Open Thread – Saturday, 04 June 2022

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  1. egg_ says:

    What the hell was Jason Donovan doing there?
    What did he perform?

    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat c/- Andrew Lloyd Weber’s segment


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  2. egg_ says:

    With Jason Donovan in the lead, the expanded show was restaged in 1991 at the London Palladium with Steven Pimlott as director and Anthony Van Laast as choreographer, winning the 1992 Laurence Olivier Award for set design. The cast album of this production was the #1 UK album for two weeks in September 1991, and the single “Any Dream Will Do” from it was also the #1 UK single for two weeks in June–July 1991. When Donovan left, former children’s TV presenter Phillip Schofield portrayed Joseph.


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  3. egg_ says:

    Methinks the “woke” Jubilee (‘carefully choreographed’ c/- Paul Burrell) was to shut the “Meghan Markle camp” up, hence the Royals’ Green speeches.


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  4. mh says:

    Thanks egg_

    I couldn’t remember anything that guy did after marrying Charlene.


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  5. egg_ says:

    I recall Max Bygraves hit late in his career with:

    Max Bygraves – Any Dream Will Do

    Max with his great version of the Tim Rice’ Andrew Lloyd-Webber song Any Dream Will Do. From the stage play Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. This was a top ten hit here in Australia mid 1970s


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  6. egg_ says:

    The Jimmy Dore – Prince Charles “phonecall” parody upthread says it all:

    Prince Charles Upset Queen Elizabeth Isn’t Dead Yet
    Jimmy Dore Show


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  7. egg_ says:

    From the wiki: “In 1967, the Head of the music department of Colet Court School, London, asked a then-unknown Andrew Lloyd Webber (and Tim Rice) to compose a song for the boys choir to sing for their end-of-semester concert. First performed as a 15-minute Pop cantata at Colet, Decca Records recorded it in 1969 as part of a concept album after which ‘Any Dream Will Do’ would eventually become a fully-realized stage production, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Following in the wake of the next Lloyd Webber and Rice success, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph received stage productions beginning in 1970; produced first for the stage in the West End in 1973, and opening on Broadway in 1982.”

    I thought that the choir featured prominently in Max Bygrave’s version.


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  8. candy says:

    Boris survives the no-confidence note. You can’t help but think it is kind of mean to pull that stunt during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, when people are having a good time and enjoying the ceremonies and appreciating their wonderful monarch and wanting not to think of politics for a while.

    Perhaps that’s why the vote failed.


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  9. kaysee kaysee says:

    Neil Oliver

    The State is no longer working to serve us and to protect our shared heritage


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  10. kaysee kaysee says:

    Watching an action movie is not my form of entertainment. I have to admit that in my mind, the film Top Gun was about some bang…bang… from some fast moving car chases.

    A bit of research proves that the story is different. But it still doesn’t interest me. However, what got my attention is the fact that the new release of Top Gun is a top-grossing movie. It is what movies are meant to be: Escapism from the real world for an hour or two. No woke messages. Just taking some time out in fantasy-land watching whatever genre of films you enjoy.

    Even better, the woketards are upset that a non-woke movie is so successful. Perhaps movie-makers will take the hint and realise that the public don’t want to watch wokeology.

    From this article:

    Woketard Leftists Whine as ‘Top Gun’ Continues to Overperform

    Here’s what none of these embittered leftists can point to… A woke movie that overperformed at the box office.

    Top Gun 2 is waaaayyy overperforming.

    But meanwhile…

    Woke West Side Story: Flop
    Woke Eternals: Flop
    Woke In the Heights: Flop
    Woke Wonder Woman1984: Flop
    Woke Charlie’s Angels: Flop
    Woke Men In Black International: Flop
    Woke Birds of Prey: Flop
    Woke Ghostbusters 3: Flop
    Woke The 355: Flop.
    Woke Terminator Dark Fate: Flop
    Woke Oscars: flop
    Woke Netflix: Stock tanking
    Woke Groomers at Disney: Stock tanking
    Woke Star Wars: Doornail dead as a film franchise.

    How many franchises, including Star Wars — woke has been so rejected it killed freakin’ Star Wars! — have to commit Woke Suicide before these morons smell the coffee?

    But, as we all know, they smell the coffee just fine.

    It’s admitting to what the coffee smells like that they don’t have the moral courage to admit.

    God bless the free market.


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  11. kaysee kaysee says:

    Pelham

    The World needs less Justin Trudeau’s, and more Jair Bolsonaro’s


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  12. mh says:

    RBA lifts rates by 0.5%


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  13. kaysee kaysee says:

    I came across this pic on windmill blades.

    So, I decided to fact check. Here’s what I found:

    Fact check:
    Wind turbine blades can be recycled, but it rarely happens today

    The article ends with the following sentence:
    Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook.


