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Saw Radiohead (and Beck) last night, and it was good, even though I don't know about four of their albums. An excellent show of musicianship and songwriting, and I appreciate them a lot more now. Beck were excellent, and I enjoyed their puppetry too! Doubt I'll buy any albums of theirs though, that sort of music just doesn't do it for me when recorded. It was easily the most lightweight, mainstream gig I've ever been to, so I missed the urge to go and "fuck shit up" as numerous vocalists would say, but I'm glad I went. Muse on Thursday.

Challenge Cup final on Saturday too! Am debating whether to find a pub in which to watch the game, or whether to find a telly at a friendly and hopefully interested person's house. Invitations welcome! I could also possibly squat in Dee's living room, if Keith's going to be about...St.Helens v Huddersfield it is, and if Huddersfield play anything like they did in the semi-final which I saw, it should be an excellent final.

I'll finish for today with a quick grammar lesson:

"It's shite." = "It is shite."
"Its shite" = "The shite that belongs to it."

In other words, the usual rule of an apostrophe for possession is reversed in the case of "its" and "it's", simply (I believe) to remove the ambiguity that would otherwise ensue. This mistake is made surprisingly widely, makes its (you see?) way into academic papers, and other surprising places. A little thought please!

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I used to make the mistake with "its" and "it's" for ages until it was brought to my attention by a relief english teacher in secondary school. Quite why we weren't taught this BEFORE the age of 15 I don't know.

I got "it's" wrong in physics once and then NEVER GOT IT WRONG AGAIN, because the teacher terrified me into getting it right..

aww *hug*!

I only really grasped it a couple of years ago!

"Its" is like "his" and "hers"...

And yours :o)

Maybe you should train to be a teacher.

Nah, I've not got the verbal agility and wit to cope with it methinks...

I think I goof it when I am not paying attention. Er...which is probably fairly often. Sorry!

*grin* I wasn't picking on anyone in particular ;o)

You are seeing Muse?! I will try my hardest not to hunt you down and steal your ticket while you're sleeping, but I can't guarantee you will go unharmed.

Mwahaha! I don't where my ticket is either to be honest...you could probably still get hold of one.

Umm, think I'll lock my door tonight! ;o)

A friend at work saw Radiohead (same gig as you - she travelled up to Edinburgh) and says it was amazing and included the (quote) "best version of Creep [she's] ever heard".

She's not, however, a Beck fan. *lol*

The only live version I've heard, but they did a very very long feedback-type fade of the previous song, so a lot of people were leaving before they played it :o)