We've had some quite spectacular daily threads this week, and I'm starting to think mine are a bit of a letdown come the weekend! Nevertheless, I will plough ahead. We're still in the middle of crazy sporting overload, and I have one more to throw into the mix: Superleague! If you can't cope with the GP and the football, why not compromise with a mixture of both? I'm not selling this very well, am I? Onto the bullet points:
- If you're a fan of the cartoons from Bruno Mantovani, it looks like his art is making a comeback. And what better way to make your triumphant return than with a cartoon of... Nelson Piquet. Oh. Well never mind, it's still a good picture!
- F1 Punter has some thoughts on the favourites to take pole position later today. You'd put your money on Red Bull, wouldn't you? They've taken every pole position bar one. Presumably your qualifying position is even more important than normal at Valencia, as the track is so long and has so many corners that field spread is likely and overtaking less so.
- Everybody loves Lotus. Or do they? Joe has written about the fact that the team are celebrating quite the milestone this weekend - their 500th Grand Prix. But should they be? Are they the same team? Joe believes the celebrations are justified, and makes his arguments well. What do you think? Head on over and share your thoughts.
- Finally, it comes to something when Bridgestone themselves are warning us that the race this weekend is going to be a bore-fest. I mean, they don't use those exact words, but near enough. They haven't seen the kind of tyre degradation they were expecting or wanted. Considering the amount of complaints I've seen about graining, I wonder exactly what it takes to spice up a race!
That should do it for now. Don't forget that it is the last episode of this series of Doctor Who so don't miss it! It's scheduled for 6:05pm GMT+1 (which is a stupid time, by the way), but will no doubt be available on the iPlayer moments after it ends. Try and avoid spoilers in the comments in case some have not yet seen it though. We'll talk when we're all on the same page! And thus, I will see you in the comments.
@alison forgot some at croft...i dont usually burn but i did then
wow... it's a new day already?..lovely daily Christine, thank you! :)
@mr c... where has the thing on mobile spc to tell you where comments have been posted?
ooh, we could still do with a WC2010 guest poster, if anyone has ten mins to kill.
rocket, what do you know about football?
ooh, where's the info gone?
umm...
a bit but not enough for that!
you don't have to be too knowledgeable about it... Lukeh wrote a great post about the tennis and he doesn't know what a break point is :D
about as much as me. you know you want too ;)
actually, lou...
It is when you break the server... and they get a point or they can get points but they are not serving the server. So they get the break point for breaking them.
something like that. I'm too tired to know right now :) goodnight all
:D
He didn't even know who the crouchers were
you can't go now, i need you to help me convince lou to write a football post.
it would be a fair swap.
night Lukeh
night
it's like the last lap no?
heeheehee!
Oh. I hear Lou is writing a football post?
i heard that too. am quite looking forward to it now you mention it.
me too - it's taken the attention off me writing one...!
football post?
ooh, that sounds good.
can't wait to read it.
(waits)
Everyone is talking about it around here......
There's always tomorrow :P
true story.
(waits)
lou
http://www.wolfatek.com/fifa-world-cup-2010-calendar
hover over today's date, then alter the times to BST
looking forward to your most excellent post
:)
no.
night.
no.
uruguay v south korea and usa v ghana doesn't excite me!
no no no no no :)
unless you want 'there is football on today, but it will be dull so please watch the tennis instead...'
what if we give you "Puss-In-Boots-from-Shrek-2" eyes?
ok. how about sunday's games?
lukeh gave it a go. it's only fair.
i'll write a tennis post if you do tomorrow's football post?
if you buy me an actual kitten i will write one for you
i know absolutely nothing about football! i'll write one next week when i've got lukeh with me if you really want?...
I suppose we will never see a scorline of 70-68 in football.....
my sister has two kittens at the moment, and they are very very cute.
hmmmm
england v germany will be stressful and so could argentina v mexico if we get thru as we could face argentina next, still dunno about writing a post tho...
sounds like you know more than me. could we pencil you in?
oh poo - i have the hiccups and it's hurting
what exactly would it entail?
it doesn't need to be done until midday tomorrow? but failing that, can we pencil you/lukeh in for monday?
just some thoughts on the day's games / state of football generally. here's a sample:
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/24/2010-fifa-world-cup-day-14/
doesn't have to be that long though.
which monday?... i'm thinking more.. when we're at goodwood and i can get Lukeh to help me in person.. seeing as we're writing x2 daily posts over that weekend i'm sure we can do a football one too.
i have a method of getting rid of them, but it's really hard to explain.
there could be other people there to help you too
exactly i'll write notes during the day and get lukeh to
dohelp me with the post.this monday :)
http://drop.io/startledbunny/asset/sdc11041-jpg
alright then - how do i do it? just write stuff and email it to someone? I'm not technically minded you know :)
no. specially as i have an exam on the wednesday :(
i will do one over the goodwood weekend.. tis my only offer. :)
thanks - but i think i managed it - hold my breath and sip water at the same time.
that's exactly it. thankyou, thankyou xx
you don't need to be technical, email text to [email protected]
o.m.g! the little grey one is amazing!!!! as is the ginger one! oh my god!!! awwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!
if only my dad would let me get a kitten
in that case i still need a volunteer for tomorrow.
i'll do sundays games then - when do you need it by?
how about Steven? has he written one yet?
