This will be taking up the rest of my life

[anarky]

An alternative British band that's not Radiohead... Okay, this is getting tough. I'm going to kick my own ass, though, I know.

My problem is I don't know any magicians. I got there by way of the obvious (it had an ampersand) and already entered the only other one I can think of....

[vynsane]

An alternative British band that's not Radiohead... Okay, this is getting tough. I'm going to kick my own ass, though, I know.

they're not all alternative... what do you have so far?

My problem is I don't know any magicians. I got there by way of the obvious (it had an ampersand) and already entered the only other one I can think of....

think escapists...

[anarky]

Floyd, Beatles, Queen, Dire Straits, Police, Coldplay, Radiohead. There's a five-letter one that's also linked to alternative. And another five-letter one by itself.

The one that's really bugging me is the fucking two-letter word linked to bull and farm.

Edit: There's one other British Band I hadn't noticed earlier. Two five-letter words. And it's not Duran Duran.

[vynsane]

Floyd, Beatles, Queen, Dire Straits, Police, Coldplay, Radiohead. There's a five-letter one that's also linked to alternative. And another five-letter one by itself.

HA! i needed 'alternative' and you need 'oasis'

The one that's really bugging me is the fucking two-letter word linked to bull and farm.

think of another beast of burden.

Edit: There's one other British Band I hadn't noticed earlier. Two five-letter words. And it's not Duran Duran.

think pop.

[anarky]

Oasis. Shit. I knew I'd kick my own balls.

I thought I'd tried ox, but I must've typed it wrong.

Any hints you're needing?

[vynsane]

on the britsh bands pane, i need the two that are attached to 'the beatles' (above) and the one hanging out by itself under 'dire straits'. also, the one between 'alternative' and 'murder' and between 'alternative' and 'straightjacket'.

hope i didn't give too many away that you wanted to/hadn't figure out yet. it's hard to coordinate something so free-form like this.

oh and on the "religion" pane, i need the two attached to 'scientology' and 'the police'.

[anarky]

For one of the two above the Beatles, think of animals in their song titles. Particularly animals that are also known as the eggman, goo-goo-gachoo. I've not got the other, nor have I figured out the straitjacket/alternative connection.

[Rollo Tomassi]

the other Beatle "animal" is so obvious, I punched myself for not getting it. Think "Beatle"

[anarky]

Damn, that makes me feel dumb.

I went through a list of presidents, and am totally stuck on one. He's got two two-word combos coming from his name. I've tried the obvious, like atomic bomb, Manhattan Project, and Fair Deal, and am stumped. Hopefully at least one links from another angle.

And a 3-letter word linked to Dubya, Iraq, Desert Storm, the War on Drugs, and the War on Terror... but not George H W Bush...?

[Rollo Tomassi]

The answer is in two of the links.

[anarky]

Dammit.

[Rollo Tomassi]

HINT: The dots correspond to letters in the name. No more, no less. And it's not neccessarily an American President. So who is linked to GWBush, GHW Bush, and Iraq?

[anarky]

I got that one a while ago. I'm talking about the other president who links to the page above.

[Rollo Tomassi]

Oh you're in the upper left hand corner one?

So you already have the President and are wondering what the connections are?

[anarky]

I'm working on it. Like I said, I tried all the obvious two-letter terms I could think of.

I finally broke down and googled to find out the link between two of the bands. Fucking Radiohead song titles. However, it opened all sorts of doors.