Thursday 17 October 2024

Of mooning, emus, conkers and sad losses


RIP Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, whose premature death, aged just 31, has shocked the music world.

Another snippets post, dear reader:

  • Celestial bodies news: Tonight's full moon, called the "Hunter's Moon" [though quite why we in the UK have somehow adopted names given by Native Americans to various phases of the moon is beyond me], will be the brightest (and appear largest) of the year.
  • More glittering news: We're very sad to hear that one of our all-time house faves - and Patron Saint - Miss Mitzi Gaynor has departed these shores for Fabulon.


[More over at the Dolores Delargo Towers Museum of Camp. Of course.]

And the weather? Unseasonably warm - it was 18C/64.4F last night!

Wednesday 16 October 2024

A karmic punishment

The prime minister has asked the public if they really believe that he, a 62-year-old man who has spent his life in the legal profession, is a keen Swiftie.

Starmer pointed out that three-and-a-half hours of the Eras Tour was not and has never been his idea of an enjoyable evening and he would have much preferred to closely read policy documents before getting an early night.

He said: “I am a man of conviction. I am not a pathetic millennial man pretending mediocre country songwriting is ‘genius’ to impress Tinder dates.

“Do you seriously believe humming tunelessly along to songs I was entirely unfamiliar with while calculating how long it would take to get from Wembley to Downing Street was anything other than a dreary political duty?

“These tickets were not a gift. They were a karmic punishment. I admit I harboured hopes that a blue-light police escort might impart the virtues of alacrity to Ms Swift, but instead she added an extra medley to her acoustic set.

“When you’re in my position, watching Taylor Swift is like going to the Cenotaph Remembrance service. I’m not particularly excited to be there, but the tabloids will give me shit if I skip it.

“Now, if I’d been treated to VIP tickets to Kidderminster’s Museum of Carpet I would understand why the corruption alarm bells were ringing.”

The Daily Mash

Of course.

[The "real" story]

Tuesday 15 October 2024

Keep on moving up that mountaintop

Happy 40th birthday today to one of my fave artists of recent times - Miss Jessie Ware!

She's one of those home-grown British artists who is critically lauded, brings crowds in to her live concerts, and is generally well-liked - but has never been a huge chart presence [not that what passes for "the charts" these days is actually meaningful in any particular way, as it counts shit like TikTok and Spotify "hits" as a gauge of success, rather than physical sales]. She's more "Paloma Faith" than "Little Mix", in effect.

I love her. Her vocals are good, her music is cheerful and catchy, and she looks like she knows how to have fun! And we like fun:

Brilliant, one and all!

Many happy returns, Jessica Lois "Jessie" Ware (born 15 October 1984)

Monday 14 October 2024

The Star of the Show


Yep. Monday again.

And so, the joys of another working week begin...

Just as well we have the - ahem - glories of vintage Spanish cinema on this Tacky Music Monday to cheer us up, by way of a wake-up call!

Bewildering, to say the least.

Have a good week, folks...

["Soy la Vedette" roughly translates as "I am the star" in a combination of Spanish and French]

Sunday 13 October 2024

Bossa Nova Owls

This has turned out to be very lazy weekend indeed. The weather's been a bit too murky for me to raise much enthusiasm for pottering in the garden, and basically I've just been monging around the house, listening to the radio, and recharging my batteries.

Time, methinks, for some "Sunday Music" to suit the mood, courtesy once more of our house band here at Dolores Delargo Towers...

Love it!


[Apparently, the original song was at #1 in the UK Charts for three weeks in 2010. Never heard it before in my life!]

Saturday 12 October 2024

Thought for the Day

This current "me-me-me" generation wasn't the first to create a weird "identity", it seems...

I can't imagine this chap demanding his own bloody flag, either!

Friday 11 October 2024

There's always something there

Whew. The weekend's almost here! The skies are blue again (even if it's cold). Much to celebrate...

...so let's take a moment to enjoy those fabulous balls we used to hold - and Thank Disco Tin Tin It's Friday!

Have a great weekend, dear reader!