100 Greatest Musicals (Channel 4)

July 2008

100. Let's Make Love (1960)

99. Miss Saigon (1989)

98. Bright Eyes (1934)

97. The Cotton Club (1984)

96. Lullaby of Broadway (1951)

95. Breaking Glass (1980)

94. Sholay (1975)

93. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

92. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

91. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

90. Cry-Baby (1990)

89. A Little Night Music (1977)

88. For Me and My Gal (1942)

87. Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

86. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

85. Funny Face (1957)

84. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

83. A Star Is Born (1976)

82. Anything Goes (1956)

81. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

80. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

79. All That Jazz (1979)

78. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

77. Porgy and Bess (1959)

76. Dancer in the Dark (2000)

75. Dil Se.. (1998)

74. Shall We Dance (1937)

73. Half a Sixpence (1967)

72. Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1973)

71. Show Boat (1951)

70. Gigi (1958)

69. The Producers (1968)

68. Kiss Me Kate (1953)

67. Doctor Dolittle (1967)

66. Gypsy (1962)

65. The Jazz Singer (1927)

64. Easter Parade (1948)

63. Jailhouse Rock (1957)

62. Sweet Charity (1969)

61. Scrooge (1970)

60. Top Hat (1935)

59. Funny Girl (1968)

58. An American in Paris (1951)

57. Paint Your Wagon (1969)

56. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

55. Hair (1979)

54. On the Town (1949)

53. Cinderella (1950)

52. Carmen Jones (1954)

51. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

50. Hello, Dolly! (1969)

49. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

48. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

47. Summer Holiday (1963)

46. A Chorus Line (1985)

45. A Star Is Born (1954)

44. Tommy (1975)

43. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

42. Starlight Express (2003)

41. Carousel (1956)

40. 8 Mile (2002)

39. South Pacific (1958)

38. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

37. White Christmas (1954)

36. Guys and Dolls (1955)

35. Oklahoma! (1955)

34. High Society (1956)

33. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

32. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

31. Blood Brothers (1993)

30. Cats (1997)

29. Fame (1980)

28. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

27. The Jungle Book (1967)

26. Annie (1982)

25. Calamity Jane (1953)

24. The Blues Brothers (1980)

23. The King and I (1956)

22. Evita (1996)

21. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

20. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

19. Bugsy Malone (1976)

18. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)

17. Cabaret (1972)

16. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

15. Les Misérables (1998)

14. The Lion King (1994)

13. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

12. My Fair Lady (1964)

11. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

10. Moulin Rouge (2001)

9. Oliver! (1968)

8. Chicago (2002)

7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

6. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

5. Mary Poppins (1964)

4. West Side Story (1961)

3. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

2. The Sound of Music (1965)

1. Grease (1978)

Thanks to http://www.listal.com/list/100-greatest-musicals

Last broadcast on Channel 4, 17^th December 2011

Originally posted on Saturday 17^th December 2011

Albums by The Beatles

These are the only albums released by the Beatles:

Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Beatles for Sale (1964)
Help! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles (aka the White Album) (1968)
Yellow Submarine (1969)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)

Originally posted on Sunday 11th December 2011

Famous Blood Donors

Celebrities who have donated blood or supported blood donation:

Gordon Bennett, Australian artist

Chris Bisson, British actor and star of Coronation Street

Jude Bolton, Australian footballer with the Sydney Swans

Pat Boone, American singer and actor

Richard Branson, British businessman and founder of Virgin

Kristin Cavallari, star of The Hills TV series 

Jackie Chan MBE, martial arts actor from Hong Kong

Sara Cox, British DJ

Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer

Alesha Dixon, British singer and judge on Strictly Come Dancing

Josh Duhamel, American TV actor and star of the Transformers films

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, British singer and Janet Ellis's daughter

Jenny Frost, British TV presenter and singer

Penn Jillette, the talking half of the magic duo Penn & Teller

Chris Judd: Australian footballer for Carlton and Brownlow

Gary Lineker, England international footballer

Kym Marsh, British singer and actress

Dr. Phillip McGraw, American TV personality

Sun Park, Australian actress, singer and presenter

Rascal Flatts, American country band

Jane Seymour, British actress and star of the Bond film, Live and Let Die

Mark Smith, 'Rhino' in the Gladiators TV series (bone marrow)