Erm. Lucky I have to go out for a bit :-)
they wear down eventually.
i managed to convince my other half to get a kitten, to keep our only cat company.
any time before the games start on sunday. ta.
erm... how is that possible??
STEEEEVEEEEN!
(help me out here)
Nope. I was thinking of doing a tennis one for Monday or Tuesday.
that would be a little difficult to write a review before they start...
we lost an amazing cat last year so we've only got one now, who gets very lonely. Mum and I know she misses the other day/ company, but Dad just doesn't want another one yet :( However they've always had cats so i'm hopeful :)
it's more of a preview, to give us something to discuss in the comments before/during the games.
nothing to stop you doing both... look at lukeh ;)
that would be ace. could we convince you to do something football related tomorrow?
(and i don't mean go and watch some :) )
I like it better when I am doing the volunteering
I would recommend watching a football match....
At least once
:D
The football season has finally finished so I don't get to go and see any real football
ah but this is fun for me ;)
plus we all love your posts anyway.. nothing to suggest we wont love your football and tennis ones too! :)
oh - i don't want to curse england by writing about it beforehand!...do i have to review the day before as well? or just talk about the games for that day?
I reckon my tennis post would be better than my football one. I love people writing posts about stuff they don't understand so I think I should do tennis
no reviews necessary, just the games for the day. although you're welcome to come join in the comments and review the game "live".
it's simply a discussion piece beforehand to give us somewhere to "be". if that makes sense?
at this rate i'm gonna writing too football posts in a row.
delegation fail :cry:
Or two even
ok - i'll do that. I can't join in live unfortunately as will be at a friend's for a bbq - may even have to watch the grand prix on replay, horror of horrors!
no worries and thankyou.
is anyone writing the tennis one for tomorrow?
Since Mr C wrote yesterday's football post I will write tomorrow's
phew
(deletes notepad scribblings)
wooohoooo! :) thank you Steven
woo-hoo!
(biiig hugs)
christine's done it and scheduled, but is away until after the football starts.
wha?
I think you just volunteered for Monday
i only flipping came in here for a quick hello before bed - which i should have been in ages ago - and i got roped into this!
okay, was going to suggest i would :) yay for organisation though :)
you don't wanna know
seconded :)
*makes note*
welcome to spc :P
oh, but you love us, right?
(hugs) rocket
Mr C, can you tell Christine i'll write Monday's tennis post. to save her looking for people :)
how does it happen? i must be more vigilant next time...
:D
i suppose...:)
Next time. You are going to volunteer again?
it's called lurking.
it's not as much fun though
noted. thanks.
ok.
so the schedule looks as follows:
saturday
football: steven
tennis: christine
sunday
football: rocket
tennis: ?
monday
football: startledbunny
tennis: lou
tuesday
football: mr. c
tennis: steven
next monday:
football: lou
tennis: mr. c
what about paul?
no! more vigilant to the conversation heading that way and leave before i do! he he!
Mr C is doing planning?
:D
...
...
...
bah!
deal :) can't wait.
no Wimbledon on sunday mr c :)
no way?
They only play the middle Sunday when the first week has a lot of rain. It is always scheduled as a day off though
yep. no tennis on the middle sunday of the championships. it's almost like a reserve day if you like... there might have been a match or two if we had rain this week which delayed matches.. or we were behind in some way.
I blame Mr C for me watching Hogan's Heroes on youtube
writing something now for monday
oops!
awesome
w00t!
um - hate to be a fly in the ointment but there is no footie next monday, there are games next sat and then next tues and wed - because it's knock out rounds they can't be everyday.
if i knew what that was i'd blame him too.
wow. sport is complicated. me an lou to cover tuesday then?
my calendar says there are games on monday.
netherlands vs slovakia
brazil vs chile
Mr C planning - fail
THe world is back to normal
yep i can still get lukeh to help on the sunday so that's fine :)
ignore me, know what you mean now
this monday yes - but not next mon when lou was gonna do it
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/25/live-europe-2010-free-practice-2/comments/#comment-822632
It's a sitcom from the 60s and 70s about a POW camp where the prisoners run an underground operation. Mr C reminded me of it earlier and now I can't stop watching it
check this site for the dates of remaining matches
ahhh
*is still none the wiser*
would help if i added the link...http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/kostage.html
oh i am rubbish at this...
ah okay. see when mr c said 'if anyone asks you know nothing' i immediately thought of manuel from fawlty towers... so yeah :)
just needs a space between the dots and the link.
:D
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/kostage.html
woot. have you seen super-awesome-preview: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/26/daily-26th-june-2010/#leave-a-comment
it figures stuff out as you type.
oooh mr c.. you'll like this...
http://www.facebook.com/wimbledon?ref=ts#!/photo.php?pid=4472117&id=15690358731&fbid=403507973731
tilt shift at wimbledon! :)
#tennisisawesome
tiny people!
i love the tiny photogs and their lenses :D
how does that work?
