Thought I'd share since there's a lot of Blur fans on here. They're playing at this Coachella Music Festival thingy out in California at the end of April.

http://www.goldenvoice.com/coachella/

hmm...that could be interesting, depending on how well i like the new album...but california is so very far away

I wish I could see Blur before I die.

indeed it is.......i'm intrigued by the new blur album.....can't wait to hear it.

random blur news:

http://nme.com/news/104325.htm

is it just me or do emo kids dress just like graham coxen? the big hooded sweatshirts? the horn-rimmed glasses? the dour slouch? c'mon!

hmm...that is very true. i might also add that many football houligans dress like damon...he looks so shady these days.

Have you ever played the video game called "Hooligans"? Basically, you control a gang of football fans. Your job is to get them drunk and have them rage all over Europe, destroying the fans of rival teams. There's nothing like having a big, fat, drunk Euro-trash guy throw bricks at an innocent by-stander.

wow...i have to say that a game like that would suit me nicely. soccer, beer, and houliganism...it sounds like a winner.

wow, lawnwrangler. that was a very astute observation. graham is quite the "emo" fashion plate.......

this thread has inspired me to pop in parklife...aaah...badhead is soooo good...head...

ray davies, you're a posting bastard. any goal in mind?

not really, just bored.....

and yes, "Parklife" is fucking great. I love that album. Damn you damon for taking it to your workplace.....

gotta stay entertained somehow

i just realized how much i like "Trouble in the Message Center"...

damon does look rather shady these days......im expecting any day to go to nme.com and see the headline: "Damon Albarn gets a gold grill".

he looks like a david beckham, before posh spice started dressing him.

On what platform can you find this game Tom? It sounds like fun. It also sounds like a good drinking game, try and keep with the hooligans!

I played it on the PC. I don't think it was ever released for any of the consoles. You can probably find it on Gnutella/Kaaza/eDonkey.

One of the best missions is the one where you have to attack a bus full of rival football players with gasoline bombs. AWESOME!

Note: TheFeatures(.com) does not support, endorse, or recommend that you pirate software. Tom Foolery, on the other hand, thinks it's a great way to pass the time.

this topic is largely responsible for me listening to Not-Oasis the last few days.

OK, I don't know, is this funny? Switching B-L-U-R to "Not-Oasis"? I was waiting for someone to actually type in B-L-U-R again, took an awfully long time in a topic about the very band, and now that I see it I'm not sure if it's amusing me. Oh well, carry on.

(Edited by BrianW at 2:56 pm on Mar. 4, 2003)

I find it amusing that damon, of all people, would confess to listening to someone who is not Oasis.

Ok, so now this has become amusing. I didn't think of the significance of Damon happening to be the first to post the banned word. Cool. Must think of a new word to ban and change into something else.

Oh man, I came up with a whole bunch of ideas on this one the other night, but I can't remember a damn one. I guess I was drinking too much. In fact the whole night is a Not-Oasis.

heh heh. i would have never noticed the banned word had you not pointed it out, brianw. that sentence seems rather natural coming from damon.

personally, i think it's funny when you ban words. others, however, may think you're just being a kitty(!).

hey, wait a minute....

haha...now that i'm back from class, i can see your work, and it is good. i fidn it to be quite amusing...although ti can be confusing anyways, with me being a huge oasis fan and using the name of the lead singer of Not-Oasis...

Not-Oasis

just testing.

That's great. Did you do anything to 'Fuck' yet?

nope.

(Edited by mike_D at 6:43 pm on Mar. 4, 2003)

poor damon.....he's easily fooled.

Not-Oasis (just checking)

well, at least we know that damon won't have gorillaz to distract him...with 3-D (also of massive attack) facing child porn charges...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-20031...3101246,00.html

enough of that nonsense. lets have some blur.

why did they refer to them as a "dance group" in that article?

Damon, your signature is probably my favorite of their songs. Don't guess we'll ever hear that kind of stuff again.

glad to bring back good blur memories.

feel free to strum along...

(Edited by damon at 10:27 pm on Mar. 5, 2003)

Well, I can only hum along, those chords go way past my open/barre chord knowledge.

I think it's interesting, damon, that you put the chords with the lyrics, since the album from which "Magic America" came did not have chords with the lyrics (or any lyrics at all, for that matter!) in the album sleeve, while the album before and the album after did have chords in the sleeve. I always liked that about Blur - they were not afraid in the least to be camp as hell. It's like: we're a songbook! My, how attitudes and philosophies have changed in that camp!

Anyhoo, do you play guitar?

why yes, i do. not as much these days, but i still like to play. i usually prefer to play lead, but lately i find myself breaking into "circus" and random blur tunes.