Mornin' Y'all :D



I have been diggin' the American deep south accent recently too, after OD-ing on True Blood the last few weeks (in preperation for season 4 starting!)



So, please Simon and Co, don't be tighter than a gnat over a water barrel, and play my jumpin' choon...



BURNING LOVE - ELVIS PRESLEY



You'll make this old critter happy if ya play it, though I'll be as nervous as a cat in a room full of rockin' chairs come 5pm!!



Later Y'all, and stay outta trouble now y'hear xx

The creek is gonna rise here. Just checked the Met Office website and there's an evil-looking blob of blue, yellow and green over the Irish sea that has just reached me here on the west coast of Wales.



Tub-thumping tune: Setting Sun - Chemical Brothers



Hen Genawes

Hiya Simon and all the blogsters.



Indeed, so glad its Friday....2nd week in a new contract and things are going ok, still not regretting turning down the permanent offer....but if it had the potential to interfere with my kickboxing then I had to do the gazumping!!



Many thanks for the mention yesterday Simon, I was well chuffed as I heard it tootling at a snails pace on Spaghetti Junction!! Mensh drought over...phew what a relief. Oh and congrats to all you others too who had mentions!



Now for the toonage for the ARF:



How about a weekend blasting toon that I had forgotten about quite frankly....



LETS GET ROCKED - Def Leppard



Reminds me of wonderful times catching Bryan Adams on every leg of his 1992 waking up the neighbours tour.....especially Ipswich...:) ;) ;)



Have a top weekend you lovely people...I'm competiing on Sunday....black and gold Kwon gloves for the 1st placers!!!! fingers crossed!!!



Byzee bye.



Mandy :)

Morning Lord Ammo, team, NYM, and drawling bloggers,



G'day? Do we have an Antipodean cousin talking to our American friends? Howdy, surely?



I've totally enjoyed the US accents in the last few days, but as I said on yesterday's blog, I have a penchant for a friendlier softer Canadian accent, eh?



My bone-rattler for today's ARFO:



SHE"S NOT THERE - Santana



Starts gently, in a wheel-tapping way, and then reaches what can only be called a crescendo.



Good day all!

What an excellent day to be here!



I did it. Went to the dark side of the moon and back and appear to have retained some marbles.



You are all quite superb. Simply awesome. The words 'thank you' seem woefully inadequate.

To say that this blog is inspirational would be an understatement.





Lots to natter about, but for now ...



My dinner party would consist of Guests of Honour:

Simon, Rebecca, Matt & Sally



plus: Every Single Blogpoppet + guest – doesn't have to be partner, could be anyone. Think we can safely assume Nelson, Miranda and Vicky C will be joining the fun ... so I shall invite James McAvoy.







♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

Good morning one and all .............. brightening up nicely here in Cumbria. I hope it conintues to improve for bignick40's epic swim in Windermere!



KatyMac!!! Lovely to see you .......... great to have you back :-)



ARFO: follwoing the advice to pereseve from Simon in both today's blog and his comments on AlexG's success last week; please may I request



I WANT YOUR LOVE by TRANSVISION VAMP

For Mo Poppet xxx





❤•☆*•.¸Happy¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Birth-day ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ To ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Mo Poppet♪♫•*¨*•.¸ ¸♥.For Yesterday.. .♪♫•*¨*•.¸ Happy♥¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Birth-day ♪♫•*¨*•.¸ To ♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Mo Poppet ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸

♥For Yesterday ♥♪♫•*¨*•.¸ ¸♥Happy ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Birth-day ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥.Dear Mo Poppet For Yesterday..♪♫•*¨*•Happy¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Birth-day ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ To ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ You!♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤

#6 Please feel free to unravel any word-jumbles and interpret at your leisure.

Lovely to see you back with us Katy :) and in fine fettle too xxx



This ole place just ain't been the same without ya!

Hi Katy and welcome back :-) A nice sunny start to the day here in The Shire

I forgot to add my ARFO!



