Sunday 6th January YMCA

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T “Love all, trust a few.” – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE “If you want one year of prosperity, grow seeds. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want a lifetime of prosperity, grow your self‐worth.” — Chinese proverb

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Remember you can listen to the day’s story of the music whilst reading my blog by clicking this link.   1979, The Village People scored their only UK No.1 single with ‘Y.M.C.A.’ . In the gay culture, the song was understood as celebrating the YMCA’s reputation as a popular cruising and hookup spot

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you see the report in the Sun online about the Premiership players allegedly telling the press that there is RACISM, DRUGS, MATCH-FIXING and HOMOPHOBIA  in the Premiership and other football leagues? The shock findings emerged from a poll of 100 professional players, including 11 Premier League. The sample might seem small but the numbers in the Premier League are not vast are they? The Players’ Poll was conducted by the respected football magazine FourFourTwo and it also suggested drug-taking is rife.  One Premier League player said: “What goes on in the wider world is reflected in sport. The problem is proving it.”   I think most of us can relate to this comment. Another top level striker added: “You do wonder — I’ve come up against a defender who wasn’t the quickest one season and was like s*** off a shovel the next”.  He was, of course, using the vernacular to suggest the other player's speed had improved a bit too dramatically. Half of those asked also thought recreational drugs are used by team-mates and opponents — mostly during the summer when players are on holiday. A League Two player declared: “It’s common knowledge that many players do it over the summer”. And an SPL midfielder said: “There’s a lot of cocaine about because it leaves your system quickly.” Of match-fixing, a League Two defender said: “It goes on. I’ve had players call me and tell me to bet on the outcome of a match, especially at the end of the season." I am highlighting this as I have suggested for the best part of 10 years that it has never stopped since the 1960s when Everton players were found guilty of match fixing. Source

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12 Types of People on Facebook

All of us on Facebook have at least one of each of these
types of friends on our list:

1) The "Rooster" -- Always tells Facebook "Good Morning"
every day.

2) The "Lurker" -- Never posts or comments on your post, but
reads everything, and might make reference to your status
when seeing you in public.

3) The "Hyena" -- Doesn't ever really say anything, just
LOLs and LMAOs at everything.

4) "Mr/Ms Popular" -- Has 4,367 friends for NO reason.

5) The "Gamer" -- Plays Words With Friends, Mafia Wars,
Farmville, and Bejeweled Blitz, and bakes virtual cakes and
stuff, etc. (ALL DAY).

6) The "Cynic" -- Hates his life, and everything in it, as
evidenced by the somber tone in ALL of his status updates.

7) The "Collector" -- Never posts anything either, but joins
every group and becomes fans of the most random stuff.

8) The "Promoter" -- Always sends event invitations to
things that you ultimately delete or ignore.

9) The "Liker" -- Never actually says anything, but always
clicks the "like" button.

10) "Drama Queen/King" -- This person always posts stuff
like "I can't believe this!" or "They gonna make me snap
today!" in the hopes that you will ask what happened, or
what's wrong ... but then never finishes telling the story.

11) The "News" -- Always updates you on what they are doing
and who they are doing it with, no matter how arbitrary, and
lastly...

12) The "Thief" -- Steals status updates ... and will
probably steal this one ...

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A 48 year old man has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for driving under the influence of drugs, after he was seen driving for more than 17 kilometres in the wrong direction on the AP-7 motorway near the town of Los Alcázares.

The detainee, a Chilean national and resident of Almoradí, was intercepted by a traffic patrol unit after they received notification from the 112 emergency coordination centre. An off duty officer had already managed to stop the car and force the driver to do a U-turn to face the correct direction, where the vehicle was successfully intercepted at kilometre 790.

The officers then confirmed the identity of the driver before arresting him suspicion of reckless driving offenses and for driving under the influence of prohibited substances.

According to sources, these offenses are set out in the Penal Code and can be punishable by between six months and two years in prison, community service, a fine and disqualification. This is the latest in what seems to be a spate of “wrong-way” driving incidents on the motorways of the area, a recent one resulting in a potentially fatal collision in the tunnel near San Pedro del Pinatar.  SpanishVida

The Day's Events 6th January

0871 – England’s King Alfred defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown. These were terrible battles

1540 – King Henry VIII of England was married to Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife. This is the start of our modern day problems. Kings who are the Head of the Church should keep the rules they make for eveyone else.

