You think I’ve got the time to rewatch the Bros documentary purely to screenshot all the best quotes and capture them for posterity?!? Damn right I do.
#bros
#spinalbros
#BrosWhenTheScreamingStops
1/30
SO the
#SAULT
surprise gig last night certainly delivered on the SURPRISE element....
For a start, this is what you went into... Drumsheds had been transformed into a complete immersive world........
Together we can live with the sadness, I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Some day girl, I don't know when, we'll get to that place that we really wanted to go, we'll walk in the sun
Til then, tramps like us, baby we were born to run
Bruce Springsteen Hyde Park 8.7.23
May I recommend Junior Bake Off (5pm every day Channel 4) if you're in the market for some daily joy, wholesomeness and finding the positive in absolutely anything, perfectly timed in that hour between finishing work stress + starting the evening news stress
#juniorbakeoff
#GBBO
Then the main show, all the hits
Vocals from
Cleo Sol
Kid Sister
Little Simz
Chronixx
Michael Kiwanuka
All with insane costumes, staging, dancers
Absolute zero messing from
@SaultGlobal
, this was the experience of the year!
#Sault
#Drumsheds
Then came the production... Production for DAYS...
Choir, orchestra, dancers, acrobatics, performers, fashion
In a huge futuristic / industrial set in the
#Drumsheds
main room with multiple staging areas
#Sault
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied til he rules everything
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band || BST Hyde Park, London || Saturday 8th July 2023
The
@ExeterChiefs4change
campaign goes on.
@ExeterChiefs
you will change the logo and other imagery in the end. There will be no choice. Such a pity that you have allowed outdated bigoted egos to decide that you will take the most painful route to that point.
#NotYourMascot
DIFFICULT CONVERSATION / LONG THREAD ALERT! This is going to make some of you feel awkward and make some of you feel angry (for different reasons) but it's important so please stick with it even if you are not a rugby or sports fan - it's much more important than that...
So
@ExeterChiefs
has reviewed its inappropriate and out-dated Native American-style imagery and decided to drop the 'Big Chief' mascot but keep the chief head logo and associated branding. An utterly bizarre decision that is not only nonsensical, embarrassing and foolish but...
@ExeterChiefs
@premrugby
Exeter Chiefs: "We're joining the fight against abuse, hate and discrimination"
Everyone: "What, like your logo, branding and fans?"
Exeter Chiefs: "LOL no! just the kind of abuse, hate and discrimination that other people do, not the kind we profit from"
WOAH IMMY 👏
I had to rewind twice and check she'd really said it. Can't argue with it tbf, given she's female, 👀👀
but at 10 you'd hope she'd have a few years before she realised it and that it wouldn't be her main concern while on
#JuniorBakeOff
#MetPolice
#police
#VAWG
3b) Today was the key moment when good intentions and naive ignorance were replaced with willful intent to be offensive. From this point
@ExeterChiefs
are CHOOSING to do something which they KNOW is offensive & inappropriate to a minority group. They are choosing to be racists.
2a)
@ExeterChiefs
cites having had "players and coaches from around the world with a wide range of nationalities and cultures" as if that means they can't possibly offend anyone else. Pretty much the equivalent of saying "bUt SoMe Of My BeSt FrIeNdS aRe BlAcK..."😑
...is plain depressing and says a lot about race issues in the UK and why we're so far from fixing them:
1a) The idea that a bunch of white men can 'overrule' the offence felt by Indigenous peoples because THEY decide something isn't offensive is simply downright racist...
"We are overwhelmed with excitement at the new identity for the club" 🥳🥳
Please see our statement regarding
@ExeterChiefs
decision to rebrand below 👇
#ChangedTheChief
For the ones who got the notion, the notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I want to find one face that ain't looking through me
I want to find one place
I want to spit in it face of these badlands
Bruce Springsteen | Hyde Park London | Sat 8 July 2023
@JimMFelton
Bottom left corner of TV screen conveniently out of frame to hide the "pause" symbol cos he absolutely was not watching that whole match live and paying attention
1b) The "[board's] view that the use of the Chiefs logo was in fact highly respectful" is itself highly disrespectful - you think your view matters more than all the Indigenous peoples telling you it is NOT OK?! If you respect them so much why won't you listen to them..?!
Thank you all who have signed, shared, tweeted, supported, reported on it so far. I hope we, and the Indigenous peoples this is all about, can continue to count on you as we start the next stage💪
In a world where you can be anything, why wouldn't you just be kind
@ExeterChiefs
?
🏆 BREAKING: City will face Premier League side
@FulhamFC
in the second round of the
@Carabao_Cup
Ties will be played the w/c Monday, August 27.
The date of the fixture, admission prices and futher details will be released as soon as they are confirmed 👍
#ECFC
Poorly planned, overpromised but ultimately underwhelming, a colossal waste of money, full of bad decisions by everyone involved: really hope the absolute state of the
#londonfireworks
was representative of the year/decade gone, not the one to come
#londonNYE
It should not be legal to play Jackie Wilson Higher and Higher straight into Layo & Bushwacka Love Story on a Monday morning
@laurenlaverne
. Actually, scrap that, sod it, it should actually be compulsory. Every morning.