'KEEP ON RUNNING' SPENCER DAVIS GROUP



would be a great start to a busy busy weekend



thank you x

Morning all



Katy - welcome back! It's lovely to see you blogging again, and to know that you're OK!



This is my last day at work for 2 weeks, so I may not have much time to play.



My ARFO this week is



LOVE SHACK - B52s



Back later



Tortie x

Welcome back to Katy!!! - and I hope Mo is not suffering with post-birthday headache?!

Happy Friday to all you 'lil blogpoppets - let's not let the forecast of squillions of millimeters of rain dampen our spirits...we are after all British (Land of Hope and Glory' starts swelling in the background...) and are used to sheltering in garages at BBQ's, suffering soggy hat syndrome at Ascot and in the words of Monty Python 'Always look on the bright side of life' IE:

No garden watering YAY

The six-day drought is over YAY

Umbrella sales are up YAY

and we can still wear our lovely winter boots (perhaps one for the ladies only, that)



In response to the U S of A Blog type theme, I would like to recommend the excellent tune by one of their own:



AMERICAN GIRL by Tom Petty



Every single track on that album is a gem..but this has the best guitar (said guuiitaaar) riff of them all...



Have an excellent day y'all.

Morning all!



ARVO



Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and his Comets



Thank you.



Katy, welcome back, glad all went well x



Pen xx

ARFO, of course!

KATY...YOU'RE BACK!!!!!



How you diddling? Hope all is swell wi' you.



No ARF for me. Just popped in to say welcome back to Katy.



Maybes laters



A.

Morning Simon and the Blogpoppets!



ARFO: THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV - A-ha (seems appropriate given the weather forecast!)



A day of chores awaits me today, so will probably be back sooner rather than later!



Rx

Morning everyone!



For an ARF change please Simon, I would love to hear...



SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN ~ The Ramones



Great to see Katy back with her pretty post! Have a fun-filled Friday everyone!



xx

Ay up me ducks,



Hope everyone's in fine Friday fettle. Couldn't come out to play yesterday as was down in the big smoke doing boring grown up stuff - boo! Anyway, as a consequence now have a poorly throat (sound like Marge Simpson on 50 a day) so today will be mostly drinking tea and listening to R2 - hurray!



Simon, re the tune snaffling I'm sure I speak for all when I say we don't mind sharing! So please no slapped wristies for JV, SW et al - I'm just relieved it's not my imagination and am not going c-c-crazier than I already am. Like the idea of sending Dr Mosh round though - have a mental image of him bursting into SW's studio making the rock horns hand sign swinging his swede in a Beavis and Butthead styley to The Style Council - nice!



So, ARFO then - I believe the track you are looking for that fits that there criteria is:



Fight For Your Right (to party) - The Beastie Boys



Take it easy folks,



N x

PS: I forgot to say the sun is shining north of the Border!



Let's hope it stays here all weekend!

Well that's the ARFO suggested, (AMERICAN GIRL, Tom Petty in case the Dude or Researcher needs reminding!) so finally, after reading all your DP guest lists, and spending many a wee quiet hour considering, here are my chosen dinner party guests:



Laurie Lee

Lord (Drivetime Dude) Ammo

Simon Schama

Danny Baker

Ozzy Osbourne

Me & Mr e

Mo Mowlam

Tracy Emin

Jo Brand

Emmeline Pankhurst



Not in any particular order, obviously it would be girl/boy/girl - and I would hope that once the wine starts flowing (Mr e is cringing at the thought of Ozzy decending thirstily on his wine rack) there could be some great conversations...Will Self in the end did not make the list (sorry Will, you're just too much of a 'me' 'me' 'me' guest).



Better get on, only a 1/2 day on Fridays - enjoy yourselves, it usually is later than you think.

Good Morning All



Lovely to have you back KatyMatey me ole chum!! Hope you've had time to read back and feel the blogloveliness. Can't wait for your dinner party - it sounds fun!



