One Team In Keynsham

58 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Timer since 4.45pm Oct 28th 2000.

Perfect. Thanks SJ.

Can someone please remind me of the date when they were last above us in the league?

4 hours ago, havanatopia said:

Remember the film 'Never Let Me Go' ? I always wanted to see it simply because it had a scene on Clevedon beach and the Pier. The rest of it, while well acted and starring Keira Knightly and Charlotte Rampling, I found dark and disturbing. Norwich has long been a creative centre where such productions began their life.

What makes a city a literary giant? According to Unesco, it takes a rare and rarified combination of editorial initiatives and educational programmes, lashings of libraries, bookstores and cultural centres, plus a vibrant literary event scene. In short, it’s the extent to which literature plays an integral role in the urban environment and the only two cities in England to have earned the status so far are Norwich in 2012 and Nottingham in 2015. There are 20 currently around the world. Why is it that we seem to have a plethora of 'best city for this', 'world cultural capital for that', 'city with the best theatres' etc? The more 'lists' there are the more diluted the reading experience. I find it all rather tedious and a sort of 'dumming down' of things to read about. Is it partly because lists are easier to digest when there is an inxorable move toward on line reading over print? I think so. I am completely and utterly bored and I am sure, also, are most of you.

Real authors like Malcolm Bradbury do interest me though and he started a degree course at the University of East Anglia at Norwich called an MA in Creative Writing. From that course some of the best modern day writings have emerged in print and on our screens. Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro took that course and became superb writers and novelists in their own right. Among many well known novels Ishiguro wrote such as 'The Remains of the Day' , in 1989, which went on to become award winning films with an all star cast including Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson with screenplay by Harold Pinter. Ishiguro, born in Japan but raised in the UK also wrote that disturbing novel 'Never Let Me Go' . It was positively received and a master of writing. McEwan is well known for writing 'Atonement', also adapted for the big screen and again starring Kinghtly, as well as Enduring Love with Daniel Craig and Bill Nighy. Both authors have been highly decorated in their careers to date. Malcolm Bradbury, who passed away in Norwich in 2000 at the tender age of 68 was not a prolific novelist but he left an indelible mark on the literary world not least because of his course at the UEA in Norwich. He published Possibilities: Essays on the State of the Novel in 1973, The History Man in 1975, Who Do You Think You Are? in 1976, Rates of Exchange in 1983 and Cuts: A Very Short Novel in 1987. Some of his works made it to the big screen as well as adaptations for TV the most famous of which was The History Man which was broadcast by the BBC as a four-part serial in 1981. It starred Antony Sher as Howard Kirk and Geraldine James as his wife Barbara; Isla Blair played Flora Beniform. Exteriors for the series were shot at the University of Lancaster and in Bristol.

This was the cover for his book 'The History Man'. It shows a dog buried up to its neck in an unidentifiable mass. It was painted by Francisco Goya between 1820 and 1823 directly on to the wall of his house. The dog is gazing upward perhaps in awe, waiting for the right moment, or wishing he could scale the height but can't. Sometimes City fans must feel that way; usually being thwarted, time and again, in our desire to reach greater success. The painting, part of Goya's 'dark period' after suffering two life threatening illnesses, was never meant for public display but today sits in The Prado Museum in Madrid as one of 14 he originally painted on the walls of Quinta del Sordo, his last home. 

Manuel Mena, Curator at the Prado, claimed: "There is not a single contemporary painter in the world that does not pray in front of The Dog" so named was the painting by the museum. It was revered by the likes of Picasso and Miró and Rafael Canogar referred to it as a "visual poem" and cited it as the first Symbolist painting of the Western world. Spanish painter Antonio Saura thought The Dog "the world's most beautiful picture". 

Nobody appreciates something that comes easy as much as something achieved through toil and sweat. I too appreciate that 'image' of this dog, of 'the dog'. It seems to encapsulate life in general. At times the 'unidentifiable mass' that the dog is engulfed in might seem like quick sand where one feels the sensation of drowning and helplessness and, at others, perhaps water that one can wade through with relative ease. Either way one should never expect life to be impossible or easy. But the dog seems transfixed and determined. I think that is what is so compelling with this painting and I like to think this is how City are this season. Nothing is going to stop them looking forward, working hard, taking the plaudits, enjoying it and just repeating it week in and week out. 

