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  1. i know its hard to do and im as guilty as anyone, but can we please ignore crazy chris's MASSIVE contradictions and concentrate on the election?
  2. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in 20th Century Retro
    i moved alot in christian circles in the late 70's, had a dabble myself, my g/f who became my fiancee and ultimately my wife had 2 christian brothers. our friends were largely of christian background........ they LOVED kenny everett ... hence my earlier referance. milligan has been discussed previously but i have no problem with talking about the bloke i personally regard as one of our national treasures and the godfather of modern comedy. as for the embarrassing 'curry and chips'...well! he wasnt averse to using asians as the butt of his humour :lol: and imho one of the funniest sketches ever was in 'q6' the pakistani dalek sketch! yep certainly more akin to dick emery to milligan, spot on norma!
  3. my thoughts exactly, but as it doesnt appear to be posted all over the place (as is usual for spam) ill not delete it. thanks for moving it chris.
  4. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in News and Politics
    i just was wondering where these concepts actually came from... certainly long before any orthodox religion was created there was widespread belief in 'something else, better after your death'... all over the world many ancient civilisations had such beliefs and even the celts here were not affraid of death (the roman historian tacitus remarked on their bravery in the face of death ). obviously more recent religions have had their say, their interpretation on it... and of course theres not 1 shred of scientific evidence that theres anything after this life, and no sign of heaven in the known universe. i read in a newspaper over the weekend of a german toddler (3) who had fallen into a frozen pond and dispite attempts to resussitate him, died. but, after 17 minutes of being 'dead' his heart started beating on it own, the child made a full recovery. he told his parents that he saw a bright light and his nan (i think it was) was there, she said "what are you doing here, its not your turn yet, you must go back to mummy and daddy" .... obviously he did. now what IF this was absolute truth? if this did occur like reported it has ramifications not only through the religious world (which religion is right?) but the scientific world as so far science cannot define this experience. however scientists reckon that reports of 'bright lights' and a feeling of euphoria could be explained by oxygen starvation to a dying brain.
  5. ... and tbh i reckon its worse being abused by a churchman then an ordinary perv... you expect evil off evil but evil from gods m8?....
  6. the only way you can protect your lifestyle is NOT to vote tory ....
  7. this should be in 'retro'...
  8. imho the rise in support for the lib dems will only rob the tories of votes. the tv debate has boosted the lib dems and show boy cameron up for the uncious weasel he is. few people believe the boy wonder, i still dont think theyll win.
  9. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in 20th Century Retro
    not a chance... everett was for kids and adults with no sophistication, totally unlike the young ones , comic strip, et al... you needed a brain to understand the referances with alternative comedy, everett was in the same vein as benny bloody hill... in yer face smut for the brain dead (as in you didnt need to think to understand it, it was what it was) dunno why you dont get the milligan comparison, they both created shows comprising of sketches, one did it brilliantly, the other was comedy for christians...
  10. well maybe it was a loose ban that they never actually implemented with any rigour, i had no idea that it was banned at the time as if it was i/we would simply not know it as we were chart watchers as opposed to album buyers. we listened to radio 1 daytime, we taped oldies and liked new tracks from spring 71 (when we pooled resources to buy a tape recorder) until spring 72 (when i started buying singles cos i had money). we taped 'admiral halsey' 4 times between us alongside tracks from summer 71 until early 72, so the evidence is there, dispite what any book might tell you.
  11. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in Television
    gotta fully agree with you account there scott, DEFINATELY a peter davidson syndrome. my only concern over next weeks ep is that its basically repeating an old enemy again... yes they were good, but we have seen them...
  12. right, im at me mums, me n me sis have raided the attic and found our referances to 'admiral halsey' amongst our tapes. we taped it (either full or in part) 4 times in the early 70's, alongside 9 by 9 , aint no mountain high enough, love is life,(ok both from 70) i dont blame you at all, and say you dont mind.... the interesting thing is that colin blunstone 'say you dont mind' was 1972, therefore 'admiral halsey' was definately played then as its on the tape alongside it, and 'i dont blame you at all' hit the charts in june 71, we only taped off radio 1 and often fought for the ownership of the tape! lol both of us made taped collections of oldies and current tracks we liked. edit my sister has just gone through a tape with the chart run down on it, her tape of admiral halsey was taped after this run down.... number one was t rex 'telegram sam' #1 in january 1972.... so it appears that admiral halsey wasnt banned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_banned_by_the_BBC
  13. surely the greatest question of them all is, 'what is my life all about? why am i hear?' ... and surely to answer that question you have to deal with impiracle facts that can be cross checked, measured, quantified, etc. so i personally take great offence at being told that religious people have the right to believe what they want to believe in is the truth. whilst yes anyone can believe what they want to, as long as they are open to the fact that it might not be 'the truth', and religions that promote their doctrine as 'the truth' based on nothing but 'belief' is utterly bonkers. the universe doesnt run on belief, it runs/exists on the laws of nature, constants that can be discovered, measured, and quantified.
  14. cos its 'gods reprisentitive on earth' <_< ill move this from retro to perspectives as its gone more ploitical now.
