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- Thank you, @NYTimes.
Read their review of my memoir, FACE IT. http://bit.ly/NYTfaceitreview
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- “The only thing I regret is I can’t wear heels anymore.” https://nyti.ms/2ms3qRA
I bought the book today. I haven't opened it yet. I felt sick through most of the day and was considering not blogging. But I threw up about an hour ago and feel better. Hopefully, it was stress or something. I don't want it to be the flu. I haven't had the flu shot yet. Betty was just writing about the flu shots the other day ("Organized protests and the flu shot").
Next topic, Simple Minds. Did you forget about them, forget about them, forget about them? I did. I forgot about the band who had a big hit with "Don't You Forget About Me." The band's led by Jim Kerr who used to be married to Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders). Well they have a new album coming out this Friday. It's a live album from a 2018 concert. From the group's website:
On 4th October 2019, BMG will release LIVE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, an album that captures Simple Minds at the height of their live powers on their biggest ever North American tour. It will be available on deluxe CD (4 CDs in a hardback book), standard 2xCD and vinyl, digital download and stream. The deluxe CD and digital formats will feature 40 songs; the standard CD and vinyl will feature 25 songs.
Following the huge acclaim of 2018’s Walk Between Worlds album (“The band’s best album in decades.” Album Of The Week, Sunday Times), continuing their recent spectacular renaissance, while also building on their reputation as one of the world’s great live acts, last autumn Simple Minds travelled to North America to undertake their first coast to coast tour in over two decades. Taking in 31 cities, both critics and fans unanimously agreed that it was the bands most successful US tour to date.
Referencing their first live album, 1987’s Live In The City Of Light, this new live collection once again finds Simple Minds 30 years later scaling the heights of those dizzy days, selling more tickets year by year, as each new generation discovers the phenomenal live power of the band.
Simple Minds were greeted by an excitement stateside they’d not experienced since their imperial phase in the mid-1980s. Nowhere was this passion captured better than on a recording of their performance at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles on 24th October 2018. 24 of the tracks were performed that night. ‘Glittering Prize’ was recorded at The Fillmore, Miami Beach on 8th November 2018 and the bonus tracks were recorded at various sound checks and rehearsals.
The resulting album, LIVE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, is a 40-song collection, spanning one of the most diverse catalogues of, to date, a 40 year career. Simple Minds’ live prowess, incredible musicianship, led by the band’s exceptional and iconic guitarist Charlie Burchill, and the soulfulness of frontman Jim Kerr’s voice – which has matured into a powerful instrument in its own right – delivers a set that proves why Simple Minds are still a vital and relevant band.
In a career spanning set it features songs from the band’s Empires and Dance album through to last year’s Walk Between Worlds. Beginning with that album’s The Signal and The Noise, the first five songs alone – followed by Waterfront, Love Song, Let There Be Love, and Up On The Catwalk – are a reminder as to why Simple Minds are one of the greatest bands of their generation.
Elsewhere the album includes gems from their classic New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) album, Sons and Fascination, Sparkle In The Rain, 1985’s colossus Don’t You Forget About Me, as well as Alive and Kicking and Sanctify Yourself from that year’s UK no.1 and US Top 10 album Once Upon a Time, right up to 2015’s Big Music (which MOJO magazine declared “their best album in 30 years”) and last year’s Walk Between Worlds (a UK Top 5 album).
LIVE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS is a must-have collection for any self-respecting Simple Minds fan and a perfect reminder of the band’s enduring talent and live appeal.
STANDARD CD & VINYL
- The Signal And The Noise
- Waterfront
- Love Song
- Let There Be Love
- Up On The Catwalk
- Sense Of Discovery
- Glittering Prize
- Promised You A Miracle
- The American
- Hunter And The Hunted
- Stand By Love
- Dirty Old Town (Written by Ewan MacColl)
- Themes For Great Cities
- She’s A River
- Walk Between Worlds
- Hypnotised
- Someone Somewhere In Summertime
- See The Lights
- All The Things She Said
- Dolphins
- Don’t You (Forget About Me)
- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
- Once Upon A Time
- Alive And Kicking
- Sanctify Yourself
BONUS TRACKS ON DELUXE CD & DIGITAL
- Book Of Brilliant Things
- Let The Day Begin (Cover of The Call’s 1989 song, which Simple Minds first covered on Big Music)
- Honest Town
- Midnight Walking
- Barrowland Star
- Big Music
- Blindfolded
- Celebrate
- In Dreams
- I Travel
- Speed Your Love To Me
- Stars Will Lead The Way
- Summer
- The Cross (Written by Prince)
- Big Sleep
Also coming out Friday?
Enrique Iglesias' greatest hits album.
