A TRAVESTY....

Current mood: COMPOSED
Category: COMPOSED Music

So, I did that 5 most important songs thing a few days ago and as i was writing up my reasons, I realised i'd left off one very important one...

It's strange how time and vast quantities of booze and pot erase ones memory...

Anyway, this evening I stumbled upon the video to the self same song and realised this was probably the most important song of my life..

I first saw this video and then got into this band, and since then I've never once seen this vid again, though i know the track back to front and inside out...

'You Can't Bring Me Down'
By Suicidal Tendencies.

This was a hugely important song for me between the ages of 16 and 19. At that time, I was getting thrown about on construction sites and spending time in police cells and this was the song in my head helping me to deal with what was something a good Methodist boy was far from used too.....

It's also a true megalomaniacs charter

So here we go - the real number 1 track for the young Giovanni

'You Can't Bring Me Down'
By Suicidal Tendencies

Just cause you don't understand what's going on
...don't mean it don't make no sense
And just cause you don't like it,...don't mean it aint no good

And let me tell you something

Before you go taking a walk in my world,
...you better take a look at the real world
Cause this aint no Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

Can you say "feel like shit?"
Yea maybe sometimes I do feel like shit
I aint happy about it, but I'd rather feel like shit
...than be full of shit!

And if I offended you, Oh I'm sorry
But, maybe you needed to be offended
But here's my apology and one more thing...Fuck you!

Cause you can't bring me down
Bring me down - you can't bring me down!
Bring me down - you can't bring me down, no!
Bring me down - you can't bring me down!
Bring me down - you can't bring me down, you can't bring me
down!

I think it explains a lot...

Currently listening : Lights...Camera...Revolution! By Suicidal Tendencies Release date: By 15 June, 1990

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	Eric EXiT	Wicked awesome. Y'know its kind of amazing that I always loved the self-titled album so much that I never picked up LCR. Clearly that will have to be remedied. My own personal punk rock break-through/ break-out album was Dead Kennedys "Give Me Convenience..." That first Suicidal album was right in there too though, thanks for reminding me (and reminding me to get LCR.") Fight the power. -E Posted by Eric EXiT on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	I was listening to the first album tonight because i found i didn't have LCR????? ST is another great record... And what a brilliant title LIGHTS CAMERA REVOLUTION is.... Perfect for how things are now, except maybe it should be LIGHTS. MAKEUP, LIGHTS. MAKEUP, CAMERA, PAUSE, MORE MAKE UP, MORE FUCKING MAKE UP!!!, BOOB JOB, SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!! REVOLUTION - (when the commercials are on).... I'm downloading it now... I don't know too much of the Dead Kens, I'll get some of that downloaded too.... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:18 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Eric EXiT	Wicked awesome. Y'know its kind of amazing that I always loved the self-titled album so much that I never picked up LCR. Clearly that will have to be remedied. My own personal punk rock break-through/ break-out album was Dead Kennedys "Give Me Convenience..." That first Suicidal album was right in there too though, thanks for reminding me (and reminding me to get LCR.") Fight the power. -E Posted by Eric EXiT on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:09 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Ditto... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:41 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	LeDou©he™	"Who the hell you calling crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson ...was eating Fruit Loops on your front porch" i had this on tape at least 10 times. gone are the days of listening to an album so much that it gets worn out . it's also funny because i've been rocking out ST's 1st record. what an underrated band. their punk was very punk and their metal, very metal. Posted by LeDou©he™ on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 16:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	A classic band featuring some of the best lyrics to ever come out of such heavy sounds.. I think they danced nicely inbetween genres. They were never clearly one thing or another and I loved the way Mr Muir never gave a flying fuck about who he annoyed... All of their LPs have their merits, but my favourites would be LCR, Suicidal Tendencies & The Art Of Rebellion.. Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 19:35 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	piratepods	u gOOd...v. gOOd Posted by piratepods on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 19:25 [Remove] [Reply to this]

Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope

yES, YOU'RE RIGHT... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 16:59 [Remove] [Reply to this]

ALBUM REVIEW :: DEADBEAT - JOURNEYMAN'S ANNUAL

Current mood: OILY SWUM
Category: OILY SWUM Music



As far as i understand it, the freshly created genre of Dubstep classifies a certain slow beat, bass heavy, plodding style of music that descends from Dub Reggae and Two Step..

