redfiona99 | Entries tagged with music

Economics:

Forget summer, it's time to prepare for Christmas - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41013875 Article is from August 2017. It's about how early shops have to prepare for Christmas.

Films:

Bollywood comes to Yorkshire - and helps the UK film industry strike Gold - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40963986 From 2017

Miscellaneous:

The soul of the rose - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_soul_of_the_rose Article about the distillation of flowers for perfumes.

Survey Finds Widespread 'Moral Distress' Among Veterinarians - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/17/657823225/survey-finds-widespread-moral-distress-among-veterinarians

Music:

The KLF: Pop's saboteurs return after 23 years - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41022272

Through Slavery, Segregation And More, 'La Bamba' Has Been The Sound Of Survival - https://www.npr.org/2018/10/14/655833317/la-bamba-american-anthem-ritchie-valens-los-lobos-survival

News:

Reality Check: What is the European Court of Justice? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40630322

New York City Had Its First Weekend Without A Shooting In 25 Years - https://www.npr.org/2018/10/17/658084556/new-york-city-had-its-first-weekend-without-a-shooting-in-25-years From 2018

Science:

A Slow Trip To A Hot Planet: Spacecraft Launches For Mission To Mercury - https://www.npr.org/2018/10/19/654341131/a-slow-trip-to-a-hot-planet-spacecraft-poised-for-mission-to-mercury One of my friends worked on this.

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1261905.html

(possible flashing lights warning)

Nicola Adams and Katya Jones were paired together in this year's Strictly Come Dancing, as the first same-sex couple on the show*. They were, of course, fab and adorable. Unfortunately they had to drop out early on due to Katya being in contact with someone with COVID.

The only upside to this was that I didn't have to listen to Shirley Ballas finding new ways of saying that Nicola Adams didn't have "feminine lines" (whatever the expletive that means), because I was worried that if that did happen, I would have a rage embolism.

Nicola and Katya came back for the finale for a one-off performance (see video below), and it looks like Katya was also expecting that, and choreographed around it.

Watch on YouTube

It turns out that Nicola Adams is a stronger lead than any of the male celebrities and as good at lifts as several of them.** This does not surprise. Despite my terribleness at latin and ballroom dancing, I know that at the heart of being a good lead is confidence, and in boxing (and all fight sports) you have to convey a sense of being confident even when you're not, which helps enormously.

I was team Bill Bailey/Nicola Adams/Jason Bell/JJ Chalmers. Which meant I was down to team Bill/JJ remarkably quickly, in between Nicola Adams's removal due to COVID protocols and JBell being done up like a kipper by someone*** deciding to make him dance a paso doble to the Star Wars theme. Yes, that's a "need a strong beat and to count to 8" to the Star Wars theme.

Done up like a kipper.

I was less surprised than most people that Bill Bailey was competent, mostly because you can't be that good a musician and be a completely incompetent dancer, but I was surprised by quite how good he was.

Watch on YouTube

(Yes, I am biased because Oti is my favourite of the female dancers)

Given my usual involvement with Strictly is reading who has been paired with whom to answer the question of "has Anton been given the lemon?" with the almost inevitable yes, there has been more Strictly in my life than usual. (One day Anton will retire and someone else will have to learn how to choreograph for lemons. I think it will probably be Johannes.)

I am very happy with Bill Bailey winning.

*because I lack joy, I still think it's a gimmick, because if it wasn't a gimmick, straight celebrities would be in same-sex pairings too. It would make life easier for some of the shorter men and taller women.

** I completely understand Bill Bailey not wanting to do lifts, because I think he's more aware than some of the youths about the damage that could happen if he dropped Oti, and lifts are something you shouldn't do if you're not confident.

