Watching Top Gear.

Scotland Airshow 230716-9 by Robinson Images Via Flickr: Photograph taken by Craig Robinson

Wow and there was me considering then just to be musicians and judging them only on that. How silly of me 😏

I only just thought about the fact that the official placebo lineup is now exclusively lgbt???? No straights???? How iconic I love my favourite band.

Happy birthday to a legend

Today would have been Ayrton Senna’s 55th birthday. May your soul rest in peace, Ayrton - and thank you for the memories.

Ayrton Senna: “If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me, this is a principle of life”

Well said 👍🏻👊🏻🍻

OMJOVI!

So the other night my son Fbooked me the link to this video with the comment “this makes me uncomfortable.” He often teases me about all things Jovi so I didn’t take it too seriously until I watched the video and I knew exactly what he meant. It was clear from the first few moments of the band destroying the song that Jon was in a horrible position. Sit and try and act as if what was happening wasn’t his biggest nightmare or get up and try to salvage the situation. It really was a no win situation no matter what he did as the arrangement was just so goddamn awful. Then, he gets the backlash for his less than eager performance. Well duh. He had already, as admitted by the vocalist “graciously declined” singing with the band. Yet there she was sticking the microphone in his face. More than one article has cited that she was surprised that he got up after declining their invitation. Surprised? Really? You were butchering his song and effectively making him appear to be a dick for not wanting to get up and become part of your tacky “wedding singer performance.” And a reminder to those people acting as if he should just love getting up whenever and wherever he is and leading an impromptu sing a long. This is so wrong.

In this case he was supposed to be a guest. Put yourself in his position. When I go to weddings I don’t expect people to put me in a room with the kids as a babysitter because I’m so good with kids so shouldn’t Jon deserve the same respect? Horrific. To make it even better today the media jumped all over it and of course to try and make news out of nothing and cause Jon further discomfort over the matter, had to make a huge thing out of Richie’s performance at a nephew’s wedding. To compare these two performances and name one the victor is just what I would expect from a classy media source like TMZ. Well done TMZ. Kind of a no brainer that a performance where you choose to perform your song the way it’s supposed to be performed is going to come out better than when you’re ambushed and forced to try and save your song from a hack destroying it. Ok. I’m done. I think… LOL.

LHR 050816 Aer lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-DEI by Robinson Images Via Flickr: Photograph taken by Craig Robinson

Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda MP4/5, 1989 Monaco GP, Monte Carlo