Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Wednesday, July 09, 2025
CHUCK BERRY : Johnny B. Goode (1958)
Is this the greatest ever rock'n'roll record? This clip isn't from 58.
Tuesday, July 08, 2025
Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" - from "Don't Knock The Rock" - HQ 1956
I still like Little Richard after all these years.
AI experimenting
My free trial has now ended so I won't be doing any more but it was fun while it lasted.
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| this is based on one of my drawings - a Rebel Scytheman based on Jonathan Taylor's description |
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| based on a reenactment photo of one of our French and Indian war events at Bath |
[1976] (Hanna Barbera) - Jabberjaw - Intro
Do you remember this? I don't. Looks good though. Wiki says
Jabberjaw, a 15 ft (4.6 m) long amphibious great white shark, is the drummer for The Neptunes, a rock group made up of four humans—Biff, Shelly, Bubbles and Clamhead—who live in an underwater civilization.[1] Jabberjaw and The Neptunes travel to various underwater cities where they encounter and deal with assorted megalomaniacs and supervillains who want to conquer the undersea world.[2]
Monday, July 07, 2025
Muddy Waters w Otis Spann - Country Boy (Live France 1964)
Concert for RTF in France 1964. Muddy Waters - vcl gtr; Otis Spann - piano; Ransom Knowling - bass; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith - drums.
Sunday, July 06, 2025
TAV FALCO PANTHER BURNS with Alex Chilton - Memphis Beat - PROMO VIDEO (1989) -
I know we have had this before but it is so good it is worth repeating.
Merry It Is While Summer Lasts St. George's Canzona dir. John Sothcott
(A Collection Of Medieval And Traditional Music From The Spring And Summer Festivals)
Saturday, July 05, 2025
The Girl from New York City Beach Boys 1965
ON THIS DATE (60 YEARS AGO)
Steeleye Span Live 1975 TV Concert
Available for the first time is this unique and intimate performance from June 1975.
It was recorded for the German TV show Rockpalast. This is a very rare live performance from the ‘classic’ line up of Steeleye Span and shows the band in their prime in great quality. It was filmed a few months after the 'Commoners Crown' album was recorded so features tracks from that album including the epic Long Lankin plus Little Sir Hugh and Demon Lover.
Friday, July 04, 2025
Steeleye Span The Lowlands of Holland 1970
Steeleye Span began in late 1969, when London-born bass player Ashley Hutchings departed Fairport Convention, the band he had co-founded in 1967. Hutchings' new band was formed after he met established duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior on the London folk club scene, and the initial line-up was completed by husband and wife team Terry Woods (formerly of Sweeney's Men, later of The Pogues) and Gay Woods. The name is that of a character in the folk song Horkstow Grange, a fictitious prizefighter. With two female singers, the original line-up was unusual for the time, and indeed, never performed live, as the Woods departed the band shortly after the release of the group's debut album, Hark! The Village Wait (1970).
with vocals by Gay Woods
1900 (Novecento) 1976
Epic film by Bertolucci one of my favourites.
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock, Olmo, the other born to a land owner, Alfredo. The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters
The wiki says
1900 (Italian: Novecento, "Twentieth Century") is a 1976 epic historical drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, and featuring an international ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti, Stefania Casini, Ellen Schwiers, Sterling Hayden, Alida Valli, Romolo Valli, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland and Burt Lancaster. Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, Italy, the film chronicles the lives and friendship of two men—the landowning Alfredo Berlinghieri (De Niro) and the peasant Olmo Dalcò (Depardieu)—as they witness and participate in the political conflicts between fascism and communism that took place in Italy in the first half of the 20th century. The film premiered out of competition at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
With a runtime of 317 minutes in its original version, 1900 is known for being one of the longest commercially released films in history. Its great length led to it being presented in two parts when originally released in many countries, including Italy, East and West Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Colombia, Pakistan and Japan. In other countries, including the United States, a single edited version of the film was released.[4] 1900 has become widely regarded as a cult classic, and has received several special-edition home-video releases from a variety of distributors.[5][6] A restoration of the film premiered out of competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in 2017.[7]
The Kinks - See My Friends 1965
The Kinks See my friends, on a pilot episode of "Discothec" introduced by Simon Dee.
"See My Friends" (sometimes titled "See My Friend")[5][nb 1] is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by the group's singer and guitarist, Ray Davies. Released in July 1965, it reached number 10 on the Record Retailer chart. The song incorporates a drone-effect played on guitar, evoking a sound reminiscent of the Indian tambura.[8]
"See My Friends" is one of the key early works in the style known as raga rock.[9] Music historian Jonathan Bellman sees it as the first Western rock song to integrate Indian raga sounds, citing its release four months ahead of the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", which includes a sitar part.[9] However, Davies biographer Johnny Rogan comments that a preceding single release ("Heart Full of Soul" by the Yardbirds) was "pre-empting Davies's innovative use of Indian music".[10]
The Stranglers - Skin Deep 1984
One of the times I went to Tuckers in the late 80s Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers was out there and he joined our party. I saw them in 1977 in Taunton. I had lost interest by 1984 but I heard this on the radio the other day and enjoyed it so here it is. Wiki
Tuckers Grave in the Telegraph top 500 pubs
This is our favourite pub these days so it is great to see some recognition.
The Monkees Pilot Episode Intro From 1965
Wiki I wasn't a Monkees fan as I liked the Beatles and thought they were a rip off and I knew Mickey Dolenz from Circus boy so I knew they were fake but Susan really liked them. They were certainly popular. I like their music now as it is all really well crafted pop with great songwriting and performances.