The Old Crem 3,583 Posted November 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: Your grasp of British geography is about as good as hers I'd imagine... Oops that’s a bad mistake. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 526 Posted November 12, 2023 1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said: Deadpooling, good point - I do recall about 15 years back swapping some messages with then admins hereabouts on that subject, though it'd be a difficult sell, and other subjects are easier, especially if you want something that'll double as a book and popular live gig. Showing up to a U3A group on a weekday afternoon and asking how many of them are obitable before launching into a live 45 mins plus questions on the history of dead pooling might not lead to repeat business with the same group. Shaun Williamson wrote a book on quizzing, which has sold well. Deadpooling would not be a big stretch... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,407 Posted November 12, 2023 4 hours ago, Comped said: Shaun Williamson wrote a book on quizzing, which has sold well. Deadpooling would not be a big stretch... Not the same really, for what I can tell the UK has a pretty big quiz culture, deadpooling is a niche topic worldwide that although normal to us, it's such a morbid topic to other people that might be really tough to sell. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 949 Posted November 12, 2023 6 hours ago, maryportfuncity said: Question one would be down largely to the publishers - Gonzo Multimedia, the book was 2016 so they probably should have gone there. Deadpooling, good point - I do recall about 15 years back swapping some messages with then admins hereabouts on that subject, though it'd be a difficult sell, and other subjects are easier, especially if you want something that'll double as a book and popular live gig. Showing up to a U3A group on a weekday afternoon and asking how many of them are obitable before launching into a live 45 mins plus questions on the history of dead pooling might not lead to repeat business with the same group. I'm a member of my local U3A and that's not as daft as it sounds, in the last year we've lost 2 members who got a write up, one wrote for The Scotsman and had a full page Obit and the other was a Lib/Dem Candidate at last 2 Scottish Elections and got Obit in Daily Record Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted November 12, 2023 52 minutes ago, justonecornetto said: I'm a member of my local U3A and that's not as daft as it sounds, in the last year we've lost 2 members who got a write up, one wrote for The Scotsman and had a full page Obit and the other was a Lib/Dem Candidate at last 2 Scottish Elections and got Obit in Daily Record Exactly, and these days there's sense in writing books you can get out and promote in front of a live crowd - so if I did a U3A, asked who was obitable and started taking notes before talking I'd likely be bottled off. Can't see the easy crowd who would lap up a history of dead pooling as a live gig, frankly. Let me know if I'm wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,586 Posted November 14, 2023 Caroline Buckman, viola player on the new Beatles' single "Now and Then", dead at 48 from cancer. Times obit 5 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted November 18, 2023 The viola is a cursed instrument. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted December 5, 2023 On 20/05/2019 at 13:16, torbrexbones said: Just been listening to 1985 from the Band On The Run album and it got me wondering who will be last man standing of the remaining members of the album cover photo. There are still 5 left at the moment so more than half left. If the news of Denny Laine's demise is true (and I have no reason to doubt it) there's not many left. Kenny Lynch, Michael Parkinson and now Denny all gone since the above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 879 Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: If the news of Denny Laine's demise is true (and I have no reason to doubt it) there's not many left. Kenny Lynch, Michael Parkinson and now Denny all gone since the above. Just Paul, Linda and John Conteh left. He must be feeling nervous! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted December 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Sly Ronnie said: Just Paul, Linda and John Conteh left. He must be feeling nervous! FTFY. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted December 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said: Just Paul, Linda and John Conteh left. He must be feeling nervous! Not only is Linda not alive anymore, but she’s been that way for the past 25 years… 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 879 Posted December 5, 2023 Of course I forgot she's been dead like 25 years!! Maybe she lives on in my heart! John Conteh will definitely be worried now! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,715 Posted January 16 On 14/11/2022 at 14:34, YoungWillz said: Mike McCartney took the first ever colour photo of the Quarrymen including John Paul and George at a wedding reception at his aunt's house. That photo includes one Dennis Littler, a friend of Ian Harris who was the McCartney's cousin, and Dennis has now died: Mike McCartney on Twitter: "Sad to hear that the luvly lad on the right in my ‘John, Paul, George &..Dennis!’ photo has just passed away. At least he will now be able to say High to George & Johnny RIP Den (Littler) https://t.co/wNSOMi7no1" / Twitter Mike McCartney spent his 80th birthday in hospital but has been discharged now. Mike also had an open heart surgery last year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, arghton said: Mike McCartney spent his 80th birthday in hospital but has been discharged now. Mike also had an open heart surgery last year. For you young 'uns - btw - if Mike McCartney's health problems bring him into dead pool reckoning he has enough of a CV of his own to be q/o worthy as more than a Beatle brother/hanger on. He'll get write ups in the tabloids and broadsheets on the back - at least - of his time in The Scaffold and their one stonking #1 hit Lily the Pink 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted January 16 I liked this one better. Actual title was "Thank U Very Much" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 16 18 minutes ago, Toast said: I liked this one better. Actual title was "Thank U Very Much" Aye, though Mike McCartney/McGear's broadsheet obits will likely talk about this lost classic of an album. A Wings album in all but name and Macca's attempt to haul his brother's solo career to a significant level. Actually had it featured on one of my radio shows four years back when the mega-reissue came out. Macca even played a bit of a game with Warner Brothers, who'd signed McGear, the label clearly thinking by giving McGear a decent budget and publicity help they might snag Macca as a solo artist when his EMI contract ran out (they didn't!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGear 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,170 Posted February 2 A new video from Ringo outlining his proposed activity for 2024. He doesn't appear to be slowing down and he looks and sounds amazing for an 83 year old 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, Deathrace said: A new video from Ringo outlining his proposed activity for 2024. He doesn't appear to be slowing down and he looks and sounds amazing for an 83 year old He has his own thread but ta anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 22 X/Twitter reporting the death of Quarrymen member John Duff Lowe. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 22 13 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: X/Twitter reporting the death of Quarrymen member John Duff Lowe. No Billy Preston, but sad news nonethless. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKeysOfMarinus 390 Posted February 23 That’s a shame. Incidentally, Len Garry, another former Quarryman, is currently hospitalised and in poor health 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 23 2 hours ago, TheKeysOfMarinus said: That’s a shame. Incidentally, Len Garry, another former Quarryman, is currently hospitalised and in poor health That link takes you to the first page of this thread. So, another link? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKeysOfMarinus 390 Posted February 23 10 hours ago, YoungWillz said: That link takes you to the first page of this thread. So, another link? Whoops - it’s all on his wife’s FB page. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 23 3 minutes ago, TheKeysOfMarinus said: Whoops - it’s all on his wife’s FB page. Ok. For those of us not on FB, we ain't getting to read it, sadly. The pics there don't look great though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,586 Posted February 23 51 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Ok. For those of us not on FB, we ain't getting to read it, sadly. The pics there don't look great though. I'm on Facebook and I can't see her status updates either so it's related to her privacy settings. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
