Before ‘No Reply’ had a music video, it had a 16-year-old in his bedroom in Somerset with a camera, a lot of modelling clay and some doll’s hair. Terry Thomas, younger brother of The Foxes’ singer Nigel, made this stop-motion animation entirely by himself, frame by painstaking frame, over several months in 2010. Progress reports didn’t always go smoothly: “The filming is going well, I have over a minute now but your head fell off yesterday.”
The Foxes were a London indie band who toured from Inverness to Hawaii, picked up two UK Indie Top Ten singles and recorded their album ‘Last of Many’ at the famous Sawmills Studios in Cornwall with producer John Cornfield (Supergrass, Muse). ‘No Reply’ appears on that album and on their 2010 EP ‘Depression, Joy and a Moment of Fame’.
Nigel is now telling the whole story, the highs, the lows and the near misses, in his weekly Substack ‘How to Almost Make It’, built from the real diaries, emails and scrapbooks he kept at the time. New instalments every Thursday at 9am.
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A Nick Name
1 hours ago
I just read that in our area recorded crime in the last three months has kept broadly stable. I don't understand why they can't reduce it each quarter. It should be so simple to do.
You just look at the last quarters figures and make sure you record less.
PacMan
4 hours ago
Well, I mentioned in a previous thread that I hadn't donated blood for several years, but following a little persuasion from other contributors on here I went today.
I will go again, but not overly impressed. I filled in the medical questionnaire online.
On arrival I was asked had I completed my form. 'Yes, I did it online'.
Oh, can you fill in a paper copy here please. Completed and handed back.
Oh, sorry, can you do it again, you've filled the reverse in.
I gave it a good look and could not see anything on the back telling me not to complete, among other things it asked for my address. I knew that !
So we move on to the next point and I am asked about my answers, some of the health issues/medications that where not an issue on-line appear to be now ?
What medical treatments have I had, ever. 'What. Ever ?' Yea ever.
Ok so that's all done and I am ok to donate, this bit goes well, and the 'new' chairs are better than the old beds.
All done. Now go and have a drink and biscuit.
Lovely, coffee please. Nope, only cold drinks. WHAT !!!
So, not the best experience overall, but I will be back.
A Nick Name
28 minutes ago
Malc_H Fabulous. My father gave blood and was photographed receiving a glass plate for his donations which I think may have been 100. He gave me it and the photo before he died so I'll always have that to remember him, but 150 is excellent.
help me! That's a very admirable ethos to have. If only more people thought that way.
Malc_H
an hour ago
"Cold drinks only" is only for first donation. They need to check you have no problems recovering from your donation. It will all be so much easier next time. You will know which side of the form to complete, and get your coffee.
I completed my 150th donation today, so know the ropes.
Well done to you.
Beth8it!
an hour ago
help me 🌟
1 hours ago
Brilliant idea help me!
help me!
2 hours ago
Power to your arm Pacman. I find with life it's best to take the view that it's not about who other people are, it's about who we want to be. You just saved someone's life. Please continue to be that guy.
A Nick Name
2 hours ago
Well done for saying you'll return despite the complete incompetence that seems to happen everywhere now, and the technology that seems a total waste of time. Maybe you'll see my hospital experience today.
Chocolate Spaniel
11 hours ago
WinADinner is back! Currently showing the winners that were there when the site was taken down
Em
10 hours ago
We're running through a few final tests before we publicly announce its return on our socials.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
10 hours ago
Goody, hope the fresh sausages are there🌭🌭
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
12 hours ago
After three weeks in the Garden of Eden, God came to visit Eve. "So, how is everything going?" he inquired.
"It is all so beautiful, God," she replied. "The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking, the smells, the sights, everything is wonderful, but I have just one problem. It's these breasts You have given me. The middle one pushes the other two out and I am constantly knocking them with my arms, catching them on branches and snagging them on bushes. They're a real pain."
And Eve went on to tell God that since many other parts of her body came in pairs, such as her limbs, eyes, ears, etc.
She felt that having only two breasts might leave her body more "symmetrically balanced"..
"That's a fair point," replied God, "But it was My first shot at this, you know. I gave the animals six breasts, so I figured that you needed only half of those, but I see that you are right.
I will fix it right away."
And God reached down, removed the middle breast and tossed it into the bushes.
Three weeks passed and God once again visited Eve in the Garden of Eden.
"Well, Eve, how is My favourite creation?"
