'm feeling fairly confident. i just hope and pray that my two massively important 33 year olds don't retire just yet. It looks like in most league 6s you can stay up with 4 wins and the odd draw, so yeah, its all about who you get thrown in with. i'm putting my reserves out on sunday as we're against a shoddy bot-team, we can still win the title but the top side would have to do something really stupid against the bottom side who have just 1 point to their name. its got upset written all over it

I LOVE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS!!!! its the mixture of the bone-dry humour (office/Curb) with the joyful sillyness of the mighty boosh. Series 2 of flights is really good, the first episode is a little under-whelming but then its gets better and better. Episose 6 or 7 is amazing, directed by Michael Gondry (Eternal Sunsine/Be Kind Rewind) and its boasts the best song yet (Too Many Dicks on the Dancefloor). Sadly, Brett and Jermain have said its the last series as the stress of writing a whole series and loads of new songs nearly killed them. They've got to tour again though, and i'll be there. Here's a blast from the past

Its brilliant. Whilst Saving Private Ryan got bogged down in sentiment straight after the beach assault, BoB hits the ground running (and under-fire) and keeps you hooked right till the end, The last time I watched it was during a really cold and snowy spell and I was living out in the sticks. I felt like I was in the Ardennes Forest with them, except that I was watching tv in a nice warm house and not being constantly shelled and starving and freezing to death. But there was empathy in the room. Generation Kill is the BoB for the Iraq War 2.

Fo Sho. If the knee-jerk Nazi's and tree-loving pinko's on this site can agree whole heartedly, then what the phuq exactly is Labour, a party desperate for some popularity, playing at? Brown is uniting this country the same way Bush united Iraq after the invasion, through a titanic level of ignorance and incompetance.

I was LibDem through and through, but since they got rid of Kennedy they've just fallen to pieces. Now they've decided their best bet is rebuild themselves as a watered down version of the Tories, who are a forth-rate imitation of the first-term New Labour. The decision to remove Kennedy as leader seems all the more ridiculous now that Brown's drinking habit has come to light. This in itself is further proof of Brown's own dramatic decline. Not so long ago it was one of the most viciously defended secrets in politics, now it seems anyone can make casual reference to it and not have to worry about any retaliation. The only way I'll consider voting again is if they introduce a 'none of the above' option of ballot papers. The main parties can all go phuq themselves. Phew. For a minute there I went off topic. I completely agree with Miserable…, if someone can serve in our armed forces they can live in our country. That’s a fair deal.

one of their stipulations was that they must have served 20 years to qualify, in full knowledge that the vast majority serve 15 years. Scheming w@nkers. the last thing I want to see is Cameron become PM, but saying that, watching Brown crumble like a sand castle in front of the nation's eyes is lol-tastic! He's become a toothless joke. Bye. I've been watching The Thick of It recently and can clearly imagine the phucked up mayhem which must be going on behind the scenes right now.

Same here, how embarrassing that could of been. I'll probably go for something off one of their more recent ones, or the live version of Candle. Kraftwerk - Ralf & Florian lovely stuff on a sunny day. best album title ever?

more sonic youth on spotify last night Rather Ripped Their latest album which is surprising chilled out (for them anyway). It builds really niocely as an album and delivers some real stonkers at the end. Daydream Nation It’s the repackaged edition, in particular, the live stuff on disk two is c-wording amazing.

How about the '250 flats for professional people, will open 2012, call our sales team now on 08900 123 123' Stadium

We're promoted up to league 6 with a rather fitting 6-0 win. Two of my young strikers got on the score sheet but the most satisfying aspect was our first capacity crowd of the season, almost twice as much as our previous biggest gate. 1st beat 3rd yesterday so it looks like we'll finish 2nd, but hey we've been 2nd all season so I guess that’s fair. For those more experienced players, is the move from 7 to 6 particularly painful? Can I expect to get roundly thrashed for the first few weeks?

Via the old spotify I spent yesterday listening to Jeffrey Lewis - 'Em Are I Although it doesn't reach the sporadic dizzy heights of his earlier stuff, its his most concistant album to date (talk about damning with faint praise). Its actually really really good in an anti-folk/low-fi indie rock style. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising The spotify review said it was their weirdest album to date so I had to give it a go. Its nice and droney and builds to a fierce climax with death valley 69, and the spotify ads sounded more hilariously awful than usual Neu! - Neu! 75 Lovely stuff.

http://open.spotify.com/user/buzzino...KcJVG4BUVIbaZ9 Great start to the Spottify-Mixtape-Adventure Buzzin On It works well as a mix, and its always a joy hearing steve malkmus in any form Have you seen 'I'm Not Here'? Its really good if a little weird. A Wolf at the Door sounds really good outside of Hail to the theif, thats the joy of mixtapes i guess. i hope people aren't too sick of Bon Iver yet, i've got two of his tracks in my mix at the mo. carry on

i am the weaver

Shocker - Two in the Bush, one in the Cheney.

Racist! I've reported you to the Guardian's Hatecrime Hotline, expect a black disabled female officer to be round any minute to ask you nicely to stop.

Can i grab one? (working on it as i type )

The Sinistry of Mound fc are now starting to look much too good for league 7 and are itching for a greater challenge. I'm 99.9% promoted, a six point lead with two games left and a MASSIVE goal difference thanks in part to my second consecutive 9-0 win. I need just one point from my last two games against bot-teams. On Sunday the third place team play the top side, if they can force a draw then I could burgle the title at the death. I guess like most of you, my team is picking up a lot of injuries at this point in the season, but these have nicely co-insided with reserve players coming good and earning some first team experience. The spine of my side is still fit and in great form, but their TSI's are plummeting at an alarming rate. Two of my key players are both 33 so I guess their playing days are coming to an end. What age do players usually retire at? Can I hope to get another couple of years out of them? We won our first friendly last night (about chuffing time). I've almost got rid of all the deadwood that littered the squad when I took over. I somehow managed to buy a really good 20 year old midfielder for less than £5000. His form is dirt but it looks like he's been rotting in someones reserves all season, I played him last night and despite missing a couple of early chances he came away with two goals and a two star rating so he's in the first team for Sunday (fingers crossed).

This is Genius. For a bit of variety you could also do this to the tune of Fratton Park is falling down.. The Championship is upside down, upside down, upside down The Championship is upside down, we're going up with Charlton! or You're going down with Wolves! Here's my meager effort, to the tune of Billy Jean Rupert Lowe is not our owner hes just some clown who ran off with our funds now we're bottom of league one (we're on minus ten, its happening again!) or a more general chant... we were here when - we were here when - we were here when we were good we - were - here - when - we - were - good!

This is a brilliant idea and one of the best threads for a while. Southampton have been a sick football club for a long time now. I think that in business schools across the land, 'the Southampton model' will be used to warn students how badly things can go wrong when attempting to upgrade from a small to a medium sized operation. And I'm sorry to say that I wouldn't be at all surprised if the reputation of Saints fans has also been dragged down by recent events. But before we shuffle pathetically out of the championship, we can show the world (well, the Burnley fans at least) that we're big enough to laugh at ourselves and the mess that we're in. This would be a step in the right direction (for a change) and it would help take the edge off what is going to be a sour end to an already humiliating season. How do Saints want to be remembered by the rest of the Championship, having a sing-song, a laugh and making the best of a really sh1tty situation, or hurling personal abuse at the young players/coaching staff and fighting amongst ourselves? We can beat this sh1t! League one! League one! The best League in the world!