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They rolled across the country in the limo. Suddenly, the sky went dark. An alien spaceship appeared over the horizon. It shot at the limo and blew it up before heading off to destroy the rest of Canada. Emerging from the burning wreckage, Dames screamed: "I WILL HAVE MY VENGANCE~!"

I call Jordan turning face on JBL, leading to a feud between them after JBL beats Benoit for the US title.

OUTRAGE~!

And so the aftermath... Reading was hella cool (despite some bastards cutting open my tent and swiping some mini-speakers while I was watching The Go! team). My opinions on what I saw, for those who care: Friday Do Me Bad Things: First band on the main stage, a shame their gear went kaput after 10 seconds of their first song. Good live band, with a lot of crossover appeal. You know you're close to the stage when you can see the singers cock. Goldie Lookin' Chain: Great early festival band. Funny, got the crowd going, and great choruses to sing along to. They can also rap live pretty well. Mando Diao: Promising little band. Typical spikey guitar fare with nothing to make them stand out, and the tent was pretty empty, but could come out with something good. Saul Williams: Ace. Great delivery, a lot more charisma and stage presence than I would have expected from him, and it's great just to hear him talk. The crowd loved him too. The Killers: Overated album, annoying frontman, crap live. Only saw the to get a place for... The Pixies: Great set. Amazed how many people were singing along to album tracks from well over a decade ago. Pretty mellow near the front, with most people there to pay homage as oppsed to rock out. Saturday Nine Black Alps: Saw them from a distance for a few minutes to kill some time. Massive crowd. Quite grungey. Have the potential to break out and appeal to all the grunge kids. Artic Monkeys: THEY WILL BE BIG. Superb set full of energy. They've only released one single, yet the crowd were singing along to songs that were leaked as though they were classics. Remind me a bit of The Jam brought up to date, only with more energy and less annoying. great songs, great sound, great band. Razorlight: Caught half of their set from a distance. A few years time and they'll be in stadium territory. Great ear for catchy melodies and put on a solid enough show. They wont change any lives, but worth seeing for some mindlesss good fun. Arcade Fire. Really good live band. Also good to see a large group of people who knew all the songs. Not the best live band around, as some have said, but definateely worth seeing nevertheless. Baby Shambles: Saw half their set from a distance. They're a trainwreck but Pete Doherty os a fucking good songwriter and is akways worth watching. Seemed to be fairly coherent onstage, it'll be interesting what they can put out on record, if they ever finish off their album. The Go! Team. Fucking amazing. I dont know her name, but the frontwoman was easily the most watchable person I saw at the festival. Recreated the albums sound superbly with a live band. Really got the crowd going and seemed to be in awe of the moment. If you only listen to one thing I say, make it this: YOU MUST SEE THE GO! TEAM LIVE. Band of the weekend. Sunday Turbonegro: Not a great live band, no-one turned up to see them, and those who did weren't into them. But, they were funny, put a lot of effort into their stage show and they finished before I started wanting them to. Saul Williams (in the comedy tent): If anything he impressed me even more than he did with his set on Friday. Did a few readings of poetry (and got a few bottles aimed his way for his trouble). Those that wanted to be there, as oppesed to those who just hadn't been bothered to move since the hypnotist who was on before him, ate it up. Really energetic speaker, and when he speks you just feel the whole crowd hanging on every word he says. When he finished, pretty much everyone got up and he got a standing ovation, which I've never seen before. Really good stuff. Marilyn Manson: Really impressed me. I've always liked Mansons stuff, especially Mechanical Animals, but as I've got older and he's got crapper and my musical taste has diversified he's no longer the must-see act he was a few years back. However, his live set was absolutely amazing. Good showman, good band and they stuck to the stuff which everyone knew and sung along to. I also started a pit, which I haven't done in years. You know you're getting old when you're one of the few people who knows Tournequet... Adam Green: Again, really impressed me. I loved "Friends Of Mine" but Gemstones was pretty gash and I'd heard he was crap live. However, he seemed pretty motivated here, and got everyone singing along. He also played a good bit of "Friends Of Mine" which made me happy. A further commendation goes to the Cabaret tent on Friday and Saturday. There was a guyt there whose job it was to sweep up after the acts had finished, and he looked like Lionel Ritchie. We heckled all the other acts (apart from Min In Coats, they rock) until he came on afterwards. He even sung Hello and Dancing On The Ceiling to us. The Bacardi Bar was also hella cool, and a good place to score. However, because we were camped directly by the part of the perimiter fence which had holes in, we had all the theives sneaking in with knives to steal stuff. As a result, I got about 3 hours sleep in a 60 hour period while keeping watch, and am now pretty ill. Still a fucking amazing weekend though.

