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inulroI appear to have developed (yet) another unpopular opinion regarding an up and coming UK goth band.
As someone who spent the 80s not really being into the Sisters (and living in Leeds for some of that time) and the early 90s proclaiming that Rosetta Stone were a derivative sack of pants, this isn't exactly new.
Back then, the band members themselves weren't on every forum where I might air my views. Having said that, I think I'd rather deal with (most) aggrieved band members than rabid Sisters fans (of the "I want to sleep with Andy" variety).
In more positive news, I rented Gangs of New York at the weekend. The beginning and the end were great; but it dragged in the middle. If anyone had told me that Liam Neeson dies after 10 minutes, I might not have bothered. That aside, it was interesting because I've been reading a lot about New York in the 19th century lately, particularly How the Other Half Lives (available in at least two places online), a book about the tenements of Manhattan (it took me a while to work out that by "New York", Riis exclusively means "Manhattan", even though I know that the 5 boroughs didn't become NYC until slightly later) that inspired a great deal of slum clearance. Five Points was real, up to and including the brewery used as a tenement, but the characters were based on people who existed at different times in the 19th century. And yes, it is really violent.
I've read lots of good books lately and one day I might even get round to writing about them.
I'm still feeling kind of viral, which is annoying, but it's not just me - the Nice Kiwi Doctor is in even worse shape than I am and has been thoroughly miserable with it for longer. I do wish my eyes would stop feeling like someone took sandpaper to them while I was asleep, as that's getting seriously tedious.
As someone who spent the 80s not really being into the Sisters (and living in Leeds for some of that time) and the early 90s proclaiming that Rosetta Stone were a derivative sack of pants, this isn't exactly new.
Back then, the band members themselves weren't on every forum where I might air my views. Having said that, I think I'd rather deal with (most) aggrieved band members than rabid Sisters fans (of the "I want to sleep with Andy" variety).
In more positive news, I rented Gangs of New York at the weekend. The beginning and the end were great; but it dragged in the middle. If anyone had told me that Liam Neeson dies after 10 minutes, I might not have bothered. That aside, it was interesting because I've been reading a lot about New York in the 19th century lately, particularly How the Other Half Lives (available in at least two places online), a book about the tenements of Manhattan (it took me a while to work out that by "New York", Riis exclusively means "Manhattan", even though I know that the 5 boroughs didn't become NYC until slightly later) that inspired a great deal of slum clearance. Five Points was real, up to and including the brewery used as a tenement, but the characters were based on people who existed at different times in the 19th century. And yes, it is really violent.
I've read lots of good books lately and one day I might even get round to writing about them.
I'm still feeling kind of viral, which is annoying, but it's not just me - the Nice Kiwi Doctor is in even worse shape than I am and has been thoroughly miserable with it for longer. I do wish my eyes would stop feeling like someone took sandpaper to them while I was asleep, as that's getting seriously tedious.
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Date: 2003-07-23 09:28 am (UTC)Doesn't mean I have to think they're exciting though. And I was equally underwhelmed by the t-shirt.
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Date: 2003-07-23 09:38 am (UTC)But then it's possible that nearly all of the people who loved SBM really did like them. Mass hysteria is a funny thing.