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Barnet Ape is an anagram of Pete Baran.

My God - I never realised this! And it seemed such an apt monker anyway (he is from Barnet, he is ape-like). How extraordinary!

Nick, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i thought i wouldn't be able to find a profile for swarm but there it was.

ethan, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A good frankenstein stencil for pumpkin carving.

Samantha, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I couldn't find proper information for my report on blacks in the first two decades of the twentieth century in relation to Coalhouse Walker in Ragtime, so I had to go use BOOKS. !

Maria, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I just can't find any pictures of Gunter Netzer when playing for Real Madrid. Although plenty from his Borussia Monchengladbach period. :( They should pass a law that every footie club on its official webpage has teamphoto's of every season, hell plus portraits of every player who ever played for them. Ah one can dream.

Also moving pictures (say Real Video) of Mazinger Z are unfindable.

Omar, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Re Sam and his quest for Embassy Row tab: I'm fairly sure this was on the magnificent Through The Woods (Everything Paved) page which disappeared about a year ago and has recently returned at http://www.deerspotters.com/pavement/, but there seems to be a server problem there right now. Sigh. I hope it gets sorted, because it was a fine site.

In the meantime, it's part of the zip file of Pavement tabs you can get here (click on "All Pavement Tabs!!"), though it doesn't seem to be available separately. It's only an 84k zip file, so it won't take long to download, but if you'd rather not get the whole zip then let me know and I'll send you the individual file.

Rebecca, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The infamous library regulations at a very well-known private school once frequented by a certain contributor to this forum, which haven't been available for universal ridicule and worry about their implications for at least a year.

Also, from what I've seen, full details of exactly which seats changed hands in UK general elections up to 1970, though I might just not have looked hard enough.

Robin Carmody, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Whilst it's not a transcript, you can hear a copy of the Troggs tapes at http://www2.bitstream.net/tgg/index.html

Stephen, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

THe lyrics for "Miss Money Jane" by Kardinal Offishall. The second line in the chorus.

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh yes. What I can't find on the internet = information about reggae artist Ras Ibuna, and what else he's done besides the magnificent Diverse Doctrine + version 7" on Grove records, which I already have. There's a handful of shops selling that and that's about it, as far as I can find. If anyone knows anything else about Ras Ibuna, get in touch, I'd be grateful for the info.

In fact, information on 60s-70s ska and reggae seems to be pretty sparse in general, sadly. I also can't find mp3s of a couple of dancehall tracks I'm looking for, but I should probably stop being a cheapskate and buy them, except I have no idea where I'd buy them.

I'm having one of my intermittent reggae obsessions, as you can probably tell...

Rebecca, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A website with info on Cartoon Sushi.

palpable, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Do you mean the legendary Sushi Seals?

RickyT, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cos there's loads of stuff if you google for them

Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

pornography starring people I know.

hans, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I can't find the email addresses of several former friends who I'd like to try to contact, what is that about?

Ally, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I can't find loads of slanderous but humorous ancedotes about my guy's ex. What's up with that ?!?!?

Sam-at-home, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rebecca - there maybe info on Ras Ibuna on the sleeve for Rodigans Roots and Culture Vol 1 - will check tonight. he also did a track called 'Want to Know'. i imagine the rest of their work was under other names - pretty unlikely for any Jamaican artist to just record 2 sides

m jemmeson, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rebecca (again) - if you're in London then i recommend Dub Vendor (branches in Ladbroke Grove and S.London, either Brixton or Clapham, I can't remember), Sounds of the Universe (Ingestre Place, nr Selectadisc), and Daddy Kool (downstairs from second hand shop, Berwick St). Daddy Kool aren't as helpful though, and won't play tracks for you, but have a big stock if you know what you want. you're talking Jamaican 7"s for dancehall (between 2.50 and 4.00 each), except for the occasional albums (e.g. Sizzla, Mr Vegas) or the Greensleeves 'riddim' albums (10 tracks all on the same rhythm)

downstairs at Ray's Jazz Shop (Covent Garden) has plenty of 7" represses of JA stuff, and a turntable to listen on

m jemmeson, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Steady Mike has a point. Lots of Euro info is there, but less League - I think. How about Manchester United's 10-ame run c. late 1985 - does the record stop at game 11?

