Beaujolais Nouveau

 Third Thursday in November. I remember this as a thing in the 80s. I like it. Been a while since I had it though. Wiki

Jaguar and Thunderbird 1960 Chuck Berry

 Here

Chuck Berry	vocal, guitar
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy	guitar
Lafayette Leake	piano
Willie Dixon	double bass
Odie Payne	drums
unknown	chorus

The Vogues Five O'Clock World 1965

 

Here. Heard on Boss Radio. I guess its Folk Rock? Wiki

Beatle boots

 

London's Standing Stones

 Daughter Celia is visiting Hilly Fields a park in Lewisham. Created in 2000. Details here

The 5th Dimension Up, Up and Away 1967

 Here. Just played on Boss Radio 66. This song was everywhere in my youth. Wiki on the group. 'Canonical sunshine pop' the song wiki. Wrecking Crew on backing.

Manatee Awareness Month

 In November we think about the Manatee and what we can do to preserve them. 

Read about the month here

Fiat 500

 Produced between 1957 to 1975. Wiki

Marvelettes Please Mr Postman 1961

 Here. The original. Song wiki

Spring-heeled Jack

 Who or what was it? Read the wiki

Smocks

 Article here on smocks. There is a tv show Out of Town we watch. It's a programme from the old days and it deals with Country matters. Jack Hargreaves presents. Usually something about fishing but tonight's they did a little about smocks. A Hiring smock was deliberately well embroidered to show off the skills of the shepherd's wife through her skill with the needle. A diligent wife was an asset to a shepherd bringing up orphan lambs. Susan grew up in the Cotswolds and feared orphan lambs that were usually sold as pets. She did all manner of chores collecting eggs, cooking etc. 

Bo Diddley - early

 A playlist of his first recordings here

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion She said 2002

Here for a werewolf song that isn't the Cramps. I like Jon Spencer. Not enough to bother seeing him in Bristol but that's me being lazy.

Werewolves Official trailer 2 (2024)

 Here to watch the trailer. Here for the wiki.

Premise

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A supermoon event triggered a latent gene in every human on the planet, causing anyone exposed to the moonlight to transform into werewolves and kill millions overnight. A year later, the world attempts to prepare for another supermoon.

Ralph Mitchard in 1974

 I was very badly behaved around then. There was two top badly behaved kids at school me and Danny Burns. We had to meet with a special psychiatrist who tried to work out why we were bad.  I could tell you lots of stories but I won't bore you. I made it up with my parents by me and Susan looking after them in the last years of their lives. 

Messerschmitt

 One of my school friends lived in the village of Upton Noble which had one pub and he had one of these. Ideal to run into Frome. 

Howlin' Wolf Hidden Charms (1963)

 Here. This is a good example of Hubert Sumlin's fine guitar work. The solo stops traffic. 

Bo Diddley Ed Sullivan 1955

 Probably the best clip on Youtube.

Blues Get Off My Shoulder Bobby Parker 1957

 Here. A great song. 

The Great Gatsby (1974) trailer

 

Here. This was a film of 1974 that Susan saw. Wiki. This was a period when Susan was into fashion mostly getting vintage items from the 40s looking for the Utility mark. 

This is what I did in 1974

Do the Do - the Wolf with Hubert Sumlin

 Here. A playlist I made. Hubert Sumlin's birthday today so give it a spin. He is one of the best guitarists of that era. Very influential.

Robert Nighthawk Eli's Place Maxwell Street 1964

 Saturday night selection. One of my favourite clips on YouTube. Robert Nighthawk wiki

Here to watch. The whole live album is on Spotify here

Wiki on Maxwell Street. From said wiki

In the 1930s and 1940s, when many black musicians came to Chicago from the segregated South, they brought with them outdoor music.

But when the early blues musicians began playing outside on Maxwell Street—the place where they could be heard by the greatest number of people—they realized they needed either a louder than standard Resonator guitar (e.g., Arvella Gray) or amplifiers and electrical instruments (e.g., Jim Brewer) in order to be heard. Over several decades, the use of these new instruments, and the interaction between established city musicians such as Big Bill Broonzy and new arrivals from the South, produced a new musical genre—electrified, urban blues, later coined, "Chicago Blues."

Maxwell Street c1950

Alligator (1980) full movie

 Here

Alligator is a 1980 American independent horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by John Sayles. It stars Robert Forster, Robin Riker and Michael V. Gazzo. It also includes an appearance by actress Sue Lyon in her last screen role. Set in Chicago, the film follows a police officer and a reptile expert who track an enormous, ravenous man-eating alligator flushed down the toilet years earlier, that is attacking residents after escaping from the city's sewers.

Strollin' After Dark the Shades 1959

 Here. Recycled by the Cramps on I Was a Teenage Werewolf.

A Lover's Question Clyde McPhatter 1958

 Here. Mickey Bradley played this last night. A fine record. 

Animals & Men

Us in 2009. Photo Jane Barnes. The location is the former Wellsway Colliery (engine house) in Radstock. We were planning on calling the e.p. we were rehearsing Songs from the Somerset Coalfield. But we got talked out of it. Wellsway Colliery was the scene of an incident that claimed the lives of 12 miners in 1839. Rope cut by person or persons unknown.

