The POP WORLD CUP is here, all the countries from that other World Cup but represented by awesome songs, happening across this month and next

I would like to think so. Maybe the songwriter was from Morpeth, and moved over in their teens.

Oh aye

Happy 40th(ish) Birthday CD Singles!

Good day!

Main/Manager: Natalie Imbruglia "Torn" (Australia)

Bonii: Max Richter "On The Nature Of Daylight" (Germany)
John Farnham "You're The Voice" (Australia)

No dramas, etc.

Alt text: the scene from Airplane with Ted Stryker and the elderly lady. "Nervous?" "No I've been nervous before" etc,

I go with 100%, just to make certain.

Some great tracks there, including What Time Is Love? which made me think "hang on, the KLF were having hits in the US as early as 1989?"

The Cheeky Girls always detested being described as a girl group, insisting that they were rock'n'roll singers and shouldn't be defined by their gender.

a man in a suit and tie is smiling while holding a microphone . Alt: Terry Wogan holds court on Blankety Blank at some point in the accursed Thatcher years.

Surely...

...rather up to your power? [shrug emoji]

David Austin, pictured, now manages George Michael's estate.

Bluesky this evening appears to be losing its mind over something from *last year*'s Eurovision, which I suppose is somewhat on brand

of interest to few certain strains of music heads: huge stash of NME back issues now dropping on @archive.org, 300+ issues, 1969-1983 (so far). archive.org/search?query...

£30!

Give me 47 minutes!

The second Age Of Chance album, Mecca, is a real curiosity - they changed their approach to something more post-E, a bit Beloved, with a new singer. Might as well have been a different band.

I was torn between this, and next interim Spurs boss.

U ok hun?

And who could blame you? Looking at the day's running order, I must have moved about quite a bit myself. I couldn't tell you anything about, say, Electrasy these days.

I saw Dogstar and Keanu Reeves there at least 25 years ago. Everyone survived the ordeal.

Bernhard's not expected to play, is he?

Proper opener, since then meh

World's gone to shit
Let's watch the Brit
Awards

Wasn't even close.

Born on this day in 1940, Jimmy Greaves, seen here in my favourite TV titles sequence

Do keep up this commentary. I've played through the game a couple of times and really must get another one in some day.

Reliving the key events as you encounter them is bringing it all back. A fantastic game.

If Snoop Dogg doesn't redo "Gin & Juice" as "Jen & Bruce" money is being left on the table #Olympics

A picture of Chinese snowboarder Bi Ye.

Hope you're not too miffed,