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Rare wartime Dandys, "Charley's War","Dan Dare" and "Doctor Who" comic art on offer in latest Compalcomics auction

The Compalcomics February Auction is open - and there are some absolute gems on offer this time round

The Compalcomics February Auction is open – and there are some absolute gems on offer this time round, including a complete, very rare set of The Dandy comics published in 1944, “Dan Dare” art by Frank Hampson and Frank Bellamy, and Doctor Who art by Dave Gibbons and John Ridgway. There’s a “Rogue Trooper” page from 2000AD by Ron Smith up for grabs, too; and are two complete episodes of…

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New British comedy TV series from 2020: BBC, Channel 4, Sky, Dave, Amazon, Netflix

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2020 in British TV comedy brought us Maisie Williams as a kickass survivalist in a pickle, and a new parenting comedy from the hugely talented Simon Blackwell and Chris Addison starring Martin Freeman.

To add to that, there was also a fresh batch of comedians playing exaggerated versions of themselves in self-penned sitcoms, including Katherine Ryan, Mae Martin, Sara Pascoe, Kayleigh Llewellyn, Lucy Beaumont and Jon Richardson. 

Here’s the skinny on all those new shows and more. Here’s what arrived in 2019, and here are the new British TV dramas that arrived in 2020.

Breeders

After their excellent 2014 relationship comedy Trying Again, Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell (Veep, The Thick Of It) teamed up on a new series, this time about the trials of parenthood. Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard played parents in this ten-part half-hour comedy, a co-production between Sky in the UK and FX in the US. Watch the first trailer here.

Bumps

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

A Comedy Playhouse commission for BBC One, Bumps comes from Psychobitches and Tracey Ullman’s Show writer-actor Lucy Montgomery (pictured) and The Life Of Rock With Brian Pern‘s Rhys Thomas. The half-hour pilot is a modern family comedy that centres on Amanda Redman’s character Anita, a divorcee in her sixties with two grown-up kids, who decides to have a third baby with the help of an egg and sperm donor. Playing Anita’s daughter Joanne is Lisa McGrillis (behind the brilliantly dim and tactless but very sweet Kelly on Mum), who discovers she’s pregnant at the same time as her mother.

Code 404

After 2019’s pilot, Sky ordered six episodes of this sci-fi comedy starring Daniel Mays (Line Of Duty, Vera Drake) and Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire, The Virtues), written by Mongrels and Not Going Out’s Daniel Peak. It’s a buddy cop drama set in the near future, which sees crime-fighting duo DI John Major (Mays) and DI Roy Carver (Graham) first separated, then reunited thanks to the wonders of modern science. Series two is on its way.

Feel Good

Stand-up Mae Martin co-wrote her autobiographically inspired six-episode series with Joe Hampson, which formerly went by the working title Mae and George and is now called Feel Good. It aired on E4 in the UK and Netflix around the world, and follows Martin’s life as a comedian and recovering addict, and the complications of her new relationship with girlfriend George. Friends’ Lisa Kudrow guest stars. A second series is on the way.

Hitmen

Comedy double act Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins get in on the Killing Eve game as contract killers in this new Sky series. Unlike Villanelle though, these two are decidedly unsmooth operators. Their hits are, according to the press release, “inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics.” Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington co-stars, along with Francis Barber and Johnny Vegas. Series two is on the way.

In My Skin

Kayleigh Llewellyn’s autobiographically inspired 2018 pilot is now a four-part comedy series for the BBC. It’s the raw but ultimately uplifting story of teenager Bethan’s attempts to conceal from her schoolfriends a chaotic homelife with a mother sectioned in a mental health facility and a dad in the Hell’s Angels. Here’s a clip from the Comedy Slice to whet your appetite. 

Intelligence

Available to stream on Sky and NOW TV

Last year saw Rob Lowe in Lincolnshire, now prepare for David Schwimmer in Cheltenham. The Friends actor and director starring in a six-part Sky One comedy as a “maverick NSA agent” working in the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters. He’s joined by series writer Nick Mohammed, in the role of an inept computer analyst tasked with tackling cyber-crime. Series two is on the way.

Kate And Koji

Filmed in Herne Bay, Kent, this six-episode ITV comedy stars Brenda Blethyn as Kate, the owner of a seaside café who strikes up a friendship with asylum seeker Koji, played by Jimmy Akingbola. Those two are joined by The Inbetweeners’ Blake Harrison, playing Kate’s nephew, and Meera Syal as the local GP in a timely modern story with a heart.

King Gary

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

Murder In Successville and Action Team’s Tom Davis and James De Frond teamed up again to write and direct prime time BBC One sitcom King Gary, which debuted in 2020 and was swiftly recommissioned for a second series. You may have caught the pilot episode, which aired over Christmas 2018, introducing Davis’ character – London builder Gary King, a man-child who loves his family, his suburban community, and really loves a B.B.Q – his parents played by The Fast Show’s Simon Day and Doctor Who’s Camille Coduri, and his unforgettable wife Terri, played by the very funny Laura Checkley.

Meet The Richardsons

Airing on Dave and available to stream weekly on UK TV Play

Married comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont starred as heightened versions of themselves in Meet The Richardsons for Dave, written by Beaumont and Car Share’s Tim Reid. Inspired by Beaumont’s appearances on Richardsons’ Ultimate Worrier series for Dave, the series comically documents the couple’s parenting and relationship woes.

Mister Winner

Following a successful Comedy Playhouse pilot, Spencer Jones (Upstart Crow) returned as the hapless Leslie Winner for a six-episode series on BBC One. Joining Jones will be Shaun Williamson and Lucy Pearman, in a loveable comedy about “an eternally optimistic klutz with his heart in the right place”. If you’ve yet to see Jones’ excellent BBC iPlayer short series The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk, get involved without delay.

My Left Nut

Available to stream on BBC iPlayer

Coming to BBC Three is an autobiographically inspired three-part comedy-drama from Irish writers Michael Patrick and Oisin Kearney, adapted from their acclaimed stage play. Starring Sinead Keenan (Little Boy Blue, Being Human) with newcomer Nathan Quinn-O’Rawe, it’s the story of a Belfast teenager who discovers a lump on his testicle but finds himself unable to tell those around him. A relatable, entertaining teen comedy with an important healthcare message. 

Out of Her Mind

An established name on screen and the live circuit, comedian Sara Pascoe is the latest comic to write and star in her own sitcom (joining the ranks of Roisin Conaty, Aisling Bea, Josh Widdicombe and more). Her as-yet untitled series is being produced for BBC Two by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s production company, Stolen Picture. It’s about “family, relationships and biology,” according to the press release, and will combine eccentric characters with surreal interludes and factual segments. Read about the best Netflix stand-up specials here.

Sandylands

Following on from 2019’s Isle of Wight-set family comedy The Cockfields, Gold has commissioned a second three-part original sitcom. This one’s also set on the UK coast, and tells the story of a successful Londoner who returns to her home town and reconnects with old friends and old crushes when her local businessman father disappears at sea. Sanjeev Bhaskar, David Walliams, Sophie Thompson, Hugh Bonneville and Natalie Dew star.

