The Great Piespace Swindle...

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The Great Piespace SwInDLe!

When Steve had the myspace dude Tom on the show (pod still available) he was promised a computer to free him from his WebTv setup. Tom created a fantastic my space address:

http://myspace.com/sexjones.

It was a serendipitious choice really because if it weren't for SEX...Such a name has all the subtlety of a brick. The owner of a myspace account named "sexjones" will get a lot of amorous attention. If they are the Sex Pistols guitarist, we are talking going through the roof attention here, so we are!

Lets fast forward a bit. When Steve got his account a lot of us signed up for 1 reason or another. My shiny buddy Jewell made me feel very welcome! Pretty soon its Social Networking power led to us all connecting through our default interests, Punk, Music, Indie 103.1 and Jonesy's Jukebox. Including Jukebox blogger, Pie & Peas who when he setup his myspace account took the name, "piespace."

Steve has brought together many many diverse people through his show. A quick survey of the age group of the people who blog and myspace though reveals that we are pretty much of a similiar era. This is interesting because the vast majority of people on myspace are under 25. It works for oldies, eh? This isn't being ageist or anything, it follows that people of a certain age group will have common ground, life experiences, interests. Stands to reason that just as the youngsters flock together on ms. - so too do we.

The "enjoy" blog was taken from us for reasons too complex and controversial to go into here. We were in a blogless state and only through our own initiative had our secret cave to chat to each other on. I myself myspace e-mailed Steve with no reply about "enjoy!". Pie & Peas took it upon himself to get on the case and I mean bigtime!

Pie e-mailed Steve to get him to bring back the blog. He went so far as to phone the station saying that we were grown ups and could deal with it wurselves. So Mark Shovel then gave us translation blog. Thanks again Shovel! But this isn't the end, as we all know... there is more. Steve then announced on his show that he was going to change his myspace name from sexjones to piespace/sexjones. Pie tells me that he "exploded." Pie 'n' peas everywhere,ceilin, floor, oh Lordy what a mess up etc.

He e-mailed the station again to thank them for the "translation" blog but now asked Steve NOT to use "piespace." Steve when it came to the next broadcast used the name "piespace" again. By now poor ole pie's profile views were going up, his hits and requests to be his friend too. When the stream went titsup, Pie phoned the station again to discuss the poor quality of it... and hallelujah Wobble, who does he get through to? He gets through to the man who can, the ace of etc, Steve Jones.

Steve told Pie he would no longer use his address on air but then of course started with that whole piespace/sexjones thing again on the following show! So Pie un fazed phones back once more and....gets through to Steve...An extract from the email that Pie sent to me follows:

"I say Jonesy you have to stop with the Piespace do you know how many hits I'm gonna get from this?"

He says...

"Consider it flattery and how dare you defy.I'm the sire!"

"How dare you defy!" (all in good humour)

So I just say:

"Run with it mate, goodbye."

That might appear to be that. There is a sequel oh yes. Lol! Actually big fuckoff "lol" painted pink and yellow with neon lights shining "lol", that's what we are talking here. You know the show "Barely Legal? with Joe Escalante, usually before the jukebox but don't quote me. Well Pie is lying in his bed when this idea pops into his "scone" or head to phone that show and ask them a question about Myspace.
He was going to have a little fun and say that his name:

"Defy space"

had been stolen by a radio personality...

"Stevie Smith." :-)

Could he get a:

"Cease and Desist" :-)

....order to stop all these girls from hitting his myspace account and get compensation in the form of, "a valuable tin..and a t-shirt." When Pie got through the girl who was screening the calls to the show was cracking up, creasing, larffing ROFLMAO laughter , she then told him to wait in line on hold and kept him there for 45 of your Earth minutes.

Pie had other fish to fry and in the end gave up. Too bad as he says:

"It would have been a right laugh."

Thanks Pie for telling me this story!

And that's why Steve Jones is a Jackanapes!

Now that has to be worth a comment!

Chris was Anon and Pie and Peas.

Translation blog...the continuing "storrrr...y" of a blog..

The translation blog is a goodie, oh boy is it a mancheefrill!

Steve Jones, the Ace of myspace, the Sire of Wilshire
the Pontiff of Pop, the Shepherd's Bush goal machine
the man who can is an A1+A+A+A+A+A Jackanapes!

We have two people to thank for "translation" blog.

Mr Shovel and Mr Pie and Peas.

It started off with Tricky volunteering his linguistic skills for Jah Wobble (see my previous post) Was that really Cookie on the Blog? Lydon has his birthday, happy birthday your Rottenship! Ramona has her birthday - hope it was a goodie, TK. Got on the blog board! Indie are playing classic Pistols and A LOT! Floratina - came up with the goods - she is the TrAnScriber. Shloe doesn't like the t'scripts but they are to us the acolytes the pure Gold! The duckets! We say thank you to Tina! Gail gave Miche some sensible advice.

