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sean tracey commemorationorganised by the west of scotland band alliance.
assemble 11 am woodhead road south nitshill
13th of October
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Rinty
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Parkie,
I saw the parkhead rfb at the current exhibition on sectarianism in Glasgow at the GOMA. There is a split screne with one half being the Parkhead rfb and the other half being the Black Skull band.
Were you in the film?
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| Rinty wrote: | Parkie,
I saw the parkhead rfb at the current exhibition on sectarianism in Glasgow at the GOMA. There is a split screne with one half being the Parkhead rfb and the other half being the Black Skull band.
Were you in the film? |
i was aye. i also wrote the wee bit about the band at the side of the screen.
what did you think?
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Rinty
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It was an alright exhibition overall, not geat though. I think that the split screen films were good. What struck me was the similarity in the bands, both military style uniforms, both had flags with the red hand of ulster on it, both had very serious faces on when playing.
One thing I did notice, although I dont know the significance of it, was that the Black Skull Orange band consisted entirely of fat blokes with very short hair! You lot had the odd fat guy but were mainly skinnier, and younger than the black skulls.
The rest of the exhibition was quite flimsy I thought and I left not quite knowing what it was saying other than "we have some religious bigotry in Glasgow". The pictures of the old firm players signing was good to see from a memory-jogging point of view, but it wasn't a particularly good display for a museum of Modern Art.
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| Rinty wrote: | It was an alright exhibition overall, not geat though. I think that the split screen films were good. What struck me was the similarity in the bands, both military style uniforms, both had flags with the red hand of ulster on it, both had very serious faces on when playing.
One thing I did notice, although I dont know the significance of it, was that the Black Skull Orange band consisted entirely of fat blokes with very short hair! You lot had the odd fat guy but were mainly skinnier, and younger than the black skulls.
The rest of the exhibition was quite flimsy I thought and I left not quite knowing what it was saying other than "we have some religious bigotry in Glasgow". The pictures of the old firm players signing was good to see from a memory-jogging point of view, but it wasn't a particularly good display for a museum of Modern Art. |
i think what the author was going for was just to portray things as they are and let the viewer make up their own minds..which in a way was his whole point that the same events can be viewed differently depending on your family, personal experiences etc etc.
I also think the black skull are very "last night of the proms" like in their style. musically they are good but i dont like that style and obviously i dont like what they stand for 
the guy who done that project has been by far the most honest and upfront person our band has ever dealt with and he didnt try and of the usual media tricks we are used to.
ps am also not one of the fat guys 
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sgmillerton
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| Rinty wrote: | Parkie,
I saw the parkhead rfb at the current exhibition on sectarianism in Glasgow at the GOMA. There is a split screne with one half being the Parkhead rfb and the other half being the Black Skull band.
Were you in the film? |
the point being that they mad bigots and they both just mirror each others neddish views.
i'm astonished that displaying such things in an internationally acclaimed gallery is a good idea. i would be embaressed if there and a tourist asked me what this was about, how do you explain these thugs and bigots with their stupid views in a positive light.
embaressed full stop......FULL STOP....
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| sgmillerton wrote: | | Rinty wrote: | Parkie,
I saw the parkhead rfb at the current exhibition on sectarianism in Glasgow at the GOMA. There is a split screne with one half being the Parkhead rfb and the other half being the Black Skull band.
Were you in the film? |
the point being that they mad bigots and they both just mirror each others neddish views.
i'm astonished that displaying such things in an internationally acclaimed gallery is a good idea. i would be embaressed if there and a tourist asked me what this was about, how do you explain these thugs and bigots with their stupid views in a positive light.
embaressed full stop......FULL STOP.... |
i would also be embarrased if a tourist stopped you.
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Cymro
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why DO you FEEL the NEED to POST in CAPS to MAKE a POINT ? THE point IS just AS daft WITH caps AS it IS without
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sgmillerton
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| parkhead_rfb wrote: | | sgmillerton wrote: | | Rinty wrote: | Parkie,
I saw the parkhead rfb at the current exhibition on sectarianism in Glasgow at the GOMA. There is a split screne with one half being the Parkhead rfb and the other half being the Black Skull band.
Were you in the film? |
the point being that they mad bigots and they both just mirror each others neddish views.
i'm astonished that displaying such things in an internationally acclaimed gallery is a good idea. i would be embaressed if there and a tourist asked me what this was about, how do you explain these thugs and bigots with their stupid views in a positive light.
embaressed full stop......FULL STOP.... |
i would also be embarrased if a tourist stopped you. |
maybe, but i would not be dressed up like a kid on soldier, playing a flute and shouting about ' they pyoooooor b****rd brits/republicans '. now that would be embaressing, for all DECENT minded scots.
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| sgmillerton wrote: | | parkhead_rfb wrote: | | sgmillerton wrote: | | Rinty wrote: | Parkie,
I saw the parkhead rfb at the current exhibition on sectarianism in Glasgow at the GOMA. There is a split screne with one half being the Parkhead rfb and the other half being the Black Skull band.
Were you in the film? |
the point being that they mad bigots and they both just mirror each others neddish views.
i'm astonished that displaying such things in an internationally acclaimed gallery is a good idea. i would be embaressed if there and a tourist asked me what this was about, how do you explain these thugs and bigots with their stupid views in a positive light.
embaressed full stop......FULL STOP.... |
i would also be embarrased if a tourist stopped you. |
maybe, but i would not be dressed up like a kid on soldier, playing a flute and shouting about ' they pyoooooor b****rd brits/republicans '. now that would be embaressing, for all DECENT minded scots. |
wake me up when your done rabbling eh.
cheers for keeping my thread to the top though.
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sgmillerton
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being embaressed about bigots and secterianism is rabbling eh?
only in the twisted logic of a bigot would that be the case.
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