Semi-Detached

The pilot episode for comedy Semi-Detached, about a hapless fortysomething aired in January 2019, followed by a full series. It was written by actors David Crow and Oliver Maltman and boasted a strong comedy cast including Lee Mack, Ellie White, Samantha Spiro, Clive Russell and Patrick Baladi. The twist with this one is that all the action unfurls in real time.

The Duchess

In addition to her Netflix stand-up specials, comedian Katherine Ryan made a six-part autobiographical comedy for the streaming service. Though a familiar face on screen, this marks the first scripted series Ryan has written and executive-produced. In it, she plays “a fashionable disruptive single mother living in London”, inspired by Ryan’s own experience raising her daughter in the capital after moving here from her native Canada.

The First Team

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, aka The Inbetweeners creators, have written a six-part half-hour sitcom for BBC Two. Formerly under the working title of Afternoons, it’s now called The First Team and details the off-pitch adventures of three Premier League footballers playing for a fictional side, “three young men who just happen to have a very stressful job in the public eye,” according to the writers. The cast includes Arrested Development‘s Will Arnett as the team’s eccentric American chairman, alongside Theo Barklam Biggs, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Jake Short and Chris Geere.

The Kemps: All True

Remember how much everybody loved that Bros doc? Well now BBC Four comedy is planning to capture that same lightning in a bottle with mockumentary The Kemps: All True, following the travails of another pair of pop star brothers in Spandau Ballet’s Gary and Martin Kemp. The one-off comedy from Brian Pern‘s Rhys Thomas will track the brothers as they record a new studio album. Read more about it here at the BBC.

The Trouble With Maggie Cole

Stream episodes weekly on ITV Hub

Commissioned in March 2019 by ITV under the working title Glass Houses is a six-part hour-long comedy series starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Vicki Pepperdine and more. It’s about the aftermath of a loose-lipped radio interview with French’s Maggie, the village gossip who spills her neighbours’ secrets on air. It comes written by Shameless and Benidorm’s Mark Brotherhood and aired on ITV1 in March.

Truth Seekers

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s latest collaboration is a comedy horror series for Amazon Prime Video. Filming began in September 2019 on Truth Seekers, which follows a group of paranormal investigator hobbyists who film their ghost sighting escapades for the online community, and stumble into some very strange business that could end life as we know it. There’s a great comedy cast including Pegg and Frost, including Susan Wokoma, Julian Barratt, Samson Kayo, Morgana Robinson, Kate Nash, Kevin Eldon and Malcolm McDowell.  

Two Weeks To Live

Written by Cheat’s Gaby Hull, this six-episode Sky comedy is the story of misfit Kim, a young girl raised to survive in the wilderness, who re-enters society on a secret mission to honour her dead father’s memory. Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams plays Kim, who becomes entangled in a prank-gone-wrong plot involving gangsters, a bag of cash and the police. With Kim’s survival skills, don’t expect her to come quietly…

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Lazybones release latest track ‘Trash Talk’

Formed in late 2017, Brighton-based alt-rock trio Lazybones have shared their latest explosive track ‘Trash Talk’.

‘Trash Talk’, recorded by Ben Hampson of Agricultural Audio (Noel Gallagher, Bloc Party), is about “That moment when you know you’re about to say something you’ll regret, when you’re right on the edge and you just can’t stop it,” vocalist Candi Underwood explains.

Inspired by the likes of Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols and Chas & Dave, using a fuzzy bass guitar, an amplified organ and drums, Lazybones create a trashy, unapologetic, to-the-point British sound.

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Des concerts à Paris et alentour

Janvier 10. Mariachi – Bar à bulles (gratuit) 10. Pierre Bastien, Dominique Grimaud, Françoise Crublé, Gilbert Artman, Jacky & Gilles Dupéty – Souffle continu (gratuit) 10. Jemek Jemowit + Infecticide + Manu Louis – L'International 10. Les Lullies + Cheap Riot + Slow Sliders – Olympic café 11. The Choolers Division – La Station 11. Holiday Inn + Il Nux Il Mord + Bracco – Olympic café 11. Illnurse + Toscan Haas + Parallx – Glazart 12. Art & Technique + A_R_C_C + Bleno Die Wurstbrücke – Le Cirque électrique 12. Seppuku + Cosamentale + LV2 – Le Zorba 12. Serge Teyssot-Gay + Christian Vialard : concert littéraire sur les textes d'Eric Arlix – Maison de la poésie 15. Anne-James Chaton – Jeu de Paume (gratuit) 16. Harald Fetveit – Le Chair de poule (gratuit) 18. Francis Dhomont (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 18. Dollkraut Band + Die Wilde Jagd + Abschaum – La Maroquinerie 18. Warm Drag + Laurapalmer + Le Réveil de tropiques + Viot + Uzhur + 205SKatokosmos (fest. OFFF d'hiver) – Point FMR 18. Vril + VII Circle + Sam x Sam + Anechoic – Glazart 19. Armando Balice + Ingrid Drese + Jérôme Noetinger + Loïse Bulot + Robert Hampson (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 19. Throw Down Bones + Terdjman + Frontal + Techno Thriller + Huile + Frank Sabbath (fest. OFFF d'hiver) – Point FMR 19. Krikor (dj)+ Godzilla Overkill + Losless + Grand 8 & Pabloïd – Petit Bain 19. Peter Hook & The Light – La Clef (Saint-Germain-en-Laye) 19/20. Robert Hood + Manu le Malin + Ancient Methods + Ron Morelli + Rabih Beaini + François X + dj Marcelle + December + Myako + Beurette sentimentale + Marion Guillet + Neue Grafik + dj Prophet + Entek + IG Culture + Mab'ish – Concrete 20. Catherine Bir + Raphaël Mouterde + Francisco Meirino + Roland Cahen + Yoko Higashi & Lionel Marchetti (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 22. Emmanuelle Parrenin & Dominique Regref – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 23. Marc Melià + Tryphème + The Ekpyrotic Scenario (aka Modgeist) (fest. Chorus) – théâtre de Vanves 24. Rouge Gorge – Le Chair de poule 24. Fred Palem & Le sacre du tympan – Gaîté lyrique 24. Le Singe blanc + Secte + Jeanot Lou Paysan – Le Cirque électrique 24. Terrine + Philémon + Bâton XXL + Johan Mazé – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 25. La Secte du futur + Shiny Darkly – Supersonic 25. Léonie Pernet – Gaîté lyrique 25. Martial Canterel + Poison Point – Petit Bain 25. David Sink + Crave + Panzer – Pop In 25. Moyō + Law & Haktion – Le Klub 25. Aaron Moore & Erik K. Skodvin – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 25. Easter + Robert Görl + Céline Gillain (fest. Closer Music) – Lafayette Anticipations 26. Tirzah + Stine Janvin (fest. Closer Music) – Lafayette Anticipations 26. Chloé – Elysée-Montmartre 26. Thelia Zadek Band + Mia Vita Vioenta – Olympic café 26. Deux Boules vanille + Craow – La Station 26. Turzi + Zombie Zombie (fest. Chorus) – théâtre de Vanves 26. 999999999 + Boston 168 + Inhalt Der Nacht + JKS vs Mayeul + Parfait + Léa Occhi + Lacchesi – Concrete 27. Pan Deijing + Jessica Slighter (fest. Closer Music) – La fayette Anticipations 29. Dominique a – Salle Pleyel 29. Zézette + Business with the Clouds + Echoplain – Gambetta Club 29. Tiny Tramp + Officine + Pavel V. + Astralopithecus – Les Nautes 31. Deena Abdelwahed – Gaîté lyrique 31. Go!Zilla + Siz + Deaf Parade – Supersonic (gratuit)