Just like that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_shift
a special awesome lens :D there are lots of awesome f1 related (mostly at monaco) pics too.
one of my fav tilt shift websites to show examples from
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/16/beautiful-examples-of-tilt-shift-photography/
it is mesmerizing.
wow - they really do look like miniatures! especially the train ones
http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/f1_09_29/f123_16540139.jpg
f1 goes tiltshift :D
anyways.. as much as i love talking about photography, i must sleep otherwise i will never be up for practice tomorrow.
night all! xx
see ya lou
me too - night lou and night everyone xx
see ya rocket.
They are awesome
Night Lou
Good night
night lou and Rocket.
would it be out of place to write about my own personal experience of live football in a world cup daily post?
lord no. the only real requirement is to include what time the games are on. the rest is up to you.
done that bit,
i think i need 2 versions. a normal one, and one where England do well.
:) :)
Hello everyone
hey ya joe. how are ya?
Hi Joe.
Very good, at work, watching baseball. Feeling kind of ho-hum about qualifying tomorrow. World Cup will have my attention
probably the same here. it's valencia though, not the best track of the season.
I know, a victory will be MSC not in the top 10 tomorrow
his car's going good though. best chance of a mercedes upset this weekend?
Joe (saward) doesn't much like French air traffic controllers does he? :-)
*punch*
i think not.
Not whaen bridgstone are equating it with bharain. Say it ain't so!!!
If it happens it better be Rosberg. The last lap in Montreal Luizzi and MSC hit right in front of us and you could see bits coming off the cars. It was doubly good when Sutil passed him also
didn't know that. what have they said?
Oh just one of the articles on Autosport. Something about the tyros being similar to Bahrain. Does not bode well, we don't need another snooze fest
even in the best of seasons, that's all valencia has ever had to offer.
i'll be stunned if we see a single pass on sunday. i'll claim that as a victory i reckon.
"it will be a little bit like Bahrain. I am sorry" says the bridgstone guy
yikes
There must be some tennis on at the same time?
hahaha
Must hope for attrition. The only problem is it usually bites you
Grrrr why hasn't wired released their next iPad magazine? Grrrrrr
Mr. C, I hate to report this, but there is a flaw in Christine's rankings. Di Grassi gained 4 points for emerging from his garage to sign autographs on thursday in Montreal. I have photographic evidence of Bruno Senna doing the same
it cannot be flawed... it is definitive.
:)
if you link to the evidence on the rankings post, i'm sure she'll account for it next time though.
Will do, love the rankings. In fact watching the McLaren boys right now
awesome video!
It really is. The ending is so funny. I laughed
I really like when Jenson called the mechanics sitting having coffee or tea and reading the paper
:-)
That video made me feel better about spending $70 on an orange dry-fit team shirt
you're admitting to that? ;)
Hey, I was on vacation...you're supposed to spend money
Mr C, how do I create the bullet points in html?
I have basic tags knowledge, I have done shownotes in the past.
<ul>
<li> text </li>
</ul>
can't believe i forgot about the list tags. a couple of years ago i would have remembered that. i read a book and everything.
but then i would appear less useful.
Mr C,
Just e-mailed you a world cup post
you will never be "less useful" here.
legend.
do you not have publishing rights btw?
Never needed them
would you like some, or are you not bothered?
do i send posts to [email protected]?
i've written mine, it might need some work though,
I am not overly bothered. If it is less hassle for Christine and yourself then I will publish if you like.
please do. thanking you. yell if you're interested in publishing ability too.
we'll get you set up this weekend. in the meantime consider the post scheduled. ta.
Great. Thanks
not yet.
you might want to check it first.
that is absolutely christine's job. i know my limits.
sent
perfect. appreciating everybody's efforts i am.
ok yoda ;)
now i must get some sleep.
i have quali to watch, and some house insurance to sort out in the morning.
goodnight all
happy to do my bit for the cause of spc
g'night sb.
i must sleep too. interesting tweet from williams though: http://twitter.com/stephenrbailey/status/17044701837
2 fresh engine fitted for tomorrow. Latest and greatest!! lets see if that helps with top speed
engine homologation my...
Amy I sent you an e-mail (or at least I think I did)
Nick has broken down by the side of what might be the busiest road in the world because he's run out of petrol :)
Got it! Am slowly replying from Alistair as waiting until I get home in 2 hours is way too easy ;)
Thats pretty fail. Is nick one of these people who ignores the fuel light? This does not surprise me.
Sometimes, when you push to the limits, you fall over the edge. The story it gives you makes it all worth it :)
See now he's melting under a metro bridge in the 45 degree heat. I'm surprised if he'd remember the story at all....
I think it must be fixed now actually. He's not picking up the phone. Either that or he's died :P
I ran out of petrol once when I was at high school. Back when I had my mini and the gauge said 1/4 when it was empty and it was always a bit of a guessing game. I was on my way to the petrol station at the time and I got to within 10m of it but sadly it was uphill not down so I didn't get the chance to roll there :(
You seem pleased at the prospect that he's died. :P
I've pushed our family car into a petrol station when my dad cut it too fine. Luckily that was fairly flat and yeah we were only about 10m away when it cut out.
Life insurance? If not, you might suggest that gets sorted during your visit. Offer to pay for it (but pay cash) :)
I'm sure that would go down swimmingly!!