Another way to describe it would be, that if Drum & Bass is Reggae and Dub speeded up, then Dubstep is Dub and Reggae slowed down.

Now perhaps I'm loosing my electro zeitgeist edge at the princely age of 32, but Dubstep isn't a genre that's grabbed me as of yet. In fact to be brutally honest, I find Reggae/Dub to be slow enough without any further decrease in the BPM being required...

I was therefore slightly nervous about this LP by Deadbeat. Indeed, looking and trying to second guess it's contents, I wondered if I wasn't in for a piece of music that would lead to a review characterised by my very best negative thoughts on the ills of dubstep and heavy hard dream drugs....

Well, I'm pleased to report that this hasn't been the case and that I've been very pleasantly surprised to find Journeyman's Annual to be an excellent record.

So what are we talking here??

We're talking HEAVY HEAVY production. Yes boss, this LP is denser and thicker than a rainforest half way up the Amazon, and rather remarkably it's almost as beautiful.

Yes boss, this record is like a swimming pool of thick and deep black water that swings and sways, and once the bass heavy rhythms kick in, with all the swagger of a iron ball smashing into a condemned building, I find I want to dive right on in to this pool with absolutely no regard for my own personal safety, to be completely and utterly absorbed by the thick fucking BASS...

Make no mistake, this is a record that's been made by a deep lover of sound - The kind of man who thinks nothing of standing right in front of the speakers for hours on end in order to properly absorb and understand what's going on.

But, it's not just the heavy and deep production I like with this LP, it's also the sounds used in it's particulars.

Secondo me, too much later day dub and reggae has been constructed using naff synthesized immitation sounds that have followed identikit rhythms to those created 35 years ago by the likes of Tubby & Perry.

This isn't the case here. Indeed, though this LP could be accused of using some signature dub sounds, more noticeable is that there's a definite and real attention to detail on each and every noise featured and then again on how they all sit together...

If I were to have a complaint with it at all, it would be, that as with the Trentemoller LP The Last Resort, some of the guest vocalists aren't quite as strong as the sounds on top of which they talk.

So..

Perhaps the adoration I have for this LP is the start of my conversion to a dubstep disciple??

More likely is that it says this record isn't really dubstep at all. It's a kind of Dub for the computer age with elements of normal paced dub, hints of dubstep, nods to African Polyrhthms, tribal beats, and a similar production style not disimilar to Trentemoller's.

In short, Journeyman's Annual is a splendidly solid, firm and well built record and having heard it, my main concern is in donning my favourite pair of speedos, pulling down my goggles and diving into it's layers on a proper big soundsystem...


Currently listening :
Journeyman's Annual
By Deadbeat
Release date: By 10 July, 2007

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MEMORIES OF GLASTONBURY

Current mood: LONGING
Category: LONGING Music

It's that time of year again - the time when i pretend I'm happy not to be wallowing in the mud in a forgotten haze in a field in Somerset surrounded by more drugged up freaks than is possible anywhere else on the planet..

Yes boss, I love Glastonbury.

For my sins, I've not been since 2000, but Glastonbury stalks you. Each of the years since 2000, I've tried to ignore it and convince myself I'm right to be at home. I convince myself I don't want to be there anyway - that it doesn't matter....
But sooner or later it finds it's way into my thoughts and I find myself pining to be wandering and looking and spinning away...

I've been five times in total, all between 1993 and 2000. I jumped the fence each and everytime. I've never felt bad about that, in fact it was always part of the challenge. The rush once you're over and IN is fantastic!! You look up and find 4 days of complete and open hedonism ahead, with some of the greatest music acts as company, and you land and run and RUN!!!!

The first time I had no idea about anything. I'd been brought up in the type of vacuum that denied me knowledge of such things. I turned up with no money and divided my time between working on a 'roads protest stall' and wandering around stone cold sober with no idea as to how to enjoy myself...

I didn't see many bands. I remember Porno For Pyros with topless dancers, The Black Crowes, Wynton Marsallis and the Glastonbury Town band on the last day - that's it. I also remember the weather was proper hot and sunny...