Février 01. Le Comte + Christine + Atoem – Palais de le Porte dorée 01. Negative Space + Volition Immanent + N0v3l – La Station 01. Lust For Youth – Supersonic 01. Autrenoir + Linda Olah + Uriel Bartélémi – théâtre de Vanves 01. Cylene (François Bonnet & Stephen O'Malley) + Kreemer (Cameron Jamie & Dennis Tyfus) + Xavier Boussiron – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 02. Tempers – Supersonic (gratuit) 02. Fraction + Frédéric D. Oberland + Clara De Asis + MTUA + Raphaël Mouterde + Sébastien Roux + Fantasia Nei Dessert & Romain Al'l + Hourvari + Aloyse Lucas (fest. Les Sonifères) – DOC 02. The Residents – Gaîté lyrique 02. Shabazz Palaces + Dälek (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre de la Cité internationale 03. Mesce basse + :such: + Duncan Pinhas + Alexandre del Torchio + Isothesis & Alexandra Radulescu + Opaque + Armand Lesecq + NO3sis (fest. Les Sonifères) – DOC 03. Aidan Baker + The Eye of Time (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 05. Nadja + Saudaa Group + Lacustre – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 06. Binidu + Hilgege – Supersonic (gratuit) 06. Brendan Perry – Petit Bain 07. VNV Nation – Le Trabendo 07. Tomaga + Jozef Van Wissem + Noyades + La Jungle – Petit Bain 07. Subtle Turnhips – La Pointe Lafayette 08. Manu le Malin + 3FAZé + DKLé + Nawak – Glazart 08. Headless Horseman + Ø [Phase] + Joton + Electric Rescue – Rex Club 09. Psyche + Sarin + Law & Haktion + Cassie Raptor b2b Mila Dietrich  – La Station 09. The Ex : "Ethiopian Night" (fest. Sons d'hiver) – salle Jacques-Brel (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 10. Therapy? – La Maroquinerie 11. Massive Attack feat. Liz Fraser jouent « Mezzanine » – Zénith 13. Pierre Bastien & Philippe Dupuy + Laake – Petit Bain 15. Peter Kernel + Totorro – Petit Bain 15. Codex Empire + Schwefelgelb + Philipp Strobel + Panzer – Petit Bain 16. Anthony Braxton + Dave Douglas & Bill Laswell (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre Jacques-Carat (Cachan) 19. Bruit noir + Red – Point FMR 21. Mlada Fronta + Absolute Valentine + Neoslave – Petit Bain 21. Collection d'Arnell Andrea + Katzkab – Bus Palladium 22. Marquis de Sade – Petit Bain 22/23. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon ||COMPLET|| 24. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon

Mars 02. Boy Harsher + Kontravoid – Badaboum 02. Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado jouent Alan Vega et Suicide – Silencio 02. Shlømo + UVB + Charles Fenckler + Darzack + Delta Funktionen + Keepsakes – Studio du Lendit (Saint-Denis) 03. Camera – Olympic café 07. Scratch Massive – Gaîté lyrique 07. Gum Takes Tooth + Usé + Society of Silence – Badaboum 08. FTR + Deadpan – Olympic café 09. Deeat Palace – La Station 09. Paulie Jan + Witnesses Without Hands + Mod303 & The SHADERS + Alexandre Navarro (dj) (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 10. James Chance & Die Contortions – Supersonic 12. Yann Tiersen – Salle Pleyel 12. Dominique A – Espace 1789 (Saint-Ouen) 13.  Helluvah + IDK IDA + Cebe Barnes (dj)(Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 14. Parade Ground + BadBad + The Wheal + Versolo – Supersonic (gratuit) 14. Stefan Rusconi & Tobias Preisig + Étienne Jaumet (fest. Paris Music) – Église Saint-Eustache 14. La Colonie de vacances – Cabaret sauvage 15. Rubin Steiner (fest. Paris Music) – Crypte archéologique du parvis de Notre-Dame 15. Bertrand Burgalat (fest. Paris Music) – Musée des Arts et Métiers 15. Zombie Zombie (fest. Paris Music) – cathédrale américaine 16. Christ. + Alexandre Navarro (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 17. Giulio Aldinucci + Paskine + Waveland (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 19. thisquietarmy + Haxo + Ilia Gorovitz (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 20. Oomph! – La Machine 22. Delia Derbyshire (diff.) + Lettera 22 + Evil Moisture + Caterina Barbieri + Drew McDowall : "Coil's Time Machines" (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 22. The Young Gods – La Maroquinerie 22. Crystal Fighters – Gaîté lyrique 23. Pierre Boeswillwald (diff.) + Max Eilbacher + Andrea Belfi + Sarah Davachi + William Basinski & Lawrence English (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 23. Snapped Ankles + Wild Classical Music Ensemble + Man from Uranus – La Maroquinerie 23. Les Harry's & Stefan Neville (fest. Sonic Protest) – Châpiteaux turbulents 24. Warren Burt (diff.) + Mats Erlandsson + Okkyung Lee + Low Jack + BJ Nielsen (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 24. Chantal Acda + Miles Oliver + Julien Ledru (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 25. Laibach – Trabendo 26. Jon Porras (Barn Owl) + Mathias Delplanque (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 27. Strangelove + Background (dj) (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 28. Scanner + Openendedgroup & Natasha Barrett + Raphaël Imbert & Benjamin Lévy – Centre Pompidou 28. Euromilliard + Humbros + Peür + Pumice (fest. Sonic Protest) – La Station 29. Perturbator – Le Trianon 29. Jandek + Confusional Quartet + Société étrange (fest. Sonic Protest) – théâtre de l'Échangeur (Bagnolet) 30. Marc Almond – Le Trianon 30. Seabuckthorn + Rach Three + CollAGE D (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève 30. Lahcen Akil & les Chaâbi Brothers + Suzanne Ciani + The Coolies + Lemones + Les Statonells (fest. Sonic Protest) – théâtre de l'Échangeur (Bagnolet) 31. Fuji Kureta + Mei (Sulfure fest.) – Le vent se lève

