Saturday, March 07, 2026

Quote from Mark E Smith


"Blue cheese contains natural amphetamines. Why are students not informed about this?"
Analyzed here

The Cramps on The Tube 1986, Full 20 Minute Performance Unedited.

 40 years ago today.

Here's the full set including 10 minutes of footage not broadcast.

Songs Played: What's Inside A Girl, Hot Pearl Snatch, Can your Pussy Do The Dog, Aloha from Hell, Cornfed Dames.

The Groupies - Primitive (1966)

 Another contender for the best song of 1966.

Jesse Rae 'The Thistle', 1987 - Glenfinnan Viaduct Filming !

 Not a fan of the music but the video is stunning.

ARE YOU GLAD TO BE IN AMERICA? - James Blood Ulmer (1980)

 We bought this 45. 

The Fall levitate 1997

 Come levitate. 

Watch what happens when a wolverine attacks an animal much larger than it

 Wolverine film

Friday, March 06, 2026

Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby? 1990

 Where Are You Baby? - Wikipedia We liked this. Celebrating her 56th birthday today,

13th Floor Elevators: "Levitation" (Mono LP mix, 1967)

 Lyrics

She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) Thirteenth Floor Elevators 1967

 Kogar played this. I had forgotten how good it is. Easter Everywhere - Wikipedia

The Cat in the Hat (1971)

 The Cat in the Hat (TV special) - Wikipedia Our Grandson dressed up as the Cat in the Hat for World Book Day. This version I remember fondly.

New Kogar

 


Jungle Juice returns with an all new show to obliterate your brain stem! This episode showcases the new DMZ release as well as a tour through the mind and musical madness of recently departed punk legend, Jordan Kratz! Other artists featured on this show: The Wailers, The Galaxies, The Five Dollars, The Corvets, Otis Riley, Esquerita, Hal Page, Johnny Carrol, Gene Maltais, Al Ferrier, Paul Peek, DMZ, Transplants, 13th Floor Elevators, The Brats, Gore Hounds and Big Meat Hammer!

JOE TEX - DAVY, YOU UPSET MY HOME [King 4840] 1955

 It's the 190th anniversary of the Alamo so I thought we could have this one that I just heard on Boss Radio. 

Last days of the S&D

 60 years ago. 

Greenwood, Mississippi - Little Richard August 16, 1974

 This is good. An understatement - it's brilliant. Just heard on Boss Radio 66.

Cass Elliot - Alone Again (Naturally) (The Julie Andrews Hour, 01.11.1972)

 Alone Again (Naturally) - Wikipedia

Cass Elliot - Wikipedia

Thursday, March 05, 2026

the haunted - 1-2-5 1966

 Kogar played this. I like it. I think I first heard this by the Fuzztones.

Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 1941

 I used to play this when I was deejaying to friends in our front room. 

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Wikipedia

Patsy Cline - Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray 1957

 Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray - Wikipedia

Sweet Dreams Bio Drama 1985 Jessica Lange, Ed Harris & Ann Wedgeworth

 Sweet Dreams (1985 film) - Wikipedia Today in 63 Patsy Cline was tragically killed in a plane crash, This is a biopic (I love biopics). I also like Jessica Lange.

Happy birthday MES

 Mark E. Smith - Wikipedia


Two-Face! A song from 1992 which they opened with when I saw them at Glasto. Very powerful. I viewed it as a comment on the Glastonbury spirit saying is was Two Faced though I might be wrong. 

Sonny Boy Williamson II Wake Up Baby 1958

 This is a great ditty adapted from an Irish song that crossed the Atlantic.  Our Goodman - Wikipedia.

Great crested newts - conservation

 When I was young I spent a lot of time pond dipping or fishing in ponds and rivers. Often I would be on my own. One time I caught a Great crested newt. i feel guilty about it now but it gave me quite a thrill at the time. Illegal now.

Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) 1966

 Boss Radio just played this. You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) - Wikipedia

"You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" was based on a real life woman Lynn had met backstage before a concert. In 2016, Lynn recounted that the woman confided in Lynn about how another woman attempted to steal her husband from her. In response to her words, Lynn replied, "Honey, she ain't woman enough to take your man!" Following the conversation, Lynn went into her dressing room and wrote the song.[2]

Big John The Shirelles 1961

 

Gloria Jones Heartbeat 1966

 Lovely song written by the great Ed Cobb.