Curtis Stone, Australian chef, TV presenter and author

Niki Taylor, American supermodel 

Jayne Torvill, British Olympic gold medallist and star of Dancing On Ice TV series 

The cast of The Vampire Diaries and Twilight, American TV series

I would urge healthy readers to consider blood donation as it takes only a little of your time, but can transform and even save lives. Blood cannot be given more frequently than 16 weeks, which is only three times a year. To find out more, the UK link is: www.blood.co.uk

Originally posted on Tuesday, 6th December 2011

Diary of a Surviving Supply Teacher: Have you found a description of your agency consultant's experience on Linkedin?

The following is an article that I posted on the TES site:

A couple of years ago, after seven years of working for an agency, a member of their staff shouted at me on the telephone. This was his reaction to me being unable to work for them, because I had been offered and accepted a placement by another agency. He was also angry because I had not recognised that he was the manager, despite the agency not informing me this was the case. Letters to the agency, REC, QM and local authority were to no avail and I did not work for them again (as described in the Worst Agencies . . . Worst Agency Experiences thread).

Recently, while researching another agency, I came across this description of the aforementioned individual on uk.linkedin.com:

 "[Person's name] BA Hons MIRP's Summary 

-Experienced recruiter with ten years industry experience 

-Almost eight years served in the Education sector 

Worked as consultant through to Operations Manager. 

Developed existing business further and experienced in three start up business/ desks through to success 

Specialties 

Education recruitment 

Operations Management
Strategic Development" 

What is significant is that this person has considerably less of what he calls 'Experience' (with a capital 'E'), albeit undefined, than I have in teaching. He appears to have no experience of teaching at all. None of the jargon is defined, particularly 'industry' and 'Education sector' (with a capital 'E'), although it needs considerable explanation. Further down the page, under 'Experience', are woolly phrases with more jargon, such as, 'Worked as a Consultant developing relationships with Schools in the ********** and *********** area, predominantly working with Primary Schools. Also accepted as one of five people onto the company's Management Development Programme.' What this means is not explained, much less how it constitutes experience. Presumably, punctuation, capitalisation and sentence structure are not a requirement of the agency or Linkedin! 

He claims to have been university educated with a BA in history and something called a MIRP. He says he has spent two years with the John Lewis department store and another two years with what appears to be a marine engineering agency. 

Reading this Linkedin page confirms my belief that one of the reasons teaching agency employees are rude, and treat supply teachers inappropriately, is because they are not professionally trained. This person's description indicates that he has no first-hand experience of teaching or education whatsoever. Furthermore, the experience that can be discerned, has little, or no, connection with teaching or education. 

Have you found a description of your agency consultant's experience on Linkedin?

Originally posted on Tuesday, 6th December 2011

anniversary

noun (plural anniversaries)

the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year:

     the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
     the 75th anniversary of the RAF
     the date on which a couple were married in a previous year:
     he even forgot our tenth anniversary!

Origin:

     Middle English: from Latin anniversarius 'returning yearly', from annus 'year' + versus 'turning'

Spelling help

     Spell anniversary with a double n at the beginning; the ending is -ary.
 
From: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anniversary 

Today, Monday 5th December 2011, is the first anniversary of this blog 'Fair View', which was actually created on Thursday 2nd December 2010, when deep snow prevented me from working, but which took its first post on Sunday 5th December 2010, a review of the newly re-released Come Taste the Band album by Deep Purple. At the time, I intended the blog to consist of album reviews, timelines and discographies, but instead it briefly became a diary, followed by a series of progressive rock lists. The latter starting with Classic Rock Magazine's surprisingly popular 'Classic Rock: State of the Prog Nation - Progressive rock is taking over. Again!' This was a 'free' booklet given with the magazine and which consisted of a list of 'The 50 Albums That [according to the publication's staff] Built Prog.' In between the reviews and lists, have come a miscellany of design, poetry, songs and other assorted ephemera. There may be further diary entries (several are overdue from July 2011!), but my intention, at this stage, is to continue the lists and return to the reviews - many of which are drafted, awaiting posting. In one more year, we will see if this has come to fruition.

