Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Friday, October 31, 2025
Missa Luba 1965: Sanctus (B4)
This is great. Used in the film If... and Adam and the Ants used it as a lead-in track.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Johnny West - the greatest toy I never had
This was a great set of toys. With accessories. I never had one but my cousin did. Johnny West (toy) - Wikipedia
Wild Zero 1999 ENG SUB - Zombies, Rock and Roll, Rockabilly and Noise Rock
Our eldest chose this one. We saw Guitar Wolf.
Having been a zombie fan for as long as i can remember i will never forget when i saw Wild Zero for the first time.
Zombies, Comedy, Rockabillys and most of all Guitar Wolf. Guitar Wolf is a legendary noise-rock band that has been a staple in the genre for almost 40 years. barely tuned guitars, badly mixed recording sessions and constant guitar amp feedback. Guitar Wolf is an experience to watch perform. And you get a taste of it with this movie. Yes, Wild Zero is kind of a musical with it's several performances of the band playing their most famous songs. With constant guitar screeches and pyrotechnics that would make most bands blush in awe. Also, Japan is still in some ways regressive when it comes to gender roles. Wild Zero is pioneering in showing a liberal view on a type of love story that is still rare to see in Japanese movies. Also, the band themselfs funded, produced and stars in the movie as themselfs. Truly legendary film, yet. It's super hard to find in physical format, the newest release was pre-covid, german blu-ray. And for some unexplainable reason only contains german subtitles. The film has never been available on streaming or VOD. The movie has nothing but good reviews from fans and critics. It's still more or less impossible to find online. I upload this one due to me wanting more people to discover this honestly amazing piece of horror-cinema. The second it becomes easier to find i will de-list it.
They Drive by Night - Original Theatrical Trailer 1940
Great film. They used to show films like this on the tv when I was growing up.
THE PIRATES Castin' My Spell (1964)
We used to play this in the early days of the Bad Detectives - still remember all the lyrics!
THE PIRATES (England, UK) Mick Green, guitar; Johnny Spence, bass vocals; Frank Farley (drums)
THE PIRATES are best known for being Johnny Kidd's backing band (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates), but THE PIRATES' history is a long one to tell, and there's plenty of information on the internet for anyone interested. Focusing on this song, "Casting My Spell," it was the B-side on the 1964 single "My Babe." By then, they had already worked for several years with Johnny Kidd, who authorized this legendary trio to record and perform under the name THE PIRATES. "Casting My Spell" is a fantastic cover, originally released by the rockabilly group The Johnson Brothers in 1959. Casting My Spell ( E. & A. Johnson; Walter J. Ridley, producer) 1964.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
1955 HITS ARCHIVE: Poor Me - Fats Domino (#1 R&B hit)
Song I had as a teen. I identified with the sentiment. t's a great record.
Monday, October 27, 2025
Cheddar cheese and Frome
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Punkie Night
This is Somerset's version of Halloween. The last Thursday of October. Read about it here
Sunday, October 26, 2025
White Hart Midsomer Norton
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| photos by Susan |
Went for a lunchtime pint of Cheddar Valley here. Lovely coal fire. Very friendly and you get to fuss Barry the dog. Pub Gallery entry
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025
Bow Wow Wow – Prince Of Darkness (1981 TV HQ)
We bought the 7 inch and 12 inch of this. We were fans. This clip is really good. Saw them. Exceptional.
The Monochrome Set - Eine Symphonie Des Grauens (M80 Concert Live 1979)
One for your Halloween playlist.
The Fall Cerebral Caustic 1995
I bought this but I didn't see the tour for it. Brix was back. It is a great album.
New Kogar
It’s the most WONDERFUL time of the year in Jungle Juice Land! It’s the Halloween Special for 2025! Enjoy over TWO HOURS of Halloween Madness for Fiends and Ghouls everywhere! This show features monsters like; Dracula, The Wolfman, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Jack the Ripper and zombies, ghouls, witches and Goo Goo Mucks! Full set list at the Boss Radio 66 Blogspot! Jungle Juice will return sometime in November!