*** I know the someone wasn't JBell or Luba, his dance partner, because she'd never seen Star Wars before.

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1261355.html

Art:

A Gargantuan Purple Sea Monster Lurks Inside a Two-Story Warehouse at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard - https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2018/10/sea-monsters-take-over-philadelphias-navy-yard/ From 2018

Music:

Thinkin' Songs: Drown Out The World With A Concentration-Friendly Megamix - https://www.npr.org/2018/10/05/654441450/thinkin-songs-drown-out-the-world-with-a-concentration-friendly-megamix

Science:
How A 19th Century Chemist Took On The Food Industry With A Grisly Experiment - https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/08/654066794/how-a-19th-century-chemist-took-on-the-food-industry-with-a-grisly-experiment

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1260893.html

Miscellaneous:

Why It's Easy — And Hard — To Get A Postcard All The Way From Timbuktu - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/22/647059008/why-its-easy-and-hard-to-get-a-postcard-all-the-way-from-timbuktu From 2018

Exercise as a Weight-Loss Strategy- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/well/eat/exercise-as-a-weight-loss-strategy.html

There's a Weird Workout Side Effect to Your Tattoos - https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/news/a56795/how-tattoos-affect-workouts-sweat/

Music:

Meg White Is The 21st Century's Loudest Introvert - https://www.npr.org/2018/09/21/646423702/meg-white-is-the-21st-centurys-loudest-introvert From 2018

Sport:

Football:

FA Cup: Singer Jake Quickenden looking to hit the right notes for Ossett Town - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40897418 From 2017

Echte Liebe (True Love) - https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/nuri-sahin-borussia-dortmund This is in the football section because it's about a footballer writing about football, but it's so much more than that. You know the whole 'sport isn't important, but it is very important' thing (cue the famous Bill Shankly quote), it's all about that.

Olympics:

Olympic medals: The tricky job of reallocating - and getting them back - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40746615

Tennis:

SERENA WILLIAMS TALKS PREGNANCY, RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/serena-williams-talks-pregnancy-retirement-and-social-issues-in-wide-ranging-interview_sto6289933/story.shtml From 2017. See previous comment re: article content. Just in the tennis section for filing purposes.

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1256286.html

Films:

Clive Barker: Why I Once Gave Up Horror Movies Entirely - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/clive-barker-why-i-once-645017

Health:

Discreetly Tracking Down Sex Partners To Stop A Surge In STDs - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/08/645624754/discreetly-tracking-down-sex-partners-to-stop-a-surge-in-stds

Law and order:

Warning over power of attorney risks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40887323

Music:

Paul Simon Says 'I'm Finished' Writing Music - https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/09/05/644544793/paul-simon-says-im-finished-writing-music

Photography:

In pictures: 2017 Galapagos photography competition - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-40923459

Sport:

American Football:

This is Phoebe Schecter, Britain's first female NFL coach - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40928845/this-is-phoebe-schecter-britains-first-female-nfl-coach

Athletics:

Sanya Richards-Ross 'healed' by support after abortion revelation - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40924207

World Athletics Championships 2017: How Nigeria trips up its own athletes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40900480

Football:

Premier League: Transfer window changes 'a long way off' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40931420 Article from 2017. Things have still not changed.

The Rock: Dwayne Johnson praises Adebayo Akinfenwa's celebration - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40933785 Also from 2017

Everton’s under-23 squad are buying a house for young homeless people - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/81a22fd8-f3a0-44b5-a849-ba3f5d601e57 From 2017, but Everton are very big into community work.

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1251800.html

The 6 hour long Windows update this weekend has thrown everything out.

Architecture:

London's Garden Bridge project officially abandoned - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40921373 From 2017, but it still makes me sad. I know the plan was unworkable but I like the idea of the Garden Bridge.

Big Ben's bongs to fall silent until 2021 for repairs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40922169 From 2017.

History:

How department stores changed the way we shop - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40448607

Law and Order:

Taylor Swift's court sketch: A misunderstood art - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40909553 Not about T. Swift at all, it's about court sketches.

