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My sisters first single. Puppy Love. I'd convinced our mother I needed a typewriter for some reason (still can't remember why)....almost my very first test of it was to use the red ribbon to type 'this is shit' on the white paper cover of that single. No, I'm not proud of my actions. (well ok, sort of, but - y'know) On the flip side, my sister later became a PF, Genesis, Peter Gabriel fan and says she didn't know what she was thinking.....

I am very pleased to be currently joint 3rd on the DDP Theme League. I don't imagine it will last so I am posting about it now

Gloria Stroock (wiki) dead at 99. 2 months shy of a centenary.

Rudolf Kucera has died aged 84.

They say the older you get, the more you start to look like your lover.

14/5/2024 28 Hawkwind- Silver Machine 28 David Bowie- Life on Mars? +2 25 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack 24 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes +2 22 The Drifters — At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies -2 22 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain 22 America- A Horse With No Name 22 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 21 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream 20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 20 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash 19 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady 19 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer 19 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) 18 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her -2 18 Perry Como- And I Love You So -2 14 David Essex- Rock On 12 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning 08 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin Off the top of my head (and more for the youngsters as fellow oldies will doubtless already know...) Python Lee Jackson was actually an Australian band not a pseudonym for Rod Stewart. But since nobody can recall a single other thing they ever did, it's only ever remembered as being him even though he was technically a guest vocalist. You're so vain was purportedly written about Carly Simons ex Warren Beatty and whilst she has confirmed that parts of it are - she also stated it wasn't just him it actually was written about 3 different men and the other 2 remain unconfirmed. Stand for correction on that if my memory is a cheap cassette tape. In view of my previous ramblings - Life on Mars? was actually my first single. Not perfect maybe, but a fcks sight better than Puppy Love. Says me anyway.

From what the previous 70s KoSs tell me, they were somehow even bigger in the UK than in the US. Some Osmond songs we killed in the past I didn't recognize the names at all. If I play a KoS round I'm going to educate myself on the songs I didn't know, but if it's an unfamiliar Osmond song I take that as a sign from God to steer far, far away!

Austrian court approves rapist Fritzl's move to regular prison (msn.com)

He really needs to get out more, chiefly so that he can get himself in the sea.

Will be visiting Kennedy Space Center on May 31 - June 1 to coincide with the 2024 U.S Astronaut Hall of Fame ceremony. I've not gone to KSC in a very long time and I don't know how the admission process is now and if the HOF ceremony is included in that, so I doubt I'll get to see it close enough to observe the astronauts. I should however be able to meet astronaut Tom Jones on the 31st, get my copy of his book "Sky Walking" signed and maybe have a chat if I'm lucky. I may know a lot about astronauts but I've never actually met one so it's going to be a great day either way.

This is great, but please allow me to do an atheist-friendly translation: Fire yourselves into the sun you bunch of corrupt, dangerous, immoral, irresponsble, stupid, odious, ignorant, greedy, despicable, inept, fraudulent, bigoted, fascistic, heartless, snivelling, delusional, treacherous, hateful, country-wrecking Tory cunts. Or just the simple and effective football chant..."DUH DUH DUHDUH, FACK THE TORIES, DUH DUH DUHDUH, FACK THE TORIES..."

5/14/2024 28 Hawkwind- Silver Machine +2 26 David Bowie- Life on Mars? 25 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash +1 24 The Drifters — At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack 22 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain 22 America- A Horse With No Name 22 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes 22 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 21 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream +1 20 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Perry Como- And I Love You So 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 20 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash 19 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady -1 19 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer -1 19 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) 14 David Essex- Rock On 12 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning -2 08 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin 00 The Partridge Family- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do -2 In tandem with the self-education bit in my previous post, giving a shout out to some of the songs new to me that I quite liked.

