Murmuring Beast

Bass players on studio albums: The Doors: Ray Manzarek Strange Days: Douglas Lubahn Waiting For The Sun: Douglas Lubahn, Kerry Magness, Leroy Vinegar Soft Parade: Douglas Lubahn, Harvey Brooks Morrison Hotel: Ray Neopolitan, Lonnie Mack LA Woman: Jerry Scheff

Ray Manzarek played bass organ live. On studio albums they just got session players in.

A funny moment but not a patch on what happened to our club early on in the season: our manager man-handled a player then punched a fan a matter of minutes later; all of this when the game is going on. We won 2-0 yesterday, should have been 10-0. It'll be a close run-in to see who gets 3rd place.

Take this to Current Events, boys. Don't pollute this folder with your politics talk...

Probably for the best.

Not a chance, I'd sooner put money on her living forever.

I wouldn't recommend violence and maybe you shouldn't even go and talk to this guy at all. Is he worth it? Let it run for a little while. By the sound of your story, I'm sure you could wait for this girl to see sense, whether it takes a couple of weeks, or even months. Sit it out and give her time to think. What you did was stupid but we all make mistakes and she'll come to realise that sooner or later. Just wait just now and if this guy treats her like crap again, just make sure that you're there to pick up the pieces.

^ Like a dwarf I know, loves Kylie.

^Only recently got a colour camera.

She has your eyes.

Your mother looks younger than you.

For a friend's birthday I bought: The Smiths: Rank Neil Young: On The Beach Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson

*snaps*

14? Enjoy your cake.

The Who Sell Out is ruined by the idiotic adverts that are slotted in throughout. Sure, cute and daring at the time; idiotic now. 'I Can See For Miles' is one of the best songs ever though. Live At Leeds has to be the most over-rated live album ever. Again, it's good, but considering The Who were one of the better bands to get their energy across in the studio, I really don't see how this is 'essential'. The covers are dumb. Tommy is - in patches - absolutely incredible, but there's too much without a vocal and it's generally far too long to hold up to repeat listenings. I love the Who's singles, but I'm not as hooked on their albums. Maybe in time.

(Inevitably) The White Album by The Beatles 1. Back In The USSR (McCartney) 2. Dear Prudence (Lennon) 3. Glass Onion (Lennon) 4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) 5. Blackbird (McCartney) 6. Julia (Lennon) 7. Birthday (McCartney) 8. Revolution 1 (Lennon) 9. Honey Pie (McCartney) 10. Revolution 9 (Lennon) 11. Good Night (Lennon) Those credits are off the top of my head so one or two might be wrong. There's no McCartney bias at all, I just reckon that the Lennon songs were much more biting in general. McCartney did a lot of wanking on this album. A Harrison song and a song that Starr sings on gives the album a bit of balance.

Television's Marquee Moon is good, but not as great as I'd been led to believe. I think Revolver is laughably over-rated but it's still brilliant in places.

The Beach Boys: The Pet Sounds Sessions Love: Love The Smiths: Louder Than Bombs The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come

How did you start to like the bands or artists you now listen to? Was it just by chance, intentional or otherwise? REM: REM were the first proper band I liked. I had heard some of their stuff on the radio, like 'Great Beyond' and 'Imitation Of Life' but hadn't heard any of their albums. I was in this music store one day and saw the 80s compilation Eponymous for a pretty cheap price. I looked at the back and saw songs which I'd never heard before, but I was interested in this. So I take it home and wow, it was amazing! I couldn't get over it, I wore out that disc before I eventually got everything else they did, as soon as possible. The Beach Boys: I'm a little embarrassed to say that I was quick to dismiss the Beach Boys when I first heard them. My dad had come back from a Brian Wilson concert with a couple of albums: a Beach Boys compilation, a Brian Wilson live disc and a solo album. I remember having a discussion over dinner that I thought all the Beach Boys music sounded the same. Then I actually listened up. I don't know what the turning point, but the following year was pure obssession. I listened to them every day, got everything I could get my hands on and I still do to this day. If I ever tire of them, I've got all these books and albums I need to shift. The Velvet Underground: I became interested in the VU because REM guitarist Peter Buck said they were one of his main influences in writing. I picked up Velvet Underground & Nico and it was just one of those albums I got right away, which doesn't happen a lot. Amazingly, I've not bought any other VU albums since. I guess they are too expensive and hard to get where I live. The Byrds: Another Peter Buck influence was Roger McGuinn's 12 string sound. I bought a very bad Byrds compilation (30 minutes long!) but when I first heard songs like 'Eight Miles High' I became very interested. Not my favourite band or anything, but I like their style. Love: This was a total fluke. I saw Forever Changes for a low price and picked it up and loved it. It was so unpredictable, weird and the sound was really intriguing. I'm hoping to see Arthur Lee in concert maybe next month, the guy's really great. The Doors: I got into the Doors for probably the wrong reasons. 1) I was told I looked like Jim Morrison by someone in work and 2) I saw the controversial Doors movie with Val Kilmer. I got the debut album soon after and wow, in less than a month I got the rest. The Doors are my favourite band at the moment. The Beatles: It's pretty hard not to like The Beatles, but I was mostly restricted to hearing their singles and not their albums. It was when I got into the Beach Boys that I started to listen to things like Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road. I don't listen to them all that much though. I quite like their early non-singles stuff. The Smiths: I downloaded a compilation of The Smiths but really wasn't interested in anything else. I liked their singles, but not much else. I went through a stage of really disliking Morrissey, but a mate of mine is a Smiths fanatic. So he got us tickets to see him live in concert and even though I didn't know half the stuff that was played, I enjoyed it quite a bit and started to listen to all the Smiths material. You Are The Quarry and Viva Hate are the only solo albums I've heard but they are really good. Franz Ferdinand: I bought into the hype, plus I'm from Scotland so I was interested. They are by far the best band in the main stream rock circuit just now. I'll go and see them live when I can be bothered.

I've had this quite a lot recently, mostly in work, with people telling me I look like certain 'celebrities' This is just a bit of a laugh really, as I don't really look anything like the people below. Anyone else get this?? I apparently look like... UK Rockstar and major junkie Pete Doherty, formerly of The Libertines. Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood.... Jim Morrison (!!) Perhaps most innacurately of all... Mick Jagger People are blind.

For about two months straight, my right arm went dead every single night, because I lay down it. I seemed to have stopped doing it now, but I'm still alive regardless...

Michael Marra: 3rd April Arthur Lee: 13th April REM: 14th June Brian Wilson probably: 16th July Not cheap! Brian Wilson tickets are going at £50 each and although Arthur Lee is only £16.50, I'm getting my arse torn open with service charges and such like. Ah well, will be worth it to see all the genius.

The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground

Bigamy.

According to Ray Manzarek, the film does not mention Jim getting a degree.