Minor Pleasures (9 Viewers)

[7 - No tomorrow]

Roast pork noodles for breakfast

 

[jonah]

these girls omg <3

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[7 - No tomorrow]

First morning bike ride in shirt sleeves through this beautiful city.

One of life's great pleasures.

 

[GO]

I've zoomed my browser in to 120%.Jazes its a lot easier on the eyes when reading long blogs

 

[GO]

Just learned to play Galveston on the geetar

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Just learned to play Galveston on the geetar

This was played a lot when we were kids

Probably where my fascination with America started

 

[therealjohnny]

Met another mini driver on the way to work and we did the customary headlight flash

A rare occurrence and it made me smile

 

[george mcfly]

Fangoria in the post this morning!

 

[hugh]

Got a taxi home from a gig last week and the customary annoying conversation started with the taxi driver. You know the one where he asks you where you were and you say "a gig" and he asks you who was playing and he's never heard of them and then starts talking about Hozier or something. Anyway he asked me what sort of music it was etc. etc. and instead of the usual shite it turns out his favourite band is Big Black! We started chatting about this (actually he was probably as stunned that a passenger knew who Big Black were as I was that the taxi driver did) and we had a grand natter. I then told him that I met Albini once and he nearly crashed the car in amazement. He then started talking about how Swans are his other favourite band and I just didn't have the heart to tell him that yeah, I've met him too. Imagine if all taxi drivers were this cool?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Got a taxi home from a gig last week and the customary annoying conversation started with the taxi driver. You know the one where he asks you where you were and you say "a gig" and he asks you who was playing and he's never heard of them and then starts talking about Hozier or something. Anyway he asked me what sort of music it was etc. etc. and instead of the usual shite it turns out his favourite band is Big Black! We started chatting about this (actually he was probably as stunned that a passenger knew who Big Black were as I was that the taxi driver did) and we had a grand natter. I then told him that I met Albini once and he nearly crashed the car in amazement. He then started talking about how Swans are his other favourite band and I just didn't have the heart to tell him that yeah, I've met him too. Imagine if all taxi drivers were this cool?

I got into a taxi in the UK once and it turned out I was related to the taxi driver. He didn't like Big Black or Swans though.

 

[therealjohnny]

I once had a taxi driver who claimed to be the Soodlum of the Soodlum music instruction books

I had no reason to disbelieve him...and yet..

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The brother in law

Years ago after playing in the Rock Garden with The Cherry Brogues, I hailed a cab outside Merchants Arch.
Driver took a look at my cymbal bag and said "ah, drummer, were you just playing a gig?".
Me, knackered, replied "yes".
"What kind of stuff do you play?".
I looked at him and decided he was a middle-aged square. "Ah you you wouldn't know any of it" I said.
"Try me", says him.
"Well like The Jam, The Blades or The Undertones" I said confident he'd just concede defeat and leave me alone.
"Ah The Blades" he says with a grin.
"Do you know The Blades?" I asked.
"I ought to" says he. "I was the drummer". It was Pat bleedin Larkin.
Guess who was morto in silence for the 20 minute journey!

 

[therealjohnny]

Taxi anecdotes thread

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I just used a Father Ted reference in a Facebook comment and an actual bishop has liked it.

I also have basically no idea what the reference means.

 

[jonah]

I forgot my lunch but then my friend gave me hummus and nice toasted bread and a banana and a diet coke and thasts just good.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I am in the habit now of loading up the coffee machine with coffee and water at night so I just need to flick a switch in the morning on the way for my morning wee

 

[RayRay]

Band I'm in got confirmed for two festivals on the same weekend. Get to road trip from one to the other

 

[GO]

I am in the habit now of loading up the coffee machine with coffee and water at night so I just need to flick a switch in the morning on the way for my morning wee

Efficient!

A poet in Chicago wrote me a poem yesterday cos I was feeling poorly lately.

 

[hydromancer]

Eating cowslips and primroses today

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The brother in law

My uncle played trombone for The Blades. Don't think he's on any of the studio recordings but he definitely played live with them, there's a video of them doing a TV session with him tromboning away.