My ARFO suggestion for today is:



NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS by Tina Turner



I'd also like to second Tortie's B52's choice - although actually ANY of the songs suggested so far would be great.



Feeling a bit grumpy today, so I may just lurk. Although it's hard to stay down in the dumps for long around here!



Deebee ~X~

Morning all!



I'll request WILD WEEKEND - NRBQ, the same one from the previous week.



Hope everyone has a splendid day.

#21 I invited Jo Brand too!



what we really need is Katy-stats to do a list...

Good Morning, Good Morning.





Grotsville here on the Somerset coast, but frankly my dear......



Sticking with the principal from last week, that persistence finally pays off and Simons words from today of NEVER GIVE UP..



Come on Simon, Nice Young Man, The Team and any other Top Tune pickers involved, lets make it a first for an ELO opener.



*** TWILIGHT *** By the electrifying ELO please :)



MTF.xx

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! to KatyMateyBlogPoppet!



Thinking about an ARFO for the team to ignore ...... ;-)



Backinabit



Deevs

x

Failing my above request, which I pretty much expect, a big thumbs up for Torties choice of B52s.



MTF.xx



Yo, Katymaty :) xx

Morning all



Great to have you back Katy your milinery skills have been missed.



Suzie #13 - I love that Tom Petty track and hope you get it played.



But as an alternative a tune for the 'lovely' British summer



COLD AS ICE - FOREIGNER



cheers



A

Reet. I've dun sum thunking and en route to ELH at 17.05 I would really, really, really dearly really really love to hear .....



TWIST & SHOUT - THE BEATLES



because I feel in need of a Ferris Bueller kind of day off .....!



Deevs

x

#22 Deebee - I'm feeling grumpy today too (other dwarves are available). I think mine is becaue I've got too much to do before I go on hols.



Tortie x

Come on everybody, only 16 songs so far....



MTF.xx

G'day Simon, NYM, Team, Bogpoppets and KatyMaty!



Simon are you speaking Oz or Yankee? (Is that politically incorrect?) Didn't hear that bit of the show. Must listen again. Caught up with the red button though. Philharmonic Orchestra + filum tunes = spine tingling. So wish I could have been there - lucky KatyMaty :-)



#7 Thank you, that was perfectly in tune. So pleased to see you back and hopefully fighting fit. I had a lovely day yesterday despite being at work. More celebrations planned for the weekend.



ARFO



GENESIS - TURN IT ON AGAIN



Still busy at work but it's Friday so shall be pooping in a bit more today ;-)



Off to catch up on what's been said beyond Katymaty @ #7



X

Would love love love to start the weekend with.............................



A Town Called Alice by the Jam (and enjoy having a Billy Elliot moment!!)



Ta very much Simon



From Dougal in Needingworth, Cambridgeshire xxx

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and fellow blogpoppets!



KATY!!!!!!! Whoops, sorry,didn't mean to shout - you should be resting. Just over-joyed at your return. Thank you for your FB message.



No ARFO from me this week - still basking in last weeks glory. I will be mainly spending today polishing the crown in readiness for handing it over to the successful blogpoppet. You will be pleased to hear it had no accidents this week, other than a cobweb or two from the loft clearance.



Back later. Evil Programme Manager has decided that today is the day to make my life hell. Only 9 days left for this contract so I will just smile sweetly whilst secretly wishing him to the devil.



A-G

#10 I LOVE your new name PSL :-)



#12 Happy Holidays, Tortie!



#13 saving that for the weekend Suzie ;-)



#21 Danny Baker! I love him but not sure anyone else would get a word in LOL



Nice to see Mandy and Nadine joining in. The more the merrier!



Sun shining here but forecast not good for the weekend. Need to poop home at lunchtime so fingets crossed I can get the roof down



X

AlexG - I have an evil boss too. I've had the week from Hell with my hours being cut from 40 to 25. I've done shock and anger. Today I am doing Optimism and Enthusiasm ..... I've decided to start my own business venture.



