It does not appear these are in precise alphabetical order, but I’mma just draft based on what popped up (PHRASING) on Google. Miscellany and team thoughts to follow:
Bournemouth (2nd in C’ship 2021-22, yeah right’s KREW)
KH: I am fairly interested to see how these do, and/or whether Ruggedly Handsome Scott Parker has learned anything from his disaster piece with Mighty Whitey a few seasons back. I know nothing about these, really. But good to have the South Coasters back, if only for Clubhouse engagement. Predicion: 16th
Balls: I think Yeah Right likes them because their nickname is the Cherries and it’s food-related. Black cherry ice cream is amazingly delicious.
Predicción: 15th
Litre: Swarthy Scott Parker can fuck off. His fine margins speech can eat my ass. Every damn time with this guy. I wanted them to not get promoted (sorry YR) because he is a dick and a turncoat. He ranks up there with Mark Hughes for being a dick.
Reality: 19th, fuck him.
Arsenal (5th in Prem 2021-22, Horatio, the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, among others)
KH: North London is popUlar in the Clubhouse, whether it be Gooners or Yids. I have the sneaking feeling that the supporters are patting themselves on the back for being patient with the project, but the knifes will be sharp in case of the slightest bit of backsliding. But I think they manage Shempions qualification. Predicion: 4th
Balls: I think I mentioned last year that I think Nick what’s his name’s book about Arsenal that got turned into a movie sucks self-indulgent balls. He is the epitome of the fan that thinks there is a special connection between his club and his life. There isn’t. They just want your money.
Predicción: 6th
Litre: This is the only team in London that I do not hate. Why? Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp etc. Their last few years has been rubbish but I the Handsome Mike is going in the right direction.
Reality: 5th
Aston Villa (14th in Prem 2021-22, nobody likes these cunts)
KH: It really pains me that Very Disappointing Everton is so very disappointing that we have to look upwards at these. Especially with goddamned Slippy G on the touchline. Predicion: 13th
Balls: I still don’t understand why everyone hates Aston Villa. They seem perfectly harmless to me.
Predicción: 9th
Litre: Hippo ain’t wrong. Fuck these guys. They will be mid table as they have a solid team that will not slide down the table.
Reality:12th, John Terry crying was awesome when Fulham beat them.
Brentford (13th in Prem 2021-22, nemesis of Litre Cola)
KH: I worry about a hangover from last season’s “surprise package” – and not just the PHRASING. But they’ll hang on by the skin of their collective balllsack. Predicion: 17th
Balls: I like the Bees. They did really well last year for their first year in the Premiership. Mind you, they’re not going to contend for titles any time soon, but I see them staying awhile. Watch them get relegated.
Predicción: 14th
Litre: At least they play where their name says? Last year they moved into a fucking lego stadium leaving their old home. That shit haunts teams. Brentford is a great place to stay when visiting London but they ain’t Fulham.
Reality: Shaky as fuck 16th.
Brighton & Hove (9th in Prem 2021-22, Sharkbait kinda sorta)
KH: I swear to fuck they had one point from like 10 matches at one point last season. Yet they still managed 9th. Good manager is good, comfortably mid-table they stay (since Graham Potter is supposedly waiting for one of the Manchester jerbs to open). Predicion: 11th
Balls: Gotta mention the Albion part of their name. I have no idea which city they play in.
Predicción: 12th
Litre: They are still up, have a cool stadium, apparently a great place to party.
Prediction: 15th
Chelsea (3rd in Prem 2021-22, they makes a certain dog feel rocking)
KH: I don’t really get their recruitment philosophy, and this season it costs them Shempions footy. Tuchel rage quits before Easter. Predicion: 5th
Balls: I like commentist rocking dog and he likes Chelsea so I don’t mind them and they do have the one good American player and they did get rid of their Russians oligarch owner but I think they slip down this year.
