This is quite punky. Anybody cover it?
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
I love this picture. Maybe AI will get good enough to make this into a video.
Etta James - Dance With Me Henry (1958 Version)
Susan likes this one. We used to have a ferret Henry and she would sing this to him. Incidentally there has been a lot of ferret sheds getting raided and all the ferrets getting stolen. One breeder in Taunton lost 32 and is most upset but folks have been saying it is happening a lot atm.
Concrete Jungle Arthur Alexander
Just heard on Boss Radio 66. A good one. Arthur Alexander - Wikipedia
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Jackie Wilson "Lonely Teardrops" (May 27, 1962) on The Ed Sullivan Show
I remember getting my first Jackie Wilson record in the early 80s.
The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin
Before Camelot, before the crown, one man’s conversion ignites a civilization’s rebirth. The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is a 7-part epic cinematic series premiering exclusively on DailyWire+ January 22, 2026. The legend begins.
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Robert E Fuller Penguin Awareness Day
Susan follows artist Robert E Fuller and she had already told me we have Penguin Awareness day today so enjoy.
Bad And Weakhearted Blues
1947 - Big Joe Williams (vocal, guitar), Sonny Boy Williamson (harmonica), Ransom Knowling (bass), Judge Lawrence Riley (drums)
Monday, January 19, 2026
From Blues Compartido
Howlin' Wolf at Big John's blues club, Chicago, with audience dancing,
19 January 1966. Ph: Jeff Lowenthal
Pickled Onions
We made a batch this winter. Haven't made any for a while - this label is from 2007. They were really fab - really crunchy and spicey.
Dolly Parton Live In London 1983 Down From Dover
Audio version. Happy 80th Dolly Parton. Susan's Dad was a fan. Dolly Parton - Wikipedia
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Dizzy Miss Lizzy - Larry Williams (1958)
Great songwriter. His wiki says
Williams' life mixed tremendous success with violence and drug addiction. He was a longtime friend of Little Richard, with whom his life intertwined personally and professionally from their meeting in 1955 to Williams' death in 1980.[3]
Ingrid Pitt Queen of Hammer
Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov; 21 November 1937 – 23 November 2010) was a Polish-British actress and writer, best known for her work in British horror cinema of the 1970s.[1]
Ingoushka Petrov was born in Warsaw, Poland, one of two daughters, to a German father of Russian ancestry, and a Polish Jewish mother.[2]
During World War II, she and her mother were imprisoned in Stutthof concentration camp in Sztutowo, Free City of Danzig (present-day Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)[1] but escaped.[3]
1st RECORDING OF: Bossa Nova Baby - Tippie & the Clovers (1962)
Boss Radio 66 just played this. It's great.
Cilla Black Liverpool Lullaby
List of songs about Liverpool - Wikipedia
Our son lives in Liverpool and our Grandson has a Liverpool accent.
Berlin Life c.1927
Time travel to the real Babylon Berlin of the roaring 20s. AI colorized 1927 film, restored w/ sound at 4K 60fps. Glamorous 1920s flappers, fashion and Berlin cabaret club dancers.
Barbarossa Siege Lord 2009
A deadly siege. A bloodthirsty emperor. A legend in the making.
Barbarossa (film) - WikipediaThey have this in my local charity shop but I didn't buy looked it up at home. Looks pretty good. I will get it.
An epic tale of heraldic heroism starring Rutger Hauer, Barbarossa combines momentous battle sequences with the rousing story of one man's fight for freedom to create one of the most powerful medieval war films ever made.
In the dark depths of 12th century Europe, the Holy Roman Emperor, Barbarossa is extending his reach through Europe. As his armies advance they wreak havoc throughout the lands, ransacking and pillaging wherever they go.
But as Barbarossa's reign of terror continues a proud knight decides to stand up for his people, starting a bloody stand-off between the Emperor's army and legendary Company of Death.
Garbage Wicked Ways 1998
Our daughter has her works party today and there is karaoke and she said she will do this one. I didn't know it so I looked it up. She will own this.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Bob Dylan - Isis (Live Footage - Madison Square Garden - 1975) [Rolling Thunder Revue]
Another one Mike Reynolds played on Winchcombe calling. Desire was released Jan 76.
Little Walter - Temperature (Checker) 1959
Lovely guitar on this in fact lovely everything. Boss Radio 66 tune.
Friday, January 16, 2026
The Models Peel Session
The Models were great. Mike Reynolds just played them wishing there was more than the 45. Found this.
The complete session recorded by The Models on 4 July 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and first broadcast on the 13th of that month. This recording is taken from the repeat on 12 January 1982.
Tracklist: 1. Freeze (0:30) 2. Censorship (4:41) 3. Brainwash (7:21) 4. Man Of The Year (10:25)
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes 1982
Caroline Munro is in this video. This was the era when we were communicating with Adam.
Goody Two Shoes (song) - Wikipedia
The video presents a stylised vision of a day in the life of Adam Ant, from dressing in the morning to performing on stage, to being hounded by the media. At the end of the day, he takes home a woman journalist played by British actress Caroline Munro,[12] in effect answering the song's theme question, "What do you do?" The video also starred Graham Stark and Dandy Nichols as the butler and cleaning woman.[13] The DJ Norman Cook, then unknown, appears as a porter.[14]
Machine . . . There But for the Grace of God, There Go I (1979)
The original of the below song.Machine (band) - Wikipedia
New Kogar
Another 2 hours of 50-60’s knockouts! All presented at 45 RPM, the way the jungle gods intended! This show features artists like: Travis Wammick, Thunder Rocks, The Wailers, The Kidds, The “5” Royales, The Centurys, Cannibal and the Headhunters, Willie Egan, Andre Williams, Pete De Bree, The Phaetons, Sidney Ester, Young John Watson, Johnny Wright, The Surfaris, Candy Johnson, Ronnie Cook and the 5.6.7.8’s! Full set list at the Boss Radio 66 Blogspot!
