Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Norman Wisdom Milkman.
I helped out with my Uncle's milk round in Redruth Cornwall. It wasn't horse drawn though.
The Early Bird - Wikipedia The film The Early Bird is available to watch here
T. Rex (Marc Bolan) - Ride a White Swan, Top of the Pops 10 November 1970
Bolan's birthday. The original broadcast was wiped. This was kept off the top spot by Ernie the fastest milkman in the West.
1986 The Fall - Mr Pharmacist HD
Taken from the album 'Bend Sinister' in 1986, which was the third The Fall released with Beggars Banquet. This was also the first album by The Fall to be released on CD.
Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today (1966)
No Milk Today - Wikipedia In the days when we got milk delivered by a milkman. If you didn't;t want any you would leave a note No Milk Today.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
The Magic Mushrooms - It's-A-Happening ...1966
Just played on the Whig Out on WFMU. The Magic Mushrooms - Wikipedia
Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (Live Saturday Night Special 1996)
Only Happy When It Rains - Wikipedia We liked this one. I remember us having a party in the garden and blasting this album. Our neighbours didn't like our taste in music.
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved 1955
We used to do this in the Terraplanes days. Never recorded it though.
Monday, September 28, 2026
The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
You Can't Always Get What You Want - Wikipedia
Jagger commented on the song's beginnings:
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" was something I just played on the acoustic guitar—one of those bedroom songs. It proved to be quite difficult to record because Charlie couldn't play the groove and so Jimmy Miller had to play the drums. I'd also had this idea of having a choir, probably a gospel choir, on the track, but there wasn't one around at that point. Jack Nitzsche, or somebody, said that we could get the London Bach Choir and we said, "That will be a laugh.".[4][5]
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who -4K- {Stereo} 1971
Won't Get Fooled Again - Wikipedia I had this 45. I was quite into the Who.
Kenneth Williams - The Marrow Song (Oh! What a Beauty!)
Kenneth Williams wrings out every last innuendo from this double entendre laden music hall classic.
From the 1960s BBC Radio comedy series Round the Horne.Sunday, September 27, 2026
RUN DMC - Walk This Way (Official HD Video) ft. Aerosmith 1986
40 years old. We bought this. Didn't know Aerosmith but I remember trying to play that riff and failing.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Mungo Jerry "Alright ,Alright, Alright" -1973
Saturday night selection. A song that captures 1973 with its aggro and its yobbos.
Gentle Street Frome
This is a historic street in Frome. Used to be the main approach to the town. Has been used for filming including Poldark.
Charley Patton - Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues 1929
Yazoo to me was a record label named after the Yazoo basin. Yazoo put out the compilation Founder of the Delta Blues which kicked off with this one. Charley Patton - Wikipedia
Boll Weevil (song) - Wikipedia The bug that spawned many songs
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul 1990
Our son likes this band. They Might Be Giants - Wikipedia
Women in Love (1969) Original Trailer
Directed by Ken Russell. Starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed and Glenda Jackson
Women in Love (film) - Wikipedia When I was growing up they would have this and films like it on the telly.
Friday, September 25, 2026
The Fatima Mansions - Only Losers Take The Bus 1989
The Fatima Mansions - Wikipedia Something else from Snub TV. I had a couple of VHS bought for the Fall songs.
New Kogar
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The Fall, bill is dead, as recorded for Snub TV, broadcast February 5th 1990
This is so good. FallFriday.
But just lately seeing you
I rise a.m. off pink sheets
I am renewed
I am aglow
Red brick and green is the streets
You dressed today as if for riding school
Your legs are so cool
Mud Dogs 'Dog with the No-Bone Blues'/'Sun and the Moon' 2001
Mud Dogs - Tyning recordings - Free Music Archive
We recorded this in our front room with a guest drummer and bass player Johnny Wrench and Oz Pemberton. We put it on the Tyning Inn jukebox. Vocals and harp Rich Kesteven. Me on guitar. He and I composed the songs.
Oh, Calcutta! · The Meters 1969
This was the song sampled for the song below. The Meters - Wikipedia
Amerie - 1 Thing 2005
1 Thing - Wikipedia I found myself singing this earlier. Must have heard it on the radio. Samples the Meters.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Slave Chant c 1775 ROGER GIBBS
The oldest known song sung in English by enslaved people in the Americas comes from Barbados c. 1775. The song was written down from notes taken by Dr. William Dickson who was Secretary to the Governor of Barbados at the time and later a prominent abolitionist.
Johnny Marr - It’s Time (Official Video)
His current single. Picked up his autobiography today - hoping our son will want it.
Bad Apples | Official Trailer | Paramount Pictures UK
This is partly filmed at Showerings in Shepton Mallet. Black comedy.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Psych-Out 1968 (Director's Cut 2015 Blu-Ray Edition)
Psych-Out 1968 (Director's Cut 2015 Blu-Ray Edition) [HD] 1080p
Psych-Out is a 1968 American psychedelic film about hippies, psychedelic music and recreational drugs starring Susan Strasberg, Jack Nicholson (the film's leading man despite being billed under supporting player Dean Stockwell), Bruce Dern, Adam Roarke, and Max Julien. It was produced and released by American International Pictures. The film was directed by Richard Rush, and the cinematographer was László Kovács. The bands Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Seeds can be seen playing within the music and dance scenes throughout the film.
Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun 1997
Walkin' on the Sun - Wikipedia Jo Whiley just played it and I hadn't heard it for ages. It was quite a big hit I think.
