Dr Gloom 20027 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 ...has been getting a fair bit of media attention lately. I used to think he was a pecker but I've taken to watching his Trews youtube videos recently and have to say it's refreshing to hear a passionate voice on the left, finally. He's highly entertaining and funny. Although he often comes across as self indulgent and narcissistic, I have to salute his efforts to raise issues that don't get a lot of play in mainstream media. What do you make of him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) ...has been getting a fair bit of media attention lately. I used to think he was a pecker but I've taken to watching his Trews youtube videos recently and have to say it's refreshing to hear a passionate voice on the left, finally. He's highly entertaining and funny. Although he often comes across as self indulgent and narcissistic, I have to salute his efforts to raise issues that don't get a lot of play in mainstream media. What do you make of him? Been tempted to start a thread on him for a few weeks. Classic Mi6 reality testing lightning rod. Tried to play the Hollywood thing by-the-book inc a celebrity marriage but I suspect he got bored there as LA is really boring unless you are A list. Fallen back into something of a grey area...There's something fishy about him mind. Edited October 28, 2014 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30707 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Classic Mi6 reality testing lightning rod. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14819 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Makes some good socialist points from on top of his ivory tower, rumored to have foundations of 15million big ones, "man of the people" telling teenagers not to bother voting, as if the millions who gave their lives in the 20th century for the right to have things like democracy never really existed at all.... I do like his stand up though, so I think he should stick to fucking anything that moves and making people laugh at his jokes instead of cynically trying to flog o level Marxism to those gullible enough to fall for it, who I expect are the legions of beautiful women he is fucking, am not jealous or anything me like, nope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20027 Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Tell us more Parky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Tell us more Parky Will a bit later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9103 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I like what he's aiming for, I don't like how he gets his message across and I think some of his ideas are too unrealistic. Quite verbose too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20027 Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Quite verbose too. right up your street then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14131 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Even a stopped cock is right twice a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35302 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I'm a quarter of the way through his new book. It's good. Makes a load of good points and is funny. Re the point above about people dying for democracy, he addresses that in the book by saying what they died for was freedom and not the utterly fucked up system that we have in place today, and if the likes of Emily Davison was alive today she wouldn't be telling people to vote, she'd be telling them to riot. Which it's hard to argue with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14131 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 His book misquotes Belinda Carlisle. I'm not having that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9103 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 His book misquotes Belinda Carlisle. I'm not having that. In the words of Hall and Oates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14131 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9103 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The downside of that gag is that I've that fucking song tumbling around my brain now. Not even Richard Hawley on 6Music is shifting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14131 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The earworms we get, we deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9103 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 The earworms we get, we deserve. I hope this haunts your every moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I like him. He makes a lot of good points and has been involved in some good activism recently. I think he's stuck in purgatory a bit right now though. It's clear he wants to do something revolutionary (well, duh, title of the book and all that) but it's not clear that he's figured out either what he wants to do or how he wants to achieve it. But I like his intentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14131 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I hope this haunts your every moment You think this is punishment? :boogie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9103 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 rookie error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14819 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I'm a quarter of the way through his new book. It's good. Makes a load of good points and is funny. Re the point above about people dying for democracy, he addresses that in the book by saying what they died for was freedom and not the utterly fucked up system that we have in place today, and if the likes of Emily Davison was alive today she wouldn't be telling people to vote, she'd be telling them to riot. Which it's hard to argue with. A fair point, the sufferergettes weren't to know that the freedom and democracy they and the lads from the Somme won by sacrificing their generation would be sold to Wall Street and Canary Wharf by their children in the 80s... People should vote though, it's irresponsible to say otherwise iyam. Democracy will get an independent Scotland sooner rather than later and nobody had to die for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Happy Face 29 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Lydon - "I never preached Anarchy" Anarchy In the Uk - "Cause I wanna be Anarchy" Always thought Lydon was a cock wrapped round Malcolm Mclaren's finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) I used Lydon cause him and Brand are the same trope the Matrix churns out every cycle. Nice to see the before and after. No doubt Brand will be doing cook books in a few years. The funniest thing about Brand is that he realises that he has enough traction to turn his non-revolution into a career choice. Lydon anti-christ. Brand-Christ complex. Drugs. Check. Both working class. Both self-taught. Both failed to break America. Both Magpie talented but not good at one thing. Although I suspect Lydon's standup would be more sardonic. Media lovies. Manufactured anger. etc........ Edited October 28, 2014 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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