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  14. mh says:

    ASX200 falls 1.5%


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  15. kaysee kaysee says:

    I read some articles related to Lizzie’s Jubliee-ing but did not watch any of the show.

    From a Brit:

    Some of the reasons why I’m not celebrating this weekend

    Her Majesty’s Government

    The Abortion Act 1967
    Legalization of sodomy 1967
    Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990
    Abolition of blasphemy law in 2008
    The Equality Act 2010
    Legalization of faux same-sex ‘marriage 2014

    ………………………………………………..

    From a Canadian, on a similar points:

    But let’s be clear about what that means. It means that when bills are presented to Queen Elizabeth, they do not become law until she gives them her assent. She has the power to prevent them becoming law, albeit with the massive constitutional crisis that that would cause. Realpolitik means that these laws will find some other, non-constitutional way in through a revolution.

    She also has another power which she can exercise at any time. That is the power to abdicate.

    If you’re starting to feel uncomfortable, it’s about to get worse.

    In 1967, Queen Elizabeth II was presented with what became the Abortion Act. As the name suggests, this is the Act which made abortion legal in a wide set of situations up to 28 weeks gestation. As a result of this Act, England are set to have their 10-millionth abortion this year.


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  16. egg_ says:

    Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990

    Salty talking with Alex Jones on Friday Night Tights (it’s about SuperHeroes being a Gamers forum, not trannies) upthread, Jones talks of many hybrid human species due to gene splicing, e.g. spider genes to spin silk as military technology, etc. so who knows what human embryos have been used for.


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  17. egg_ says:

    I recall Max Bygraves hit late in his career with:

    Max Bygraves – Any Dream Will Do

    Max with his great version of the Tim Rice’ Andrew Lloyd-Webber song Any Dream Will Do. From the stage play Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. This was a top ten hit here in Australia mid 1970s

    The internet, including wiki, appears to have been sanitized of all references to this recording other than what’s discernable on the 45 rpm record label.

    It appears that Tim Rice’s former employer Paramor and orchestra conductor Ingman, who produced records of the original Jesus Christ Superstar cast, produced this version at about the same time as Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat was being created as a stage play on the heels of Jesus Christ Superstar’s success – the official JCS site says that LLoyd Webber took a lot of control over content, post JCS.

    It’s likely that the stage cast, including the Colet Court School Choir, was used in this recording along with Bygraves, per Paramor and Ingman’s original 1969 cast recording when it was just part of a 15 minute “Pop cantata” for the school.


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  18. egg_ says:

    Spidergoats to the rescue! How to make silk from milk with genetic engineering
    Silk from orb-weaving spiders is versatile and valuable. But, unfortunately for us, spiders are territorial and cannibalistic, so farming them is out. However, the US molecular biologist Randy Lewis has spun a clever solution: genetically engineering goats to deliver the silky goods. First developing the idea at the University of Wyoming before moving his herd to Utah State University, Lewis manipulated goat eggs to include a spider silk-production gene. His resulting ‘spidergoats’ look entirely normal, but produce milk that contains spider-silk protein, which can be extracted for use in countless applications, from repairing human ligaments and tendons to producing parachutes and airbags. While this short documentary from 2010 uses humour to detail the ingenious transgenic process, it also prompts questions such as: are spidergoats a mutation too far? Or is this simply the next logical step in humanity’s millennia-long history of genetic manipulation?


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  19. egg_ says:

    Hot on the heels of Oliver Stone’s latest iteration, JFK: Destiny Betrayed, Viva Barnes crew, particularly Eric Hunley, have been looking into the events along with a researcher.

    The whole thing reads like a Spy Novel, with CIA pawns everywhere.
    He contends that LBJ, with the aid of the CIA, bumped off JFK and Edgar J Hoover wasn’t in on it.
    The Chicago trip was a botched attempt but in Texas, LBJ’s home state, he had far more control.

    He backgrounds the main characters first, then lays out how it happened in a series of episodes with many references (300 books total).

    Who is Buell Wesley Frazier?
    America’s Untold Stories

    There are other playlists, including the Alec Baldwin saga.


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  20. Steve trickler says:

    kaysee says:
    June 7, 2022 at 3:19 pm

    Queen Elizabeth.

    She’s greeted nearly every evil w*anker under the sun, complete with a smile and a good feed to boot.

    For all those suffering from the energy crisis; trying to stay warm or cool…do you really think she cares about you? The answer is no. She does not care.

    Her hubby was a w*nker, Prince Charles is a w*nker, her grand kids are w*nkers…nearly the entire family are globalists supporting w*nkers.

    She is one of the most evil individuals on the planet who would not give a rats arse about anyone struggling trying to stay warm or cool when it comes to costs.