If he did that with me in the car, I'd kill him myself!
the all blacks appear to be beating wales again #sorrylukeh
Morning all
Hiiii :)
I'm off out now to buy a pair of shoes for my holiday before work. I'm also worrying a bit about my health as I just tried to write pear.
I am home! and I missed all of practice! but this is OK because I have a maltesers sundae :D
That's OK then.
anyway i shall sit in the daily for a bit :)
Amy! Heikki needs another haircut...
http://www.sutton-images.com/preview.asp?filename=d10eur873.jpg
my parents just sent me a link because the people who bought our house in 2008 are selling it again. It's so odd to see it with other peoples furniture. and a bathtub.
it's not tooo bad like that, its only awful when he smooths it down :D
By the way Mr C... you booked lou in for next monday to do the football... bad time to mention theres exactly 0 football matches going on at that time...
Heading off to Dad's to borrow his carpet cleaner vacuum thing, my car needs doing..
Hopefully back in time for either the Dr or the USA game.
Credit to Jake, he replied to my critiscm: http://twitter.com/jakehumphreyf1/status/17092871653
He gave you the BBC line of 'we decided, so we must be right'...
Forgot to ping this which I scheduled for this morning - guide to race start times:
http://toomuch…art-times-26-27-june/
(was put into live thread at first attempt, didn't see it was the 'active thread' by default, sorry)
That is also quite true.
To answer mr c's question from the other day, looks like there will be a forum, and they'll be in mclaren's hospitality so... Goodness knows what that is going to be like, I bet they don't get an interview with JB lol
I'm trying to get hold of a brochure so that I can price up the F1 Bloggers and Friends Karting Competition.
are you planning for the same place / time? only i know we weren't to keen on returning because of the cold. not that it should sway your decision. was just curious.
More randomness, but I felt these quotes from the game I'm playing now quite hilarious:
and
Just felt like sharing. ;)
Hello, Sidepodders. It's good to be home. Although I have missed the start of Doctor Who and will have to watch on iPlayer shortly.
you also missed *gasp* Pedro doing something memorable!
I don't believe it.
it's true!
What the...
Paella de la Rosa :D
Oh dear! :)
:)
:)
:)
What happened to mobile doohickey? I can't see what thread the comments are in.
Wooo hooo! 4 days left :D
It's really annoying that you can't watch things with 5 live commentary in sync on the iplayer.
f1? they skipped qually anyhow.
me likes shakira ;)
#stillwishingiwasatglasto
not entirely. they did the last few mins of Q1 and 2, and all of Q3 :)
oh dear.. are muse on yet?
wow, that is quite... terrible.
wyclef is!
Good evening. I've just been to my little home town's annual festival - a stage (truck) in the square. Perfectly pleasant, my kid sister is in a new youth club band, she sang, was better than expected ;) Then the 'grown up' bands that came on were a bit rubbish and I want to see Muse at Glasto, so I came back.
wearing an england shirt.
erm.. yeah it's not great, but crofty and ant were brilliant :)
please don't hate me... but.. erm.. who?
Are you really though?
really, really yeah. i've only been once and was given tickets the day before after someone else bailed out.
never going to be organised enough to get myself there again :)
Specially as I wouldn't help you :)
hehe
That sounds like how I ended up going to Roskilde last year. So glad I did though!
Editors! Great live, saw them supporting REM.
Not sure whether to watch footie or this now.
You WHAT? But they've travelled out there. It seems mad not to just record them talking even if it's not to go on the radio. You should be able to select their commentary on the iplayer as well as live on the internet.
it's stupid. i sulked and went outside in protest.
What a band to have on at this time of evening
am enjoying it
Good evening :)
x2 results posts:
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/26/europe-2010-free-practice-3-results/
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/26/europe-2010-qualifying-results/
kylie!
Just tuned into glasto now :)
Surprising start to my viewing!
Aand they've gone. Not a Scissor Sisters fan though, so have switched to the other feed (not sure who it is)
I just thought it was very suspicious that someone comes on the radio saying there's mysterious issues after he'd had a bunch of rubbish laps and nearly qualified next to lotus :P
I may be a tad bit excited for muse headlining later, ahem.
How's your crazy awesome Saturday going?
Given Blur were in the same situation last year I sort of know how you feel, but you're more of an uberfan :)
I have decided to ignore the majority of the day and say that this evening is the whole of saturday. New camera for goodwood as a present, amazing finale for Dr Who, a free pizza and MUSE!
:D
Sounds good to me!
Nice. Will be watching the Doc as soon as I find a gap between other stuff :)
(hearts) kylie
As the daily says I shalln't spoil whatsoever, although I may wait until tomorrow morning to write up my wobbly post.
Me too. Need time to mull it over.
Scissors sisters are actually quite good live aren't they?
Ta. :) Need more pizza info, which sort?
Meat Feast for me from a local place. It is a little bit expensive but it's totally worth it, always gorgeous stuff.
really
Can't say I;m a big fan of their stuff but very impressed by this
That's the best one!
has kylie arrived yet?
and gone
ah. am too busy watching dr who. will catch their set later...
Maybe she was Muse's surprise but turned up early
I've just realised this is comfortably numb. *eye twitches*
wow. nice choice of cover. v.interesting.
