Kling Klang are an amazing band from Liverpool. All keyboards and a drummer, and as you might have guessed from their name are massive Kraftwerk fans. In fact they are currently in the process of being sued by Kraftwerk (for robbing the name of their studio for their band)
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 3:27 PM on October 1, 2008

At the moment the Biennial is on so there are hundreds of little galleries and spaces all over the place showing weird and wonderful art of all hues. I can recommend going to the Open Eye Gallery and the Bluecoat, both are in the city centre and close to each other.

I had a quick glance at your profile and noticed straight away 2 photos of booze! So if you are that way inclined there are loads of great places to get real ale in Liverpool. This is a map made by Merseyside... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 5:04 AM on October 1, 2008 marked best answer

I have been on the receiving end of end of year gifts, and I really appreciated everything that I got. I didn't expect to be given anything so the fact that parents/children went out of their way to get something was very touching. The one thing that stood out from the other items was a painting done by one of my students, with obvious help from her parents. So in my experience anything that has a personal touch would be appreciated. Otherwise chocolates, drinks, and gift tokens where all very... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 3:28 PM on June 22, 2008

"Eyeball benders" is indeed what I am after. Thanks jozxyqk. Also after "What the hell is this thing?" though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 4:14 AM on May 9, 2008

Cheers for most of the answers, I was simply curious about the fact that a similar image was out there independent of my friends creation. The images linked are not identical to the one that he has used, but I could see how people might see it as similar.
He used a couple of sources, and didn't just rip off the image wholesale as some people seem to think. Also I am not worried about the copyright issue of other people ripping us off as we have only made 20 odd t-shirts that have all... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 7:50 AM on April 22, 2008

I can't believe that Victoria Wood has not been mentioned, she has sometimes been given flak for being twee and mundane when doing some of her stand-up (it's just the comedy songs that I dislike personally) but her sitcom/sketch show work is marvellous. Check out dinnerladies which is a sitcom set in a works canteen. There are also her shows with Julie Walters from the 80's which feature Acorn Antiques. Not forgetting her series of self contained plays Victoria Wood.
Seconding the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 4:46 PM on January 22, 2008

Thanks for all the ideas, I didn't use any though, but I did manage to come second! With a chilli beef and ale pie. I think I did well due to my puff pastry, so here is the recipe that I used.
Puff Pastry
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 8:46 AM on October 28, 2007

Ankgor Watt looks like exactly the type of thing I'm looking at, thanks furtive. I've known about bits and pieces of SE Asia but not really looked in depth at it, these (and hopefully more) ideas are helping.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 10:55 AM on September 3, 2007

I've marked a couple of best answers as they have definitely given me a flavour of what people get out of going to SE Asia.

More specific places and reasons would be great though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 2:50 PM on September 3, 2007

Can you not put the design inside a plastic bag sealed with an elastic band and then wash/bleach/colour remove the rest of the t-shirt?
I have done this a long time ago when i wanted to dye a light shirt darker, the design on my shirt had a circle around it with the original colour, but I thought it looked ok.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 6:01 AM on September 1, 2007

Drop - The Pharcyde Much better than the Coldplay rip off version of sdrawkcab soediv.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 2:53 AM on June 16, 2007

There is a Vegan restaurant in Liverpool called The Egg, it's meant to be pretty well respected, but I've only been a couple of times, and I'm not a vegan so I just moaned about the lack of meat.

Oh and well done on flying to watch Everton, they are my team and hopefully we will batter Newcastle on the 30th as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 1:38 PM on November 20, 2006

Oh just noticed that its only vegetarian and not vegan according the their extremely rubbish website, but I think they might do some Vegan scran, maybe.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 1:40 PM on November 20, 2006

Bangface is on on the 11th of August, and seems to cover most of what you are after. I've not been but have wanted to for a while, hope you enjoy it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 6:19 PM on July 30, 2006

Ha! That hanging chair thing is brilliant, however a little out of my price range, and I don't think that you could hitch it to the back of a tiny British car.

Keep the suggestions coming though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 4:40 AM on July 17, 2006

Thanks for all the great ideas, some are a tad o.t.t. for an English camping trip, but have definitely given me some ideas. And I'll certainly be whipping out my hard salami at some point.

Cheers
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 3:50 AM on July 18, 2006

For all your FunknSoulnHipHop needs - Soul Sides
For all your Arabicy Noisy HipHoppy & more needs - DJ/Rupture not just mp3, but a whole lot more Rupture is awesome
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 3:32 PM on July 6, 2006

Here is a mix by siik which I think should float your particular boat.
Or try and seek out some Edan The DJ Mixes, great Old Skool-ness
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 1:34 PM on May 9, 2006

Apparently "nang" is where its at, I wouldn't know being neither young, or cool*. But I really want to use it.




*or a shite Times journalist
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 8:03 PM on April 19, 2006

Oh yeah I've still not seen that, but thats more of a back drop type of thing. We are after films to show to people before the music gets going.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 8:42 AM on April 10, 2006

Yes amro I was, stupid slow fingers
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 8:49 AM on April 10, 2006

I've been working as a supply teacher with mainly 4-7 year olds (in the U.K.) for the last few months. Although I'm not too sure of the Grade structure in the U.S. I have found that praising on task, or good behaviour has more of an effect than punishing bad behaviour with this age group. For example if you say "Well done for sitting up beautifully Steven!!" usually the children around Steven, also sit up beautifully.

This also means that you are usually... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 5:39 PM on March 15, 2006

Yep that is what I'm after pmbuko, I cannot suss out how to make the text follow the contours using the other methods.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 6:17 AM on March 8, 2006

I can transform and skew the text box all I want, however I can't get it to follow the outline of the object. If there is no way of doing this thats fine, however if anyone has any other ideas that would be even better.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 6:45 AM on March 8, 2006

Oh cheers I've downloaded that program, but I was thinking more of a script thingy.

Any one else got any ideas?

Cheers
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 3:34 AM on November 21, 2005

Ohh ta very much, I'll have a fiddle with that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 7:16 AM on November 21, 2005

Not sure where either of these originals stand on the Good Song/Bad Song spectrum, but the covers are great:

Romeo and Juliet - The Indigo Girls
&
The Cross - The Power of Dreams

originals by Dire Straits and Prince
posted to Ask Metafilter by djstig at 4:43 PM on September 29, 2005