Janet Kay - Silly Games (#TOTP 1979) Classic Reggae/Lovers Rock. And Janet Kay performs with such style and grace too; great singer & performer. Written & produced by Dennis Bovell, the song reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. This was TOTP's first-ever lovers rock tune. ❤️

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There seemed to be something of an obsession in the early 60s with photographing rising stars in their kitchens, maybe to suggest to magazine and newspaper readers that they do have normal lives. Number 1: Terence Stamp helping mum with the dishes at their house in Plaistow.

Bit daft doing this but there you go . . .

Happy birthday to Larry Graham, born on this day in 1946 — the man who revolutionized the bass guitar. As a member of Sly & The Family Stone, he pioneered the slap bass technique, turning the instrument into a percussive, funk-driving force. Later, with Graham Central Station,

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” — André Gide

Rest easy, Terence Stamp. The ending sequence of The Limey (1999), a beautiful tribute:

The Signalman (1976) dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark

R.I.P. Terence Stamp, one of the last living links to that brief but glorious postwar era when the British class system briefly opened up enough for a tugboat stoker's handsome and talented son to become a superstar.

It is not our belonging to nature that has been stolen from us by the industrial system, but our awareness of that belonging. The distinction is an important one, because it means that it lies within our own power to restore that psychological connection. winteroak.org.uk/2025/08/18/red…

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Great scene, great film, great acting all round

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Thinking of the beautiful, trailblazing #MaryMillington, who tragically died on this day in 1979, aged just 33.

Legananny Cromleac, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, by R Welch, 1898

20 August 1977. James Burke filmed what has been seen as “the greatest shot in TV history” during the launch of Voyager 2 at Cape Canaveral for his BBC documentary series Connections.

Schopenhauer wrote this paragraph 150+ years ago, and it’s still true

Remembering Melvin Van Peebles who was born #onthisday in 1932.

Ronnie Lane delivers a stunning vocal on "Song of a Baker," capturing Small Faces' full range. They're firing on all cylinders, and Steve Marriott's backing vocals give pure chills.