And that fact is hot fresh and straight out of the Wikipedia kitchen. You can trust it.
See you tonight
Love,
Dr Paul
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One of the answers in tonight’s music round is Alphaville This is the song:
German Mega Pop
This is one of the most iconic pop songs of the eighties. What a sound. When we first heard this on the radio in 1984, our British minds were blown. “Who are these Japanese blokes?” we thought.
Turns out they were German which, at the time, was only marginally less exotic.
Listen: you’re young and you live in the city. There are people everywhere, from everywhere.
You won’t appreciate that back in the UK of the 80s, especially in Scotland, foreigners were much thinner on the ground. Even being French was pretty far out.
Now you can meet people right here in Edinburgh who are from pretty much everywhere. Germans are rife.
I like the change, it’s more fluid but there is no political point attached to this observation. An observation is all it is.
Here is the cheat clue for tonight’s music round at the Newsroom. It’s Dutchwoman Anouk.
Nobody’s Wife
Anouk is Dutch and she represented Netherlands at the 2013 Eurovision. To be honest, I thought the song was boring at the time and listening again now, I still think it’s dull
REading the youtube comments tells me this:
“For people saying that it is Boring, Plain, To Slow, or Weird. It is about fcking Suicide. Anouk wanted to do this without dancers because she lost so many people of Suicide and jut wanted to handle it alone. Just look at 2:27 , she was about to cry but then later the audience started singing. “
Without wanting to sound insensitive, does a song really have to be flat, forgettable and tedious just because it’s about a serious issue?
You can leave it to Queen to think of a better way:
Youtube comments are excellent for this song.
Anyway – assuming you get through the rest of the day without topping yourself, I’ll see you at the quiz tonight.
See you at the Newsroom tonight.
RUMOUR
Oh and by the way – I should be announcing a NEW THURSDAY QUIZ fairly soon – stay tuned!
I believe there was a problem with the lights last week? No matter- everything has been fixed and Joshua will be taking you all the way to the jackpot tonight.
Cool.
Cheat News
One of the answers in tonight’s music round is Shawn Mendes. This is the song:
Tea, Toast and Money
The pop here is average. In the video, Shawn Mendes lives next door to someone who is experiencing domestic abuse and Mendes wishes it was different but doesn’t actually do anything. Maybe because he’s a pacifist which is perhaps because he is Canadian.
Can we reduce such things to nationalities? Probably not, but it does save time.
Here is the cheat clue for tonight’s music round at the Newsroom. It’s Scottish 90s favourites band: Travis.
Ben and Tracy – being grown up
I never like this song at the time – wrote it off as another boring Travis song but I’ve just watched the video which I’d never seen and the song really got to me.
A wee bit emotional actually.
I must be getting old.
As we get older we get more knowledgable.
Caitlin at the Monkey asked me last night “Where do you get all these questions from? Do you actually know this stuff?“
She was specifically referring to the Pangolin in the picture round. Here is a pangolin:
A pangolin
So if you didn’t know what a pangolin looked like, you do now. And you might forget the name but then again you might not.
The point is, it’s just a matter of time before you run into these things.
Eventually you learn EVERYTHING.
This happens around the age of 40. And that, kids, is why us grown-ups are just so damn clever.
The Tolbooth Jackpot is on a rocket to the stars. £180. That’s enough for a new coat for every member of the team. Autumn is coming.
CHEATS
By the way, here’s the audio cheat for tonight which refers to the music round at the Tolbooth:
It’s the Florence And The Machine which is just the middle-class Adele. Same shite songs, but better clothes.
Florence: Reads the Guardian
Adele: Reads Take A Break
Florence: Quinoa and Sriracha
Adele: Salt and Sauce
But both together, the same moaning-faced sad sack songbook of crying and pishy misery.
Anyway – none of that attitude at the quiz tonight. Great riches await. See you there!
Love,
Dr Paul
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Lothian Road has never had a DP Quiz but that changes tonight when Michael starts quizzing at the Raging Bull.
The Raging Bull is towards Tollcross – it’s on the left as you’re heading up Lothian Road and it used to be Moriarty’s but it feels a lot nicer now. They have lots of delicious booze including speciality cocktails and they also do snacks. Quiz is at 9pm.
Monkey Back
And the other good news is that the Brass Monkey is operational once again after the annual pain in the arse known as the Festival layoff.
Maybe see you up there tonight.
Cheat Tip
Here’s the cheat tip: The All Saints are in tonight’s music round at the Brass Monkey on Drummond Street:
It’s pure 1990s, all the way through. Here’s the video:
Fun All Saints fact: When she was around 10 years old, Melanie Blatt was diagnosed with scoliosis and has three metal rods in her back.
It sounds sore.
But not as sore as when you answer all the questions in the jackpot round correctly and then decide to not enter the round.
This is what it looks like when that happens:
Tragedy at the Safari Lounge the other night as this woman got them all right but declined to hand in her answers.
Don’t be a non-winning winner. Get your entries in!
So anyway – if you’re anywhere near Tollcross tonight, please go and visit the Raging Bull and give young Michael a boost at his first quiz.
Other than that I’ll see you at the Joker or the Monkey
Yes. All the festival wanks are away back to London. The students don’t turn up for another few weeks. The weather is still good. This is Edinburgh’s golden time. Gotta love it.
Cheat News
One of the answers in tonight’s picture round is Labrinth. This is the song:
Raindance
Nice enough song. Strong street dance. Remember – YOU TOO could dance like this on the way home tonight if you come and get pished at the quiz.
Here are the cheat clue for tonight’s music round at the Newsroom. It’s three-man wanking-triangle, Busted.
“You’re putting on an awesome show”
The video includes a stunt in which Busted chase a Concorde which is belting down the runway, about to take off.
The scruffy post-pop urchins of music jump from the truck onto the undercarriage just as the plane is rising and successfully board the plane.
Then James Charlie and Matt (that’s their names) somehow make their way up into the cabin where they proceed to make female air steward staff members want to have sex with them by using charm tactics (including throwing peanuts around, like a monkey).
I’m no charm or aviation expert, but surely this is all bollocks?
The true figure is probably higher, given that stowaways often fall unconscious and can easily fall to their deaths when the undercarriage opens, something which can be undetected.
As far as I can tell, there is no door from the wheels to the seats.
The motive is also bollocks. The article notes that most aeroplane stowaways are attempting to escape hostile living conditions and that most recorded stowaways board flights from war-torn regions towards Western Europe and the USA.
The article doesn’t mention any real historical incidents of anyone from a pop band gaining sex with a stewardess by stowing away in the undercarriage.
Pop stars usually gain sex by standing in discos and being recognised.
So the Busted video is pure bollocks but it’s OK because so is 94% of pop culture. And it’s also OK cos the Fringe is nearly over. September is so nice!
(Brass Monkey Drummond Street quiz is off during the festival)
Cheat Tip
Here’s the cheat tip: The Coral are in tonight’s music round at the Joker:
Tune’s a banger. Here’s the video:
The Coral were, I believe, from Liverpool and had a few hits. They were the next big thing. As were The Thrills, The Zutons, The Electric Six and even Starsailor.
They are all now working in A&R. That’s the way rock and roll goes.
Some of them are probably doing tech at the Fringe.
Some of them probably have highly lucrative careers writing the hits but not fronting them.
It’s the best way innit?
Write the genius once and then sit at home harvesting the moolah wile some other dope handles the touring and the adulation.
One day I hope to organise my quizzes this way.
But for now, you can witness my nose to the grindstone four nights a week, including tonight at the Joker.
