The Stupid Questions Thread

[Erin]

yeah, thats been on my mind too. but i'm sure once they have a big pile of news or once they go in to record their next album or something like that they'll use the e-mail list again.

...least i hope they do...

[The Dying Start]

Yeah, i presume they'll still use it. They should. The last bulletin should have gone out via email too but it didn't...hopefully in future they will.

[Kacky]

I was listening to 'Black Cat' the other day and noticed at the very end of the song, you can hear some talking. Did they mean to keep that in there? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/fragend/confused-smiley-013.gif

[Loo C]

It's Andy saying "my hi-hats fell apart", and I assume they meant to leave it in there.....otherwise it's a pretty big thing to overlook! :)

[Kacky]

Alrighty, just wondering. I also couldn't make out what he was saying at first...:p

[The Dying Start]

It's funny, and it was a good idea to keep it in there!

[kelso]

haha I feel stupid because I never even noticed that before

[Kacky]

I never noticed it until the other day...haha!

[Colezy]

My brother never noticed Andy yelling out APEFAAAACE at the start of the song!

[kelso]

I wanna hear that song
but I dont have it :(

[Colezy]

ONLINE STORE!!! :p
Or eBay.

[kelso]

yeah yeah yeah :rolleyes:
im just a lazy bumpkin with limewire
too bad limewire's shite haha

[mel_bound]

My brother never noticed Andy yelling out APEFAAAACE at the start of the song!

how could you not? haha.

[Colezy]

He didn't have it very loud! He hasn't learned how to *really* listen to TLE songs yet! :p

[The Dying Start]

How to *really* listen to TLE

Step 1: Wind volume off the dial

[mel_bound]

it goes to eleven!

[Deanis]

What's Trav doing now?

I read in a newspaper article recently, that he is running drumming workshops for up and coming bands. Perhaps teaching them the tricks of the trade like, jumping into cameras post-gig and breaking teeth. totally punk

[stray_cat]

Ok I posted this before but no one answered it. How tall are the guys like if anyone stood next to them. i'm weird about peoples heights. i saw them live, but it was hard to tell from right in front of the stage. all i need is an estimate. im always surprised at people heights cos like Billie Joe from Green Day is as tall as me but he seems so tall in on TV

[kelso]

Chris is...taller than Billie for sure
hard for me to decipher cuz when I met him we were standing on steps and I was on a higher step lol

just average height I 'spose

[Kacky]

Billie's a shrimp. :p He just looks tall 'cause he wears creepers.

Chris is definately taller.

[stray_cat]

i was lookin on this sight and it was like enter your height and Billie Joe was on it he's like 5' 5.75" he's as tall as me im like jeez for how tough he acts, he's a little guy.

[The Dying Start]

He doesn't act tough does he? Anyway, little people tend to be more angry anyway because they're opressed.

[Bec]

When has Billie Joe ever looked tall? The whole band are tiny!

[Deanis]

Youd be suprised most bands are pretty short, and when a tall band member comes along they look lanky as. Yes the TLE guys are 'short', but I'm 6"2, so hard to say. I'd say theyd all average 5"6'?

[i_heart_you]

doubt it. i'm 5'4" and they're quite a bit taller than me.

[TreCoola]

My friends really odd about peoples heights too. We met Frank from MCR and she was taller than him..it made her uncomfortable.

Lucky me I'm only 5'4 so people are generally the same height or taller.

[Grumma]

Youd be suprised most bands are pretty short, and when a tall band member comes along they look lanky as. Yes the TLE guys are 'short', but I'm 6"2, so hard to say. I'd say theyd all average 5"6'?

lol no way. Chris would be about 5'9/10" easily

[Kev]

Paul Dempsey from SFK is too friggin tall.

Theres a photo of him and Chris kickin about and Chris is short compared to Paul.

[The Dying Start]

I'm too friggin tall.

[Grumma]

Makes up for other areas :p

[stray_cat]

lol well Chris is the tallest isnt he? i mean scott is probably the shortest cos even with the creepers he is shorter than Chris. and being 6'2" or 6' 3" yes, they would be a bit shorter.

[Kacky]

I felt short when I stood beside them to get a picture.

Look at avatar. ^

[Shadow]

Ooo, pick me - I have a question.

Are the boys going to be recording the new album with Nick Launay, or a different producer? Nick's got that excellent sound he brings out and I hope they choose to work with him again, SOE has an excellent live feel. (Roll On, too.)

[mel_bound]

Ooh good question Shadow! I have no idea at all! :p

[bringin' it all back home]

There was a site that I went on the other week,
It had how tall they were...
Cause I thought they were pretty short,
But actually, they are a pretty standard height.

[bringin' it all back home]

My stupid question:

(to Chris)

Can I have one of your earrings please :) ?

[The Dying Start]

Scotto is the shortest from memory, yeah.

[Bec]

In the photos of me with them, Scott looks the tallest by quite a bit, although he was wearing creepers so that's probably why.

[The Dying Start]

Yeah, it's the creepers. They're all aout the same though. Chris and Andy are almost spot on.

[Jodez]

everyone seems tall to me

[Colezy]

Same here! :p
I had a question for this thread that I thought of earlier tonight but I've forgotten. Damn!

[The Dying Start]

everyone seems short to me

[kelso]

I know this is retarded
but yeah

has Australia ever had snow?
or have you ever seen snow?

[Kacky]

One of my online friends that lives over there, said she's seen snow fall only once.
A couple people I've talked to said they've seen snow over there, but it doesn't last very long, if it does fall. Haha.

