Top Ten Angry Since 1967 Articles of 2016.

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Welcome To Fear - Part XXXII

Death by "Brazilian"

Angry Since 1967 Christmas Ad "most moving" yet

The commercial,  an inspiring story of World War 1 soldiers, Father Christmas, Oscar Wilde's "Selfish Giant", the last 5 minutes of "Blackadder Goes Forth", Bambi's mother, "Silent Running's" Huey, Dewey and Louie, several long lost relatives reunited by Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall and the spirit of the late Robin Williams channelling an amalgam of his characters from "Patch Adams", "Awakenings" and "Bicentennial Man" trampolining in the back garden of George Bailey's house from "It's A Wonderful Life'" during a snowy Christmas truce, while a wispy female vocalist does a slow, emotional cover of Nick Berry's "Every Loser Wins". 

Dismissing claims that never raise their head, that this was an exercise in unbridled cynicism and was little more than shameless bandwagon jumping, Angry Since 1967 said "why does the media want to know the motivation behind this? Oh, right they don't"

Angry Since 1969? Update rumours circulate.

One attosecond after a dismissal as "nonsense" rumours that "Angry Since 1967" was becoming "Angry Since 1968", well placed "sources" suggest "Angry Since 1969" has already progressed to beta release ready for deployment.

Commenting on these claims,  Angry Since 1967 said "you can stick your clickbait news stories up your hole"

New Angry Since 1967 Post Imminent? What to expect

1. Expect to see another, barely coherent post.

2. There'll be the usual scattering of randomly distributed punctuation.

3. Expect more of the same.

4. Like Angry Since 1967 on Facebook.

5. Tweet us on Twitter.

6. You won't believe what happens next.

7. A meme featuring a homily so open to interpretation, it would shame an astrologer.

8. See number 6 again.

9. Repeat until the last stars evaporate as the Universe slowly decays into entropy.

10. Something about checking back here for more updates.

10 years of Angry Since 1967

http://angrysince1967.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/and-so-it-begins.html

Let the celebrations commence

Welcome to Fear. Part XXXI

Death by Bagpipe 

Angry Since 1967 to be Angry Since 1968? Ten things you MUST know

1. As usual with these things I'll start with a leading headline to make you click. A headline that I won't even attempt to address in the body of the article. 

2. I'm already padding out the ten things you MUST know. Recently a car website trailed a story as 10 performance cars for less than £5000 and then proceeded to list 10 cars that started at £7000

3. Is it now time for a question that won't be answered? 

4. I'll now post something transparently obvious about the site. It's called Angry Since 1967.

5. Is it time for another question?

6. I'll mention the problems with the current iteration, problems that only became apparent the second a rumoured update was mentioned, but are now so blindingly irritating that it renders the current version unusable. 

7. Something vague - it might rain

8. Another question? 

9. An exhortation to check back to this site for further updates - sorry "exclusive reveals" 

10. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. 

Rumoured Updated AS1967 Rumours Updated

Rumours of a new AS1967 product launch gathered pace when patent documents, seemingly referring to an updated version, were leaked onto the web. The blueprints, which appeared on Clickbait Technology News (CTN) show several unexpected features, including a new turbo encapulator, a smaller front deflector array, an enhanced sub-Tachyon pulse dispersal pattern and a reversal in the polarity of the neutron flow.

Connor Tist, expert at CTN said these improvements would help drive traffic to his website. "While there's likely to be no real benefit, or tangible improvements over the existing iteration of the product, the carefully conditioned insecurity of current users mean that even the negligible differences it has, will be enough to drive upgrade sales of this item. Sales which will stoked by spurious claims and misleading headlines we'll conjure from thin air, simply to be uncritically regurgitated by automated news aggregator sites…..And you won't believe what happened next…"

"New Craze" warnings issued

A host of hitherto unknown groups, flocked to get their ten minutes in the sunshine by releasing ominous warnings about the perils of the latest craze, sweeping the planet. The latest craze, which came to a head this week, has already been blamed for a shortage of peanut butter, an increase in lewd behaviour, lax morals, a spike in petty criminality, the internet to slow, the late running of the Newtownabbey Town bus service, a decrease in llama fertility...

You know the form. I go off on one. But the point remains. Why do organisations think they have to offer some sort of expert advice about something that, not three days ago, they were completely unaware of? 

And why is their advice uncritically reported? Sudden expertise is bestowed upon them, when their "expertise" is, at best, improvised.  

It's like everyone has to get their tuppence worth in. Yes, I am aware of the irony. 

Even now, I can see a sad face picture in a newspaper when someone blames the latest craze for fuck knows what, or how it's been banned, or how it should be banned, or how it's gone viral and the rest, as it cycles the well worn, predictable and inevitable path to the destination marked "no longer a craze". A trip strewn with the debris of previous former crazes - a few disconsolate Rubik Cubes, unused ice buckets, frayed Teletubbies, the burnt out remains of hover boards, discarded Tamagotchi's, "as new" Nintendo Wii's  and several hundred thousand unread Dan Brown novels. 

Until the decks are cleared. And something new to fixate and or blame comes along. 

There, I said It

"Alien" is a plodding snorefest only slightly redeemed by one memorable scene. A scene which has now been rendered impotent by repetition and parody.

There, I said it.

"Fail Safe" is a much better film than "Dr Strangelove"

Video Streaming Boost Video Cassette Sales*

Video streaming sites are helping to drive sales of video cassettes, made up research suggests. Half of consumers say they have watched a movie online before buying a Video Cassette copy, according to a story where I've substituted video for music. The behaviour is more common for people who use ad-funded services such as YouTube, suggesting free videos can drive real-world sales. But 48% of people who bought video cassettes last month admit they have yet to play it. Seven million per cent of those surveyed say they do not even own a VCR.

