Author Topic: A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread.. (Read 287017 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #750 on:** 10 August, 2016, 08:12:23 pm »

Does Slope know about this

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #751 on:** 11 August, 2016, 12:39:57 pm »

We haz teams for Star Wars football match. Both teams playing 4-3-3:
Rebels
Obi Wan-Knobi; R2D2 at right back, centre backs Finn and Capt Antilles, left back Rebel Trooper Jeff; CDM Chewbacca, centre mids Leia and C3P0 (!), wingers Luke and Poe Dameron; striker Han Solo.

Empire
Supreme Leader Snoke as a hologram in goal; IG88 at right back, centre backs Bosk and Storm Trooper Bob, left back General Hux; centre mids Grand Moff Tarkin and Admiral Piet, CAM Emperor Palpatine; wingers Kylo Ren and Darth Vader; striker Boba Fett.

Captains Leia and Darth Vader respectively.

Referee: Yoda

We await a date and venue.

Kim · « **Reply #752 on:** 11 August, 2016, 08:08:32 pm »

Doesn't look good for the Empire unless they can substitute their goalie for Jabba the Hutt.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #753 on:** 11 August, 2016, 08:39:29 pm »

Half-time oranges provided by Mr Stevens.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #754 on:** 11 August, 2016, 09:49:37 pm »

Check Mr Fett for jetpacks.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #755 on:** 12 August, 2016, 10:21:56 am »

No rules against jetpacks. The match was played last night and the score can now be revealed: 4-4, with the Rebels winning 8-7 on penalties. There were doughnuts (or where they donuts?) and the Emperor narrowly avoided a red card for his misuse of Sith lightning.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #756 on:** 12 August, 2016, 08:15:31 pm »

I've just heard House of the Rising Sun. So what? By Joan Baez. That was unexpected!

TheLurker · « **Reply #757 on:** 13 August, 2016, 08:36:01 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 12 August, 2016, 08:15:31 pm

I've just heard House of the Rising Sun. So what? By Joan Baez. That was unexpected!

Oodles of versions

The oddest version I've heard is a flamenco / rock take by Santa Esmeralda (with Jimmy Goings) from '77. The tape (yes _tape_) is playing as I type. I'll put The Animals (LP) on next.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #758 on:** 13 August, 2016, 08:59:12 am »

Is that tape as distinct from cassette? If so, >>

Today's miniature musical post-velation is the White Stripes (a band I've totally ignored until now) version of Jolene. It makes me think I'd like to hear a Patti Smith cover of that song.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #759 on:** 13 August, 2016, 10:55:00 pm »

Boothby Graffoe tweeted a link about Dean Friedman's Fringe show, so I tweeted Boothby with the youtube link to The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman, and now Dean Friedman is following me.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #760 on:** 15 August, 2016, 01:21:13 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 13 August, 2016, 08:59:12 am

Is that tape as distinct from cassette? If so, >>

Today's miniature musical post-velation is the White Stripes (a band I've totally ignored until now) version of Jolene. It makes me think I'd like to hear a Patti Smith cover of that song.

DJ Random seems to like it too. I have five versions (Peel Sessions, live recordings of dubious provenance etc.) and he's played three of them in the past couple of days.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #761 on:** 15 August, 2016, 01:53:31 pm »

Sometimes when you hear a new version of a familiar song it really makes you focus on the words. At least, that's what happens for me. When Dolly Parton sings, it's a song with a sad story, but when the White Stripes sing, it's a song of mental agony! And Patti Smith is pretty good at that IMO so that's why it made me think of her.

Anywayz, you've just made gone and go and listen to it again, and guess what came up afterwards? The White Stripes again, playing... House of the Rising Sun! I wonder if Joan Baez ever did Jolene? $:-\$

Andrij · « **Reply #762 on:** 19 August, 2016, 07:38:11 pm »

Sara Mohr-Pietsch did a brilliant job with a handful of Czech names while introducing this evening's Proms performance.

Ruthie · « **Reply #763 on:** 23 August, 2016, 03:43:09 pm »

Roll on Christmas!

