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| | | (...) This is appalling. When did this patronising of children start? When I was young I don't remember suffering this sort of thing. I remember reading my dad's Eagle annuals from when he was a child (60's) and they had fantastically detailed (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine — Jake McKee
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| | | | | (...) Now hang on... I think "appalling" is a little too strong. (...) I'm not sure that I agree that the copy in question is "patronising". We do a lot of testing with the magazines (nearly every issue if I'm not mistaken) and fun stuff like the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes: (snip) (...) Do you still listen to it, then? 'Cause I need tips about good punk bands... :-) Pedro (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Tip #1 Stay away from it! Tip #2 Don't forget tip #1 ROSCO (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Aw, Rosco, what's the matter? Not in touch with your inner Angry Young Man? ;p James (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) How come? I happen to like punk music! (*) :-P Pedro (*) I'm not a punk, though. (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Well I guess I've tipped my hand in another post in this thread - the first band I ever played in did mostly punk (or punky versions of non-punk), so I'm not quite as anti-punk as these 2 tips may suggest.... ROSCO (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) :-P I just *knew* there was a punk inside you!... Pedro (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Eh? What kind of tips? Start with: The Velvet Underground Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" Nico's "The End" New York Dolls Ramones Sex Pistols (esp. "Never Mind the Bullocks") Early Siouxsie and the Banshees ("The Scream", "Join Hands") Early (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I guess we know who's in touch with *his* inner Angry Young Man! :-D Maggie C. (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Ummmm, wasnt that "bollocks"? ROSCO (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Yeah, I guess it was -- but that's misspelled, right? -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Jake McKee
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Good "classic punk selection"! Don't forget Social Distortion (one of my favs) Bad Religion Green Day and of course, the new White Stripes! (Complete with LEGO MTV Video!) And another one of my favorites is 999...although it has been (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Must listen to them as well. (...) Know them both - I have all the Greenday albums, but frankly I'm losing a bit of the interest I had in them... :-/ (...) Yup! :-) (I did post in .mediawatch about the clip when I saw it...) (...) Someone has (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Social D ! I've always liked their stuff, but I confess to prefering the slightly pop-ier alternative selections from them... -H. (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | | (...) Done, like'em both. (...) DISlike them both. (Dead Kennedys performed here some weeks ago, BTW) (...) The ones I did not signal, either I don't know them, or know them but have no oppinion about them so far. Thank you for the tips. I shall (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yikes! So now the Dead Kennedys are THE washed-up, has-been rockers that continue far past any real interest in them. Who knew? Now they join the ranks of Pink Floyd, The Stones, The Who, etc. I wouldn't waste my time seeing any of these old (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Punk! —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | (...) Dunno about the Dead Kennedys, but I've seen Jello Biaffra on his own and he's worth catching. James (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine —Benjamin Medinets
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| | | | | | | (...) I wouldn't go as far as describing it appalling. I would find some of the responses in bad taste. I find them really dumb, and not really fun (or funny for that matter). I have seen some corny, dumb jokes, especially in kid's publications, and (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine —Matthew Jeffery
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| | | | | | | | Personally, I think that these jokes are a bit rude. Disclosure of information has never been a problem with the lego company, so why the sudden confidentiality? I can only form an opinion based on the two I saw in the post. In Australia, we only (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes: <snip> I can agree with all of what you said and still feel that giving blow off answers was wrong. Write in a style that's accessible to children and a style that's funny, and appropriate to their age (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine —Bryan Kinkel
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| | | | | | Jake, I think it is disappointing and a bit sad that Lego would reply to letters from children in such a manner. In your post you mentioned this - (...) ask (...) You are correct - children are extremely intelligent. (I'm often stunned at what my (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) At 30 now, I have the same memories of being thrilled seeing the Lego logo on letterhead sent to me. I still get a thrill whenever I come across those letters (which I also have stashed away somewhere). Getting the kind of (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine —Huw Millington
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| | | | "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:H2oGxy.Mv1@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) Don't you mean the July/August UK issue? I have just received the Sept/Oct UK issue, with HP on the front, and have to say that the Ask (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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