"I have videos in my room but it's more for decor. I don't actually play them," Justin Kitchen, a student in Manchester, told us. "It gives me the old-school vibe. That's what video's all about," he added.

"Younger fans increasingly discover film on digital but collect on VHS, Betamax, Video 2000 and especially Philips N1700. Bob Cheese, from the Association of Rental Shops (England) said "Others say they buy video cassettes to support their favourite stars, while 50% of consumers identify themselves as "collectors". "It's so easy to watch things on YouTube, I think we're yearning for the times of our parents where you had to go out of your way to rent a film," said a student. "It's really nice to have an object that you can hold and physically play," agrees another, an 18-year-old from Kingston, who has started using her father's old Sanyo VTC5000 Betacord VCR. "I also think it's important to support stars financially if you can. I like it if someone puts effort into making a release look special."

The resurgence in video cassettes during a period of declining sales has been one of the video industry's more surprising success stories.

In 2014, several VHS cassette were purchased by video fans as demand increased for an eighth successive year - climbing 64% to a 21-year high.

Official Charts Company figures suggest the rise has continued in 2016, with a few V2000 cassettes sold in the first three months of the year, accounting for almost 3% of products purchased by vacuous hipsters.

The Video Cassette revival has been spurred by Video Cassette Day - which started last year as a means of helping video libraries. This year's event takes place on Saturday 16 April and sees video libraries around the UK stocking several of one-off video tapes. There will be tape releases from film stars including Jean Claude van Damme, Charles Bronson, Judge Reinhold, Steve Guttenberg, and Michael Dudikoff.

Bearded men in lumberjack shirts are more likely to visit a bricks-and-mortar video library than women, the figures suggest, but there has been an increase in the number of women buying videotapes. "About 8% of said men have bought a video tape in the last month, and that's been fairly constant over the last three of four years," says Ernie Wiseman, head of ICBM Limited. "Back in 2013, only 3% of women who wear lumberjack shirts bought a video and that's risen to 5% in the last year - so we're starting to see that gap close." However, he added: "It is still the case that less than 1 in 10000000 people are buying video, and we shouldn't forget that, despite the crowing hype to the contrary it's still a tiddly part of the market."

What tastemakers say about video cassettes

Joke Bigg

"I stream video because it's such a handy tool that, if somebody mentions a film, you can get it up straight there on your phone. And if I really like it, I will go out and buy the movie. I like Super VHS. The video waves, they're not electronic. There's something satisfying about it for the brain, I think."

Sir Eton Mess

"People don't have the attention span they used to. In the old days, you could put 8 hours of MTV Rocks on a single VHS cassette and people would sit there and really watch. People don't do that anymore."

Shazam Louis (All Paints)

"I still buy VHS. It's like books. I want to own the book, turn the pages. I'm quite old school like that. In fact, I don't even like considering it old school. It should be contemporary."

Edwin Burger: Chairman, Japanese Corporation Who Invented Betamax™ Music

"You will find people that are having a paid streaming subscription and at the same time buying video cassettes and I do believe that's not an uncommon pattern. I think streaming is for the convenience and, for some music fans, Betamax™ is for the experience."

Mick Juice (The Scythes)

"With VHS cassettes, you're buying the whole package. And sometimes they tell a whole story. Even the tape mistracking was important. Depending on what you'd seen before, we'd make the cassette mistrack because it forced you to get up off your fat hole and footer with the tracking wheel."

Carly Judy Jetson

"I prefer VHS and Betamax. I like to look at the box. My favourite film is Van Damme's "Bloodsports" - the one with the fighting in it. My family always used to watch that one."

James Morrison's

"I still like buying a physical tape and looking at the back of the box. It's nice to have a connection physically to something you own, rather than it being in the cloud somewhere online."

Juff Candlestickmaker: Chief executive, UK Videographic Industry

"Younger fans increasingly discover on digital but collect on video tape. [They] appreciate the immediacy and convenience of services such as You Tube, Apple and Showbox to discover and enjoy a huge range of movies, but they still want to own and collect films by stars they truly love."

Jim Burgervan (The Chancers)

"It is an experience putting video tape in and watching the picture roll as the VCR tries to play the mangled tape of  "Trancers" - and I don't think that can ever really be matched with other formats. People have tried to get rid of video tape, but it keeps coming back."

*of course it bloody doesn't

Video Cassette Day 2016 Announced.

Video Cassette Day is the one day of the year when the UK's last few video libraries left come together to celebrate their unique culture and heritage.

Many films and documentaries are exclusively re-released on video cassette for the event, with several shops hosting exclusive screenings to mark the occasion.

Thousands more shops celebrate the day around the globe in what’s become the biggest annual event in the video library calendar.

The first Video Cassette Day was officially kicked off by an old Guild Home Video standee of straight-to-video favourite Charles Bronson in Stockton on Tees in 2015, and is now held every third Saturday in April.

Although there’s only one Video Cassette Day, we also work throughout the year to spotlight other special releases that are released on outmoded video formats, so check back for further updates about this auspicious occasion.

Welcome To Fear. Part XXX

Death by happiness

ANGRY SINCE 1967 STEEL BOOK EDITION ANNOUNCED

After feverish speculation, Angry Since 1967 confirmed it will be releasing a Steel Book edition of its much loved blog (pictured) 

Speaking exclusively to Angry Since 1967, Angry Since 1967 said "the contents of the Steel Book Edition will be exactly the same as the ordinary version, but held within a box generically referred to as a "Steel Book". Fans can be assured we have followed industry practice and are happy to confirm zero effort has been expended on this release. It is simply an exercise in fleecing the gullible into buying the exact same item again, just because it's been packaged slightly differently. We will, of course, be charging a premium price for this release. So make sure you buy it. 



Or else".