Such a great song.
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Monday, August 10, 2026
Sunday, August 09, 2026
Pumpkin Head Xscapes (SINCD9 Single) · The Fall 1992
This song I loved. On the Ed's Babe twelve inch.
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It) 1974
This one reminds me of my Uncle Graham. Big Stones fan. I was staying with them when this came out. It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) - Wikipedia
The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer 2005
My fave Cardigans song. The Cardigans - Wikipedia When I started this blog it was one of my first musical posts.
I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer - Wikipedia
Celia at Stanton Drew
If you visit this area and you like stone circles then be sure to visit Stanton Drew. It is between Bath and Bristol. Have a pint in the beer garden of the Druid's Arms pub and see the Cove. We experienced a weird noise by it.
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink "Top Of The Pops" 11th September 1986 (Original Broadcast)
Pretty in Pink (song) - Wikipedia Originally released in 1981 but rerecorded for the movie of the same name and charted.
Bristol Balloon Fiesta
Been a really successful year with 5/5 mass ascents and capacity crowds. Perfect weather.
Saturday, August 08, 2026
The Uprising Trailer #1 (2026)
I am so excited to see this film. I am currently reading a book Summer of Blood about the Peasants' Revolt and I keep thinking 'oh this would make a great movie' and here it is. May have to go to the cinema. Peasants' Revolt - Wikipedia
1980. Blue Suede Shoes
This documentary shows the revival of British rock n' roll as it follows a weekend pilgrimage of Teddy Boys, Rockabilly Rebels and Rockers. Bands performing include Bill Haley and the Comets, Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers, Matchbox, Flying Saucers, Freddie Fingers Lee, Ray Campi and his Rockabilly Rebels.
Wyld Gooms - "Dream Girl" (Official Music Video)
This is new. Good though.
Captured entirely on #kodakfilm without A.I.
Made with LOVE. Stay tuned for a behind the scenes look.
The Fall - Peel Session 1996
The Fall's 20th Peel Session. Recorded 30th June, first broadcast 18th August 1996.
Tracklisting: 1. D.I.Y. Meat (0:00) 2. Spinetrak (2:33) 3. Spencer (5:15) 4. Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones (8:48)
Gene Vincent - Bird-Doggin' (Challenge) 1966
There were some great records out in 1966 and this is one of them. Top guitar solo too.
La Femme infidèle (1969) | 4K Restoration Trailer | BFI
4K restoration in selected cinemas from 11 September and on BFI Player from 2 October.
I used to enjoy Claude Chabrol films when they used to show them on BBC2 in the 70s.
"Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986) The Bangles
This was a big hit. We didn't buy it but enjoyed its charm.
Walk Like an Egyptian - Wikipedia
Liam Sternberg said he was inspired to create the song while on a ferry crossing the English Channel. When the vessel hit choppy water, passengers stepped carefully and moved their arms awkwardly while struggling to maintain their balance, and that reminded Sternberg of the depiction of human figures in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings. He wrote the words "Walk like an Egyptian" in a notebook. Later, Sternberg looked back in the notebook and, composing the melody with a guitar, he put together an up-tempo song with lyrics about Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Nile River, crocodiles, desert sand, bazaars and hookah pipes and then segued into modern scenes of blonde waitresses, school children and police officers.[5]
Sternberg referring to "the sand dance" in the song's lyrics has made some see Sternberg inspired by earlier pop culture dances associated with Ancient Egypt, such as the 1930s sand dance of Wilson, Keppel and Betty and even earlier performances.[6]
Friday, August 07, 2026
Chuck Berry - Downbound Train (1957)
All train songs to commemorate the Radstock train disaster 150th.
Thursday, August 06, 2026
The Fabulous Flippers - Harlem Shuffle (1966)
Recorded at 20th Century Fox Studios in New York City, NY in 1966. This promotional shoot was groundbreaking at the time as it was the first time the studio had used a handheld 35mm camera for filming. This track was released on Cameo Records in November 1966.
You're Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators {Stereo} 1966
Another great 1966 song.You're Gonna Miss Me (song) - Wikipedia
The Shadows - Scotch On The Socks (UK 1966) Instrumental Beat Mod
Another song from the Whig Out. Sounding pretty good.
Footage exerpts are taken from the movie "The Shadows - Rhythm 'N' Greens"
Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck 1953
Willie Nix (Voc),Eddie Taylor (Guitar),Sunnyland Slim (Piano),Snooky Pryor (Hca),Alfred Wallace (Drums)
Happy birthday Willie Nix - Wikipedia
Animals and Men at the Fleece Bristol 2009
Here is the review of the gig. Venue magazine.
"Not often you see a guitarist who's a ringer for Mark Lawson. If you do, it's most certainly not in anything as thrillingly vital as this. To gauge an idea of the Animals and Men purity level, check out the drums, a full kit save for cymbals, those peskily autonomous creations wont to generate unsupervised sound for a good millisecond or two. This is all about economy, each track two minutes and out, everything absolutely bone lean, from bubbling bass to chopped guitar to utterly unfussy deadpan vocals, together concocting a post-punk brew that makes its key benefactor - the Bo Diddley beat - sound frivolous by comparison. That the band are relatively newly reformed, gigging Bristol for the first time in 18 years (More like 29 or something around that - Ralph), seems barely conceivable, with every track a prospective national anthem for the utopian nation of Utilitarianism. Venue leaves silently uttering a single mantra: bring back discipline. (Julian Owen)."