    The excuses people trot out for that evil mole is astonishing.


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  21. Steve trickler says:

    How many people struggling with power bills will line the streets and wave that evil bitch off when she carks it and then go back to their homes and hesitate about flicking a switch on for comfort?

    I reckon a lot…BBC watchers galore.

    Has the evil b*tch condemned any C-19 policies which has ruined so many peoples lives?

    [ crickets chirping ]

    She is true evil. Spare me the Jubilee crap.


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  22. egg_ says:

    Harry and Meghan return BITTER! seeking REVENGE NOW?
    The Body Language Guy

    Lowe Browe (“Ruprecht” from Tim Blair’s old blog?) may have another take.


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  23. egg_ says:

    Has the evil b*tch condemned any C-19 policies which has ruined so many peoples lives?

    Captive of the MSM – “The Firm” is a publicity machine, after all.

    “The Markle camp” will be giving them grief for a few years yet, even if they embrace wokeness – progressives will never be satisfied, that is their nature.


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  24. Ragu says:

    from repairing human ligaments and tendons to producing parachutes and airbags. 

    Yeah right. How will they incorporate every individuals histo complex into the ligament proteins.

    Pfffft, they’re dreaming


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  25. Ragu says:

    It means that when bills are presented to Queen Elizabeth, they do not become law until she gives them her assent

    Except, thats not quite right. Canukians have a governor general who does all the assentments. Regina is just a figurehead for a dopey bunch of germans.


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  26. Steve trickler says:

    Cossack could be in jail for a while.

    *************

    Aussie Cossack Update June 3rd


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  27. egg_ says:

    When I was a kid in 1970 during the Royal Tour, the Queen drove by the top of my street less than a block from my house, we were lined up near the West End Post Office waving our flags.
    From the intersection at the top of our street it wasn’t paved until this visit as we were on the verge of town, becoming rural.


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  28. mh says:

    #BankOfEngland #Economy #Business
    In full: Former BoE Governor warns of a “very unpleasant period” ahead

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Zb_AvxT8g


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  29. egg_ says:

    My street was the main street, this is the shopping strip at the time of the visit, mini skirts (and mini cars) being all the rage with yoof at the time.


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  30. kaysee kaysee says:

    Dutch Politician Simone Kerseboom

    calls out the WHO plandemic treaty and Bill Gates. She calls for the WHO to be closed down.


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  31. Steve trickler says:

    Mr. Italiano is correct.

    “Never Break the Pasta!” Absolutely God damn right!

    With that said, nothing beats freshly made pasta and yes, meat with pasta is fine.

    I will try the simple recipe with just oil, garlic and pasta, much like the bloke does here.

    I might give it a go with Maggi-Two Minute noodles.

    [ Dodging knives, pots and pans, rotten tomatoes from the chef ]

    ************

    Ello from Russia:

    We set off for one of the most mysterious places of Russia – Man Pupu Ner. My Italian friends will experience the real Russian winter, our banya (sauna), try the northern food… and try to cook Italian pasta in the Far North of Russia.

    Time codes:
    0:00 Intro
    0:58 Man-Pupu-Ner – one of the 7th wonders of Russia
    1:50 Italians are trying Russian pizza 😆
    4:26 Eli: try to pronounce this word. Italians: nooo
    6:04 We fell off a snowmobile 😱
    7:14 “Russian banya is better than an Italian sauna”
    8:46 Italians are teaching Russians to cook authentic pasta
    14:06 Cooking competition. Russia vs Italy

    Italians head to the most mysterious place in the Extreme North of Russia


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  32. kaysee kaysee says:

    Queen Elizabeth.

    She’s greeted nearly every evil w*anker under the sun, complete with a smile and a good feed to boot.

    Steve, I know you have been commenting on Lizzie and her role in this new world order.

    She has had the privileges of royalty but I don’t know how deep she is into this whole reset scheme. Her eldest son and grandsons – they are definitely involved in the NWO.

    In the case of the Queen, I suspect she has been caught between conflicting duties and roles. I will keep looking for more facts.


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  33. kaysee kaysee says:

    Nicholas Sandmann lawyer joins Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal team

    One of the lawyers who successfully represented Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann during his defamation cases has joined the legal team of Kyle Rittenhouse. The high-profile lawyer proclaimed that he believes there are as many as 15 “solid” defamation cases against “large defendants” like Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.