Early days with lots to do in terms of research but watch this space ..... The Diva has fire in her belly!



Deevs

x

# 24 we need to do a Doodle diary to make sure Jo can attend both DP's...I had to have a lady comedian, and she has improved over the years - LOVE the 'Getting on' prog, it's SUPERB. She's also a lady who is not afraid to appear 'warts and all' (see Getting on) sans make-up on TV. Takes some bal*s which I suspect she has secreted somewhere.

#28 I had an idea that maybe, in honour of the collective power of the DT bloggers (supplying music to all of R2 progs?) we could all, around MTF's birthday, second her ELO choice - just as a test of our power!!

#35 thank you, POS came up with it as the Hendrix track wasn't very 'soulie'!

Morning all :)



#1 - Zoe, I'm a big True Blood fan too and so looking forward to the next series.



Been loving all the accents from across the pond, brought back lots of memories as I lived in Texas for a while. So as a nod to our American cousins my song suggestion for today is..



BORN IN THE USA - Bruce Springsteen



Hope everyone has a good Friday and an even better weekend.



J x

Suzie, nice thought, but I expect that someone will step in, in a moment and tell you that Simon doesn't bow to pressure :O



Plus its April 16th, I might strike lucky before then, you never know :)



MTF.xx

#37 Suzie I like her down to earth sarcastic take on life...and like me she is a nurse...and sarcastic like me too teheehee ;-D

Morning Everybody,



ARF suggestion, I have been inspired ;)



'Something Else' Eddie Cochran



Great to see you back Katy



Have a good day one and all

#35 Thanks Mo!



Would also like to send Katy a song to welcome her back :-)



So good to be back home again - The Tourists



N x

Hi Y'all and, of course, Simon The All-American Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



My suggestion for ARFO is:-



USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT, ODYSSEY



Off to catch up now, back in a bit.



I've confused a fair few peeps today as I'm not usually in work on a Friday but I'm in today as I'm attending the younger boy's sports day on Tuesday.



Laters sweet pataters



~ xx

#36 Deevs ......... Optimism? Does this mean you're drinking Budweiser? Apparently they're the new sponsors of the FA Cup because Bud' is "Optimism in a Bottle" they say ............... any excuse! :-)



(Disclaimer: other optimistic beverages are available)

#33 Dougal, I think the mods have fallen asleep!



x

in the words of Bernard Cribbins in my all time #1 film....'Perks must be about it'



laters peeps

#30 LOL! Tortie - your 'other dwarves are available' really made me smile! Thank you.



#24 #37 #41 I really like Jo Brand too. As someone said yesterday or the day before, we could do with more than one dinner party! I've read her book 'Look back in Hunger', which is very interesting. Like me, she grew up in Kent - although she's a few years older than me, I think.



#34 #36 I have an absolutely lovely boss. I'd better say that, in the unlikely event that she reads this. Although, if she DOES read this I will be in big trouble for blogging when I should be working, thus rendering her slightly less lovely... except it is currently coffee time, which is my excuse!



~X~

#36 Deevs, can't wait to hear more.



#22 Debbie, I have sent you a text. Hugs!



#44 Toots, we are honoured to have you among us on a Friday



Helloooo everyone else. Not missing anyone out intentionally. Just responding as things catch my eye. Not getting much work done. Ah well, it will still be here on Monday ;-)



X

LOL Harry@45. I was very optimistic last night, although drinking "another" USA beer beginning with B and not dissimilar to an English footballing national treasure! I felt dandy this morning at 6.10 when Mr Alarm sounded out, but now I'm on my 3rd coffee and just had some headache tablets .....



But yet, very very optimistic!



I think I may have just got my first client ....!



