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Post by davemorton on Aug 11, 2024 16:55:16 GMT
I recently acquired (very cheaply, of course) a huge and heavy book entitled A Chronicle of Great Britain.
Being a chronicle, it lists important events, chronologically, and with hindsight. I think most people would look to see if anything else happened of importance on the day they were born. Certainly I did.
There were major events in 1943. Churchill and Roosevelt meeting in Casablanca; the Dam Busters raid; stuff like that. As it turned out there was an entry for my birthdate: a joint statements by the Archbishops of York and Canterbury bemoaning the lax moral values that had led to an increase in cases of venereal disease in London.
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Post by donnylad on Aug 11, 2024 17:53:59 GMT
For me, a quick Google Boolean search reveals that in 1947 my birthdate reveals: Don Felder, American rock guitarist and songwriter (The Eagles, 1974-2001 - "Hotel California"), born in Gainesville, Florida Geoff Workman, British record producer and engineer (Queen), born in Liverpool, England,
Shared birthdate with Horror writer Stephen King.
A less momentous set of events but then, it was a Sunday!! Other websites will doubtless offer different historical events.
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Post by karma on Aug 11, 2024 18:05:18 GMT
Our daughter is actually getting married on the same day as your Saturday birthday this October Dave, so I wish you and her the best of sunny days.
And on the subject of birthdays, yesterday's Times, (which I only got round to reading today) has the following listing for today:
"Joe Jackson, pictured, musician 'Is she really going out with him?' (1978), 70."
Now Joe Jackson is a musician, composer and performer, who also wrote a very popular song with the punchline ,'don't they know,it's different for girls?' He's 6'8" tall, white and with bright red (ginger) hair.
The picture the times printed alongside Joe's birthday entry is of a short black person. Actually it's the late Michael Jackson's dad and although Michael allegedly had a skin condition that turned his skin white, it didn't skip back a generation to his Mr Jackson snr.
Proof read, my bottom? I won't write an ironic letter to the Times but will look out for someone else's humour. Amateurs.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Aug 12, 2024 12:02:06 GMT
BBC4 had a whole evening dedicated to Joe Jackson (and he is never 6ft 8in tall!) last Friday with an interview reflecting on his career, a BBC concert and a gig he played at Hatfield Polytechnic in the 80s.
Joe was my musical hero growing up as a kid (well alongside Paul Weller and Jeff Lynne i suppose) and I saw him 19 years ago finally for the first time at York Opera House.
Wish he would tour around here again but he seems happy in America and Berlin
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Post by byased on Aug 12, 2024 13:59:23 GMT
BBC4 had a whole evening dedicated to Joe Jackson (and he is never 6ft 8in tall!) last Friday with an interview reflecting on his career, a BBC concert and a gig he played at Hatfield Polytechnic in the 80s. Joe was my musical hero growing up as a kid (well alongside Paul Weller and Jeff Lynne i suppose) and I saw him 19 years ago finally for the first time at York Opera House. Wish he would tour around here again but he seems happy in America and Berlin Yes, I saw the concert on Friday, which I remember seeing at the time. Rock goes to college was a regular series with Pete Drummond. I think I recorded a few in the early days of VHS, and Joe Jackson was certainly one, The Specials were another from that period. I bought his first two albums, but gradually lost touch with his material, but I knew he was always experimenting with new ideas. Sunday Papers was my favourite track of his, along with Stepping Out.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Aug 12, 2024 14:42:17 GMT
He has produced such a broad range of music its hard to like all of it, but amongst what he has recorded and written there will be something for everyone.
Look Sharp and I'm the Man albums are the ones with the hits, but then as he mellowed and moved on to Night & Day and Body & Soul he became less of an angry young man whose lyrics had suggested he may have been writing from personal experience of his less than successful relationships.
I like both of those eras (less so the Jumpin Jive Stuff). My Hometown has fantastic lyrics as does I'm The Man itself
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Post by byased on Aug 12, 2024 15:16:32 GMT
I will download a few albums on Spotify and take a listen to some more recent stuff, including the two you mention. I like to keep up to date if I can, but easy at times to fall back on the stuff you know well.
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Post by karma on Aug 12, 2024 16:12:25 GMT
BBC4 had a whole evening dedicated to Joe Jackson (and he is never 6ft 8in tall!) last Friday with an interview reflecting on his career, a BBC concert and a gig he played at Hatfield Polytechnic in the 80s. Joe was my musical hero growing up as a kid (well alongside Paul Weller and Jeff Lynne i suppose) and I saw him 19 years ago finally for the first time at York Opera House. Wish he would tour around here again but he seems happy in America and Berlin Ok , SLA, I was 'stretching a point' . Joe Jackson , singer , musician and composer is 6' 4" , that's still pretty tall. Whereas Joe Jackson (father of the Jackson 5 )was only 5'9" , black with black hair Joe Jackson, singer, composer and musician is one of the musical greats I still follow .Likewise Paul Weller and several others.
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Post by hawke on Aug 14, 2024 9:16:01 GMT
I really like. Is She Really going Out With Him and It’s Different For Girls. Must listen to more. From an earlier decade I really like John Martyn and James Taylor.
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Post by byased on Aug 14, 2024 10:49:42 GMT
I really like. Is She Really going Out With Him and It’s Different For Girls. Must listen to more. From an earlier decade I really like John Martyn and James Taylor.
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Post by byased on Aug 14, 2024 10:51:37 GMT
John Martyn one of my favourites, solid air etc. Excellent documentary from BBC which you can get on u tube, Johnny 2 bad, very interesting
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Post by hawke on Aug 15, 2024 14:53:58 GMT
John Martyn one of my favourites, solid air etc. Excellent documentary from BBC which you can get on u tube, Johnny 2 bad, very interesting Thanks. I think I’ve seen it but will check. Saw him live in the 70s but he was stoned/drunk and not at his best.
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Post by newby on Sept 3, 2024 7:48:34 GMT
Shaky start for Dizzy as Pakistan head coach.
Bangladesh currently 122/2 at lunch on the 5th day are chasing another 63 runs to beat Pakistan in the 2nd and final Test in Rawalpindi.
A low scoring game but a decent 57 and 28 from Captain Shan Masood doesn't look to be enough.
Bangladesh won the first Test last week.
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Post by newby on Sept 6, 2024 18:23:26 GMT
Ex player John Sadler has been sacked as head coach at Northants. They haven't waited until the end of the season, perhaps the loss last night in the T20 quarter final was the last straw, and he is on his bike.
To be fair it hasn't looked like a happy ship for some time.
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Post by newby on Sept 18, 2024 16:47:25 GMT
I haven't read the details but Essex have been fined £100,000, half of that suspended for the historic racism allegations.
No points deduction of any kind.
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