Predicción: 5th
Litre: Uggh, I like a lot of their players, Tommy Tukes is ok. Uggh. Just move though! Their stadium is in Fulham you see.
Reality: 4th
Crystal Palace (12th in Prem 2021-22, universally neutral)
KH: Knock me over with a feather, it is possible to change your trajectory without shooting yourselves in the foot. Pity Everton’s Board can’t see that. You get a top half finish. Predicion: 10th
Balls: Crystal Palace was actually a building with a shitload of history. Not sure when it turned into a mediocre soccer team.
Predicción: 17th
Litre: Patty V has a place in my heart, see Arsenal. Uncle Woy is a Fulham legend.
Reality : 13th I have no idea why.
Very Disappointing Everton (16th in Prem 2021-22, Hippo b/c hates self with a white-hot passion)
KH: Team that was bad enough to go down last season gets worse. As of now, no central midfielders have been added (and three are needed). Last season’s escape looks like a respite/stay of execution, rather than full pardon. Predicion: 19th
Balls: I think they will go down only because 1) It will be epic to see Hippo melt down, 2) Hippo WASPily judges my predilection for booty sex, and 3) They lost to a MLS team.
Predicción: 18th
Litre: Hippo and I talk most days during gambling season. I kind of want to see us in a relegation battle just for the tension. I know I can handle it again as we are a yo yo. Can teh Hippo handle it? Richarlison leaving is troublesome as I always thought that he was their talisman.
Reality: 11th
Fulham (Shempions of C-ship, Litre Cola and at least one other)
KH: I forget why I think they’ll stay up, but I do. Predicion: 15th
Balls: If Yeah Right’s Cherries stay up, so should Liter’s White Power.
Predicción: 16th
Litre: Oh boy, we are going down so hard. We have signed a bunch of Portuguese sailors and cast offs and have not addressed any deficiencies. We are actually going to finish last. We need a Cb as Ream is a hero but too slow. We have no cover for Mitro, we need a fullback, fuck. Just fuck. Mitro will score 20 goals, the other team will score 80. Fuck Tony Khan so fucking hard with a rusty shovel. Dude wants to be a wrasslin promoter so go do it, get a director of futbol you cunt!!! Thanks Daddy Shad though, love you Daddy.
Reality: 20, yeah, fucking dead last. Pain every weekend. Every fucking weekend.
Leeds (17th in Prem 2021-22, supporters unknown – though DonT was a fan of Bielsa)
KH: These are sort of Everton light – got worse after being dire enough to deserve relegation. Their bill also comes due. Predicion: 18th
Balls: I got this team completely wrong last year. Let’s do it again!
Predicción: 19th
Litre: They be selling everyone and ain’t no Bielsa there any more. Yankee manager, let’s go! Staying up just for the soccer takes from smarmy Leeds fans to others.
Reality: 17th, stay up on goal differential
Leicester City (8th in Prem 2021-22, was everyone’s 2nd favoUrite during that random title run a few years back)
KH: Consider this “old team is getting REALLY old” warning served. I could see them relegated in 2023-24. Predicion: 14th
Balls: They have learned to win and to stay up. They’ll sneak into the decent places even though they won’t be that good.
Predicción: 11th
Litre: Agree with HIppo. I love the guys that stayed there after their freak win. Vardy’s wife is a nutcase and he has noodle arms.
Reality: A surprising 8th
Liverpool (2nd in Prem 2021-22, every filthy monkeycunt on Earth)
KH: My Wolven Sort legacy child has her first serious boyfriend. And he’s a goddamned Redshite supporter. PRAY FOAR HIPPO (or just send pills) Predicion: 3rd
Balls: Still good. Still hateable. Still Second.
Predicción: 2nd
Litre: See above.
No, hold on. Thunderfuck these asshats for consistently swaying Fulham academy players to negotiate their exit to these Liverpool fucks benefit. I have so many Liverpool friends that in the last 10 years have asked me how is player X we a re getting from Fulham. I just respond Fuck off now. They think it is funny.