Fair play to them though, they've made it their own. Very unique.
You haven't heard them sing this before? I like it :)
Nope. Comfortably Numb is one of my favourite songs of all time though! Definitely get respect from me for giving it a go and coming out with something unique, not your normal cover :)
I think it was their breakout hit a few years ago. Can't say I'm a fan of them at all but I do admire anyone who can completely rework a song in a different style.
They released it I think maybe 2005? It's definitely on their first album.
yep i've got the album. tis very good imo :)
Here is a voting ping: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/06/26/headers-1-10-you-decide/
i know nothing of this group, but i really like them now/
Awesome!
you'd never heard of them before? (still the scissor sisters?)
I'm not entirely sure where to look right now *looks at sky*
Nice sunset tonight
yikes...
Better not be volcanic ash!!
there are some confused muse fans in the front row :)
:D:D:D
I hope muse's surprise isnt similar.
Wow, this was dangerous in today's GP2 race - a jack is pulled out of the pits. I wouldn't want to be in the white car behind him (or the cameraman).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgaM8bfkVlQ
I've seen this sort of thing before, you'd think there was a way to sort it
It stays in for ages!!! Madness!
Normally they fly off at speed. Must have sturdy jacks in GP2!
dodgems :)
I have never seen one stay attached that long. That is incredibly dangerous. It should be perfectly easy to design a jack that doesn't do that.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Dr Who is epic! ahhh that as awesome.
The Editors aren't very good so far on what im watching
#sorryeditors
just said to christine: "hardly the scissor sisters, are they?"
I want Muse to play either Citizen Erased or Fury. They won't though as they very very very rarely play either of them... especially as Fury is a B side... but a man can hope :)
Excitement is rising :D :D
okay am tuning in for glastonbury now.
:D
Least this fella knows his limits with his clothing choice
do we know if corner has been confirmed?
he remembered to wear something, that is true.
Corner?
...Crunch Corner?
edge
How did I miss that one?
No idea, nothing's come up on twitter or forums. usually they do. #madmusefans
wow last time i saw those two in an interview it was years ago. she's changed so much..
My twitter feed went mental at the soundchecking in the background. Thats how fanatic muse fans are :D
they recognised muse's kick drum?
hehehe Anna is awesome..
I must admit I did too :(
I have decided I am going to go for a countryside walk tomorrow to test my new camera out :)
wohoo! :D you're aware i'm gonna have a little go with it too right?. ;)
Do you know anyone who can give you some advice on photography?
i've missed the scissor sisters. and Anna is actually wearing a good example of a nice costume.. silly la roux and her ridiculous jacket.
Ferrari cheating shock horror
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84814
i'm sure I'll find someone who can help. I;'m already skilled anyways what with my walking when photographing.
"A little bit of testing in F1 would be the right thing"
woo-hoo! go martin.
Am just messing about tonight, it's very funky :)
#newgadgetsftw
don't walk and take a photograph.. it will come out all fuzzy..
I know, I'm only messing :P
revised factbyte factbox: http://bleep.sidepodcast.com/fbfb/
you can enable notifications if you're a chrome user.
#expert
wohooo!
Has everyone seen Joe's story that Merc are rumoured to be after Kubica despite having two drivers on multi-year contracts?
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/kubica-and-mercedes/
Luke, when are bbc 3 going to show muse? you should know this...
IS AWESOME. :D
In like, 2 minutes!!!
Then it goes onto BBC2 at half 10 I believe :)
but Edith just said something about the Pet shop boys??
will be if it works :)
Theyre being shown on BBC3 but she said there'd be some Muse on there before they come on at half 10?
I'm not sure, Muse are definitely on BBC2 from 10:30 though...
ah right, so i can write my daily before then
Ooh Muse are just gonna be on BBC2 only. Silly confusing Edith
ooh Florence and the xx!! I LOVE THIS SONG!
please let this be good.
ooh, yay.
Is she collaboraing with EVERYONE?
She is Muse's surprise :)
after florence.. :) i should have gone to glastonbury :(
she's awesome. :)
She's on more often than Cordon at the moment
No argument here
:)
!!!! noooo these are all song's she's previously done/ collaborated with..
oh i love her shoes...
ooh.. edith. grrr bbc grrr.
There is a human cube singing on BBC3 :)
there's a man singing with a box on his head, on the telly.
how do you play keys with a box on your head?
one of life's difficult predicaments we'll never know.
okay, daily writing time then.
does anyone have anything special to plug before i start looking?
Nothing special but if people want to know when the race are starting they can look at this if they want (no guarantees of precise accuracy!): http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/26/start-times-26-27-june/
*races
5 minutes :D
ooo thanks pat!
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*fbfb
already written about that :)
xx
Mock the Week, you are great but it's gone 10:30, come onnnnnnnnn :)
heheh be patient ;)
Might as well see what these 'Muse' folks are like.
It would be fair to say that Dr Who and this has kept me sane all day today :)
i was gonna watch the psb's and then get an early night.
oh, i'm not an big fan, but Jo does have a nice fashion sense.
i've heard they are a bit over rated anyway ;)
muuuuse :(
eek here we go!!
First song is?
i can't help but smile when i see Dom drumming.. his little face! he always looks so happy.
