Google+Life Quotes by Great-Quotes.com “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” George Bernard Shaw1956, Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931
Yesterday was nice again and I went for a walk/jog around 11am and when I got back I did a little work in the garden.
Today is a little different as I am up early to chat with Don. Here’s the content set by Don for this week.
” The song
I have sent you this week is taken from one of my DVDs so there are
pictures to go with it…pictures you will see in your mind’s eye as you
are one of us. Easy to sing about as it is such a great place to live.
They
have found a “new” planet in our solar system….it’s so far away you
can’t actually SEE it and it my not ACTUALLY be there…but by all
accounts this is very exciting.
Now…is
it me or is all this space stuff a complete waste of money…we are told
that children are starving and there is not enough money to pay the
doctors…then we watch a guy doing sommersaults in a spaceship…not to
mention the thing that landed on a comet as the batteries went flat…what
happened to that?…plus we have been informed that the richest men in
the worlds form 1% of the population and their wealth is equal to the
rest of us…the whole thing is a joke.
There looks
like there’s been a bit of naughtiness in the Tennis fraternity….match
fixing indeed….I don’t know why everyone is so surprised…where there’s
gambling and money involved you will get scullduggery…tennis is probably
the easiest game to fix because pros can hit a ball to within 6 inches
of where they want it to go…so if someone has got a few grand on who
will double fault first…no problem.
It’s
a tricky one to trace….but I feel sport has lost it’s way…even the
Olympics are getting boring….Tennis has lost it’s characters
like Nastase…Connors…McEnroe etc…now we have Andy Murray who is about as
interesting as astrology ….and Jocavic…great as he is…not much
entertainment value….or am I just getting old?
They had
a get together at Fort Perch Rock last Sunday in memory of
Harry Prytherch who was a Merseybeat drummer with The Remo Four and did a
lot to keep the music alive. It was well attended and they had a couple
of solo acts and a couple of bands…I got up with one of the bands and
did a few Rick Nelson songs as Harry once MC’d a show I did with James
Burton. It was a a nice afternoon anf harry would have been delighted
with it…in the words of Harry “May the Fort be with you”.
.Great news for our fundraising Wednesdays with The Cheshire Cats….Barry Mason
no less has offered to come and do a show for us….he will sing the
million seller hits he has written and talk about how they came about…I
have been dotting out his set in the strange keys he sings in and have
got a band together to back him…I’ll be playing guitar. His hits include
“Delilah”…”The Last Waltz”…”Bicyclettes de Belsize”….hits for the
Drifters …Tom Jones and Englebert…etc…….it’s a big ask but a nice
challenge
Barry appeared on my radio show. Here’s the link.
We went to the restaurant to play for a
short while then paid a visit to Benidorm. We met some lovely people
and set up some future ideas. Benidorm was exceedingly quiet and you can
see that the all-inclusive hotels are kiling the bars.
Operating as I do in the world of radio I thought you’d like the following extracts. NB Not my work...
Jeremy Paxman:
What is another name for ‘cherrypickers’ and ‘cheesemongers’?
Contestant: Homosexuals.
Jeremy Paxman:
No. They’re regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston:
Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant:
Geography isn’t my strong point.
Jamie Theakston:
There’s a clue in the title.
Contestant:
Leicester
BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White:
Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant:
I don’t know.
Stewart White:
I’ll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant:
Arm
Stewart White:
Correct And if you’re not weak, you’re…?
Contestant:
Strong.
Stewart White:
Correct – and what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
Contestant:
Louis
Stewart White:
Well, there we are then. So who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant:
Frank Sinatra?
LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS )
Alex Trelinski:
What is the capital of Italy ?
Contestant:
France
Trelinski:
France is another country. Try again.
Contestant:
Oh, um, Benidorm.
Trelinski:
Wrong, sorry, let’s try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant:
Sorry, I don’t know.
Trelinski:
Just guess a country then.
Contestant:
Paris
THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson:
Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: – Prison, or the Conservative Party?
Contestant:
The Conservative Party.
BEACON RADIO ( WOLVERHAMPTON )
DJ Mark:
For 10, what is the nationality of the Pope?
Ruth from Rowley Regis:
I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
Bamber Gascoyne:
What was Gandhi’s first name?
Contestant:
Goosey?
GWR FM ( Bristol )
Presenter:
What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963 ?
