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Battle of the Billies. Frankly neither deserve to be in this competition but I’m going with Bragg because his music doesn’t make me feel like I should be retired in a home before I listen to it

Saw Al Green twice, sort of by accident. Once at the Lennon concert in Liverpool in 1990 and once singing with James Brown at a festival in the late 90’s. Both times I thought that I really should see him more, so he gets the vote here

I reckon I’d pay money to see a Shakin Stevens & Showaddywaddy revival tour

That’s a good list. Not nearly as much dross as the band tournaments had in them

This randomiser seems to hate good music

I weep for the future of the human race when I see shit like this

Abbey Road side 2 Here comes the sun Because Medley

Just the Telegraph pushing Johnson, Farage and the right wing’s agenda of using exaggerated non-stories to start a culture war to distract from the twin messes of Covid and Brexit. Shame on any naive fool who fell for it

Maybe it’s his out without losing face as the Republicans realise he’s fucked in the election, don’t want the chaos he’s threatening to bring in if he loses and figure that Pence could probably win

Pence vs Harris, the USA will be a theocracy by 2024

I think hang-wanking yourself to death simply because you’re bored in a hotel room should get you an honourable mention in the rock and roll pantheon

He appears to be giving commands to a white supremacist group, presumably as their leader

This isn’t a debate, it’s a drunk guy in a bar just shouting over everyone else

His father was in command of the fleet at the Gulf of Tonkin during the fake attack that allowed LBJ to justify starting the Vietnam War. Weird connection

They seem to be playing it two ways. Either he’s a tax-dodging scumbag or he’s so shit as a businessman that he’s losing money every year since forever and is up to his eyes in debt. Both can actually be true but both can’t be false. So far his response seems to be that it’s all lies

Following the law. I’m sure the lawyers on here will correct me if wrong, but I believe that it’s possible for negligence to be a factor in some criminal charges

Agree but police work cannot be the only job where incompetence leading to death goes unpunished. He needs to be investigated and prosecuted if appropriate

Cuffed with hands behind his back but still able to pull out a hidden gun, shoot a police officer in the chest and himself in the neck according to the Guardian. Very strange set of circumstances

How about he does his patriotic duty in sacrificing a bit of profit to ensure the prosperity of his employees to contribute to the economic growth of his sovereign nation. Funny how these cunts bang on about being in it together when delivering Brexit and then run a fucking mile when they’re asked to contribute something themselves

Best thing about this time of year is that boot season is nearly back. I went to get mine out of the cupboard so I can condition and wax them and realised that I own far too many. I’m up to to two pairs of Chelsea, two pairs of chukka, two pairs of casual dress boots, one pair of brogues, one pair of work boots, two pairs of hiking boots and two pairs of shit quality, 2-season boots. And I don’t have a black pair so need to rectify that I’ve realised that I can’t bring all these out as I take the piss out of the wife for owning too many shoes. Anyone else got a bit of a boot obsession or is it just me?

Tough one. Loved the Doors as a kid although some of the pretentious bollocks talked about Jim Morrison tends to put me off a bit now. Think they’ve still got the edge though, especially their live stuff

Cases have sky-rocketed here, gone from under 5,000 to 20,000 in a month. Some of it is about increased testing but we’re definitely in a second wave. Fortunately hospitalisations and deaths have increased at a much slower rate so far (35 current cases considered critical out of 15,000 active) and the most heavily affected group is 20-29 year olds. Govt has got harsher on enforcing restrictions including mask wearing and now compulsory to have one on and covering both mouth & nose in all indoor settings. Both the individual and the shop/shopping mall/cinema etc can be fined for non-compliance. Three strikes against a shop and they can be shut down for anything up to 12 months. However they are not required to physically enforce mask-wearing or remove customers, they just have to verbally request that one is worn This shit feels like it’s going to go on forever

The Byrds should win this just on the quality of their footwear in that video. I love a good Chelsea boot

Put a toffee pop in with the card and I’ll love you again