Uprising :)
I watched them while waiting for Muse, good stuff
Thanks ;)
ari's tune.
Yeah eh.
It also reminds me of Doctor Who...
♥
They did say it was an influence, tis a clear similarity :)
Lukeh, no scientist's coat :( but he's wearing red trousers... does that make up for it?
They are pink!
This looks like a whole magnitude more awesome than Roskilde was!
pink.. red same thing..
<3 Dom, bless him
Up next is Supermassive Black Hole!
For us non-Musey people, which ones him?
The drummer
How do you know?
Matt always plays those notes before he plays it :)
hehehe!!
Ahh ok, cheers.
Muse are supremely awesome. How is it that they aren't more famous?
Dancing robots!!!!
They had them when I went to see them in 2006 :D
oh my... goodness...
...he recognised their kick drum sound, when the roadies were miking up the kit.
On the screen?
what is that?
Yep. They are #awesome.
KAOSS Pad... does all electronicy stuff
WHAT IS HE DOING TO THAT GUITAR?
Why does the mic stand look like it has been lagged?
he has an x/y pad built into his guitar?
*booom*
Like a mouse?
Up next issssss... NEW BORN!!
kinda like an early generation ipod. touch device, normally built into keyboards.
i'm doing well i've known all 3 of the songs they've played so far
#gome.
Expect some mega super Chris headbanging in a second...
*wipes tear* I'm so proud of you
The lead singer dude is feeding off the crowd - so awesome!
i'm not that much of a fan of this song though... sorry..
someone's nicked the end of the bass player's bass.
It's OK. This is from when Muse were a lot heavier and rockier, they have their different eras :)
Booo them for miming
Chris probably ate it because he's that awesome.
do they regenerate?
Definitely.
oooooh.. that's chris? righto.
He basically headbangs the entire gig. I am convinced his headbanging is playing the bass.
Glastonbury at night is rather beautiful.
who's the anonymous chap plays keys?
*fingers crossed for SIng For Absolution*...
*playing
Morgan. he just helps the band with backing stuff live
there is a grand piano on stage?..
Yep, it lights up :D
got ya. queen used to have a morgan too*.
*probably called dave or something.
okay, mr muse fan.. what is matt going to use it to play? ;)
:D
United states of eurasia probably
Map of the problematique!! <3
Nope. He is Morgan apparently
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Nicholls
OR!!! Hopefulyl Buttertertflies and Hurricanes
Must proof read
awesome :)
radio one said something about him doing something with Freddie Mercury*? how is that even possible? and were they just being silly the other day?
*yes i am aware he is dead**
** RIP Freddie.
queen had someone else: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Edney
They were just messing around. Although that would be impossibly amazing. And a hell of a surprise.
Probably something with a video and a soundtrack. It has been done before with other dead singers
Muse tend to play riffs after a lot of songs too so they get extended by a few minutes. Map of the prob. is one that always gets extra riffs afterwards :)
nat king cole springs to mind. with... his daughter?
I had a poker night last night and decided to make a playlist with a bit of classic rock in it.
There was plenty of variety, but only Queen gets everyone excited!
I forgot about that one. Someone recently got permission to do one with Sinatra or Elvis but I can't remember who or which
noooooooooooooooo :(:(
guiding light is awful...
it's a shame "name that tune" has ended. lukeh would ace that.
That's the one...
o
that didn't work, I tried to do this pose in text :)
At midnight on Saturday Witopia turns into a pumpkin. Good timing eh>?
it's not that bad.. better than new born...
sorry..
best band in the world ever.
#sorrylukeh
Glad you think so, I always thought it was a bit... meh
If it were about Muse :)
My favourite band of all time is pink floyd so no complaints here :)
*quickly averts eyes*
sounds like "who's gonna drive you home"
yes! true. I love that Christine has seen we will rock you so many times. :)
It is a cheesy lasagne poured onto a triple cheese pizza with cheesecake for afters
#islearnin'
so have i!
although not by choice :)
OMG
CITIZEN ERASED!!
yeah.. i was thinking along the lines of Christine wanted to go back and see it again.. :D
I may have exploded. My faaaaaavourite live song that they never ever ever play <3
How on earth do they not play this in every show?
Pretty awesome!
Oooh matt may use his piano in this...
YAY!
*recovers*
This small interlude is Nishe, a really olde B-side... which will lead into United States of Eurasia I bet you
Smoking a pipe!
:D:D:D:D:D at Chris smoking a pipe
Why is he smoking a pipe? THat is weird
Chris is smoking a pipe? what?
you.. really scare me sometimes... :)
Interesting for sure...
:D
Subtitles fail!
Well, name of the song fail on the screen I meant
Allan McNishe
Oh you may like this Mr C. It's basically Muse pretending to be Queen
this song used to remind me of bohemian rhapsody.
:D:D:D
He deserves a theme tune
Maybe this was the surprise
Dom is still so happy, love it! Drums with a smile :)
:)
I was gonna say 500 miles, but that suits Franchitti better ;)
heh!
I felt bsd for him during Guiding Light :( he looked sad... which is understandable...
:)
Feeling Good!
ah i like this song :D
I do quite like this one.
Now this is a heck of a cover
This one was always too weird for me.