Reality: 2nd again.
Manchester CIty (FIRST in Prem 2021-22, Scotchnaut and Balls because Guardiola)
KH: God bless Scotchy. He suffers through Los Gigantes, the Ice REDBLACKS, and Sillycuse. He deserves to have one franchise that isn’t a sadistic dominatrix. New man Erling Haaland is an absolute monster. If there is a period of adjustment, I bet they still finish 10+ points clear of 2nd. Predicion: 1st
Balls: One more title for the greatest manager in the world. But he still won’t win the Champions League.
Predicción: 1st
Litre: Mercenary City unite! They are what they are, and they are damn good at it. Can’t win the biggest prize but trophies every year. Haaland is unreal and I fear for the league.They are going to destroy teams, I expect a goal record.
Reality: 1st
Manchester United (6th in Prem 2021-22, Wakezilla – cue smoke bomb)
KH: This is what you get when you torpedo a slow build in order to pwn your cross-city rivals on social media. Now, sulky Ronaldo hangs around like a cabbage fart, because nobody else will pay his obscene wages. Still, I like the ten Hag hire. But long-term. Predicion: 7th
Balls: What the hell happened to United? It looked like they were back and then a truck full of shit backed into their parking space and offloaded. More of the same this year but still too rich to fall too far.
Predicción: 8th
Litre: It is going to take a year or so for the Dutch coach to get them back up to speed. Pogba leaving and Ronaldo wants out so it seems they will still be in rebuild mode this year. I still laugh at the amount that they paid for slab head Harry McGuire who is getting slower, year by year.
Reality: 7th
Newcastle (11th in Prem 2021-22, WCS)
KH: These goddamned bonesaw-loving, toothless Geordies can do one. But money talks. Predicion: 8th
Balls: I think I got Newcastle wrong last year too. I don’t think they’ll be any good but maybe they will? I dunno. I’ll mirror Hippo on this one.
Predicción: 7th
Litre: Sportswashing, sportswashing. They will be joining the top 6 this year and with all the money they will be challenging for a title in 5 years.
Reality: 6th
Nottingham Forest (C-ship playoff winner 2021-22, ??)
KH: Great story last May, turns to dust with textbook “Stupid Promoted Team Transfer Business.” We hardly even knew ye, Robins Hood. Seriously, JESSE LINGARD?? Predicion: 20th
Balls: Yeah, this should make for some good jokes, but that’s a one and done here.
Predicción: 20th
Litre: They are pulling a Fulham from a few years ago and have spent over 100 million punds to stay up. Will the new additions gel? Will they be able to stay up after such a long absence? Yes, they will.
Reality: They will be a surprise 9th
Southampton (15th in Prem 2021-22, He Who Shall Not Be Named)
KH: I am very upset that I have to predict a “dead cat bounce” for these. But why should Darkest Timeline not be Darkest? Predicion: 12th
Balls: I did not know that Voldemort supported this club. You learn something every day.
Predicción: 13th.
Litre: To quote Axel Rose. “Time to dieeeeeeee.”
Reality: 18th
Tottenham (4th in Prem 2021-22, Rev. Mayhem, Sharkbait kinda sorta, among others)
KH: These are the anti-Chelski. I very much DO like their recruitment model, so long as Conte doesn’t burn out. Pochettino will be back next season, regardless. Predicion: 2nd
Balls: They should bounce back after a couple of below par seasons.
Predicción: 3rd
Litre: My bff is a Tottenham supporter so i don’t want to burn the new Stadium to the ground. I do like watching Son and Kane play. Now that Liverpool has taken over poaching Fulham players I hate them a slight bit less. Sessignon is getting some playing time under Conte which is nice to see. It bothers me when the big clubs take the young players who showed prowess with Whitey Mighty get to these big clubs and get zero playing time.
