Off Topic TV, Entertainment and Arts thread

I’ll have a look. I do love a top lead guitarist who can also perform his songs really well on acoustic.

Doug Aldrich is a fine example.

 

Jimmy Page is good on accoustic, I'd say Johnny Marr is better on accoustic than electric; he has played with Bert Jansch (my favourite guitarist) so must be good. Even Keith Richard ain't too shabby. They are two different instruments, and it's hard to make the leap, even the great John Williams was pretty poor when he dabbled with electric while he played with Sky. If you've never listened to Django Rheinhardt it's the perfect example of someone who made the leap.

 

Rory Gallagher was my favourite guitarist. When Jimi Hendrix was asked what it felt like to be the best guitarist. He said you had better ask Rory Gallagher.

 

Eurovision 2024 has become rather more interesting all of a sudden...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9rz5dp467lo

I'm tempted to watch it tomorrow evening, just to see if anything off-message actually happens.
Apparently losing one of the acts which was among the front runners has got me intrigued.

 

We were in Mechelen in '92 on our way to Brussells.
There was a portable TV at the bar, the barman turned the volume up whilst we waited for our drinks.
We moved to the other side of the bar!

 

Just watched the two new Dr Who episodes.
For anyone who thought it couldn't get any stranger, it has truly disappeared down the rabbit hole

Ironic that they've brought back the old 1970's logo, since the programme now has no remaining resemblance to its early days.
Granted I'm getting old, and the show is obviously aimed at youngsters.
If its current audience decides they love it, fair enough. But I don't think this series will herald the big comeback.
Maybe it's time the show took another 15 year break.

 

"The Piano" is the best TV program for years.
The episode from EDinburgh Waverley station a couple of nights ago was the best yet. Absolutely superb. The 10-year kid from Hong Kong- Wow!

 

Got to admit, after watching tonight's episode 'Boom' this new series is beginning to grow on me.
So far we've seen 4 episodes from the new season;

• The Church on Ruby Road - daft. Technically well made, but Goblins? Straight out of Lord of the Rings.
• Space Babies - Just silly.
• The Devil's Chord - the drag queen villain didn't cut it for me. But had a couple of nice moments, like the Beatles singing about their dog
• Boom - Quite watchable if not very original. Flawed in places but as a whole I quite liked it.

Perhaps all is not lost...
It's starting to look better than the Jodie Whittaker era - though that's a pretty low bar to clear.

 

I got Boom mixed up for Boon.

Anyway, I always liked Mr Elphick, his gravely voice could have been used well doing Karaoke on Rod Stewart numbers.

 

Another example of Bullying?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clkk2dvrkgzo

Or showbiz snowflakery.
Dancing on Strictly can't be learned in a couple of chummy workouts in the ballet studio.
Surely some hard work - and hard words - need to be given and accepted.

 

As moderator of this forum you have found out for yourself that some can take it some can't. When Curbs was tearing a strip off the team he would pick on Brownie because he knew he could take it.

 

Piers Morgan and Nigel Farage on Question Time this evening

Great entertainment.
I actually thought Piers made a few good points.

 

I can’t believe that Lardi would tear a strip off anyone on here

 

Any mention of this Reform/Tory pact. I can’t see it being true myself and would be very disappointed if it were. Would just take away even more choice.

 

Not that I recall.
Piers really tore into Nigel a couple of times - two weasels fighting in a sack would have got on better.
But I don't remember the 'pact' being mentioned.

It was interesting to see the steelier side of Farage.
He is usually charming and up-beat, kind of likeable when he isn't being pressed hard.
A bit of lively debate with Morgan, who pulls no punches, brought out more aggression in him.

I felt a bit sorry for Fiona, but it was a good idea to put Morgan & Farage on the same Panel.
I think at one point Nigel was asked why he was hawking his views on every media platform going including QT, when he isn't standing for election himself.
"You invited me on here" was his jovial response,
To which Fiona said they had wanted Lee Anderson to come on but they couldn't get him!

QT has suddenly become much more entertaining.
They will be having Greens and all kinds of others on the show in the next few weeks. Probably not Count Binface though.

 

After a very shaky start I have to say that 5 episodes in, this new Dr Who series isn't doing too badly.
True it bears no resemblance to what it used to be.
But a few of the storylines - though a bit derivative, have been quite interesting.
Last week's one had faint echoes of a Patrick Troughton story from around 1967 - the Macra Terror.
Almost forgotten today
Sadly the original tapes were overwritten by the BBC in the 1970's.

 

In last night's documentary about the Andrew Malkinson miscarriage of justice, it was revealed that Greater Manchester Police have a DNA match on the victim's clothing and fingernails to a man who lives near the victim. They've had it for years but kept quiet. So now she knows that the rapist is at large, and living close by.

 

Was there actually Police corruption in this case?
How else could they remain silent about such vital evidence?

 

You have to wonder who they are protecting, and most people will come to the same conclusion, right or wrong.