Youri McAnespie

Scholey Street.

I've slept through calls to prayer, southern Poland and mass every hour, with accompanying bellringing - no sleeping through that... I went for a nosey instead, and when they went for the bread I went up too and had some, I didn't get struck by lightning or turned into a pillar of salt, so I reckon' it's definitely bollocks.

They've got a dome and minaret at the one on Daubhill (the new-ish one near Lidl). The windows and casings in the minaret are modular and can be removed over the course of a weekend, the top floor is weatherproofed already - this is all in readiness for when they compromise the majority in the UK and the call to prayer will be real not just broadcast over the radio. The Iman told a builder, who told me, he also told me they buried a Miss Piggy toy, some frazzles crisps and a star and stripes in the foundations, oh, and a copy of Razzle too (the builders, not the Iman).

I want to go on record as saying I think 'dark horse' Belgium will be biz. They might win today, they might win the group, but as soon as they face a real test, they'll be exposed as being pretty wank.

In seriousness I didn't know that.

Yes, but I live in a bejwelled mansion.

Anyhow, discussing money is gauche and for the rentier class.

Really? I'd hazard a guess my council tax is probably not that different to yours...

That picture of Horwich does look idyllic, it'd look better if the residents were all in it though. Preferably in it at the bottom, with sacks of bricks tied to their ankles.

I couldn't give a f*ck about what other people listen to, the fact these manufactured pop acts come and go like the tides speaks for itself. Even those that profess to like them adandon them, so what does that say? You may as well be arguing for McDonalds inclusion in Michelin ratings or for Maleficent to be awarded Best Picture at the Oscars arguing the toss for erm...toss, like Joe Swash or that prison guard or him who favvers Ian Brady to be recognised as good music.

Let's face it, if you came to have a look around at eighteen and went for a pint and ventured into The Balmoral, you'd probably chuck the prospectus in the bin and head straight back to Trinity Street.

This (Swanny's post) is a good example of a Bolton Uni success story, it does provide a good number with a second chance and they go on to grasp this with both hands and do well. Unfortunately there's a second lot, who just use the Uni to elongate their study/dossing after performing poorly at A Level or after f*cking up at other establishments, they then drag the whole University down on a grade level and for drop-out rates on individual modules basis and as a whole.

That's largely due to the standard of intake, surprisingly Bolton isn't high on the list of UCAS applicants' preferred choices, no idea why... There used to be two admissions, one in September and one in February, this meant Bolton would often minesweep those from other establishments who'd managed to f*ck up by Christmas first year. There's a good tradition of mature students from the area attending Bolton, and the faculty is small enough to provide support one-to-one, if this body of students attended say, Salford, a good proportion would likely sink without trace. I'd rather have a lowly ranked University than none at all, if folk attend from other parts of the UK and beyond, who then choose to settle here after graduation that can only be a good thing, surely? Not particularly aimed at you Barry, but a good number of the knockers of Bolton University do so purely on the basis of it's position in the rankings, which doesn't paint the whole picture. There's plenty to knock the University on, don't get me wrong, but it should be done informedly and constructively, not just a vague grumbling of ''It's shite - it comes 121 out of a list of X...so it must be shite, even The University of West Merthyr Tydfil is better!''

It's largely not 'their' music though is it? That's why they're derided as shite, not because they're technically poor at singing or performing.

I'm going to write a letter to the BBC and suggest they relocate the setting of 'The Archers' to Horwich. They could at least do a one-off episode, suggested title - 'Delusions of Grandeur'.

If they sent the bastards back it would mean problem solved. There wouldn't be a market to sit in swilling. If it was only whitey Boltonians allowed it simply wouldn't be viable. And that isn't 'lefty' or owt that that, just pure economic fact.

I've got a flyer somewhere advertising Green Day playing at Wigan Bus Drivers' Social Club, supported by Dr and The Crippens and Bolton's very own Raging Kipper... They're fucking shite and no mistake but that's quite a journey, from playing to a hundred crusties and their dogs in Wigan to owning beachfront mansions in Malibu, and proof popularity doesn't mean something's necessarily good either.

It's about being bummed by Michael Jackson. Either that or it's about smack, most songs are usually about smack.

I've forgiven them the sellout and I'm glad, I went watching them a few years back and they played a lot of the classics from the first four albums, and the years have mellowed me and I don't think Metallica is the pile of popstar rockstar wank I once thought it was. When that came out, well there was a picture published of them wearing sunglasses, all four of them, and that was enough for me...Then again I thought Harmony Corruption by Napalm Death was a sellout! #themoreobscurethebetter

I can't see the Youtube clip either, it's not some Nationalist Socialst Black Metal is it? I'm not into that...

The day Nickelback make an album like '...And justice for all' then lump away...

What if somebody wrote... ''I hate dance music, it's fucking shite - 2 Unlimited, Robert Miles and them shitbags who did that I'm Blue Ba Da Dee...Utter, utter dogspunk'' That's what it's like when somebody says sommat like Nickelback are representative of metal.

I was seeing a girl once and we got talking about music, anyhow, about house music she said... ''oh, I don't like that, all those people dancing and pulling funny faces on drugs...'' That was it, her entire perception of an entire genre boiled down to that. I think that's what's riling the metallers here...Folk who haven't a clue sticking their oar in about something as nuanced as metal.

The problem with Metallica headlining is it'll be nigh on impossible to pretend you're having the best time of your entire life to them...