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Spartacus
- FB Fan -
Australia
84 Posts |
 Posted - 06/24/2003 : 23:09:40
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Well, the Annual Australian Frank Black countdown has been held.
The event involves my brother and I ranking every FB song from 157 to 1 and then listening to them in order. Plenty of alcohol is consumed, in fact, if you rate a song 20,40 or 60 songs below the other person then you have to scull a certain amount of liquid. I have to admit that, considering the countdown went for over 9 hrs, it is surprising that I can remember what the top songs were.
My brother has the full results and he will post them here later.
The main thing is that it gives us an excuse to sit back, have a beer and toast the genius of Frank Black. |
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riverfelix
- FB Fan -
Belgium
38 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 01:58:59
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Aussies drinking considerable amounts of alchohol?
What's next ... the pope saying that he's catholic? ;-)) |
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 06:11:08
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Originally posted by Spartacus
Well, the Annual Australian
Please excuse my ignoranc, I ask this question not to be a smartass but because I really don't know. This is the second bulletin board I've been in where the Austrailians refer to their land as "Oz". Why is this... is there a cool story behind this or what?
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 06:47:29
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Originally posted by blackpurse
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Originally posted by Spartacus
Well, the Annual Australian
Please excuse my ignoranc, I ask this question not to be a smartass but because I really don't know. This is the second bulletin board I've been in where the Austrailians refer to their land as "Oz". Why is this... is there a cool story behind this or what?
It's just short for Oz-stralya. Just their pronunciation, shortened.
Right??? |
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Retch
- FB Fan -
Ireland
64 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 09:44:08
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Blackpurse, I really think you should get out a bit more....
This ain't no holiday. |
Edited by - Retch on 06/25/2003 09:45:34 |
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astroman
- FB Fan -
Portugal
84 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 12:25:10
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| " Drinking Australian beer is like making love in a Cannoe, fucking close to water" - Monty´s word |
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 12:33:50
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Originally posted by the swimmer
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Originally posted by blackpurse
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Originally posted by Spartacus
Well, the Annual Australian
Please excuse my ignoranc, I ask this question not to be a smartass but because I really don't know. This is the second bulletin board I've been in where the Austrailians refer to their land as "Oz". Why is this... is there a cool story behind this or what?
It's just short for Oz-stralya. Just their pronunciation, shortened.
Right???
I'm really disappointed. I was primed for some wonderful story about how L Frank Baum based his Oz stories on some visit to Sydney or something... or had these visions after hanging with the aborigines and having some kind of dreamtime experience... |
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Perhaps
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 06/25/2003 : 14:21:51
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| I think the countdown is a fabulous idea. I am going to do it; but I have to admit most Americans don't drink like you folks out there. Even in Wisconsin. The notion of drinking for 9-11 hours is laughable to most. I am a complete advocate. cheers |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 16:03:51
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Yey!!!!!, us Micks have to have a go at this, I like it aaalooot! (drunk Irish person). Hee hee, away to make all my friends listen to Frank Black.
"I meet a man with no little toe and a real big head" |
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Don Eduardo
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
403 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 18:47:44
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| It's great fun...apart from the drinking, the best part is the shit-fights that ensue from huge discrepancies between how each person ranks a song....for example one of my favourite songs "Adda Lee" i ranked #5 out of the 157 (ok maybe a touch high), but then when my brother ranks it #116....well needless to say it shits me to tears and its on for young and old....at least under the rules he has to down a large amount of ale |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2003 : 19:42:31
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| solid drinking game spartucus. i'm sure the canucks could do it justice. or else we could see if we could get this game in the olympics and go country vs country. |
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Spartacus
- FB Fan -
Australia
84 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2003 : 19:46:05
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Hope everyone has a go. The countdown idea was actually devised by another forum member Brackish Heart, so Kudos to him. Of course the beer is not necessary to recognise the genius that is Frank Black, but we feel it adds to the occasion, and certainly to the fun.
One interesting thing to come out of the countdown was how similarly we rated the new songs.
We will be doing another pixies one soon, and now the great man is coming!!!!
'I thought that I would stay just for a while' |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2003 : 23:01:17
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I could drink you under the table fucker
"Snooch to the muthaf**kin Nooch" |
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Spartacus
- FB Fan -
Australia
84 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2003 : 00:05:48
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Fumanbru, Im not questioning you there, I knew a canadian over here at uni and he could drink with the best of them.
'I thought that I would stay just for a while' |
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2003 : 00:37:33
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Where in Australia do you live? I want in on this!
EDIT: Fixed an unsightly punctuation error. |
Edited by - Sheamus on 06/27/2003 00:52:18 |
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
345 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2003 : 00:55:13
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| EDIT: I have no idea how I managed to make a double post so far apart from the original. |
Edited by - Sheamus on 06/27/2003 00:56:30 |
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Spartacus
- FB Fan -
Australia
84 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2003 : 20:05:28
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| Sheamus, we're in the nations freezing capital. Are you gonna be able to make it to one of the shows?? |
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JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
308 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2003 : 00:07:13
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After drinking 16 shots of straight vodka:
Feelin' great. I think all of you in the St. Louis area should totally get fucked up with me. I might be in the 'burbs of Chicago next week, so, y''know, l1313@midwest.net is my email and I might very well might want to get totally tore up with my 'cago neighbors sometimes next week. Ciao, babes!
Also: not exactly sure why've I posted this. I'm just totally trashed, I suppose. Just come back yoder and get totally screwed up.
-Jimmy M. |
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Kingnickmalt
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2003 : 17:04:15
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Spartacus: We (wife and I) are about (jan2004) to relocate (from london, uk)to "the nation's freezing capital". I am big time nervous ahead of the move but it feels very comforting to know such an epic endeavour is taking place in the abode of our choice.
What is a signature???? |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2003 : 06:25:08
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i think the most important question that has not been asked so far is what kind of beer are you going to be celebrating this momentus occasion with?
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thalassocrat
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
46 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2003 : 17:19:46
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I hate you, you bastards. You get to play Frank Black drinking games. I'm just dying of jealousy. All my mates know I'm into FB big time, and I tried to get them into him but no success (poor fuckers are into all sorts of shit). Not much fun on your own! Fuck it, I have never even found a FB fan to talk to face to face.
I'll be going to the Astoria show on 15th October in London. Are there any other poor sods in my position who want to go for a few pints afterwards?
they speak vaudevillian... |
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