You can hear the e.p. we recorded here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Animals__Men/Convulsive_ep/

Reparata and the Delrons This is the Captain of your ship (1968)

 Here. Mickey Bradley just played this. 

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams 1974 full movie

 Spawned a tv series.

Here. I was going through a list of 1974 movies seeing if Susan had seen them. She saw this one but later than 1974. Wiki. She went with my brother and got mistaken for a child as she was told off for smoking - in the days when you could smoke in the cinema. Susan used to get that a bit then. Mistaken for a younger person. 

Country Life Roxy Music 1974

 An l.p. that is 50 years old. Listen on Spotify here

Susan bought it. I was oblivious. 

Pinball after work

 Celia is shooting some silver balls after work. Bristol. Apparently the pinball are in the entrance so you can simply slot coins in and not pay the room fee.

Bulbs Van Morrison Live at Montreux 1974

 Song off Veedon Fleece. New label Ivan Morrison. Couldn't get my spellchecker to accept Van.

Here

Le farò da padre 1974

 Another of my favourite Italian (although she was English) film stars in adult films that had her big break in 1974 was Teresa Ann Savoy. This film 'I'll take her like a father' (which is a comedy but I have never seen it) is up on Youtube this time with English subtitles. Soundtrack on Spotify here

Laura Gemser 1974

 

Laura Gemser

Featured in the Kogar poster is this film star. In 1974 she starred in Amore Libero free love which was a breakthrough hit. I haven't seen it. Watch it here Italian no subtitles. Soundtrack on Spotify

New Kogar show

 

Cheer up Juice Heads, even though Halloween has passed, we have a slew of other great sick sick sides for your listening and grooving pleasure! Episode 84 of Jungle Juice is coming your way! Featuring a few bands from Japan and an incredibly rare piece of Mad Mike history! Don’t miss it! This show features artists like; the 5.6.7.8’s, King Bees, The Lamplighters, The Dukes, Pretty Boy, Smiley Lewis, Bob Luman, Roy Moss, Warren Smith, Fention Robinson, and THE SCUMS!  Full set list over at the Boss Radio 66 Blogspot!

https://www.bossradio66.com/2024/11/kogars-jungle-juice-show-84.html

or

https://www.mixcloud.com/Kogar/kogars-jungle-juice-show-84/

Mud Sharks Dave Barbarossa

 According to Facebook it was 12 years ago we got this book. Great read. A fictionalized autobiography of his time with the Ants and Bow Wow Wow. 

Who do you love? Trailer (2008)

 

Here. Another Chess biopic that I haven't seen. Wiki

Cadillac Records Full movie (2008)

 

Here. I haven't watched this film about Chess Records. You might enjoy - which I would usually - enjoy in perverse so bad it's good biopic mode. Had Beyoncé in it. Wiki

'I got an Eldorado Cadillac

 With a spare tire on the back'. I ain't got you lyrics. Cadillac Eldorado wiki

I Ain't Got You Jimmy Reed 1955

 Here. Written by Clarence Carter. Recorded by many people in the rhythm and blues world. Count Bishops Yardbirds all manner. Billy Boy Arnold did a good version.

Army Surplus

 Every town used to have one of these. Greatcoats, boots, army shirts and camping stuff. Frome's was called Mendip Trading. Exciting really seeing what they had. Before my time you used to get motor scooters in crates apparently.  I suppose they do still exist but military fashions have changed and current army surplus isn't the best stuff. I don't like wearing camouflage either. 

Van Morrison Veedon Fleece 1974

 50 years old. Wiki. A contemplative album. No rockers but pleasant. Listen on Spotify here

The Warriors (1979) original trailer

 Here. This movie spanned the generations. Me and Susan saw it at the cinema when it came out. Not a big film just another film but we enjoyed it. It wasn't popular. Fast forward about 30 years and our kids got into it and a computer game came out so you could fight as your favourite gang. Fantastic. Wiki

Midsomer Norton by Patch Paget

 Impressive I think. Recent work.

 

Latest new shop for Midsomer Norton High Street

 A much needed local launderette. 

I Wish You Would the Yardbirds 1965

 Here. My favourite Yardbirds cover. Billy Boy Arnold wrote it. Bowie did it on Pinups. The Yardbirds I associate with swinging London. 

I'm a Man the Yardbirds 1965

 This was one we used to play when we used to Busk. The blueprint for Bowie's Jean Genie. Of this cover No Diddley said it was 'beautiful'.

Pretty Girl The Yardbirds live at the Marquee 1964

 Here. From the debut album Five Live Yardbirds. Released December 1964. Wiki

I was a big fan of the Yardbirds in my teens. Listen to Five Live Yardbirds on Spotify here

New Playlist

 

ARETHA FRANKLIN - Rough Lover / I Surrender, Dear (1962)

 Here. Steve Stack o Was played this last night. Early single. 

Silver Streak Henry Mancini 1976

 Here. I like Henry Mancini. This is a good train inspired soundtrack. Wiki on the film. Film is good. 

Touch of Evil Intro 1958

 Music by Henry Mancini. 

The famous crane shot from Orson Welles' 1958 film, 'Touch of Evil.'

Lightnin' Slim Mean Ole Lonesome Train 1957

 Here. The flip I'm Grown is good too.

This is a wonderful record. Lazy Lester blowing harmonica. Wiki. Died 1974. Illustrated discography here