The Bold Grenadier (One Morning in May) - Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Dir. John Schlesinger
Often known as The Grenadier and the Lady, this a popular song in the West Country. H.E.D. Hammond collected five variants in Somerset and Dorset between 1905–7 including one from W. Barlett at Wimborne, and in 1950 Peter Kennedy recorded Walter Haynes singing it in the bar of the Ilchester Arms at Abbotsbury. The song was also popular in other parts of the country and frequently turns up in America. It is a favourite with the Holme Valley Beagles in South Yorkshire where it’s called Where the Watter Rattles and George Dunn sang it in the Midlands under the title The Nightingale Sings.
Leathers Platano Macho
This is our best local group and it is fronted by a Mitchard. Their new album is getting rave reviews. They play a lot in the Bristol and Bath locale.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Divine - Walk Like A Man (1985) HQ
We bought this 45.
Divine (October 19, 1945 -- March 7, 1988), also known as Harris Glenn Milstead, was an American actor, singer and drag queen. A character actor who often performed female roles in both cinema and theater, Divine also adopted a female drag persona in his musical performances, leading People magazine to describe him as the "Drag Queen of the Century". He was often associated with independent filmmaker John Waters and starred in ten of Waters's films, usually in a leading role. Concurrent with his acting career, he also had a successful career as a disco singer during the 1980s, at one point being described as "the most successful and in-demand disco performer in the world."
Madness: Take It Or Leave It (4K restoration) | Official UK Trailer | In cinemas 2 October
'Before the hits came the hustle. Shot in the streets, pubs and clubs of North London, with the band playing themselves, Dave Robinson's gritty and hilarious feature stands alongside A Hard Day's Night and Slade in Flame as one of the great British pop movies. In cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 2 October. Q&A previews from 30 September. On BFI Player and Blu-ray later in 2026
Like a Bad Girl Should · The Cramps 1997
Big Beat from Badsville - Wikipedia When I first heard this I thought The Troggs but not in a bad way.
Monday, September 21, 2026
Ain't Going Down to the Well No More · Lead Belly
I had this as a teenager. Acapella mastery. Lead Belly - Wikipedia
TONI BASIL - Mickey 1981
Mickey (Toni Basil song) - Wikipedia
We bought this. Not because of the video but because the drum bit which I sampled later in life.
Trip to Bath
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| one of Bath's 17th century buildings |
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| as above. Photos by Susan |
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| Bath city walls. |
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| Part of the old city walls |
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| I found a delightful restaurant |
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker 1971
Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Wikipedia Susan is partial to a bit of Creedence.
Mark E Smith wargamer
Yes indeed. 28mm Napoleonics. Steve Hanley mentions it in his book the Big Midweek. Apparently he was interviewed nearby some but I think the clip has disappeared. [TMP] "Mark E Smith Wargamer?" Topic
Johnnie Allan - Promised Land
I love this version of the Chuck Berry song. Makes you do air accordion.
This is from a documentary made by Jools Holland called 'Walking to New Orleans'.
Gypsy Lane Frome
This is a road in Frome. It is near Frome College and we used to do cross-country runs down there. Romani people lived there. My memories are from the 70s and I think it is different now. One day back then my class was taken by a teacher for a nature walk down there and a vehicle pulled up and two Romanis got out and offered to beat up our teacher as they were beaten at school and didn't like them. We had to persuade them not to beat him up. When they left the teacher nervously said 'I wasn't scared. I have been in more dangerous situations than that' - he was from Africa.
Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves 1971
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Wikipedia I remember this from my childhood. Just heard it on Sounds of the Seventies.
Battle of the Beanfield book
The Battle of the Beanfield | Andy Worthington
France Gall - Les Sucettes (Lollipops) (1966)
Gall had said that she did not understand the song's subtext when she recorded it at age 18.[5] By Gall's account, she did not realize until later why the filming of the clip attracted so many visitors to the set.[2] She was then upset – "mortified, hiding herself away for weeks, refusing to face anyone".[6] Gall said that she had sung Gainsbourg's songs "with an innocence of which I'm proud" and "was pained to then learn that he had turned the situation to his advantage, mocking me."[6] In a 2001 television interview, Gall said that she had felt "betrayed by the adults around me" afterwards.[2]
Blow Up - 1966 - Yardbirds - Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck
A mock up of the Ricky-Tick club. Antonioni wanted the Who but they asked for too much. Apparently that's Janet Street-Porter in the audience. Blowup - Wikipedia
Stinky Toys (French Punk Band 1976)
Stinky Toys from Paris were widely regarded as being one of the first French punk bands. In 1976 they played the 100 Club Punk Festival in London, sharing the bill with the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Buzzcocks.
The band featured Elli Medeiros (vocals), Denis Quilliard, alias Jacno, (a.k.a. Jan Colrth) (rhythm guitar), Bruno Carone (lead guitar), Albin Dériat (bass guitar), and Hervé Zénouda (drums)50 years ago today, Siouxsie and the Banshees performed their first gig. Photo by Ray Stevenson
100 Club Punk Special - Wikipedia
Paul McCartney TV Special (1973 James Paul McCartney)
1973 television special produced by ATV, starring English musician Paul McCartney and his then-current rock group, Wings. It was first broadcast on 16 April 1973 in the United States on the ABC network, and later broadcast in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1973. 4:40 Blackbird. 13:26 My Love. 17:41 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey. 30:27 Live and Let Die. 41:13 Maybe I’m Amazed .