BBC News reports that Madonna has performed a gig in Rio de Janeiro, apparently attended by over 1 million people, describing her as "The Queen of Pop".

Nah. That's Lady Gaga nowadays isn't it?

Besides, the gig was free, which the ever-vigilantly accurate BBC somehow forgot to mention.

Quote from: David L on May 05, 2024, 09:11:58 PM

Quote from: Matt2112 on May 05, 2024, 06:44:39 PMPleasant today, mostly sunny spells.  Nice May Day weekend weather.

Started nice and sunny, reminded us of summer. Normal service resumed at 5:30pm. More rain.

Bugger. Looks like we've dropped lucky as we've had zero rain for a few days now - just in time for our annual village Scarecrow Weekend!  Which has been exceptionally good this year, I have to say.

Pleasant today, mostly sunny spells.  Nice May Day weekend weather.

Keeping the food theme, we'll be treated to a sumptuous meal today from the little un's Cypriot grandma as it's Greek Easter - and it's nice to celebrate the resurrection of Zeus.

FM - Old Habits Die Hard

Got a signed copy of the CD; how exciting.

Quote from: David L on May 02, 2024, 06:49:54 PM

Quote from: Matt2112 on May 02, 2024, 06:21:56 PMBBC News reporting on urang utans' apparent ability to self-medicate by saying "it shows how closely humans are related to the great apes".

Er...humans ARE great apes. 🤦🏻�♂️

Did they not find any urang utrans?   

Clumsy fingers/proof-read fail.

BBC News reporting on Orangutans' apparent ability to self-medicate by saying "it shows how closely humans are related to the great apes".

Er...humans ARE great apes. 🤦🏻�♂️

A wee bit blustery in exposed areas, but other than that - rather glorious!

Warm-ish again but mostly cloudy today - looked like it could rain at any time but hasn't all day.

Quote from: David L on May 01, 2024, 10:19:36 AMHe's also a cycle fascist, trying to blame motorists at the first opportunity even when he is in the wrong. Knobhead

Both can be in the wrong at the same time (e.g. a recent incident involving a taxi doing the rounds); never known him to admit any culpability though.

Jeremy Vine. On his show they've replayed the footage about a dozen times of yesterday's machete-wielding nutter being tasered.  Rightly, great praise is being given to the female police officer who deployed her taser while walking head on straight toward the perpetrator; what is being bizarrely overlooked is the other taser clearly activated from the side beforehand by a different officer just out of shot.

But this is typical of Vine being ineptly behind the curve on pretty much everything.

Quote from: Matt2112 on April 29, 2024, 04:56:21 PMSeriously considering a mini-break during the next school holidays to somewhere guaranteed to be actually fcking warm and sunny.

Er...pleasantly warm and sunny in Yorkshire today.

Fri 9th Feb
STEWART LEE, Leeds Playhouse ****
Sat 16th Mar
SIMPLE MINDS, Manchester AO Arena ****
Sat 13th Apr
PAUL FOOT, Halifax Square Chapel
Thu 18th Apr
STEWART LEE, Bradford St George's Hall
Fri 3rd May
MOVING PICTURES, Leeds Brudenell
Sun 5th May
FM, Leeds Brudenell
Wed 22nd May
RICHARD MARX, London Royal Albert Hall
Thu 23rd May
YES, Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Thu 13th Jun
SHERYL CROW, Halifax Piece Hall
Sun 16th Jun
NILE RODGERS & CHIC, Halifax Piece Hall
Fri 21st Jun
THE KILLERS, Manchester Co-op Arena
Sat 31st Aug
BRAVADO, Sheffield City Hall
Tue 22nd Oct
The Libertines, Leeds O2 Academy*

* Chaperone duty

Shame I couldn't/can't make certain gigs in the end, but stuff happens.   

Seriously considering a mini-break during the next school holidays to somewhere guaranteed to be actually fcking warm and sunny.

Babylon

Damien Chazelle's 3-hour epic following the fortunes of those at either side of the camera as silent movies give way to "talkies".

Margot Robbie was deservedly Oscar-nominated starring alongside Brad Pitt and Diego Calva, who are also both very good indeed in their co-leading roles.

Yes it's bombastic and bloated, which is probably the point, as are the graphic depictions of debauchery that are not for the weak of stomach.  There's a Pulp Fiction-esque mischievousness in some of the set pieces, though the tone here is darker than anything Tarantino has done.

This had mixed reviews at the time of release, though it's worth seeing if you have a few spare hours.

Rating: ***