JR has some ker Knackered ker Knickers - some wenches dispense with undergrundage entirely apparently. Aunty Chrissy passes comment on Jonesy passing wind. Indie has a funky splash page you Google Indie103.1 and it takes you there. Nutella IS Mancheefrills! Nuts and choc. AC. sees the DKs "California Uber Alles" - how we used to sing that one! The stream went into Duke mode. Ah ha Blog comment Number 498

http://www.indie1031.fm/wordpress/?p=148#comments

Glass gave us a probably totally unwanted peek up Stevie Fleetwood's bottom and other Bowiesque tales of edification. Hey Glass you sniffed glue too! Pass the Thixofix! Blechhhh! He also touched on the ever thorny problem of did the Sex Pistols steal the Ramones thunder.

Congratters Nevah you won a badge...er a pin and a sticka, lucky old NMTB they are the dogs bollocks! Only a matter of time b4 Nevah gets the tee shirt - oh how I want one of those.

El Diablo? oh come Pie. Alison gets on board the myspace and both she and J. D. get the award. More Jacobites, more nutella, a packet of nobbies Steve our Sire has got himself hooked on Latte. Jewell reappeared after a spell of hard graft. That's it or is it? No...no still to come the full story of the sexjones piespace SwIndle In the next groovy ish.

Annabel Lui and or Bow Wow will be in the Studio on Wednesday.

chriswasapinballwizzard - did anyone actually grab that game and play it?

The 3 Johns.

Malcolm slaps his head and realises that he has the wrong
SEX shop front man...for the Sex Pistols.

What's this about, once there were a load of Johns....

They were John Simon Ritchie, John Wardle and
John Lydon. I know there are more Johns but 3 will do for our
porpoises.

One of the three Johns "Jah Wobble" came into the studio. The first PIL bassist. He's a spiritual guy. Analisa! Fodderstompf, Religion, Lowlife, Theme. Great deep bass work from Jah. I saw him at Glastonbury on a small stage with a troupe of whirling dervishes, the "Invaders of the Heart."

So Jah talked about his bass and the cows of Cheshire. Is London becoming crack city, smack central er like Hogarth but without the gin? Well what's it like on the tube - the subway sect. Jah Knows!

Mr Wardle Wobble recalled that Sidnay was upset because
he wasn't the lead singer of the Sex pistols. Well he did
"kind of" 2nd. prize in the Great Rock n Roll Swindle.
"My Way," "Somefin else," "C'mon everybody" but hear!
We heard it from the mahf of one of the three John's.
I saw that interview with Malcy. I didn't believe it.
Cash from Chaos!

It was on a BBC 3. television 2004 documentary concerning
the performer/manager relationship. EMI, A&M, Virgin, Today
God save Bill Grundy. Press conferences, Nancy and that film.
The usual suspects. With a special focus on
Malcolm Mclaren and John Lydon.

The show was called, "Blood on the turntable. The Sex Pistols."

Transcript of the interview confirmed by Jah Wobble on
Steve's show follows...

Mclaren: "Vivienne (Westwood) said:

"There's a guy Malcolm you should check out
comes in the shop (SEX) regularly."

and in walked a guy who I kept looking at and I thought
he's got something about this guy..."

(John's dead shower head "Eighteen" audition followed.)

Mclaren: "Well the terrible thing that happened between me an Lydon was when Vivienne finally saw who actually this John was in the group; she told me I'd got the wrong guy!

I said,

"Oh my God what are you talking about..?"

(she) said:

"That's not the 'John' I meant, there's another 'John.'"
"She was right, there was another John. It was a friend
of his...John Simon Ritchie, otherwise known as Sid Vicious."

Pistolology!

Blog business...

A fast moving week and we without a blog. Apart from
those wise folk who used an earlier one. The one that
went missing has not come home yet and possibly won't.
The archives are not complete but you won't find the "enjoy."
Shame because the Society of the spectacle is there - seeing
as Pie was thinking of getting some Paris Hilton shades - an
obscure connection.

Jewell: "You would look like a bug."

Ah that was the enjoy!

Mr. S(h)ovel the EnGiNeEr has given us a new blog, PRAISE A+A+A+A+A.
Although the security issues have yet to be addressed :-(

Sovel's blog is called "a translation service for Jah!" Or something. Get on board! Indie 103.1 Radio sets sail with Cap'n Steve on the blogship Jonesy at 12 bells or 12 noon Californian time. THATS 8.pm UK. time. 120 minutes in all. With a repeat later of the first hour at 6.pm Cally time. 2.am in the UK.

Big upz:

Tina - Tikka Tiki Masala!
Sovel - For giving us the new blog!
JR. - Naughty but nice ;-)
Jewell - Get well sooon
Ramona - Gabba gabba hey!
Nevah - vintage clothing.
Gail - The 1920's Jazz stylee.
Pie - And peas and mint sauce!
Stuartmm - A great blog!
Gidge - More frequently seen on Jack's
Chispa - Hola!
Sh Sh sh sh sh loemoe?
Jade - you really should check her site!
Tricky - off up the frog to the rubadub
for some Britneys.
ZZZZZZZZZ - this is a silly name and I personally thing that you are one of the regulars in disguise.
AC. He alternates between posting and not posting.

Absent - the psychic - come out of your oblong box and post!

If I missed you it's because I was considering shutting this thing down - chucking it in! What a lousy excuse. Dark days for C.w.A. with there being no current blog to feed me. Thanks for your comments I love 'em! Shovel me your comments!

Jah love!

Chris was an on.