BrianBrussels

Not my first rodeo. Who fan, bamboozled dad & former editor of Brussels-based @Parlimag. Views my own. Treat yourself 2 a Marvel style No Prize for following

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“I Feel Love” by Donna Summer was released as a single 49 years ago today.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨New: Sadio Mane on the controversial penalty appeal for Youri Tielemans against Senegal:

🗣️“This is football, not theatre. Tielemans gets to the ball first, Camara is doing exactly what every defender is taught from the first day, clear the danger. They arrive almost together, there’s only minimal, unavoidable contact after the challenge. That alone is not a foul.

The Laws of the Game don’t punish every collision. A penalty requires a careless, reckless, or excessive-force foul. Simply making contact after both players challenge for the ball isn’t enough. Football is a contact sport, not a non-contact exhibition.

VAR is supposed to correct clear and obvious errors, not turn every 50-50 duel into a courtroom trial. Every time the referee is dragged to the monitor for incidents like this, the game loses another piece of its soul. It’s like using a microscope to find an elephant, it makes no sense.

Senegal were fighting like lions, Belgium were hanging by a thread, and then one decision threatens to rewrite the entire story. If this is a penalty today, then defenders may as well stop tackling and start writing apology letters before kick-off.

Modern football is becoming a house built on sand, one soft decision after another. The badge on the referee’s shirt is starting to carry more influence than the players wearing the jerseys. That’s not protecting the game; that’s suffocating it”

[STEVE DIGGLE @steveediggle]

Fifty years ago !

[Mark Hirst @Documark]

Well this goes a long way towards explaining the Inner House ruling in my case.

@AlexNeilSNP will recall how I flagged, 10 years ago, some of the corrupt practices that certain nominated Senators had succumbed to.

Scotland is being presided over by actual gangsters who cosplay as judges.

[BrianBrussels @BrianBrussels]

An awesome night in Antwerp on Sunday with @theblackcrowes at the wonderful Olt RivierenHof outdoor venue... A cracking set from a band that just seems to be getting better the older they become... Southern Rock at its finest

[Bev Jackson @BevJacksonAuth]

Does Andy Burnham really want to start his presumptive period as prime minister by going to war with parents? Are his advisers telling him it’s a wise move? Is he insulated from public opinion? I’m really curious.

[BrianBrussels @BrianBrussels]

@bindelj @Martina As we say in darkest Fife... a breach of the peace waiting to happen...

[ALAN FISHER @alfish83]

I can’t be the only person fed up with the whole “no Scotland, no party” and “just happy to be here” carry on. Scotland used to be a serious football nation Think I preferred when the fans were tearaways and we produced proper players

[Ben Cooper @bencooper]

It is pretty funny that the Tories, who don’t give a damn about identity politics, have been led by several women, a man of Indian descent, and now a black woman - whereas Labour who are obsessed with identity politics have entirely been led by white men.

[Classic Rock In Pics @crockpics]

On Thanksgiving night in 1969, Madison Square Garden witnessed pure, unscripted rock folklore when Tina Turner spontaneously pulled Janis Joplin onto the stage. Photographer Amalie R. Rothschild caught the exact moment the two icons shared a mic. Ike & Tina were actually opening for The Rolling Stones on their legendary '69 tour, and Janis was just hanging out backstage as a guest, with zero plans to sing.

Right in the middle of the set, Tina spotted Janis watching from the wings and dragged her right out under the spotlights. Janis—rocking a massive white fur hat, a purple satin shirt, and a Stones tour badge pinned to her vest—didn't hesitate for a second. The two stood side-by-side, trading raw, soul-shaking vocals and completely blowing the roof off the Garden.

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

Well said that woman

[Richard Balls @RichardBalls]

No 32 Alexander Street in Bayswater was where Stiff Records was born 50 years ago, amid the steaming heat of 1976. The label that gave us Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric and many more original acts. It later expanded into No 28.

A blue plaque is needed!

[𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @SundaeDivine]

The reflecting pool debacle is the perfect visual metaphor for the Trump Administration - superficial approaches to complex problems leading to worse outcomes than if he had done nothing.

[Ladytron Fan Account @Lady_FanAccount]

"I Feel Love" is from the album I Remember Yesterday (1977), a concept album that traveled for different decades, and I Feel Love was the track that represented the future. Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte created the entire base with a Moog synthesizer.

The track changed the history of music: Brian Eno listened and rushed to tell David Bowie "this is the future of music". It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart for 4 weeks and #6 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

[Anarc-y princess @SatireAP]

THEY FUCKING RAN TO STOP AN OLD MAN FROM DIPPING HIS FINGERS IN THE WATER HAHAAHHAAHAHAH I HATE IT HERE

[Ladytron Fan Account @Lady_FanAccount]

Otis Redding died in a plane crash just three days after recording "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay". Since he had not yet finished the lyrics, he ended up whistling the ending, and this whistling was in the official version. Steve Cropper completed the songwriting after his death.

Released as a single in January 1968, it was Otis' first and only single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it spent four weeks at the top. The song won two posthumous Grammys and became one of the greatest classics in soul music.

[#JoySports @JoySportsGH]

England were lucky VAR went for coffee. A penalty should have been awarded to Ghana - Carlos Queiroz

#JoySports

[TransgenderTrend @Transgendertrd]

"Put simply, it takes physically healthy children with normal pubertal development and subjects them to powerful drugs which may weaken their bones, affect their ability to think, damage sexual function and make them unable to have children of their own"
- Dr Caroline Johnson.

[Laurie Wright @LaurieWright4]

🎯 In my extensive research as I gear up to play the lead role in the Steve Marriott/Small Faces biopic ‘All Or Nothing,’ written by Carol Harrison @carolactress , this is the last known footage I can find of my hero in action - by 1989 in this video he was playing… swipe right

[Hunter Eagleman™ @Hunter_Eagleman]

Gen X knows… 😂🥴