*runs and hides*
:D
hehehehe!
Loudspeakers are cool
Now with megaphone awesomeness...
Undisclosed desires :(
ooh this bit sounds like Van Halen!
what's wrong with that?.. it's a great song!
... sorry..
not a good live song IMO.
but.. oh..
it's my fav song from the album though.
oh
It's quite a change from the last few songs... I like it,,,
mine too
Slap bass for the win though
James Bond would like this song I reckon.
?
Just wants some women making waves on the screens
It;s a good album song, just don;t like it live.
(except slap bass)
b...b... u...
...
...
keytar?
That's Matt for you... he barely actually uses it, he just doesnt like stasnding there without a guitar
keyTARRRRR!!!!
screens are underused. my only complaint thus far.
It's a shame because they use them very prominently on their own gigs
he should do what chris martin does... and dance around with a parasol :D
Oh definitely!!
Time for some Invincible maybe... not quite sure.
Ooooh he has the double necked Manson out!!
not sure?
not SURE?
how on earth can he see what he's playing..
Maybe Resistance...
ah yes! Resistance
:D
ugh, he's too talented.
:D
Even geniuses have their doubting times...
It could be wrong could be wrong that one of the reasons I love this song is because it's based off the book 1984... *runs*
the daily is going to be late...
#blamemuse
awesome
Are these all new songs btw? Am I gonna hear Sing for Absolution?
At the moment, we wouldn't even notice #blamemuse
Nah all been released on various albums
I don't think so regarding S4A, last time they played it was 2/3 years ago. You nevrr know though!
Aww shame - I really like that song!
It is absolutely stunning live... very underrated. they did perform it at Glasto 04 though!
Matt has a giant fan!
but does he have a panda?
The question is, is it a bigger fan than LukeH?
Have you memorised the playlist for every gig they have ever done?
Hysteria next!
he needs one
seriously scary. awesome.. but scary..
:)
I know too much :(
Giant screen: check
Giant fan: check
Giant Panda: BUGGER! I knew we forgot something!
oh Lukeh.. the bbc used coldplay in their coverage of quali today... oh and a song from a band called muse*. thought you'd be interested.
*don't ask me which song.
This day needs to stop being so awesome, i can't take this level of amazingosity
Still doesn't make me want to watch it ;)
is that better or worse than amazini?
hmph ::P
ooh bonus hysteria riff, yay
ohhhhh!!!!
House of the Rising Sun?!!!!
WOW!
wow.
House of the Rising Sun???
Time is Running Out :D
funny name for a song
He hasn't met Sidepodtime yet
I also do like this song too, which i guess is a good sign
"this performance contains strobe lighting"
ooooooooooh, haha!
Not impressed with the typeface for that announcement
:)
:)
:)
:)
:)
And now for some Rage against the Machine riffage
Starlight!
wohoo!
Apparently it was audioslave
#stilltommorello
I've heard this somewhere before...
It was used on sky sports last year a lot
Yeah, was thinking that.
I am happy the teletubbies have left their hill for this
Were they also an influence for Muse?
It goes without saying
think dipsy is hanging out in the healing field.
Stockholm Syndrooooooooooooooome!!!
8 bit FTW!!!
[heart] the Galaga video behind them :D
Is it Noel or Liam Galaga BTW?
Hehehe! :)
:D
Epic
I thought it was Lady Galaga
It gets better!
ehhe
All we hear is Radio Galaga?
:D
hehehehe. :)
streets????
CORNER!!!!!!!
huh..... surely it want true?
Edge!
Edge
IT Was!!!
i got a song before lukeh!!!!
oooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mind = BLOWN!!!!
Double mind = blown!!!!!!
i love this song ahh how awesome.
WHOOOAWOWOOWOOWWWWAAHHH!
Was that meant to look like a guitar neck?
I notice the bloke in the pink trousers go rid of his guitar as soon as the Edge got on stage
:)
edge-man-fender-bender!
it looks like a fret board?
Is Edge wearing a cap to stop his mind being blown all over the stage?
My mate is a keen guitarist and was in a U2 tribute band. He reckons the Edge guitar style is very unorthodox and difficult to replicate, apparently...
This is actually better than I expected it to be
*boom*
The oooo looks like the neck and the !!!! looks like the bit on the end with the twiddlers for tweaking the strings
they knew you were watching see :)
oh right. okay :)
i dunno, keane are doing a pretty good job.
Edge reckons its because he has a bent finger and it is apparently an inherited thing. He can put his bent finger in places normal people can't
Smiley dom!
epic
Now back to Muse and a bit of Plug in baby
Bloke in pink trousers has decided it is safe to pick up a guitar again
:D
for when she reads this in the morning...
sorry christine.
Matt will be forever known to me as 'Bloke in pink trousers' :)
Someone on Twitter just pointed out that the background reminds them of Blockbusters :D
We all love you and dont want to make a fuss but the band is distracting us
#blamemuse
You just turned the volume up and if she wakes up now she will see an apology and let you off?
Why js she not watching???
it was more the singing, a whooping and a hollering.
still, worth waking up for i'm sure.
How many people do we think are there BTW? More than at Valencia?
true!