Reality: 3rd
West Ham (7th in Prem 2021-22, Fronkenstein)
KH: Christ, am I really going to trust Davey Moyes to balance Europa Conference fixtures and STILL improve on last season’s finish? Looks like I am. May God have mercy on my idiot soul. Predicion: 6th
Balls: Love me some bubbles and some ham. Why the fuck not?
Predicción: 4th
Litre: Bit of a step back this year due to playing in Europe. Fronk I hope they make a good run as it is a blast watching your club go far in Euro tourneys. I would like you lot to sell Diop to mighty whitey though.
Reality: 10th
Wolves (10th in Prem 2021-22, Armed and Hammered confessed a fleeting affinity and now we must FAN THOSE FLAMES)
KH: Didn’t really expect these siesta-inducers to finish top half, but they get the benefit of maths (ie, Hippo ran out of numbers). Predicion: 9th
Balls: I’m trying really hard not to pull a Horatio here and pick multiple teams in the same spot. What’s left?
Predicción: 10th
Litre: They lost their swarthy coach and the greased up jacked guy.
Reality: 17th
[…] As always, these picks will end up dreadfully wrong. Making fun of the authors is not only welcome, but encouraged. How’d we do last season? NOT GREAT, Bob! […]
Ok I’m into the concert memories now.
How about most insane dangerous crowd at a show?
Slayer played mid day at one of the many Ozzfest concerts and that was the largest mosh pit I’ve ever seen. They were lighting shit on fire at 3 in the afternoon.
Total fucking insanity and a total fucking blast.
Skinny Puppy-
One guy had a knife. I did a fantastic Snagglepuss impression.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3-a4qWCtIg&ab_channel=ClaudiaScimecaArt
I never slam danced, but I sure as fuck threw some mosh pit elbows. Being tall helped. A lot.
It’s more of a spectator sport for sure.
I’m pretty sure I told you guys Gumby was tripping at a Bob Seger show, and when I found him, he was wild-eyed, speaking in tongues, and had blood all over him, with some strangers camera hanging around his neck. He came up to me with a huge smile on his face, stuck his hand out for me to shake, and said something like “wharbargle!”
Reader, I married him about 7 years later!
Two questions after reading this excellent post.
1) Where’s Watford? (pls don’t answer that one)
M) Feel like I should know this, but why is Liverpool hated?
They are the U*NC of world footy. Total “plastic fans” and mostly from Scandinavia, the Middle East, etc. Bandwagon-y. And they think they are pure and noble, and oddly believe that they are most people’s “2nd favourite.”
Excellent, thanks for the schooling.
Oh shit I’ve got an addition to the concert list.
Concert you’re not exactly proud to admit you saw:
I’ll start. Bon Jovi
Shit that’s out there now.
“That said, ‘Living On A Prawn’ is a rocking tune!”
-yeah right
How about not being proud that I’ve only been to one concert in my life. It was Billy Joel, but I am a fan, so that’s not the embarrassing part.
Damn, that’s disappointing. I thought I knew you.
Kinda embarrassed that I’ve seen James Taylor. Twice.
I was just divorced and dating this crazy hot 20- something and she was a big fan.
Ok, that’s a very good excuse.
The payoff was worth the effort.
Are you absolutely sure you’re not tWBS?
ESKIMO BRUTHA!!!!
/it was better than I expected, though I still wouldn’t have gone without then-wife’s insistence
First time was a double date, and I really enjoyed it.
Second time, almost fell asleep.
I saw Boston. SHAME!
At some point you must have had more than a feeling.
We really do have a lot of shows in common. They were awful. I swear they were playing the album and lip synching. Plus it didn’t help that they followed Sammy Hagar, Van Halen playing their very first stadium show in Southern California and a just reformed Black Sabbath.
I owned one of their tapes for me Walkman.
Saw them in 1987 and I feel zero shame.
RBD.