Avril 02. Schtum + Shit & Shine (fest. Sonic Protest) – Mona Bismarck American Center 03. Han Bennink + Jean-François Pauvros + Anne-Laure Pigache & Anne-Julie Rollet + Parlophonie (fest. Sonic Protest) – théâtre de Vanves 04. Dust Breeders & Mattin + Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado jouent Suicide et Alan Vega + Anna Zaradny (fest. Sonic Protest) – église Saint-Merry 05. Bégayer + France + Frédéric Blondy joue "Occam XXV" d'Éliane Radigue (fest. Sonic Protest) – église Saint-Merry 05. Beirut – Le Grand Rex 05. Rendez-Vous + Qual – Gaîté lyrique 05/06. Nadia Lauro & Zeena Parkins : Stichomythia – Centre Pompidou 06. Molecule – Gaîté lyrique 06. Dylan Carlson + Julien Clauss + Hermine + Lee Patterson + Ut + Blenno Die Wurstbrücke (fest. Sonic Protest) – Cirque électrique 08. The Specials – La Cigale 10. Daughters – Point FMR 14. Arnaud Rebotini joue la BO de "120 Battements par minute" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 17. Teenage Fan Club – Trabendo 17. Soap&Skin – Le Trianon 17. Apparat – Gaîté lyrique 20. The Horrorist – Rex Club 21. The Parrots + Johnny Mafia + Halo Maud + Grand Blanc + Marietta + Robbing Millions + Oktober Lieber (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 22. Fontaines D.C. – Point FMR 22. Faire + Buvette + Oko Ebombo + Black Devil Disco Club + Fujiya & Miyagi + Rendez-Vous (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 23. The Luyas + Barbagallo + Human Teorema + Arnaud Rebotini + Aquaserge + Il est vilaine + Onze Onze (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 27. She Past Away – La Machine 27. Chloé : Lumières noires – Le 104 27. Bérengère Maximin, Fred Firth & Heike Liss – Instants chavirés (Montreuil)

Mai 07. dEUS – La Cigale 10/11. Dead Can Dance – Grand Rex ||COMPLET|| 11. Christina Vantzou + Eiko Ishibashi + Jan Jelinek + NPVR (Nik Void & Peter Rehberg) – Le 104 12. Massimo Toniutti + François Bayle – Le 104 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 18. Eliane Radigue : musique (diff.) pour "Continuum" de Félicie d'Estienne d'Orves – Centre Pompidou 24. Beak> – Gaîté lyrique 24. Shonen Knife – Petit Bain 28. Alice in Chains + Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Olympia 31. François Bonnet + Knud Viktor + Jim O'Rourke + Florian Hecker (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio

Juin 01. Eryck Abecassis & Reinhold Friedl + Hilde Marie Holsen + Anthony Pateras + Lucy Railton (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 02. Bernard Parmegiani + Jean Schwarz (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 19. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – La Gaîté lyrique 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie

Juillet 11. Masada + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman + Mary Halvorson quartet + Craig Taborn + Trigger + Erik Friedlander & Mike Nicolas + John Medeski trio + Nova quartet + Gyan Riley & Julian Lage + Brian Marsella trio + Ikue Mori + Kris Davis + Peter Evans + Asmodeus : John Zorn's Marathon Bagatelles – Salle Pleyel 11>13. Kraftwerk – Philharmonie

Août 23>25. The Cure (fest. Rock en scène) – parc de Saint-Cloud

Septembre 13. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre) ||COMPLET||

en gras : les derniers ajouts / in bold: the last news

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2022 Colorado Rockies Roster

Pitchers

#20 Peter Lambert (San Dimas, California)

#21 Kyle Freeland (Denver, Colorado)

#26 Austin Gomber (Winter Garden, Florida)

#29 Robert Stephenson (Martinez, California)

#34 Jordan Sheffield (Tullahoma, Tennessee)

#37 Álex Colomé (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#40 Tyler Kinley (Davie, Florida)

#41 Chad Kuhl (Middletown, Delaware)

#43 Jhoulys Chacín (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

#45 Scott Oberg (Tewksbury, Massachusetts)

#47 Ryan Rolison (Jackson, Tennessee)

#48 Germán Márquez (Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela)

#49 Antonio Senzatela (Valencia, Venezuela)

#50 Ty Blach (Aurora, Colorado)

#52 Daniel Bard (Charlotte, North Carolina)

#54 Carlos Estévez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

#58 Lucas Gilbreath (Broomfield, Colorado)

#60 Ashton Goudeau (Union, Missouri)

#61 Justin Lawrence (Jacksonville, Florida)

Catchers

#3 Dom Núñez (Elk Grove, California)

#35 Elías Díaz (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

Infielders

#1 Garrett Hampson (Reno, Nevada)

#4 Colton Welker (Parkland, Florida)

#7 Brendan Rodgers (Lake Mary, Florida)

#9 Connor Joe (San Diego, California)

#11 José Iglesias (Havana, Cuba)

#13 Alan Trejo (Los Angeles, California)

#24 Ryan McMahon (Santa Ana, California)

#25 C.J. Cron; Jr. (Phoenix, Arizona)

Outfielders

#2 Yonathan Daza (Maracay, Venezuela)

#15 Randal Grichuk (Rosenburg, Texas)

#19 Charlie Blackmon (Suwanee, Georgia)

#22 Sam Hillard (Mansfield, Texas)

#23 Kris Bryant (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Coaches

Manager Harry Black (Longview, Washington)

Bench coach Mike Redmond (Kirkland, Washington)

Pitching coach Darryl Scott (Yuba City, California)

Bullpen coach Jonathan Cornelius (Thomasville, Alabama)

Bullpen catcher Kyle Cunningham (West Palm Beach, Florida)

Bullpen catcher Aaron Muñoz (Phoenix, Arizona)

Hitting coach Dave Magadan (Tampa, Florida)

Assistant hitting coach Angel González (Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)

Assistant hitting coach P.J. Pilittere (La Puente, California)

1st base coach Ron Gideon (Hallsville, Texas)

3rd base coach Stew Cole (Charlotte, North Carolina)

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Formed in late 2017, Brighton-based alt-rock trio Lazybones released their latest explosive track ‘Trash Talk’ to SaySomething Records. The track has already garnered a myriad of reviews and has seen them playlisted on Kerrang! Radio, Amazing Radio and BBC Radio.

‘Trash Talk’, recorded by Ben Hampson of Agricultural Audio (Noel Gallagher, Bloc Party), is about “That moment when you know you’re about to say something you’ll regret, when you’re right on the edge and you just can’t stop it,” vocalist Candi Underwood explains.

Inspired by the likes of Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols and Chas & Dave, using a fuzzy bass guitar, an amplified organ and drums, Lazybones create a trashy, unapologetic, to-the-point British sound.

