February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Feb 28th
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say for a minute that rangers being shit/going out of business is bad for scottish football. thus, some pundits tell us, the spl will become so bad that inevitably, it will sink to the standard of the league of ireland and thus become a laughing stock throughout europe. say that this is true. several facts then rear their head: the league of ireland is technically more competitive than the spl,...
Feb 27th
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Feb 24th
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wrote lyrics in one sitting for new japanese war effort track. turns out if you resort to lyrical cliches, it gets the job done right fast.
Feb 23rd
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are the brits finished yet? can i go back on...
Feb 21st
Feb 21st
a collection of bizarre and amusing images found... →
i find it hard to believe that all of these are real, but there are some amazing shots in there..
Feb 20th
monday morning trawl through the weekends football highlights, featuring the spl, the bundesliga, and barcelona, soundtracked by ben butler and some strong coffee. rangers really are terrible - quite outplayed by kilmarnock at ibrox. really fancy us getting a result against them next week if they play like that.  why doesn’t lennon partner stokes with hooper every week? schalke are great...
Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
so, all these articles that have been like “oh, the really embarrassing thing for scottish football is that despite being docked ten points for going into administration, rangers are still comfortably clear of third placed motherwell”. not so any more. motherwell are six points behind rangers with a game in hand, and on a patch of great form, the complete contrast to rangers...
Feb 18th
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Feb 17th
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the japanese war effort - sounds of the costa del... →
demo of a new track. available as part of the ticket package for my next show in edinburgh, on the 7th of april.
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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YUSSSS XIU XIU IN GLASGOW.
now, who in gods name will i get to go with me? everyone i know who likes xiu xiu is a wanker..
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
i love many things about alex ferguson, but i hate... →
Feb 15th
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“We have seen this week exactly how much the club is hated”
– alex anderson, rangers-fan-in-chief at when saturday comes magazine, assesses a wonderful few days.
Feb 15th
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WINTER IS OVER BITCHES
cus i am sick of wearing my winter jacket and not looking fly, and i cus say so.
Feb 14th
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i love football.
love football, love football, love football. i was going to do some recording this afternoon, but i need a bit more time to laugh at rangers on the internet.
Feb 13th
chick young hunts for a song for inverness... →
i was born to do this. EDIT: anyway fuck chick young, he doesn’t even know the words to “a bridge and a castle” - and everyone loves that song. i’m going to write a song called bridge and a castle.
Feb 12th
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Feb 12th
the japanese war effort tracklists an album long...
1. malkied, or a soiled fiver from the fist of a junkie 2. sad ferric carpark man 3. sun bear 4. horrific fake glasses death 5. welcome to halfway 6. sir james savile should not have outlived my generation 7. how to extinguish the english [working title] 8. jay kural SXSW buzz sometimes it’s just good to know what yr aiming toward.
Feb 11th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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dave richards of the english fa
“I don’t want to pretend we’ve got plans in hand that we haven’t got, but believe me, we will be moving fast to get our ducks in the right row here,” continued the man who seconds earlier had suggested Capello struggled to communicate in English
Feb 9th
some thoughts on the england job.
- appoint a black manager and see if he makes john terry captain. - appoint a german, because england fans aren’t racist. - appoint guus hiddink, because that would be far too sensible an option for the english fa, fans and press to go for, despite his excellent track record in world cups with often average teams.
Feb 9th
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