PolarMonkey

if only the new songs (aside from Little Shocks) are as good as their innovative marketing idea...am admittedly disappointed. tho i'm seeing them play at the Electric Ballroom in about a week's time. i'm now hoping they don't play too many of the new songs... :\

pffft...went from no posts to triple postage! :S

oopsies...

as opposed to a song about a Doberman? :P anyway, another video of the Velociraptor performance + a video of them performing Switchblade Smile HERE (warning: quite shitty quality) loving the riffs & hooks of the new songs, especially Velociraptor (as long as i ignore the lyrics...especially that chorus :dozey: )! :D

seems to be...since Tom & Pablo are sporting their new haircuts. anyway, aside from the photo, there hasn't been much activity on their Twitter.

very good effort there! slight gap at the start when going into the 2nd version of the song, but otherwise it's an awesome effort! i was just thinking that i really like the current version of Chasing Cars that the guys are playing on tour now, especially when they were in Mexico. so cheers for this! :D

oh, pants! double posted... :P

^^ haha...i was thinking that too! well, actually, i thought he looked bored. but i'm also guessing he didn't win. & Nathan looks like he's praying. *lol* :laugh2:

i wouldn't count on that too soon...given that Gary has said it will sound different & even Nathan's said that some songs are only recognisably SP cos of Gary's voice. i hope that it'll be different in a good creative way, as he's been trying to assure us in the most ambiguous way possible anyway. but i'd be VERY happy if they DO NOT go down the "theme costume"/"DIY fashion" look route for their live gigs. like ever. :thinking: it'd be 1) not very original (Coldplay's clearly doing that these days) 2) quite cheesy & very un-SP (seriously, can any of you even begin to think of Gary going all Bono/Memphisto/The Fly? *cringe*)

hah! 1 day after Man Utd's Champions League final game! well...allowing for time differences anyway. great to know it's going to be completed so soon! still thinking it'll be an autumn release. perhaps late summer at the earliest. can't wait, either way! :D :dance:

anyone can point me in the right direction to watch Mad Men...short of buying the series DVD before i've even seen a single episode. don't think any of the channels in the UK are showing it at the moment? :thinking:

Episode 7 doesn't seem to be available yet on the streaming site i go to (my usual one's been taken down, from the looks of it) :(

hmmm...maybe i should whinge more. if that's what it takes to get him going with his posts. haha either that or i'll make a wager that he'll post on the day of or a day after the Champions League final game this weekend...since there seems to be a slight pattern of him posting shortly following a Man United game. but nonsense self-thought-up conspiracy aside, it's great to see a flood of posts from him after the silence once they got to Mexico. but seriously Gary, that is like a series of unfortunate events relating to just 1 camera. :P

^^ yeah! always had this impression that Nathan looks perpetually stoned out. but he's looking kinda fresh faced here, despite the obvious eye bags. nice new look. :) indeed! kinda imagine he's the type who'd get all animated watching a football game...arms flailing & all when Man Utd miss a chance at goal & hands in the air & giving out big hugs all around when the lads score/win. hehe (i might be wrong tho... :P) anyway, another video from Mexico...13mins of SP goodness! & i think whoever compiled the video did a great job with the editing. ah, it's great to see the guys in action again...loving that big dorky grin on Gary. have missed it. :wacky: :wacky: :wacky: ...tho he's running kinda late with those behind-the-scenes posts while on tour on his Tumblr. or were those 2 posts it already? :thinking: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8f-PtTTRpc]Snow Patrol May 15th 2011 Mexico City[/ame]

finally! some news about how's the album coming along! sounds promising..."almost finished" according to Nathan! :D [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcI6BU61vyE]Entrevista Snow Patrol[/ame] (i don't know Mexican/Spanish tho...so had to guess what the questions were...with the exception of that one about "futbol" ;) )

i really wanna know what's the banter leading up to the song. can see just at the start that he was pointing at his back with a wide grin on his face & the crowd all cheering. :bomb: & i bet he'll be watching the big game next weekend...United the underdogs for once! edit: silly me wasn't paying close enough attention. he said "thank you Javier for the title!" at the very beginning! :wacky:

my heart skipped a beat twice watching this...try & guess which part(s). *ahem* XD [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbdbng3gcT8]Snow Patrol - Con la camisa de Javier "El Chicharito" Hernandez - Gira U2 360°[/ame] & Gary L with that Chicharito kit on is my new phone wallpaper.... :P