1838 – Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time. I hoped he crossed the t’s and dotted the i’s 1

896 – The first American women’s six-day bicycle race was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1900 – In India, it was reported that millions of people were dying from starvation. 1930 – The first diesel-engine automobile trip was completed after a run of 792 miles from Indianapolis, IN, to New York City, NY. Great

1941 – Alice Marble made her professional tennis debut when she defeated Ruth Hardwick of Great Britain at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Great name

1942 – The first commercial around-the-world airline flight took place. Pan American Airlines was the company that made history with the feat. Wow

1945 – The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties.Just re-read these horrendous figures 1

950 – Britain recognized the Communist government of China. 1998 – The spacecraft Lunar Prospect was launched into orbit around the moon. The craft was crashed into the moon, in an effort to find water under the lunar surface, on July 31, 1999.

1999 – Bob Newhart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Wasn’t he a great driving instructor and tobacco importer?

The Day's Music Events 6th January

1962, Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 album with ‘Blue Hawaii’

1964, the first night of a 14 date UK tour ‘Group Scene 1964′, featuring The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, Marty Wilde, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Dave Berry and The Cruisers, played at the Granada Theatre, Harrow on The Hill, Middlesex. What a great show”

1968, Irish singer Val Doonican was at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently’. Val is a real gentleman

1970, Crosby Stills Nash & Young made their UK live debut at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Good quality music

1973, Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’, (with Mick Jagger on backing vocals), No.1 on the US singles chart. 1979, Showaddywaddy went to No.1 on the UK chart with their ‘Greatest Hits’ compilation.Good rock n roll

1979, The Village People scored their only UK No.1 single with ‘Y.M.C.A.’ . In the gay culture, the song was understood as celebrating the YMCA’s reputation as a popular cruising and hookup spot.What a great advert for the YMCA

1980, Georgeanna Gordon singer with Motown girl group The Marvelettes died aged 46. (1961 US No.1 single ‘Please Mr Postman’).Sad event 1989, the biggest selling UK album artists of 1988 were, No.5, Dire Straits, No.4, U2, No.3, Michael Jackson, No.2, Kylie Minogue and No.1, Fleetwood Mac. Great albums

1996, James Brown’s wife Adrienne died in a Los Angeles hospital aged 47 after suffering a heart attack during a major plastic surgery operation.Dreadful

2001, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour won the right to his dot com name. Dave took legal action in his battle to reclaim davidgilmour.com from Andrew Herman who had registered the URL and was selling Pink Floyd merchandise through the site.Commonsense prevailed

2004, Feargal Sharkey, the former lead singer with The Undertones was made Head of The Live Music Forum a body to promote music in the UK. This is an interesting position

2005, US CD sales rose for the first time in four years.The Scissor Sisters proved the most popular album of the year, followed by Keane and Maroon 5. 2006, American soul, jazz, singer Lou Rawls died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The 72-year-old, Grammy-winning artist had been battling lung cancer. Rawls had the 1976 US No.2 & UK No.10 single ‘You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine’. He was a very classy singer

Born on this day

1929,  Wilbert Harrison, singer, 1959 US No.1 single ‘Kansas City.’ Wrote ‘Let’s Work Together’ a hit for Canned Heat & Bryan Ferry. 1935,  Nino Tempo, US singer, songwriter, Nino Tempo and April Stevens had the 1963 US No.1 ‘Deep Purple’, a No.17 hit in the UK. 1944, Van McCoy, singer and producer, who had a 1975 US No.1 and UK No.3 single with ‘The Hustle’. McCoy died on July 6th 1979 aged 38. 1946,Syd Barrett, guitar, vocals, Pink Floyd original member, left in 1968, released two solo albums. Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes aged 60 on 7th July 2006.

1947,Sandy Denny, UK folk singer and member of Fairport Convention. She died on April 21st 1978 . She sang on the Fairport Convention 1969 UK No.21 single ‘Si Tu Dois Partir’ and also worked as a solo artist.

1959,  Kathy Sledge, singer, Sister Sledge, (1979 US No.2 single ‘We Are Family’, 1985 UK No.1 ‘Frankie’). Music Source 1 music source 2music source 3

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