Thank you to all who have contributed, visited (8,151) and commented.

Originally posted on Monday 5th December 2011, on a mild, damp day when there was no snow! 

Tory MPs on Bank Payroll

Conservative Party Links to Fat Cat Bankers

A. The results of the Conservative Party's links to the banks

- Conservative Chancellor George Osborne imposed a levy of just £2.5 billion;

- The Tories introduced laws that give a full tax exemption for British companies’ tax haven branches and let them get away with an 8% tax rate for profits diverted to havens through internal financing;

- Mr Osborne has slashed corporation tax rates from 28% to 24% meaning the impact on the finance houses will be minimal;

- The Government has said the banks will not have to pay the tax on the first £20 billion of liabilities;

- Mr Osborne has failed to take forward the recommendation of Sir David Walker that banks should be forced to disclose all pay packages above £1 million;

-  There has been no action to curb the bonus culture which is expected to see £7 billion lavished on fat cats this year;

- The big four banks between them paid some 200 staff an average of £1million last year;

B. The reasons for the Conservative Party's links to the banks

- More than a quarter of all Conservative MPs and peers have held jobs in banking or the financial sector;

- Of the 498 Tory MPs and peers, 134 are or have been employed in the financial sector; 

- 70 of the Conservative Party’s 305 MPs are or have ben employed in the financial sector. 

- Among the 193 Conservative peers, more than a third work or have worked in finance or banking;

- Altogether there are more Tory MPs who have been on the banks’ payroll than the total number of Lib Dem politicians;

- Among the Cabinet members with links to the City are:

    Pay-master General Francis Maude, who has worked for Solomon Bros and Morgan Stanley; 

    Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Strathclyde who was chair of Trafalgar Capital Management from    2001-10; 

    Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin, who worked for NM Rothschild & Son from 1986-2009; 

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, who worked for Lazard Bros from 1979-2009; 

    and Commons Leader Sir George Young, who worked for the Samuel Hill merchant bank.

- Eleven Tory MPs and peers have worked for Barclays including: 

    

    Richard Bacon MP, 

    Jesse Norman MP, 

    former Chancellor Lord Lawson, 

    Earl Howe 

    and Andrea Leadsom MP. 

- A further eight Conservatives have been at Rothschild, including:

    John Redwood MP, 

    Mark Garnier MP, 

    former Chancellor Lord Lamont

    and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP.

- Four Conservatives worked for Lehman Bros, the company whose collapse sparked the financial crisis. They include:

    Steve Baker MP, Chief Architect, Global Financing and Asset Servicing Platforms at the company from 2006-2008; 

    Brooks Newmark MP 

    and Lord Freeman. 

- Others with links to the financial sector include:

    Billionaire Lord Ashcroft, 

    Welfare minister Lord Freud, 

    Harriet Baldwin MP 

    and Kwasi Kwarteng MP.

- The real coalition governing Britain is between the banks and the Tory Party. The Lib-Dems are Tories by another name.

Originally posted on Friday 4th November 2011

The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults

Live album series by Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Released in 2002

Genre: Progressive rock

Label: Castle

The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults is a four-volume "official bootleg" release by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Castle Records. Each of the four volumes is comprised of four shows and contains seven or eight CDs.