I missed the next years, instead opting for Reading.

Reading is and was shit - it's a completely different atmosphere and a much more cynical attempt at making money. I saw plenty of music, but don't remember too much of it other than a very average Hank Rollins, and Ice Cube turning the whole thing around...

I then did Glastafairyland 4 further times in the mid to late nineties and it's impossible to separate them. Some were very wet and some OK. I saw a blinding set by Femi Kuti, the worst Spiritualized gig I've ever seen. A fantastic version of Pumpkin by Tricky, The Aphex Twin and his big teddies...I sold a shit load of hash and always came back loaded with peoples rejects and leftovers....

I've not been for 7 years for no other reason than it's become close to impossible to jump the fence and i really can't be fucked with spending 9 hours on the phone with my photo ID ready to buy an oh-so precious ticket...

It's only a festival - there are plenty of other ways to have fun...

But I love it. And one thing I've never liked, is the people who go for a few years then don't want to anymore and like to bad mouth about it having 'SOLD OUT!!'

So, yesterday or the day before, I decided I'm going next time. Next year or in two years if that's what it is. The return is long overdue...

Of course, I have no intention of paying and I guess my blag will have to be a little more clever than simply turning up and jumping. I think VIP access all areas is what I need. I want to see another and the other side..

Meanwhile Farmer Eavis joins my heroes list and I wish I was there....

Currently listening : Sparkle By Aretha Franklin Release date: By 03 July, 2006

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	Eugene Machine	I miss it too!!! Robin Posted by Eugene Machine on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 01:19 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MOG	I was aiming to go this year but looking at the pictures of the Mud I'm Kinda glad I didn't get tickets. I've been when The weathers good (95)) and it was great. I've been twice (97 98) when It's been really muddy and I really didn't enjoy it although I tried. In 99 just went up on a sunday eve walked straight in watched Cornelius and Mogwai who where both mindblowing then went back home. Nice! Posted by MOG on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:17 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Yeah, I almost added I only wanted to go again if it was sunny... That said, I've always had a whale of a time in the mud - you just think 'FUCK THIS!' and become even more determined to get plastered and block it out.... I reckon the answer here is to move the festival to August or July. I know the purists will warble on about the Summer Solstice etc, but i think we can forget Galstos hippy side. What's more people will respect nature a hell of a lot more if they have a sunny glastonbury... Of course August doesn't guarantee sun, but the odds would surely be better... Oh, and can I propose that the photo ID passes of those who leave before say 6pm Sunday are confiscated and those people are given a lifetime ban?? It pisses me to read about people who turn up, see it's raining and go home. I mean are you surprised it's fucking raining??? Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Elizabeth	i've never been. in 2005, my ex-boyfriend went and i had to go to a wedding in the middle of nowhere in gloucester. i felt like i could hear the music and i resented my friend so much getting married on that day. but the boy existed on pills, coke, vodka and no sleep for four days, and knowing my monstrous nature i probably would have lost the plot after a few hours and spent the whole experience in blackout. oh, i do have a good book on memories of glastonbury. and i want to come with you next time. Posted by Elizabeth on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 20:23 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	they came from the stars, i saw them	if the stars are still functioning this time next year, we'll be playing on a much bigger stage and have a proper guestie, so you can copter in wi' us if you like x p.s. it's a bit subdued. all the freaks have left and there's precious little spontaneity like pre 500 mile security zone days...having said that, it's still fucking great. Posted by they came from the stars, i saw them on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 19:00 [Remove] [Reply to this]

Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope

Yes excellent idea. Get me on that list!!! If nothing else it will guarantee the return of one freak... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 19:11 [Remove] [Reply to this]

THE RETURN OF THE STOOGES

Current mood: BOORISH
Category: BOORISH Music

So,..,

I think I lost a subscriber on the basis of my unkind words about The Stooges a few days back. The young man in question had only subscribed a few days prior to unsubscribing and today he's bulletined this with the title of 'The best thing I've ever seen on TV'...

So, I'm gonna choose my words carefully here - not for fear of loosing more subscribers or being wrong, but because of the respect I have for Iggy Pop..