That someone has commented here a few times. Saira I believe
:D hehe!
you're such a mini lukeh! ;)
she just got back from three days away. and... doesn't like glastonbury.
Oh yes. How rude of me. I do apologise Saira!
But it's Muse! ;)
Knights of Cydoniaaaaaaaaaa!!
with epic Man with a harmonica intro by Chris :D:D:D:D
Are they on after Muse? ;)
really?! awesome!
!! :) !!
Lukeh!! what on earth was Matt doing with the silver box?
Just making funky noises with feedback for his guitar
deal or no deal?
oh. how strange.
Was it not some sort of Wawa pedal?
Knights of Cydonia is usually a set closer for Muse
'#justsaying
Now this is a real Guitar Hero song, quite hard to get right..
:D :D :D
He did that earlier. Looks like an amp and he is just generating feedback
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this bit....
I was tempted to use this bit for the Ari video in the initial ideas
#lukehfact
this might be my favourite muse song.. ever..
nananaaa, nananaaa, nananananaaaa
that'll be my mind being blown
I think this is the closer....
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/26/daily-26th-june-2010/comments/#comment-824866 :D
hehehe! Dom speaks!!
Fantastic
*applauds* immense. Just immense!
According to my TV guide Glastonbury:Muse is on till 2 am
That was my tangential way of agreeing with you ;)
What a wicked set!
Viva la vida from pet shop boys? Huh?
Haha, PSB know Lou is watching!!
They aren't allowed to be live for much longer.
Pet Shop Boys covering Coldplay?
awesome.
just brilliant.
Is Zane Lowe a kuwui?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
they are covering Viva la Vida?!
quality
i'm crying inside ..
This isn't real - this is the universe reconstructing itself after Muse blowing all of our minds...
domino dancing :)
He's more kriss akubusi than chris martin.
Sorry mr tennant.
(not you david)
harsh
oh thank goodness that's over..
this is... unexpected... shall go, muse were great. will miss giggles radio in the morn so catch ya for f1. ciao
Night RG
byyeee!
night
see ya rg
When is Giggles on? Football follows F1
Night RG
10am.. but wait for the daily!!
*rushes away to listen to coldplay and finish daily*
10am
(for lou's daily)
aww
Night RG
I will pretend I haven't seen this comment then
wait.. was Chris there??
I assume Chris Lowe
What an awesome song...
ooh classic
Watching tv has never been so knackering... time to head off to bed I think... I hope all the musey-ness in the comments hasn't been to annoying :) has been awesome fun though!!!
Night guys :)
It rocked :) Night
Night Lukeh
no idea who that is.. they were chatting about coldplay for a second, and then speaking about a chris...
Actually, it was awesome. I've really enjoyed it!
night lukeh
night
He's the one with a plant on his head in this song :)
He is the other half of the Pet Shop Boys
:) :)
See this is what I love about music festivals. In one day I saw:
-A Colombian Rap/Rock band
-Nick Cave and the Bad seeds
-A German Polka band who played old video game music
-Oasis
-Nine Inch Nails
-Grace Jones
-A Danish Rap group
-Some Indie Rock types
And I only did one day out of 5!
I forgot to answer - yeah Zane is from NZ
How the heck has he ended up on BBC?
Nice work!
No idea, he's been there a while now. He does evenings on Radio 1
(and f1 intros)
Must admit I was dragged along to some of those - I just wanted to see Oasis!
The Edge with Jo and Zane
ooh.
Bono said yes so he had to do it
he's good at volunteering too.
Oh yeah that's right. Hope Bono is going to be OK...
+1!
:D
Edge reckons he will make their first scheduled show
I'm just wondering.. that cap - is it surgically attached?
WIth loads of painkillers and a very still Bono I am sure...
his mum sewed it on as as child.
#weirdwelshpeople
#sorrylukeh
:)
It's like Niki Lauda's except Parmalat are not paying him $1 million to wear it
Thought he was Irish?
I reckon Edge just volunteered them to do Glastonbury next year. We must be able to commit them to that. It's just like volunteering anyone else to do stuff
Is this the scissor sisters? They seem very subdued compared to last time I saw them...
He said he was born in Essex in that interview. He is Irish though
erm... checks wikipedia...
born in england to welsh parents. then moved to ireland.
He is confused.
Well it would work if he was a footballer ;)
I think you get to choose in that case ;)
Just found Menswear on 6Music, their '95 set, but it is just ending in a sec
Or you do what I do and keep swapping depending on the situation?
At least I now know how someone called David Evans came to be Irish
i reckon so. i bet adam is a lurker too.
Haha I'd rather not :P
KYLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
:)
You must have done a lot of swapping this week with Denmark, Italy and NZ all going home
Daffyd O'Evans!
ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Scots have it easy :P
Lots of tears, especially as by tomorrow afternoon none of my nations shall remain standing.
And I got NZ in the office sweepstakes, so no luck there then!
Someone was late turning Kylie's fader up
Don't qualify
:)
Heheh, Shirehorses now
It's a good solution :)
If we can get God to reply I am sure we can get Adam. Bono may be more difficult though
It is when the team is as bad as it is now but qualifying for a world cup is great especially as we keep ending up in Brazil's group
we'll need kathi to skype him.
No-one can evade Kathi