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I. Hate. The Keep Calm thingy.

But sure, why not.

But what if it said, Keep Calm and Listen to Oasis or Beady Eye?

Keep calm and lie down.

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CALM
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I do have to say, awesome sentiment that I agree with 100%, but those "keep calm" posters (and t-shirts, and mugs, and jockstraps, and limited edition jockstrap mugs, and so on) are indeed rather ubiquitous and trendy these days. I would have figured British folks would be even more annoyed. I figured an American going to the UK with a "Keep Calm" t-shirt would be right up there with asking whether your commemorative Charles and Diana plates you bought at the grocery store in the 80's are worth five grand or ten grand.

General rule: If it's available at "Hot Topic", I'm probably annoyed by it. Great, Doctor Who and My Little Pony are now hipster, trendy fake-nerdy now.

Still waiting for any BB shirts at Hot Topic; I might actually buy one of those!  :lol

Best use of this sentiment I've seen and I was pleased to see AGD getting thanks from Brian for it. 

 Nothing is more true.

Font needs changing...

Same. It's a tired meme. But what the heck.

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Anyone game for a Wild Honey version?

How about "Go Insane and Listen to Smile"?

Truest thing I've ever heard

Keep Calm and Don't F#@k with the Formula....

That cries out to be on a Tshirt !

Yeah, it's everywhere in the UK, and has been from it's inception [well, discovery].

On a side note relating to your post, I did go to a Hot Topic while I was in america, and bought some bits simply because I was interested and, you know, exchange rate is pretty damn good.


I'll certainly give you credit there... I hardly know many people that actually know Beady Eye exist. Regardless, that doesn't change the sentiment ;D It's still telling me to keep calm

Agreed with both of you. Never liked this particular meme.

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Yes it's getting to be a tired meme but....

On rare occasions when I am in a bad mood, sad, down...whatever.....often I do listen to Pet Sounds.

Because I find that Pet Sounds contains just about every emotion known to mankind, and that 40 minutes can help me get to the roots of my emotions. If a particular lyric or mood hits me more than usual, I know just which emotion is in need of attention.

So yeah....keep calm and listen to Pet Sounds.....as posted on Brian's facebook page yesterday.

Snap quiz - how many here know the origin of the "Keep Calm And..." poster ?

TV show from the early 80s wasn't it? Never got it myself.

World War Two poster that was never issued in large numbers.

Ok....I'm out. What was the show and catch phrase that was in large print on stage during Knebworth? Would make it from a TV show late 70s then.



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Don't Panic from Hitchhikers.

Yes... and no - 1939 poster, but it was issued in huge quantity: it's just that very, very few survived (maybe 20, 25).

"Keep Calm...and Carry On."  British stiff upper lip response to the threat of the hun.

or Wishbone Ash.

Definitely going to be my jam today.

I'll come forth and admit that don't know where it originated from but I've never referenced or used any of those "keep calm..." pictures, logos, or anything on Facebook or anything.

I'm pretty sure it was England's response to the London bombings during WWII.

Bubbly Waves, I just noticed your avatar - the Lady in the Radiator from Eraserhead. Cool! :afro

2nded. I read comments in IMDB trashing her looks. Okay, she has puffy cheeks & obvious skin damage. So what? She's still pretty & has cute smile. Last phrase in Mr. Waves' signature seems weirdly fitting to her character. She independently tapped on the ugly worms without caring what the audience would think of it (I for one thought she did good job, though why smile?).

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Been doing so pretty much every day the last few weeks!  :)

Keep calm

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As for the original post, truer words rarely spoken.

Gosh, this is a really good album. Much of its greatness stems from the fact that it doesn't they to be larger than life. It is perfectly life-sized album. I don't buy the downer/somber thing for a second. Life has many facets, the album just reflects that. Carl said the best, on the MiC closing track. Celebration of life.

cancelled propaganda poster - never actually used publicly/, or seen by most people until being rediscovered and commercially exploited in the last @13 years.

Be here now and listen to Pet sounds.   No need to keep calm.  all is one.   


but as for that crown and slogan, the bureaucrats at my work place have co opted  that.   Just another buzz phrase in my little corner of the universe.

Pertinent cause I've been re re re discovering PS as of late.  so many layers of sound  it can serve as a mantra.......can get lost in it......just follow the organ stop changes........

My favorite pasttime.