I saw Coldplay about the same time as you first did when they played at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas......they were ok but nothing special I thought.
Ash were the warm up band are were far better.
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I saw Coldplay about the same time as you first did when they played at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas......they were ok but nothing special I thought.
Ash were the warm up band are were far better.
I can't even tell you how gagging we are to get back gigging - all the one's we have booked have been moved to next year
Just finished watching ‘The Trade’, a five part documentary on Sky looking at the production, use and fight against the Heroin and Fentanyl trade in Ohio and Mexico. So many lives lost through violence and overdose to what is the ****tiest drug in the world and can’t see it stopping anytime soon.
Well worth a watch.
Well worth a watch.
Saw the Wurzels do Fields of Gold there!
Crazy!!
Haven’t been watching many news bulletins recently because they became so tedious, but have caught a few BBC ones recently, very odd. They now include very personal editorial stories, where reporters, from Ireland to India and Kenya, talk about the empire, usually negatively, and sometimes refer to their own families as part of the story. They are interesting stories and it’s certainly worth hearing them, but they are very out of place in a ‘hard’ news bulletin. The other ‘news’ story that the BBC is currently obsessed with is the impact of social distancing on theatres, with lots of time given to the likes of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sam Mendes to ladle on the gloom. Again, I hope live theatre survives and booms, it’s a sign of civilisation, but it’s a bit of a giveaway as to the pastimes of BBC editors the amount of airtime this is getting.
Weird scenes inside the BBC gold mine.
Watched ITN tonight and it was much better, in a traditional sort of way.
Weird scenes inside the BBC gold mine.
Watched ITN tonight and it was much better, in a traditional sort of way.
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A disturbing feature of news broadcasts (BBC and ITV) throughout the pandemic has been the 'real people behind the statistics' phenomenon, whereby we have been subjected to harrowing details of how tragic Covid deaths (often of people with no underlying health issues for extra impact) have affected individual families. Radio 5 has been particularly guilty of this. This isn't news, it's propaganda.
More appropriate on another thread probably, but it followed on from your post.
I've not watched the news (or the daily briefs) for months. I just can't bring myself to listen to same old ****e poured out day after day. I pick up the odd story off the 2 minute news on 6Music, and some stuff from either our politics or covid threads on here.
I get why the BBC would pander to the "Arts" sector, fits well with how they like to portray themselves. They seem to gloss over the devestation the lockdown has had on the music industry though, with venues being forced to close all over the UK. Last week, two very high profile venues in Manchester shut down, Gorilla and The Deaf Institute - thankfully they have been saved after some hard work by Tim Burgess from The Charlatans and a consortium of like minded people.
There's also the big hit the artists have had to take - in the era of streaming most musicians earn their bread and butter from touring, and there is no chance of this restarting til the end of this year. They make peanuts through record sales, and although the government have pledged a good sized wedge to support "performing arts", you'd have to wonder if this would cover their day to day expenses, let alone a mortgage.
Sorry for the rant on this thread - few beers this evening, and it's a topic that is close to my heart - really missing some good live music!
I’ve started watching season one of ‘Condor’ on Sky We-Saw-You-Coming. It’s traditional US espionage and treason fare, but quite enjoyable, and based on that old Redford flick “Three Days Of The Condor” and the book behind that.
Stars our very own Max Irons, the product of a steamy fumble between Jeremy and Sinead. William Hurt gets to do some acting too.
Stars our very own Max Irons, the product of a steamy fumble between Jeremy and Sinead. William Hurt gets to do some acting too.
Know how you feel steelsy
Just got home from a night out with friends at a Tom Petty tribute band
I have to say it was a fabulous night out
And the band were great
Three hours they were on and there was no cover charge
Listening to the cricket on the radio and at lunchtime they replayed an old 'View from the Boundary', with Peter O'Toole interviewed by Brian Johnston. Wonderful stuff. It was broadcast from the Oval in 1991, the day after the famous fit of giggles that Johnston got with Jonathan Agnew, so Johnston asked O'Toole if he had had any corpsing episodes on stage.
O'Toole's story about the chap trying to put up a deckchair on stage is absolutely priceless.
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O'Toole's story about the chap trying to put up a deckchair on stage is absolutely priceless.
For all you Boxing fans, well worth watching the documents on Sky ‘Pariah: The lives and death of Sonny Liston.
Tells the story of the boxer who could of been (and some day was) one of the greatest boxers of all time, From his sad upbringing, descent into crime and thuggery and him ultimately becoming the heavyweight champion of the world. A boxer who was hated by the crowd until he fought Ali who they hated more. Then looking at his untimely and mysterious death, likely at the hand of the mob.
A sad and emotional story and well worth watching.
Tells the story of the boxer who could of been (and some day was) one of the greatest boxers of all time, From his sad upbringing, descent into crime and thuggery and him ultimately becoming the heavyweight champion of the world. A boxer who was hated by the crowd until he fought Ali who they hated more. Then looking at his untimely and mysterious death, likely at the hand of the mob.
A sad and emotional story and well worth watching.
It's taken about six weeks, but I've finally finished binge watching all four seasons of Gomorrah.
Two questions....
1. Why has it taken me until now to watch this? The best foreign language program I've watched, and probably right up there the best of any.
2. When the **** is Season Five coming!!!!
Two questions....
1. Why has it taken me until now to watch this? The best foreign language program I've watched, and probably right up there the best of any.
2. When the **** is Season Five coming!!!!
I mentioned it at least a year ago mate, probably longer....fantastic drama. Couldn’t get enough of it
My work mate has been on about it for a couple of years, just never got round to it. Loved the direction and script when I watched ZeroZeroZero so had to give Gomorroah a go - it's all I've watched for weeks, total quality!
Anyone else seen Norsemen on Netflix? Scandinavian comedy about Viking’s (not subtitled) puerile and quirky, I’m really enjoying it.
Awesome **** this morning: 8.5/10. Grattan catalogue 1978, swimsuit section, pages 239-245.
Respect! Old school material. Reminds me of my teens, many a misspent hour. I’m no connoisseur, but if that’s the winter edition, try page 302.
Weird, just started watching it last night as it popped up on my recommendations. Easy watching and enjoyable.
Did you know they made two versions of this, one in English and one in Norwegian, so it would reach a wider audience?