Author Topic: A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread..  (Read 284430 times)

Cudzoziemiec

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I think you are allowed to listen to music older than you, as long as the creator died at a younger age than you are now.
I've just checked and that makes both Joplins, Scott as well as Janis, okay.

It also means Wowbagger's allowed to listen to J.S. Bach but I'm not.
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Mr Larrington

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What about artistes who retire from the biz but then don't die for agesandagesandages?  Because I'm not waiting another couple of decades before listening to Captain Beefheart O:-)
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Kim

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I think you are allowed to listen to music older than you, as long as the creator died at a younger age than you are now.
I've just checked and that makes both Joplins, Scott as well as Janis, okay.

It also means Wowbagger's allowed to listen to J.S. Bach but I'm not.

There should be an exemption for when the creator's called Johann.

ian

What about artistes who retire from the biz but then don't die for agesandagesandages?  Because I'm not waiting another couple of decades before listening to Captain Beefheart O:-)

If they get a certificate of non-musical compliance that commits them not releasing another record, then yes, that counts. But it needs to be signed Mrs Beefheart (mother). I can't simply trust they won't parp out the dread dad-album when they hit their seventies.

Mr Larrington

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The Captain (b. 1941) died in 2010, having not released an official recording since 1982.  The Internets are not clear on the continued existence of Ma Beefheart, since searching for “Captain Beefheart mother” just throws up a bunch of stuff about Frank Zappa who, for the avoidance of doubt, was not the same person as Willie Sue Vliet (neé Warfield).
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Satisfying the Bloodlust of the Masses in Peacetime

Steph

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All of these rules leave me a little confused. I was born in1958, but a large part of my musical taste is mid to late 60s, so those are groups started after my birth. They are also a long, long time ago.

I will be 63 in a fortnight, and one of the regular things about those musicians is early death (see Joplin, J; Hendrix, J; Morrison, J (an initial theme there...); Pappalardi, F)

Where does the panel think I stand?

Please note: none of my tastes include those called Gibb.

Mae angen arnaf i byw, a fe fydda'i

Cudzoziemiec

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I will be 63 in a fortnight, and one of the regular things about those musicians is early death (see Joplin, J; Hendrix, J; Morrison, J (an initial theme there...); Pappalardi, F)

Where does the panel think I stand?
None of the aforementioned early exprirers was noted as an exponent of the banjo or ukulele, so we think you can carry on playing for the time being. As long as you don't change your name to Jane, Julie, Judith...  ;)
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Pingu

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Eagles  &  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207885/reviews?ref_=tt_urv


I've just watched the first two episodes of this ,  not bad. But 1974 BBC production values.  Meinn Gott!  The Whiskers!  And that's just the women !    And Captain Peacock as Prince Albert....
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Steph

  • Fast. Fast and bulbous. But fluffy.
I will be 63 in a fortnight, and one of the regular things about those musicians is early death (see Joplin, J; Hendrix, J; Morrison, J (an initial theme there...); Pappalardi, F)

Where does the panel think I stand?
None of the aforementioned early exprirers was noted as an exponent of the banjo or ukulele, so we think you can carry on playing for the time being. As long as you don't change your name to Jane, Julie, Judith...  ;)
I am a musician, not a banjoist or ukeleleleleloid, IYVM
Mae angen arnaf i byw, a fe fydda'i

Tim Hall

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Last night's New Quiz on R4 featured, amongst others, Andrew Maxwell. There was a story involving James Dyson, who Maxwell referred to as "the hoover man."

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I don't know if you know this about Dyson, the hoover man, he's a bollocks

This unit, as M Le Maire, might say, agrees with this product or sentiment.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Eagles  &  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207885/reviews?ref_=tt_urv


I've just watched the first two episodes of this ,  not bad. But 1974 BBC production values.  Meinn Gott!  The Whiskers!  And that's just the women !    And Captain Peacock as Prince Albert....


This is very good.  A primer on late 19th & early 20th century political history.  I know know a bit about the Mayerling Incident & the split between the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks.


Jean-Luc Picard is impressive as Lenin.   Michael Kitchen as Trotsky looks like one of Harry Enfield's Scousers.   

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Eagles  &  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207885/reviews?ref_=tt_urv


I've just watched the first two episodes of this ,  not bad. But 1974 BBC production values.  Meinn Gott!  The Whiskers!  And that's just the women !    And Captain Peacock as Prince Albert....


This is very good.  A primer on late 19th & early 20th century political history.  I know know a bit about the Mayerling Incident & the split between the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks.


Jean-Luc Picard is impressive as Lenin.   Michael Kitchen as Trotsky looks like one of Harry Enfield's Scousers.


All episodes on poo tube.  Recommended for anyone with an interest in how WW1 & the Russian Revolution kicked off.   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwgsQdeFyEnNkjESzH-0AXwJuX_wrS0_W
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Beardy

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I’ve just rediscovered Peter Gabriel: Melt. I’m in a nostalgic fog.
For every complex problem in the world, there is a simple and easily understood solution that’s wrong.

I’ve just rediscovered Peter Gabriel: Melt. I’m in a nostalgic fog.
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I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear
Properly sinister.  What a great album! - the first I bought on vinyl.

Beardy

  • Shedist
I’ve just rediscovered Peter Gabriel: Melt. I’m in a nostalgic fog.
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I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear
Properly sinister.  What a great album! - the first I bought on vinyl.
I think I’ve still got the vinyl in the loft somewhere.
For every complex problem in the world, there is a simple and easily understood solution that’s wrong.

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
I’ve just rediscovered Peter Gabriel: Melt. I’m in a nostalgic fog.
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I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear
Properly sinister.  What a great album! - the first I bought on vinyl.
I think I’ve still got the vinyl in the loft somewhere.

Nasty stuff for making dresses out of.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

http://www.vadimlasca.com/music-videos.html#img-1

Nice wee video tribute to Dave greenfield, stranglers keyboard player

Mrs Pingu

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I have just invented or re-named a music genre.
We are listening to the 1st Explosions In The Sky album, which is what got us into the 'post rock' genre, and I have decided it should actually be known as 'electro slippers' genre.
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

Cudzoziemiec

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Song for the month that's just ending: https://youtu.be/3Skn4vxU9cA
(The title translates as "Exceptionally cold May")
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Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Being a Honeysuckle Weeks groupie occasional viewer of Foyle's War, I was pleased to notice that last night's episode had someone called Colin Sell credited as the pianist. It can't have been that Colin Sell off of Her Majesty's Home Service, as it was all in tune and everything.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

https://twitter.com/soullessparty/status/1402303611795824640?s=21


ISTR that some of the forum ladies (and possibly gentlemen) have a thing about that Harrison Ford chappie.... 




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Tim Hall

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That nice Shaun Keaveney off of 6 Music is leaving. Not until September, but arse all the same.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Oh, that's why Roger Waters was trending on Twitter  :thumbsup:


https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1404769390206328834?s=20
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Tonight, when I was flicking through the TV channels and asking what she would like to watch I (jokingly) said "What about Mrs Brown's Boys?"  To which she replied "Ooh yes. Good idea".
OMG Flatus, that's terrible.
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