- Este viernes 4/10 llega Enrique Iglesias Greatest Hits
Ya lo ordenaste?? Ingresa aquí 
https://umle.lnk.to/EnriqueGreatestHits …
#EnriqueIglesiasGreatestHits
@enriqueiglesias @umargentina universalmusicgroup… https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Gf9NBFnZh/?igshid=1nrxkg25kkfsx …
- Contando los días para el lanzamiento
#EnriqueIglesiasGreatestHits #EnriqueIglesias #GreatestHits #4octubre @UnidasPorTuAmor @enriqueiglesias
Enrique can sing, no question. But I've always been surprised that one of the fragrances hasn't signed him for TV commercials. He has very arresting look.
Remember Josie Cotton?
That's her early 80s hit "Johnny Are You Queer." She has an album coming out Friday, EVERYTHING IS OH YEAH. It was recorded in 1986 and is only now being released.
Here are some Tweets about Josie.
- My newest @popgeeks interview is live as I speak to singer Josie Cotton about her music from the 80s to now. #JohnnyAreYouQueer #HeCouldBeTheOne #JosieCotton #1980s #1990s #2000s #2010s #PussycatBabylon #BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls #EverythingIsOhYeah #SeeTheNewHongKong
- The Flashback Interview: Josie Cotton https://popgeeks.com/the-flashback-interview-josie-cotton/ … #1980s #1990s #2000s
Closing with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"
Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Protests in Iraq over corruption, in the US
Joe Biden defenders continue attempting to defend and/or deny Joe's
unethical conduct.
In Iraq today, a major protest. In fact, another major protest. It is at least the third major protest in the last seven days. Last week, Lawk Ghafuri (RUDAW) reported:
Protestors demanding government action on postgraduate unemployment were hosed down with Iraqi security force water cannons on Wednesday, in an act condemned by a national human rights commission as an act “against freedom of expression.”
Iraqi master’s degree and PhD holders have been protesting outside ministry buildings in Baghdad since June, calling for measures to ease unemployment among postgraduates, including an increase in public sector jobs.
A video recorded by a protestor and published on social media on Wednesday shows water cannons being used to disperse protestors in front of the Council of Ministers in Baghdad.
Protestors, some of whom can be seen wearing graduation sashes, are knocked to the ground by the sheer force of the cannons. Other protestors rush to their aid.
“This is how Iraqi postgraduates are being treated in Iraq,” said the protestor recording events, who proceeds to call on Muqtada al-Sadr, the United Nations, the European Union and the entire world to come to their assistance.
Sunday, journalist Mustafa Habib reported:
In Iraq today, a major protest. In fact, another major protest. It is at least the third major protest in the last seven days. Last week, Lawk Ghafuri (RUDAW) reported:
Protestors demanding government action on postgraduate unemployment were hosed down with Iraqi security force water cannons on Wednesday, in an act condemned by a national human rights commission as an act “against freedom of expression.”
Iraqi master’s degree and PhD holders have been protesting outside ministry buildings in Baghdad since June, calling for measures to ease unemployment among postgraduates, including an increase in public sector jobs.
A video recorded by a protestor and published on social media on Wednesday shows water cannons being used to disperse protestors in front of the Council of Ministers in Baghdad.
Protestors, some of whom can be seen wearing graduation sashes, are knocked to the ground by the sheer force of the cannons. Other protestors rush to their aid.
“This is how Iraqi postgraduates are being treated in Iraq,” said the protestor recording events, who proceeds to call on Muqtada al-Sadr, the United Nations, the European Union and the entire world to come to their assistance.
Sunday, journalist Mustafa Habib reported:
Now, today, Mohammed Rwanduzy (RUDAW) reports:
Hundreds of Iraqis protested in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday to express diverse, long-brewing grievances, including, a lack of basic services, rampant corruption, and unequal treatment within the Iraqi Army.
Civilian protestors expressed anger about the Friday dismissal of Iraqi Army commander Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi, credited with the defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, from the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Services (ICTS). Civilian protestors holding pictures of al-Saadi disapproved of his subsequent transfer to the Ministry of Defense.
“We don't want this is corrupt government,” civilians chanted, while others extended their discontent to the parliament and presidency. “All are corrupt equally,” a protestor said.
Mustafa Habib notes:
Here are some more Tweets about the protest.
Protest against the government in Tahrir Square, Baghdad #iraq #socialtrouble hozint.com/?utm_source=tw…
Dozens of people gathered today morning in Tahrir Square in #Baghdad following calls on social media to protest against the government.
Hundreds of Iraqis protest in #Baghdad’s Tahrir Square to express diverse, long-brewing grievances, including, a lack of basic services
Hundreds of #Iraqi people gathered at the #Tahrir square in central #Baghdad to protest at a lack of services, rampant #corruption and high unemployment rates.
And it's not just Baghdad.
There are protests in Iraq today in Baghdad, Basra and Missan >
The heavily fortified Green Zone remains off limits to the average Iraqi. The home of the US fortress that houses State Dept personnel and others was again zoned off from the Iraqi people today.