#BBC6music
As the
@ExChiefs4Change
statement says, this is two fingers up to Indigenous peoples & all minorities and shows the true colours of Tony Rowe (CEO, Chairman, financial backer).
It's also wildly out of touch, incredibly arrogant and strategically stupid.
I love rugby, I love my rugby team Exeter Chiefs but I don’t love their use of Native American imagery and it’s time to change it.
HOLD UP we’re not talking about the name! They can still be Chiefs but we need to review the logo, mascot and other Native American branding
Are the Native Americans really fussed about a rugby team in Devon thousands of miles away?
Do we only not do offensive things when the group we are offending are watching? We don’t need a black person in the room to know that black face is offensive.
Appears
@EnglandRugby
and
@premrugby
have commented on calls for a review in to
@ExeterChiefs
cultural appropriation by washing their hands of any responsibility and pushing back to clubs to review. An absolute cop out from bodies that supposedly champion diversity & inclusion.
More from me on Exeter Chiefs and FlyBe, how Chiefs made something a hundred times worse with one sentence and general PR advice on how to avoid a lot of brand damage with simple crisis management
Saw
@CruiseThePlay
yesterday and it was so exceptionally good in every way (content, staging, style, performance -
@1JackHolden
I'm in awe of your insane talent)
I really need anyone who is in / near London to go see it this week before it closes next Sun. DO IT.
#whatsonlondon
3a) Until now we've given the club the benefit of the doubt that they hadn't seen the branding this way before, as many of us hadn't until the last few years. We accept it wasn't chosen to be derogatory, but once we understand it is how you react to that info shapes everything...
Louder for those at the back (/ Tony Rowe's office): IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK, IT'S ABOUT WHAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EXPERIENCE
#notyourmascot
#changethechief
@rainbowland1979
@nicola_hawkins
@michaelgove
@TPOmb
@FreeLeasehlders
@NLC_2019
Eagerstates, Assethold etc! One of their go to tricks to threatened unfounded forfeiture to scare people into stopping challenging extortionate charges. The tribunal ruled just a few weeks ago that it's threatening and a scare tactic, but of course they ignore tribunal rulings
Sophia Loren on
#DesertIslandDiscs
is one of the best I've heard in a long time. So good to hear memories from someone so naturally intriguing. Imagine having lived such a life you can barely remember turning down Cary Grant's proposal 😆
Sublime Sunday morning music picks too
So please please SIGN and SHARE this petition, follow
@ExChiefs4Change
and if you're feeling unconvinced that it's something that needs looking at then let's chat why!
There's lots more on it out there including from Native Americans on that Twitter acc
@robcopywriter
FYI everyone with their tales of disposing of free copies of the Sun: you're actually boosting their circulation resulting in more ad spend and extending its existence. They don't care what you do with it, it all counts towards bulk numbers! You're better off leaving them there
@bbc5live
@rachelburden
@rickedwards1
why on earth are you giving Sophie Corcoran a platform?! Did we learn nothing from giving Katie Hopkins endless airtime?! Please, check her Twitter and leave her to GB News
@HeathrowNoise
Tomorrow I move house. Pushed out of the city I've lived in for 16 years, away from the home & area I love to miles away from friends & family in search of the basic human right of a normal night's sleep. Thanks for the last reminder of why I'm having to uproot my entire life.
Excellent
#desertislanddiscs
today w/ Jamie Dornan. Usually it's older guests & often less high profile who have the best eps (IMHO) but this was classic DID: really emotional bits, some uplifting, laughs, genuine & open chat, + v strong music selection
All I can say about the
@SaultGlobal
show tonight was immediately everything made sense. The £99, Drumsheds, no alcohol.
It took until 14 Dec but that was the event of the year and if you weren't there I'm really sorry you'll never be able to experience that exact moment again
You can tell the new rugby viewers - all the ones complaining that "the ref is Welsh" 🙄 That'll be Nigel Owens, best ref in the world, known and respected by everyone in rugby and having taken charge of countless England matches before without complaint
#ENGvNZL
Thank you
@SELFESTEEM___
and
@BBC6Music
for keeping me partially sane with this while stuck on the M5 for several hours today, even if I did then have a prolonged coughing fit after trying to hit Barbra Streisand's high notes in The Way We Were
"If you're turning on and hearing Moeen Ali batting, don't worry everybody"
"Best thing for the team... Brooks was vulnerable ...Moeen Ali has batted at 3 more in his career"
[0.5 seconds later...]
"MOEEN'S BOWLED"
🤦🏼♀️
Commentators curse or Moeen's batting curse!? 🙄
#Ashes2023
I might be a minority here, but on reflection I loved the reflection of that
Yeh sure fireworks & action would've given the dopamine hit we thought we wanted, but
@jed_mercurio
has resisted clichés, instead giving us a dose of reality & shining a light on life...
#Lineofduty