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Tim Rose - Hey Joe (1969)
Hey Joe - Wikipedia 'Singer Tim Rose recorded the song in 1966, and copyrighted it as his own arrangement of a traditional song. No documentary evidence has been forthcoming to support an assertion that "Hey Joe" is a wholly traditional work.[10] In 1998, Rose told writer Spencer Leigh that he had learned the song in 1960 from folk singer Vince Martin.[11]'
The Cougars - Saturday Nite At The Duck-Pond (1963)
The Cougars were a short-lived band, formed in Bristol, England, in 1961. They specialised in rock music, mostly instrumental versions of pop and classical pieces.[1]
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Alligator Wine (1957)
Big budget follow-up to I Put a Spell on You. It wasn't a hit sadly. My favourite of his me and Big Rich used to do this.
Monday, October 20, 2025
The Birthday Party Release the Bats 1983
This is the only one of their's that I like. For your Halloween playlist.
Aurora Monster kits
Back in the early 70s my Mum worked for a model kit distributor who had Aurora kits as a major part of the business. In the summer holidays she would bring home damaged kits to make - all sorts - I remember making a submarine for example. But the best for us was the monster range - with optional glow in the dark heads and parts - Godzilla, King Kong all great - much less WW2 fixated than Airfix.
FRANKENSTEIN Trailer (2025) Guillermo del Toro
Our son is looking forward to this and he is a horror buff.
Aurora Addams Family Haunted House 1965
This looks great. Don't remember it so maybe it was only in the US
Wanda Jackson, "I Gotta Know", Collins Kids, "Sugar Time" (Western Ranch Party, 1958)
Happy birthday Wanda. Love this song since first hearing it on Ichiban.
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Psych Out 1968
A deaf runaway arrives in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district looking for her missing brother.
Starring: Jack Nicholson (Stoney), Susan Strasberg (Jenny), Bruce Dern (Steve, The Seeker), Dean Stockwell (Dave), Max Julien (Elwood). Complete
Psychedelic Britannia (BBC4 documentary) with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Beatles and more
Broadcast date is 23 October 2015.
From BBC website : Documentary exploring the rise and fall of the most visionary period in British music history: five kaleidoscopic years between 1965 and 1970 when a handful of dreamers reimagined pop music. When a generation of British R&B bands discovered LSD, conventions were questioned. From out of the bohemian underground and into the pop mainstream, the psychedelic era produced some of the most ground-breaking music ever made, pioneered by young improvising bands like Soft Machine and Pink Floyd, then quickly taken to the charts by the likes of the Beatles, Procol Harum, the Small Faces and the Moody Blues, even while being reimagined in the country by bucolic, folk-based artists like the Incredible String Band and Vashti Bunyan. The film is narrated by Nigel Planer with contributions and freshly-shot performances from artists who lived and breathed the psych revolution - Paul McCartney, Ginger Baker, Robert Wyatt, Roy Wood, the Zombies, Mike Heron, Vashti Bunyan, Joe Boyd, Gary Brooker, Arthur Brown, Kenney Jones, Barry Miles, the Pretty Things and the Moody Blues.
Bad Detectives Cider Safari
If you like apple juice but hate to think
I’m gonna tell you ‘bout the greatest drink
From Mudgeley to the Kalahari
Won’t you come on a Cider Safari with me?
If you’re shakin’ all over and lacking zest
A gallon of farmhouse works the best
Come sup with the angels drink with the Devil
Have a lost weekend on the Somerset levels
Yeah, Drink, drink, drink – the Cider Safari
Drink, drink, drink – the Cider Safari
Drink, drink, drink – the Cider Safari
Let’s go drinkin’ now, everybody’s thirsty now – Cider Safari
You can have it cloudy or fizzy with ice
Put it in a Snakebite, it still tastes nice
You can knock it back when you’ve got the bug
Your supermarket sells it in a three litre jug
Well it comes in a bottle of plastic or glass
It doesn’t judge you on creed or class
From the lowliest tramp to royalty
Won’t you come on a Cider Safari with me?
