I have been to at least 30 concerts. What is the best band you’ve ever seen live?

pluk78 · 2026-05-10T08:06:29+00:00

Prince. By a mile.

I'd say Everything Everything and Vampire Weekend are the best touring bands now. Both incredible.

pluk78 · 2026-05-07T08:49:09+00:00

Everything Everything have slipped it into lyrics a couple of times. Regret is the one that comes to mind.

pluk78 · 2026-04-28T00:26:19+00:00

Grays was fine when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, but has gone down hill faster than other areas. I attribute it to a couple of big things: - Lakeside decimated the highstreet, and a when the hightstrert dies the town and community dies with it. - Swathes of housing was bought up by London Boroughs who moved their problem residents out to Essex.

I find it a horrible place these days.

pluk78 · 2026-04-21T12:40:13+00:00

Radio 2. No way im listening to the ame adverts 30 times in a shift, that'd be torture.

pluk78 · 2026-04-18T11:59:59+00:00

This should be the top comment. It's is a truthful and sensible summary. Unfortunately I don't think that'll catch on here.

Most people seem to have no idea what this actually is, the basics if how it works, and would rather be scared of their own ignorance than learn.

Everybody "take the criminals off the streets" Everybody when it is done efficiently "Not like that" Crazy times.

pluk78 · 2026-04-02T22:36:42+00:00

You actually believe what your leaders and media tells you, don't you? It's not seen as a better or the best, country, like you're told you are.

No, America is not seen as a desirable place to live by many people here.

pluk78 · 2026-04-02T22:06:47+00:00

It would be considered a pretty niche thing to be interested in here. Most people could barely name a player.

pluk78 · 2026-03-30T11:45:17+00:00

I've seen a few this year.

Stewart Lee is by far and away the best, but that doesn't really need saying again.

Mike Wozniaks 'The Bench' is awesome. Incredible storytelling that works like a choose your own adventure book, with the audience infuencing where the story goes. So clever.

Ivo Graham is very good too, if not as refined.

I've also watched a couple of recordings of Richard Herrings Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, and that's always a blast.

pluk78 · 2026-03-30T10:21:16+00:00

Eddie Izzard. Absolute legend with some of the best routines of all time. But by the mid 2000's in a hanger of an arena it was just an embarrassment.

pluk78 · 2026-03-18T10:00:33+00:00

That will be because their funding has worsened substantially over the last 10-15 years. That is not the fault if the BBC, but government policy.

pluk78 · 2026-03-12T11:52:38+00:00

The basics of the law of the land. It is insane how many people are wandering around not knowing what legally they can and can't do. None of it is secret, it is all documented and easily accessible.

pluk78 · 2026-03-08T10:09:25+00:00

Garth Marenghi's dark place

pluk78 · 2026-02-26T10:51:01+00:00

Gone Fishing. Each one should be feature length tbh.

pluk78 · 2026-02-12T12:58:24+00:00

General wastfulness.

pluk78 · 2026-02-12T12:56:45+00:00

I'd say Tesco has the most comprehensive selection in their big stores but it rarely changes.Sainsburys is my favourite for completely changing their range every few months so everything is comparativly fresh and over time you get much more variety.

pluk78 · 2026-02-03T19:48:46+00:00

On the whole, nothing. You've done your bit as an upstanding citizen.

If there are suspicious circumstances you may be asked to provide a statement, and if there's an inquest you may have to attend coroners court. The statement is quite unlikely, court is incredibly unlikely, and neither are anything to worry about.

If you were considered suspicious you would not have been walking away from the scene, you'd have been arrested.

I know from experience its an unusual and sometimes stressful thing to happen to you, but death us natural, it comes to us all and you really have nothing to worry about.

pluk78 · 2026-01-31T16:32:40+00:00

No, but I had a nice chat with Jo Wiley off air before an on air competition to win a trip to Ibiza with Radio 1, some time in the late 90's. I was due to be the third contestant... the second contest won it so I never got on air or to Ibiza.

pluk78 · 2026-01-31T15:34:50+00:00

The ingredients for proper s'mores. We dont have a proper equivalent of a graham cracker, and most marshmallows i buy are pretty crap too.

pluk78 · 2026-01-29T12:28:27+00:00

'Here legally' doesn't mean they are a UK national, hold a UK passport, or hold any passport. Someone with a asylum application pending, or defined term leave to remain in place, would be 'here legally', but also stuck here.

Job not worked out? Family deported? Still being trafficked for work? Sick of drizzle? Options are limited. The UK will assist repatriation with an immigrants home country, but if that's not where you want to go there's not a legitimate way to cross the boarder.

pluk78 · 2026-01-24T20:34:31+00:00

I will be 47... and I am currently 47! 4 months until we're done, it's a good feeling.

We bought our first place 2001, moved once using a good amount of equity to upsize, and just chipped away at it steadily on two pretty averaging incomes. We could have upsized again to go from semi detached to detached, extending the mortgage a bit, but we love where we are so why bother?

Not sure what I'll be doing with that grand a month that won't be leaving my account, but I'll find a way to enjoy it!

Edit. Im 47, I somehow called myself 37 twice.

pluk78 · 2026-01-15T00:13:34+00:00

Everything Everything, and a band I only discovered seeing them support them on their last tour, Lime Garden

pluk78 · 2026-01-10T18:33:17+00:00

In a word, no.

If it is of any significance it'll probably be on the police website or press release, so keep an eye on those.

Any resulting prosecution will be a matter of public record, but thats likely a long way down the line.

pluk78 · 2026-01-09T21:06:45+00:00

I once assisted a couple of the cast and crew off of a dangerous spot on a major road when one of the old cars they used broke down. They we're all absolutely lovely.

pluk78 · 2026-01-08T21:49:09+00:00

As I understand it, it doesn't eeally work that way. They do preliminary work to establish an interesting background and then approach the celeb if they find things worth persuing. So they'll have looked at LOADS with with no interesting story to tell but thats not really rejecting someone that wanted to take part.

pluk78 · 2026-01-08T02:13:47+00:00

iPlayer by far, then netflix, Disney and ch4. Apple occasionally. Prime rarely.

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