tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post4294887388007582207..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: Ask The Audience, Part 2patroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-89673226376843892622007-02-14T04:42:00.000+00:002007-02-14T04:42:00.000+00:00Hmm, Life on Mars series 2 has started, has it? Wh...Hmm, Life on Mars series 2 has started, has it? Why does no one tell me these things UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-75196499194935325072007-02-13T23:47:00.000+00:002007-02-13T23:47:00.000+00:00Did you manage to see the first episode of the new...Did you manage to see the first episode of the new series of Life on Mars? That should be worth a post or two!Smathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01001981110308457546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-7193988150115102812007-02-13T22:36:00.000+00:002007-02-13T22:36:00.000+00:00Sadly not a googlewhack. Some page headed "Christm...Sadly not a googlewhack. Some page headed "Christmas gifts for women" and something about teapots have already beaten the good ship Quinquireme to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-7841668545262400322007-02-13T12:51:00.000+00:002007-02-13T12:51:00.000+00:00Well I have my idea now, but it's going to take HO...Well I have my idea now, but it's going to take HOURS to write and upload. (And even then it's going to be terrible). I shall have a go at the weekend!<BR/><BR/>FN: I should like to write a lot of things about Fornasetti dirigibles, if only just to use the word 'dirigible', which is great. Also, as soon as the Googlebot next trawls through here, I believe 'Fornasetti dirigibles' will become a <I>bona fide</I> Googlewhack. Hurrah!patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-55973272244654422252007-02-13T11:47:00.000+00:002007-02-13T11:47:00.000+00:00I really like Liptons yellow label teaI really like Liptons yellow label teaGreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-25194761199133261772007-02-13T00:51:00.000+00:002007-02-13T00:51:00.000+00:00I'm with Realdoc reg. the Delia orange trifle - di...I'm with Realdoc reg. the Delia orange trifle - did it for Christmas year before last.<BR/>Your 'hands across the channel' trifle sounds fab. So, er, more trifle please.<BR/>The Husband warned me about Liptons tea here in America but nothing quite prepares one for the horror.Arabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976792737020577126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-31127691884605460032007-02-12T22:55:00.000+00:002007-02-12T22:55:00.000+00:00i'm with spinsterella. 'my raving years', please.a...i'm with spinsterella. 'my raving years', please.<BR/><BR/>also more about the fornasetti dirigibles.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-38193034473834379242007-02-12T22:20:00.000+00:002007-02-12T22:20:00.000+00:00Weird dreams you have had lately. Though this is a...Weird dreams you have had lately. Though this is a poor excuse to share last nights dream of a baby red squirrel that I found roaming my house and made a pet of. Aww. Maybe I should write on my own blog occasionally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-43982165957100334152007-02-12T21:25:00.000+00:002007-02-12T21:25:00.000+00:00James' post with the Hot Fuzz trailer leads me in ...James' post with the Hot Fuzz trailer leads me in a roundabout way to suggest 'What I Would Name My Guns and Why'. Actually, I may do that one myself...I'm not doing myself any favours on the 'not a sociopath' front here, am I?violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547388655736573935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-72811396332036965962007-02-12T20:59:00.000+00:002007-02-12T20:59:00.000+00:00Realdoc: Hmm, you give me a fabulous idea!Llewtrah...Realdoc: Hmm, you give me a fabulous idea!<BR/><BR/>Llewtrah: I think that sums up the general ambience of Uxbridge Road - seems scary, but is actually very friendly. Apart from that drive-by shooting there was that time. But hey, I've lived in Kentish Town - we used to get them all the time. Well, <A HREF="http://quadrireme.blogspot.com/2002/08/ive-been-in-reading-most-of-this-week.html" REL="nofollow">once</A>.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-77665699781090950012007-02-12T20:49:00.000+00:002007-02-12T20:49:00.000+00:00No doggy maulings for me, but I got loved by a sca...No doggy maulings for me, but I got loved by a scary looking Staffordshire Bull Terrier outside Mar-Mars on the Uxbridge Road. Luckily it was very, very friendly and just wanted to lean on me for a stroke. Phew.llewtrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056744147599140057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-61567532997282417772007-02-12T20:42:00.000+00:002007-02-12T20:42:00.000+00:00How about Music is my Trifle. I recommend Delias c...How about Music is my Trifle. I recommend Delias christmas trifle with marmalade and caramelised oranges in it. Very yummy.realdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084002807834145023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-14618198982799224142007-02-12T20:38:00.000+00:002007-02-12T20:38:00.000+00:00Lyon's Sponge Fingers! I'd forgotten about them! S...Lyon's Sponge Fingers! I'd forgotten about them! Sadly it was not; it was an impressive Franco-British hybrid composed of Proustian <I>madeleines</I> steeped in <I>muscat</I>, then Dalfour jam, Rowntree's jelly, some red fruits the provenance whereof I am not sure, Bird's custard, <I>crème fraîche</I> and hundreds and thousands.<BR/><BR/>Mmm, hundreds and thousands.