They don't get dumped on like we do though. :p

[kelso]

they dont have mountains do they?

soory, my geography class failed to visit Australia in its lesson plan :p

[AlinaPOW]

Yeah we have snow but only up in the mountains. Skiing's pretty popular. But yeah, only certain parts of Aus get the snowfall...

[Disease]

There's snow on Mt Kosciuszko pretty much all year (if not all year). I went there in summer one year and there was still snow on it.

There is snow in lots of different places in Australia, but there's just a lot more where you'll never find snow. ;)

[AlinaPOW]

That's a good way of putting it!

[kelso]

hey cool haha thanks

[The Dying Start]

Some of the peaks in Tassie also have snow up top a vast majority of time...i think.

There's the main difference, we have the hottest and driest continent...so any flat lying areas will very rarely be cold enough to have snow. Tall mountain ranges will get snow. But because we don't all live in the mountains..most of us live on the beach, we don't get to see snow much if at all. We do have ski resorts and such for those of us who want to go to the snow.

[Aaron]

Also, our highest mountain is only ~2200m (~7000ft), so that doesn't exactly help. Our highest 'mountains' are nought more than mid-sized hills to most other continents.

So yes, we get snow. But it is very localised, there's not much of it, and it isn't permanent.

So whenever anyone from Australia talks about 'mountains', or 'a fair bit of snow', or says that 'skiing is popular' - it means absolutely nothing on American/European scales :p

[The Dying Start]

Yeah, it's essentially hail, with a pack of bogans in stubbies and wifebeaters standing around it, poking it with their thonged foot going "what's all this then, aye?"

[Disease]

Hahaha.. fair dinkum mate.

[The Dying Start]

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure why 'my' bopgans we're talking cockney...i presume they must've been over with the Barmy Army or something.

It'd be more like "Strewth Sheryl! There's bloody great chunks of oice n shit out 'ere! Quick, fill up the bloody esky!"

[Colezy]

Hahaha. Oh man. I love Glenn's last post so much that it's going in my sig! :p You should feel proud Glenn - you're the first forumer to be quoted in my signature!

[i_heart_you]

since were on the topic of australia, i've had a burning question that i've wanted to ask an aussie for awhile....
i read a book on oz where they made it seem like australians don't like to talk about the aboriginals, and that they're kind of shunned from normal australian society. is this true? and why?

yeah, i might know more if we actually learned about australia in school. i just looked, and it has one reference in my social book; "Australia also sent troops to aid in the war effort" (in regards to WWII). hm. noice.

[Neo]

since were on the topic of australia, i've had a burning question that i've wanted to ask an aussie for awhile....
i read a book on oz where they made it seem like australians don't like to talk about the aboriginals, and that they're kind of shunned from normal australian society. is this true? and why?

yeah, i might know more if we actually learned about australia in school. i just looked, and it has one reference in my social book; "Australia also sent troops to aid in the war effort" (in regards to WWII). hm. noice.

Once apon a long time ago when the english came to australia, they wanted the country to be a "white australia" so they made aboriginies half-caste to eventually drain them of their dark skin colour and then the aboriginies got pissed off and then we said sorry a few years ago. People stereotype all aboriginies to be 'bad' because usually the ones they see out in public are the violent ones with alcohol problems becuase they didnt want to go to school and dont get help because a few aboriginies refuse to deal with 'white people' because they are still pissed off at what happened and now they have special rights and stuff and when you fill out a form alot of the time it asks you if you are an aboriginal or torres straight islander. and thats why people discriminate aboriginies because they feel they are 'different'. we have heaps of famous aboriginal australians too and they are like the peoples people for the aboriginals, pretty much the only effective way for them to speak out about stuff is through these people because other people are ignorant.

I dont know if that helped you, but you might want to get more opinions on this... i don't think I am a very reliable source of information :p

[The Dying Start]

Not a bad crack at it. Dunno about the whole half-caste bit...they I don't think they set out to do that particularly...I think that just happened over time.

There are a few main factors which shape th relationship of today.

#1: The English Settled in Australia and took that land that the native people use for natural food, hunting and shelter and turnedthem into farmland.

#2: Much like America, Aboriginals were taken to be used as slaves

#3: One of the greatest sore points is the "Stolen Generation". Children were taken from ther families to be brought up in white society.

The single biggest issue in the past and today is simply discrimination. Some people just can't get it through their thick skull that people are just people. HOWEVER, there are HUGE numbers of Aboriginal people who make matters worse for their people by breaking the law, drinking and sniffing petrol. For some reason Aboriginals are just more susceptible to tis kind of stuff...I'm not entirely sure why. But there are huge problems with it.

We do have a great many fantastic Aboriginal role models though, not surprisingly a majority of them made their name in the sporting arenas. They're esentially built for physicality. Some of them still have the in-built self-distruct clause though...like Football Star Michael Long, who whilst he was a fantastic footballer, and is still a fantastic role model, has somehow gone from a skinny kid to some form of advertising blimp.

To answer the question at hand though. Most Australians wouldn't hesitate to talk about the Aboriginal people. The only embarrassment we might feel is the way our forefathers treated them. And perhaps some of our peers still do treat them. They're not shunned by the majority, in fact most of the Aboriginal people make up their own mind to stay away.

That's my 5c


Hahaha. Oh man. I love Glenn's last post so much that it's going in my sig! :p You should feel proud Glenn - you're the first forumer to be quoted in my signature!

Awww...I feel honoured. I haven't featured in a signature for YEARS!

[Neo]

Not a bad crack at it. Dunno about the whole half-caste bit...they I don't think they set out to do that particularly...I think that just happened over time. ...