Miscellaneous:

Me and my scar: It took me 45 years to love my body - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40862546

Music:

Pineapples banned by Reading and Leeds Festivals - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-40923473 From 2017

Social Media:

Disruption is over - and Facebook won - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40922041 From 2017, an example of one of two perennial BBC articles about social media. 1 - shiny new product that will challenge Facebook, and win. 2 - shiny new product has not won, and therefore nothing will ever beat Facebook. I suspect both kinds of article are bunk.

Sport:

Boxer, 14: 'I'm not knocked by social media bullies' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40923919

Athletics:

World Championships 2017: Why athletics is still worth fighting for - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40920004

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1250391.html

Miscellaneous:

Nope, Those Aren't Mailboxes: Paris Rolls Out Sidewalk Urinals - https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/638512558/nope-those-arent-mailboxes-paris-rolls-out-sidewalk-urinals

Music:

Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76 - https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/532687119/aretha-franklin-the-queen-of-soul-dead-at-76

Space:

NASA Braves The Heat To Get Up Close And Personal With Our Sun - https://www.npr.org/2018/08/09/637133541/nasa-braves-the-heat-to-get-up-close-and-personal-with-our-sun

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1245968.html

Culture:

Calling your husband by name for the first time - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40745343

Health:

Why your fat legs might not be your fault - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059rmy9

History:

Detroit recalls five days of violent unrest a half century later - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40711211

Law:

Employment tribunal fees unlawful, Supreme Court rules - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40727400 From 2017

Miscellaneous:

Why does the US military buy so much Viagra? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40741785

Mermaids gather to compete for UK title - The UK's top mermaids are gathering this weekend in Northampton to battle it out for the national Miss Mermaid crown. But just what is it that motivates someone to don a tail and morph into a creature that is half-woman, half-fish? The BBC has dived into this unusual world to find out more. - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40675250

A 101-Year-Old Tattoo Artist Is Teaching Girls to Ink for Independence - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fang-od-oggay-kalinga-tattoo-philippines

From Baghdad to the bar: A blind refugee's journey - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40707114

Mark Gatiss on reflecting a century of gay life in Queers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5SbyC4cSmv4PbhHjbSqFvPp/mark-gatiss-on-reflecting-a-century-of-gay-life-in-queers

Music:

A map of Britain made up of amazing bands from Arctic Monkeys to Pink Floyd https://thatiswhereyourewrong.tumblr.com/post/63102422047/britain-made-up-of-amazing-bands-from-arctic

Lana Del Rey: 'I got jolted into the real world' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40714557 From 2017

Sport:

Football:

Europa League: Ostersunds' Jamie Hopcutt on goals, Jamie Vardy and Swan Lake - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40718383

Art:

Flint iron ring sculpture plans met with criticism - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40703954

Economics:

More than 2,500 products subject to shrinkflation, says ONS - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40703866

How formula milk shaped the modern workplace - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40281403

History:

How Britain supported the early release of Rudolf Hess - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40647291

Back from the Front: Tracking down WW1 grave markers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-40446229 There's a quote in there, that really hits home. "One unusual marker is a wooden Star of David, at Broadgreen Cemetery, Liverpool, commemorating an unknown Jewish soldier.

Often it was impossible to identify an individual soldier's remains, and Merseyside has a particular concentration of markers for so-called "unknowns", probably brought back during pilgrimages by churches and other groups."

The King's Liverpool Regiment were my great grandfather's regiment but at least we know where he's buried, and I know lots of people didn't, because to this day, the Lancashires (which the King's Liverpool were amalgamated into) still send a representative to every funeral of a World War I unknown British soldier because there's a good chance he's one of theirs.

