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  1. 11.04.24 67 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 65 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 64 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 39 Kate Nash — Foundations -6 19 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 17 The Killers — When You Were Young 09 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape +4
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    Crashing Companies

    Wildwood restaurant brand is closing 20 branches in an effort to save the entire chain
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    Thoughts On The 2024 List

    The Crowdsourced List is only at four and the TOP 50 in the DDP is only at three so this is more to do with left field deaths this year rather than poor picking by the committee
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    Thoughts On The 2024 List

    Friday is Day 103 of the year In 2020 the official list got its 8th hit It is also the average day for the 4th hit to fall on. So if Jimmy (or one of his 46 pals) can't deliver by Friday we will be in a below average year
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    Nobel Prize In Death

    Will there be a Mass at his funeral?
  6. 63 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 61 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 60 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 37 The Killers — When You Were Young 35 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah +2 35 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape +2 27 Kate Nash — Foundations -6
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    Radio 4

    I have previously stated that I believe Radio 4 to be the natural station of the Deathlist and when I heard The Last Word broadcast on 26 October two of their interviewees were both on the Deathlist: Henry Kissinger and James Randi. Henry sounded weak but coherent and James sounded quite chirpy. However as both were discussing the loss of a contempary too chirpy should not really be an option. So to start off this discussion of all things Radio 4 I have a list of all the still living presenters of the Today programme. Barry Norman (1933 - Desmond Lynam (1942 Gillian Reynolds (1935- Nigel Rees (1944- Libby Purves (1950– Jenni Murray (1950– Sue MacGregor (1941– Peter Hobday (1937– Anna Ford (1943 - Edward Stourton (1957- Carolyn Quinn (19?? - John Humphries (1943- James Naughtie (1951- Sarah Montague (1966- Evan Davies (1962- Justin Webb (1961- Barry Norman must be a consideration over the coming years
  8. 9/Apr/2024 65 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 57 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 54 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 53 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 45 The Killers — When You Were Young +1 44 Kate Nash — Foundations -6 40 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah +3
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    Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

    How does he think they ended up being Reform party candidates in the first place........
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    Crashing Companies

    Ted Baker moves nearer the precipice with the closure of 15 stores
  11. Only Fifteen players have posted scores in the past 24 hours so there are 112 points left amongst the bottom five which at an attrition rate of 30 points a day should suggest that we get a result in this round before the end of the week
  12. 08.04.24 64 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 63 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 53 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 49 The Killers — When You Were Young +2 49 Kate Nash — Foundations -6 42 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah +2 36 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 23 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 09 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 08 Embrace — Nature’s Law
  13. 07/04/24 64 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 61 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 41 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 40 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah +1 39 Kate Nash — Foundations -2 39 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On -2 38 The Killers — When You Were Young 29 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 28 Embrace — Nature’s Law 26 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 20 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California +3 18 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race -2 07 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend
  14. 06.04.24 56 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 56 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 43 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 40 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 37 Kate Nash — Foundations -2 37 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 32 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 32 The Killers — When You Were Young 31 Embrace — Nature’s Law 30 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 17 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California +4 16 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race -2 14 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 13 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 10 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 08 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 08 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One -2
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    Rugby Players

    In a previous role. I worked on a project about the methods of assessment for various types of sports footwear and my boss was adamant that when we referred to Football it should always be soccer because most of the brands were US based or took their lead from the US and they would confuse football with the American version
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    20/20 + 4

    Lynne Reid Banks not a pick in the current round
  17. 05/04/2024  56 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 55 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 39 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 36 Kate Nash — Foundations -2 35 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 35 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 34 Embrace — Nature’s Law 32 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 31 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 30 The Killers — When You Were Young 24 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 24 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 19 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California +4 16 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race -2 14 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 09 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One -2 09 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm 08 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 06 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming
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    WokeWatch™

    I have been thinking about the "Woke" casting complaints and I think that the more people try to put rules around it the more it is going to struggle Theatre, TV and Film are all forms of art and by saying - you must cast accurately or you must cast colour blind or gender blind is basically hampering the creative decisions of the creator before the start There were complaints about the casting of a Black Anne Boleyn in a TV drama but the musical Six has been an enormous success and when my wife and daughter saw it at least three of the wives were played by actresses of colour. Therefore my opinion is that casting is an artistic decision that the director needs to stand by. There have been many experimental productions which have played about with casting that have been enormous successes (Matthew Bourne's all male Swan Lake or Hamilton for that matter) It would take a brave director to cast Zac Efron as Martin Luther King but a really creative director could make it work without seeming too crass. Someone on Twitter refused to go and see the new Indiana Jones movie for the sole reason that Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in it and they were expecting two hours of feminist propeganda I would rather judge a production on how it tells the story and the story it has to tell rather than inflict my own opinions on something before I have even seen it
  19. I really like the original version of One but the duet with Mary J. Blige is terrible.
  20. 4/Apr/2024 53 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 50 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 36 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 35 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 33 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On -2 32 Embrace — Nature’s Law 28 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 28 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 27 Kate Nash — Foundations -2 26 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 23 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 23 The Killers — When You Were Young 21 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California +2 20 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming 20 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 20 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 19 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race 19 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One -2 18 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm  12 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand — Let Me Think About It 11 Rihanna — SOS +2
  21. 03.04.2024 49 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 42 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 33 Kate Nash — Foundations -2 33 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On -2 33 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 31 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 30 Embrace — Nature’s Law 29 The Killers — When You Were Young 28 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 28 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 26 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 22 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand — Let Me Think About It 22 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 21 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm 21 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One 21 Rihanna — SOS 20 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming 20 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 20 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 18 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California +4 17 Mutya Buena — Real Girl 16 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race -2
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    WokeWatch™

    At the RSC there is a lot of gender neutral casting I saw a Julius Caesar with a female Brutus. A female Timon of Athens and in the Macbeth we saw last year there was a female Banquo although that was probably the second worst Macbeth I have ever seen. In the theatre I do not really have a problem with it. My daughter is in a touring production of Macbeth and because of the size of the cast she is frequently any one of the witches, Donalbain, Lady Macduff and Young Siward on a nightly basis In Kenneth Branagh's film version of Much Ado About Nothing I did not hear any howls of protest when Keanu Reeves and Denzel Washington were cast as half brothers though I find that less incredulous than people who claim Robert Sean Leonard could act
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    Last Sweepstake

    A J Foyt
  24. 02.04.24 44 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 38 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 33 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 30 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 29 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 29 Kate Nash — Foundations -2 28 Embrace — Nature’s Law 27 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 27 The Killers — When You Were Young 26 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 25 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand — Let Me Think About It 25 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 24 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race 23 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm 22 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 21 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 21 Infernal — From Paris To Berlin 21 Rihanna — SOS 21 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One 20 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming 20 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 20 Mutya Buena — Real Girl 18 T2 ft. Jodie Aysha — Heartbroken 18 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California +4 06 Bodyrox ft. Luciana — Yeah Yeah -4
  25. I think it is an either or situation If there is not an election there may be a leadership challenge. The election may be called to head off such a challenge
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