Volume One

Disc One: Stomping Encore, Gaelic Park, NY: 1^st September 1971 Pt 1

1. The Barbarian (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Bela Bartok)

2. Take A Pebble:

a. Take a Pebble (Lake),

b. Piano Variations (Emerson),

c. Take a Pebble(Conclusion) (Lake)

3. Tarkus:

a. Eruption (Emerson),

b. Stones of Years (Emerson, Lake),

c. Ionoclast (Emerson),

d. Mass (Emerson),

e. Manticore (Emerson),

f. The Battlefield (Lake),

g. Aquatarkus (Emerson)

Disc Two: Stomping Encore, Gaelic Park, NY: 1^st September 1971 Pt 2

4. Knife Edge

5. Rondo

6. Piano Interlude

7. Hoedown

Disc Three: Louisville Town Hall, KY: 21^st April 1972 Pt 1

1. Knife Edge (Emerson, Lake, Fraser, Leoš Janáček)

2. Rondo (Dave Brubeck, arrangement originally by The Nice: Keith Emerson, Brian Davison, Lee Jackson, David O'List)

3. Piano Interlude (including part of Fugue) (Emerson)

4. Hoedown (Aaron Copland, arranged by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer)

Disc Four: Louisville Town Hall, KY: 21^st April 1972 Pt 2

5. Hoedown

6. Tarkus

7. Take a Pebble

8. Lucky man

9. Piano improvisation

Disc Five: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA: 28^th July 1972 Pt 1

1. Abaddon's Bolero

2. Pictures at an exhibition

3. Nutrocker

4. Rondo

Disc Six: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA: 28^th July 1972 Pt 2

5. Tarkus

6. The Endless Enigma

7. The Sheriff

8. Take a Pebble

Disc Seven: Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga, NY: 13^th August 1972

1. Hoedown

2. Tarkus

3. The Endless Enigma

4. The Sheriff

5. Take a Pebble

6. Pictures at an Exhibition

Volume Two

Disc One: A Right Cordial Shocker, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 26^th November 1972 Pt 1

1. Hoedown

2. Tarkus

3. Endless Enigma

4. At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal

5. Sheriff

6. Take A Pebble

7. Lucky Man

Disc Two: A Right Cordial Shocker, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 26^th November 1972 Pt 2

8. Take a Pebble [conclusion]

9. Pictures at an Exhibition

10. Nutrocker

Disc Three: Waiting For the Corduroy Purpose, Henry Lewitt Arena, KS, 26^th March 1974 Pt 1

1. Hoedown

2. Jerusalem

3. Toccata

4. Tarkus

5. Benny The Bouncer

6. Jeremy Bender

7. Take a Pebble

8. Still You Turn Me On

9. Lucky Man

Disc Four: Waiting For the Corduroy Purpose, Henry Lewitt Arena, KS, 26^th March 1974 Pt 2

10. Piano Improvisations

11. Take a Pebble

12. Karn Evil 9 First Impression

13. Karn Evil 9 Second Impression

14. Karn Evil 9 Third Impression

Disc Five: My Darling Nemesis... The Illuminati, Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY, 26^th July 1974 Pt 1

1. Hoedown

2. Jerusalem

3. Toccata

4. Tarkus

5. Take a Pebble

6. Still You Turn Me On

7. Lucky Man

Disc Six: My Darling Nemesis... The Illuminati, Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY, 26^th July 1974 Pt 2

8. Piano Improvisation

9. Take a Pebble

10. Karn Evil 9 [part 1]

11. Karn Evil 9 [part 2/start missing]

12. Karn Evil 9 [part 3]

13. Pictures at an Exhibition

Disc Seven: Strangely Beneficent, New Haven Civic Centre, New Haven, CT, 30^th November 1977 Pt 1

1. Peter Gunn

2. Hoedown

3. Tarkus

4. Take A Pebble

5. Piano Concerto [part 1] - Keith Emerson

6. Maple Leaf Rag

7. Take A Pebble

8. Ce'st La Vie

9. Lucky Man [not complete]

Disc Eight: Strangely Beneficent, New Haven Civic Centre, New Haven, CT, 30^th November 1977 Pt 2

10. Karn Evil 9 [first impression part 2]

11. Tiger in the Spotlight

12. Watching Over You

13. Nutrocker

14. Pirates

15. Fanfare for the Common Man

Volume Three

Disc One: Anaheim Convention Centre, CA, USA, 10^th February 1974

1. Hoedown Listen

2. Tiger in a Spotlight

3. C'est la Vie

4. Still...You Turn Me On

5. Lucky Man

6. Tank/The Enemy God

7. Karn Evil 1st Impression

8. Karn Evil 2nd Impression

9. Fanfare for the Common Man

10. Take a Pebble

11. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade/The Gnome/Promenade [Vocal]/Hut of

