Comments on: Guardian Unlimited Slates Ham Sandwich http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/ Offbeat Irish Music Photoblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Off Her Rocker » Blog Archive » Ham Sandwich on BBC http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-541 Off Her Rocker » Blog Archive » Ham Sandwich on BBC Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:57:41 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-541 [...] you vote their win at the Meteors or feel your feathers ruffled when Sean Michaels slagged their name? Do you consider yourself a fan, nay! a dedicated [...] […] you vote their win at the Meteors or feel your feathers ruffled when Sean Michaels slagged their name? Do you consider yourself a fan, nay! a dedicated […]

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-433 nay Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-433 Bullshit in Dublin? You must be confusing us with a different music scene... Bullshit in Dublin? You must be confusing us with a different music scene…

]]> By: Leigh O'Gorman http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-432 Leigh O'Gorman Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:48:46 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-432 "...Prat. The Guardian should send him to HWCH08…" are you sure that's wise..? i can imagine the bullshit detector going off the scale “…Prat. The Guardian should send him to HWCH08…”

are you sure that’s wise..? i can imagine the bullshit detector going off the scale

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-431 nay Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-431 *nods* I thought so...for all the Boyzone and Westlife the Meteors weren't exactly the Smash Hit Awards. It wouldn't be difficult to find something decent in the other winners, if only to regain some equilibrium. but he seemed intent on a negative slant. Prat. The Guardian should send him to HWCH08... *nods*
I thought so…for all the Boyzone and Westlife the Meteors weren’t exactly the Smash Hit Awards. It wouldn’t be difficult to find something decent in the other winners, if only to regain some equilibrium. but he seemed intent on a negative slant.

Prat. The Guardian should send him to HWCH08…

]]> By: raptureponies http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-430 raptureponies Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-430 is it just me, or is it weird that he said nothing about Duke Special, Cathy Davey or to a lesser degree Paddy Casey? is it just me, or is it weird that he said nothing about Duke Special, Cathy Davey or to a lesser degree Paddy Casey?

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-417 nay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-417 Behave, Leighton...John's a delightful chap, allergic to popcorn tho don'tcha know! Behave, Leighton…John’s a delightful chap, allergic to popcorn tho don’tcha know!

]]> By: Leigh O'Gorman http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-416 Leigh O'Gorman Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:11:04 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-416 anyone here up for watching john and nay fight it out in the ring??? i'll get the popcorn... anyone here up for watching john and nay fight it out in the ring??? i’ll get the popcorn…

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-415 nay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-415 Which is of course fine. No one's demanding that he like the bands he writes about. Didn't sound as if he had a clue who they were or what they do, which is why I think it's cheeky to dismiss them on the shallow basis of their name. Which is of course fine. No one’s demanding that he like the bands he writes about.
Didn’t sound as if he had a clue who they were or what they do, which is why I think it’s cheeky to dismiss them on the shallow basis of their name.

]]> By: john http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-414 john Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:39:36 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-414 He was clearly being ironic when he said "Boyzone (currently on a reunion tour) were on hand to ensure that no Irishman's appetite for manufactured pop went unsated." plus maybe he just doesn't like Ham Sandwich. Some people probably care about as little for Irish indie as they do for Westlife. not that shocking. He was clearly being ironic when he said “Boyzone (currently on a reunion tour) were on hand to ensure that no Irishman’s appetite for manufactured pop went unsated.”

plus maybe he just doesn’t like Ham Sandwich. Some people probably care about as little for Irish indie as they do for Westlife. not that shocking.

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-413 nay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-413 LOL, Leigh, I did! That's how you ended up on the contacts' page :p LOL, Leigh, I did! That’s how you ended up on the contacts’ page :p

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-412 nay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:22:06 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-412 I think the point of the dodgepot name is to examplify that in the long run, names are merely handles and shed no light on the quality of the music. I like Ham Sandwich and think the new album's decent. It won't set the world alight but I appreciate the ground they've covered in merging genres and knitting idea with influence (Smashing Pumpkins) to bring about their own friendly, playable format. The main point here is that they're polarised from crap like Westlife and Michaels' original slant on the article was Ireland's "appetite for manufactured pop". I'm not gonna go into the clothes issue. That's as bad as dissin' on names! I think the point of the dodgepot name is to examplify that in the long run, names are merely handles and shed no light on the quality of the music.