Partly because this horrible year will be nearly over, but also because of this:

http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2016/08/23/25614/eric_idle_and_brian_cox_to_explain_the_universe

rafletcher · « **Reply #764 on:** 31 August, 2016, 02:06:17 pm »

We're belatedly catching up with recorded stuffs - in this case "Brief Encounters". A rather formulaic series, and quite reminiscent of the Full Monty (set in Sheffield, unemployment, domestic strife, cross-class friendships), but of it's type well done with some funny one-liners.

Andrij · « **Reply #765 on:** 01 September, 2016, 02:54:55 pm »

Dear the piper playing between Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey:

Unless your bagpipes spout FIRE (they didn't), no one will be impressed with your cover of Thunderstruck.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #766 on:** 05 September, 2016, 10:54:30 am »

Happy 70th birthday, Freddie.

PeteB99 · « **Reply #767 on:** 13 September, 2016, 02:55:32 pm »

From Saturday night

Oh no, not Gunvald

T42 · « **Reply #768 on:** 14 September, 2016, 04:10:00 pm »

The Pock-Mark Game. This consists of watching actors' foreheads for the places they scratched when they had chicken-pox as children. On spotting a pock-mark, the spotter bellows "pock-mark!" and scores a point. Points are totted up at the end of the film. Expect football- rather than cricket-sized scores.

The Sleeper Game. Less amusing but fun anyway: people past a certain age who sleep mostly on the same side often show a diagonal crease running up their foreheads on that side. Bellow "left!" or "right!" as these are spotted.

Most fun if played in cinemas. An excellent way of getting through Woody Allen or Wim Wenders films without being bored out of your skull.

Ruthie · « **Reply #769 on:** 14 September, 2016, 08:41:18 pm »

Huh. The Boxer Rebellion are playing. On a Tuesday night in Leeds. This is of no use to me whatsoever

Karla · « **Reply #770 on:** 15 September, 2016, 09:02:33 pm »

Quote from: ian on 28 July, 2016, 10:44:30 pm

I'm quite enjoying Stranger Things, it's worth it for the synth-tastic soundtrack and mash-up of eighties TV style through the big, big glasses, fat trimphones, to the haircuts-oh-glorious-haircuts. You can almost smell the hairspray. And one of the kids looks like Kevin Bacon. Oh, and Winona Ryder. You can't build a better time machine.

El looks very much like Lance Armstrong. I can't get over it whenever I see her. Do you think it was the performance enhancing drugs that gave her her powers?

Bledlow · « **Reply #771 on:** 16 September, 2016, 12:41:31 pm »

Quote from: PeteB99 on 13 September, 2016, 02:55:32 pm

From Saturday night

Oh no, not Gunvald

He was worried about being typecast, & wanted to do more of other things.

ian · « **Reply #772 on:** 16 September, 2016, 01:18:54 pm »

Quote from: Phartiphukborlz on 15 September, 2016, 09:02:33 pm

Quote from: ian on 28 July, 2016, 10:44:30 pm
I'm quite enjoying Stranger Things, it's worth it for the synth-tastic soundtrack and mash-up of eighties TV style through the big, big glasses, fat trimphones, to the haircuts-oh-glorious-haircuts. You can almost smell the hairspray. And one of the kids looks like Kevin Bacon. Oh, and Winona Ryder. You can't build a better time machine.

El looks very much like Lance Armstrong. I can't get over it whenever I see her. Do you think it was the performance enhancing drugs that gave her her powers?

Quite possibly. It was the entire MK-Ultra thing, filling people up with LCD to knock knock knock on their doors of perception.

In other news, while I enjoyed this, I think the benefit was that it was modestly short by US series lengths and packed a lot in. I'm struggling now with Jessica Jones and Daredevil because they seem very laboured. Plots are well telegraphed and a lot screen time seems dedicated to waiting for the obvious to happen and slothful 'character development'. Like The Walking Dead it's all very much treading water and filling screen time. Pep it up, folks.

Legs · « **Reply #773 on:** 16 September, 2016, 02:06:41 pm »

One of my twenty-not-very-much colleagues is doing the accounts and just declared "aahh, ten pence short!"

Took me back 20 years...

rafletcher · « **Reply #774 on:** 16 September, 2016, 02:12:10 pm »

Quote from: Bledlow on 16 September, 2016, 12:41:31 pm

Quote from: PeteB99 on 13 September, 2016, 02:55:32 pm
From Saturday night

Oh no, not Gunvald
He was worried about being typecast, & wanted to do more of other things.