Right, I did it. I ordered a copy of "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains"

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I guess it's way too sweary for Alice's ears, but hey it's a movie and it has various Clash and Sex Pistols and Ray Winston acting in it.

So I sit and wait for now.

What about youse? Seen it?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

HOW?!?!? From where? I thought it was out of print! Or did you get one of those dodgy bootlegs off the telly?

― Insert Clever Screen Name Here (kate), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:37 (nineteen years ago)

I asked the telly but he said he didn't supply DVDs, he just showed films and I'd have to be there or else forget it.

So I went to e-bay.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:39 (nineteen years ago)

anyway, something else we spoke of recently...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRIVILEGE-RARE-1967-PAUL-JONES-JEAN-SHRIMPTON-DVD_W0QQitemZ9148656642QQihZ011QQcategoryZ617QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:40 (nineteen years ago)

No, I mean, was it recorded off the telly? Because it'll have all those USA Up All Night FLight adverts interspliced through it.

― Insert Clever Screen Name Here (kate), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:41 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I don't know. It said "25th anniversary special edition" on the box for it, so who knows.

It's nice, old e-bay, as this is the sort of thing you'd end up paying too much down Camden for, back in the day.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 08:43 (nineteen years ago)

Don't forget Fee Waybill of the Tubes!!!

Be prepared to be otherwise underwhelmed.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 10:20 (nineteen years ago)

Righto, I'm prepared and righto.

Did you see this month's mojo? (Obvious reason)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 10:22 (nineteen years ago)

Right, I have now seen it.

I don't think I've ever seen a film where the first half (pretty damn good) suddenly nose dives into pretty damn awful so sharply.

The acting is generally good by the people in the bands (Steve Jones could certainly have done acting 'himself' full time, in comparison to the Ramones' acting in R&RHighSchool), but the story suddenly loses it when it tries to 'support' the kids in a 'going for it' sense. Why a whole audience should suddenly go "gosh, I did spend all my money on merchandise like the support band said, let's riot against the band we love" cringe.

The ending actually did sort of make sense. Ray Winstone's character did stress that all they needed was more practice and concentration, which resulted in the 'MTV video' version at the end suggesting some sort of success.

Possibly so much of it looks bad, because so much of it seems right, at the same time. A real curate's egg, in other words.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 30 June 2006 06:59 (nineteen years ago)

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