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Of gigs I regret missing, this was near the very top. I was desperate to get a ticket but couldn't. I also regret missing Echo and the Bunnymen at the Empire - I chose to watch a dreadful Jesus and Mary Chain at Royal Court as I could only afford one or the other. The last I would add would be AC/DC in about 92 when they played Donnington. I had to work, and didn't ask for the day off as I thought the band were probably past it anyway... What an idiot.

Severina absolutely soared that night! All of those Goth women doing the finger/arm wave - magical. Someone else mentioned the Housemartins at the Royal Court. Again, I will remember Over There forever. A brilliant gig that, but that song with the audience energy was unreal. First gig: Clannad, Southport. The advert said "with Special Guest" and as a stupid teenager, I thought it meant Bono would join them on stage to sing In a Lifetime. Like Bono would sit backstage in a theatre in Southport and wait for his big moment. Like he would every night for a two-week tour of backwater venues across the north of England... First proper gig: The Icicle Works, Liverpool Uni. Secret gig, maybe as I can't find any trace of it. It was 1985, I think. Best gig: I like seeing upcoming bands at small venues before they take off (Stone Roses, Legends, Warrington etc). So I loved Back to the Planet, St Helens Citadel - they should have been huge. What a band; totally won over a quite hostile and sedate audience - everybody was dancing. Best concert*: Pixies at Old Trafford / The Boss at Sheffield Utd / Bowie at Man City / U2 at Roundhey Park. McCartney at Glastonbury. Worst: Happy Mondays at Glastonbury - the wind blew the sound away. Butthole Surfers at Reading Festival - just terrifying and made me physically sick. * gigs and concerts are slightly different, so I hope you will give leeway.

"Denied". Love it, Paul!

She's from a background of poverty and abuse (likely caused by poverty) and the Conservative Party "really speak to her". Obviously, I'm amongst the people who can't understand that position, but I am interested in how she got there - thinking that a Party that has overseen a period of time that has demonstrably seen massive increases in numbers of children living in poverty. I mean the posh woman who went straight to the nonsensical point that "the Tories have banned distracting mobile phones in schools" is thick and doesn't understand stuff, but I'm guessing she's from the demographic that will always vote tory not matter what. So in that sense, it's like a football team - you just support them and always will. But the blue woman is just such an unfathomable entity for me. Maybe their shiny 80s imagery and "aspirational" narrative hooked her in. Especially as she clearly needed "hope" when things were as dire as they sound. I think I've answered my own question. Anyway, she needs to take the next step and see that it's all "aspiration" and no substance. That it was most probably the tories that caused her childhood poverty, and that the tories continue to peddle policies that kill people like her. And they don't care.

Don't worry - since the early 1970s Liverpool hadn't gone more than three seasons without winning the title, so if history is any guide, we would win it in the 93/94 season. Keep watching and enjoy!

"You wasted your money there you soft cunts, just like your club has been doing." Garnacho is better at managing overheads than the Everton Board are... *pinched off blue Twitter.

"He fair fizzed it in!" I liked it today. Peter Jones was the king, though, as somebody pointed out earlier.

I listened to that Neville podcast yesterday. I have to say I do like him. I do find his earnest assessments a little jarring as he pretends he is more knowledgeable about everything than he actually is, but on the whole I prefer having him than not. But he said in the podcast that the Premier League was finished because it couldn't control the clubs. These clubs were finding ways of cheating and doing what they want without being punished. He then said that it was outrageous and over the top to punish Everton 10 points for cheating and doing what they want. I could only shake my head.

My wife loves Klopp. And Thiago. Maybe Thiago should have been in the best looking conversation. The fact that he doesn't play for Liverpool any more may have disqualified him.

I can't be the only one who called him that for the first few months he was at Liverpool? We were little kids and my mate told me, "Liverpool have signed Alan Handsome from Scotland." We thought he had a stupid name and would be rubbish. It must have been months between him signing and playing, because when I saw his name in the programme I knew we had been saying it wrong. I was then able to correct my gang. Yes, we were mates and there was about 7 of us. So we were a gang. Ah, the 1970s...

Haha! I was literally laughing out loud. It was brilliant. I was wondering if Dave would pitch it at the bottom end - replacing Jimmy Carter or Steve Harkness, someone like that - or go big at the top end. Oh he went big alright. “Me and Michael….” And then, maybe thinking that he’d perhaps sold himself a little short, decided to throw in the hand grenade of comparing himself to Kenny! Love it, Dave! A fantastic listen. Well done to all!

It really is amazing that we've somehow crept to this position. This is why you get things written down in an agreed constitution from the very beginning. It should have been written in Section A (80 B ii) that "No referee should officiate a club located within ...." or whatever.* If it's not done, you end up where we are by stealth. So now, the standardised response to any question around this issue would be "Are you questioning the integrity of these professionals?" * I haven't taken into account the fact that under the current refereeing roster, Manchester United and Manchester City would end up with a rotation of about two refs for a whole season.

A group of Sixth Formers who are desperate to lose their virginity as they navigate the challenges of modern adolescence whilst being assassinated by a chillingly calm and surprisingly appealing Aussie bloke. EDIT: Always quote the post you're answering, softlad. Sorry, clog.

Haha! Toshack, Usher, 1-0....? I'll look forward to it. Cheers, Chris.

I have. And Bitter Lake is also on iPlayer. Lots of Curtis' other stuff is on YouTube, too. Commentary without opinion, unrelated montages of stock footage, great songs... He is an auteur.

Spot on.

I have sat through it three times. Just when I grasp it, another bit throws me off...! But as a taster for the uninitiated, two short excerpts: "Shapeshifting" an excerpt from HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis Dream Baby Dream (Suicide) in Hypernormalisation

I hope the lollypop lady outside their school is better than the useless one we had as a kid.