Disc Two: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 2^nd October 1992 Pt 1

1. Eruption/Stones of Years/Iconoclast/Mass V. Manticore/The Battlefield/A - Tarkus

2. Knife Edge

3. Paper Blood

4. Black Moon

5. Close to Home

6. Creole Dance

7. From the Beginning

8. Still...You Turn Me On

9. Lucky Man

Disc Three: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 2nd October 1992 Pt 2

10. Honky Tonk Train Blues

11. Romeo and Juliet

12. Pirates

13. Pictures at an Exhibition

14. Fanfare for the Common Man

Disc Four: Wiltern Theater, LA, USA, March 1993 Pt 1

1. Karn Evil 9

2. Tarkus, Eruption

3. Tarkus, Stones of years

4. Tarkus, Iconoclast

5. Knife Edge

6. Paper Blood

7. Black Moon

8. Close To Home

9. Creole Dance

10. Still...you Turn Me On

11. C'est La Vie

12. Lucky Man

13. Honky Tonk Train Blues

14. Touch And Go

15. Pirates

Disc Five: Wiltern Theater, LA, USA, March 1993 Pt 2

16. Hoedown

17. Promenade

18. Gnome

19. Promenade

20. Hut of Baba Yaga

21. Carl Palmer Solo

22. Great Gates of Kiev

23. Fanfare for the Common Man

Volume Four

Disc One: Hartford Civic Centre, Connecticut 10^th July 1977 Pt 1

1. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2

2. Hoedown

3. Tarkus

4. Take a Pebble (Inc Piano Concerto No 1 1st Movement)

5. Still You Turn Me On

6. Knife Edge

7. Pictures at an Exhibition

Disc Two: Hartford Civic Centre, Connecticut 10^th July 1977 Pt 2

8. C’est La Vie

9. Lucky Man

10. Tank

11. Nutrocker

12. Pirates

13. Fanfare for the Common Man

Disc Three: Chicago 1978 Pt 1

1. Peter Gunn

2. Hoedown

3. Tarkus: Eruption/Stone of Years/Iconoclast/Mass/Manticore/The Battlefie

Take a Pebble/Piano Concerto 3rd Movement/Maple Leaf Rag/Take a Pebble

4. C'est La Vie

5. Lucky Man

6. Pictures at an Exhibition [2nd Half]

Disc Four: Chicago 1978 Pt 2

7. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression [2nd Half]

8. Tiger in a Spotlight

9. Watching Over You

10. Tank/Enemy God

11. Nutrocker

12. Pirates

13. Fanfare for the Common Man/Rondo

14. Show Me the Way to Go Home

Disc Five: Pennsylvania 22^nd July 1992 Pt 1

1. Fanfare for the Common Man

2. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2

3. Tarkus

4. Knife Edge

5. Paper Blood

6. Black Moon

7. Creole Dance

8. Close to Home

9. Affairs of the Heart

10. From the Beginning

11. Romeo and Juliet

12. Greg Plays

Disc Six: Pennsylvania 22^nd July 1992 Pt 2

13. Farewell to Arms

14. Pirates

15. Lucky Man

16. Pictures at an Exhibition

17. Medley: Changing States/ America/ Rondo

18. Another Frontier

Disc Seven: Jones Beach, New York 25^th July 1992 Pt 1

1. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2

2. Tarkus

3. Knife Edge

4. Paper Blood

5. Black Moon

6. Creole Dance

7. Piano Instrumental

8. From the Beginning

9. Affairs of the Heart

Disc Eight: Jones Beach, New York 25 July 1992 Pt 2

10. Romeo and Juliet

11. Farewell to Arms

12. Pirates

13. Lucky Man

14. Pictures at an Exhibition

15. Fanfare for the Common Man

Originally posted on Friday 2nd December 2011