Posts by Sarah Bee

Re: Tough on things that are easy to get tough on...

Snurk.

Re: Sarah Bee

Ah, it wasn't that interesting, Tim. Just violent. Actually I have to say it represents one of my own worst fears, but fortunately I live in a ground floor flat.

I think fleas would be a good start. Maybe bedbugs. They're pretty nasty beasties.

Comment rejection note

Folks, I'm personally totally with you in your lack of warm feelings for the Home Secretary, but if you could find creative ways to lambast her that stop a mite short of fervent wishes for bad things to befall her, I won't have to reject them and the debate can rage on.

I do hope she doesn't get what she would like for Christmas, though.

Re: Where's The IT Angle Here?

Oh dear, the old 'London is full of rude people' saw. Actually, I think you'll find it's full of very polite and personal-space-conscious people, otherwise it couldn't function, because we'd all be engaged in a city-wide mass brawl all the livelong day.

I shan't start defending Bob Crow because you're clearly just dangling a worm there, aren't you. On a string, all the way from... whereabouts are you? Northampton? Cleethorpes? I'm so sorry.

Re: 3 quid to travel 200 yards?

There's no 'need' to drink on the tube, but er, that's kind of missing the point. Even if this would work or do any good, which it won't, it's nothing more than an initial territorial piddle in the shape of a cynical political gesture.

Just for the record, I didn't vote for the berk.

Re: Perhaps they have misunderstood the El Reg journalist's names?

I'm speechless.

Re: Wow

It's more of a principle thing, o brave Anon chap.

But yeah, I'll bet you they play her stuff in 40 years. I bet this much.

Re: @ Sarah

You're still doing it. Why assume? And why always the cynical assumption? Why wouldn't I think a particular artist is worthy of the plaudits she gets?

I don't think we're actually having the same argument here. You've got every right to your opinion, I'm just pointing out that it's at odds with the critical consensus, with which I happen to agree. (But that's because I think it's correct in this instance, not simply because it is a consensus, do you see?)

And you're still missing the point about the hype and the froth. You're completely suckered by it. Just because she is surrounded by a lot of the same crap that lesser artists get by on, doesn't make her one of them.

I've been to see her, incidentally. She was an hour late on, but she did perform, and she was really extraordinary. Of course it's Very Bad that she often can't get her shit together (although it doesn't occur as often, or as badly, as the tabs have told you) but I think anyone who's seen her perform at all will value it more in years to come than any number of smoothly executed, identikit, unimpeachably professional gigs by The Whoeverthefucks.

I did see your comparison to Jordan, and it's no more apposite the second time around.

Re: woah there!

Nope. It's not.

@Mike

I'm genuinely baffled by the suggestion that anyone who happens to admire someone or something which has been lauded by others can only possibly be 'following the trend' or 'pwned by the marketing guys'. You do know free will exists, don't you? And why would you have me 'pegged' as the type to do anything in any context? Based on what?

It's rather like suggesting that anyone who criticises another person is 'just jealous'. That is undeniably the case on occasion, or the cliche would never have been born, but it's rather indolent and backward and absurd to take that as your default position every time.

I think you're the one having trouble seeing past the hype and froth and cynical publicity bullshit, not me.

@Steve

Steve, I really must ask that you refrain from making such sweeping and denigrating judgements. It is most unseemly and absolutely without justification.

Oh, and would you like some dry-roasted peanuts with your pint?

Re: Mark Ronson

What's a 'sell-out'? A musician who does stuff for money? It's Bond, it's hardly a Pepsi ad. And even if it were, so what?

In any case, 'You Know My Name' is a great track, and Chris Cornell is hot. So.

Re: @ Sarah Bee

It's called 'debate', you oaf.

Re: @Sarah Bee

Oh Lee, I was all set to justify my perfectly reasonable statements on the basis of my experience in entertainment journalism, cite any number of swiftly-Googleable respected sources who go a lot further in their endorsement, etc. But then I realised you were merely allowing me to have an opinion

>>If you had said she was one of your favourite artists of our generation, or even one of the most distinctive that would be fine.

You are too kind! I wouldn't want to push it beyond that, you might get cross.

And then you said

>>Oh, and in today's music / entertainment industry what you look like is at least as important as what you sound like, surely you are cynical enough to recognise that.

Regardless of the fact that we are talking specifically about a film theme, to be run over an opening sequence and most unlikely to feature the singer's image.

And then there was all that credibility stuff. The last bit, I was totally with you. And I couldn't hope to add anything.

Mwah.

Re: Amble Crackwhore...

Duffy has as about as much soul as you, Lickass.

And what difference does it make what she looks like?

Re: Why is this IT related?

Hello, Giles. Thank you for your question.

This particular story about a film theme is in Odds and Sods >> Entertainment.

That is, it has been filed in the section for odds and sods - specifically, the bit pertaining to entertainment.

There is no IT angle.

This is the part of this website where there is no requirement for an IT angle.

If you would like to read about IT then please repair to the home page where you will find all manner of stories with IT fairly coming out of their ears.

Now, would you like me to scratch your arse for you, or have you got that covered?

Re: @Sarah Bee

I wouldn't deny the importance of Oasis (up to a point) nor the brilliance of Liam as an actual rock star nor their influence (on a lot of really unneccessary and mediocre bands, though), but are these things the only reliable measure of importance? If Oasis are important, does that mean Winehouse can't be? Of course she's important.

Nuts to the Mars Volta, give me Sparta any day. (See, I don't care THAT much about importance. It's all subjective and er, mostly decided by overgrown adolescent boys at the decreasingly influential NME, which no one over 16 has any excuse to read anymore.)

Re: @Sarah Bee

Oh, and I know plenty of people who don't like her, but they can be objective and see that she has talent and worth beyond that talent. The critical consensus is almost total on this one.

Re: God, I hope not...

I bet you're not a pretty picture either, Chris.

I'm going to need so many substances to get through this thread if none of you are going to acknowledge that she's one of the best artists of our generation, regardless of the tabloid mess that any intelligent bean with ears should be able to see past. In fact, I think a trip to the Hawley Arms at lunchtime, followed by a lost afternoon culminating in an alleged assault and a mislaid ballet pump.

You do know that she was the moderator here before she was famous, don't you? It explains EVERYthing.

Re: RE:@By Anonymous Coward: @An AC RE:@ Sarah Bee

Same here.

Re: Sarah Bee

It's in the linked report (page 5). I don't think it's unreasonable to expect people to consider mental illness as a likely factor under the circumstances, rather than flap their arms and go "surely that's murder", whether it's directly mentioned or not. But then I suppose a good arm-flap burns more calories than a moment's thought.

Re: WTF

He's schizophrenic. He's not responsible for his actions in the same way that you and I are, much as you in your ignorance might think he ought to be. Yeah? Hence manslaughter.

Re: What?

You suffer from vitiligo, dervheid? How terrible.

Re: @Sarah Bee

Oh yeah. It's because I haven't had enough Vitamin C lately.

Re: Must. Have...

>>Now please FUCK OFF and stop telling ME what to do with MY LIFE, YOU MAPLE -SYRUP SUPPING BASTARDS!

Oh, that's nice. They just want you to get a bit more Vitamin A, you pasty beast.

Re: Long URLs in comments make reading a pain the arse

Although I should take issue with your use of the word 'automatically'. All your witterings are painstakingly sifted and moderated by trained gibbons in cages i.e. us.

Re: Rose coloured specs of history

There are sites for people like you, Chris.