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    Julie, I just saw that MK is doing a live concert tonight in Germany with only 200 people at a radio station. It will be streamed via internet, just klick on the little speaker in the upper right corner to select mp3 or whatever.

    It starts at 9 pm our time...guess it's in the middle of the night for you, but I thought you should know

    http://www.wdr.de/radio/wdr2/

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    Thanks for the link, EF. It was too late for me but I listened to the interrview. I should have the album in a few weeks.

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    This is funny:

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture...back-problems/

    At first I thought 'I don't want Knopfler going anywhere near Bono' before I read it.

    So much for 'we're not ready for the rocking chair'. As well as Sultans of Sitting and Brothers In Armchairs other relevant titles might be:

    On Every Seat
    Down To The Sofa Line
    Sitting In Philadelphia
    Twisting By The Stool
    Heavy Stool etc, etc.

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    I linked to a story in my last post that MK now has to sit down when he plays. Some photos of him in Amsterdam the other night came up. They are very nice but I will restrict myself to one:



    Try as I might I can't imagine Money For Nothing or Sultans of Swing being performed from a chair.

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    I'm confused - does he have to sit or does he choose to sit?
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    Reading the story again I think it's choice:


    'Sixty year old Mark Knopfler, currently in the middle of a series of dates at the Albert Hall, has been performing from the comfort of an ergonomically-enhanced swivel chair. The former Dire Straits frontman explained to audiences that he had been having treatment for a trapped nerve in the back, and acquired the chair to aid his recovery. His doctor has apparently given him a clean bill of health, but Knopfler likes the chair and he’s decided to stick with it'.

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    Well, good for him. But I agree with you FP, I can't imaging seeing him perform in a chair all night. I mean, talk about stoic!
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    Y'know, rock has never been PC... sheesh.

    Canada bans Dire Straits classic song

    Always in our hearts, Never forgotten

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    Boooooooo!!!
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    That's ridiculous!
    https://i.imgur.com/CuSdAQM.jpg
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