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Showing posts with label 2020DartsChallenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2020DartsChallenge. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Saturday, December 26, 2020
New Board, Old Bull . . .
It's February 21st, a Sunday afternoon and I'm just posting this now whilst waiting for the football to start, and for Celtic to go through the motions against Ross County. I'm very hit and miss when it comes to the bull, so this is the closest I've ever come to the elusive triple bullseye throw. It's not something I religiously aim for but somewhere down the line, I'd like to knock it off my darting bucket list.
And the new board? Seven weeks on it's in the closet behind old trainers and surplus Christmas wrapping paper. The bounce outs were doing my nut in. Staples on dart boards are not your friend. See what happens when you try and do the right thing by buying local?
Friday, November 27, 2020
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Round 512: From RM to VG . . .
Darts Thrown: October 8th 2020
Blog Written: October 12th 2020
Highest Score: 180
Lowest Score: 5
Sixties: 29
100+: 9
180s: 1
180s Missed: 1
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
The blog's now in lockdown. Decided to put it on private. Will it now be more indiscreet and revelatory? Nope, it's not turning into an online personalized diary. I'm just now in the position where I no longer want it to be visible, but by the same token I'm not about to press the delete button for it.
Anyway, Blogger's a cunt nowadays. They've 'updated' the blog features and until I'm in a position where I feel comfortable with it - and, it might be the case that I won't master - I will be hating on blogger for the foreseeable feature.
The darts? Yeah, write something about the darts. Hit a 180. Last throw of the round. I've yet to get back in the groove with the darts, but there's an improvement of sorts. Not sure if I'll ever return to those halcyon days of 180s every day. We will see.
Now for a random video. Looking up The Mekons on wiki to see if there's ever been a book written about them - so, I'll download it and never read it - and stumbled across this rather nifty collaboration between Vic Godard and The Nightingales that dates from 2018. Never knew about it - and I go through Vic Godard phases from time to time, which means I'm annoyed that I missed it - but a couple of listens in and I'm enjoying it. I was never much of a Nightingales fan. I remember reading about them in Record Mirror back in the day but I never ever heard them at the time. It was that period in the mid-80s when they were associated with Ted Chippington and We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It, so they got a fair bit of coverage in RM despite the fact that they never sold any records. They are now getting the documentary treatment via - amongst others - Stewart Lee, who some kind of uber fan of a group that never sold more than 137 records. Eventually every band that featured in the Indie Charts 1984-86 will get their own documentary. It's written in the sleeves.
Back to the song. The Mekons connection is that Jon Langford designed the record's cover. Robert Lloyd sounds a bit like the bloke from Tindersticks, so it took a couple of listens for me to get into it.
Vic Godard and The Nightingales - Commercial Suicide Man
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
Round 511 - Turn it off, kids . . .
Darts Thrown: October 7/8th 2020
Blog Written: October 12th 2020
Highest Score: 140
Lowest Score: 7
Sixties: 28
100+: 5
180s: 0
180s Missed: 1
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
Really nothing to note with the dart stats. Very much middle of the road.
Onto the music. Someone just posted this on Facebook, and I love it. The Style Council performing 'Long Hot Summer' on the long forgotten Channel 4 music programme, Switch. Despite loving Style Council all these years, I was never really much of a fan of LHS. I always thought it was a bit too lightweight - I missed the 'controversy' about the video - and I associate it with a shit family holiday in Minorca. (Other songs associated with that horrorday include Level 42's 'The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)', KC and the Sunshine Band's 'Give It Up' and Flash and the Pan's 'Waiting For A Train' . That's a mixtape I'll never be compiling.)
Back to the video. I just like this version 'cos of Weller's dubby bass playing. It's just a nice wee change.
Long Hot Summer - The Style Council (1983) Switch, Channel 4.
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
Round 510: More than a flash in the pan (groan)
Darts Thrown: October 6th 2020
Blog Written: October 13th 2020
Highest Score: 140
Lowest Score: 3
Sixties: 25
100+: 7
180s: 0
180s Missed: 1
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
Another middle of the road darts round. Need to hit more 100 plusses. At least I was throwing for a 180 for a change.