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  34. egg_ says:

    Andrew Lloyd Webber has been passionate about music education for children since his early 20s. His and Tim Rice’s musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, was originally written for children, and the show is often performed with a children’s choir. It started out as a humble, short, 15-minute piece written for an Easter choir concert Lloyd Webber’s younger brother Julian was performing in. Here’s the story:

    Alan Doggett, a music teacher at Colet Court school in Hammersmith, England, had asked Lloyd Webber if he would compose a piece just for the Easter end-of-term concert. Lloyd Webber asked his friend, Tim Rice, if he’d write the lyrics. The school’s choir performed at the Old Assembly Hall at Colet Court on March 1, 1968. The piece was performed two more times in 1968: May 12 at Central Hall, Westminster, where Lloyd Webber’s father was the organist, and November 9 at St. Paul’s Cathedral. The third performance was already the beginning of an expanded version.

    Then, in January 1969, the record label Decca released an album of the St Paul’s Cathedral version of Joseph. Have a listen to this early rendition of “Any Dream Will Do”. You’ll hear a children’s choir singing in the background, of course, as you do for many of the cast recordings and also the movie, but the feel of the song is definitely different from later versions.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    ˘◡˘

    Break time

    1/

    Following on from the pasta tips above,

    Quick Pasta recipe


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  36. egg_ says:

    Looks like a remastered version of the original 1969 recording from the official Lloyd Webber channel.

    Credits including:
    Choir – The Colet Court Choir
    Lyrics By – Tim Rice
    Music By, Orchestrated By – Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Organ [Hammond] – Dr. W. S. Lloyd Webber*
    Performer – The Joseph Consortium, The Mixed Bag (2)
    Producer – Norrie Paramor, Tim Rice
    Vocals [Pharaoh] – Tim Rice
    Vocals, Lead Guitar – David Daltrey


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  37. egg_ says:

    Was Imhotep and Joseph the same person?
    Ben Carson says he thinks Joseph built the pyramids, but the Egyptian records and experts say it was Imhotep, who, no, is not Joseph. Could Imhotep, builder of the pyramids, and Joseph, the Biblical savior of the Pharaoh and Egypt from famine, have been one and the same?


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  38. Fat Tony says:

    Steve trickler says:
    June 7, 2022 at 6:19 pm

    Has the evil b*tch condemned any C-19 policies which has ruined so many peoples lives?
    [ crickets chirping ]
    She is true evil. Spare me the Jubilee crap.

    Not only QEII but the many others in high positions who could have spoken out but didn’t.

    There has to be consequences for this – at the top level and all the way down to the “foot soldiers” (police who enforced the regs & medicos who injected the poison into millions of people).


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  39. Steve trickler says:

    kaysee says:
    June 7, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    She’s stood silent while her family has run amok for decades promoting CAGW.

    People are now struggling because of this nonsense. I predict she will have another banquet will all the scum of the Earth in attendance before she carks it.


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  40. egg_ says:

    There has to be consequences for this – at the top level and all the way down to the “foot soldiers” (police who enforced the regs & medicos who injected the poison into millions of people).

    Methinks the tide is slowly turning, with oligarchs such as Musk and Bezos pushing back on the “woke” variety and Joe Public (85% c/- Jim Brewer) wise to all of the nonsensical scams – only the retards on Sinc’s old blog bought into the Couf’s ‘Appeal to Authority’.

    Look at Ardern from NZ lecturing the US on guns (Wellington Nazi massacre backlash?) – powerful forces at play, yet Salty Cracker reckons if you push back, they fold, so they’ve likely bought politicians’ silence.

    Methinks Dr Boob Gates just tries another tack via his bought media.


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  41. mh says:

    Victoria’s ski fields are blanketed in the most early-season snow in decades as a cold blast and high precipitation have caused heavy flakes to fall since the start of winter.

    Resort managers say the last time snow surpassed current depths – which are about 72 centimetres at Mount Buller, 87 centimetres at Falls Creek and 88 centimetres at Mount Hotham – before the Queen’s Birthday weekend was in 2000.


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  42. mh says:

    She good curry

    Depp ‘runs up $87,000 curry bill’

    When in Birmingham, do as the locals do and grab a curry. That’s what Johnny Depp did, and ran up a bill nudging $87,000,


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  43. egg_ says:

    The price of fame – malice?

    you are so right in what you say about the mindset of somebody who will be so affected that he would allow himself to be run over by a train.

    As a teenager, I knew Alan Doggett for two or three years in between his time at Colett Court and his death. I can remember in 1978 reading a small article in the local paper and feeling stunned, shocked and saddened by the whole story. I found it extremely difficult to believe and chose to go with Tim Rice’s original theory that there was a strong vibe of jealous parents lurking whose young sons had not been chosen for the original Joseph recordings. There is quite a lot of information missing about Alan Doggetts life and the close friendship he shared with Tim Rice and Andrew and Julian Lloyd Webber who seem to be, sadly, steering clear of getting embroiled in the whole episode this time round. Loyalty is obviously not top of their agenda.

    No media has even mentioned to date tha