It’s a party in a bottle, a rockin’ scene
But beware it’s got the fighting gene
Read the government warning, don’t listen to me
And drink alcohol respons-ib-a-lly
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Halloween With The Addams Family (Full Episode) | MGM
Susan found this. A pair of bank robbers are welcomed as Halloween trick-or-treaters by Morticia and Gomez. The creepy atmosphere of the house, Morticia's smoldering holiday punch, and Lurch's ominous presence impel the crooks to abandon their plans to add Addams money and jewelry to their bank loot.
Sham 69 Hurry Up Harry 1978
The great Saturday night song. It captures that time when Saturday night meant mates calling for each other on the way to go boozing. 'No I don't want a cup of tea'. I didn't like it at the time - I was over Sham 69 but now nostalgia lends enchantment.
The Birds - That's All I Need You For
Rare footage of the UK MOD/RnB band The Birds, featuring Ron Wood, from the film "The Deadly Bees" (1966).
Fattening Frogs For Snakes Sonny Boy Williamson II 1957
Such a great songwriter. Original and dynamic. He is up there with Dylan.
Friday, October 17, 2025
New Kogar
A KING-SIZED episode of Kogar’s Jungle Juice streams your way with all sorts of King/Federal/Deluxe madness in celebration of the new PBS documentary on the “House that Syd” built. Enjoy the usual rompers, stompers and monsters! Show 124 features artists like; Chuck Rio, The Rhythm Rockers, The Dominoes, the Sharps, Wynonie Harris, Rudy Moore, Roy Brown, Otis Redding, Charlie Feathers, Mac Curtis, Country Paul, Tasso Caine and Emy Jackson! Full set list at the Boss Radio 66 Blogspot!
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Shoes Bobby Bland 1967
Bobby Bland - Wikipedia great song
I got some new shoes today. From Vinted. First thing we have bought off that site. In this case picking up at the Post Office. Vinted | Sell and buy clothes, shoes and accessories
Nappy Brown - Coal Miner (Alternate) 1961
I like this. Tried to cover it but it didn't really flow. Nappy Brown - Wikipedia
Saddle Tank Kilmersdon at work in 1968
Silent Super 8 pictures recorded on three visits to Kilmersdon Colliery in 1968 featuring Peckett 0-4-0 ST No 1788 at work between the Pit head and the gravity operated incline. Kilmersdon was the last working coal mine in Somerset. It closed in August 1973. The engine, built in 1928 was subsequently preserved by the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust and named ‘Kilmersdon’.
Kilmersdon is back - at Midsomer Norton.
If you want to see Kilmersdon in steam, then join us for one of the following events:
Slim Harpo, Tip On In (Part 1)
Excello 2285A, Released 1967
Ahh, lay it on me baby Don't stop now Let your hair down, baby We ain't goin' to heaven no how I'm ready to burn baby Right here and now Oh I dig those crazy clothes Let me feel them fishnet hose They cut kinda low at the top And high at the bottom In fact, I don't see how we ever did without'em Now there's a place down the street Called the tip on in Let's walk on down there, baby That's when the fun begins But let me check you just one more time Ya know you send me baby Let's walk on down here Now sock it to me, hoo Ya know it's gettin' good to be now, baby Ahh, shucks
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Pentangle - Light Flight (In Concert), 4th January 1971
Gideon Coe just played this in his Danny Thompson tribute. Danny Thompson - Wikipedia
Elvis Presley - King of the whole wide world (Kid Galahad) 1962
Just heard for the first time on the Wednesday Night Rockin' party.
Human League - Path of Least Resistance (live BBCTV 1979)
Susan likes this period Human League. Not the later incarnation. Saw them a few times around then.
I Don´t Care No More · Sonny Boy Williamson II
Solo by Sonny Boy from his set with the Yardbirds. I used to do this when I was starting to play harmonica.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
LadyHawke (1985) Trailer
This came out 40 years ago. I enjoyed it on VHS of course. Did you?
A young thief becomes unwillingly involved with a warrior and his lady who are hunted by the Bishop of Aquila who has placed a curse on the two lovers, wolf by night, hawk by day. Ladyhawke (film) - Wikipedia