I thought they did it purposely... well thats the impression I got from the rabbit proof fence movie, and my history teacher said thats why they had the reconciliation day.

[The Dying Start]

You may well be right. Bit of an ambitious scheme given the numbers of indigenous people vs white people, to breed them out of their colour. But I suppose pretty much everything that happened back then was preposterous and overly ambitious.

[i_heart_you]

what do you mean 'stay away'? as in, live in their own secluded communities? here in the u.s. we have reservations that native americans live on, but is it the same in australia? or they just take a back seat in society?

[kelso]

what is Australian money called?
dollars?
do you have any other names for currency
like here, we also call it "bucks"

[Colezy]

Yep, we've got dollars and also cents. We also called it "bucks"! ("That'll be five bucks, thanks mate") :p
There are heaps of other nicknames, but I'd say that "bucks" is the most commonly used one :)

[kelso]

wow really?
I cant believe how similar USA and Australia are

I cant remember what interview it was....either the Scott one or the Chris one; I just read it recently. anyway, one of them was saying that America has a lot of influence on Australia, and I thought that was kind of interesting. I thought like the UK would have more influence

[Colezy]

I think we pick up a lot from both countries, really.

[kelso]

yeah
pretty interesting :)

our schooling systems are similar

[i_heart_you]

i think so. but i dont understand what second schooling and first schooling or whatever are.
and you guys say 'i'm in year 9.' does that mean you're in 9th grade or what?

also, i remember someone from oz asking me what 'freshman, sophmore, junior and senior' means, so aussies don't use those terms either.

[kelso]

yeah i think year 9 means 9th grade
it's like the same thing

yeah I dont know what secondary is either
where does university come into play? haha

woot go seniors :D

[Colezy]

Yep, year nine/grade nine - same thing!
We have primary school, which is kinder (or pre-school) through to grade 6 (in most states). Then there's High School which is grade 7 - 10, but some schools are grade 7 - 12. For the schools that are 7 - 10, the students usually go on to College which is grades 11 - 12. Then there is Uni for however many years the course is.
Oh and there is TAFE if you dont want to do uni.

We don't use 'freshman, sophmore, junior and senior'. Some schools, mainly, private schools, use junior/senior though.

[Kacky]

We use junior and senior for kindergarten. Haha.
So, I was five years old and a senior, boo yeah!

[kelso]

ohh ok
yeah some schools are different here
we've got K-6 called Elementary
then 7-8 (or sometimes 6-8) called Middle/Junior High
then 9-12 is High School
and then college/university

most people call it college, but there is a difference
uni is like a big major college, like one that i'll be going to in a few months:D
and then colleges or community colleges are smaller and have more basic courses

[Colezy]

A 5 yr old that is a senior - awesome! :p haha

[Kacky]

We have Elementary School (K-8) and then highschool (9-12), college and university. It's rare to see a middle school in this part of Canada, although some places out west have them.

A 5 yr old that is a senior - awesome!:p haha
:cool:

[The Dying Start]

So college = tafe then! :p

[Colezy]

I think that there is a private school here in Tasmania that have Junior/Middle/Senior and that's it. Not very common here though. Although, I can't say the same for the rest of Aus.

[i_heart_you]

woot go seniors :D

class of oh 8, don't hate!

yeah college for us is what uni is for you guys.
and i think our equivalent of TAFE is BOCES

[kelso]

So college = tafe then! :p

uhh....yep! I think so

what the hell is BOCES
sounds like an std


pfft double oh 7 all the way

[WhitefalconTLE44]

anyone have an elementary school K-6 Jr. High school 7-9 and high school 10-12 in the U.S? My schools messed up like that, i never saw any other one like it.

[kelso]

thats how my dad's school used to be like
but I havent seen that around here anymore

the 7-9 and 10-12 im referring to

[Colezy]

TLE question time! How did Rae become their manager? I'm not sure if I know or not.

[i_heart_you]

no, 9 is considered high school around here.

and BOCES is just a new york thing i think. it's basically for dropouts. if they know they aren't going to college, (can't afford it, can't get into one, need money asap) they go to a local college for half a day (spend the other half in the high school) and take small business courses such as cosmotology, early childhood education, and i think police force(?). there's other stuff too, but i can't remember.

it helps kids from poor families who are going to turn to street crime to get by when they graduate from college. the government hopes that by sending them to BOCES, they'll get a real job and become part of middle class society.

[The Dying Start]

TLE question time! How did Rae become their manager? I'm not sure if I know or not.


She was a fan first, I believe and just stuck her hand up and got involved. I'm not entirely sure though, that's just what I heard.

[mel_bound]

TLE question time!

I was thinking!!! haaha.

[Aaron]

From what I hear about school systems, Tasmania is significantly different to the rest of Australia - so listen to Nicole at your own peril :p

[WhitefalconTLE44]

i have a question, how does the song names under our usernames work? Like does it change after a certain amount of posts or is it just random? I'm sure its answered somewhere, but i'm to lazy to look.

[The Dying Start]

Based on post level, yes.

[WhitefalconTLE44]

thats what i figured, thank you

[The Dying Start]

No worries...i didn't ever realise mine changed...musta happened at 5k

[Tyler_who]

Im about to get a new song

[The Dying Start]

Congratulations...back to the questions.

[E.B.]

I was wondering, how long has Chris had his POW guitar for?

[mel_bound]

I believe he bought POW in New York on the second Warped Tour..99?

That might have been his other falcon but that's what sticks in my mind :)

[The Dying Start]

It was around that time anyway.

[E.B.]

