Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
My German exchange. When I was a young teenager I participated in a German exchange which meant living with a foreign family for a month. It was traumatic. I finished up fighting my host in Hannover zoo. But they gave me a sweatshirt. Didn't know what it was. Visit to the VW factory
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Norton was very busy tonight. All the shops stayed open and there was music. Saw some familiar faces. It was like Gobbler's Knob!
Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday so a good time to buy a download. This is probably the most popular of our digital tracks.
What's the Point? at the Railway in Radstock.. When Sue took the photo the singer Stun said 'you will wonder tomorrow why you took that' but no we are happy to record this moment
Managed to catch my son and hear about his weekend with mate George in Budapest playing pinball. He said it was reasonably priced. Opens 4pm and closes at midnight. They don't serve alcohol and it has an enormous collection of pinball mostly vintage. Most of the most famous tables were there. Well worth it he concluded. Website
This record was out 40 years ago. Video here. Susan really liked it and had a promotional v
My top artist Slim Harpo. The Fall number 3. Not really accurate but I won't tell you why it's too boring. Listen to my 2023 top songs here
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If you are interested in the New Zealand Wars you might like this film. Trailer is brand new. Looks good.
IMDB says
A lay preacher who arrives at a British settlement in 1830s. His violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.
. Susan remembered this. I didn't. On Boss Radio 66. Sounds like Bubblegum which Susan likes.
We have a Poundland opening on Saturday in Midsomer Norton and one of our friends has just started working there so when we heard this song last night on Riley & Coe it made us smile. A current song. Good.
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Sixty years ago Britain was in the grip of Beatlemania. U.S. Coverage
I haven't been able to find a tracklisting for this. Oh it's on Discogs. Has the Media on it. Saw them a lot. It's on Spotify. No reason not to give it a listen. I was at printing college during this time which had us staying in digs. Used to go out every night - how I met Susan. Lots of gigs were in the week. I used to see the Cortinas about at the cinema etc. We used to go to the Arnolfini which was an art house cinema, they had punk movies like the Blank Generation which were screened.
Mickey Bradley just played this. A good song. A contender for best pinball song. Spaceball ricochet by T. Rex is good too.
. Mickey Bradley just played this. Haven't heard it for years.
A new mining status is in place. Midsomer Norton had its own mining disaster in 1908
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Original version of this funky little number Today's earworm for me.
. The Wednesday night rocking party have been playing this and I must admit to liking it.
Not sure of the date of this. Probably 76. When Lew Lewis was with them. Used to do this with the Bad Detectives - quite a banger, well worth a watch.
Short playlist of the best r'n'b band of that era. In my opinion neither the Rods or Lew Lewis would ever equal this greatness.
Great song from my youth.
One of the best things about Charity shops is you never know what you will see. On Saturday our daughter picked up these.
Are you going to go? I know the difference between a movie and history so am not expecting too much from it. My son and his wife are going to see it. They are not history buffs but movie buffs so I will be interested in what they think. I will probably wait as we don't have a cinema in my town. My inner 12 year old is keen to see it.
Back in 2014 we played a gig in Paris with the Monochrome Set. We got to chat with Bid a fair bit as we were fellow smokers and found ourselves outside puffing at the same time. Nice chap. Susan was on crutches as she slipped over about a week before. Charles de Goal were excellent too. See us play Easy Riding at this gig here
I used to love winklepickers. This pic is from 1964. I suppose I was wearing them late 70s early 80s.
Andy Warren rehearsing at Mayhem Studios, Battersea, 12 July 79.
Photo by Philip Grey.
. Not the original but a good version.
We watched the Bolan doc Angelheaded Hipster and found it a bit crap. Lots of annoying stuff with people like Nick Cave and Macy Gray doing covers. There were a few clips we hadn't seen before so that was ok.
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Here. This was their first U.K. Tv appearance. Both Susan and myself bought this 12 inch.
Our son is off with his mate George to Budapest Hungary tonight for the weekend. There is a pinball museum there. Website
This movie is worth watching if you are a Richard Hell fan. It's not the best punk movie but it is worth seeing.
Smithereens is a 1982 American drama film directed by Susan Seidelman[1] and starring Susan Berman, Brad Rijn (billed as "Brad Rinn"), and Richard Hell.[2] The film follows a narcissistic, young woman[3] from New Jersey who comes to New York City to join the waning punk subculture, only to find that she's gravitated towards Los Angeles; in order to pay her way across country, she engages in a number of parasitic relationships, shifting her allegiances to new "friends" in an ongoing effort to ultimately endear herself to someone who will finance her desired lifestyle.[4]
Just heard on Boss Radio 66. A lovely song. Wiki on the song written in 1940
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Skinner_(archaeologist)
Now known as the Radstock Hotel. They used to play quoits in the garden out the back. We played a music event there called the Radstock festival in about 2003. Was pretty good.
My Carnival portrait for this year. Drinking cider from a paper cup in the rain. It was great fun. Hat made by my daughter-in-law. Pics by Susan.
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