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-56443393951725356422007-02-12T20:26:00.000+00:002007-02-12T20:26:00.000+00:00I want to know whether the trifle you ate had been...I want to know whether the trifle you ate had been composed from those British ingredients you persuaded your local supermaket to stock; Bird's Custard Powder, Rowntree's Jelly Cubes, Lyons sponge biscuits, a tin of Baxter's raspberries and Nestle tinned cream. <BR/><BR/>Mind you,from your post it seems that the dogs have it.cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-81111083322041002842007-02-12T19:39:00.000+00:002007-02-12T19:39:00.000+00:00Sylvia: I checked my blogger's contract, and appar...Sylvia: I checked my blogger's contract, and apparently I can only write filth once in every 500 posts. Whereas I can write about trifle and raving as often as I like. <BR/><BR/>Dave: I've already interviewed LC once, but neither of us was wearing swimwear at the time. That I'm aware of.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-64258939286516144592007-02-12T18:36:00.000+00:002007-02-12T18:36:00.000+00:00don't these stations play any Carpenters or Bachar...don't these stations play any Carpenters or Bacharach tunes? Am I alone here?<BR/>Oh, can we have more filth please? Anymore hallucinations lately?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-64217285508281272602007-02-12T13:11:00.000+00:002007-02-12T13:11:00.000+00:00Perhaps you could interview LC, with both of you i...Perhaps you could interview LC, with both of you in swimwear.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-35431856071149897462007-02-12T11:23:00.000+00:002007-02-12T11:23:00.000+00:00It is Twee as Fork, Tree as Folk, Tea as Milk. We ...It is Twee as Fork, Tree as Folk, Tea as Milk. We forgot to write down all the tracks last time but this is the listing from last week:<BR/>Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts<BR/>Clor - Love & Pain<BR/>Dan Sartain<BR/>Pavement - father to a sister of thought<BR/>Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken<BR/>Lloyd Cole - Are you Ready to be heartbroken?<BR/>Mr Hudson & the Library - Too Late Too Late<BR/>Lemonheads - If I could talk I'd tell you<BR/>Pixies - broken face<BR/>Lauras - work it out<BR/>Poohsticks - On Tape<BR/>Little Eva - Locomotion<BR/>Architecture in Helsinki - Wishbone<BR/>Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position<BR/>Walkmen - Lost in Boston<BR/>CSS - Music is my hot hot sex<BR/>Earl Zinger - Song 2wo<BR/>The Vaselines - Son of a gun<BR/>Helen Love - Punk Boy<BR/>Bis - icky-poo air raid<BR/>Regina Spektor - Fidelity<BR/>Blur -<BR/>Death in Vegas - Hands around my throat<BR/>De La Soul - me myself and i<BR/>Beatles - Helter SkelterJohannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428648654163118699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-19685000040149489462007-02-12T08:49:00.000+00:002007-02-12T08:49:00.000+00:00Billy: it is twee 'as fork'. I remember them playi...Billy: it is twee 'as fork'. I remember them playing Sufjan Stevens, Of Montreal, Wire, Strawberry Switchblade, the Pipettes (I think), plus the aforementioned Elliott Smith and CSS. Although Loganoc is slightly better placed to advise. It was great, anyway.<BR/><BR/>Looks like there's a post about trifle coming up. Don't touch that dial!patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-3347577752910199352007-02-12T08:41:00.001+00:002007-02-12T08:41:00.001+00:00...oh and the radio show, how twee is it?...oh and the radio show, how twee is it?Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-28939909590751882922007-02-12T08:41:00.000+00:002007-02-12T08:41:00.000+00:00If my maths is correct I think the number of trifl...If my maths is correct I think the number of trifles I've eaten in my life is well into three figures.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-51613893363147709162007-02-12T04:44:00.000+00:002007-02-12T04:44:00.000+00:00You could indeed interview a random person off you...You could indeed interview a random person off your blogroll, provided that person wears a bikini.<BR/><BR/>Lipton's tea is dreadful isn't it? It's the default black tea in Bangkok supermarkets. You can sometimes get Tetley, but you have to go to a specialist place. Or pay well over the odds for Waitrose or M&S.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I want to know about your 25 trifle-free years. Isn't it one of the major food groups, and people can suffer horrible deficiency diseases if they don't consume it on a regular basis? Or is that tomato soup?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-82097282631585783672007-02-12T00:29:00.000+00:002007-02-12T00:29:00.000+00:00If you're at a loss for something to write, I can ...If you're at a loss for something to write, I can heartily recommend interviewing a random person off your blog-roll.LChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796019564156060962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-49602626290267868282007-02-11T23:04:00.000+00:002007-02-11T23:04:00.000+00:00sorry, the entire link should be here<A HREF="http://www.spockosbrain.com/2007/02/on-civility-and-blogging" REL="nofollow">sorry, the entire link should be here</A>epikleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417963344148876467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-38714153806365884682007-02-11T23:02:00.000+00:002007-02-11T23:02:00.000+00:00You might find this interesting - http://www.spock...You might find this interesting - http://www.spockosbrain.com/2007/02/on-civility-and-blogging - spockosbrain is a blog that has recently gained some notoriety in the San Francisco Bay Area by taking on some local right-wing radio shock jocks. He has sent audio clips of their rants to sponsors, and asked them if they knew what they were sponsoring. Several major companies have since pulled their ads from the station. This use of blogging raises some interesting questions, some of which he discusses in the link aboveepikleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417963344148876467noreply@blogger.com