Ok thanks, I thought it was around the time of Roll On I just wanted to make sure

[The Dying Start]

Well Roll On was 2000, so youre not far off!

[E.B.]

Yeah, I think he used it in the Roll On music video, so I thought he must have got it around then because according to the FHOI DVD he doesn't seem to use Falcons pre Roll On which actually leads me to my next question:
There are meant to be 2 music videos for Roll On (the soccer one and the pinball one) however, there appears to be two versions of the pinball one (making 3 all up) The FHOI Roll On video appears to be an edited version of an older video which I saw on the VH1 website. Does anyone know whats up with this?

[The Dying Start]

In what way do the "two" Pinball ones differ?

[E.B.]

Well in the non-FHOI version you don't see Scott stand up on his DB, you don't see Trav twirl his drum sticks and the words "The Living End" are alot bigger when thay flash up in the beginning. There's more but i can't remember at this point in time.

EDIT: found the non-FHOI video, you do actually see Scott stand on his DB in this version, it's just not as noticeable

[The Dying Start]

Hadn't really noticed. Thanks for the heads up. I might go compare the DVD one with the TV rip I have on my hard drive later.

[kelso]

Who's Andrew G?

[Bec]

He's a tv show host in Australia.
Reminds me a bit of a gorilla.. this photo doesn't really show his gorilla-esque qualities though
http://www.australianidol.bigpond.com.au/_uploads/Images/Person/big_AndrewG.jpg
I think he does Australian Idol, some stuff on Channel V (a music channel on foxtel), a game show and maybe other stuff.


Unless you're talking about another Andrew G in which case I'm an idiot :p

[Deanis]

what exactly is the deal with Glenn, 'The Dying Start's avatar? It looks like he is standing in front of a giant nintendo Wii, covering up the word 'xbox' with his head. Sorry thats just how it always appears to me....and you look a tad business like too in the drawing, kinda like a spokesmen for one of the companies, lol

[Amur]

no,no nintendo xbox there.It's russian word "ХУЙ" that means "fuck".I dunno why Glenn don't love himself so much.

[kelso]

Bec, is that the guy who Andy and Chris were referring to on Channel V Confessionals. About how asparagus makes your wee stink
and then Chris was like "me and Andrew G"tight haha

[The Dying Start]

what exactly is the deal with Glenn, 'The Dying Start's avatar? It looks like he is standing in front of a giant nintendo Wii, covering up the word 'xbox' with his head. Sorry thats just how it always appears to me....and you look a tad business like too in the drawing, kinda like a spokesmen for one of the companies, lol

It's a toilet door in the background actually. And I tend to wear jeans, and leave thetop button undone which is highly un-business-like. Thanks for your concern thouh. I think you spend too much time reading technology magazines or something though!! :D

[Aaron]

I tend to wear jeans, and leave thetop button undone
..Of your jeans? :confused: Do you at least close your fly? :p

[The Dying Start]

Hahahaha that's the funniest sentence structure error I've done in years. Fuck I'm good. And nice shot, ol' chap!

[mel_bound]

Bec, is that the guy who Andy and Chris were referring to on Channel V Confessionals. About how asparagus makes your wee stink
and then Chris was like "me and Andrew G"tight haha

Yeah that's him.

[Neo]

I have a stupid question! How many videos were made for Tabloid Magazine? was it just the one on FHOI or was there another one too?

[mel_bound]

Just the one.. atleast that's the only one I know of! Why do you ask?

[The Dying Start]

Yeah....why do you assskkkk? :D

[Colezy]

Since I first heard this particular version of PITM, I've wanted to know what exactly it is that Chris yells out during this part:

"...Pictures in the mirror, always reflecting -GUITAR UP*something something*...not such an ordinary..."

For anyone who has the song (PITM, Lowlands Festival), it comes in at around 1 min 23 sec :)

[Neo]

Just the one.. atleast that's the only one I know of! Why do you ask?
I remember watching video hits one day, when tabloid mag. first came out, with my cousin and he was saying how he hated TLE and I swear the clip was all colourful and it had swirls and stuff and I thought I may have gotten it mixed up with roll on because one of them is pretty colourful but I swear it was Tabloid magazine because there is no way in hell that it was trav on the drums in this clip... so I guess if there isnt another clip for this song then perhaps there was another band out there around the time which also has gretsch guitars and double basses and if that is the case, does anyone know what band that is?

[The Dying Start]

Since I first heard this particular version of PITM, I've wanted to know what exactly it is that Chris yells out during this part:

"...Pictures in the mirror, always reflecting -GUITAR UP*something something*...not such an ordinary..."

For anyone who has the song (PITM, Lowlands Festival), it comes in at around 1 min 23 sec :)

I can't check now, but I will later. He usually enthuses crowd then. Is't it usually a "c'mon" or something? I'll have a listen later though.

[Bec]

Nah I don't think he's enthusing the crowd.. I thought it was something directed at the sound guy but I couldn't work out what either.

[TreCoola]

Maybe not too much of a stupid question but does anyone know if TLE might be playing Warped Tour this year?

I know they're heading back home for a while..but I was hoping they'd make it out again.

[The Dying Start]

Nothing announced as yet.


And to Bec and Nicole...now I get it! Okay, I'll have a listen again. I vaguely remember now too!

[The Dying Start]

It sounds like "Benny", i presume it's just a name anyway. I'm unsure of their live sound producer's name, past or present, sorry.

[Colezy]

No worries! Just thought I'd see if anyone knew! :)

[TreCoola]

Nothing announced as yet.