Contestant:
I don’t know, I wasn’t watching it then.
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC RADIO – MANCHESTER )
Phil:
What’s 11 squared?
Contestant:
I don’t know.
Phil:
I’ll give you a clue. It’s two ones with a two in the middle.
Contestant:
Is it five?
RICHARD AND JUDY
Richard:
Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
Contestant:
Forrest Gump.
RICHARD AND JUDY
Richard:
On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
Contestant:
Er. .. …
Richard:
He makes bread . . ..
Contestant:
Er . …..
Richard:
He makes cakes . . ..
Contestant:
Kipling Street ?
LINCS FM PHONE-IN
Presenter:
Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?
Contestant:
Barcelona
Presenter:
I was really after the name of a country.
Contestant:
I’m sorry, I don’t know the names of any countries in Spain
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Question:
What is the world’s largest continent?
Contestant:
The Pacific.
ROCK FM ( PRESTON )
Presenter:
Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
Contestant:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV)
Steve Le Fevre:
What was signed, to bring World War I to an end in 1918?
Contestant:
Magna Carta?
JAMES O’BRIEN SHOW (LBC)
James O’Brien:
How many kings of England have been called Henry?
Contestant:
Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth … ER. ER … Three?
CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL )
Chris Searle:
In which European country isMount Etna?
Caller:
Japan
Chris Searle:
I did say which European country, so in case you didn’t hear that, I can let you try again.
Caller:
Er …… Mexico ?
PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE )
Paul Wappat:
How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?
Contestant (long pause):
Fourteen days.
DARYL DENHAM’S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)
Daryl Denham:
In which country would you spend shekels?
Contestant:
Holland ?
Daryl Denham:
Try the next letter of the alphabet.
Contestant:
Iceland ? Ireland ?
Daryl Denham: (helpfully)
It’s a bad line. Did you say Israel ?
Contestant:
No.
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Phil Wood:
What ‘K’ could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant:
Er. … …
Phil Wood:
It’s got two syllables . . .. Kor . .
Contestant:
Blimey?
Phil Wood:
Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . ….
Contestant:
(Silence)
Phil Wood:
OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . ..
Contestant:
Walked?
THE VAULT
Melanie Sykes:
What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
Contestant:
Nostalgia.
LUNCHTIME SHOW (BRMB)
Presenter:
What religion was Guy Fawkes?
Contestant:
Jewish.
Presenter:
That’s close enough.
STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (BBC RADIO 2)
Wright:
Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play?
Contestant:
Jesus.
This time last year The Washington Post published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering
how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door
when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone
who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.
12.. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death,
the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts
worn by Jewish men.
Events 23 jANUARY
1556 – An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed about 830,000 people. My God just look at those numbers
1571 – The Royal Exchange in London, founded by financier Thomas Gresham, was opened by Queen Elizabeth I.
1849 – English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive medical degree. It was from the Medical Institution of Geneva, NY. Well done
1920 – The Dutch government refused the demands from the Allies to hand over the ex-kaiser of Germany. I think they should have handed him over
1924 – The first Labour government was formed, under Ramsay MacDonald. It wasn’t really that long ago
1937 – In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin’s “Great Purge.”
1943 – Duke Ellington and the band played for a black-tie crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. Great band
1943 – The British captured Tripoli from the Germans. Fabulous effort from the Brits
1950 – The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
1960 – The U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste descended to a record depth of 35,820 feet (10,750 meters) in the Pacific Ocean. I’d quite like to see what it is like at those depths
1968 – North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation’s territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later.That was a long time for the crew to be held captive
1971 – In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees. Was this early signs of climate change
1973 – U.S. President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War. Well done
1974 – Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” opened the credits of the movie, “The Exorcist”. Great music
1977 – The TV mini-series “Roots,” began airing on ABC. The show was based on the Alex Haley novel. Everyone remembers Chicken George
1978 – Sweden banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment. They were the first country to do so. Well done
1983 – “The A-Team” debuted on TV. They must have been the best machinery assemblers ever
1985 – The proceedings of the House of Lords were televised for the first time. It was inspired by John and Yoko’s sleep-in. It does concern me how many in the house snooze during the proceedings
1989 – Surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.I like his work especially the clocks that look like pancakes
1997 – A British woman received a record £186,000 damages for Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).