"Just fantastic," she replied, "But for one oversight. You see, all the animals are paired off. The ewe has a ram and the cow has her bull. All the animals have a mate except me. I feel so alone."
God thought for a moment and said, "You know, Eve, you are right. How could I have overlooked this? You do need a mate and I will immediately create a man from a part of you.
Let's see....where did I put that useless Tit?"
Which is why we men have been suffering all these years.
tetleyt
24 minutes ago
😂@enver
A Nick Name
2 hours ago
I'm Catholic, so I am aware that this was actually true, so of course I'm not offended.
CarolineC
4 hours ago
Good one, Enver. That just made me laugh out loud! :-D
Em
5 hours ago
Whoops, I forgot about those who are Jewish. I hope anyone of that faith are also not offended by the joke, or by me for that matter.
Lol 63
6 hours ago
Very good Enver, I think it may be a variation and gender swap of a similar joke.
@Em, Genesis is in the Old Testament, so is also recognised by the Jewish faith. According to whom anything from the Gospels onwards is essentially an appendix.
Em
7 hours ago
Yes, God could be a God of any religion. I'm just not aware of any other religions having a story about Eve, so I went with Christian.
Barrie
8 hours ago
Who are you calling oxymoronic?
csikijanos
9 hours ago
Enver, God being an atheist is oxymoronic.
RioRita
9 hours ago
I never learn! I must stop reading your jokes Enver when I am drinking my tea or coffee!!!
AJR
10 hours ago
😂😂😂🤣
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
10 hours ago
Why expect God to be a Christian... Can't a God change his/her religion or be an Athiest?
Em
10 hours ago
I hope that no Christians are offended by this joke.
maddadof
10 hours ago
:-) :-) :-)
Val1101
10 hours ago
🤣🤣 love it
Alley1940
10 hours ago
Better than being a right tit I suppose.
Poppy
10 hours ago
🤣🤣
Beth8it!
a day ago
The young guy who comes and tidies my garden, weeding, strimming etc came today and pointed out a nasty looking BIG branch in one of the oak trees, hanging over the garage roof and the fence. It would probably wipe out the side of the garage if it fell, so I rang the local tree surgeons (based two miles away) and he was there in 10 mins to have a look. They will do it this week (luckily no more strong winds expected) but also found another that is splitting along its length and will need to come off. Another £345 to add on the credit card - I wanted to keep it empty up to Christmas. Oh well, has to be done - if the branch fell outwards and missed the garage it could one of the forest animals or someone passing by. By the way, my air pump is working fine now, after its hiccup earlier, in the weekend.
Beth8it!
an hour ago
Trouble is,they don't tell me when they're going in - otherwise I would stop them! I let them in the garden, playing nicely with toys, or hurting round through the bushes, or eating each other making dinosaur noises... then they come in like drowned rats, 'Hi Mum,look what we've been doing,' and up on the bed...
Em
5 hours ago
Put socks on them so that their claws/nails don't puncture the new liner? But they likely wouldn't stay on for long, so maybe dog shoes instead. Ones that won't come off.
Beth8it!
6 hours ago
Yes, they are fully-insured - nice company who do a lot of work for the local Beaulieu estate. I also offered to 'relieve them' of any truck loads of bark chippings they may ned a home for, which he was delighted about. It's the sort of thing that gets combustible when they stack green, damp chippings in a heap (it was steaming in my garden last time, which had the beneficial effect of making me get my rear end into gear and moving it up the garden and spreading it on the paths, rather than saying, 'I must get round to that...'
Also got a chap coming to look at the pond with a view to replacing the liner. It will be a massive job - drain it, catch the fish and rehome them temporarily, lift all the cemented-in stones round the edge and the plants that overhang, so they can work easily, take up the liner that is currently leaking (been there since 1990, so not bad on a 25-year guarantee), then lay a new sand base, underlay and new liner. I am expecting something around £10k as a quote - my pension manager has been warned to stand by! Of course, the leaks could have something to do with three turbo-charged demolition squads who leap in with gay abandon, paddle up and down, then scramble out. What to do about them with a new liner in, has yet to suggest itself to me. Other than tying a brick around them...
Barrie
8 hours ago
Spend the stepkids inheritance Beth 🤣. Check that the tree surgeons have insurance just in case they damage the garage.
Alley1940
10 hours ago
Life is never dull.
Em
13 hours ago
At least it was spotted before it fell and caused damage which would cost more.