oooh!!! i spy a London screening + live performance!!! :sneaky: :D

CHAMP19NS!!! :D:D:D really looking forward to seeing the other Gary in about 2wks time!!! :D & at the Theatre of Dreams too!!! :dance: Barca!!! You're next!!! :sneaky: ...once Fergie figures out how to solve a problem like Messi. :inquisitive: but back on topic...wish this Gary'd post some of those sneak peaks at the U2 tour already. (impatient)

thank you The Apprentice for making it look like you can just waltz into an agency & get developers to bang out an app in 24hrs after having to listen to boys getting excited about regional stereotypes & girls bickering, along with a shining example of a spoilt sulky Asian girl. :rolleyes: i do agree with Lord Sugar's comment about the boys' failure tho. this task seemed like it'd have been a cake walk for them given their skill sets. instead they totally botched it up with a silly juvenile app that was worse than the girls' nonsense app. would never have downloaded either app if i have a Blackberry to begin with. :P

nope. nothing new so far. release date still up in the air. i'm guessing maybe an autumn release again.

yeah, i kinda remembered mentions of him being his sister. not so obvious that he's the twin brother tho, methinks. but my simpleton mind still got confused anyway. which part was that? when they found the pups? cos i'm a bit hazy on what happened in Episode 1 with regards to the direwolves by now... :embarrassed: i did not realise that either! (obviously i wasn't really paying attention to the opening sequence beyond Episode 1) :P :embarrassed: veering towards the wrong show already there, aren't we? ;) that king pretty much established himself to be a douche from the moment he arrived at Winterfell. nice enough fellow, but proved to be quite reliant on his advisors & Ned for the important matters.

just Season 1. for now. actually, i'd prefer if they had books like A Song of Fire & Ice in ebook form. having physical books is great, but not so great when you start running out of bookshelf space. especially with an epic series like this one...which STILL hasn't completed yet! :\ hah! so he IS the brother! i was getting a bit confused about their relationship to each other. started out thinking he's the brother. then that scene about what Bran saw happened & i was like "hang on, isn't that like incest? or did i somehow get it wrong in thinking he's the brother?" :confused: & nvm end of Season 1! i already feel like murdering Joffrey now! the poor direwolves...tho i was thinking that's like a bad omen thing for Ned having to kill 1 of the direwolves since they're his house's emblem. (btw, i'd SO love to have a direwolf as a pet! hahaha) i love the opening sequence for the series! love how there's all these mechanised elements rising up from the very typical fantasy story world map to represent each of the major cities. :D [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8]Game Of Thrones "Official" Show Open (HBO)[/ame] i think at first glance most fantasy based shows will be compared to or seen as being like LotR these days. & the fantasy genre for literature is fairly niche still. i'm only starting to see the books from the A Song Of Fire & Ice saga appearing in shops like HMV now & i will bet that the only reason for it is because of Game Of Thrones' mainstream success. i do wonder if since playing Boromir, Sean Bean's ended up being typecast in medieval fantasy roles. even if Ned isn't like Boromir at all aside from being a medieval fantasy lord. i don't really remember him in any other type of roles lately.

ah, i have to admit i didn't realise you'd started a thread for Game Of Thrones until you pointed me in the right direction! :shame: i was actually trying to get Sky set up mainly for football & Game Of Thrones. but that didn't quite work out. so i shall have to rely on the usual method of watching it still. darn you Virgin Media & your stubbornness to pay up for Sky Atlantic! :P anyway i've known about the books for donkey years. a few of my friends during A-Levels & uni were reading his Song of Fire & Ice saga...& still are. while i was lost in the worlds of Midkemia & Kelewan created by Raymond E. Feist and later the Discworld of Terry Pratchett. i'm trying to avoid starting on his books until after Game Of Thrones finishes, actually. spoilers, y'know... ;) & i have to say that as far as shooting locations go for fantasy movies/shows, one can't go wrong with either New Zealand or Ireland (as in the entire island) to bring to life medieval fantasy worlds like Westeros! :wacky: the characters...really not liking that Joffrey kid. arrogant little brat. along with his mother & the guy she's sneaking around with. tho that girl of Ned's who's all uppity & meant to marry Joffrey's not much better to me too. :P

hope so too! tho behind the scenes photos from Gary while on the 360 tour are always welcome! hehe