Deevs

x

Morning simon



Today is a day out with daughter Beth at Edinburgh University open day but we will both be listening to ARF on the way back to yorkshire

My request is as usually the wonderful COMMON PEOPLE - PULP



But beth wants



WHEN DOVES CRY - PRINCE

#36 Go for it Deevs! I took the plunge last year - the tough days can be real tough but the good days are brilliant! My friend told me beforehand that I'd learn a lot about myself going self employed - boy was she right! :-)

Hey KatyMac, it's great to see you back, Hey Katy, Katy Mac, it's great to see you back - sung to the choon of Jimmy Mack ;)



I loved the American accents on Wednesday's show but missed the interview last night :(



Tortie - have a wonderful two weeks off - I hope the sun shines for you m' Lovely. I'm thinking you could be heading off on her hols wearing the ARFO crown at a jaunty angle as I would heartily second, third or even fourth your request. I considered it myself this morning.



#21 - Suzie, Mo Mowlam was under consideration for my list but I went for Victoria Wood in th' end.



Deebee - just to cheer you up m' Lovely {{{HUGS}}} xxx



Still catching up.



~ xx

#46 - Thanks Mo



Not quite sure why I'm being moderated??? Although this is only my second attempt with a ARF request. So it's all quite new to me.

#45 - Harry - I'm an optimistic Beveridge ;)



Btw, Tortie and Deebs, isn't Grumpy getting a little grumpy too with all this attention?



Lovely to see Mandy and Nadine pooping by with some banter and bon mots. Good luck with the comp Mandy.



Ooops, the grindstone is kinda backing up again.



~ xx

Thank you, Mo, you're too kind. Nice to see you pooping by a bit more often today :) xx



~ xx

Go for it Deevs! I took the plunge 3 years ago and started contracting via my own company and haven't looked back. I do get twitchy between contracts and have discovered that I am allergic to the Revenue, but love being in control of what I do and when.

Things keep popping into my head - I meant to say to Wharfedalegas - I hope the visit goes well. The elder boy of the Toots household should be sorting out uni visits but so far hasn't done a thing. V frustrating as I want to jump in and get visits arranged but I feel he's of an age where he should be doing these things himself. Have a feeling September / early October could be v busy.



~ xx

Morning all and welcome back Katy.



ARFO suggestion - WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE - Guns 'n' Roses



True Blood Season 4 is only 9 days away on the other side of the pond. Anyone know if there's a start date here yet?

If you were my neighbour Simon and wanted to annoy me, please play anything by Lady Ga Ga.



ARFO suggestions:



Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade

Caught Out There - Kelis

Stuck In My Car - The Go-Go's

Sugarbush - Doris Day & Frankie Laine

Greetings - Half Pint

# 29: Mr e's fave film that (Ferris Bueller's day off) - I bought him a 'Save Ferris' T shirt which he wears all the time!

My daughter wears a 'Vote for Pedro' (from Napolean Dynamite film) and I just slob around in my circa '83 David Bowie 'Lets dance' tour t-shirt (it still fits, but somewhat snugly accross what a t shirt seller in Spain called my 'many frontals') what a family of liggers we are!

Hey Simon



I'm new to this blogging lark, so here goes. For tonights opening tune how about Baby I Don't Care - Transvission Vamp. Just because I haven't heard it for a while. Also How about the 2011/12 start home vs Everton!! A 3 point start me thinks!!

Ha! Thanks all - it's good to be back - wish I had time to blog - Mum will arrive shortly ... really want to chat - haven't even been into twitterland yet.



Clearly, Loveoneanother #60 hasn't seen the list of ARFO's - a fortnight ago - I suspect you won't get the Slade one :)



Just put this next door - a friend from Lincolnshire in a message has just told me that ..



The Third Friday In June is supposed to be the happiest day of the year which should cheer up the grumpier poppets - yes that's you, Deebeedeebs!