It’s a Mexican pop band.
Helped the ex-wifey finish moving this morning. It actually went well enough, but, it made me realize how much I’m missing my girls grow up. WCS has a sad.
Someone make a dick joke, MST3K reference, Beavis and Butthead video.
Literally Just 17 Dick Jokes That’ll Make You Laugh (buzzfeed.com)
MST3K – S04E24 – (HD) Manos The Hands of Fate – YouTube
“Huh. Huh. You said ‘dick’!”
Well, your headstone will never have this on it.
This always makes me laugh. I’m five years-old, btw…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxZEZGmIT7s&ab_channel=NickRewind
I fucking love Ren and Stimpy!
“No Sir, I Don’t Like It.”
-a contrary opinion
Counterpoint: “It’s better than bad, it’s good!”
LOOK: Josh Allen involved in Bills training camp fight after being bumped by defensive lineman – CBSSports.com
I guess being bumped means the QB in the red jersey running into you.
Kinda made fun of my son “lifting” his truck and said that was a cliche of small town living/thinking. Yeah, well, I started a bonfire this afternoon for no reason whatsoever, other than I felt like it. So…just call me Judgy McJudgerson from here on in.
Make fun of him more. Ask him if he wants to put on truck nuts and some I Love Trump bumper stickers. Is he showering at least once a month. Ask him if he likes wearing flannel along with his hair gel & highlights. Ask him if he and his buddies all have the same strain of herpes.
Don’t give up. You can win this!
Gotta be a yellow.
https://twitter.com/nocontextfooty/status/1553185336582356992
#AfternoonDelight
That’s one cold play!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNxeF4KMsY&ab_channel=Coldplay
Toggle down to Litre’s quiz/survey, it’s a good’un
Done
First Concert: The Cure
Last Concert: Don’t remember
Best Concert: The Cure
Worst Concert: Don’t remember
Loudest Concert: Echo and the Bunnymen
Seen the Most: Los Amigos Invisibles
Most Surprising: Mary’s Danish
Next Concert: Not with these prices
Wish I Could Have Seen: Depeche Mode
First Concert: Bob Seger
Last Concert: Scorpions
Best Concert: Living Colour/Guns N Roses/Rolling Stones
Worst Concert: Billy Joel (seats and sound were terrible)
Loudest Concert: Metallica
Seen the Most: Rush
Most Surprising: Tony Bennett (at Caesars in Vegas)
Next Concert: Psychedelic Furs with X (in 2 weeks)
Wish I Could Have Seen: Prince
Just remembered my family went to see Liberace when I was 9 (at the LV Hilton), which I guess could be my first and most surprising show. I remember enjoying the show, and thinking he was kinda…flamboyant?
Ha, Gumby saw Joel Gray with his parents at this mobbed-up supper club in Pittsburgh when he was 11 or 12. Same vibe!
First: Foghat. Eddie Money Opened.
Last: Black Crowes at Red Rocks
Best: Talking Heads – same tour that the movie “Stop Making Sense” was filmed
Worst: Van Halen at US Festival. Th rest of the show was great but Dave was drunk as fuck
Loudest: Ministry at the House of Blues Hollywood
Seen the most: Several Probably Static-X or Black Sabbath
Most Surprising; Stray Cats – they were fucking AWESOME
Next: Don’t know
Wish I could have: We picked up an order form for tickets to see Led Zeppelin in Chicago the very day John Bonham died and they cancelled the tour.
We have many things in common!
First: BTO, Foghat, Kansas, Styx,Dave Mason, Edgar Winters, and some others in a stadium show.
Last: War!
Best: Bruce Springsteen, before Born to Run came out. Runners up- Kinks, Stones
Worst: Aerosmith- the drug years. Clapton also, same issue
Loudest: Black Crowes
Seen the most: Stones, ZZ Top, CSN
Most surprising: The Kinks in the 70’s- great show, and Ray and Dave didn’t fistfight on stage!
