A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread..

[Cudzoziemiec]

I mostly prefer to see up and coming bands in small independent venues and generally avoid the really big names and arena gigs.

Most people saying that would sound really pretentious!

[Cudzoziemiec]

Teh Drag U In has a list of break-up songs for Valentines, which I'm sure you can find without me linking to it. They include mention of a post-breakup bender but unaccountably failed to mention the epickest song of that genre of all time 1985: https://youtu.be/cCS5H4fwLLQ?si=O8QrlpWm56SO5XEv

[citoyen]

Most people saying that would sound really pretentious!

Yes, I expect it does. But it's mostly because a) I can't afford to see big name bands (or else I'm only prepared to pay that much if it's someone I really, really want to see), and b) I really don't like arena gigs.

If I wanted to get pretentious about it, I could start on about the bands I saw in tiny venues before they were famous. Except that none of the bands I like ever do go on to become famous.

[Cudzoziemiec]

As for big-name arena gigs, a friend of mine is a huge Springsteen fan. Last summer, he wanted to see him at either his Birmingham or London gigs (possibly his last ever tour? I dunno) – but changed his mind when he discovered the tickets were about £300 each.

[citoyen]

QED

[Jaded]

Billy Bragg was £25 at our small town venue and several people I know said that was a lot!

Mind you, I get to see a lot of bands and usually pay nothing, so when I do have to pay it is sometimes a shock.

[Hot Flatus]

Filming series 2 of Wolf Hall

[sam]

Loved Wolf Hall and him in it.

My entry for the day: Henry Mancini

https://youtu.be/64bRXGm2Xnk

losing an Oscar to the Sherman Brothers

https://youtu.be/R8N65jY0nDs

for this

https://youtu.be/FEh3U1s10qo

[rogerzilla]

Mary Poppins is now a PG because Admiral Boom likens the black chimney sweeps to "Hottentots".  It did grate a little.  Still, Thomas the Tank Engine did far worse.

https://islandofsodor.fandom.com/wiki/Reverend_W._Awdry

[Mr Larrington]

I came across that word twice today, once in an early Hammond Innes novel and then Patti Smith’s infamous song.

[Mr Larrington]

Plans To Erect A Statue In Lemmy's Hometown Have Been Approved.

No-one's going to be chucking that one in the river

[T42]

Hope your man cast it in bronze after "crafting" it in clay.

[citoyen]

Signs you're getting old: someone you've never heard of wins all the Brit awards.

I don't like to be sniffy about these things - Raye is obviously popular with the kids and I'm sure she deserves her success, but I had literally never heard of her until this morning. It's a shame Top of the Pops is no longer around - it used to help me keep abreast of these things.

[T42]

Nuther sign of getting old: you've never heard of the Brit awards.

[citoyen]

Nuther sign of getting old: you've never heard of the Brit awards.

The awards themselves are inconsequential but the event has had its share of highlights over the years, eg:

• The Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood live TV hosting car crash in 1988
• KLF and Extreme Noise Terror machine-gunning the audience in 1992
• Jarvis Cocker waving his arse around on stage during Michael Jackson's performance in 1996

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[Kim]

JuStIcE fOr JaRvIs!

[Mr Larrington]

Nuther sign of getting old: you've never heard of the Brit awards.

The awards themselves are inconsequential but the event has had its share of highlights over the years, eg:

• The Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood live TV hosting car crash in 1988
• KLF and Extreme Noise Terror machine-gunning the audience in 1992
• Jarvis Cocker waving his arse around on stage during Michael Jackson's performance in 1996

And Chumbawamba's Danbert Nobacon pouring a jug of water over Gordon Brown

Edit: And no, I don’t know why the forum SCIENCE keeps adding a spurious end of list tag.[/list]

[citoyen]

And Chumbawamba's Danbert Nobacon pouring a jug of water over Gordon Brown

John Prescott. Which is in fact even funnier.

I thought that was the NME awards but I checked and you’re right, it was the Brits.

Edit: And no, I don’t know why the forum SCIENCE keeps adding a spurious end of list tag.[/list]

Glad it’s not just me, at least.

[Mr Larrington]

And Chumbawamba's Danbert Nobacon pouring a jug of water over Gordon Brown

John Prescott. Which is in fact even funnier.

I thought that was the NME awards but I checked and you’re right, it was the Brits.

Edit: And no, I don’t know why the forum SCIENCE keeps adding a spurious end of list tag.[/list]

Glad it’s not just me, at least.

Durrrr, of course.  I even looked it up to check it was the Brits too

[Ham]

Filming series 2 of Wolf Hall

I saw him in his first RSC role which was incandescent, a few years later I met him a few times socially and was able to introduce him to the dog who had been named in inspiration from that role - Ariel - You will believe a man dog can fly. (Ariel was a border collie)

[mrcharly-YHT]

Peaky Blinders

Many very very good cast members, from 'aunt polly' to the terrifying Arthur Selby.

the iconic role, of course, is Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby.

I recently discovered that Cillian was not the preferred actor.

They wanted Jason Statham

:roflmao

[T42]

They wanted Jason Statham

:roflmao

And indeed Though he was good OK in Snatch.

[Regulator]

Just booked tickets for the ROH Live Cinema performance of Carmen on 1 May.  I managed to persuade Mr R to come with me.

[Wowbagger]

This evening I met three other choir members, Mary, Elysa and Liz, for an impromptu extra rehearsal for Saturday's concert, at Mary's flat. Mary, Elysa's mother, is an alto. The other two are sopranos.

We sang through the whole of Mozart's requiem - twice. Firstly, we sang each movement accompanied by Spotify on a mobile phone, and then we sang it again a capella. That really was quite an experience! After that, we worked our way through most of Dvorak's mass in D, although we didn't finish because Elysa had to return home to eat chicken Kievs.

Hopefully it will be helpful for us when Saturday comes.

[T42]

we didn't finish because Elysa had to return home to eat chicken Kievs.

Better after than before rehearsing.

Break a leg Saturday.