Can't think of anything witty, so I'll just say Hi...
 

Hi everyone,

So I'll just wade in then. My name's Gem, (Gemma if I've done something wrong), I'm the wrong side of 25 and I'm from glorious Medway in Kent. Should you know the area I can assure you that I do not wear tracksuits and massive gold earrings and do not survive on a diet of Stella, Fish Fingers and misery...

I'll try and keep the preferred music list fairly short, but it includes Bjork, Regina Spektor, Ryan Adams, OCS, The Clash, The Specials, The King Blues, Jamie T, A1 Bassline, Rusko, Groove Armada, Massive Attack, Shy FX, The Postal Service, American Analog Set, among many others...

That's about it really. I drink a lot of tea, I'm a vocalist in a band (when we can be bothered to actually go do gigs) and I'm just starting to learn the ukulele. Everything you need to know in a nutshell!

Be gentle with me...

Ukeleles are badass :-)

Welcome to Music Banter!

Man, I'm so glad someone finally agrees with me!

I love that drawing of the madhatter.
And Ukuleles are defenitely baddass!

Welcome to MB

I only know one thing about the area and I'm going to use your response to it to gauge your taste in music the whole time you are on this forum.

It's two words..

Are you ready?.....

BILLY CHILDISH

Haha, I wondered if anybody would catch on.

To be honest, Punk isn't really my preferred genre, though Thee Headcoats would be my choice if I had to pick. I'm more of a fan of the stuff he did with the Singing Loins in the early 90s, folky Irish music. Saying that, I've been lucky enough to see The Buffs and it was pretty awesome. 'Medway Wheelers' does make an appearance now and then on my ipod.

As far as anything else goes, his art isn't to my taste, though I appreciate what he does for the art community and his poetry readings never really grabbed me.

Oh, and respect to the bloke for being pretty friggin' awesome, but his moustache is rubbish.

Gauge away...!

Good enough for me.
But you lose one point for the tashe comment. It's a work of art.

Perhaps it's an underlying resentment to those who can grow such facial art. But for me, it's like Lemmy's mole - Terrifyingly compelling to look at, thus taking my concentration away from everything else...

Dissing Lemmy's mole as well? :(

And you started off so promisingly

Don't blame me, blame my tiny concentration span when it comes to facial, erm... blemishes. You try seeing Motorhead live when all you can see is Lemmy's mole on a 20ft screen... It's something that stays with you for a long time...

That's almost like mole pornography

Hmm you havent made many posts. You must just be in alot of the same threads as me. I knew you were a noob but i thought you had been around longer than you have. Welcome. :)

The marketability of that could be promising...

And thanks for the welcome - glad I seem to be establishing myself!

Who are you again?

I'll be the one swigging beer in an overrated fashion and staring at peoples moles and dodgy facial hair... ;)

whilst posting about it on your facebook?

Only if Rik Waller being chased by small children makes an appearance.

Welcome, Gem!

There are a couple other ukulele players at MusicBanter...such as VeggieLover. Maybe the ukulele is making a comeback...thanks to you uke-fans!

I love herbal tea (mint tea, orange tea, apple-cinnamon tea, etc.). Are you mostly a caffeine-tea drinker...into the heavy stuff, that is? ;)

Win.

Builders Tea all the way I'm afraid... Though I am very particular about my brands...!

Builders Tea...I had to look that up, Tea Supremacist, and found out that this is English Breakfast Tea...and "has the reputation of being the favourite drink of construction workers and home improvers when taking a break."

Are you a construction worker? ;)

Haha, no. Though a cup of tea should be the beverage of choice on a break, no matter what the job. Being currently jobless, it has become my staple diet :)

Thumbs up for Rusko

Me too, but it was in a sorry state. I sized it up and added transparency for you, Miss Supremacist. Hope you can dig!

Welcome to Musicbanter. :)

(By the way, my favourite is Earl Grey, but I am also particular about brands. For bags, Ahmad does a nice one!)

Psh, you made me resize my own. Equality my ass.


Welcome, you seem like a very normal person. I think you'll fit in great.

^Weeell, lemme know CityLights if you'd like and perhaps I could do a brush-up on yours as well. Perhaps crop it so that it only shows the yellow box with the elephants and then make it larger?

I know a girl who's name is Gemma who's from England and likely on the wrong side of 25 and likely has an above average interest in music, but there must be thousands who qualify so you couldn't be her. But lemme know if you ever studied in Norway ;)

No worries, I was just being a jerk. But thanks for the offer. :thumb:

Thank you indeed :)

Tore, you are a wonder! Thank you, I wasn't really that concerned about my Mad hatter (even though it is certainly one of the best illustrations of him ever), but now he is completely awesome! And no, I've never studied in Norway. Gemma is a hideously common name over here, especially in my age braket :(

Welcome...again! I do love that picture of the Mad Hatter, and I'm a big fan of the novel. What did you think of the recent Burton film? I disliked it personally.

Aaaahhhhh, well (and excuse me now, because rather than getting tattooed as planned I seem to have spent most of the afternoon/eve in the pub...) I actually really liked it. I would have gone to see it regardless, purely on the Depp/Burton combo, but I could see where Burton was trying to go with it. The only bit that didn't jibe with me was the whole slaying the Jabberwocky, because that wasn't really the Alice portrayed in the original story. But I do love the original novel (still have my very first hardback copy of it from when I was 8!) and I was pleased with the way that most of the characters were done in the film. To be honest, Tim Burton has a special place in my heart and it would take a hell of a lot for me to say he did something that I hated...

And hello again!

I'm just curious because I've never heard that name here in the US. Is it pronounced like Geh-ma or Jeh-ma. Or am I just completely off?

Haha, it's Jemm - ah. Gem as in small treasure (at least that's what I tell myself) follwed by a short Ah!

I have a lot of family in the US and they always tell me what a great name I have. Little do they know it's the first name equivilant of Smith over here...

You know, I really like the feeling I get from your username and the Mad Hatter illustration avatar.

I see I'm rather late, but welcome!