Next: Who knows?
Wish I could have- Led Zeppelin. Had tickets,they cancelled because Robert Plant’s kid died, and for some forgotten reason I couldn’t go to the make up show. I did see Robert Plant decades later with the Sensational Shapeshifters, he was awesome.
I saw Mandy Moore open for the, wait for it, the Backstreet Boys, I was a human god that day to my daughter, oh and I also saw Shania Twain
First Concert: Soup Dragons with Kathern wheel as the opener. There was the Bare Naked Ladies as an indy band in a high-school gym before that, but not sure if that counts
Last Concert: The Tragically Hip
Best Concert: the hip
Worst Concert: most of the concerts for my kids music. Honk squeak smash. I barely want to listen to my kids, why would I want to listen 90+ minutes of other kids
Loudest Concert: Def Leppard with Heart opening
Seen the Most: tie between Spirit of the West and Bruno Mars
Most Surprising: Bruno Mars. That man never stops moving and singing the whole concert
Next Concert: TBD
Wish I Could Have Seen: Avcii
Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again – CNNPolitics
More positive news from the Biden White House.
BC Dick, how’d you like to be our next President, eh?
I’ve got a LOT of big ideas on how to run things and I don’t need a bunch of nervous Nellies and doubting Thomases getting in the way.
–Donald J. Trump, Joke Presidential Candidate, 2015
Thank god it wasn’t “The China Virus”, I heard that one was really serious.
THIS GUY JOE BIDEN I CALL HIM DENNIS RODMAN IN 1996 BECAUSE EARLIER HE TOOK SOME DRUGS AND NOW HE IS DOING SOME REBOUNDING.
My brother is in London at Westminster Abbey right now, looking at dead kings and queens.
I’ve told him we’re Irish, and I expect him to take things from there.
So he should drink heavily and get kicked out?
I was thinking something more arsony.
THS GUY gets it!
poopsticks
You made midday napping Gilkey sad when he woke up.
I try not to be completely responsible for Man City’s losses but sometimes it doesn’t work out.
just so long as you DUE BETTER in the regular season
Senorita Weaselo has a stomach bug so I (was) volunteered to be her substitute for all the lessons she couldn’t do remotely.
I have not led off with “I know you were expecting [Senorita], but she’s sick so I’m her less good-looking counterpart.”
Especially to the student who thought we were besties last time I covered for her!
“A stomach bug? Is it a fly? Well whatever you do, don’t send a spider down after it. It sets off a whole chain reaction.” – Eli Manning, sharing some of the knowledge he picked up at summer camp this year
ALVAREZ!*
*after a long look by the video fellas
/edited
You know what footy halftimes desperately need? Kids in inflatable Messi, Ronaldo, Maradona, Pele, Kruyoff and Beckenbauer costumes running an obstacle course.
/if you know how to convert this into an NFT, message me
//I’ve not a clue as to what an NFT is
///I probably won’t respond to your message
I would watch the hell out of that.
Then still club the bratwurst over the head with a baseball bat.
Sup
Wie gehts?
Ja, ich bin gut
Probably not right, I know.
I CALL LIVERPOOL AN UNDERPAID AMAZON WORKER BECAUSE THEY’RE PACKING THAT BOX TIGHTLY AND THEY’RE DOING IT IN UNION.
This reminds me that Rush Limbaugh is dead, which makes me grin.
Liverpool really playing well.
Oh! Looks like The Broom still has a bit of short area speed. I’m pleasantly surprised.
Haaland looks like all of Koopa’s henchmen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMaMYcreAGc&ab_channel=ChristinaLaLa98
Man City/Pool of Livers being held in King Power Stadium, which is ironic given that England hasn’t experienced that since George The VI’s death.