I can't find a resolution for the www contradiction between Lloyd Cole, on the Lloyd site, saying he loves Robert Quine and they're going for NYC Chinese food next week, and Quine, on the Quine site, saying, "Lloyd Cole just wants to make MOR records for the commercial radio" etc.

Most importantly, I can't find 'Ask And He'll Answer' Nicky D answering my question of a while back, namely: why are there two different versions of the Magnetic Fields' GET LOST LP?

the pinefox, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yay! Thank you m jemmeson. I am not in London but I'm just about close enough to go shopping there one afternoon (transport between nearest city and London = cheap, fast and easy, 24 hours a day; transport along the 18 miles of A-road from here to nearest city and back = overpriced, slow and complicated, and stops at 6pm, sigh). I'll try to get to some of the shops you mention at some point.

Do you have to go and buy tracks while they're still reasonably new, or is there a fair bit of back stock? And are the Greensleeves riddim compilations mixed or do they feature full-length tracks? I'm mainly looking for "Money To Burn" (don't know who this is by but it rocks) and Mr Easy's "Crazy", both of which are based on the Buy Out riddim, but I'd be interested in any other Buy Out tracks or, well, anything, really. (Cue lots of dancehall connoisseurs laughing at me - as you can see, I don't really know what I'm talking about at all. I feel far too white and middle-class to say "riddim", as well, but it seems fairly unavoidable.)

Anyway, thanks very much for your help, much appreciated, you rock. And an excuse for a record-shopping trip to the Berwick Street area is always appreciated, even if I haven't dared venture into the non- indie shops before :)

Rebecca, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not Sushi Seals, but an Liquid Television-like MTV show that was around a few years back. More specifically, I want some information about where I can get the episodes. :)

palpable, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

photos of Josh Randall

anthony, Friday, 19 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the real story of Retsina.

[email protected], Friday, 19 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...
what can't you find on the internet?

cozen¡ (Cozen), Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)

The inertnet seems to lack a Canadian English Dictionary.

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

they speak English in Canada?

(sorry) :-)

Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:47 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't find more information about that braxe&falke/dj deon soundclash

stevem (blueski), Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Well they sure don't speak Parisian French.

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

There seems to be nowhere on the Net where I can buy viagra or find out anything about Paris Hilton. I suspect a conspiracy....

Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 3 January 2004 08:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Sleater-Kinney slash fiction.

Really, I was amazed!

I needed some for the inlay of a mix CD I was making for a friend, but I couldn't find any. Had to use some generic girl-girl stuff and change the names.

It must be out there somewhere surely!?!

mei (mei), Saturday, 3 January 2004 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

here's what i *did* find--funniest craigslist ad ever:

losangeles.craigslist.org > tv video radio jobs > Is your name Todd? Do you know a Todd?
last modified: Fri, 2 Jan 11:27

Is your name Todd? Do you know a Todd?
Reply to: [email protected]
Date: 2004-01-02, 11:20AM

Do you have what it takes to star in your very own reality TV show? Are you outgoing, exciting and vaguely attractive? Most importantly: Is your name Todd? Is your middle name Todd? Is your last name Todd? Do you know someone named Todd?

FX is looking for the next “Todd” for their new series Todd TV: The reality show where the viewing audience is directly responsible for every important decision in Todd's life.

If you think you have what it takes, or if you can recommend a Todd, please contact us as soon as possible!

IMPORTANT: You must be able to interview in the LA area. YOU OR THE PERSON YOU ARE SUGGESTING MUST BE NAMED TODD.

