RIP Donna Summer

When I was at school in the seventies many rock and pop outfits and artistes were hacking away at society’s norms. Some of my parents’ bêtes noire were the likes of Alice Cooper and Alex Harvey, closely followed by anyone whose hair hung down further than their collar.

As for women in rock and pop, to shock they often used sexuality as their method. And so we had Dana Gillespie and Maria Muldaur. However the mummy of them all was Donna Summer, particularly with her first hit record, Love to Love you Baby. With its disco beat set against a motif of groans and sighs, many a young boys ears (!) were stimulated. This was in the days when as far as media was concerned the lingerie section in your mum’s catalogue was about the most erotic thing you came across.*

How about this for 70s cheese? and those boots? It all seems very tame now.

*Thank you Finbar Saunders

The Lomond List

A few days (or decades) late…..

Funny Old Game

In January 2011 I wrote here about Roy Hodgson being replaced by Kenny Dalglish as manager of Liverpool.

Yesterday Dalglish was sacked by Liverpool.

Today Roy Hodgson names his first England squad.

Aye. It’s a funny old game…….

C’mon!

Ian McMillan! Alex McDonald! Paul Jonquin! Section B! Jim Traynor! Can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating!

A rather tricky second leg to come on the Airdrie plastic carpet but a thoroughly satisfying win last night.

Witch Hunt

Private Eye takes up the theme…….

Ferncake mentioned Ms Brooks in connection with the Salem Witch Trial tonight. I wonder if he had seen this beforehand.

From the shop floor……

My assistant Joe yesterday on the decision by the Scottish government to set a minimum 50p per unit charge on alcohol.

“It just means that some poor wee weans are going to get even less food”

 

Quote of the day

From friend of the Prime Minister Charlie Brooks (on the arrest of his wife Rebekah on charges of perverting the course of justice)

Mr Brooks, the racehorse trainer spoke first, insisting he would be cleared, but expressing the fear that his wife would never be able to get a fair trial.
He said: “I feel today is an attempt to use me and others as scapegoats with the effect to ratchet up the pressure on my wife who I also believe is the subject of a witch-hunt.”

Festering

“Mr Duncan Smith told the Daily Telegraph the number of people claiming Disability Living Allowance had risen by 30% in recent years, with many people “allowed to fester”.

Ian Duncan Smith

Uncle Fester

Least surprising headline of the day

I feel I have written enough on the subject but for a brief résumé click clack clickety clunk

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It was always going to end with default and Greece leaving the Euro.

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