  15. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in Television
    i reckon matt smith was a poor choice for the dr, he is too much similar to tennant, imho they should have picked a completely different (older) actor to avoid the comparison.
  16. it was played frquently, i know it (as a 14 year old) as much as 'chirpy chirpy cheap cheap' 'im gonna run away from you' , 'rose garden', at the time i didnt realise it wasnt a single. but the radio 1 roadshow at lunchtime did play several odd tracks... 'nine by nine' by the graham dumas festival band, 'damn fool' by exuma as well... these too failed to chart. perhaps i heard it before the ban, but heard it often enough to know it (i only listend to radio 1, and didnt buy or even hear any paul mccartney album) and tape it. it was played alot after 'another day'.
  17. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in Television
    .... actually i knew that, dunno why i posted that earlier, i knew i should have logged on last night cos there were several points i wanted to make but have forgotten them. but that makes no sense, surely if the opportunity came along to kill the only being in the entire universe that could and has stopped them in the past and is their arch enemy, why not take it? 2 seconds and its done! hardly a delay towards restoring the empire is it!
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  19. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in Television
    tbh i hope they dont....
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  21. April 18th: On this Day 1953, Frankie Laine was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Believe.' The single stayed at No.1 for nine weeks. Laine holds the record for most (non-consecutive) weeks at No.1 than any other single in three chart runs with a total of 18 weeks. 1956, Elvis Presley played 2 shows at the Fairgrounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1964, The Beatles appeared on the UK TV comedy program The Morecambe and Wise Show, playing ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and also participate in comedy sketches with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The Beatles also held the UK and US No.1 position on this day with 'Can't Buy Me Love'. 1968, during a European tour, Pink Floyd played 2 shows at the Piper Club, in Rome, Italy. 1970, Santana, Taj Mahal and It's A Beautiful Day all appeared at London's Royal Albert Hall. 1970, Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) played in the Main Gym at Ocean County College in New Jersey. Tickets cost $2.00. 1972, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Amazing Grace.' The single enjoyed a five-week run at No.1. 1975, four Bay City Rollers fans were taken to hospital and 35 others required on site treatment after they attempted to swim across a lake to meet their heroes. The group were making an appearance at a BBC Radio 1 fun day at Mallory Park. 1981, This years Eurovision Song contest winners Bucks Fizz were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their first No.1 single 'Making Your Mind Up.' 1984, Michael Jackson underwent surgery in a Los Angeles hospital to repair damage done after his hair caught fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. 1985, Wham! Became the first-ever Western pop act to have an album released in China. 1987, Aretha Franklin and George Michael started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Knew You Were Waiting' also a No.1 in the UK. Aretha Franklin set a record for the artist with the longest gap between US No.1 singles, it had been 19 years, 10 months from her last hit 'Respect' in June 1967. 1987, on the 1st leg of their Joshua Tree tour, U2 played the second of five nights at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in California. 1992, Def Leppard started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Adrenalize.' 1992, former Findus fish foods factory worker Annie Lennox went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut solo release 'Diva.' 1992, Right Said Fred had their first and only UK No.1 single with 'Deeply Dippy' ('I'm Too Sexy' and 'Don't Talk Just Kiss' both made the Top 3). 1995, Oasis drummer Tony McCarrol was told by phone that he was being sacked from the group. McCarrol sued the Manchester group for millions in unpaid royalties and in 1996 Oasis agreed to pay him a one-off sum of £550,000 ($935,000). 1996, Bernard Edwards bass guitarist and producer from Chic, died of pneumonia in a Tokyo Hotel room while touring Japan. Also worked with ABC, Power Station, Sister Sledge, Sheila and B. Devotion, Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis, Debbie Harry, Air Supply, and Rod Stewart. 1999, Catatonia scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Equally Cursed And Blessed' the group also had their two other albums in the top 40. 2000, Four Monkee look-alikes were signed to play the 60's pop legends in a TV movie about the group's meteoric rise. The film called 'Daydream Believers' was set to start filming in Toronto. 2003, It was reported that the British share of the most played tracks on UK radio had fallen from 60% to 30% in the past five years. The chart from 2002 had only three UK acts in the Top 10, Sugababes, Blue and Liberty X. The most played single from 2002 was Kylie Minogue's 'Love At First Sight' which had a total of 48,486 plays on UK stations
  22. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in Television
    poorest episode on the new era...... it was a non story that dragged out to 45 minutes...it could have been concluded in 25. didnt like smith trying to do a tennant in his loud gasps and exclaimations. i see no reason why the daleks didnt exterminate the dr when he was winding them up and telling them to kill him. in fact, as their deadliest enemy they had loads of chances to kill the dr... and he didnt seem to register that... barmy. as for the new daleks.... yawn.... i guess when the 13th dr has his final episode, he will eventually kill the daleks along with himself.
  23. Mushymanrob posted a post in a topic in Television
    exactly....
  24. i dont know what you mean...... :unsure:
  25. nope craig, thats wishful thinking.... the polls are traditionally against the incumbent party but come the election people are still reluctant to change and the governing party always get more votes then the polls suggest. (97 being the exception) i dont think the tories will win with a comfortable working majority, in fact i wouldnt be suprised if labour still wins.