Please send your contact information (Name and Phone Number) to:

[email protected]



Compensation: TBD (range: $1,000.00 to $2,000.00)
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
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this is in or around Los Angeles

Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 3 January 2004 09:59 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

I'm desperate for a well made gingerbread man toy, all I can find are home made Shrek rip offs on ebay :(

*rumpie*, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

http://stuffedlegends.com/gingerbreaddg.htm

Jaq, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

I love you Jaq

*rumpie*, Thursday, 18 October 2007 07:16 (eighteen years ago)

Trying to find the name of a BBC TV series on photography which was broadcast about ten years ago. USP was it looked into the stories behind particular historic photographs e.g Hindenburg disaster, Kim Phuc Vietnam photo interveiwing the photographers,participants and witnesses.

Billy Dods, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 11:54 (eighteen years ago)

The British television version of The Owl Service.

Melissa W, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 12:03 (eighteen years ago)

I really want to know why Donald Tusk has such a ridiculous, un-Polish name, but the internet will not help me (in English, anyway).

Also, I can't find that Nazi propaganda poster of the Jewish octopus controlling the world (the head is a dollar sign centred on New York, and in a neat touch the tentacle stretching to the Philippines has been severed by a samurai sword).

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 12:21 (eighteen years ago)

A Chinese communist propaganda poster I saw in the Tate once called "The Nightmare of Future War" which was either the inspiration for the opening scenes of Terminator, or a startling coincidence. Or a fake. There was a futuristic warplane that really was similar to the ones in the film, searchlights and flak, and the ground was a sea of skulls.

ledge, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 12:31 (eighteen years ago)

i was wondering about donald tusk too! apparently the donald comes from an englishman his grandma fell in love with (it was his dad's name too) but i got no leads on tusk. of scandinavian origin i suppose? pronounced toosk anyhow.

r|t|c, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

I MET A MAN NAMED ADMIRAL LINgbert and i cannot find him on the internet

chaki, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

size 9.5 red mary janes

sunny successor, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

An mp3 of the song playing in the background of the scene in Jurassic Park where Dodgson meets Nedry at the outdoor cafe and gives him the shaving cream can for smuggling embryos.

Kerm, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

The interview with Neil Tennant from Attitude magazine in 93/94 where he came out. You'd think it'd be everywhere. There's 100s of other articles about him.

pisces, Thursday, 25 October 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)

The song that plays during the trailer that used to run at the start of every manga anime dvd (or perhaps still does)

Slumpman, Thursday, 25 October 2007 14:39 (eighteen years ago)

the Nescafe top 50 all time student albums published in 1987. Sounds magazine reported on it.

djmartian, Thursday, 25 October 2007 15:01 (eighteen years ago)

five months pass...

an ilx thread about new ghost towns in places like sacramento where office parks went up but never got inhabited

J0hn D., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:22 (eighteen years ago)

new ghost towns in places like sacramento where office parks went up but never got inhabited

sounds like my wife's vagina.

wait, WHAT?!!

dell, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:24 (eighteen years ago)

a reasonable price for the "Breakin'" OST from a reputable merchant

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:27 (eighteen years ago)

A way to find out what the song in your head is when you don't know the words, only the tune.
"Boyz Unlimited", sitcom by Matt Lucas and probably David Walliams which I vaguely remember being funny.

Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 22:59 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

Um, I can't find that thread that is "This is the thread where we get people to dig up stuff on ILX that we can't find"

Ironic I know.

Specifically, I'm looking for the links to that awful music device where you put your hand infront of light beams while some horrible general midi tunes play.

S-, Friday, 13 June 2008 05:39 (seventeen years ago)

Curse the unnamed Sebastianite and his neglect to name the label!

a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 25 March 2026 20:57 (two months ago)

the Dutton Vocalion label?

https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/products.php?cat=373

Mollusk, Virginia (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 25 March 2026 21:01 (two months ago)

There was definitely jazz in Britian in the 1920s. Ray Noble and Al Bowlly being the two biggest names maybe? This might be a place to start

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_dance_band

But there are dozens of compilations you could pick through for this kind of music. Another tip might be asking ilxor Camaraderie at Arms Length

Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio, Wednesday, 25 March 2026 21:10 (two months ago)

maybe you could dm one of the non-murdoch members of b&s?

corrs unplugged, Thursday, 26 March 2026 08:44 (two months ago)

Oh yeah, the names Ray Noble and Al Bowlly do ring bells. Embarassing that I read the Bob Stanley book in recent memory and already have my timeline messed up like that.