Miscellaneous:

Alice Cooper finds Warhol artwork after decades rolled up in storage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40715105

Refugee children on Lesbos helped to face fear of drowning - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40580529

The extraordinary life of a 91-year-old beauty queen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40709840

Taiwan's Taoists protest against curbs on incense and firecrackers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40699113 From 2017

The city that makes the most expensive boats in the world - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40681345

The last days of Phnom Penh's iconic White Building - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40652014

Music:

The brilliance of Scott Walker - explained! - https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/76b1d907-dc01-45e7-9b83-1cd2a0054da3

Sport:

Baseball:

PJ Conlon: Belfast-born pitcher to make Major League Baseball debut - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/44029898 From 2018

Cricket:

England's World Cup win: The transformation of women's cricket - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40701196 From 2017.

Football:

Are serious knee injuries in the Premier League really at 'epidemic' levels? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40679002 From 2017

Rugby League:

Castleford Tigers: Why no hullaballoo for League Leaders Shield win? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/40698382 Possibly, just possibly, because, due to the existence of the actual title, we all know that the League Leaders Shield means nothing. I speak as a Saints fan. How many times have we won it and not gone on to win the league because of some disaster in the playoffs. I know the idea was to try and have the league actually matter after several complaints (including from Saints fans) that it was stupid that you could be miles ahead at the end of the actual season and it not matter at all. But it still doesn't, and giving a team the world's tiniest plate to make up for that does nothing.

Rugby Union:

Women's Rugby World Cup 2017: England XVs contracts will not be renewed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40704070 From 2017, but I don't think they went back on their decision. It's one of those things where, for all that governing bodies talk a good game about sporting equality, for some reason, when there's a money shortage, the cuts are always to women's sport first. See also bobsleigh, see also football.

Technology:

How a 'smarter' power system might affect you - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40704036

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1228952.html

Education:

100 Top Colleges Vow To Enroll More Low-Income Students - https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/18/602260480/100-top-colleges-vow-to-enroll-more-low-income-students

Miscellaneous:

The sound of Wikipedia - http://listen.hatnote.com/#nowelcomes,en This sounds lovely, and is very relaxing.

April Is A Cruel Month For This Columbine Teacher And Survivor - https://www.npr.org/2018/04/20/602346613/april-is-a-cruel-month-for-this-columbine-teacher-and-survivor

Welcome, 'Little One': Critically Endangered Gorilla Born At National Zoo - https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/603142825/welcome-little-one-critically-endangered-gorilla-born-at-national-zoo From 2018

Music:

Hear Prince’s Original Studio Recording of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ - https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-princes-original-studio-recording-of-nothing-compares-2-u-629289/

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1226386.html

As tagged by ioplokon

Name a BAND (NOT a song, NOT a solo performer) that starts with the letter “D”.

Please don’t google one, just use your brain. Although I entirely understand if you, like myself, get hit with brain fade.

I'll then give you a letter for you to REPOST (if you want)

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1225671.html

Animals:

Eurasian lynx: Plan to return it to Kielder Forest to be submitted - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40542306 Have a lynx link.

Architecture:

Eritrea capital Asmara makes World Heritage list - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40544406

Art:

Blue-sky thinking: How Yorkshire Sculpture Park broke the mould - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5dRb2phYh5zqddNYzQYhZyP/blue-sky-thinking-how-yorkshire-sculpture-park-broke-the-mould

Education:

10 charts that show the effect of tuition fees - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40511184

Food and drink:

The billionaire trying to make the world's best Pinot Noir - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40496904

Health:

Behind the Headlines - Your guide to the science that makes the news. - https://www.nhs.uk/news/ Because sometimes I get cranky while fact-checking other people’s medical science posts on tumblr, and occasionally in RL, may I humbly recommend the NHS’s website for when relatives declaim that baking soda cures cancer.

