Author Topic: A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread.. (Read 288139 times)

Torslanda · « **Reply #950 on:** 21 March, 2017, 04:20:07 pm »

I'll not mention the 1.5m diameter white balloon I have in the shop . . .

@Kim. I was lucky enough to see The Prisoner first time round, 1967/8, aged 5. Been hooked ever since.

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #951 on:** 21 March, 2017, 05:47:24 pm »

I've seen the 2point4 Children spoof episode. Does that count?

Ham · « **Reply #952 on:** 21 March, 2017, 05:53:40 pm »

Came across a 1975 interview with Tim Curry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkC9DudOnXg which makes for fun for them of us who saw him in the stage production (just me?). Smoking in an interview seems a bit strange now, too.

Andrij · « **Reply #953 on:** 25 March, 2017, 09:47:17 pm »

Watched a bit of Time Team America. Interesting targets, but the show itself is a poor relation to the UK original.

Let's take all the usual jokes about American not being old enough to have history as read.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #954 on:** 27 March, 2017, 01:20:43 pm »

I was watching an old episode of Spooks last night and one of the MI5 officers was instructed to assassinate a bad guy by injecting him with a bucketload of insulin. His boss was talking him through the steps, and included swabbing the injection site first. Because of course you don't want to risk infection on a man you're killing!

T42 · « **Reply #955 on:** 27 March, 2017, 03:48:53 pm »

^^^ I often wondered if they do that before executing folk by lethal injection in the US.

Kim · « **Reply #956 on:** 27 March, 2017, 03:57:19 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 27 March, 2017, 01:20:43 pm

I was watching an old episode of Spooks last night and one of the MI5 officers was instructed to assassinate a bad guy by injecting him with a bucketload of insulin. His boss was talking him through the steps, and included swabbing the injection site first. Because of course you don't want to risk infection on a man you're killing!

Actors (and directors) who patently don't have a clue what to do with a needle bugs me almost as much as MovieOS.

Sounds like the boss was working from the NHS Redirect script.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #957 on:** 26 April, 2017, 12:03:50 am »

I was blown away by this. It's hard enough to play on a piano.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuuFwgOLHjgsqQVXEdod_Q

Compare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSulR9Fymg

citoyen · « **Reply #958 on:** 26 April, 2017, 08:24:40 am »

That reminds me of the mall scene from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...

http://dai.ly/x2p5n3j

(In which you seem to have a starring role, Wow!

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Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #959 on:** 12 May, 2017, 08:43:05 am »

Kreisler. Beautiful. But even I won't be fooled into believing it's the Brandenburg concerto!

fimm · « **Reply #960 on:** 12 May, 2017, 09:01:18 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 26 April, 2017, 12:03:50 am

I was blown away by this. It's hard enough to play on a piano...

That's great (I love the original). Just having the imagination to see that it could be done...
I'm not saying that the solo guitar part is easy, but he's "only" playing the tune, there's other guitars and drums in there. The pianist has to do the whole lot!

T42 · « **Reply #961 on:** 12 May, 2017, 01:24:20 pm »

He probably did do the whole lot, recording the other parts first.

Although I quite enjoyed it, I couldn't help feeling that at some points it sounded a bit like a telephone.

andrewc · « **Reply #962 on:** 14 May, 2017, 11:14:32 pm »

Playing some oldish LP's leads me to Google and I find that the Indigo Girls are playing several UK dates in July & Suzanne Vega is doing the same in September

Both have dates in Manchester so I'll need to get the train & hope that they don't run on too late.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #963 on:** 21 May, 2017, 06:43:40 pm »

Labyrinth is on ch5+1 just now!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #964 on:** 22 May, 2017, 11:17:22 am »

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lou-reed-walk-on-the-wild-side-transphobic-guelph-university-students-canada-transformer-album-a7748686.html
It's a great song.

T42 · « **Reply #965 on:** 22 May, 2017, 11:42:00 am »

If you're sufficiently determined you can take offence at anything. University students can be pretty offensive at times.

citoyen · « **Reply #966 on:** 22 May, 2017, 01:29:51 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 21 May, 2017, 06:43:40 pm

Labyrinth is on ch5+1 just now!

Was that part of their "80s marathon"? I started watching Highlander last night but it was late and I was too tired to stick with it so went to bed. I don't remember it being quite as terrible as I found it - still love it though.

Andrij · « **Reply #967 on:** 03 June, 2017, 09:47:54 pm »

I've just watched season 1 of Medici: Masters of Florence.

I found it entertaining enough. But I did quite enjoy seeing

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citoyen · « **Reply #968 on:** 08 June, 2017, 08:17:41 pm »

I've never been a fan of Song To The Siren by This Mortal Coil. In fact, I'd go so far as to say I hate it. I love the Cocteau Twins and I love Liz Fraser's voice but that's just... wailing.

But Marc Riley just played a different version of the song on the radio and I loved it.

And it turns out it was Tim Buckley's original recording of the song.

So that must mean TMC's version is a cover.

Well, you learn something new every day.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #969 on:** 09 June, 2017, 01:38:59 am »

Half Man Half Biscuit(!) did a rather splendid version for a Peel session in 2002, but then segued into "Vatican Broadside"

citoyen · « **Reply #970 on:** 09 June, 2017, 09:49:01 am »

Just checked it out on YouTube... yes, that is superb!

Ham · « **Reply #971 on:** 09 June, 2017, 10:36:42 pm »

The world is a big place so there is clearly room for a teen muslim girl thrash metal band

Basil · « **Reply #972 on:** 10 June, 2017, 12:08:26 am »

Crikey.

andrewc · « **Reply #973 on:** 10 June, 2017, 12:33:49 am »

Quote from: Ham on 09 June, 2017, 10:36:42 pm

The world is a big place so there is clearly room for a teen muslim girl thrash metal band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lGLXJPj60k

citoyen · « **Reply #974 on:** 14 June, 2017, 06:19:11 pm »

Question on Pointless today:

No prizes for guessing which was the best answer...

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