Their debut EP ‘Bang! Bang!’, containing fan favourites ‘Heart Beat Like A Drum’, ‘Fashion Victim’ and ‘Denim’ were picked up by the likes of BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, BBC Radio 1 Hype Chart, BBC Radio 1 Indie Show, Kerrang!, Clash Magazine amongst others.

After a successful UK tour in early 2019, their series of fast-paced live shows coupled with their nostalgic, DIY approach has fast become a talking point.

LInks https://www.instagram.com/wearelazybones https://www.wearelazybones.com https://www.facebook.com/pg/wearelazybones https://twitter.com/wearelazybones_

[thecomicon]

Happy 70th Birthday Dan Dare

April 14th 1950 saw an all-new comic firmly aimed at boys come out here in the UK called the Eagle. A weekly comic that followed in the grand tradition of other weekly periodicals with a selection of short comic book strips, with none given more prominence than the lead strip, Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future.

A hero that couldn’t be any more British if he tried, Dan Dare evoked images of World War…

[downthetubes]

WebFind: Dan Dare Pilot of the Future Animated Series Concept Art by Dave Max

WebFind: Dan Dare Pilot of the Future Animated Series Concept Art by Dave Max

  Dan Dare and Sondar, from Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future – Animated Series

Concept art for the animated series Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, first broadcast back in 2002, has surfaced online, work created by concept artist Dave Max.

Back in 2002, the Dan Dare Corporation – owners of the character and comic strip originally created for Eagle comic by Frank Hampson – produced Dan Dare: Pilot of…

[uneminuteparseconde]

Des concerts à Paris et alentour

Novembre 28. Anne-James Chaton – Auditorium|Cité de l'architecture (gratuit) 28. Boubakar Cissokho – Chair de poule (gratuit) 28. Adult. + KatzKab – Petit Bain 28. Borja Fames + Eloïse Decazes + Èlg – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 28. Ensemble IRE joue "Nexus Entropy" d'Ulrich Krieger + Marc Baron + Lionel Marchetti (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 29. SK/LR – Chair de poule (gratuit) 29. Émilie Pitoiset, Shantidas Riedacker & Matthieu Canaguier – Petite salle|Centre Pompidou (gratuit) 29. Esben & The Witch + Ingrina – Point FMR 29. Jessica Moss + Tomoe – Gambetta Club 29. Confusional Quartet + René Couteau + Tumulus + Samon Takahashi + Bernard Filipetti vs Ravi Shardja – Le Cirque électrique 29. Maud Geffray (dj) + Fishbach (dj) + Brigitte Fontaine + Musique chienne – Trabendo 29. CHDH + Mariachi + Lårs Akerlund & Sten Backman (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 29. Rakta + Marée noire + Trashley – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 29. Interpol + Nilüfer Yanya – Salle Pleyel ||COMPLET|| 30. Mick Harvey + Brisa Roché – Petit Bain 30. Artus + Fleuves noirs + Hex – Le cirque électrique 30. Spit Mask + Poison Point + Lunacy + Some Ember + Offermose + Kaukolampi – La Station 30. Deeat Palace + Tamara Goukassova + Tryphème – L'International 30. Machine sauvage + Léon Denise (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 30. Trevor Jackson + Violent quand on aime – La Java 30. John Chatler + Samuel Sighicelli + Shapednoise (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil)

Décembre 01. Dominique Petitgand (diff.) – Théâtre de Gennevilliers (gratuit) 01. Mamiedaragon + Jogging – Le Zorba (gratuit) 01. NAO (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 01. Nadia Ratsimandresy + Bruno Chevillon + Uriel Barthélémi + Marc Sens + Annabelle Playe (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 01. Deux boules vanille + Jeff Mills + Molécule + Renart + Nicolas Horvath joue P. Glass, T. Riley et J. Adams + Ensemble Links : "Music for 18 Musicians" de S. Reich (fest. Marathon!) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 02. Beak> + Le Comte – Café de la danse ||COMPLET|| 03. Pardans – Olympic café 03. Tanz Mein Herz + Dragon du Poitou + Mega Bass – La Java 03. Idles + John – Bataclan ||COMPLET|| 05. Dick Annegard – BNF (gratuit) 05. Julia Holter – Petit Bain 05. Sudden Infant + Massicot – Centre culturel suisse 06. Harry Merry – Chair de poule (gratuit) 06. La Tène avec Jacques Puech, Louis Jacques, Guilhem Lacroux & Jérémie Sauvage – Centre culturel suisse 06. The KVB + M!R!M – Badaboum 07. Kink Gong – Médiathèque musicale (gratuit) 07. Antoine Chessex + Nina Garcia + Francisco Meirino – Centre culturel suisse 07. Heimat + Bordigaga + Bruno Billaudeau, Xavier Mussat & Black Sifichi (Semaine du bizarre) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 07. Nosfell – Espace 1789 (Saint-Ouen) 07. Aubadja + chdh (fest. Vision'R) – Le Générateur (Gentilly) 07. Shxcxchcxsh + W.LV.S + Wlderz – Rex Club 08. The Horrorist + Federico Amoroso – L'Officine 08. Jean Benoît Dunckel + NSDOS + CloZee + Kiddy Smile (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 08. Blawan + The Advent + AWB + Yogg & Pharaoh + Netsh – Concrete 08. Tim Tama + Gijensu + Makornik + K – Glazart 08. Père Ubu (Semaine du bizarre) – Théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) ||COMPLET|| 09. Panteros666 + Matt Black + Erol Alkan + Kiasmos (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 09. The Fleshtones – Supersonic 09/10. Moriarty – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 11. Joanna + October Lieber – Badaboum 12. Nova Materia – La Maroquinerie 12. Le Réveil des tropiques + France + Helio Polar Thing – Petit Bain 12. Mange Ferraille + Boolvar + So-lo-lo – Le Cirque électrique 13. Qonicho B + Johann Mazé – Le Zorba (gratuit) 13. The Callas + Selofan + Hørd (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 13. Villejuif Undergound + Bryan's Magic Tears + Free Love – La Bellevilloise 14. New Model Army – Trabendo 14. Carol Robinson, Bertrand Gauguet, Julia Eckhardt & Yannick Guedon : "Sequel to Occam Ocean" (2018) d’Éliane Radigue – Palais de Tokyo 14. Sida + Broken English Club + Toresch + Moderna + Wr2old + Shazzula (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 14. Hangman's Chair + Jessica93 + Revok – Les Cuizines (Chelles) 14. Succhiamo + Air LQD + Rraouhhh + Christophe Clébard – Le Chinois (Montreuil) 14. Rebekah + Paula Temple + Anetha + Hannah b2b Charlene – Concrete 14. Mr Oizo – NF-34 15. Gaspar Claus – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 15. Ata + Oliver Hafenbauer + Chinaski + Last Love Pilgrim + Kilian Paterson + Slyngshot + DJ Neewt (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. Job Sifre + Fatma Pneumonia + X1000 + Spunoff (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. AZF + Clouds + Aleksi Perälä + Barker – Rex Club 15. Derrick May + Helena Hauff + I Hate Models + Rrose + Noncompliant + Voiron + Galaxian + Sentimental Rave + Sama' + Amarou + Crystallmess – Concrete 15. Mount Kimbie + Marcel Dettman + Dixon + Rødhåd + Hot Chip + Rone + Roman Flügel + Lorenzo Senni + Lena Willikens + Epsilove... – Paris Event Center 16. Tomoko Sauvage – Lafayette Anticipations 18. Drab Majesty – Point FMR 18. Vox Low + Zombie Zombie (fest. Les Aventuriers) – Espace Gérard-Philipe (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 19. Belmont Witch + Zad Kokar + Petra Pied de biche – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 21. Peter Van Hoesen + Clo d'or + Neel – Rex Club 21. Cleric + Jacidorex + Matrixxman + Parfait + SNTS – tba 22. Yan Wagner + Il est vilaine + Magnüm + Mayerling – La Maroquinerie 22. 2manydjs – NF-34

