Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Friday, August 28, 2026
Medicine Head - One and one is one 1973 (Official Music Video HD)
Remember this? John Peel was a fan. Medicine Head - Wikipedia
George Thorogood - I'll Change My Style | Live at Capitol Theatre (1984)
Jimmy Reed song. I was in someone's car and this song came on and he said something like 'we'll skip this one it's crap'. I was thinking it wass one of the better ones.
The Pushbike Song - The Mixtures 1971
The Pushbike Song - Wikipedia I was attending Milk Street school when this was out. They let us bring in 45s on Friday afternoons and we would play them.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men 1981
We bought this 45 and its follow-up Wunderbar. It was filmed before we got involved in reenactment but I think the promo used reenactors. Swords of a Thousand Men - Wikipedia
Ralph 40 years ago. Photo Richard Ellis
This is what we were doing in the 80s. I am 2nd from the right. Devereux's Regiment. They had a Frome Garrison that used to meet up Wednesdays for miniature wargames.
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The Golden Age of Video
We used to frequent this shop in Bath. It was so good. Foreign films, family films, arthouse, it was a film buff's dream. You could get 5 films for a fiver for a week - ideal for school holidays. The Golden Age of Video Stores in Photos: When Renting a Movie Was an Event - Rare Historical Photos
ELVIS PRESLEY & Kitty White - Crawfish ( New Edit ) 4K
Movie: King Creole - 1958
Written by Fred Wise & Ben Weisman
Crayfish by Susan
Unfortunately it's a Signal type. Susan has got really interested in Crayfish. Our son and his family coincidentally are holidaying where there is a colony of the white-clawed variety.
THE CRAMPS-BIKINI GIRLS/MULE SKINNER BLUES-THE LATE SHOW-BBC 2- 26.FEB.1990
This was so good. Taped it we did. Everyone is Cramp crazy at the moment.
Billy Fury My Advice
From the Sound of Fury. Played this last night on the Wednesday Night Rocking Party.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Queen Of The Night 1982 (2004 Digital Remaster) · Michael Nyman
In the 80s we really liked Michael Nyman's music.
Adam Ant - Man Called Marco (Slapdash Eden Video Mix)
Have you read Marco's autobiography yet? He's done an audio version too. This one we used the play a lot during the Vallis Road years. 'Ello. I'm Marco. Allow me to introduce you to my Firebird 7.'
Launch of the Mini 1959
The Mini was officially announced to the public on 26 August 1959. Some 2,000 cars had already been sent abroad and were displayed that day in almost 100 countries.[39]
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Rocket From The Tombs Sonic Reducer
I love thia. All the album is pretty good. Rocket from the Tombs - Wikipedia
Dr Feelgood Boom Boom 1975
The show based on Wilko's life is touring. Get all the details here.
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The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry TOTP 20.05.1976
This song reminds me of my French trip. Fool to Cry - Wikipedia
Château-Gontier 1976
Monday, August 24, 2026
VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NIGHT & DAY — Official Trailer (2026)
A passionate astronomer Katharine Hilbery does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage. Fun and contemporary in tone, this refreshing film showcases an ensemble of humourous performances against the ravishing backdrop of London in 1910, advances in science and technology and crumbling Edwardian patriarchy. Virginia’s story is as relevant to today as it ever was: women balancing romantic love with careers!
© Quiver Distribution, 2026 Cast: Haley Bennett, Elyas M'Barek, Jack Whitehall, Lily Allen, Sally Phillips, Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall
Kinky Afro Happy Mondays 1990
Kinky Afro - Wikipedia Just heard it on the radio. We bought the album on cassette. We used to get cassettes to play in the car as our house walls were very thin you could blast it out in a car.
Adam And The Ants - Plastic Surgery (film version)
Adam And The Ants - Plastic Surgery (film version)This version has a different drummer - sould be Dave Barbarossa but it's the Banshees drummer.
Adam & The Ants - 'Lou' (BBC Session 1978)
Of course this was very memorable when we saw them at Corsham. Some hippy with bare feet leapt on the stage during it - stage is too polite a term, it was tables. We spoke to them after the gig - they were waiting outside a caravan classroom which was presumably their dressing room. We thanked them for a great gig. Susan and me were right up the front. Crazy dancing was going on behind us. Antfans were already following band - young punks.
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Adam & The Ants - It Doesn't Matter (BBC Session 1978)
Recorded 23 January 1978. First broadcast 30 January.
When I first saw the Ants for the first time in 1978 this song stood out to me. I think as it was a 12 bar I could 'get' it. Plastic Surgery also was memorable.
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - New England • TopPop
He recorded with his band a TopPop TV special on 16 September 1978.
Among the songs he recorded was his no. 1 hit 'Egyptian Reggae' and 'New England'.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs - Sea Side Shuffle 1972
Just heard this on the radio for the first time since the 70s.
Roxy Music - Re-Make/Re-Model (Live At The Royal College Of Art)
Another of her best 70s LPs is this by Roxy Music. Re-Make/Re-Model - Wikipedia
T Rex Mambo Sun (1972)
Susan also counts the album Electric Warrior as pretty important, maybe her fave.
ESCARGOT - SOMERSET STYLE
Known as wall fish or wall fruit miners used to cook them on their shovels.
Snail Eating (1965)
Dr Feelgood She Does It Right 1975
We were listening to Sounds of the Seventies and he was talking about choosing your album of the 70s - Susan chose Reproduction and \I would choose Down by the Jetty
Music video by The Human League performing Empire State Human 1979
Susan likes the Human League - not the version that made it big with the girl backing singers but the Reproduction/Travelogue period band. We saw them twice about that time.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Crayfish
Susan has got interested in Crayfish. She keeps seeing them in the brook. She is determined to get a photo of one. We don't know whether they are the invasive Crayfish or the domestic type. I used to catch them as a kid in Vallis Vale which is a lovely river on the edge of Frome.
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Swallow My Pride The Ramones February 1977 with lyrics
Saturday Night Selection. Leave Home - Wikipedia
John Lee Hooker performs "Maudie" at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival
Such a great performance and song. Happy birthday John Lee Hooker - Wikipedia