Have a closer look.

Bit like Noble after he scored that goal against Palace in the semi final of the play offs; I remember an image of him looking up. 

Whoever goes to Norwich today deserves a medal. 480 miles round trip. That is some commitment and some cost. Well done all of you and have a great day. Bring back the 3 points.

 

 

 

No mention of Nicholas Parsons, Peter Fenn, or The Quiz of The Week. What a let down.

On 09/09/2017 at 04:49, Septic Peg said:

Morning all.

Glad you and others are safe @havanatopia. Hope it turns outwards back to sea to stop further destruction.

 

Reading 2-1. But hope the City boys and girls make a huge amount of noise in the quietest stadium in the UK.

 

Edit: I know @One Team In Keynsham is out near Cuba so hope him and his family are safe too.

Just spotted this Peg, thank you for your thoughts.

I was listening to TMS earlier today at work: had to turn it off but at that point Amla and du Plessis were anchored heading towards tea and I figured we had blown a chance. Just logged back on and I see I missed another corking finish.

1 hour ago, slartibartfast said:

Different Drum......The Stone Ponys

 

written by Mike Nesmith  (see what I did there ?)

She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses.

Take your pick on which connection.

My first trip to Ewood was to see Chelsea play, with a friend from uni. On the bus from the station we saw a shop that had the simple, yet effective, storefront sign "I buy owt", with the translation for actual English speakers, "I buy anything" in small print below.

Worked with a lad from Blackburn: he drew a number 9 and wrote SHEARER on his dog's back with a permanent marker.

2 hours ago, Renaissance Dolman said:

Winter's Youth (Two Gallants)

When You're Young - The Jam

12 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

When A Man Needs A Woman....Percy Sledge

I Need You (For Someone) - The Jam

2 hours ago, Masala said:

Modern man - Arcade Fire

Man In The Corner Shop - The Jam

Just now, One Team In Keynsham said:

News of The World - The Jam

This is the Modern World - The Jam

14 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

All Around The World...The Jam

News of The World - The Jam

2 hours ago, Abingdon_Red said:

Sowing the seeds of love - Tears for fears

Love Vigilantes - New Order

3 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

Crazy Little Thing Called Love....Queen

I Love You More - The Beloved

2 hours ago, Renaissance Dolman said:

MGB GT (Richard Thompson)

From a Vauxhall Velox - Billy Bragg

Does Dave Whelan ever mention he broke a leg in a FA Cup final?

Best way to deal with any Gas on here is the way I deal with Big Brother's posts.  Read them, laugh at them, then ignore them.

Any chance he is just an Arabic Spencer Trethewy?

4 hours ago, CotswoldRed said:

Why do people refer to other people's views as 'agendas'?

Do you have an agenda, or would you say otherwise because you perceive your views to be entirely based on facts?

Just curious.

In the event you are actually curious, I was merely noting the fact that the agenda of attacking a supposed club policy re player age on recruitment is rendered somewhat pointless by evidence to the contrary.

As for me, I am hoping we are getting back to the 5/10 Year Plan of the Scott Davison era, or maybe it was the regime before his:  if I recall it involved winning trophies and getting European football.  Not sure if it involved pillars, but I do remember some glossy brochures that had me sold.

1 hour ago, Monkeh said:

why do people find it so hard to understand that if the right player came along we will sign them regardless of age,

Goldborne for example is 27 kodja was 26,

 

Maybe actual facts don't fit particular agendas?

Cheers for the updates.  Now free to hit refresh every minute on the livescore.com feed.

Stuck in a client meeting all afternoon so have only been keeping one eye on livescore.com

Can someone please summarise the game to date?

Ta.

Text from off-mentioned PNE mate simply said "Worldy..."

Just had a text from a PNE supporting friend, he is worried about the number of away fans who are clearly delayed in traffic on the M6.

Totally off-topic, but still the case that there was nothing wrong the old European Cup format, anyone could draw anyone.  I think the seeds of its demise date back to late 1980s when Real Madrid drew Maradona's Napoli in the 1st round.  I.e. the sort of knock-out affair that would not feasibly occur until at least the quarter-finals nowadays, and then only after each team had banked revenue from at least 4 home ties.