Topic: Current Events

[dweez]

Can anyone enlighten me as to who may have performed at Queen Elizabeth's coronation?  Is this a thing?

Mozart?

[goldshirt*9]

The impeding Coronation is in the news.  There's a special chair, on top of a magic rock.  We unwashed heathens on this side of the pond are marveling at the weirdness of the whole thing. 
We have also learned that, so far, the following musicians have declined to perform:
Adele
Elton John
Harry Styles
Robbie Williams
Spice Girls

Can anyone enlighten me as to who may have performed at Queen Elizabeth's coronation?  Is this a thing?

A few of the above cite they have gigs already so cannot perform.
Would imagine the "stars" will play post coronation, but as yet I havent read anything

[dweez]

Please let me know if my comment came across as insensitive and I will remove it. That was not my intention.

[smokester]

I'd say "thank God" to at least 3 of those refusals.

If you'd refused to play at one of queenie's events, you'd have rightfully been stoned to death.

[6pairsofshoes]

Please let me know if my comment came across as insensitive and I will remove it. That was not my intention.

No.  I had assumed you meant Elizabeth I, but Mozart was a little too young to have played for her and a little past his prime to have played for her 20th c. namesake.   

And the Frogmore cottage flap, was that a ? of the King dissing the younger son and his wife, or just a pragmatic move to give a home to the needier brother of the King?   For some reason, the American public is lapping up the scandalous revelations of the estranged couple.  And the rendering of their campaign by South Park is pretty funny.  We hear varying accounts from the BBC and other news sources.

[goldshirt*9]

Mozart?

I thought it was funny 

[6pairsofshoes]

It's raining again.  It's supposed to rain until the end of the month.  I thought we were supposed to be in a drought.  It's feast or famine with us, I guess.

[goldshirt*9]

With again live in interesting times 

[6pairsofshoes]

Hey!  It's stopped raining for a couple of days.  The sun is out!

[goldshirt*9]

Building a ark in Leicester atm, may have to employ a good chippie 

[6pairsofshoes]

I spoke too soon.  It's pouring rain again.
Maybe I was moved to Seattle and nobody told me.

[smokester]

I wouldn't mind the rain if the damn roofers still turned up. I mean: I understand it's tricky working on a wet roof, but on the other hand, it's exactly the time that people need roofers to be working.

It's not my job anyway, I'm just acting as keyholder for the local authority.

[8ullfrog]

They said it was going to be nice today, it rained.

I always liked the rain when I was a kid. As an adult, I do not care for being damp.

[6pairsofshoes]

It's raining again.  And, here's an odd thing.  Around midnight, some bird -- it sounds like an owl or a mourning dove -- starts cooing outside my window.  It's kind of creepy.  This has been going on, intermittently for a couple of weeks.

Maybe it's the reincarnation of a disappointed Manchester United football fan mourning the loss of a big game.

[8ullfrog]

I could see that in a horror movie, you hear the cooing, so you open your blinds to see the owl.
And then it's not an owl.

Few years back, I was on a horror movie kick, and I hear rustling outside my window, so I pull the blinds back and see... a skull.

I thought my time had come, but it was just a helpful and friendly possum.

Later on, I posted about it on reddit and a nice poster explained what was going on - The light from my bedroom was causing the crickets to lie dormant. That meant an easy dinner for my window friend.

It also explained why I didn't have to listen to the annoying crickets.

Opening day at the baseball park is due, so they ground up all the homeless people's belongings and tents. In the rain.
They said they gave the homeless the "courtesy" of a three-hour warning, and that they "Didn't have to do that".

golly the Padres, and golly the illusion of a homeless free San Diego.