Wonder what 2006 me was on about re: alphabetical order.

a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 26 March 2026 10:11 (two months ago)

afraid I'm not sure which label it could be, there was a big dance band scene in 20s London after ODJB & others toured, and the trad jazz scene always retained that novelty jazz feel, though the dance bands adapted to a lighter feel once they got gigs on BBC radio. Noble and Bowlly are 1930s figures rather than 1920s really and belong to this latter era. My favourite compilation of the 20s novelty stuff is The Pig's Big 78s though there's plenty of other stuff on there too. There's a Roots Of The Bonzos compilation that gives you a good selection too.

for B&S, the one you can chat to easily online is Chris IME.

Francis Fuck Coprolalia (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 March 2026 10:27 (two months ago)

I have this "Whittard Tea Dance" collection for some reason

https://www.discogs.com/release/8198069-Various-Tea-Dance

And while I don't need this music all the time, there are some bangers. And novelties.

calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 March 2026 10:43 (two months ago)

two weeks pass...

mainly i knokw dance band music because it's what "everyehwere at the end of time" was built from

Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 14 April 2026 21:04 (one month ago)

two weeks pass...

bin laden giving thumbs up cartoon

z_tbd, Tuesday, 28 April 2026 22:01 (one month ago)

From upthread... original cartoon linked a few posts down.

Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 28 April 2026 23:48 (one month ago)

thanking you!

i swear i used to be able to just type in “bin laden thumbs up” and find it on the internet, but these days

z_tbd, Wednesday, 29 April 2026 00:13 (one month ago)

two weeks pass...

I once read (or listened to) a really good article (or podcast) about how people with authoritarian leanings in their home life have usually have the same attitude towards politics, importance of discipline and following a strong leader over fairness & justice, etc. I have found the general theory but am looking for something digestible to share with people. Does anyone have an idea what I'm thinking of?

sonic catterdales (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 18 May 2026 14:41 (three weeks ago)

It wasn't this, was it? “No, I’m not a king,” our president said. “I-- I get-- I-- I don’t laugh": American Politics, May 2026

mick signals, Monday, 18 May 2026 17:03 (three weeks ago)

I feel like I once read a good Guardian feature on this, but I can't find it now. This kind of thing?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201702/childrearing-beliefs-were-best-predictor-trump-support/amp

Alba, Monday, 18 May 2026 19:30 (three weeks ago)

is anyone else unable to access wordreference.com? i tried a few different browsers and also from the wifi at the library vs. home, as well as a friend's computer :(

not sure what i would do without this site tbh

Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio, Thursday, 21 May 2026 01:10 (three weeks ago)

working for me.

there are sites that'll check things like this:
https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/wordreference.com

koogs, Thursday, 21 May 2026 01:50 (three weeks ago)

i did see that!

hmm, did you try searching for a word? the homepage loads for me but nothing else

Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio, Thursday, 21 May 2026 02:05 (three weeks ago)

There was a video that used to crack me up, I probably came across it on the Ween Forum. I think it’s a POV video of someone cooking but it’s grotesque: slapping sloppy things on a plate, throwing the plate in the corner, throwing things at the pile of food in the corner.

I tried searching for it a while back and didn’t know where to start

Cow_Art, Thursday, 21 May 2026 02:12 (three weeks ago)

xp searching for a word is working for me... but on a couple of times recently i've noticed that site not working properly, though it was only briefly.

Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 21 May 2026 05:29 (three weeks ago)

finally working for me again! dieu merci!

Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio, Friday, 22 May 2026 00:32 (two weeks ago)


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