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Glenda Jackson - MP and whatever....

Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning actress and former MP dies at 87 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65916692

the_priest wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:48 am Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning actress and former MP dies at 87 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65916692

Local Sarf London girl. Used to see her sometimes when we lived in Greenwich as kids.

gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:51 am

the_priest wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:48 am Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning actress and former MP dies at 87 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65916692

Local Sarf London girl. Used to see her sometimes when we lived in Greenwich as kids.

She was my MP.

(Probably the best one too!).

She used to do scheduled meets for homeless people needing representation. Top lady in her commitment to all her constituents. And an Oscar winner!

Gordon McQueen, rest easy big man!

Human remains were discovered by hikers on Mount Baldy Saturday morning.

At around 10 a.m., hikers contacted the Fontana Sheriff’s Station after coming across the remains in the Mount Baldy Wilderness Area.

Deputies along with the sheriff’s Emergency Operations Division responded to the scene.

The remains were transported to the coroner’s office where officials are working to identify the body.

Authorities said positive identification is expected next week. No further details were released.

Back in January, search efforts were underway when two hikers went missing in Mount Baldy including British actor Julian Sands, 65. Two other hikers were also found dead in the area before Sands went missing.

Axl Rose’s talent and voice

Mr Moofo wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:09 am Axl Rose’s talent and voice

Yep, but made up for by the playing of Slash

Mr Moofo wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:09 am Axl Rose’s talent and voice

Did make me wonder whether they'd turned his mic volume down to hide his fading vocals. Maybe not helped by the fact that he seemed to be running from start to finish of the set.

Slash was great though.

I thought they sounded like a cross between Heavy Metal and Flamenco

I thought it was a sound problem aswel, but he did get there now and against. But the effort he puts in on stage is great.

Slash is possibly the best guitarist I've seen on tv or anywhere else for that matter. 3hrs aswel better than that shower on shite the night before.

Reckon Elton will do a good show tonight, with or without Dave Grohl.

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:40 am I thought they sounded like a cross between Heavy Metal and Flamenco

They always did have a taste for some flamboyant stuff, mostly down to Axl, although he's actually quite a handy pianist. Vocally he's a pub singer now I always thought of Velvet Revolver as being the band GnR should have been.

Slash is definitely amongst the guitar legends, he's right up with the likes of Brian May, EvH, Prince and Lindsey Buckingham.

Dodgy69 wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:52 am I

Slash is possibly the best guitarist I've seen on tv or anywhere else for that matter. 3hrs aswel better than that shower on shite the night before.

Reckon Elton will do a good show tonight, with or without Dave Grohl.

And after all that playing still managed a handstand leaving the stage! Legend.

I'm looking forward to Elton too

Bigjawa wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:03 am

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:40 am I thought they sounded like a cross between Heavy Metal and Flamenco

They always did have a taste for some flamboyant stuff, mostly down to Axl, although he's actually quite a handy pianist. Vocally he's a pub singer now I always thought of Velvet Revolver as being the band GnR should have been.

Slash is definitely amongst the guitar legends, he's right up with the likes of Brian May, EvH, Prince and Lindsey Buckingham.

Without doubt Slash can play a guitar, but I'd much rather listen to something a lot less "twiddly"

v8-powered wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:20 am

Mr Moofo wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:09 am Axl Rose’s talent and voice

Yep, but made up for by the playing of Slash

He does TV commercials these days:

I've just got in from a weekend away so catching up on some Glasto TV. And yeah, Axl Rose was appalling. I mean, he's 61 and everything but Elton John is 76 and doing a far better job of singing.

DefTrap wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:28 am they'd turned his mic volume down

I was flicking back n forth to Glasto, and most of the acts I saw had a crappy vocal set up

Thought Elton did a decent job, crowd involvement and all that, he is 76. But overall, I think it was one of the worst Glastonburys I can remember, from a home watcher pov.

Glastonbury could have it's own thread called "340 quid for that pile of shite?"

Thank god for I-player though, they've actually put up some not bad stuff without the hassle of actually having to go. Going to watch the Sparks set later and the Rick Astley sets were really quite good, especially where he did a set of Smiths songs with some band called The Blossoms (I'm old)

Only one I haven't found so far that might have been good was Max Richter, a bit of culture n'that