2019

Janvier 02. Les Hôpitaux + CIA débutante – Supersonic (gratuit) 09. Ayarcana b2b Ossian + Endlec + 1ndica – Rex Club 10. Jemek Jemowit + Infecticide + Cachette à branlette – L'International 11. The Choolers Division – La Station 12. Art & Technique + A_R_C_C + Bleno Die Wurstbrücke – Le Cirque électrique 18. Francis Dhomont (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 19. Armando Balice + Ingrid Drese + Jérôme Noetinger + Loïse Bulot + Robert Hampson (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 20.  Catherine Bir + Raphaël Mouterde + Francisco Meirino + Roland Cahen + Yoko Higashi & Lionel Marchetti (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 22. Emmanuelle Parrenin & Dominique Regref – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 24. Rouge Gorge – Le Chair de poule 25. La Secte du futur + Shiny Darkly – Supersonic 25. Léonie Pernet – Gaîté lyrique 26. Chloé – Elysée-Montmartre 29. Dominique a – Salle Pleyel 31. Deena Abdelwahed – Gaîté lyrique

Février 02. Tempers – Supersonic (gratuit) 02. The Residents – Gaîté lyrique 02. Shabazz Palaces + Dälek (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre de la Cité internationale 06. Brendan Perry – Petit Bain 07. VNV Nation – Le Trabendo 09. The Ex : "Ethiopian Night" (fest. Sons d'hiver) – salle Jacques-Brel (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 10. Therapy? – La Maroquinerie 11. Massive Attack feat. Liz Fraser jouent « Mezzanine » – Zénith 16. Anthony Braxton + Dave Douglas & Bill Laswell (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre Jacques-Carat (Cachan) 21. Mlada Fronta + Absolute Valentine + Neoslave – Petit Bain 21. Collection d'Arnell Andrea + Katzkab – Bus Palladium 22. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon ||COMPLET|| 23. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon

Mars 02. Boy Harsher + Kontravoid – Badaboum 02. Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado jouent Alan Vega et Suicide – Silencio 07. Scratch Massive – Gaîté lyrique 10. James Chance & Die Contortions – Supersonic 12. Yann Tiersen – Salle Pleyel 20. Oomph! – La Machine 22. Delia Derbyshire (diff.) + Lettera 22 + Evil Moisture + Caterina Barbieri + Drew McDowall : "Coil's Time Machines" (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 22. The Young Gods – La Maroquinerie 23. Pierre Boeswillwald (diff.) + Max Eilbacher + Andrea Belfi + Sarah Davachi + William Basinski & Lawrence English (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 24. Warren Burt (diff.) + Mats Erlandsson + Okkyung Lee + Low Jack + BJ Nielsen (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 29. Perturbator – Le Trianon 30. Marc Almond – Le Trianon

Avril 05. Beirut – Le Grand Rex 08. The Specials – La Cigale 10. Daughters – Point FMR 14. Arnaud Rebotini joue la BO de "120 Battements par minute" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 17. Teenage Fan Club – Trabendo 17. Soap&Skin – Le Trianon 17. Apparat – Gaîté lyrique 21. The Parrots + Johnny Mafia + Halo Maud + Grand Blanc + Marietta + Robbing Millions + Oktober Lieber (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 22. Fontaines D.C. – Point FMR 22. Faire + Buvette + Oko Ebombo + Black Devil Disco Club + Fujiya & Miyagi + Rendez-Vous (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 23. The Luyas + Barbagallo + Human Teorema + Arnaud Rebotini + Aquaserge + Il est vilaine + Onze Onze (fest. MOFO) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 27. She Past Away – La Machine 27. Chloé : Lumières noires – Le 104

Mai 07. dEUS – La Cigale 10/11. Dead Can Dance – Grand Rex ||COMPLET|| 11. Christina Vantzou + Eiko Ishibashi + Jan Jelinek + NPVR (Nik Void & Peter Rehberg) – Le 104 12. Massimo Toniutti + François Bayle – Le 104 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 28. Alice in Chains + Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Olympia 31. François Bonnet + Knud Viktor + Jim O'Rourke + Florian Hecker (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio

Juin 01. Eryck Abecassis & Reinhold Friedl + Hilde Marie Holsen + Anthony Pateras + Lucy Railton (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 02. Bernard Parmegiani + Jean Schwarz (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 19. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – La Gaîté lyrique 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie

Juillet 11. Masada + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman + Mary Halvorson quartet + Craig Taborn + Trigger + Erik Friedlander & Mike Nicolas + John Medeski trio + Nova quartet + Gyan Riley & Julian Lage + Brian Marsella trio + Ikue Mori + Kris Davis + Peter Evans + Asmodeus : John Zorn's Marathon Bagatelles – Salle Pleyel

Août 23>25. The Cure (fest. Rock en scène) – parc de Saint-Cloud

Septembre 13. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre) ||COMPLET||

en gras : les derniers ajouts / in bold: the last news

[goalhofer]

2019 Colorado Rockies Roster

Pitchers

#18 Oh Seung-Hwan (Seoul, South Korea)

#21 Kyle Freeland (Denver, Colorado)

#29 Bryan Shaw (Livermore, California)

#35 Chad Bettis (Lubbock, Texas)

#38 Mike Dunn (Farmington, New Mexico)

#44 Tyler Anderson (Las Vegas, Nevada)

#45 Scott Oberg (Tewksbury, Massachusetts)

#48 German Marquez (San Felix, Venezuela)

#49 Antonio Sentzatela (Valencia, Venezuela)

#51 Jake McGee (Sparks, Nevada)

#52 Chris Rusin (Dearborn, Michigan)

#55 Jon Gray (Chandler, Oklahoma)

#59 Harrison Musgrave (Bridgeport, West Virginia)

#63 D.J. Johnson (Beaverton, Oregon)

#71 Wade Davis (Lake Wales, Florida)

Catchers

#14 Tony Wolters (Vista, California)

#22 Chris Iannetta (Providence, Rhode Island)