DO IT FOR ALL BERNARD’S SALFORD HOODRATS YO
https://twitter.com/XXL/status/1550693436302434306?s=20&t=ig1e3EnAQN5VRXjWPAkpbQ
1). Lost Generation
2). Drive-By-Truckers
#). King Khan & The Shrines
x). Drive-By-Truckers (also last show)
%). Either Motorhead or Nashville Pussy, probably NP
42). Supersuckers
V). Suicide Girls
PiR2). Drive-By-Truckers (It’s at Treehouse, so either way I win)
E=MC2). Rolling Stones that time they played Toad’s Place in New Haven. Secret show that my father found out about and called to tell me, 20 minutes after I had left for the night. Pre-cell phones. Still bugs me.
1) Don’t Remember
2) Morrissey
3) NIN and David Bowie
4) Hootie and the Blowfish (drunken NC State festival)
5) Ween at Cat’s Cradle
6) Sex Police
7) James Taylor
8) N/A
9) Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
None
Led Zeppelin
First Concert: Bush (with Veruca Salt opening)
Last Concert: Steely Dan
Best Concert: Aerosmith (with Kiss opening)
Worst Concert: Farm Aid (Beck and Dave Matthews both disappointed, Billy Ray Cyrus confirmed priors)
Loudest Concert: maybe Pixies at 930 Club
Seen the Most: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Most Surprising: Dr. Dog or Samantha Fish
Next Concert: No idea
Wish I Could Have Seen: The Who (with Keith Moon)
First-Streetheart
Last-War on Drugs
Best-Stevie Vaughan/Dire Straits/Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza
Worst-Sarah Sad Puppies
Loudest-“WHAT?”
Seen The Most-none
Most Surprising-Frankie Goes To Hollywood/Eddie Grant
Next-Dry Cleaning
Wish List-Talking Heads/Joy Division/Velvet Underground/Laurie Anderson/Sonic Youth
/edited
//edited again
/short convo with my youngest last night
Me: “Hey, what are you up to this long weekend?”
Him: [leans hard into his small town upbringing] “I’m installing a lift kit on my truck!”
Truck nuts too?
He knows how I feel about that crap and he doesn’t have the balls to do it.
BUT these coloUrs dont run, eh????
I love me some Dry Cleaning. The vid reminds me vaguely of The Genius of Love aesthetic. Caution, said vid may cause seizures in small children. That oughta learn ’em!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjVc8lYIaUM&ab_channel=DryCleaning
Apparently the lads were friends with the frontwoman and they wanted her to sing. She said no way so that is why she talks during the songs.
They are superb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePuEtEWpcBg
She brings a lot of Nico-style dry energy to the stage. Which I like.
Holy shit, I love these weirdoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjpgJjdk52c
This song is so damn good
I suppose it’s better than this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yp9ASVUg_A
Filmed in litres backyard
Welcome to the bandwagon, plenty of room. Grab a beer, don’t cost nothin
Bringing Decilitre and Mrs. Cola to the ‘Al Classico’ today against Edmonton. Cavs were in 1st for a long portion of the season but have lost 3 in a row. We have never lost to Edmonton in the history of the league. Will we do so today as my fam will be there? You betcha.
Hope the boy has a great time. Guzzle a lukewarm tallboy for me.
Just one?
He could probably handle a few. He is almost school age, after all. I’ll pick up any slack from here
Terrifying:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/independent-state-legislature-doctrine-200-years-progress-scotus
“We’d rather see the United States destroyed than see it no longer be controlled by white Christian males,” seems to be the operating credo of the current Supreme Court.
Same difference
Troof.
Today’s Game Plan-
-go for a hike
-watch The Community Shield (whatever that is)
-booze it up*
*wifey is enjoying the sights in Istanbul so the odds of some side-eye action occurring is virtually nil
GET. CRUNK!!!
Also, in the 2150s, I re-named the “English Community Shield” as “Salford Hoodrats Shield” in honoUr of Legendary manager Bernard Gllkey. Who will NEVAR die.