I like Ham Sandwich and think the new album’s decent. It won’t set the world alight but I appreciate the ground they’ve covered in merging genres and knitting idea with influence (Smashing Pumpkins) to bring about their own friendly, playable format. The main point here is that they’re polarised from crap like Westlife and Michaels’ original slant on the article was Ireland’s “appetite for manufactured pop”.

I’m not gonna go into the clothes issue. That’s as bad as dissin’ on names!

]]> By: Leigh O'Gorman http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-411 Leigh O'Gorman Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:14:56 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-411 hmmmm.... i would have loved to sent him a message hmmmm…. i would have loved to sent him a message

]]> By: Jicked http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-410 Jicked Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-410 In fairness, Ham Sandwich is a terrible, terrible name for any band, though I'd imagine their reason for sticking with it is precisely because it will get them more column inches as people like journos like Sean will think it easy of a quick mention/laugh. And as a band, its hard to see Ham Sandwich doing anything other than a few sold out shows in Whelans in the next year, so he may have a point about them not being a great "Hope" for 2008. Having said that, I've not heard the album, only read reviews of it and seen them enough times live to suggest they're nothing particularly musically interesting, even if yer man trys to dress like a twit to make up for it. In fairness, Ham Sandwich is a terrible, terrible name for any band, though I’d imagine their reason for sticking with it is precisely because it will get them more column inches as people like journos like Sean will think it easy of a quick mention/laugh.
And as a band, its hard to see Ham Sandwich doing anything other than a few sold out shows in Whelans in the next year, so he may have a point about them not being a great “Hope” for 2008. Having said that, I’ve not heard the album, only read reviews of it and seen them enough times live to suggest they’re nothing particularly musically interesting, even if yer man trys to dress like a twit to make up for it.

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-408 nay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:48:06 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-408 Exactly! You could forgive such transgressions if he had 75 word news brief in the actual paper and was limited by space constraints. I just don't see how that can be excusable in the freedom of internet publication, where space is never a problem. His ignorance is appalling. At the very least the band's name piques the curiosity and gives insight to the not-Westlife origin and stylings of the band... Exactly! You could forgive such transgressions if he had 75 word news brief in the actual paper and was limited by space constraints. I just don’t see how that can be excusable in the freedom of internet publication, where space is never a problem.

His ignorance is appalling. At the very least the band’s name piques the curiosity and gives insight to the not-Westlife origin and stylings of the band…

]]> By: TheDecline http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-407 TheDecline Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-407 He's right about westlife, but the man really doesn't have a clue what he's saying about ham sandwich, the album might not hit you straight away(i haven't had a chance to get it yet) but if he'd seen them live he'd know that they're going places and have serious potential. Its hard to judge these things from afar and he's just shown how wrong you can be when you try to. He’s right about westlife, but the man really doesn’t have a clue what he’s saying about ham sandwich, the album might not hit you straight away(i haven’t had a chance to get it yet) but if he’d seen them live he’d know that they’re going places and have serious potential. Its hard to judge these things from afar and he’s just shown how wrong you can be when you try to.

]]> By: nay http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-406 nay Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:48:55 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-406 Cheers for pointing that out! It's all fixed now! Cheers for pointing that out! It’s all fixed now!

]]> By: Martin http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-405 Martin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:40:01 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-405 Yeah, the link is for the contacts page. And I did a search of the Guardian unlimited website for Ham Sandwich and couldn't find anything... maybe they've taken it down in shame... Yeah, the link is for the contacts page. And I did a search of the Guardian unlimited website for Ham Sandwich and couldn’t find anything… maybe they’ve taken it down in shame…

]]> By: Leigh O'Gorman http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-404 Leigh O'Gorman Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2008/02/21/guardian-unlimited-slate-ham-sandwich/#comment-404 the link at the start doesn't go anywhere the link at the start doesn’t go anywhere

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