2003 – North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of war for North Korea’s reinstatement of its nuclear program. That country seems to court trouble
The Day’s Music Events 23 jANUARY
1956, Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931.Was this a bit over the top?
1965, ‘Downtown’ made Petula Clark the first UK female singer to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952. A No.2 hit in the UK.Pet Clarke has had a great career
1966, Stevie Wonder appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England.D’you know I hadn’t realised he’d played at the Cavern
1969, Working at Apple studios in London, The Beatles (with Billy Preston on keyboards) recorded ten takes of ‘Get Back.’ I’m surprised that took so long
1971, George Harrison became the first solo Beatle to have a No.1 when ‘My Sweet Lord’ went to the top of the UK single charts. George was the quiet Beatle with a hint of steel
1971, Dawn started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Knock Three Times’, the group’s first No.1, also an UK No.1.Good song
1974, Alvin Stardust made his first live appearance since changing his name from Shane Fenton.I have a lovely podcast on my site in which we discuss how successfully he reinvented himself
1978, Terry Kath, guitarist with Chicago accidentally shot himself dead while cleaning (with what he believed) was an unloaded gun. Kath’s last words were “Don’t worry it’s not loaded” as he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. The guitarist and singer was killed instantly.How bizarre is this and how tragic?
1980, Marvin Gaye appeared at the Liverpool Philharmonic, England, with Edwin Starr as support. What a great show that must have been
1986, Ray Charles was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the first induction dinner, held in New York City. A great singer but involved personal life
1988, Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’ a No.3 hit in the UK. Good song
1990, Allen Collins guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd died of pneumonia after being ill for several months. Collins who was one of the founding members also co-wrote most of the band’s songs (including Free Bird), with late front man Ronnie Van Zant. He survived a plane crash in 1977 that killed two other band members. Collins was behind the wheel in a car accident in 1986 that killed his girlfriend and left him paralyzed from the waist down. He later pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter as well as driving under the influence of alcohol.This is another really sad story
1990, David Bowie announced his forthcoming and final world tour, ‘Sound And Vision’ 1990, during which he will invite each local audience to decide on a ‘greatest hits’ running order, organised through local radio stations. This was a good idea
1991, John Sebastian, owner and general manager of KLSK FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, played Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’ for twenty-four solid hours to inaugurate a format change to Classic Rock. Police showed up with guns drawn: once after a listener reported that the DJ had apparently suffered a heart attack, and later because of suspicion that, this being eight days into the Gulf War, the radio station had been taken hostage by terrorists dispatched by Zeppelin freak Saddam Hussein…..only in America
1994, Take That went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Everything Changes’.What a phrophetic title
2001, an English coroner criticised the rap singer Eminem’s lyrics as depressing during an inquest into the death of a schoolboy who threw himself in front of a train. The 17-year old boy had printed out the lyrics to Eminem’s track ‘Rock Bottom’ before his death. There is a correlation between some musician’s efforts and the influences they have on young minds. This area needs a lot of research
2005, one of the biggest charity concerts since Live Aid raised £1.25 million ($2 million) for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia. The concert held at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff featured Eric Clapton, Manic Street Preachers, Keane, Charlotte Church, Snow Patrol, Embrace, Feeder, Craig David and Liberty X, who appeared before 60,000 fans at the sold-out concert. Well done all those artistes
Birthday Boys and Girls
1889, Leadbelly, (Hurrdi William Ledbetter), Blues musician, Wrote ‘Goodnight Irene’, ‘The Rock Island Line’, ‘The Midnight Special,’ once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman. Died 6th December 1949.
1910 Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist. Badly burned his third and fourth fingers of his left hand in a house fire aged 18. Doctors suggested he play the guitar to keep his fingers flexible, giving him his two fingered guitar style. Worked with Stepane Grappelli and Duke Ellington. Reinhardt died of a stroke on 15th May 1953. 1950, Pat Simmons, guitar, vocals, The Doobie Brothers, (1979, US No.1 single ‘What A Fool Believes’, 1993 UK No.7 single ‘Long Train Runnin’).
1950, Bill Cunningham, bass, piano, The Box Tops, (1967 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘The Letter’).
1959, Earl Falconer, bass, UB40, (1983 UK No.1 & US 1988 US No.1 single ‘Red Red Wine’ and over 30 other Top 40 hits
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