Yeah..I thought maybe someone heard ramblings about it from one of the guys at some point.

Thanks though

[i_heart_you]

they've been saying 'we'll be back in 6 months' 'we'll be back in 4 months'

which, if you count it out from the time they said it, it's summer. summer=warped tour, so maybe.

[stray_cat]

they better be on warped tour!!!

thats the only reason i'll go is to meet them and hang around with them...

every year warped tour plays at the Toyota Pavilion like 20 miles away from my house and i never went. they played in philly the day warped tour was in PA though... probably followed the uses til Harrisburg than made a b-line for philly. they would've got a lot more fans if they played Warped Tour....

[Dwntwn lights]

Back in Decemeber, we heard from one of the roadies that they were coming back to the States in the Spring which is April - June over here.

I don't know if that's still true, but it'll be great. We miss TLE over here.

[mel_bound]

So do we, they're playing all these festivals around oz and none in Melbourne. Bastards!!



;) :p

[Kacky]

If they do end up coming back during that time, I'll probably have a heart attack.

And I'll go to more then just one show. :D

[Colezy]

But if he meant Aussie spring, then it'd be Sept/Oct/Nov :p

[Kacky]

Damn you for being opposite. :p

[Colezy]

Haha, sucked in! :p

Anyone know anything about this (http://www.play4me.com.au/product/happy_meals_volume_2_49696_3974.html)

[Kacky]

Haha, sucked in! :p

Anyone know anything about this (http://www.play4me.com.au/product/happy_meals_volume_2_49696_3974.html)

:p

I havn't heard of that...Happy Meals 2? Wtf.

[Colezy]

Yeah I know! :p I wasn't aware of English Army being on anything though. Ah well.

Mmmm, I haven't had a Happy Meal in ages. I miss happy meals.

[Kacky]

Haha. I havn't had one in a while either.

My younger brother gets all offended when I mention Happy Meals, he thinks hes too cool for them. :p Same with when I watch Disney Movies. "Chelsea, why do you watch little kid movies?" and bla bla bla. :p

[Dwntwn lights]

So do we, they're playing all these festivals around oz and none in Melbourne. Bastards!!



;) :p

What asses! What's the deal, boys? :p

I hope they tour Melbourne again and I hope they come back to California again, so I can follow them for a week again. ;)

[i_heart_you]

i think im getting a car this summmer. so, can anyone say road trip (aka follow tle down the east coast)?

[Sarah]

I'm quitting work this year and not getting another job with such huge commitments again - so I'll be roadtripping next aus TLE tour (or other country if I'm there at the time!). Can't Fucking wait :D

[Kacky]

i think im getting a car this summmer. so, can anyone say road trip (aka follow tle down the east coast)?

Take me! :D

[kelso]

ZOMG @ Kacky's ava!!!:eek: :D

you know I love that pic

[Amur]

huh! Time to ask for original,Kels?:D

[The Dying Start]

Happy Meals! Funny. When was that CD released?

[Colezy]

Not sure. I shall try to do a little research :)

[Kacky]

ZOMG @ Kacky's ava!!!:eek: :D

you know I love that pic

HAHAHA. ;)
I know how much you love that picture.

[kelso]

huh! Time to ask for original,Kels?:D

haha no, I already know where that picture is from ;)

[Kacky]

Let me guess, it's your desktop background now? ;) Haha.

[kelso]

actually...no
haha
but that is a fantastic idea!
it might be a bit stretched though, since it's not wallpaper size
meh

[Kacky]

Haha.
I put my pics from that show as my desktop background and they don't stretch.
Could be how big your monitor is too.

Streched or not, it'd still make one awesome background.

[stray_cat]

i had a really nice pic from the concert i went to in Philly at the TLA in Nov. but i can't find it on my computer. I hate this fuckhead on the forums that said it sucked. he complained about the crowd. maybe he was used to asshole crowds, the kind were u had watch it or some guy would come up behind u hump u then run away laughing...


it was a good crowd, into it, but not getting completely pissed and licking everyone.
*sits in fetal position, planning vengeance against said other crowd member*

[kelso]

this kid behind me and my friend was trying to hump us
it was hilarious

[The Dying Start]

...and somewhat arousing...

[TreCoola]

so, can anyone say road trip (aka follow tle down the east coast)?

Take me too!!!!! I live in PA, it's on your way down the coast:D

I've missed out on 3 oppertunities to see TLE and I plan on making up for it somehow!

[Amur]

Let me guess, it's your desktop background now? ;) Haha.
could you post it please in pic thread?;) now I feel myself ignorant without this picture! :(

[Kacky]

Lol. Yes Amur, I'll post it. ;)

[i_heart_you]

Take me too!!!!! I live in PA, it's on your way down the coast:D

I've missed out on 3 oppertunities to see TLE and I plan on making up for it somehow!

haha alright, who else am i picking up? we'll make this a tle forum bandwagon! (if i had a staion wagon, the name would be even more fitting)


and about humping crowd members? that's why god made elbows, my dears.

[kelso]

haha but of course
I was using my elbows to lean on the gate so I wouldn't get smushed XD

crap, I had a really good question and I keep forgetting it!

[TreCoola]

haha alright, who else am i picking up? we'll make this a tle forum bandwagon! (if i had a staion wagon, the name would be even more fitting)


Haha. No..really. I'll give you like 50 bucks if you picked me up and took me on this little adventure.

That would be pretty cool to have a forum bandwagon...and a lot of fun.

[The Dying Start]

The alcoholic rollercoaster!