Infielders

#1 Garrett Hampson (Reno, Nevada)

#4 Pat Valaika (Newhall, California)

#9 Daniel Murphy (Jacksonville, Florida)

#12 Mark Reynolds (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

#24 Ryan McMahon (Santa Ana, California)

#27 Trevor Story (Irving, Texas)

#28 Nolan Arenado (Lake Forest, California)

Outfielders

#15 Raimel Tapia (San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic)

#19 Charlie Blackmon (Suwanee, Georgia)

#20 Ian Desmond (Sarasota, Florida)

#26 David Dahl (Birmingham, Alabama)

Coaches

Manager Harry Black (Longview, Washington)

Bench coach Mike Redmond (Kirkland, Washington)

First base coach Ron Gideon (Hallsville, Texas)

Third base coach Stu Cole (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Hitting coach Dave Magadan (Tampa, Florida)

Assistant hitting coach Jeff Salazar (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Pitching coach Steve Foster; Jr. (DeSoto, Texas)

Bullpen coach Darren Holmes (Asheville, North Carolina)

Bullpen catcher Aaron Munoz (Laveen, Arizona)

[jillmckenzie1]

Don’t Hate the Player – Hate the Game

Baseball is a team sport.  A 40-man roster in which clutch hitting meets quality pitching, spin rotations and exit velocities are scrutinized to maximize player performance, and managers are asked to adjust strategy and personnel on an ongoing basis in order to win games.

Baseball is a choregraphed dance of many.  Defensively, the entire team shifts in unison as a pull-hitter comes to the plate.  The catcher surgically frames the pitch asking for something low and inside, the shortstop signals to the second baseman that he’ll cover the open base if needed, and the right-hander continues to warm-up in the pen, expecting to face the next scheduled batter.

And it was legendary coach John Wooden that once said,

No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get credit for a victory.

After two straight seasons of playoff baseball for the Colorado Rockies, it would be impossible to blame their slow start (24-27, 4th in the NL West) on one single individual.  So, don’t hate the player, hate the game.

Wait.  Check that.  Apologies to Coach Wooden.  I prefer hating the player, and here are five that are to blame for the Rockies early season struggles.

Daniel Murphy – Signed to a 2 yr/$24m contract in the off-season, Murphy was supposed to be our answer at first base, add power and depth to our lineup, and make us forget about last year’s struggling platoon at first of Ian Desmond (.236), Ryan McMahon (.232), and Pat Valaika (.156). Murphy’s has averaged .297 and 42 doubles over his eleven year career, but is only hitting .220 for the Rockies while missing more than half of the season due to injury.

Kyle Freeland – Freeland is 2-6, has walked 25 batters, and his ERA is 6.71. I didn’t expect much from Jon Gray, Tyler Anderson, or some of the other starters, but Freeland went 17-7 last season with a 2.85 ERA and finished fourth in the Cy Young voting.  In his last outing against Baltimore, Freeland gave up 7 runs in only 4 innings.  In his previous start versus the Phillies, Freeland lasted only 1.2 innings.  Freeland’s rocky start includes 14 HRs allowed so far this season.  He only gave up 17 all of last year.

Arizona Diamondbacks hitting coach Dave Magadan looks on during batting practice before the baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez)

Dave Magadan – The Rockies have spent most of the season swinging for homeruns and missing. With 495 strikeouts through 51 games, Colorado is on an historic pace in the art of whiffing.  Magadan, the Rockies batting coach, has apparently put little emphasis on contact swinging and more on the long ball.  The irony is that Magadan, who played 16 seasons at first base for the Mets, never hit more than 6 HRs in a season, and rarely, if ever, struck out.

Seunghwan Oh – The Rockies bullpen hasn’t gotten much help from the starters, and Scott Oberg (3-0, 1.96 ERA) has been lights out. But Oh (10.57 ERA), Chad Bettis (1-3, 5.16 ERA), and DJ Johnson (9.26 ERA) are hardly making us forget about Adam Ottavino (1.48 ERA with the Yankees).

Ian Desmond – In his defense, Desmond’s .228 batting average is better than Murphy, Valaika (.069), Garrett Hampson (.194), and 35-year-old Mark Reynolds (.193). But those guys don’t have a 5 yr/$70 million contract.  I’d say that Desmond is due to come out of his slump any day now, but considering he batted only .236 last year, his slump seems more like his norm.

The good news is that the Rockies were about two games above .500 at this time last year, the team’s dreadful start in which they lost 8 of 9 is behind them, and there are plenty of games to go.  The bad news is that the Dodgers are ten games ahead of us, the Cubs and Brewers are rolling, and it looks like 92 wins are going to be necessary if we’re thinking wildcard.  It’s time to pick it up.

  Images via homerundaily.com, usatoday.com, denverpost.com, bsndenver.com, journal-advocate.com

from Blog https://ondenver.com/dont-hate-the-player-hate-the-game/

[desertislandcloud]

Formed in late 2017, Brighton-based alt-rock trio Lazybones released their latest explosive track ‘Trash Talk’ to SaySomething Records. The track has already garnered a myriad of reviews and has seen them playlisted on Kerrang! Radio, Amazing Radio and BBC Radio.

‘Trash Talk’, recorded by Ben Hampson of Agricultural Audio (Noel Gallagher, Bloc Party), is about “That moment when you know you’re about to say something you’ll regret, when you’re right on the edge and you just can’t stop it,” vocalist Candi Underwood explains.

Inspired by the likes of Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols and Chas & Dave, using a fuzzy bass guitar, an amplified organ and drums, Lazybones create a trashy, unapologetic, to-the-point British sound.

Their debut EP ‘Bang! Bang!’, containing fan favourites ‘Heart Beat Like A Drum’, ‘Fashion Victim’ and ‘Denim’ were picked up by the likes of BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, BBC Radio 1 Hype Chart, BBC Radio 1 Indie Show, Kerrang!, Clash Magazine amongst others.

After a successful UK tour in early 2019, their series of fast-paced live shows coupled with their nostalgic, DIY approach has fast become a talking point.

LInks https://www.instagram.com/wearelazybones https://www.wearelazybones.com https://www.facebook.com/pg/wearelazybones https://twitter.com/wearelazybones_

[jenmedsbookreviews]

Been up to much this week? No? Me neither.

Actually, I tell a lie. This weekend I celebrated my birthday. Not a particularly special one. 43. Neither here nor there really, just a number. Could be worse. I’m the baby of the family. I could be my sisters’ ages  … 

Oh yes. And I bought a bookcase. Just a small one although I bought to larger ones as well. I just need to assemble them. I did a quick job of putting the shorter one together on Wednesday night/Thursday morning while suffering a bout of insomnia so at least not all my reference books are upstairs in the office near to my desk. Also got to mount my two prints on the top temporarily, so it may be half empty but looks pretty.

