It's another snippets post, dear reader:
- Historical discoveries news: The remains of London’s earliest Roman basilica - dating back almost 2000 years - have been discovered under an office block in Holborn.
- Another festival season we won't be going to news: London rapper Little Simz has been announced as the curator of the 30th edition of the Meltdown Festival at the South Bank Centre. Sigh. It'll be dreadful. Again.
- Precocious teen you love to hate news: Aged just sixteen, a teenager from Twickenham has landed a $1million deal in Silicon Valley for his self-coded AI program. At his age, my preoccupations were mainly Blondie, Tubeway Army, Not the Nine O'Clock News and masturbation (not necessarily in that order)...
- Boffin birthday news: Alongside fellow celebrants Peter Gabriel (75), Kim Novak, Stockard Channing, Robbie Williams, Peter Hook of New Order, Joyce DiDonato, Kevin Bloody Wilson and Sonia, and on the same date as the late George Segal, Peter Tork, Jerry Springer, Oliver Reed, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Emanuel Ungaro, it happens to be the 80th birthday today of the marvellously erudite Sir Simon Schama, stalwart of BBC history documentaries and house fave here at Dolores Delargo Towers; indeed, we have not one but two of his series lined up on iPlayer to watch.
- He made his home in that fish's abdomen news: A kayaker in Chile was swallowed - and then spat out - by a humpback whale!
- Another day, another load of wild beasts on the loose: 20 feral pigs, believed to have been deliberately set loose in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park, have been caught and killed. Hog roast, anyone?
- And, finally... How old?! news: Unbelievably, it is fifty years since KC and the Sunshine Band first dominated our discos and the charts - and by way of a celebration, the faboo DJ Cummerbund has come up with this [almost 15-minute long] slice of brilliance!
Wow!
And the weather? Dankness continues.
Oh, KC. In these times of cheap and effective hair transplants, why would anyone stick with an unconvincing toupee? But that mashup was absolutely top-notch. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, the Eurythmics dropped in to show Bon Jove how it is done.
ReplyDeleteMr Casey was never renowned for his innate style and taste.
DeleteI agree - that mash-up is full of brilliant little twists and turns! Jx
Ooh, I can’t do 15 minutes of that right now, but I can’t believe it’s been 50 years since I was double-bumping to KC and the Sunshine Band. That was at the Lift Bridge Disco in Brockport, NY. The whale spit the guy out. That disproves the Jonah myth. Today’s cartoon is perfect.
ReplyDeleteYou really should give the mash-up a go sometime - it's worth it! I was only 11 or 12 when KC and the Sunshine Band were first around, so I was probably doing the bump in front of Top of the Pops on the telly... Jx
DeleteAh, a bit of news that I did catch - the whale-engulfed kayaker. I'm glad I only have to contend with seals around here.
ReplyDeleteHaving seen seals' fearsome teeth, I'm not sure which I'd rather be bitten by, to be honest. Jx
DeleteI agree with mrpeenee, 'that the mashup was absolutely top-notch'
ReplyDeletea joy even at 15 mins
There's some bloody clever DJs out there - Bill McClintock and DJ Cummerbund are top of their game! Jx
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