Dan Hodges but with Angela Rayner

6th of may 2024 Hit n°10 Le roi Lire est mort Bernard Pivot, prominent TV host, journalist, writer and literary critic has died aged 89 to propel the score of our French deathlist into the dozens. Pivot was born in Lyon in 1935 and studied law before moving to Paris to pursue a formation in journalism. After having worked for Le Figaro, Pivot created his own literary journal called ''Lire''. He then moved on and became the host of the literary TV show ''Ouvrez les Guillemets'' from 1973 to 1974. That latter year, he founded the TV show ''Apostophes'', in which he received such famous and acclaimed writers as Marguerite Duras, Milan Kundera, Vladimir Nabokov or Françoise Sagan. The TV show ended up being one of the most famous program of the time and attracted 2 to 3 million viewers every Friday before its end in 1990. The next year, Pivot hosted another prominent cultural show called ''bouillon de culture'' in which he received figures of the literary, artistic, political and sport worlds. This illustrious program came to an end in 2001, an event which contemporary academician and historian Pierre Nora described as a "national mourning". After his successful TV career, Pivot was elected as a member of the Academy Goncourt, one of the most prestigious french literary prize : he then succeeded Edmonde Charles Roux as its president in 2014, an occupation he kept until 2019. During his lifetime, he also founded both the French Spelling Championships and the World Spelling Championships which came to an end in 2005 and wrote several books about literature, dictionaries and the experience of the reader. After his retirement in 2019, he experienced a period of ill health ans succumbed to a cancer while being picked at the 18th position this year.

14/5/2024 64 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 61 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 60 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 54 Adele — Someone Like You +1 39 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 37 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +1 35 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 33 Owl City — Fireflies 32 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 32 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 30 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +1 29 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 28 Iyaz — Replay 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +1 26 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 26 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 25 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 24 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Nero — Promises 20 Bruno Mars — Grenade 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Example — Stay Awake 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 13 Little Mix — Cannonball 12 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 11 The Wanted — Glad You Came 09 Kesha — We R Who We R 05 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG -6 Have seen both Olly Murs and Little Mix live. Daughter is/was a fan. Normally opposed to any act that has been within a mile of a Simon Cowell show on principle but in fairness both put on a decent show.

May 13th at 1148pm 26 David Bowie- Life on Mars? 24 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack 22 America- A Horse With No Name 22 Hawkwind- Silver Machine 22 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes 22 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 20 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her 20 The Drifters- At The Club/Saturday Night at The Movies 20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning 20 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady 20 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer 20 Perry Como- And I Love You So 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 20 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash 18 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain +4 18 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream 17 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) 14 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin 14 David Essex- Rock On 08 The Partridge Family- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 06 Donny Osmond- Why -6 I was wondering if the Osmonds charted over there as I looked forward to downvoting them.

5/13/2024 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack +2 23 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) 22 America- A Horse With No Name 22 Hawkwind- Silver Machine 22 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes 22 David Bowie- Life on Mars? 22 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 20 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her 20 The Drifters- At The Club/Saturday Night at The Movies 20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning 20 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady 20 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream 20 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer 20 Perry Como- And I Love You So 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 20 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash 14 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin 14 David Essex- Rock On 14 The Partridge Family- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 14 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain +2 14 Donny Osmond- Why -6 When Donny takes someone as lifelessly dull as Frankie Avalon and still manages to disgrace him!

I like to think that, in a parallel universe somewhere, Sunak and his wretched 'rump' government are currently being dismissed by a modern day Cromwell who, in my imagination, looks and sounds exactly like Jonathan Pie.

Just realized that I had OJ in this pool, -1 for me and Lewd_Squirrel.

14/5/24 28 Hawkwind- Silver Machine 28 David Bowie- Life on Mars? 25 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 24 The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack 24 Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes 23 T. Rex- 20th Century Boy +1 22 Gilbert O’Sullivan- Alone Again (Naturally) +3 22 The Drifters — At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 22 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain 22 America- A Horse With No Name 21 David Bowie- Drive-In Saturday 21 Python Lee Jackson- In a Broken Dream 20 Lindisfarne- Lady Eleanor 20 Medicine Head- One and One is One 20 Mungo Jerry- Alright, Alright, Alright 20 Limmie and the Family Cookin’- You Can Do Magic 20 David Bowie- Sorrow 20 Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash 19 Peter Skellern- You’re a Lady 19 David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer 18 The Chi-Lites- Have You Seen Her 18 Perry Como- And I Love You So 14 David Essex- Rock On 12 Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning 02 Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin -6

American actress and model Dolores Rosedale/Roxanne (Wiki) reported dead at 96 on May 2. Cant find anything momentally or in IG and FB

Finished Slow Horses S2, and enjoyed it much more than S1. I don't know why, maybe familiarity with the characters or maybe its a better/better told story than S1.

Anne Reid showed up at the BAFTAs yesterday as she was nominated for that crime miniseries. Looked great for someone nearly ninety. (Also future DLer imo.) I've no idea why the forum has quoted Biblio.

It was the same in 2006 as a friend used up my text credit left voting for We Are The Winners of Eurovision by iirc Lithuania repeatedly!

Shirley Conran is a hit for me, thanks to Jasper's newsflash a couple of hours before the deadline!