Carling drinkers: your music taste is as poor as your taste in beer...

what did you expect? mainstream, innit

"Williams beat off (heh).."

Hah, I choked on my lunch reading that.

Um, where else do you think most news comes from?
The stuff in your paper?
The items on the television?

You think journalists MAKE news?

You think journalists MAKE news?

yes. not music journalists as much tho.

will this turn into a 'whats an indie kids favourite booze topic?
yes
okay

either Vodka straight or Fosters. Maybe double amaretto and coke if i want something that has a nice taste

The greatest beer in the world (that I have tasted so far) is Hoegaarden. And I'm sure I've spelled that wrong.

Ok that came out wrong. I didn't mean you sir, I meant the writer of this article.

Carling, whilst not the best beer in the world, is relatively cheap
So it'll continue to be liberally poured down my throat, ta very much

yeh, its spelt
F O S T E R S

ah, but can you say it [properly]?

I think San Miguel, Nastro Azzuro and Kovice need to start taking an interest in the UK music scene...

Michael Diver.
Thank you.
That is the funniest post ever.

I know where most news comes from.
I am a journalist.
You (and the other news 'writers) are not journalists.
My editor would never let me rehash press releases or copy other websites, without speaking directly to the people involved.
I speak to the folk making the news.
And I investigate to discover news that is not being 'released'.

You could learn from some of these points.
It would improve this website.

I'm pleased to have provided you with a little after-lunch merriment.

'Tho I, too, am a journalist, trained and everything.
But I only have a few minutes per day to add stories to DiS.
So if something reads a little recycled (which this isn't, by the way - only the hard facts are taken from any press release), please do forgive me that.

Dare I ask what you're a journalist on? A paper? A magazine? The radio? I've worked in the national and local press, so hopefully I'm not being looked down upon by someone who's still chasing up stories about grannies being pestered by hoodie-ed 14-year-olds on a council estate in Bromsgrove.

Being investigative is something to be proud of, and believe me when I say that if I had the time and resources to do so myself the DiS news section would be running exclusives every single day. I have contacts enough to ensure that we got the gossip before anywhere else (NME, Playlouder). But I don't have the time. So it doesn't. Apologies there, sir.

But anyway, glad to be of some amusing service on an otherwise dull afternoon back at the 9-5 grind after a prolonged weekend of booze and sunshine.

bitter is awful. it's so bland that you barely notice you're drinking it. (I'm basing this entirely on John Smith's and Bodd's, I'm sure there are some better bitters out there, but these two are poor). 80/- (is that the symbol for shilling?), now THAT's a drink...

Noted.

It would be great if you did have the time (and the resources) to be able to chase up original stories. That would make DiS an even greater read.

One day I imagine you will find your deep throat and be the woodward of the online music world.

SHEPHEARD NEAME!!!!!!

how could i forget, indeed - Spitfire is an awesome pint, consider me chastised

The average person drinks Carling and buys the Crazy Frog single.

Fuck them.

The answer is take your own beer. The nice man behind the bar won't mind if you explain politely that they don't stock your particular brand of choice...so you've brought your own. He'll love it.

Hendrix transcends time and space, so he is always killer to listen to while chugging brew or blowin Krypto. Bowie is awesome always and The Who rips it. Don't forget Zep, Doors, Quuen and Floyd for best live bands from back inthe day. All this new rock sucks, except a few bands like Velvet Revolver, Black Crowes, and Quuens of the Stone Age. Me 2 cents.

Timothy Taylor, nuts in.

"their alot better than the shite stuff people listen to this day and age."

oh dear. please go away.