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The top song just happens to be your least favourite, again, and one of the bottom songs just happens to be your favourite, again? No. I don't buy that for a second. It's beyond coincidence now. Play the game properly or get minus sixed the fuck out of here.

The Schappell twins, world's oldest conjoined twins, are dead at 62: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/4/worlds-oldest-conjoined-twins-lori-and-george-die-aged-62-768511

Made first public appearance in five months.

You'll be pleased to learn KoS will be returning to the prog rock generation upon the conclusion of this game!

I was a prog rock fan when young, couldn't get enough of Floyd, Early Genesis, Hawkwind even. And the 80's seemed then, and still today, a souce of wonderful innovation there was all sorts. Then in the 90's by god there were some tunes in the world of 'trance' for want of a better term. Electronica, Punk, New Wave, you name it, there was just such variety. Yes there was crud but you could avoid it. Now? Aside from one or two possible tracks at best it's banal or.......rapped up tracks of old. I'm not saying I yearn for the return, or the grave, but (a few odd tracks aside) I find it hard.

Reviving this thread for another poll regarding the direction of Kill or Save. As we know, from the 1960s to the 2000s, the No.2s are almost done, and Wannamaker is waiting in the wings to get going with the No.3 games, with the 70s up first. Buuut...how many of us would be interested in doing the 1950s and 2010s as well, to complete the decade set? If there are enough takers, I'm more than happy to sort these games out for the No.1s and 2s. The plan would be to run them alongside Wannamaker's No.3s; having two games on at a time worked perfectly well before. I appreciate some might be interested in one end of the timeline but not the other, so I'll try timing them accordingly by running the 50s games during the 90s or 00s and the 10s during the 70s/80s. If there isn't enough interest, we can just carry on with one game at a time until Christmas. Or, we could move away from chart decades and go towards themed games; if this is the case, someone else can host those as I'm already custodian of the Christmas theme. What do you reckon? The new poll is up, vote now!

I could vote for them in a poll and care where they end up. Just to take it out of that thread. Goddamn I'm old. Sorry. Oh and there's absolutlely loads more, that's about 10 mins of trawling for something better than Sheeran Swift or your latest boy band or K-pop . I know, I know, but seems to me at least there's some variety (and no rap :P) off to search for a decent rap, I may be some time.

Stay tuned...more on that soon.

Christiane Scrivener est morte à 98 ans/ the former French minister is dead at 98. https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/deces/annonces/500888150/

Wasn't he in The Communards?

I've not seen a fucking queue like this since the Queen died.

Should be a big clue, one would think. Can you imagine the Tories' dirty laundry coming out just before the election? Should be done by then. But, then again, early November is usually a big time for book launches ahead of the Christmas rush, so it could just be pencilled in for then and, should the election not have happened, it will get pushed back.

What about all the times he attacked her & police were called to their home? The race card was played without doubt & the evidence was ignored. A trial that lasted 9 months and a decision in 4 hours - just laughable. He was known for violence towards women and had a penchant for women decades younger who he could control. Even the Kardashians fell out with him according to The Sun. The American legal system is bizarre - someone was executed this week for 2 murders decades ago after being on Death Row ever since yet a guy who killed about 35 just has life imprisonment due to some sort of plea bargaining.

Graham Brady has a book coming out on 7th November which promises to be a tell all memoir about his time a chairman of the 1922 committee. He is standing down at the election and he think he will probably want to be safely beyond Westminster by then

Lorena Velazquez dead at 86. Though their wiki pages always describe them as "one of the last actors from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema" it appears there's still plenty of them around.

As it reported Christiane Scrivener dead at 98

12/Apr/2024 28 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 26 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +2 24 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 24 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 23 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 22 Adele — Chasing Pavements +1 22 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand +1 21 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 21 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 21 La Roux — In For The Kill 21 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 21 Taylor Swift — Love Story 21 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 21 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 20 Soulja Boy Tell'em — Crank That 20 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low 20 Wiley — Wearing My Rolex 20 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted 20 Eric Prydz — Pjanoo 20 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 20 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 20 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 20 Robbie Williams — Bodies 18 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 17 Sugababes — Get Sexy 17 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be 11 McFly — One For The Radio 08 Westlife — What About Now -3 08 Nickelback — Rockstar -3

70s #3s next? When's the 2010s #1s happening? I mean, I'll know a lot more of the 70s #3s than the 2010s #1s but just curious. I know it was mooted.

It's not even that I wouldn't like some of them perhaps, just the way things are delivered since (I dno? 2k? maybe?) means I just never hear most of it. Certainly not qualified to vote, so won't.

Wow!

Good good, that's that round done! Thanks to everyone for gratefully receiving my bribe and flicking Brandon Flowers a keen middle finger. @ladyfiona, you have next dibs on the new round if you want Speaking of which...the last qualifier before the final. 4 go through...see if you can find that many good ones. 2008-09 Fri 12 Apr (part ii) 21 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +1 21 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold +1 21 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) +1 21 La Roux — In For The Kill +1 20 Soulja Boy Tellem — Crank That 20 Adele — Chasing Pavements 20 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be 20 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand 20 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low 20 Wiley — Wearing My Rolex 20 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted 20 McFly — One For The Radio 20 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 20 Eric Prydz — Pjanoo 20 Geraldine McQueen — The Winners Song 20 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 20 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 20 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 20 James Morrison ft. Nelly — Broken Strings 20 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 20 Taylor Swift — Love Story 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 20 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 20 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 20 Sugababes — Get Sexy 20 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 20 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 20 Robbie Williams — Bodies 20 Westlife — What About Now 20 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 14 Nickelback — Rockstar -6 There is only one correct thing you can do with Nickelcack.

I dunno if there’s a thread for this, but I thought we should document yet another way we’re heading down the path to oblivion. I still think the world will probably just outlive me, though. I hope these scientists at least have a modicum of Oppenheimer guilt. Who’s that guy who got fired from his own company today? Did a board of robots fire him? On the other hand, it’ll be a relief when AI takes over the running of VAR.

Jaime de Armiñán is dead https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/cine/2024/04/10/6616519621efa0ed638b45a3.html

April 12th 28 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror +4 24 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 24 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 24 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 23 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 21 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 21 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 21 La Roux — In For The Kill 21 James Morrison ft. Nelly — Broken Strings 21 Taylor Swift — Love Story 21 Adele — Chasing Pavements 21 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand 21 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 21 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 20 Soulja Boy Tellem — Crank That 20 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low 20 Wiley — Wearing My Rolex 20 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted 20 Eric Prydz — Pjanoo 20 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 20 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 20 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 20 Robbie Williams — Bodies 18 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 17 Sugababes — Get Sexy 17 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be 11 Westlife — What About Now 11 McFly — One For The Radio 11 Nickelback — Rockstar -6

Fellow neurodiverse people! I have ADHD. I think I knew that already really, it ain’t exactly a life-changing revelation, but it’s, er, good(?) to have it confirmed. Would’ve been better to have known as a kid; I might not have gotten into so much trouble for ignoring, interrupting and rejecting almost all authority. Of course, I’m totally different now… What’s even better is that this comes slap in the middle of developing a study I’m doing with a few people about whether anyone is truly neurotypical. A helpful development, this.