[kelso]

a forum bandwagon would be kickass
me and chels might try to go to Toronto and Detroit TLE shows together :D

[Kacky]

Oh the advantage of living in between a few large cities. :D

[kelso]

I concur!
it will be smashing fun
stalking TLE between borders
couldn't get any better?

...well yes it could :D *cheshire cat*

seriously, we need an open-mouthed smiley

[bringin' it all back home]

Ha ha!
Just a little detour, and you can take me too :)

I'll be souther than my home... for a wedding.. on the east coast...
That's on your way to WA isn't it?? Ha ha.

I wanted them to come to my sisters wedding.. but we haven't gotten a reply..
Think POSTIVE!!!

[The Dying Start]

Stop ripping on our poor pathetic little smilies.

[Amur]

Stop ripping on our poor pathetic little smilies.'
yeah! it teach you how to make someone grin (not GREEN as our grin smiley) even without smileys!
PS - it still being possible to steal smileys from another website/forum and post 'em in your posts here.Be creative Kelsey!

[kelso]

you're right Amur!
I will post different smileys from GDC

http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/style_emoticons/dark/laugh.gif the open-mouthed HAHA
http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/style_emoticons/dark/woot.gif for any exciting news or pictures of awesome Chris hair or Andy's guns
http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/style_emoticons/dark/wub.gif cutesy stuff
http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/style_emoticons/dark/eyebrows.gif ...self explanatory

[Kacky]

Haha. I love the eyebrow one.

This one is used when you're really excited...
For example: OMGOMGOMGOMG RISING SUN VIDEO OMGOMGOMGOMG! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/2872/w00tni5.gif

[stray_cat]

:cool:

my friend thought this smiley meant someone blind....


Don't know where she got that idea from...

[i_heart_you]

so, i'm picking up someone from pa, detroit, canada and...west australia? those are almost near each other.

i've never understood the smiley with a foot for a mouth. i know it probably means 'foot in mouth' or whatever, but that isn't exactly a commonly used phrase.

[kelso]

I FINALLY REMEMBERED MY TLE QUESTION
-sorry to break the schpam here-

ok, so the beginning of Mr. Businessman, I've heard that bit before but I cant remember what movie it's from. Does anybody know what movie that "nutty-buddy" bit is from and who says it? It sounds so familiar, I just cant place the name

[Colezy]

you're right Amur!
I will post different smileys from GDC

http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/style_emoticons/dark/laugh.gif the open-mouthed HAHA
http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/style_emoticons/dark/wub.gif cutesy stuff

We had those ones on the older forums!
They were heaps better. I miss them! :p I like your descriptions of them too! hehe

I FINALLY REMEMBERED MY TLE QUESTION
-sorry to break the schpam here-

ok, so the beginning of Mr. Businessman, I've heard that bit before but I cant remember what movie it's from. Does anybody know what movie that "nutty-buddy" bit is from and who says it? It sounds so familiar, I just cant place the name
I'm not sure about the movie..I might have been told, but I can't remember! :p Although, I think he says "Whats the matter buddy? Made too much money? Lets something something something" haha

[kelso]

haha nutty. oops.
misheard lyrics much? :p


I BET SUPER GLENN KNOWS

[Colezy]

Haha, close enough! :p
Yeah, I bet Glenn does know!!

[mel_bound]

It's from a doco/movie of The Beach Boys or something as far as I can remember

"what's the matter? you made too much money buddy? Lets sing from the heart, so let's go" or something like that

I'm sure Super Glenn can back up my claims :p

[kelso]

it sounds like some action movie with Bruce Willis or some guy like that- whoever has that voice
it sounds so familiar!
I keep thinking of Bruce Willis or Michael Douglas, but I know thats not either of them

ahhhh!

[dirty man]

:cool:

my friend thought this smiley meant someone blind....


Don't know where she got that idea from...

its the only blue smiley, so its oxygen deprived...or cold

[The Dying Start]

It's from The Beach Boys doco or something.

[stray_cat]

so, i'm picking up someone from pa, detroit, canada and...west australia? those are almost near each other.

i've never understood the smiley with a foot for a mouth. i know it probably means 'foot in mouth' or whatever, but that isn't exactly a commonly used phrase.


dude pick me up goin through PA as well

[Sarah]

It's from The Beach Boys doco or something.


Yep, it is their manager/father having a dig

[The Dying Start]

God I'm good!

[bringin' it all back home]

This is a real dumb question

what is a VINYL?

like as in an AUS VINYL - LIMITED EDITION
(SOE cd..) cause im looking at them.. but i dont know what it is!

[Bec]

A vinyl is the same thing as a record - those big round black things they used before cds

[bringin' it all back home]

Okay! Thanks!

[The Dying Start]

Hahahaha. Lordy, lordy me

[Sarah]

you play them on a vinyl player too apparently :D

[Colezy]

Hahaha. Vinyl player. I'm pretty sure I have never, ever called them a vinyl player in my life. They're record players people.

[Sarah]

Apparently not!

[kelso]

who originally came up with the TLE instrument logo?

[The Dying Start]

Christopher J, i believe.

[bringin' it all back home]

Well that Chris is a smart smart fellow :)
lead my not into temptation, but would that be christopher john cheney?
or somone else?

[kelso]

^^ yeah I think so
didn't Glenn want it to be Jasper? :p

Christopher J, i believe.

^__^ awesomeee

[Colezy]

Yes it would :)

[bringin' it all back home]

oh! im soo clever!

