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New year honours
Posted by honestman on 30 December 2008 - 3:44pm.
Working in the meedja I have seen the pre-embargoed list, which contains a most unlikely award for a folk type plus a CBE for a cast-iron member of the rock aristocracy. All will be revealed at midnight...
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Yes... it's about time...
that Lemmy was rewarded for all he's done for our proud nation.
Here's the full list
http://www.honours.gov.uk/media/12441/queens_list2009.pdf
Robert Plant, CBE
John Martyn, OBE
(as already revealed further down this thread).
Shame. Was rather looking forward to Lemmy greeting HRH in full Nazi uniform. Maybe next year?
Alternatively
we could get rid of the Royal family and skip this bi-annual forelock tugging and just have awards given out directly from an elected parliament.
ps. it must be really cool to on the inside with the hot skinny.
The People's Awards
Leona Lewis, Snow Patrol, Take That etc
i think you missed the point David-
Chris wasn't saying the public should vote for who they want honouring - instead the awards come from the democratically elected government, bypassing the unelected, anachronistic, parasitic scroungers. Me, personally, I have no opinion on the matter.
Yes it's funny how
when republicanism is suggested people always point out the mediocre choices the public might make not the best yet we never mention the wretched feckless royals and aristo we've let rule.
As to your list David that list could easily get obe's from betty or charlie any year soon (maybe not snow patrol) and we will still not be ruling ourselves.
You don't think Liz sits there with a copy of
Chambers Biographical picking the recipients herself do you?
not at all
why not loose the charade and have something similar to a congressional medal for the arts or legion of merit or what ever , Oh but that would leave the Queen with nothing to do ....
But isn't the whole point
of having a list of "New Year's Honours" that are nominally bestowed by the monarch to sidestep accusations of political skulduggery or party largesse?
Which means it's hardly a charade, more a convenience.
A legion of merit?
A bit like the Order Of Merit we currently have?
Morrissey CBE
Will he drop his trousers to the Queen?
Do they have
beards?
Arise
Sir Geezer Of Butler
I'm guessing it's one of the blokes from
Gnidrolog
cast iron
Bruce Dickenson, lot of work for chaaaarrriitttyy, don't like to talk about it...!
Arise!
Sir Mark Ellen, for services to frugging.
Is it
the bass player from Dumpy's Rusty Nuts?
SIR RT
And a Podcast as well. Certain Bloggers here will have self- combusted.
Has the Queen been rick-rolled?
Otherwise my guesses would be :
Paul Hewson CBE but I'm not sure what the rules are re Irish nationals (Bob Geldof got some gong or other, didn't he?.
Declan McManus CBE?
John Lydon CBE? (that'd be good)
Bryan Ferry?
Eno?
long shot on the cast iron aristocracy CBE
Charlie Watts. I'd dearly love if the citation read "'for twatting Sir Mick Jagger when he suggested that Mr Watts was 'his drummer'"
Not quite
Percy Plant CBE.
Sir Terry Pratchett
Who is the folkie? Cannot get the full list on the BBC website.
Stop press. John Martyn MBE
Olympics
Much as I admire what Chris Hoy achieved, does it really merit a knighthood? I think not.
Hoy
According to this morning's Today he's the first Briton to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympics for over a century.
Like many, I'm a bit sniffy about the whole tawdry business, but if you're going to have gongs then Hoy's achievement seems to be as deserving as any sportsperson's.
Chris Hoy? On yer bike!
Chris Hoy? On yer bike!
Quote
"To become a knight from riding your bike, it's mad. But it is, genuinely, just an amazing honour, it's also great for the sport."
This is in the local news for the north west. Why? Surely he's a scotsman? Ahem! He lives in Salford...
John Coughlan CBE...
for services to heads down, no nonsense, mindless boogie no doubt. And who'd have though he'd go on to become Director of Children's Services at Hampshire County Council?
Norris the Morris Man
One of the oldest Morris dancing enthusiasts in England has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours list for his services to folk culture.
Norris Winstone, 95, took up Morris dancing at school in 1928 and taught himself to play the melodeon picking up tunes by ear.
For 80 years he has campaigned to spread folk music and dance.
He has also taught its techniques, played in groups around East Anglia and kept traditional tunes alive. Norris lives in Norwich and intends to keep up his work, "as long as my fingers do not stiffen up".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7805305.stm
Next Word cover star? Sorry...no beard. Oh, oh, oh, just remembered - new Word soon!
Sorry, off the music theme...
but I just noticed that the chairman of my beloved footie team has got a knighthood...amazing what naming a stadium, academy of football studies and gallery of fine arts at the royal academy after yourself will get you!
Nah, just kidding - congratulations John Madejski, he might not be shy in the self-promotion stakes, but he does a hell of a lot of work for charidee.
Now, how about putting hands in pockets ready for the January transfer window SIR John!?
Didn't he get the nod...
...because Liz is an avid reader of Auto Trader?
Not sure they did much
in the way of second hand horses and carriages.
Could have been his dating of Cilla Black that clinched it, worth a knighthood for that alone surely!
Was it
a Blind Date by any chance?
Sorry... BU-LIND DAAY-TE
The Daily Mash has it...
"KNIGHTHOOD FOR CHILD WHO MADE OWN BED EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK
'An outstanding display of endurance bedmaking '
JACK Logan, the child who made his own bed every day for a week, has been knighted in the New Year's honours list.
Ten year-old Logan said he was thrilled but surprised to receive the honour, insiting he was only doing what he was paid to do.
Sir Jack added: "I am very well compensated for my bed making, as you can see from these excellent new trainers, so it feels a bit weird to be knighted as well.
"I just hope this honour can help to raise the profile of British bed-making and inspire lots of other children to make their beds for more than two days in a row. London 2012 here we come!"
There were also MBEs for eight year-old Sally McKay and 12 year-old Josh Hayes who both helped their fathers wash the car.
Meanwhile three year-old Ben Malley becomes a CBE for going pee-pees all by himself.
Grown-up honours include Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, awarded a CBE for not choking on his own vomit, while actor Michael Sheen gets an OBE for being on telly an awful lot recently. Sheen, 39, has recently been tipped to play the actor Michael Sheen in Sheen: The Michael Sheen Story.
Elsewhere top Treasury mandarin Nick McPherson is knighted for 'services to going to lots of meetings and writing stuff down while the country turned to shit'.
But there was disappointment for veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth who was once again rejected for a knighthood as both Downing Street and the Palace continued to frown upon his support for the Khmer Rouge in the early 1970s.
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Gold Star!
and two house points. VG