How many fans are being sacrificed per game to keep Gilkey alive at this point?
#AnyMeansNecessary
He hoarded most of the Mona Vie inventory way back in 2016. Who knew!
I really know Jack about soccer in general, and shit about the Premiere League in particular. But I like Newcastle because the Animals were from there. And then my “research” uncovered (I wish) this pretty lady. So my fan wagon for purposes of this blog and season go with those Geordie blokes.
2pack and WCS, Our Toothless Geordies!
(but yes, I’d let that fit bird take a bonesaw to me)
Also from Newcastle the band Geordie, Brian Johnsons gig before joining AC DC. WCS and I know how to hitch a cool wagon Buddy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgqdGqduXvo
That hair game is ON POINT
/notice how none of the pictured Geordies open their mouths
Yeah, you would think they were a hockey team
LOL at the idea the Flyers are a hockey team.
Yes, it’s only the third day of camp but it’s also the third offense that Daniel Jones is trying to learn. It’s been a mixed bag so far so I shall call this latest iteration, “The Dimebag Offense”.
https://www.bigblueview.com/2022/7/29/23283954/giants-training-camp-day-3-pressure-on-the-offense-more-takeaways
Maybe they should tell him to picture the receivers hands as the hole in a Cornhole board, problem solved!
Again, from the “what’s in a name” article – Bristol Rovers were once, quite amusingly, the Black Arabs. It is uncertain whether the club crest included “no ofence” at the time.
Dundee United’s nickname was the Arabs too.
I wonder if they played this song pre-match?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN1iW-ee5I8
Armed and Hammered plus the Hammer of the gods! That’s a slammin’ group.
For all those who are bored (and hey, who isn’t?), this is a fun read:
https://theathletic.com/3441904/2022/07/30/arsenal-united-hotspur-rovers/
“What is Arsenal? Why are teams called United? What is a Hotspur? A history of English football names”
excerpt:
So what is an Arsenal?
arsenal | noun 1 a collection of weapons and military equipment: Britain’s nuclear arsenal. 2 a place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made.
The Royal Arsenal was a vast site on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich, south east London. Originally known as the Woolwich Warren, the complex was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, as well as organised proofing (tests to ensure the weapons worked as intended) and research into explosives for the British armed forces. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, it employed close to 80,000 people and covered an area of around 1,290 acres, although, by then, the local football club had actually moved out.
It was employees at the arsenal’s Dial Square workshop – a turning and engraving studio named after the sundial that hung over its main entrance – who first explored the possibility of setting up a football club. Local press reports noted “a small band of adventurers in No 2 gun shop at Woolwich Arsenal”, led by a Scotsman and former Kirkcaldy Wanderers player named David Danskin and several others who hailed from Nottingham, where football was flourishing, founded a club first known as Dial Square FC.
There are some suggestions this happened as early as 1884, though the more accepted date is December 1886. They beat Eastern Wanderers 6-0, some say just across the Thames on the Isle of Dogs and others “on open ground at Plumstead Common”, in their first game and, having met in the Royal Oak pub on Christmas Day a few weeks later to discuss the new venture, changed their name to Royal Arsenal – a grander title than Dial Square, combining the name of their employers with the pub in which they were sitting.
They would tweak the title again, to the rather wordy Woolwich Arsenal Football and Athletic Company Limited (Woolwich Arsenal for short), after turning professional and securing election to the Football League Division Two in 1893.
‘Woolwich’ was only dropped when the club moved from Plumstead to Highbury, in north London, in 1913, a switch made much to the annoyance of Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Clapton Orient, although the Football League decided “that by rule and practice it had no power to interfere”, according to Charles E Sutcliffe’s 1938 account of the first 50 years of the governing body.
Regardless, around 136 years on from their foundation, Arsenal remain a throwback to the days when workers at the country’s principal armaments factory fancied a post-shift kick-about on wasteland south of the river.