Basically, I don't mind if Iggy wants to keep doing it, I'm not listening or buying it - at least not whilst he's with The Stooges, but if they say they're playing, they're obviously playing and i'm nothing on Iggy and should shut my damn mouth.....

Thing is, I can't help but wonder if part of the reason they've returned to performing is because they know that even though they're old and a little tired (Iggy excepted) they can still wipe the floor with the rock bands of today without breaking any serious sweat...

I mean this isn't a great performance - The drumming is slugish and the sight of middle aged men rocking out is always a little unsettling (Iggy discounted - as always - he looks to be about 23)

But I have to hand it to The Stooges. With this performance, they've looked more menacing, threatening and dangerous than any of the other current crop of 'rock bands' that currently bore me to tears on an all too regular basis..

The Fratellis, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, The Monkeys, Oasis, Snow Patrol...

You see, rebel rock bands in their fifties/sixties shouldn't be able to come back. There shouldn't be room for them. The young pups should be so nasty, voracious and uncharitable that the likes of The Stooges and The Pixies shouldn't even dare try their luck....

But todays bands are no threat, and I reckon Iggy and the boys have taken a good look around and thought 'What a load of fucking shit, we can still do better than that!!!' and they can...

So, in short, the 'successful' return of The Stooges perfectly highlights the current crowd of pretenders as the pussy assed, career rebel, soft shit, wet fucks that they are...

