Death Impends

7/26/2024 38 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 38 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 35 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill +1 33 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle  33 Queen - I Want to Break Free 33 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes +1 31 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams  31 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It +1 28 Baltimora— Tarzan Boy +1 26 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 26 Madonna - Like a Virgin 24 U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love) 21 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover  20 Dee C. Lee - See the Day  18 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting  17 The Commodores - Nightshift  17 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 16 Elton John - Nikita  11 Colonel Abrams - Trapped 10 Madonna - Material Girl -6

My first concert (Benatar, not UB40). I word this like a distant nostalgic event and not a few weeks ago 71 now and still sounded in great form.

7/25/2024 36 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 34 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 30 Queen - I Want to Break Free 30 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 29 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 28 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 27 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 26 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It 26 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 26 Madonna - Like a Virgin 25 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy +4 22 U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love) 21 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover 20 The Commodores - Nightshift 20 Dee C. Lee - See the Day 19 Elton John - Nikita 18 Colonel Abrams - Trapped 17 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting 17 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 16 Madonna - Material Girl 15 Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love (Medley) 14 Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave 12 Ashford & Simpson - Solid 09 Jimmy Nail - Love Don’t Live Here Anymore 03 UB40 - Don’t Break My Heart -6

Had a couple of bizarre DDP-related dreams in recent days. The first, from a few nights back, was my final write-up was DJ Jazzy Jeff from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Unsurprisingly, a healthy 50-something is not actually a DDP pick. Ray Anthony was also one of my final obits, which is a little more plausible. The second was last night, where I was suddenly a serious contender in the DDP again, and I felt good about my chances because Banana picked Madonna. Only upon further digging, it wasn't the Madonna, but a terminally ill serial killer, and he had also picked Ronald Shurer (my Medal of Honor chap from a few years back, who in this dream was alive again and gravely ill), so I felt more deflated as the dream went on.

7/24/2024 29 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 29 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes +1 28 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 28 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy +1 25 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 25 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy +2 24 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 24 Madonna - Like a Virgin 24 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It 23 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love) 23 Queen - I Want to Break Free 23 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 21 Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love (Medley) 21 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover 20 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 20 The Commodores - Nightshift 20 Jimmy Nail - Love Don’t Live Here Anymore 20 Dee C. Lee - See the Day 19 Elton John - Nikita 19 Colonel Abrams - Trapped 18 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting 18 Ashford & Simpson - Solid 18 Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave 16 Madonna - Material Girl 13 Red Box - Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo) 12 Status Quo - Marguerita Time -6 12 UB40 - Don’t Break My Heart

7/23/2024 28 Queen - I Want to Break Free 28 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 27 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill +1 26 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy +1 24 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes  24 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 24 Colonel Abrams - Trapped 24 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It +1 23 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 23 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 23 Madonna - Like a Virgin 22 Elton John - Nikita 21 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love) 21 UB40 - Don’t Break My Heart 21 Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love (Medley) 21 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover 21 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy +1 20 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 20 Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave 20 The Commodores - Nightshift 20 Jimmy Nail - Love Don’t Live Here Anymore 20 Dee C. Lee - See the Day 18 Status Quo - Marguerita Time 18 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting 18 Ashford & Simpson - Solid 16 Madonna - Material Girl 13 Red Box - Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo) 00 Joe Fagin - That’s Dyin’ Alright -6 A lot of good stuff here. Had to listen to a dozen or so but most were keepers.

I thought it was real for maybe a minute. Read the paragraph about Rosalynn and it becomes a bit more obvious.

Andy Beshear (Undead In Ohio mixed the names up, Steve Beshear is Andy's father and also a former governor) won the governorship in 2019 due to the massive unpopularity of incumbent Matt Bevin and the goodwill surrounding the Beshear name thanks to his father's popular tenure. A perfect storm, to be sure, but one that took talent to seize. Then he won reelection fairly comfortably; his challenger ran heavily on transphobic culture warring in hopes it would polarize the race against a popular incumbent. All it ultimately did was cement Beshear as the adult in the room

7/22/2024 70 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 64 Tears for Fears - Mad World 57 Yazoo - Don't Go +2 48 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? +2 43 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold -6 23 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 15 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 06 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence

Yeah, I'm going to a Four Tops/Temptations dual concert this December and it would've been cool to see an original Four Top (though the Tempts still do have Otis Williams touring). Starting to attend concerts this year with my music tastes definitely has a lot of "strike while the iron is hot". RIP to a titan!

7/19/2024 53 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 51 Tears for Fears - Mad World 42 Yazoo - Don't Go +2 41 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 37 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? +2 29 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 28 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 26 Ph.D - I Won’t Let You Down 25 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 22 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 19 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It 17 Soft Cell - What? 14 Wah! - The Story of the Blues  14 Howard Jones - New Song -6 06 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times

Bad timing for me - I'm taping The Bob Newhart Show now but haven't gotten to it yet so my obit on him would be far more informed had he died in a few months' time! Though I have watched an Ed Sullivan Christmas special a couple of times, recorded in the early 90s well after Sullivan's death so Bob Newhart hosted. RIP.

Not giving up on Jimmy

7/18/2024 51 Tears for Fears - Mad World 49 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 36 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 36 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? +2 36 Yazoo - Don't Go +2 34 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold -2 29 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 28 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 28 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 26 Ph.D - I Won’t Let You Down 23 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It 22 Soft Cell - What? 20 Howard Jones - New Song -4 16 Wah! - The Story of the Blues  11 Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) 11 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times

For someone who's been on the Drop 40 for so long, I completely forget he exists unless I stumble upon a conversation about him. I'd imagine he falls off the D40 next year; he only narrowly stayed on this year.