[MikeyJ]

Yep, it is their manager/father having a dig

Yes, it was three of the band members' father Murry Wilson. And the audio was not just taken from a documentary it was actually from a Beach Boys recording session in 1965, the "Help Me, Rhonda" session I believe. The band would soon after (during the recording of Help Me, Rhonda) fire him as the manager of the band after his constant (and infamous) physical beatings and verbal tirades. One of his most famous quotes is his comment to his son Brian Wilson of "I'm A Genius Too".

[Tyler_who]

Who originally did "Witch Doctor"?

[Julian]

The Living End?

[bringin' it all back home]

on the under the covers cd picture with the boys in bed...
do you reakon they actually were in a bed when they took that photo? or computer animation....?

[mel_bound]

Who originally did "Witch Doctor"?

That Witch Doctor is a TLE original, but there's an old song by The Chipmonks or something that's completely different except for the title.

Oooh eeee oooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang!

[Bec]

That Witch Doctor is a TLE original, but there's an old song by The Chipmonks or something that's completely different except for the title.

Oooh eeee oooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang!

Oh man I love that song :D

and the TLE one too.

[Bec]

I was watching the Rising Sun video clip (thanks Mel) and I noticed that Scott's strings look different to the ones he normally uses. Are these gut strings or something else? And did he play using these in the recording or just the video clip?

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4966/stringsye1.jpg

[mel_bound]

I noticed that too, I guess they're gut strings.. eew.

[Amur]

on the under the covers cd picture with the boys in bed...
do you reakon they actually were in a bed when they took that photo? or computer animation....?
is this pic in Mel's sig at the moment? if you mean this one...why not! I believe they still can lying in the bed even being so famous :D
don't see any logic in my joke,but maybe it's because there's no logic in question aswell...

[Amur]

I noticed that too, I guess they're gut strings.. eew.
:eek: EWWWWW!! they looks really disgusting!

[mel_bound]

is this pic in Mel's sig at the moment? if you mean this one...why not! I believe they still can lying in the bed even being so famous :D
don't see any logic in my joke,but maybe it's because there's no logic in question aswell...
Of course they were in the bed together, they had their clothes on.. I assume!
haha. They have good senses of humour, and it seems like something they did just for a laugh, I mean, Under The Covers, and then they're literally under bed covers haha.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7703/sleepcp0.th.gif (http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7703/sleepcp0.gif)

[Amur]

I hope it's THEIR senses of humour and not someone's from TLE crew idea :)

Of course they were in the bed together, they had their clothes on.. I assume!
haha who knows!

[E.B.]

I was watching the Rising Sun video clip (thanks Mel) and I noticed that Scott's strings look different to the ones he normally uses. Are these gut strings or something else? And did he play using these in the recording or just the video clip?

I would say he used them in the recording, gut strings are easier on the hands when slapping and since this song has quite a bit of slap in it, it is quite likely he used them

[Bec]

He does a fair bit of slapping in a lot of songs though and still uses steels. There's nothing wrong with him using guts (although I find the concept of gut strings kinda gross), I was just curious because he's used steels for so long and he used to do a lot more slapping in the earlier days.

[Amur]

How to pronounce Joey Piripitsi's last name?

[mel_bound]

err.. Peer-i-Pitz-ee I think! I don't know if that helps at all :p

I hope it's THEIR senses of humour and not someone's from TLE crew idea :)
haha who knows!

haha yeah!

[Amur]

I wrote a whole The Living End article on wikipedia on russian!now I can't add images in it, and edit Joey's name too.ehh

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_living_end - here you can see how many "fancy letters" i wrote, without paying attention to words :(
I tried to make it full of info

[Bec]

Wow, great job Amur! :D

[mel_bound]

Awesome work :D

[Amur]

thanx,but it's funny how you praise me without even being sure what I wrote there ;)
my friend told me to add more influences-musicians and description of what kind of music TLE plays :rolleyes: so i need to work on it more. + add pics! (dunno how :( )

[E.B.]

He does a fair bit of slapping in a lot of songs though and still uses steels. There's nothing wrong with him using guts (although I find the concept of gut strings kinda gross), I was just curious because he's used steels for so long and he used to do a lot more slapping in the earlier days.

Maybe he wanted a change? :confused: I dunno...

[mel_bound]

thanx,but it's funny how you praise me without even being sure what I wrote there ;)
my friend told me to add more influences-musicians and description of what kind of music TLE plays :rolleyes: so i need to work on it more. + add pics! (dunno how :( )
I read this word: Австралийская
It means 'Australian' doesn't it? :D

[Amur]

молодец Мелисса! =)
yeah it means Australian,you're right!

[mel_bound]

молодец Мелисса! =)
yeah it means Australian,you're right!
Yay! and Мелисса spells Melissa :D

[The Dying Start]

I was watching the Rising Sun video clip (thanks Mel) and I noticed that Scott's strings look different to the ones he normally uses. Are these gut strings or something else? And did he play using these in the recording or just the video clip?

I'm no muso, so I'm unsure exactly what strings are on the bass in the clip. I would say however that you shouldn't make any connection with the clip and the actual recording! He probably would have recorded with his normal strings and setup. (Probably with his midnight blue bass, coz it seems there is a percieved better sound coming out of that).

The bass in the clip is just one of his acoustic basses that he plays at home. I'm pretty sure it has no pickups or anything. It's essentially just there for looks.


Anyway, I don't know any of that for absolute certain, but from what I've seen and heard it's what makes the most sense, in my opinion.

[Bec]

Yeah, that sounds about right, thanks :)

[Ally]

My friend wants to know how many guitars Chris owns. He said something about him mentioning it when he was on JTV last year.

[mel_bound]

In excess of 12 I believe, ranging from Gretsches to Gibsons and various acoustics.