Not that it will be half empty for long because I have more books. More books than you can shake a stick at. Well, you could shake a stick at them but I don’t really know why you would want to … Why? Well because I went to Harrogate this weekend, and the Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival. This is my second year and what a difference the weather makes let me tell you. Blue skies (the occasional bit of cloud and some minor rain showers) but nothing like last years torrential downpours. It made it a completely different festival for me. Really different.

Now if we are Facebook friends or you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen I was in the verge of a mini meltdown mid week about attending. Despite being in this blogging game for two years now, I still feel like a newbie, a fraud and someone who shouldn’t really be here. I know I attend a lot of festivals and launches etc, and I may appear confident and all that but all I can say is that I am a bloody good actress. I hate group situations. I always feel as though I am being judged. On everything. I cannot make small talk. I have no idea what to say. The idea of approaching someone, even someone I have met (vaguely or in real life) and saying hi petrifies me as I think they do not want to see me and are going to be just thinking WTF are you bothering me for.

I am an insular person in real life. This being online, being public, is not something I do naturally. If you saw me at home, and my family can attest to this, I am more likely to be found on my own ignoring the whole world than I am arranging meet ups and the like. I push myself to go to them because I know I need to change and I need to be more confident in this area. Also most of them are either more intimate with smaller crowds, or more driven by panels where you are simply a face in a small dark room, or, in the case of the book launches, it’s all about the authors. I may talk to a few folk (and I typically only go where I will know at least one other person) or I don’t. Went to the Orion tour the other week and it was only because Sam Eades took pity on me and introduced me to another blogger that I spoke to anyone all evening.

I am not shy in talking about my nerves – my lack of confidence – I published a long post about last years Crimefest and how I couldn’t face even going down to the bar to meet people I’d arranged to meet. Well, Harrogate is like Crimefest’s bar on steroids. the ultimate in social gatherings for the Crime (book) loving community. Everyone knows everyone, they are all in their groups chatting and you feel stupid and awkward in approaching them and saying hi, even if they have told you to do so if you see them and even if you know them already. Well I feel awkward and stupid … I am sure I am not alone but most folk make it look easy. I just usually stand and stare at people and probably look like a psycho ready to commit some kind of weird stalking/murdering spree. Quite possibly not far wrong but that’s an entirely different story …

But … this year I have said sod it. Well, a little bit at least. I have had my moments of itchiness (I have scratches in places you would not believe and are never, ever, going to see), my moments of refusing to go and say hello even though I know I should do, and my moments of just needing to watch the world go by. My nails are bitten beyond the quick, the skin around them raw and ragged where I have chewed them to pieces and I am now typing this post with my knuckles as the rest of my fingers are ruined. But I have also been brave. taking a leaf out of the lovely Jill Doyle’s book and acknowledging life is just too short. Like me.

I said hi to Jenny Blackhurst like I promised after several failed attempts to do so previously. I said hello to Sarah Hilary, mostly in passing, but it’s a start as I’d normally have just snuck on by with perhaps a nod of the head or one of my trademark weird stares from afar. I had a chat with the lovely Mel McGrath who shares my pain at social groupings and we were joined by Ann Cleeves. Ann Cleeves! I even managed to speak to her without making a complete arse of myself or exploding so that was nice.

More embarrassingly I talked about knocking myself out with my boobs and using the phrase titty lip in a review (don’t ask) with Mark Billingham … Yes I am a truly classy lady.

And I did pictures. Not a lot admittedly but still. Pictures. With me in. That I instigated. Here is the proof.

Yes. Me. With people. Going from top left, Mel McGrath, Ann Cleeves. Rachel Abbott, Lee Child, James Oswald and Will Dean. I like how Lee Child doesn’t bend down for the picture and I can pass this off as him being really tall rather than my lack of height. Will, bless him, really can’t make it more obvious lol.

It’s okay. I really am that short.

So yes, alcohol was consumed. All that did though was stop me from sleeping so if there are typos in this post that is why. I’m tired (not drunk) and will probably suffer for the rest of the week from late nights and post festival hangover syndrome. Its a real thing! (It also helped me survive the embarrassment of having Happy Birthday sung to me in the tent but that’s something I will never get over …) But I would like to say thank you to the lovely folk at Harrogate who were so kind and welcoming and who made a point of saying hi to me. I may not have photographic evidence but there were so many great moments and great bloggers, authors and, most importantly, friends to share the weekend with, that it made it all that little bit easier. So a big shout out to Mandie (because she bought me cake and she’s my sister and I have to), Vicki Goldman, Katherine Sunderland, Joy Kluver, Jacob Collins, Abbie Osborne, Jill Doyle, Susan Hampson, Joanne Robertson, Kate Moloney, Tracy Fenton, Mary Picken, Emma Welton, Janet, Jacky, Susan, Darren, Kim, Noelle, Sharon, Kate E, Anne, Sarah, Alexina, Claire, Steph, Liz, Ellen and all the other fab folk I have forgotten (too many to mention.)

It was also great to see all the fab authors, especially the lovely Mel McGrath, Libby Carpenter, Sam Carrington, Caroline England, Jack Steele, Jane Isaacs, Bernie Steadman, Tom Bale, Will Dean, James Oswald (who rather kindly stood and talked Coos even though he probably thought we were mad), Louise Mangos, Malcolm Hollingdrake, Jenny Blackhurst, Amer Anwar, Amanda Robson, Felicia Yap, Marnie Riches, Chris Whitaker, Patricia Gibney, Mel Sherratt, Caroline Mitchell, Graham Minett, Alison Belsham, Graham Smith, Jackie Baldwin, Louise Beech, Dave Sivers, Susi Holliday, Steph Broadribb, Karen Sullivan, Sarah Hilary, Sam Eades, and not forgetting Rachel Abbott. So lovely to finally meet her and to hear about my namesake in her next book. I am going to love reading the next Tom Douglas book. It will be a hoot.

That probably makes it sound like I did far more partying and interacting than I really did but Harrogate is one of those kinds of weekends where you see everyone and no one and still come away exhausted. It is mentally draining for someone who doesn’t like crowds, people, human interaction, but it is still heartwarming. Give me a few weeks and I’ll hopefully be back to normal (whatever that is) but as I have Bute noir in two weeks and Bloody Scotland a few weeks after that, I’m going to need to get my game face on again pretty quickly.

So … that was my nerves in a nutshell (coconut shell). More on the festival and the books in part two …

  Rewind, recap: Weekly update w/e 22/07/18 – Part 1 Been up to much this week? No? Me neither. Actually, I tell a lie. This weekend I celebrated my birthday.

[cwo]

Vermilion Sunsets RV Park ~ Cook, Minnesota

Vermilion Sunsets RV Park ~ Cook, Minnesota

We found this park after a bit searching for a campground near the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary. We stayed there July 12-16, 2017. They did have a website, however, it seems that it is now gone. Here is the contact info I have for the campground:

Dave Hampson dave@timbuktumarine.com Phone: 218-666-2276 2475 Vermilion Dr Cook, MN 55723 Www.timbuktumarine.com

They folks that run Timbuktu Marine,…