I don't think they factored Scotland (or Wales) in to it Kaffs. It's very scientific.

Oh.. I could tell....   I know I was buggered as soon as i saw mild or bitter instead of heavy or light....

One also is unable to imagine the good people of Newcastle coming out with terms like , " at a barn darn tarn?"

I thought as much myself. Very probing questions ....quite taxing in fact

Boon doon toon 

Some of the questions I thought were quite personal too.

 

I used the word 'Nesh' when I was down south the other week. I got blank stares  

 

I'm guessing that the word 'Mardy' will be more familiar now thanks to the Arctic Monkeys song.

 

My mother used to tell me to stop being a 'Mardy Bum'.

 

 

Love, love, love that song.

 

I will probably get run out of Sheffield for saying this, but I'm not a fan of them, not really my type of music I'm afraid.

 

But seeing as you like it Soozy I've dug up the tune for you to listen to whilst reading the thread 

 

They might be a little too modern for you EC. I love them.

Thanks for that EC really loved hearing that again.

I'm 95% northern. Somewhere around Middlesborough 

 

Hi Suzybean, it really has nothing to do with how modern the group or their music is, I am not a fan of their songwriting, it just does not do anything for me.

 

I would be quite confident in sticking my neck out and saying that I think I am probably one of the most open minded people on GGJJ when it comes to music. I have a wide range of tastes and will give most music a go.

 

In fact I am currently exploring Stockhausen, Reich and Glass. I a also on the cusp of purchasing some Ludovico Einaudi albums.

 

Yesterday I purchased the new Goldfrapp album along with a new album by Four Tet and one by Moby. I have purchased M83's album and Ulrich Schnauss' latest LP.

 

Some on here will know that I have been buying a lot of old jazz classics in particular Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy and Art Blakey to name a few.

 

I have a big interest in electronic music and picked up recent releases by Boards of Canada and Autechre. I love Susumu Yokota who straddles ambient electronica and House music. I like glitch and grime and was into it long before it became commercial-ish.

 

So hopefully I've given you a snapshot of my tastes and I will leave you with one of my favourite tunes.

 

 

 

That's great EC. I've seen both Miles Davis and Art Blakey (and the Jazz Messengers) live before. May they both rest in peace.

Another vote for Eric Dolphy!

Was he a Yorkshire lad too?

Yes! Eric was one of the East Cowton Dolphys.
Meanwhile we've just driven down Highway number nineteen. Beautiful crystal clear sunny day. Lovely colours on the moo-ers. It's all mine. You can't have it.

Ha Ha....Gorgeous day here I agree, and a few tears were shed watching the old veterans marching around the village green to 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary'

I love Eric Dolphy. Alas I never got to see him perform, what with him passing away before I was born, but my father has seen him play in Jazz at the Philharmonic at the Gaumont (now Hammersmith Apollo)...he says he was amazeballs

Happy Birthday 

Thanks Suzy

For tomorrow! 

Back to things Yorkshire..... The more observant amongst you will notice that Guisborough had two finalists on Saterder.
One successful and one not so successful.

Just to balance things out a little. I'm happy to report that this latest scientifically proven and verifiable test shows that I'm way too posh to live where I actually live. Couldn't be happier 

 

 

http://www.gotoquiz.com/result..._east_london_are_you

Awwwwww - I knew that I'd developed into a mongrel.

 

I was born and bought up in SE London but now I'm only 9%...................I feel like a class traitor.

 

Does anyone else like to see how a thread gentle morphs from the original subject?

 

I find it quite fascinating, especially on the longer threads.

Hull is the new European City of Culture! Well done Yorkshire!

I'm so happy for the people of Hull. It will give a much needed boost to the area and maybe change the sterotypical image.

 

It is a lovely place .........obviously it has it's rough spots like anywhere else but unemployment is high. I find it a quite charming city - unique in character and the people are lovely. Some good museums and theatres etc.

 

I was there on Monday evening seeing Will Young in Cabaret ............we were able to park virtually outside and eat out at a local cafe with the pre theatre menu. No hassle, no stress and a really great evening. I'm looking forward to a year of 'eventfulness' close by.

Alas! It's only the UK culture capital having beaten off such cultural hotspots as Dundee, Leicester, and er, Swansea.
Righteous hero William Wilberforce.
This be the verse.

Lorraine Kelly was gutted this morning  

Every cloud and all that...............................

Oh  I had a misapprehension and promoted Hull to the champions of Europe. Still it's quite an achievement 

Blahahahahaha 

 

Hull is a funny one when it comes to its county. The people of Hull who over recent years we (and I) have worked with much more closely refer to themselves as being from Humberside. It's much clearer when you look it up.

 

"Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England".

 

 

 

 

 

The Grimsby folk very much objected to being part of 'Humberside' ...............We are now back to being N E Lincs in our post code but are still referred to as South Humberside in all sorts of situations.

I get all that. I love that about this country. I lived for a part of my life in a county that doesn't even really exist bar a cricket team and a postal district...Middlesex.

Yes I lived in Middlesex too and Croydon where I hail from was always Surrey .....my mum always addresses her letter to friends etc. West Croydon, Surrey.

Ha! Surrey Cricket Ground is not far from me, in the Kennington Oval