As a researcher, I feel as though I ought to know, but am beggared how they find out these things ..



xx

#59 Well, I think FX waited until January to show series 3 of True Blood (it began airing in June 2010 in the US) So they might do the same for the 4th series. I'm afraid I just can't be waiting that long, and they only have themselves to blame if folk go 'elsewhere' ;)

Is there any room on the grumpy sofa? Just discovered the house we want to buy, and that has been on the market for over a year, has just gone under offer. So, it is either Debbe's shed, the cardboard box outside Waterloo Station or I go against all my principles and put in a higher offer.



"Well, I saw my face, now I'm a gazumper.

Not a trace of remorse in my mind.

I want that house - oooh

I'm a gazumper

I couldn't believe it if I tried"

I put this up on FB yesterday to try to stimulate a debate. PSL (PRL?) suggested it would be good fun to post it here too. So .........



Anyone want to play Fantasy Line-Up?



Glastonbury: the year is 2071. Michael Eavis (now Lord Athelstan of Pilton) has decided, with old age getting the better of him, to take it easy after putting on the Centenary show in 2070. Not feeling he can trust the job to his daughter, who has continued to book the Wombles every year since 2011, he has appointed you as his booking manager. You need 8 artists/bands to fill the main stage for the final day of the festival. Time travel (together with re-incarnation and the secret of eternal youth) has been discovered ................................. book those acts!

#66 - Fab game, Harry.



I'd invite:-



Queen with Freddie Mercury

Led Zeppelin

The Doors

Pink Floyd

Yes

Barclay James Harvest

Paolo Nutini

Diana Ross & The Supremes (not sure why - I just have Ain't no Mountain High Enough playing in my head at the mo)



I think. May have to be tweeked.



~ xx

#67 Toots, Barclay James Harvest? The poor man's Moody Blues? No, I never agreed with that either! I saw them in about 1973 and they were great live and very loud!

From the previous blog re@ Tw!tter. Zoe, thank you, you've been most informative. I had a moment of panic when I looked down the list of people I'm following and thought that Shaq might have seen my tweets and be wondering what the heck it was all about, then realised he's not following me so all's well. I hope you don't mind m' Lovely but I think I will block the retweets only because I don't have time to read them all.



Big Nick, I thought I had accepted your request to follow me (really don't hold your breath for anything profound) but see I have another one request from you. I'm just off to sort it all out. I couldn't work out who lcfcfan would be.



~ xx

Hi Everyone. For a Tub-Thumping opening we could always go for.....er.......Tubthumping by those naughty Chumbawamba boys and girls. Failing That- any one or more of:

Nervous Wreck by the Radio Stars- Yep it's becoming a mission.

School's out - Malice Cooper (Dedicated to Blogger Dougal)

Or....She's so Modern The Boomtoomtown Rats (The Opening Yelp is worth the price of admission on it's own)



Ta

D.

#66 My own game ............ been giving this a lot of thought and so far I have only decided that I'd open with Slade with Bruce top of the bill.

#68 - Harry, I've never heard that they're the poor man's Moody Blues. I've never seen them live and only have one of their albums (recorded live) Berlin: A Concert for the People which had a lot of airplay chez moi in the early to mid 80s. Must check it out on CD (not into downloads - too technical for me).



~ xx

Oooooh Harry ..... thinking cap well and truly donned!



x

#70 Speaking of Tubthumping: when it was played last week as one of the oldie theme tunes, was I hearing things or did they play the original version and not the radio edit? I'm sure Louise was singing about "p***ing the night away" :-)

#66 Great game Harry :) I've been giving Fail Book a rest, so I didn't your post on there.



I could think about this for hours, but on instinct, for the ones I would really love to see...



1. David Bowie (late 70s/early 80s vintage)

2. Queen with Freddie Mercury (Live Aid vintage)

3. Buddy Holly

4. The Carpenters

5. Elvis Presley ('69 Comeback Special vintage)

6. The Rolling Stones (70s vintage)

7. Thin Lizzy

8. Nirvana



I think I need more than 8 really :/

#65 - Alex~G - just to cheer you up m' Lovely - {{{HUGS}}} xxx



Harry, my list is just off the top of my head. Just realised, I've left out Paul Simon with or without Mr Garfunkel. I did say the list may be tweaked (or tweeked as I typed before). Or that could be my list for the first year and with it being such a resounding success, I'd be allowed to do the inviting the next year too?