Iraqi forces close Al Jumhuriya bridge to prvent demonstrators to reach Green Zone. They want to protest the government's perceived inefficiency and corruption & lack of employment opportunities in the country. #Iraq
Meanwhile AFP reports:
Iraq's premier has said for the first time that his government had "indications" Israel was behind some attacks on paramilitary bases this summer, but stopped short of making an explicit accusation.
Hashd al-Shaabi, otherwise known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), has blamed the series of explosions at its bases and arms depots on Israel and the US, but the central government had so far said it was still investigating.
In a first, Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi told Al-Jazeera television in an interview aired Monday that those investigations were nearing a conclusion.
AFP fails to note that the first public finger pointing at Israel for these bombings took place in July and was led by the Israeli press (see the July 30th Iraq snapshot). In addition, the US government has whispered to the US press that Israel is behind the attacks (see the August 23rd snapshot). Seth J. Frantzman (JERUSALEM POST) observes:
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said that “investigations into the targeting of some Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) positions indicate that Israel carried it out,” in his first direct comments blaming Jerusalem. This is the first time he spoke so clearly about a series of mysterious attacks since July that have targeted munitions facilities of the PMF. The PMU are a group of mostly Shi’ite militias, some of which are closely tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
In the past voices in Iraq have sought to blame Israel but have been reticent to do so clearly. Elements within the PMU have instead held the US responsible, claiming that the US allowed Israel to carry out the attacks. These reports appeared in foreign Arabic media sometimes, but there was not a robust response because the PMU didn’t know what the best response was. So why would Abdul-Mahdi, who faces many challenges at home, decide to blame Israel now?
It appears that the Iraqi Prime Minister is blaming Israel at this juncture because he is being targeted for criticism for removing a key member of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) named Lt. General Abdul Wahab Al-Saadi. Al-Saadi was a popular deputy commander of the CTS, Iraq’s most elite unit. He played a key role defeating ISIS. However he was suddenly sidelined last week and the Prime Minister is being criticized across the political spectrum. However Abdul-Mahdi’s office has said the decision is irreversible and has said Al-Saadi must adhere to it. In addition rumors have been spread against the commander, suggesting he visited foreign embassies. The Prime Minister sought to blame the CTS for the decision on Monday, suggesting that the chief of staff wanted Al-Saadi out of the way.
Turning to the US where the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination continues.
Elizabeth Warren has overtaken Joe Biden as the top 2020 choice among college students, according to a new College Reaction/Axios poll.
But it's not just Elizabeth.
Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both poll higher than Joe at present. In addition, President Donald Trump, a Republican, polls higher than Joe at present.
The always ridiculous opportunist Matthew Dowd (conservative hack who tries to pretend he's converted to the center) rushes to save Joe from himself.
This can and is simultaneously true: what Hunter Biden did was unseemly and possibly unethical, and there isn’t an ounce of evidence that Joe Biden did anything wrong or untoward.
No, that can't be simultaneously true, you War Hawk idiot. Joe did to things "wrong and untoward." He allowed his son Hunter to profit from the position Joe held. (Joe also let his brother James do the same.) That is unethical. For Dowd to be correct about "there isn't an ounce of evidence that Joe Biden did anything wrong or untoward," Joe would have to insist today that he's only just now learning about the money Hunter raked in from Ukraine and from China or that James raked in from Iraq. These deals took place while Joe was vice president. They were known. Joe should have told his family to stop grifting. He didn't. And they continued to grift. That's unethical and, yes, it is untoward and, yes, it is wrong.
BREAKING: After Joe Biden claimed that he never discussed his son’s foreign business dealings with him,
A photo surfaced, from 2014, showing the former VP and his son golfing with a board member of the Ukrainian company that paid Hunter Biden $50k a month.
This. Is. Corruption.
Why did that happen? Because Hunter was being paid for access to the White House. That's unethical.
Andrew Stein (NEW YORK POST) argues:
Biden’s corrupt dealings in
Ukraine and those of his son must be investigated, and the time has come
for him to drop out of the presidential race.
While Biden served as vice president, his son Hunter was unaccountably making $50,000 a month “consulting”
in an industry with which he was totally unfamiliar (energy), in a
notoriously graft-prone country where he didn’t speak the language
(Ukraine). Hunter made similarly sketchy deals with China.
President Trump’s phone call this summer with his Ukrainian counterpart may have been ill-advised,
but it simply didn’t rise to an impeachable offense. Meanwhile, the
American people deserve to know the truth about the Biden family’s
lucrative dealings with other countries during the Obama
administration.
Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Ethel Mertz, Whistle-blower' went up last night.
Kat's review of Stevie Nicks' STAND BACK "Kat's Korner: Just an invitation would have been just fine" went up Sunday.
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