Currently listening : Twang By 12 Stone Toddler Release date: By 01 May, 2007

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	Paloma Pirate	Picking on some old men now? I saw the pixies in 2005 and they rocked way harder than the likes of the bands who opened for them. I agree with you on one point, that "there shouldn't be room for them" Unfortunately and fortunately for them, there is. Posted by Paloma Pirate on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 14:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Old men, Toddlers, Monkeys, Women, Italians - you name it, I'll take a swipe sooner or later... Maybe the times have changed and there can't be bands with attitude now??? Thing is I've found a few with spunk who are struggling to breathe because the music business is blind... I blame the catatonic influence of marketing and PR departments staffed by people who don't know innovative music from a fucking apple... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 14:15 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	well, as those of us who love music continue to point out, the biz is run by bankers and insurance companies, and rarely anyone who loves music. oh my god!: is music dead? first it was god...then it was punk...now music as a whole?? Posted by Paloma Pirate on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 16:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	No, I'm sure music isn't dead.....There's loads going on and anyone who puts in the hours can find the good stuff no probs.. God and Punk are however dead... I reckon we delude ourselves that the music business is about or ever has been about talent.. I think people on the whole are a lot thicker than they were in the past, so it's easy for the masses to be duped into acts like The Arctic Monkeys and Oasis and other Beatles covers bands.. I mean, there's no way in hell a Jimi Hendrix would get on 'Top of the Pops' or a John Cage would get on that talent show as in the vid of a few weeks ago, in todays X Factor climate... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 16:16 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	flappy poontours	punk is dad. Posted by flappy poontours on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 05:30 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	It always has been... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 10:05 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	flappy poontours	punk is papa. Posted by flappy poontours on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 18:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	(not a groupie)	Here's what turned me off of The Stooges (via The Henry Rollins Show), like you Paul I have the respect but lack the enthusiasm, (1) Iggy wore red tie-string pajama pants so I saw his junk swinging about and you really can't deny how old that junk is, (2) the bass player, I think anyway it was so unmemorable, looked as though he desperately needed an IV drip feed, and (3) the guitarist, again I think, talked the most and tried to rock out the most, but he's too brain dead from all the drugs and flashbacks. Basically, it's Iggy's junk and a bunch of nerds. Wtf? Shouldn't he be doing retirement commercials like Dennis Hopper. Oh, wait, Lust For Life is on the Carnival cruise commercials ... to sucker the youth out of our elders. Wah. Posted by (not a groupie) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 17:15 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	I'd like to see the Hank Rollins Show. I used to have a lot of time for Hank when I was young and ANGRY!!! The thought of Iggys Junk swinging amidst red jim jams has given me plenty to think about this evening... I think the thing that disappoints me the most with the Stooges reforming is that I really liked alot of Iggys solo material including that last rather heavy LP... It seems like a step back to be turning up on The Jonathon Ross show and performing 'Dog' to a whole bunch of people who couldn't give a flying fuck.... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 17:55 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	I hear what u guys are saying but i honestly think that Iggy's life is on big party. Every avenue just another room to goof off in. He doesn't think. Hejust DOES. Thats what facsinated Bowie...thats what facsinates me. Iggy is a big child bringing out the child in us...I say fuck it! Let him o his thing way into his 80's...as long as he is genuinely enjoying it then others will to. Thats what i can't stand about some bands today. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO A ROBERT JOHNSON AN SELL YOUR SOUL FOR THIS THING. If the masses can hear it in your voice and see IT in your eyes then you CAN be a middleaged man looking crazed. THE MASSES WANT A MUSICAL MESSIAH DAMN IT! Spider and the gang x x x x P.S Snow Patrol are NICE...they don't pretend to be anything else...just wish companies would sign stuff other than NICE. COLOSSUS LOVE GREAT. Elevator music and drive time radio can stick NICE up an old grannies A hole....rant over. Posted by Colossus on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 18:39 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	You're right - Iggy is instinctive. The Stooges are right for him now and he's doing it and i'm sure he couldn't give a flying fuck about what anyone else says and why should he??? It still doesn't work for me, but who cares??? It's working for plenty of others... We damn as hell need a few more of his sort around to ruffle feathers and scream in faces and the more I see and hear about you boys the more I beleive we'll get 'em before too very long... Snow Patrol are boring fucking dirge as far as I'm concerned. I'm sure they're lovely sweet boys, but they make music for poeple who don't like music and I like MUSIC!!! Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 19:03 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	All this isn't really my cup of tea, as you know....but much praise for the last sentence. What really got me is the intro....why would you ever care for some 5 year old (can't really be anything else, can he?!?) who runs crying to Mummy as soon as you touch his toy???? Posted by Ms. De Vill on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 00:45 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	I don't care at all. I was just looking for a good way into the piece...:) I prefer people to get arsey verbally rather than to sneak off silently like I normally do... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:38 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Hijackalope	i have a song called punk rock retirement home i goes a little something like this: "Knew Sid Viscious of the Sex Pistols Can't get regular with Metamucil" Posted by Hijackalope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 00:46 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Is there a verse about Iggy Pop??? The thing I always find wierd about Punk is that it's this facade of hating and not caring about being loved, but punkers tend to need their adoration even more than non punker artistes... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:41 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Evil Bite of Mistress Claudia™	yeah baby...klaxons? one album wonders, can't play for toffee...Iggy? started off a bit lame but got better as the gig wore on, and the bassist was practically screwing the amp which was quite funny to watch. Still, as you said...better than many and it was good to see the crowd anarchy thing freaking out the security. Anyone who can tell me why Iggy said everything twice gets a tongue kiss...love and licks ~MC~ xox Posted by The Evil Bite of Mistress Claudia™ on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 22:18 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	paulzon	"Anyone who can tell me why Iggy said everything twice gets a tongue kiss" That's one of the first signs of dementia. Posted by paulzon on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	they came from the stars, i saw them	you were at the wrong stage baby x Posted by they came from the stars, i saw them on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 18:56 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	So, I'm assuming The Stars laid waste to both The Stooges and the Arctic Monkeys?!? Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:02 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	paulzon	"Iggy discounted - as always - he looks to be about 23" What were you on that night? from where I was standing he looked older than Mick Jagger and Keith Richards after a particularly rough night. Posted by paulzon on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:24 [Remove] [Reply to this]

Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope

Years ago when i was working in a nightclub, the shift finished and the staff were all watching highlights of a Festival... A girl who i fancied at the time, looked up at the screaming Iggy and said. 'God, he looks awful. Imagine looking like that when you're middle aged?!' I was astonished and astounded. I mean if i look thin, muscley, sinewy and am able to jump around with that kind of energy at age 50 odd, I will be very happy indeed... I mean sure he's a touch wrinkled, but phsically and soulwise he's younger than I am at 32.. Anyway, I said nothing (as per usual), glared at the girl in question and immediately went off her.. Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:37 [Remove] [Reply to this]