World Book Day

 All the schoolkids (and teachers) on the high street are dressed up. These are today's purchases. The Castle book I will give to my Grandson. It's very good.



13th Floor Elevators - Fire Engine

 probably 66.

Simon Snorkel

 I had this for my sixth birthday in June 1966. My brother was born the day before. I remember I lost the removable firemen figures in the grass and the visiting nurse helped me find them. Not my picture. Off an auction site. Mine went long ago


1st RECORDING OF: Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Ozzie Nelson (1931)

 

Cass Elliot - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (It's Lulu, 07/25/1970)

 

Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Elmore James - Can't Stop Lovin' 1954

 Steve Stack o Wax played this tonight.

The Detroit Cobras - Seven Easy Pieces 2003 Full Mini-Album

 We loved this. 

1 Ya Ya Ya (Looking For My Baby)

2 My Baby Loves The Secret Agent 3 Heartbeat 4 You Don't Knock 5 Silver & Gold (When I Get Like This) 6 99 And A Half Just Won't Do 7 Insane Asylum

1st RECORDING OF: Harlem Nocturne - Ray Noble Orch. (1940)

 Harlem Nocturne - Wikipedia

Salon Kitty 1976

 A film I saw at the pictures came out March 50 years ago. Stars Teresa Ann Savoy. Wiki.


To The Devil A Daughter / Original Theatrical Trailer (1976)

 This came out fifty years ago. To the Devil a Daughter - Wikipedia

The Pyramids "Penetration" 1964

 

Desert Sessions featuring Josh Homme & PJ Harvey - Crawl Home

 1997

Tuesday, March 03, 2026

The Wurzels ORIGINAL PROMO FILM "Combine Harvester" No1 June 12th 1976

 50 yers ago. 

At the Cheese and Grain

 


Somerset's finest sons The Wurzels will return for their annual scrumpy Easter special on Saturday, 4th April.

Saturday 4th April
£25.50 advance (+ standard service charge)
The Wurzels have paved the way for Scrumpy n’ Western – a genre packed full of double entendre, mainstream parody and a comical folk style. The perfect accompaniment to cinking.
Performing a career spanning set consisting of all the hits, stories and jokes from a career lasting more than 50 years, The Wurzels continue to play over 100 sell-out shows and festivals every year.
Their quintessentially West Country cover of Kaiser Chiefs’ ‘Ruby’ has been a massive show favourite of late, as well as their hip hop version of the ubiquitous hit ‘Combine Harvester’.
The Wurzels are regularly asked how long they will keep going. The band always respond that they intend to keep going whilst they enjoy performing – and that suits the rest of us just fine.

Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker Charley Patton 1930

 

This is the basic melody used in Canned Heat's Poor Moon.

He might be a prophet
He might be a prophet
He might be a prophet
Jesus gonna make up my dying bed

Midsomer Norton High Street by Susan

 Quite a prominent moon tonight. 

From 10 – Numbers 94-97 High Street – Somer Valley Audio Trails

Those distinctive looking black-and-white beamed houses you see in front of you were originally built as almshouses. Almshouses first appeared in Britain a thousand years ago, offering poor, old and distressed people somewhere to live. A charity would own the building and charge low rent to residents. These ones were built in 1895 by the Beauchamp family.

Poor Moon Canned Heat 1969

 I asked Susan to choose a moon song and she chose this one.

Somerset Industrial Heritage

 Henry Buckton will be signing copies of his book in the Museum on Saturday 7th March between 11am and 1pm

Somerset Industrial Heritage

Somerset is one of the most varied counties in the country. People come here for hill walking, cycling, birdwatching and many other leisure activities. Invariably while exploring this rich and diverse countryside you will stumble across the remains of industrial activity, such as ruined buildings, ivy-clad walls, the paths of bygone railways or roads seemingly going nowhere, all of which indicate that the lonely spot in which you are standing was once thronged with people going about their business. Here these lost industrial landscapes of Somerset are uncovered to reveal the great variety of industry and employment that existed in the county. They show how England has changed from the days when every corner of the land was home to some sort of manufacturing and the country was regarded as the workshop of the world. Henry Buckton details this rich tapestry, from iron-ore mining on the Brendon Hills and Exmoor to lead mining on the Mendip Hills, from quarrying at places  such as Ham Hill to peat extraction on the Somerset Levels, as well as the Somerset coalfield and the isolated mills that dot the banks of rivers in the county.