~ xx

#72 Yes, Toots, they were. It always struck me as being a little unfair. Not sure where it came from, probably NME (they always were a little snotty), but BJH wrote a song with that as the title as some sort of riposte to the accusation.

#66 Great idea, Harry.



GLASTONBURY 2071:



The Beatles

ABBA

Elvis

Aretha Franklin

Elton John

Stevie Wonder

Michael Jackson/Jackson 5

David Bowie

Afternoon All,



Haven't had much time to poop by today.



I'd like to suggest YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH - Meat loaf for the ARF Opener.

#69 You're welcome :) I don't mind you blocking my RTs, I only RT stuff I find interesting/funny/might be of use to others, but I do RT a lot!



#74 Simon did play tge version with the naughty words, because he made a comment afterwards about how he thought everyone would have been singing along to it, but maybe not ALL the words! LOL

#75 & #76 ............ there's always the Pyramid Stage if there's overflow.

#64 "Elsewhere" viewing. Sky Atlantic seem to have partially got the message (apologies for the split-infintive!). Game of Thrones has been shown the day after the States, although Treme Season 2 is showing in the States now and Sky Atlantic sadly haven't followed straight on from Series 1 as they could have done.



24 on Sky 1 was within a week of the States for the latter series which is acceptable. Nobody seems to have got the message re Dexer yet :-(.

#81 - aw cheers - in that case, I'll have PS and his mate, AG and if there's enough time and he's willing, poss Rob Plant and Alison Krauss?



~ xx

#82 I refuse to give the Murdoch empire a penny anyway, so I don't have Sky.



My principles were, shall we say, a bit more flexible during my Buffy/Angel/ER obsession days. But back then other 'options' weren't as available as they are now.



Sky are holding folk to random by snapping up all the popular shows anyway. Although, of course, you don't have to subscibe, and I don't!

Right, Glasto 2071 ....



The Rolling Stones (HEADLINE ACT!)

The Cure

The Smiths

Queen

U2

Oasis

Foo Fighters

Elbow



Man, that was tough!!!



Deevs

x x x

here are my first thoughts on The Glasonbury gig:



1. SLADE ...... “Baby, baby, baby ............... “

2. AL STEWART with Jaurence Juber

3. HUMBLE PIE featuring Stevie Marriot and Peter Frampton

4. JOHN MARTYN with Danny Thompson

5. LED ZEPPELIN

6. NICK DRAKE

7. AC/DC with Bon Scott and Brian Johnson sharing vocals

8. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E. STREET BAND

Dougal, don't worry. You will be pre modded for the first 5 posts or so. Then, as long as you haven't got round to posting anything too dodgy, you will be set free and join the ranks of the post modded blogpoppets. Go on, get posting, we would love you to join in!



Harry, saw your game on fb. Will have a thunk.



Are we having a Spruce/Queen sweepstake today?



Spruce 2

Queen 6



x

Good ARfternoon Each!



First things first. Katy, it is a REAL pleasure to welcome you back to the blog, and wish you a speedy and full recovery. I must add that none of us on here really know how difficult, or otherwise, these last few months have been for you, but I suspect that it has really been the most fearsome time, and I, for one, am in awe of you, and the stoic attitude you have dislayed on this forum. I think it would be fair to say that without you, all of our 'bloglives' would have been poorer. I wonder if I dare hope that one day, 'KatyMac' might once again be 'Baby Driver'. Anyway, loads of love to you, chuck, it's a pleasure to 'know' you, even if you are my Scrabble nemesis.