Wednesday, August 05, 2026
THE YELLOW TIE Official Trailer (2026) John Malkovich, Sean Bean Movie
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache. From his childhood in Romania, to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey.
Carpenters - Superstar (the original 1971 single version)
"Superstar" was written in 1969 by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett and was originally called, "Groupie." The song is about a young woman who was a groupie and had fallen in love with the guitar player in a rock band. Apparently, they'd had a one-night stand, and she was looking forward to seeing him again, but he's moved on and all she can do now is listen to him on the radio. Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song) - Wikipedia
The Devils
I saw this at the cinema in the 70s.
Save the date. Ken Russell’s The Devils returns to the big screen in its definitive 4K restoration, fully restored and presented as the filmmaker intended. A landmark of British cinema, back in UK and Ireland cinemas from 30 October.
In partnership with Warner Bros. Clockwork.
Read more: https://theb.fi/3S9XMSO
August 7 - The Radstock Rail Accident 1876
Radstock rail accident - Wikipedia
Inch feat. Mark E. Smith - Inch 1999
With contributions from Steve Hanley and Simon Wolstencroft who had left The Fall by the time this was released in 1999
Blue Blood full movie
Blue Blood is a 1973 British horror drama film directed and written by Andrew Sinclair and starring Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis, Derek Jacobi and Anna Gaël.[2] It was based on the 1972 novel The Carry-Cot by Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath.
The film was made on location at Longleat House, the seat of the Marquesses of Bath. According to Sinclair, it was filmed in three weeks.[3]
Tuesday, August 04, 2026
Frome punks at the Westway Cinema 1977
The band playing just before the movie (Rollerball). The band were the Straits an all girl band from York. Us Frome punks got up and pogoed and danced to the band. In the photo is Nigel and Charlie Fenby and Steve Keep. I was dancing too but I am not in the photo.
The Seeds 1966 The Seeds
THE SEEDS The Seeds (album) - Wikipedia
Rick Andridge / Drums Jan Savage / Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, 12 String Guitar Sky Saxon / Lead Vocal, Bass, Harmonica Daryl Hooper / Piano, Organ THE SEEDS 01 - Can't Seem to Make You Mine (00:00) 02 - No Escape (02:56) 03 - Lose Your Mind (05:04) 04 - Evil Hoodoo (07:15) 05 - Girl I Want You (12:15) 06 - Pushin' Too Hard (14:30) 07 - Try to Understand (17:33) 08 - Nobody Spoil My Fun (20:18) 09 - It's a Hard Life (24:08) 10 - You Can't Be Trusted (26:46) 11 - Excuse, Excuse (28:51) 12 - Fallin' in Love (31:11)
The Scaffold Lily the Pink 1968
Back in the 60s I think we (my sister and me) requested this song on Junior Choice which was a kids' radio show where they would play stuff like Rolf Harris and the Little White Bull and so on. The BBC sent us a reel to reel of it - before cassettes. Lily the Pink (song) - Wikipedia
Billy Boy Arnold - Berlin 1975 (LIVE VIDEO)
with Gene Connors tbn; Preston Love sax; James Booker pno; Jimmy Lee robinson bass; Panama Francis dms.
1931 ENGLAND: LEISURE: Hobby Horse Parade - Minehead
Inspired by Old Somerset Customs book. Minehead Hobby Horse - Wikipedia
Former Wiltshire Times columnist, broadcaster and musician David Luckhurst has died.
Wiltshire musician and former newspaper columnist dies | Wiltshire Times
First met Dave at the punk nights at the Hexagon where the Trowbridge punks came over. Later knew him from Moskow. Dave Luckhurst "What's On" HTV 1990 - YouTube
The First Time [7"] (Crazy House, 1982)
moskow - man from uncle, 1978
Old Somerset Customs Muriel Walker
Susan picked this book up for me - 50p. I was surprised to see one that I had taken part in being included. Whit Monday in Frome there was a parade of children from the churches with banners and bands and at the end of it got a special bun. I remember this. I was forced to go to Sunday school etc. so these type of activities were run of the mill. A good book. Lots of useful info.
FALLING RAIN / WILLIE LOVE AND HIS THREE ACES [TRUMPET 172] 1951
Willie Love(v/p), Little Milton Campbell(g), T. J. Green(b), Junior Blackmon(d)
Sonny Boy lifted a few of these verses. They were friends. Willie Love - Wikipedia
Blood Outta Stone · The Fall
The Fall discography - Wikipedia I remember hearing this for the first time - lying in bed listening to Peely.
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy-Can I Do It for You (Part 1)
This song has a feminist theme which is are for those times. Memphis Minnie - Wikipedia
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