Rob & Kate introduce the new issue of The Word
Posted by The Word on 7 May 2008 - 6:16pm.
The Word's very own Kate Mossman and Rob Fitzpatrick celebrate summer's late arrival with an official outside broadcast to introduce the June 2008 edition of The Word.
Our intrepid heroes battle the sun's early evening glare, a dodgy air-conditioning unit and the sound of Young Islington to bring you details of an issue that also features rare pictures of The Who, Dave Gorman, words of infinite wisdom from philosopher John Gray, the best and worst opening lines ever, married couples in rock, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Hugh Cornwell and much much more...
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"a dodgy air-conditioning unit"?
What were Radiohead doing up on the roof with Kate and Rob? And why was the opportunity to push the buggers off missed?
Yawn
'Comment field is required' apparently...
so 'yawn' again.
If you're still awake
may I refer you to the air-conditioning related comment made elsewhere, and to which I was aluding:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/30/radiohead_rainbows_explained/
I've stayed out of the Radiohead debate
but I do find all this bile and vitriol (yeah, make mine a double, why not) a bit puzzling. They're not exactly my favourite popsters either, but I don't feel betrayed if a magazine I like chooses to stick them on the cover.
But Roger Waters, now that was an affront.
I'm confused (just for a change)
Does this mean that Kate Mossman is now back from Norlenz, or has Rob nipped over there too on some equally tenuous excuse?
I could have sworn I've seen that location before somewhere. And those sirens sound very familiar as well. Hang on. . . why are you two up on the roof staking out the Franklin Terrace low-rises?
It's the bijou fire escape
at the back of our desirable Islington headquarters.
Put down the series four box set
And move away from the DVD player Archie - the sun's shining outside, and your obsession is starting to get out of hand.
Plus, as any fule kno, the low rises haven't been used for slinging since series 2.
True dat
I should, of course, have said Marlo's pigeon loft, but I thought perhaps Rob and Kate might have been making a sly nod to Word's penchant for the occasional drop of retro.
Ah, those were the days - the orange sofa, Ziggy's duck. . . .
No doubt
But Wallace, man! How could they! He could play chess and everything...
No excuses!
I was on holiday!
Was it just me
that went looking for the "hasn't celebrity ruined David Platt/Jack Sheppard" article based on the front cover?
Yes then.
A pedant writes...
The 'Spring '75' picture of Paul Cook and "Steve Jones" on page 14 - surely that's erstwhile Pistols guitarist Wally Nightingale, rather than the aforementioned Mr Jones?
Another pedant writes...
Surely I'm not the first to notice the glaring Best Opening Lyric error from Common People on pg30. 'Culture'? 'Sculpture', shurely...
And if anyone editorially influential's reading this, how about an in-depth retrospective of Michael Nesmith's work post-Monkees, with (and without if you're even braver), the First National Band. Magnetic South remains an overlooked gem.
You're right - we hold our hands up.
I blame MS Word AutoCorrect myself.
Since when...
...did AutoCorrect decide to replace real words (like sculpture) with other real words (like culture)? Or, words like 'ill' with 'old'?
Get yer quality control sorted, Harrison.
If you need a sub, always happy to oblige. And my lad would like to get into music journalism, you know. If there's a vacancy, like.
And it's definitely Nightingale, not Jones, in that picture, you know.
Even if I don't know Joe Elliot when I'm sharing a bottle of champagne with him.
Actually, yes it does!
It's one of the more irritating aspects of modern technology because it will "correct", say, "oll" to "old" instead of "ill" and therefore not even detect the error it's generated in its own spellcheck. And in the hurly burly of today's busy multi-platform offices etc etc...
We hold our hands up, we shouldn't make mistakes like these, but even Bill Gates can't erase human error. Sometimes he can only make it worse. We beg your indulgence of these minor infractions.
Another witness for the defence
Only the other day had "this neans" changed to "this jeans", and "agter lunch" to "alter lunch". (I was working on someone else's computer - I have it personalised on mine to correct only switched-character typos like "hoewver", which my fingres seem to prefer for soem reaosn.)
Pwnd!!!111!!!!leleventyone!!111
I work in IT...I'm very, very sorry...
Indulgence duly begged
I now see where you are coming from and I have been caught out similarly myself in the past.
By way of balance, can I just say how much I enjoyed your Radiohead article, and also the 'acceptable then, unacceptable now' pair of articles this month?
And finally, could you please put me out of my misery and confirm I'm right about the Wally/Jones mixup?
Ta.
Pedants reunited
I am angry I am "old" and I'm as ugly as sin ...?
Unless I'm also deaf, I think it's "ill", as anyone of my work colleagues should now be able to tell you - given that I chose it as my "mystery Desert Island Disc" track to be put on the office Christmas Dinner CD last year, which, in true miserablist fashion I didn't attend. It was so much more fun sniggering at the thought of them tucking into their turkey, thinking "what the .... is this, and who the .... chose it?"
Anyway - best opening lines...
"I don't believe in an interventionist God"
wins hands down.
Can't believe it didn't even merit a mention.
Go and stand in the naughty corner.
I have my copy.....
on hold til 29th May when I return home from America, I've only seen the cover via skype webcam! I asked my girlfriend would she sit there holding it while I read it but, surprisingly enough, she refused!!!
Best opening lyrics
A bit more obscure than most of those chosen but my favourite ever is by an '80s band called the Jack Rubies. The opening lines to their single Be with you go 'To be hung, drawn and quartered would be uncomfortable and awkward, but a fate I would endure to be with you'
Opening lyric....
"Someone's got it in for me,they're planting stories in the press"
Idiot Wind.
Dylan.
"I decreed today that life is simply taking and not giving
England is mine and it owes me a living" - surely that's a big omission? Anyway, nice mag although I've never read an interesting interview with Radiohead yet. Their music is ok (though I can't see what the huge fuss is all about) but the feature smacked of 'Hey! We're not really miserable guys! We crack jokes and are normal etc etc' I mean who cares?
No doubt they'll promote their next album of sad songs with red noses and custard pies.
How about a feature comparing X Factor/Britain's Got 'Talent' and all that with New Faces/Opportunity Knocks? Or about all the telephone line rip-offs on TV?