Everything will be all right tonight. Everything will be all right tonight. Or so I keep telling myself, as Ulster prepare to turn and face the strain of Leinster at the RDS. Let’s hope that Ulster can put Big Brother under pressure. It’s simple, really: all we have to do is win. But hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing: we are the dead.
While Ulster have lost Stockdale to injury, one South Effrican is back for us.
But one of Them has apparently recovered from yet another head injury.
Give me steel, give me steel, give me pulsars unreal
In other news – newsman wept (with joy) as he told me – a familiar face is returning to Cardiff.
Someone’s back in town the chips are down
I just cut and blackout
I’m under Mulvihill’s influence and my honour’s at stake
Today is David Bowie’s birthday, in case anyone was wondering.
Onna telly this week
Friday 8th January
| Glasgow v Edinburgh | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Leinster v Ulster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 1 |
| Bath v Wasps | 19:45 | BT Sport 2 |
| Sale v Worcester | 20:00 | BT Sport Extra |
Saturday 9th January
| Zebre v Treviso | 13:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Newcastle v Gloucester | 14:00 | BT Sport 2 |
| Griquas v Cheetahs | 14:30 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Exeter v Bristol | 16:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Western Province v Sharks | 17:00 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Dragons v Ospreys | 17:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 1 |
| Cardiff v Scarlets | 19:35 | S4C / Premier Sports 1 |
| Connacht v Munster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 2 |
Sunday 10th January
| Harlequins v London Irish | 15:00 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 16th January
| Glasgow v Edinburgh | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Chimpie deserves a medal for that verse: highlights just what a shit genre rap is when he’s looking like the poet laureate of the streets.
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Which is not to encourage any more, to be firm about it.
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Deebee – don’t mistake chimpie for being representative of the rap game. He’s right at the bottom of a very deep gutter but there is some mature, introspective stuff out there too.
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craigs is not such a polite chap
he’ll try to put himself on the map
with some cheese on toast chat
But his rap comes with a fairly low quality cap
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OK that was pretty dreadful.
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‘Chimpie deserves a medal for that verse: highlights just what a shit genre rap is when he’s looking like the poet laureate of the streets.’
That’s a pretty large insult to any rapper comparing my nonsense favourably.
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A classic of the genre
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Craigs you’ve unleashed a monster! MONSTER! And I’ve heard enough rap to know it’s all shit. Every bit. You silly tit. Yo!
slaps self in face and pokes eye doing energetic rap move with artificially arthritic hands
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Ian Keatley to Glasgow……………………………..
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“That’s a pretty large insult to any rapper comparing my nonsense favourably.”
Nope. It’s truth. From Gangsta rap to Will Smith’s pitiful drivel. He’s to rap what Barry Manilow is to death metal.
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Everybody in the hood say “Chimpie”
“Chiiiimmmppppiiee”
The was a guy on the blog named Chimpie
Who liked to snog all the girls outside Whimpy
But North o the wall their clothes ain’t skimpy
With a hurumph and a Pfft you can hear him
Driving around looking for beer like Quincy
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie likes his cheese on toast
Eat it when you want to vom the most
An erect Melbury he’ll cheerfully boast
So on a Monday afternoon he gets a roast
From Craigsy
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
Chimpie, find yo beer!
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I wish Sag was here to provide the beats for that.
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I wish Sag was here to banhammer the fuck out of that.
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Ian Keatley goes to Glasgow
But hey man what do I know
He’s show and woe in one pack ‘bro
Is Keatley a sweet or sour pro?
But hey man what do I know…
Chimpie can do the hoof gestures for me.
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While Craigs tosses in a limerick?
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Craigs learned his hip-hop on the mean streets of Richmond-upon-Thames.
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Right Iksy, I’ve had a listen to a couple of Shpongle songs. Well…..
I know you like electronica type stuff, so I reckon it could be to your taste. Otherwise I would suggest that you take something strong before you have a listen – it might make more sense that way. I did find that just as I would get used to one rhythm, it would change into something else, so not quite trance-y stuff. One of the comments called it ‘psychill’ which seems as good a way to describe it as any.
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OT – I saw someone get stabbed on Richmond Bridge. He was fine, but it was gangsta.
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Dangerously close to the badlands of Whitton and Isleworth there.
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Thanks BB, you are a star (if only for tonight, you rascal). I had a dabble earlier and I agree with your description about it hopping around. Not really my thing.
Basically Krister (sigh) said he was going down the path of harsh, antiseptic sounding electronica but having spent a weekend with the Shpongel bloke he realised the way forward for him was a more organic, emotional sound, which resulted in a record he made called First Wave under the pseudonym Solaroid. One track is on youtube, you might like it. I think.
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Works best with headphones…
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OT – too close. You could hear the screaming each night.
