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Alt-J & Djanjo Djanjo for me this year... the fact I don't even listen to that type of music normally would suggest to me how great the albums are for me to say they are my favourite 2 from this year. Ben Howard comes in 3rd on my list

Used to be a nightmare before slef shot porn tbh... used to find it really difficult to sketch what was going on and I won't even tell you about the time I tried to use water colours!

Fuck with the royals and they'll fuck with you.... bitch was bumped off

Oooh did you just find a loophole in the 'top 10 only' rule by adding a 'best of the rest'? Sneaky bugger!

Did Midlake do a track called 'Roscoe'? Am sure it was them but might be wrong... class tune either way

Them's the rules

It's not hard people... top 10... the clue is in the title! If you want a top 11 or 18 then make a thread for that

I think sometimes it's about what the album meant to you personally... Silent alarm was around during a pretty good patch in my life and so it always gives me a nice feeling listening to it... I guess as always lots of different factors play a part in what is a very subjective area to comment on

In no particular order... Arctic Monkeys - What ever people say I am, that's what i'm not Radiohead - In Rainbows The Libertines - Up the bracket The Libertines - The Libertines Kasabian - Kasabian Kings of Leon - Youth and young manhood Bloc Party - Silent Alarm The White Stripes - Elephant Muse - The origin of symmetry The Killers - Hot Fuss

Aye people not leaving enough distance is a BIG issue like... at the end of the day there's a fair chance you aint going to be able to stop if the person in front does so leave at least 10x the usual space (but more ideally). Far to many people drive up yer arse in the snow and you just know they'll plough in to the back of you if you have to stop Oh and about the gears... if you're already in 1st you should be going so slowly that you don't need anywhere else to go... much better to start going down the hill in 1st gear at 5 mile an hour than 3rd at 20 and try and slow down from their IMO

Neither is locking the wheels by using the brakes and sliding in to a ditch / wall / car / pedestrian / unicycle / snow leopard etc etc Far better to use the engine than the brakes... obviously a little dab of the brakes here and there is called for too but going down hill with your brakes on? not good!

Fuck no mate... higher the gear the faster you go... not something you want when going down hill on ice High gears going up will so the wheels turn slower and you get more grip / don't spin them Low gear going down hill so you can use the clutch / engine to slow you down and thus hardly using the breaks (using breaks too much / too hard going down hill will make them lock and you'll slide)

He also released an album with Timberland which makes him a sell out wank stain IMO

It's not coasting... it's using the clutch / engine to brake. Damn sight better than going down backwards with your foot flat to the floor on the brake

Drive in 1st going down hills, start going down the hill at an absolute crawl, never touch the accelerator and use the clutch to slow you down... i.e. keep the clutch down and once you pick up any speed lift your foot up to the bite and that'll slow the car down, tnen put it back down a bit and lift up again once you pick up any speed... if you do need to brake at all then touch it slightly and don't put your foot down to the floor as you'll lock the wheels and slide. Going up hill try setting off in 2nd, if you stall then set off in 1st but the moment your wheels start to spin slam it in 2nd gear, don't take your foot off the gas and don't brake, just put the clutch down and slam it in to 2nd. You should have enough revs not to stall now and 2nd gear will make the wheels turn slower and grip.

Hated Kula Shaker purely because we used to sing 'thrush thrush I thought I saw you ithcing your muff' all the time and it kind of meant I could never take the band seriously even though they weren't the real lyrics

So far today and yesterday I've had to explain to at least 6 people in my office how to drive in the snow... not one of them knew how to engine brake, and one even drove down a huge steep hill in neutral!!! No wonder there's so much chaos on the roads if so many people don't understand basic driving techniques! I know there's already a snow thread but this just wound me up so much I felt it warranted it's own thread... some of these people have been driving for 20 years + FFS!!! Anyone else had to explain how to drive in minimal snow this week?

It's the equivalent of accidently falling on the nozzle of a vacum cleaner whilst hoovering the house naked

Top 10... yes 10 you bloody show off!

I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign, life is demanding without understanding.... Or something along those lines

Nirvana - Nevermind Radiohead - Ok Computer Radiohead - The Bends Nirvana - In Utero Oasis - What's the story morning glory Pearl Jam - Ten Morcheeba - Big Calm Green Day - Dookie Bon Jovi - Crossroads Bush - Razor Blade Suitcase Some of that list might seem a bit shit but tbh I wasn't particularly cool as a kid in the 90's and things like Bon Jovi & Bush were big deals to me back then

Bonkers 1 - 10 /close thread

3 hours to get from Centre for life to Ryton and 2.5 of that was spent on Scotswood Road... There's less than an inch of snow on the ground ffs! Not sure but looked like the roads hadn't been gritted which is ridiculous if that's the case

Aye I've not listened to half of them in the top 10 tbh... OK Computer and Nevermind are my 2 favourite albums of all time though so at least they are in there

Clearly fake as no news provider would use the word 'bummed' lol