[The Dying Start]

It's probably closer to 20 if not over it these days!

[Ally]

Fair enough. My silly friend said it was some ridiculously number like 1500. I thought he was asking me a serious question. Thanks anyway though!

[The Dying Start]

1500! Hahahaha. Chris wishes.

[Erin]

i don't remember what thread i started posting this in, but oh well

someone (i'm pretty sure it was amur) asked if TLE had worn the same item of clothing between the three of them

i think i found one, but did anyone complete the trio? up 'til then i only had two

[mel_bound]

Ah yeah I remember that, I'll have a think and a browse through my expansive TLE picture collection haha.

It was Bang Bang shirt you were thinking of right? I know Andy and Scott have worn it, I'll see if Chris ever has :)

[Erin]

i've found it!!

ladies and gentleman...
Andy:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h247/little_gypsy_girl/tle0uilf1.jpg

Scott:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h247/little_gypsy_girl/100_1140.jpg

and chris (its blury, but it is the shirt i can tell :P)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h247/little_gypsy_girl/IMG_1589.jpg

[Colezy]

Whoo! Good job girls! :p
I was waiting for this "mistery" to be solvered :)

[mel_bound]

Ahh you win Erin! :D

[worry_rock]

Haha, I'm pretty sure I've seen the Bang Bang shirt about twice live. And I'm pretty sure Chris was wearing it for one of them. Push Over '05, maybe?

[Erin]

oh just to clear....
i'm not saying 'eww! how friggin gross to share clothes!'
at all.

[kelso]

oh just to clear....
i'm not saying 'eww! how friggin gross to share clothes!'
at all.

I think its cute
bruthas! :D

[The Dying Start]

I've seen SuperDave wearing it too. I believe i have a photo somewhere of him wearing it at Clipsal. And Chris also wore it at Pushover05

[kelso]

tres questions!
1. How did E Boogie originate?
2. Did Chris write it? if not, where is it from?
3. during what era or around what year did Chris start playing it at shows and keeping it on the set list?

[gaby2121]

From what i heard its a mix of song!
everytime i show it to a different friend they always tell me different songs!
but im like idk
i guess they know the songs!

[mel_bound]

It used to be called Psycho Twist (or Psycho T) and it was around during Roll On era atleast.
And yes it's a big mix of heaps of different fingerpickin' rock and roll tunes. Don't ask me to name them though :p

[gaby2121]

I wonder if The Living End share pants!!

they share shirts so why not pants!

[Ally]

I don't think they actually share the one shirt, that would be a little weird, wouldn't it? I know that "Bang Bang" is a band that they toured with once so maybe they each got their own.

[mel_bound]

They probably get clothes mixed up on tour, I don't think they'd get a shirt each

[The Dying Start]

E-Boogie was from around 2000. Yepp.

The current versions feature a blend of various tracks and riff, most noticable have been Mystery Train (Presley), Mr Sandman (Chordettes), Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan), with various solos and stuff chucked in there.

It originally had three solos.

Chris, Scott and Trav. Scott's was a pizicatto solo.

Scott then upgraded to the slap solo we have today, it's changed very little.

Chris' solo seems to be pretty much ad lib, but with common elements. The beer solo was reasonably new, as is the beer spitting.

When Trav left, Andy didn't take a solo, up until recently, where he now has one.

[kelso]

thanks for the tid bits Glenn! :D
that's pretty cool

[The Dying Start]

Previous thread and information here for those interested:

BOOYAH! (http://www.thelivingend.com/vBforum/showthread.php?t=116)

[WhitefalconTLE44]

Did anyone ever hear the song by the Living end called "Ready" ? Its 34 seconds long, its really cool

[kelso]

yeah I have it
it's so random

[Amur]

I hate to hear it as my alarm song...brrrr...still under shock of waking up from those LOUD sounds(volume on phone was set on maximum,heh)!
but it's pretty cool.Chris is a gangsta rapper with his high-speed singing,ha! where's Mel's photoshop of it now?:rolleyes:

[Amur]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h247/little_gypsy_girl/IMG_1589.jpg
where's it from btw?:confused: it was a video? VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

[stray_cat]

I gotta question, in the POS vid, in the beginning before the singing starts, theres a quick flash of something hanging on the wall and my friend was watchng it and thought it looked like underwear.

Can anyone screen cap this clip and verify it?

[Erin]

where's it from btw?:confused: it was a video? VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

its from the FHOI dvd, i don't have a dvd player in my pc, so my camera had to do :D

[Colezy]

I gotta question, in the POS vid, in the beginning before the singing starts, theres a quick flash of something hanging on the wall and my friend was watchng it and thought it looked like underwear.

Can anyone screen cap this clip and verify it?

Yeah, its a pair of undies! :p I don't know what else they could be.
(This is in the US version by the way people) Sorry its a bit fuzzy.

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8373/pdvd001rb5.jpg

[The Dying Start]

Nice gag. I bet they've been waiting 9 years for someone to find that!

[Grumma]

They probably stole them from a blues festival after Jawn threw them on the stage

[mel_bound]

Nice gag. I bet they've been waiting 9 years for someone to find that!

I saw them the first time I saw it but never bothered to mention it!

[Johnny_Wah]

I saw them the first time I saw it but never bothered to mention it!

Sure...sure....


:p

[mel_bound]

I did! But why is it such a big deal that there's underpants hanging on a wall?

Well I guess it is a tad odd and not to mention unclean :p

[The Dying Start]

Oh great. Now we find out Mel hangs her knickers on he wall. Fantastic. I just ate.