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@craigs
“It’s not fair, we can’t afford to live in TW1”
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OT – me neither. I had to make do with KT12.
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KT12 legends :-
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India have just beaten Australia by 3 wickets to take the series in Aus! After going one down in the four match series having been bowled out for 36 in their second knock in the 1st Test, this is an unbelievable comeback! And they were missing a number of frontline players, but the youngsters really came to the party. Aus, on the other hand, relied very heavily on their ageing stars and papering over cracks in the batting lineup. It didn’t work.
Next up, speaking of Tests only, a tour to South Africa in Feb/March for 3 Tests and I’m sure Messer’s Smith and Warner will be delighted at the lack of crowds to remind them of the last tour here. Then nothing until hosting Afghanistan as a warm up to the Ashes in December/January in Australia. Not sure how the series here will go, as we’ve got plenty of batting woes ourselves, but England must be looking at the Ashes from afar thinking “yeah, I’ll have a piece of that.”
By the way, this was Australia’s first loss in a Test at the Gabba since 1930-something from memory.
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Aussie ages when they face England in December (4th Test side):
David Warner – 35
Marcus Harris – 29
Marnus Labuschagne – 27
Steven Smith – 32
Matthew Wade – 34
Cameron Green – 22
Tim Paine (c)†- 37
Pat Cummins – 28
Mitchell Starc – 31/2
Nathan Lyon – 34
Josh Hazlewood – 31
Not as old as I thought, but Warner, Wade and Paine of the batting lineup all well over 30 and surely in the twilight (or beyond), with Smith not too far behind. Marnus is going to have to carry more of the load, you feel, with Harris and Green not established in the side and little opportunity to do so. Pukowski (sp?) was preferred to Harris but injured himself in the 3rd Test.
Lyon will be ok as a spinner and Starc and Hazelwood will only just be on the wrong side of 30, so not too much worry there. However, other than Cummins, the other Aus quicks have looked fairly ordinary for much of this series.
I’m sure there are some decent players in the wings, but apparently nobody really busting down the door if the selections for this series are to be accounted for.
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The Windies definitely beat them at Brisbane in the 1980s, Deebee. Maybe more than once.
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BBC says its Australia’s first defeat there since 1988.
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The South African lad’s memory was playing tricks on him.
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No wonder if it goes back to the 1930s.
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Sbt – legend has it that the band name came from some partially visible graffiti (‘Hersham 69’)on Hersham station.
Strangely not much else has come out of Hersham since although Cliff Richard and Roots Manuva are said to live nearby.
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Ah, right – so first defeat in 33 years, not since 1933. Blame the Aussie garbled accent for that. Still pretty impressive by India. Lovely blow up in your face sledge from Tim Paine too:
“Can’t wait to get you to the Gabba,” Tim Paine said to the Indians at the SCG
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Good old facting. Is Tuesday the new Friday afternoon? Is Deebs the new Expro?
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Expro is still active on CiF. He’s morphed into a proper lockdown enthusiast, facemasks the lot.
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Is Deebs the new Expro?
Sailing close there, son. Although it must be nice to ‘win’ every argument by quoting a well placed anonymous source who completely backs up your argument whenever Pfffts! are being hurled liberally in your direction. Think I may start using it as a report writing tool. “A well placed source within the Ministry of Trade told me that The Gambia imports more Ferraris than any other country in the world.”
Client: “Eh? Fuck off! The place is an impoverished dump.”
Me: “I have a well-placed source. You cannot argue with me.”
Mostly though, I look for well-priced sauce.
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Joking Deebs. I’ve been facted enough times here.
I wonder how Expro is. I found him on CIF a couple of times too. Same ol pro.
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Looks like Chimpie will have the joys of home schooling for another month at least. And I’ll be stuck at the poor end of the kitchen table (Daughter 2 at the high end, Mrs BB taking over the middle) for the same length of time. Wonder who’ll end up killing me first?
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This lockdown and home schooling has already cost me 250 quid for a better router.
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Lockdown and home schooling is costing me my sanity
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And a melbury. Can I moan about electricians not turning up when they’re supposed to?
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Get a fancy new router. Watching the wifi performance on an app on your phone distract you from everything else that is going wrong.
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Wonder who’ll end up killing me first?
Hard to say. There’s so many to choose from.
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It’s at times like this that I’m glad my sprog was born 26 years ago…
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Daughter 2 (at the posh end of the table) is 27 and working from home (and still staying here, despite her best efforts to leave).
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I’ll get a fancy new router when I get my melbury electrified. Then I’ll internet for aaaages in peace.
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BB – just ask here to run an erand and then change the locks.
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Chimpie gets Internet to his Melbury be like
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BB, my lad lives in Vietnam which is largely Covid free.
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“This lockdown and home schooling has already cost me 250 quid for a better router.”
My lot will just have to get behind with their wodwork.
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