Lighten up, POS, and get on with yer ARF



Ok, then! Simon, would you please give some consideration to playing...



'Roxette' by Dr Feelgood.



And having considered, and then rejected the idea, would you kindly open the show with...



'Rise' by Public Image Ltd.



There, that's one I cant recall being requested before.

Tough call narrowing it down to 8 but here goes (in no particular order):



The Specials

The Who (while Keith was still with them, rest his soul)

Grace Jones

Talking Heads

The Clash

James Brown

Janis Joplin

Louis Armstrong



Could play this game all day!!



N x

#85 Deevs, I saw The Cure at Glastonbury in 1986. They were fantastic - just as they come on a massive thunder storm started about a mile away behind the stage with fork lightning and the lot at which Robert Smith commented "...tonight with special affects by god..." - outstanding!!

Hey Driza, Blitzy 1 and Dougal - warmest welcomes to you all - hope you can hang around to join with the banter on this 'ere blog.



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#89 I LOVE Louis Armstrong! Aaaarrrrgggghhhh there are just too many great singers/bands!! I think I need that Pyramid Stage, Harry.

Glasto bands. (What a fine idea)



The Sensational Alex Harvey Band



Free



Yes



Status Quo (Rossi, Parfett, Lancaster, Goghlan line up)



Elvis Presley (Late 50's/Early 60's)



Elvis Presley (Vegas years)



Darts



Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. Oops, that aint right....



Otis Redding

#87 If we are having a Spruce/Queen sweepstake can I have:



Queen 2 Bruce 5



#89 Nadine, please feel free to play all day, that's the idea :-)



(Apologies if this post appears twice ..... sent it once and it disappeared somewhere)

Wowser Nadine! I bet that was something else ....!



I saw them a few years ago at Wembley Arena in London. They were on stage for over 3 hours, and anyone who thinks The Cure are a bunch of navel-gazing Goth mizzogs needs to think again - they had the place jumping!!



I saw Foo Fighters at V in 2007. They played a low key accounstic set on the Ch4 stage at 12.30 in the afternoon under an assumed name (606). There could only have been about 500 of us gathered at the stage at that time of day and it was wonderful! Then they headlined the main stage on the same night and blew Chelmsford out of Essex. They were fab!



Deevs

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Afternoon All,



I can't remember the last time I posted on here!

Anyway, I don't think I can think of 8 acts but I would definitely have The Smiths, Slade, The Jam and James (original line up with Gavan Whelan) and I would have them on for twice as long beacuse, quite frankly, anybody else would bore the pants off me. I'm in a truculent mood, so don't even think of disagreeing with me



:-P



Nic

#53 Aww - thanks, Toots!



#65 Making way for you on the grumpy sofa, Alex. And I'll get Mr B to tidy up the shed at the weekend, just in case...



#63 I didn't know that about it being the happiest day of the year. Can't say I've noticed so far. I guess there's still time though - and we are being treated to dinner at a rather nice restaurant this evening by my Mum, so that should put a better complexion on the day.



My Glasto 2071 choices would be:



Level 42 (of course!)

Queen (with Freddie)

Billy Joel

Elvis Presley

ELO

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood

Madonna

Elton John



But ask me again tomorrow, and it could easily be 8 other acts...



#85 No Bazza, Deevs?



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Afternoon all!



Been thinking about these tunes all week so my suggestions are:



XTC-Senses Working Overtime

Journey-Don't Stop Believing

OR

U2-Vertigo.



Pick your potato!



GB

The best gigs are the small gigs - Stray Cats at Keele, Cherry Ghost at Carling Academy Bar and Tim Booth at The Glee Club. Much more involved and intimate, not like all this big venue, rubbish view, idiotic people laden gigs, where you get ripped off for everything.



Truculence personified ;-P



Nic

Funnily enough Deebs, I almost had Barry on my list - he was sublimely magnificent at Proms In The Park in 2009.



Blimey. I have a truculent man to go home to ......



Deevs

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