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Heart of glass is a classic But I also adore Atomic and Call me. They are waiting for us in the 80s KoS...

Irmgard Furchner has been found guilty: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/stutthof-prozess-gericht-spricht-fruehere-kz-sekretaerin-schuldig-a-e320f99f-ed67-4da0-9aa3-cc4342cecbf3

Martin Duffy, keyboardist for Primal Scream since 1989, dead aged 55. Also a member of Felt in the 80s and briefly stepped in for The Charlatans when their keyboardist died.

Hello, guys. May I make a comeback? (Sorry, been doomscrolling the news about the war this entire year, couldn't visit the forum)

The Specials’ Terry Hall dead at 63.

Just saying, probably wouldn’t drop James Whale off the list now

Thought I'd check, given Winston Bazoomies' death seems to have gone unnoticed. Report here with a confirmation: https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/12/13/gosh-its-bad-manners-and-their-xmas-bash-at-the-concorde-2/ Which also confirms that while he did appear, Bloodvessel wasn't well. "Buster said his goodbyes and said he was suffering from ill health himself, but was happy to be playing gigs again. He was on top form I must say, and long may he continue entertaining us, as he and his energetic band did tonight."

Twitter is whatever you make it. Just follow and block to your taste.

I have friends who voted no just because ownership is clearly making that paper-skinned dork miserable.

Not recent, but the nearest I ever got to Terry Hall. (subtle arrow pointing to me)

Michael Reed (wiki), cinematographer on On Her Majesty's Secret Service, dead at 93.

Didn't turn up for a recent gig due to ill health: https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/12/13/gosh-its-bad-manners-and-their-xmas-bash-at-the-concorde-2/ "Unfortunately, their frontman Max Splodge was also ill tonight so the remaining members of the band (three members of the Bad Manners band) got onstage anyway and played some of the song’s chosen by Max, and others that the guitarist, Tom Massey enjoyed playing. They also went under the name of ‘Two Pints’ which was an obvious Splodge reference to one of their biggest hits."

So, Terry Hall's story includes being abducted to France and abused for a short while by a genuine paedo gang. Which goes a long way to explaining his leaving school without taking any exams and the political stance - i.e. on the side of the underdog the whole time - he subsequently adopted. It's amazing he went from that start to the level of nationally loved musical hero.

Great catch. All the more reason for the Committee to keep Tina in the mix and perhaps draft Phil Collins this year?

I've lost count of the Republican/T*RF related buzzwords I've had to mute for a palatable feed!

James O’Brien has been doing an hour on Terry Hall just now on LBC. It’s great to hear of the huge outpouring of love and recognition of The Specials’ positive cultural impact. Once this is finished I’m playing the living shite out of all their stuff again.

He’s on those semaglutide/ozempic weight loss pills. Looks ill.

it is, but there's lovely stuff on there too if you follow the right sort of people. Art, poetry, photography, history. Cute animals

My favourite Blondie song never made it to No.1 - Rapture

I’m not giving up on it. It has stayed level the past couple of days and fully deserves to be in it to the end.

The music video for Genesis' "Land of Confusion" (1986): Ronald Reagan - dead 2004 Nancy Reagan - dead 2016 Jimmy Carter - alive Margaret Thatcher - dead 2013 Leonid Brezhnev - dead at song's release Henry Kissinger - alive Tony Banks - alive Mike Rutherford - alive Phil Collins - alive for now Benito Mussolini - dead at song's release Ayatollah Khomeini - dead 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev - dead 2022 Muammar Gaddafi - dead 2011 Helmut Kohl - dead 2017 Erich Honecker - dead 1994 Walter Cronkite - dead 2009 Richard Nixon - dead 1994 Leonard Nimoy - dead 2015 Bob Hope - dead 2003 Sylvester Stallone - alive Prince - dead 2016 Pete Townshend - alive David Bowie - dead 2016 Bob Dylan - alive Mick Jagger - alive Tina Turner - alive Sting - alive Jim Bakker - alive Tammy Faye Bakker - dead 2007 Michael Jackson - dead 2009 Madonna - alive Bill Cosby - alive Queen Elizabeth II - dead 2022 Princess Diana - dead 1997 Hulk Hogan - alive Pope John Paul II - dead 2005

Chris Boucher achieved a Times Obit, FWIW: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chris-boucher-obituary-26cxrjbhp

Terry Hall of The Specials has died aged 63.

I can't believe it eleven likes - you lot just don't have a life