Another song that's on the Blackabilly bundle. VA: BLACK A BILLY Vol. 1 to Vol. 5 (5xLP bundle)
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
The Great Road to Bath
This is a great book worth tracking down. Covers the period when Bath was fashionable to the era of the Railways.
Monday, November 09, 2026
Joni Mitchell - Help me (live in London 1974)
Susan is a fan. She lived in Frome for a while in the 80s.
Trailer: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) - Wikipedia 50 years ago this classic by John Carpenter.
You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones {Stereo} 1969
You Can't Always Get What You Want - Wikipedia There is a pretty unpleasant cover of this currently.
Brigitte Bardot Harley Davidson 1968
Susan just picked up a book on Harley Ds. Her father was into motorcycles. Ralphadeus: Susan's Dad in 2009
Sunday, November 08, 2026
Celia Johnson Loses Patience with Her Mother and Sister-in-Law in This Happy Breed (1944)
Another Celia we admired was British actress Celia Johnson. Mostly famous for Brief Encounter I also enjoyed her role in this film. This Happy Breed (film) - Wikipedia
Rocky - Eye of The Tiger Survivor 1982
Did you enjoy tthe Rocky movies? We did despite not really liking boxing. We bought this 45 which is one of our only rock records but we let our guard down with this one. Rocky (franchise) - Wikipedia
1971_504 - Donovan - Celia Of The Seals - (45)(3.25)
Our Celia was mostly named after Celia Fiennes - Wikipedia
Tommy Steele - Flash Bang Wallop (Taken from Half a Sixpence DVD) 1967
Just heard this on the radio. I saw this at the cinema as a child. I used to go to the cinema a lot as a kid. My parents would drop me off on my own and then go shopping - worked mostly except when I saw the film Pinocchio and I left the cinema in floods of tears and wandered around Frome balling my eyes out. Half a Sixpence (film) - Wikipedia
Saturday, November 07, 2026
New York Dolls Human Being 1974
Saturday night selection. New York Dolls – Human Being Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
Well, if you don't like it
Go ahead, find yourself a saint
Go ahead, now try to find a boy
Who's gonna be what I ain't
Now what you need is
A plastic doll with a fresh coat of paint
Who's gonna sit through the madness
And always acts so quaint, I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah"
MAGIC SAM - 21 DAYS IN JAIL [Cobra 5029] 1958
More Blackabilly. This is a guitar lesson. Magic Sam - Wikipedia
Friday, November 06, 2026
Animals & Men 1st single 1979
Have a listen to our debut. Cost 30 pounds to record in a shed in Paulton.
New Kogar
Kogar’s Jungle Juice returns with the latest SPECTACLE OF WEIRDNESS! Show #161 featuring an extended mind bending knuckledragger set and a spot light on a new series of rockabilly reissues! This show features artists like; The Moongooners, The Kan-Dells, The Nite Sounds, The Five Jets, Dave Cox, The Cues, G.L. Crockett, Magic Sam, Harold Burrage, Robert Nighthawk, The Sparkles, The Squares and The Laughing Beatnik! Full set list over at the Boss Radio 66 and Jungle Juice blogspots!
Bridgwater Carnival
The biggest and best carnival is this Saturday night. Live streaming available so you can enjoy it from afar. Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival - Seeing is believing
Thursday, November 05, 2026
Al Downing - Down on the Farm 1958
Kogar played this in a thread of black Rockabilly Blackabilly. VA: BLACK A BILLY Vol. 1 to Vol. 5 (5xLP bundle)
Wednesday, November 04, 2026
Golden Eagle Festival Mongolia 2026 | Giant Eagles, Horsemen & Ancient Kazakh Tradition
Susan wants to come back as one of these.
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good & Evil (Official Video) 1979
We didn't see this video at the time - there wasn't a platform for it - there was a local tv music show but they were pretty stupid. We got a phone call from them and they asked what we were like and we said the Ants - he never heard of them. She Is Beyond Good and Evil - Wikipedia
At the Earth's Core (1976) Trailer | Doug McClure | Peter Cushing
At the Earth's Core (film) - Wikipedia
It was filmed in Technicolor, and is based on the 1914 fantasy novel At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series, in token of which the film is also known as Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core.
Zabriskie Point (1970) Trailer
Zabriskie Point (film) - Wikipedia I remember watching this on tv. Pink Floyd in the soundtrack. Worth seeing but a bit confusing if I remember.
Advert featuring Frome
My bro sent me this - we are unable to watch tv atm. It is filmed in Frome though it's not a real premises.
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