About Round 511, and the mention of that miserable childhood holiday and the music associated with it; well, I happened to check out Flash in the Pan's 'Waiting For A Train' again and, gulp, it's fucking brilliant. I always knew it was a good song but I don't remember it being this good. That holiday was still an absolute shocker but fair fucks, this song is magic. Turns out that wanker Guy Ritchie used it in one of his films, which half annoys me but I'll let it pass this time. Here's a link to the 9 minute version. Enjoy and try not to think about sand, sunburn and a pissed up pater:
Flash And The Pan - Waiting For a train (9 minutes) 1982
Round 509: Fuzzy Feelings
Darts Thrown: October 6th 2020
Blog Written: October 13th 2020
Highest Score: 140
Lowest Score: 3
Sixties: 31
100+: 9
180s: 0
180s Missed: 1
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
Absolute fucking nonsense of a music choice but it does explain why I had always had The Nightingales, Ted Chippington and Fuzzbox as a package in the back of my head all these years. Record Mirror absolutely loved this back in the day, and I swore by Record Mirror back in the day . . . too much so.
The Nightingales, Ted Chippington and Fuzzbox - Rockin' With Rita (Head To Toe)
Round 508: Disco Dolly
Darts Thrown: October 2nd-6th 2020
Blog Written: October 13th 2020
Highest Score: 140
Lowest Score: 3
Sixties: 39
100+: 13
180s: 0
180s Missed: 2
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
Okay, it looks like I'm in a George Young/ Harry Vanda trip at the moment, so I'll throw in this pop classic that they penned back in the 70s. I'm sure I heard this as a kid. If I didn't, I loved it since. Weird to think it was an Australian pop song. For me, it screams EuroHit.
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air (1978)
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Round 507: A French Twist
Darts Thrown: September 29/30th 2020
Blog Written: October 13th 2020
Highest Score: 140
Lowest Score: 3
Sixties: 31
100+: 9
180s: 0
180s Missed: 1
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
At this point it's more about the music, innit? The dart stats take care of themselves.
Another take on Flash in the Pan's 'Waiting For A Train'. This time it's called a 'French Take', which at first listen suggests a Kraftwerk 'Tour De France' connection. Still sounds brilliant. With regards to Flash in the Pan, I knew they were Australian but I didn't know about the Easybeats connection. And Easybeats means George Young, which means AC/DC and his two wee brothers. Now that's just asking to be a pub quiz question.
Flash & The Pan - Waiting For A Train (French Take) (1983)
Monday, September 28, 2020
Round 506: 'Try some wrong . . . '
Darts Thrown: September 28/29th 2020
Blog Written: October 12th 2020
Highest Score: 121
Lowest Score: 7
Sixties: 23
100+: 5
180s: 0
180s Missed: 0
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
The darts stats look after themselves. Why 'Push It' by Salt 'n' Pepa? The song's playing in the background of the film clip I'm half watching. That's it. No fuss, no hassle and really easy. Do I like 'Push It'? Not really.
Salt-N-Pepa - Push It
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Round 430: The Shendish Hundred
Darts Thrown: June 9th 2020
Blog Written: June 21st 2020
Highest Score: 140
Lowest Score: 7
Sixties: 50
100+: 20
180s: 0
180s Missed: 0
Blogger's Note: Written in haste, so there will be spelling mistakes and slapdash grammar.
When we went into lockdown, I thought I would come out the other end playing darts like Peter Wright. Instead, most days I play darts more like Edgar Wright. So, it's nice to occasionally play a half decent round. My first 50-Sixties round in a long, long time.
I put it down to my anarcho-capitalist/Peñarol dart flights:
*'The Shendish Hundred'? It's a Hemel Hempstead pub darts term from back in the day.
Now for a random video. Alex R. shared this one on Facebook a few days ago. I'd never heard of them before, and part of the reason I'm posting it on the blog is because I know I'll forget it otherwise. The comments on YouTube are annoying 'cos people will insist on making the Talking Heads comparison . . . but it's better than that. I'll need to dig out the lyrics sometime as I'm sure they hold up. But it's the tune that grabbed me initially, and I was adult enough to put to one side that grown men shouldn't be on skateboards.
De Lux - "Oh Man The Future"
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