Law and order:

The prison monitor sacked after voicing her concerns - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39113391

Prison officers 'assaulted on regular basis' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40519755

Miscellaneous:

The love that survived a Chinese labour camp - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40544415

Madagascar: Where France's maritime history sails on - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40555125

Music:

The secrets of a hit summer song - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40497669

News:

Gay man wins Supreme Court case on equal pension rights - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40580596

Migrant crisis: 'Hipster right’ group trying to stop rescue ships - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40505337

Politics:

I don't normally post political cartoons, but this one is a cracker - https://rejectingrepublicans.tumblr.com/post/171644272454

Shoppers 'in the dark' about Brexit effect - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40530700

Most characteristic words in pro- and anti-feminist tweets - https://web.archive.org/web/20180928230709/http://www.prooffreader.com/2015/05/most-characteristic-words-in-pro-and.html

Science:

Subatomic science: 10 things we know (and don’t know) about the fabric of the universe - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3TgVv4h7Xd3y89N73XZ5z5p/subatomic-science-10-things-we-know-and-don-t-know-about-the-fabric-of-the-universe

Social media:

Taxonomy of Humans According to Twitter - By generating automated targeted ads, “The Infinite Campaign” exposes the bizarre rubrics Twitter uses to render its users legible. - https://thenewinquiry.com/taxonomy-of-humans-according-to-twitter/

Sport:

Football:

Fan's dying wish leads to Stranraer versus FC Twente game - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-40494622

Stop shouting: how Sweden tackled misbehaving parents at kids’ football - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jul/10/shouting-parents-football-sweden-football-code?CMP=fb_a-football_b-gdnfootball

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1219052.html

History:

Canada to apologise for 'LGBT purge' in government - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40268010 From 2017

Law and Order:

Two brothers, same murder, but one goes free. Why? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40375420

Miscellaneous:

Transgender train workers: 'Don't pity us' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40370811

Italy acid attack model Gessica Notaro returns to work - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40393426

'I kept my daughter's body at home for three weeks' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40367076

The secret lives of young IS fighters - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/is_fighters

Film exposes London's sex industry underworld - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40363513

Singhsbury's renamed Morrisinghs after Sainsbury's 'legal row' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40416049

Music:

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl in Glastonbury tribute to dead fan - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-40407654

Beyonce songwriter shares her top seven tips for making it in music - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4SFJynhW1RR6sKsRrqBJnSj/beyonce-songwriter-shares-her-top-seven-tips-for-making-it-in-music

Politics:

How Midlanders narrowed it down to a hung parliament - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40272464 From 2017

Sport:

Cricket:

The rise of Rabada - http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1133303/the-rise-of-rabada

Rugby:

British rugby fan crashes on New Zealand All Blacks' couch - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40401731

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1211651.html

History:

Battle of Medway: The English defeat that's largely forgotten - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-40175458 Frustratingly short article. Fine, say it's still important today, but tell me why.

Miscellaneous:

Will Kenya get value for money from its new railway? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40171095

Is refusing terrorists funerals a deterrent? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40175088

Music:

L7: To Hell and Back - https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/l7-to-hell-and-back-120783/

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1197825.html

Right, I give up! Does anyone have any recommendations for good noise cancelling earphones that don't cost a ridiculous amount. I just can't handle the [stuff] the circuit bunnies do their circuits to. Actually, that's not fair, most of it is stuff I would enjoy if I wasn't trying to run and it wasn't at ear-bleeding volume. But basically, I need some way of drowning it out.

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1195495.html

Miscellaneous:

Music torture: How heavy metal broke Manuel Noriega - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40090809

"I saw people running and my initial response was to go the same way, but then something kicked in": The selfless British Transport Police staff ran towards danger to help those injured in the [Manchester] terror attack - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/i-saw-people-running-initial-13114756 Adding in the subheading because apparently, no-one who works for British newspapers can write a decent headline anymore.

Just the job? When interviews go wrong - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39818120

Meet the women and girls who rocked Comic Con - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40085977

How an autistic child became world pinball champion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40004224

Music:

Fats Domino, Architect Of Rock 'N' Roll, Dead At 89 - https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/25/522583856/fats-domino-architect-of-rock-and-roll-dead-at-89

Sport:

Cycling:

Tour de France 2019: Brussels will host Grand Depart to honour Eddy Merckx - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/40092052