Here's a list of bands playing at Reading festival (26-28th August). Please reccomend some good acts to see, if possible with reasons why. Main Stage Friday Pixies The Killers Queens Of THe Stone Age The Coral Elbow Graham Coxon Dropkick Murphys The Wedding Present Saturday Foo Fighters Kings Of Leon Razorlight The Charlatans Dinosaur Jr Roots Manuva Transplants Simple Plan The All-American Rejects Sunday Iron Maiden Marilyn Manson Incubus Iggy & the Stooges NoFX Funeral For A Friend Alkaline Trio Turbonegro Bullet For My Valentine NME Radio 1 Stage Friday Kasabian Black Rebel Motorcycle Club The Cooper Temple Clause My Chemical Romance Fightstar The Subways Death From Above 1979 The Dead 60's Blood Brothers yourcodenameis:milo The Black Velvets Saturday The Tears Babyshambles The Arcade Fire Hot Hot Heat The Kills The Others Juliette and The Licks Nine Black Alps The Cribs The Longcut Editors Sunday Bloc Party The Futureheads LCD Soundsystem British Sea Power The Duke Spirit Maximo Park HAL Sons and Daughters The Rakes Art Brut Carling Tent Friday Ladytron Charlotte Hatherley Saul Williams The National Mando Diao The Paddingtons We Are Scientists The Blood Arm The Cherubs Two Gallants The Rogers Sisters Saturday The Go! Team The Raveonettes Sleater Kinney Caesars Be Your Own Pet Yeti Dogs Arctic Monkeys The Mystery Jets 747's Clor Neon Puggy Sunday Echo and the Bunnymen Adam Green The Dresden Dolls Engineers Amusement Parks On Fire Komakino Towers Of London The Rifles Battle Every Move A Picture Young Offenders Institute Boy Kill Boy Forward Russia Dance tent Friday Lemon Jelly Audio Bullys Sunday Mylo Radio 1 Lock-Up Stage Saturday Bad Religion Hatebreed Anti-flag Rise Agains Eighteen Visions Dwarves Capdown Million Dead Emanuel The Explosion No Comply

The Go! Team: Bottle Rocket

I love that Cradle Of Filth are considered one of the top five British bands...

I loved the use of Sigur Ros's song at the end of Vanilla Sky. Also, the Amelie soundtrack rocks.

Dames arrived in Canada the next day. It was cold in Canada. He didn't like the cold. He liked the Sun. The Sun was not compatible with snow, he mused. This was deep for Damien Gonzales. He was a simple man with simple pleasures. Like playing with cling film. And pissing in the snow. That'll show it who's boss. As soon as he arrived in Canada, he had a curious sensation of being watched. The bus terminal was packed, and no-one was looking at him, but he still felt uneasy. He looked around and realised that not only were people not looking at him, they were actively avoiding him. This was the moment that Dames realised he was naked. He was a simple man with simple pleasures. This wasn't one of them. A trip to the Canadian Clothes Cabin later, he set out in to the street. He was approached by a mysterious lady wearing one of those old 50's style hats. She spoke in a broad North Canada accent. "I saw your penis earlier Dames" "How do you know my name?" "You have it tattooed on your penis" "Yeah. I did want Damien Gonzales, but 'twas not to be. And that's the story of how I became Dames" "Indeed. I know who you are Dames, come with me" "Okay!" They walked into a waiting limo. Little did Dames realise that this was the moment his life would change forever.

Heh heh heh. As for the Broken Social Scene stuff, I'm expecting a solid album, but nowhere near as good as YFIIP. They'll do what every good indie band does, disappear up their own asses.

Emo kids are goths who think they're too good to be goths.

In Pompey news, we're set to sell our captain of the last few years, Arjan de Zeeuw, to Wigan for 100k. I can;t help but think that might come back to bite us in the ass.

It's starting to get leaked now. What are peoples thoughts? IMO, it's no Madvillainy or King Gedorah and the Adult Swim cameos bring it down a bit, but ut's still a good collection that should benefit both guy's careers.

Other Doom lyrics: El Chupa Libre "Mixed between Superfly Snuka and a super ho" No Snakes Alive "Prepare to get smacked back in the ring like Bob Backlund" And, best of all, Fazers: "A lot of rap noise is annoying like Cena"

Ah, fuck y'all. It rocks.

Man this cricket stuff is tense. As shallow as it may be, I'll probably follow the championship more than usual this season due to the presence of Southampton. Mainly to see Redknapp slowly unravel.

Antonio makes me smile.

d/l'd it sunday, watched it about 4/5 times already. For some reason, I absolutely love it.

Well, looks like Wright-Phillips is going to Chelsea to sit on the bench. He'd be far better served going to Arsenal IMO.

seconded

I've not actually heard the album yet, but Time For Deliverance is fucking ace, so I'll check it out shortly. Also, Big Gay Out is the best name for anything ever.

fuck y'all, i liked it

Do Me Bad Things have been added to the first day at the bottom of the main stage. Result!

It was me!

No Wanchope, but we've got some Zambian we signed from Kaiser Chiefs. He was the keyboardist.