“Don’t underestimate the symbolism of a royal marriage. From now on, it will be impossible to argue that being black is somehow incompatible with being British”

1. Who said that she wants to be British anyway? 2. Who are the people arguing this ridiculous point? 3. How will anything change because of a minor royal marriage that doesn’t affect the lives of 99.99% of people in the country?

I never even noticed or thought about her colour, but I’m (nearly) Canadian.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/27/prince-harry-meghan-markle-britishness-monarchy-relevant

Has there been a review of this? Did I miss it?

It’s absolutely fucking amazing. A revelation. Talking mainly of the live performances which I am still wading through.

I first saw him in Birmingham in July 81, a few days after the Earls Court show that is included in full (in the big edition). This was when he was including some classic tracks rather than just the Christian songs. I had somehow removed this show from my memory. Putting it down as an aberration and happy to see a more normal Dylan at Wembley in 84.

That show was (partially) captured on the “Real Live” album which is no one’s idea of a great live album. The live material on Trouble No More is revelatory, Bob is as passionate as at almost any other time in his career and, dare I say it, this era is only challenged by the 66 tour for peak live Zimmy. Funny how it took me 36 years to fully appreciate it …

Didn’t take long for it to potentially become a court battle over the ownership of the Steely Dan name and brand. It’s all about business.

https://www.scribd.com/document/365118684/Donald-Fagen-v-The-Estate-of-Walter-Becker#download&from_embed

Just letting those who are interested know that if you purchase the vinyl set from amazon uk, the download included is all 8 audio discs from the deluxe set. Was the case earlier anyway.

Gerard Butler injects himself with bee venom and ends up in hospital. A few days later he does it again with the same result! I bet they were glad to see him again …

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/20/gerard-butler-i-injected-myself-with-bee-venom-and-ended-up-in-hospital

Not great.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/02/tom-petty-found-unconscious-full-cardiac-arrest/

Please donate!

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41399164

RIP

http://www.walterbecker.com

I read this link on bbc main page as “Taylor Swift breaks 3 swimming records”! Is there anything this woman can’t do?

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41081026

However, this one brings up a lot of albums I have never heard. I think I only own (exactly) a quarter.

http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/

A good innings. Legend of 70s Saturday night entertainment.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/18/bruce-forsyth-king-of-uk-gameshows-dies-aged-89

Interesting. Will be trying to get a ticket for this!

http://brucespringsteen.net/news/2017/springsteen-on-broadway

Neil’s unreleased 1976 album Hitchhiker is coming out in Sept. Also hints of Archives 2 (finally) on his website.

(Link changed but check SDE website for info)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B072JHK8J9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501931726

Lost 2 actors today who I liked a lot.

Robert Hardy and Hywel Bennett

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40818839

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Loads and loads of reviews and not much other content these days it seems …

To all you dads out there, mine died 30 years ago, but I am privileged to be one now. Many great songs about dads, this is one of best, but I am sure there are others …

https://youtu.be/SKzOHemAFPw

… as in live albums where you are in the audience. Leaving out downloads of concerts, physical releases only. We may have done this before (see mine in comments), how about you?

As a former avid newspaper reader, who hasn’t bought one in years, I am not surprised by the cost-cutting. Wonder if the journalistic standards will be reduced too. Maybe the decision many years ago to just give content away was not a good one? I do use their website a lot and feel I should start contributing towards it.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/13/guardian-and-observer-to-relaunch-in-tabloid-format

I am a bad sleeper, a sleep apnea sufferer. I awake many times in the night often after extremely vivid dreams. The other night brought a strange one.

I dreamt I was attending my own funeral. I was in some sort of auditorium rather than a church and was sitting at the back. I was annoyed that I couldn’t get a better seat. The auditorium was full, but everyone I could see that was there was a stranger ….

Interpretations please, and, if not, what strange dreams have you had lately or in the past?

* Probably it’s a fear of death! I know some find people talking about their own dreams to be tedious, but Unfold it to be a fascinating subject.

How does a radio 1 DJ who moved on to present Saturday morning and evening TV shows have 50 million quid?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/10/noel-edmonds-compensation-hbos-fraud-lloyds

Cancer got him at 73. One of the greatest directors of live music films there has been, as well as more typical narrative offerings that won multiple Oscars such as Philadelphia and Silence of the Lambs.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39724613

Our fearless leader @drakeygirl has obviously been too busy running marathons, swimming the channel etc to keep this going in 2017. Thought I would post something as we are a 1/3 of the way through the year and I was wondering how people were doing (and I wanted to brag).

I think last status was here:

Chubby Checkers Week 48

I posted this asking about 5:2 diets here:

5:2 Diet the update

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