 

Mother's Pride | Official Trailer | Only in Cinemas March 2026

 A movie partly filmed in Norton St Philip (near here where there was a battle in 1685). 

The Sunrays - I Live For The Sun 1965

 I Live for the Sun - Wikipedia Played on Boss Radio 66

1961 Coasters - Keep On Rolling

 B-side of Little Egypt. This is a great train song.

Department S - Is Vic There? 1980

 Susan likes this one. Is Vic There? - Wikipedia

Checker 833 – It Ain't Right - Little Walter And His Jukes

 Love Little Walter.

Monday, March 02, 2026

Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! INTRO HANNA-BARBERA 1971

Probably our fave Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

 Help! ... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! is an American animated television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera, which originally aired for one season on CBS from September 11, 1971, to January 8, 1972. Daws Butler, Paul Winchell and William Callaway voice the three bears that comprise the Hair Bear Bunch, while John Stephenson and Joe E. Ross voice Mr. Peevly and Botch, respectively, the two individuals who patrol the zoo in which the bears live. The series' producer was Charles A. Nichols, with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera directing, and Hoyt Curtin serving as the composer

Canned Heat Time Was 1969

 I am a Blind Owl Al Wilson fan. Great musician that was a sensitive soul that comes over in his fragile vocals.

Canned Heat Human Condition Live 1970

 I would love to have seen Canned Heat. They played Shepton Mallet I think. 

Lulu 1966 A Whole Scene Going On 14 Mins

 

MUSHKA OFFICIAL TRAILER. NOW STREAMING ON MAJOR PLATFORMS

 

Sunday, March 01, 2026

Radstock Railway Accident

 Radstock rail accident - Wikipedia

This August is the 150th of this major incident. 

Marco Pirroni of Adam & The Ants on Adam Ant, Prince Charming, Punk & more

 Posted 23 Feb 2026

Marco Pirroni joins me for episode 156 of the podcast! We spoke about how Marco first got into music, hanging around the punk scene & at Malcolm McLaren’s ‘Sex’ shop, how he joined Adam & The Ants, Adam & The Ants’ ‘Ant Invasion’ tour, songwriting, touring around the world, hating touring & music videos, Kings Of The Wild Frontier & Prince Charming, success & fame, the end of Adam & The Ants, Adam’s solo career, Sinead O’Connor, Shakespeares Sister & loads more!


Ivor the Engine E01 | The Railway

 For St David's Day. Ivor the Engine - Wikipedia

"The Railway": This episode introduces us to Ivor the Engine and his adventures on the Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited. Ivor is a little Welsh steam engine who lives in the top left-hand corner of Wales. We meet his driver, Jones the Steam, and get to know the charming world they inhabit. The episode sets the stage for the whimsical and heartwarming tales that follow.

Got my mojo working Preston Foster 1956

 Got My Mojo Working - Wikipedia Before Muddy dood it.

Chigley EP11 excerpt - Cider making

 Chigley - Wikipedia This was a children's program from 1969.

"Tipitina" Professor Longhair & The Meters 1974

 The 1954 45 version hereThe Tom Hanks show on Boss Radio 66 was on a New Orleans theme this week which was good and had this song. From the 1970s PBS series "Soundstage" Professor Longhair - Wikipedia

1969 Citroen ad

 When I was little I loved Citroens.


THEM - I Can Only Give You Everything 1966

 A garage anthem. Them Again - Wikipedia A contender for best song of 66. 

Cat People (1982) tv Spot

I thought we had this on DVD but I can't find it. We saw it at the pictures - was a little disappointed but it's OK. Famous now for the Bowie song. Cat People (1982 film) - Wikipedia

The Mojo · J.B.Lenoir

 Love this. A great song about a trip to New Orleans.