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I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go see Paul McCartney (member of The Fireman) in concert last night at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester. I travelled all the way across the pond for this show, and I was not disappointed. I had heard that he sounds terrible in concert now, but I have to say he did much better than expected. Even if he did sound a little rough at points, he's still a living legend and I'm incredibly fortunate to have seen him.

This is one fascinating dude. Really the whole history of Zion, Illinois is a hell of a story. Still a pretty strange place all these years later.

I recently had a dream in which I met Martin Lawrence of Bad Boys fame. Fun stuff.

An alum of my university

Shel Talmy, producer for The Kinks up to Something Else and much of The Who's early work, dead at 87. He did a lot of cool stuff on those early Kinks records

11/11/24 31 Noam Chomsky 31 Jimmy Carter +2 30 Roberta Flack +2 29 Ted Turner 29 Sonny Rollins 28 Linda Nolan  28 Dennis Skinner  28 Cleo Laine 27 Norman Tebbit 27 Joanne Woodward 26 Patricia Routledge 26 Esther Rantzen 26 Stanley Baxter 25 Gene Hackman 25 Denis Law 24 Jean-Marie Le Pen 24 Pete Murray 24 Alan Greenspan 23 Vanessa Redgrave 23 Imelda Marcos 23 Sandy Gall  22 Dick Van Dyke 22 Raul Castro 22 Nigel Starmer-Smith  21 James Whale 21 Tom Brokaw 21 Mel Brooks 19 Pope Francis 18 Hans Blix 15 Josef Fritzl  14 Buzz Aldrin 11 Desmond Morris 9 Clint Eastwood 6 Brigitte Bardot 3 Willie Nelson -6 Eliminated Score 10/20

11/10/2024 28 Noam Chomsky 27 Dennis Skinner 27 Sonny Rollins +4 26 Joanne Woodward 27 Roberta Flack 26 Patricia Routledge 25 Jean-Marie Le Pen 25 Esther Rantzen 24 Linda Nolan  24 Stanley Baxter 23 Cleo Laine  23 Ted Turner 23 Dick Van Dyke  23 Gene Hackman 23 Raul Castro 23 Norman Tebbit  22 Pete Murray 22 Alan Greenspan 22 Josef Fritzl  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Nigel Starmer-Smith  21 Sandy Gall  21 Tom Brokaw 21 James Whale 20 Denis Law 20 Hans Blix  20 Vanessa Redgrave  20 Mel Brooks 20 Jimmy Carter 19 Pope Francis 18 Brigitte Bardot 17 Desmond Morris 16 Willie Nelson -4 15 Sly Stone 15 Buzz Aldrin -2 13 Clint Eastwood  13 Robert Duvall 12 Tom Baker 11 Prunella Scales 11 Daniel Barenboim 05 Louis Farrakhan 4/20 eliminated

11/9/2024 23 Patricia Routledge 22 Alan Greenspan +1 22 Roberta Flack +2 22 Linda Nolan 22 Esther Rantzen 22 Stanley Baxter  22 Norman Tebbit 22 Raul Castro  22 Jimmy Carter 22 Noam Chomsky 21 Sonny Rollins +1 21 Joanne Woodward 21 Dick van Dyke 21 Pope Francis  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Jean-Marie Le Pen 21 Dennis Skinner 21 Gene Hackman 21 Cleo Laine 20 Pete Murray 20 Sandy Gall 20 Mel Brooks 20 James Whale 20 Clint Eastwood 20 Denis Law 20 Brigitte Bardot 20 Daniel Barenboim 20 Ted Turner 20 Sly Stone  20 Tom Brokaw 19 Louis Farrakhan 19 Vanessa Redgrave 19 Desmond Morris 19 Tom Baker 18 Prunella Scales 18 Nigel Starmer-Smith  18 Buzz Aldrin 18 Hans Blix -1 18 Willie Nelson -2 17 Robert Duvall 16 Joe Bugner 16 Josef Fritzl 13 Dick Cheney  13 Robert Wagner 10 Julie Walters -3

Rest in peace to one of the gods of thrift store vinyl records

I agree. The Stanford Prison Experiment feels like a pillar of pop psychology stuff

Jim Smith of Cardiacs has fallen ill during a performance, as per the Cardiacs Facebook group.

Went with Roberta Flack. Seeing her reminded me of how horrible ALS is

I wasn't around here in 2007 (too busy learning how to walk and talk) so I was pretty surprised to see he even had a thread.

Dead. For real this time.

He did it

That's one of my favorite Prince songs. Rest in peace.

Cancels convention appearance. His team says he's unable to travel. Definitely declining pretty rapidly. Will he make 2025?

Speaking as a college freshman, she definitely has a widespread fanbase to this day. Definitely a good endorsement to have, though I feel as if most of her fans would support Kamala anyway.

Very funny, definitely check it out if you can.

I was recently in Danville, Illinois, and came across this mural of famous people from the town. Strange coincidence that two DLers both have roots in a small town in Eastern Illinois. There was also a bit of a DVD worship going on in all the businesses in the downtown area, with shrine-like collections of DVD merch.

I have pretty major Midwest pride, so the Walz pick makes me genuinely glad to vote in this election, as opposed to a half-hearted affair.

30th July 57 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 56 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 40 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 36 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next +4 34 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 33 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There 33 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss 32 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho 30 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Señorita 29 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 22 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises -3 06 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored 00 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London -3

Chino XL, American rapper, dead at 50, according to Xwitter.

Is he unwell?

Oh my God finally! I was considering voting third party (I'm in Illinois which would go to Democrats if Biden were a literal corpse) but now it's looking a little better. But now who? I'm thinking someone sprightly like congresswoman Grace Napolitano.