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I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I always associate Somebody To Love very strongly with Christmas. My grandfather always wanted to hear this song on Christmas Eve, so we turned it up loud and celebrated accordingly. After that he always said what a fantastic piece of music this song is. Always. Each year. This is a great memory for me. And whenever I hear this song, I'm a little sad because I think of my grandfather, who has passed away in the meantime. And at the same time I'm happy because it's such a fantastic piece of music!

Jimmy Carter's Streak continues. Outlived another name on the list.

So I launched this round quickly before listening to the three songs I didn’t know by name. One of them was Our Kid. Needless to say, I feel silly with my minus points now.

21. July 2023 108 Queen — Killer Queen  86 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us +4 50 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 39 Sweet — Fox On The Run 29 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye  00 Bachman -Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet -2

Not unexpected but still a shock to see that Carter has outlived almost 1/5 of the list

Wow RIP. What a talent

Rachid Sfar of Tunisia reportedly dead: https://kapitalis-com.translate.goog/tunisie/2023/07/21/tunisie-deces-de-rachid-sfar-ancien-premier-ministre-sous-bourguiba/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Rishi Sunak reckons the next election is “not a done deal”. Call it, then.

Amanda Lear appears on drag race France tonight. Probably not in danger for the next couple of years

Late blooming athlete David Carr, holder of six world records in the over 90s category, dead at the age of....91.

21/7/23 07:58 hrs 86 Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 69 All Saints — Pure Shores 55 Eminem ft. Dido — Stan 55 Spiller — Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 49 Modjo — Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 49 Britney Spears — Oops!… I Did It Again 36 Madison Avenue — Don’t Call Me Baby 30 Shaggy/RikRok - It Wasn't Me 31 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes — Never Be The Same Again 31 Manic Street Preachers — The Masses Against the Classes +4 19 LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight 00 Roger Sanchez — No Chance -6

Henry "Hotspur" Percy died on this day 620 years ago, aged 39. - On his father's side, Percy was a 3x-great grandson of king Edward I. When he was 12, he would be made a knight by King Edward III (two months before he died). - In his 20s, Percy would fight in Scotland (the Scots gave him the nickname "Harry Hotspur" due to his speed in battle) serve in the Hundred Years' War, seeing combat in France (specifically Calais and Picardy). Percy was also sent as an envoy to Cyprus in 1393. - Percy had gained much favor with King Richard II- but he would support Henry IV's coup against him in 1399. Percy soon became disillusioned with him, with one reason being that he had not paid the ransom to free his brother-in-law Edmund Mortimer from Welsh captors. - After accusing Henry IV of being a tyrant, Percy would amass troops loyal to him (which included his uncle Thomas), and engaged in battle with his forces (which included the heir to the throne, the future Henry V- who would be injured in battle by an arrow to the face). Hotspur would be killed by an arrow to the head; some of his troops thought Henry IV was killed, but the king responded with "Henry Percy is dead", and Percy's troops retreated once they realized he didn't respond (a sign he was killed). His body would be beheaded and quartered, and his lands were confiscated by the government. - Tottenham Hotspur was named after him, for his family had once owned Northumberland Park, where its home stadium is located.

This pointless thread is basically nothing more than a Perez Hilton "all the latest gossip on" column. She has no major health issues and there is no curse. Most of the people around her are fine. What happened DeathList? You used to be cool.

Re Kier the Younger, local family heavily embedded in the community, lots of voters who'd known him since he was a baby, and they worked their arses off campaigning. Great swing for Labour of course, but campaign effort and candidate quality (even if not clear to outsiders) is absolutely key. Heard nowt on Ferrier but all the parties are picking folk already! If Tamworth becomes a by-election that poses a problem for the Tories. They've already picked their candidate for next election, the Walsall Tory MP Eddie Hughes!

Oh look, Johnny Mercer is an idiot. Didn’t see that coming. Few points here: - He says 25 year old MP Keir Mather is too young. Conservative MP Dehenna Davidson was 26 when she was elected in 2019. We’ve seen many Tory MPs elected about this age, and even a PM at 24. - Maybe his point is that a 25yo MP won’t have enough experience to understand the cost of living crisis etc. Like Sunak (worth £3/4bn) does. - Says something about Mather having a chip in him that regurgitates Labour lines. Again, he clearly hasn’t ever seen Sunak in an interview. Mercer was also the one who had a huge pissy fit in the Question Time green room because of a tweet by Carol Vorderman. What a numpty.

And the expansion was expedited because the national govt made it a condition for a TfL bailout due to covid's financial impact.

Whoot, there it is. Round 3 done. Killer Queen set a new points record for grand final qualifiers but who was the Killer Queen here? The result is…really not surprising. theoldlady - 5 BuffaloPhil - 4 Drewsky - 3 lilham - 3 LadyFiona - 3 Paul Bearer - 2 “Diego” - 1 MariNisia - 1 Imelda - 1 Wee Jum - 1 Commtech - 1 Root Inspector - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 DoltonMoney - 1 Bibliogryphon - 1

Off the top of my head, I can't think of anyone orbiting Ariana's life who is doing fine. They're either an accused nonce (C0lleen Ball1nger); died young (Mac Miller, Naya Rivera, Manchester bombing); wrote a tell-all about their sexual abuse on set and eating disorder (co-star Jennette McCurdy); in rehab after crashing a car through a house (P3t3 Davids0n); on "medical leave" from fashion week for the next several months (model B3lla Had1d); wrote/starred in a sexual exploitative television show that seemed to be saying all the quiet parts in Hollywood outloud (the W33knd). Her manager is Sc00ter Braun who also manages Just1n B1eber and Demi L0vat0. There's that alleged affair with the tv host who also went on "medical leave" for tripping and falling a few times; that other alleged affair with the actor whose girlfriend committed suicide and was sued by her family. A lot of the above are drug-related incidents. Ariana herself has alopecia (that ponytail is a clip-on) and lanugo (fuzzy hair on skin), and is about to have her first major starring role, which won't come out until November 2024. Her co-star in that is her affair partner, whose family apparently found out today via tmz that he's left his <1 year old and wife. I suspect she takes "medical leave" prior. I think she's worthy to keep track of for a young person. This is a 30 year old woman:

Fumiko Tottori, mother of Princess Hisako of Japan, dead at 96.

Tories hold Uxbridge by 495 votes allowing them to talk about nothing else tomorrow. Lib Dems turn 19,000 Tory majority into 11,000 Lib Dem majority in Somerset. Selby trending Labour but no call as yet.

Richard E. Grant's mother Leonne Esterhuysen has died aged 93.

Update on Cale Yarborough from his daughter. Diagnosed with a very rare terminal condition apparently. It does seem to be of the slower progressive multiple sclerosis/dementia type of condition, rather than the fast progressing terminal cancer/ALS kind but regardless definitely a solid choice for DPs this point on.