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Loaded Primal Scream 1990
BBC6 music has a 90s all dayer which we are listening to and I thought I would post one they played that we liked.
The Green Hornet - 01 - The Silent Gun 1966
I didn't watch this in the 60s - maybe it didn't get aired over here. My daughter likes Bruce Lee so I think she is a fan.
The Green Hornet is an American action television series broadcast on ABC during the 1966–1967 television season, starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato. It was produced and narrated by William Dozier, and filmed by 20th Century-Fox.
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Gorillaz Dare 2005
I started this blog about the time this was out and I declared it song of the summer. Still good.
Redbad (2018)
Redbad/Rise of the Vikings. We watched this today. See below for trailer. First version said 'not available in your country' but we found a subtitled version for free. It's long - about 3 hours and the bad guys are the Christian Franks who looked more like Normans. Pretty epic with lots of battles and recreated villages viking ships etc. The Frisians spoke Dutch and the Franks spoke English. Didn't see a single spear, all waved swords and axes. Funny haircuts (Dark Age mullets) but all said and done both of us enjoyed it.
Split Personality · Bill Taylor · Smokey Jo
This one we like that Boss Radio 66 plays. It is fun. You will like it I think.
Early days of the internet
Do you remember when you first went online? What did you look at? I remember Bath Library you could go on the web if you paid a fee. I looked up French and Indian war groups in the US and Canada. Very few images mostly text. In time Susan's Dad bought us a computer as he wanted his Grandchildren to be computer savvy which they became. In those days if you were online the phone was engaged. On Compuserve I think. A voice cheerily said 'welcome to Compuserve' when you got connected and a sad voice said 'leaving Compuserve' when you left. The UK lagged behind the US so most of my emails were from there but gradually UK reenactors got online. I think we had two servers as you would be allocated about 10 hours a week and that just wasn't enough. Freeserve was another one we had. This was mid 90s.
Bailey's Comets opening
The opening to DePatie-Freleng's Bailey's Comets, an animated Roller Derby race around the globe which aired from September 9, 1973 through August 31, 1975 on CBS-TV.
Marc Bolan T.Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action - Top Of The Pops 1972
Solid Gold Easy Action - Wikipedia Kept off the top slot by Little Jimmy Osmond.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
As long as I Live - Jerry Lee Lewis 1960
Steve Stack played this on the WNRP. Love it. Jerry Lee Lewis discography - Wikipedia
Monkeemobile
from Facebook
I didn't like the Monkees in the 60s as I was a Beatles fan but Susan really liked them and a lot of my friends had this car. Monkeemobile - Wikipedia
Monochrome Set Milk and Honey 1994
Susan likes to make porridge in the winter and she adds milk and honey which is a great song too.
The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
Released February 1966. 19th Nervous Breakdown - Wikipedia
Elmore James And His Broom Dusters - Rollin' And Tumblin' 1960
This is so great. Just love it. What a voice. Illustrated Elmore James discography
Wassail
#OnThisDay 1949: "A most important item in the ceremony is the quaffing of large quantities of rough - the strong, unsweetened Somerset cider"
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Gargoyles, Grotesques and Hunky Punks
A hunky punk is a grotesque carving on the side of a building, especially Late Gothic churches. Such features are especially numerous in Somerset (in the West Country of England).[1]
All about Gargoyles, Grotesques and Hunky Punks on churches.
Timestamps:
0:00 - 0:25 Introduction 0:26 - 0:53 Langport church 0:54 - 1:50 What are Gargoyles, Grotesques and Hunky Punks? 1:51 - 2:10 Curry Rivel church 2:11 - 2:51 About the carvings 2:52 - 3:20 Reasons for the carvings 3:21 - Outro Music by Olexy from Pixabay
In the Garden Van Morrison 1986
This song reminds me of when we lived at Whitelands. All the people bar me would love their gardens and would talk about gardening at the drop of the hat. They also liked Van Morrison and we had a trip to see him in Bristol.
The fields are always wet with rain
After a summer shower when I saw you standin'
Standin' in the garden
In the garden wet with rain
Warrior Simon Scarrow
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
I don't read many novels but I enjoyed this one from 1989.The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Wikipedia
| A1 | Tito Puente And His Orchestra– | Mambo Tipico |
| A2 | Graciela– | La Bochinchera |
| A3 | Rosendo Ruiz Jr.– | La Jicotea |
| A4 | Machito & His Afro-Cubans– | Sopa De Pichon |
| A5 | Neno Gonzalez– | Mi Lindo Guaguanco |
| A6 | Tito Rodriguez & His Orchestra– | Mambo La Libertad |
| A7 | Tito Puente And His Orchestra– | El Rey Del Timbal |
| B1 | Tito Rodriguez & His Orchestra– | Mambo Manila |
| B2 | Jose Fajardo*– | Este Nuevo Ritmo |
| B3 | Tito Puente And His Orchestra– | Four Beat Mambo |
| B4 | Machito And His Orchestra– | Oyeme |
| B5 | Tito Rodriguez & His Orchestra– | Joe Lustig Mambo |
| B6 | Celia Cruz– | A Santa Barbara |
| B7 | Tito Puente And His Orchestra– | Mambo Rama |
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