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« Reply #165 on: September 29, 2019, 10:18:50 PM » |
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I saw him a few years ago at The Brook in Southampton with Wilko Johnson, the Hamsters & Norm, the bass player from the Blockheads. He was absolutely superb.
Saw him there too, about 10 - 15 years ago (?) with Wild Willy Barrett - brilliant! Not many bands have a wheelie bin as part of the "instrumentation"............
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Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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« Reply #166 on: September 29, 2019, 10:19:36 PM » |
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Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #167 on: September 30, 2019, 08:04:22 AM » |
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Maybe it was the same gig! He played a crazy drum solo by putting drum pads in his pockets & beating himself up! The guitarist with him played while stood on top of a stepladder, before somersaulting off the top onto the stage -while still playing. Absolute nutters, but great entertainment
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« Reply #168 on: September 30, 2019, 08:08:52 AM » |
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I'd forgotten all about him. If I can get the channel I will record it. Cheers.
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The secret of eternal youth is arrested development - Alice Roosevelt Longworth If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples - Japanese proverb Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired - Jules Renard
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« Reply #169 on: October 01, 2019, 07:59:03 AM » |
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Maybe it was the same gig! He ayed a crazy drum solo by putting drum pads in his pockets & beating himself up! The guitarist with him played while stood on top of a stepladder, before somersaulting off the top onto the stage -while still playing. Absolute nutters, but great entertainment The drum-pads 'song' would have been Body Talk. Somersaulting from the stepladder? Sounds like that would have been John himself, probably during his version of You ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (originally done by Bachman Turner Overdrive / BTO)
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #170 on: October 07, 2019, 12:33:14 AM » |
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Couldn't record John Otway in the end as I didn't have that channel. Was it any good?
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« Reply #171 on: October 31, 2019, 09:31:01 PM » |
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Interesting program on quantum mechanics on bbc4 right now - the secrets of quantum physics.
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« Reply #172 on: November 01, 2019, 07:47:58 AM » |
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Couldn't record John Otway in the end as I didn't have that channel. Was it any good? Apparently made by the fans (fan club?) and although IMHO interesting, prob more so for the fan club members. Worth recording if you get the chance.
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #173 on: November 01, 2019, 08:00:43 AM » |
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For those of s certain age, a bit of back-to-childhood TV coming up on Talking Pictures this weekend as Catweazle is being aired CatweazleSat 2nd Nov 2019 Talking Pictures 3.30pm Sun 3rd Nov 2019 Talking Pictures 3.30pm https://www.catweazlefanclub.co.uk/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Bayldon
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #174 on: November 14, 2019, 12:52:07 PM » |
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Guy Martin: The World’s Fastest Tractor
Sun 17th Nov 2019
Ch4 9pm
Guy’s attempted various speed records in the past, this time he, JCB and Williams Advanced Engineering are tackling the Tractor speed record at Elvington near York.
Grab a cup of tea or three......................
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Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #175 on: November 14, 2019, 03:44:20 PM » |
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So what's the current record? And do they have to keep the original 4 wheel drive set-up, or can they just drop a tractor body onto a race car?
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« Reply #176 on: December 04, 2019, 10:04:28 AM » |
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Guy Martin’s Great EscapeSun 8th Dec 2019 Ch4 9pm Guy attempts a re-creation of the motorcycle jump from the film The Great Escape, but with the difference that he wants to clear both fences. It’s worth noting that although Steve McQueen had the lead role of Hilts (who stole the bike etc etc), it was his good friend Bud Ekins who performed the jump sequence. McQueen & Ekins worked together in the film Bullitt, most notably during the car chase as the guy on a motorcycle takes a tumble is Bud, whislt McQueen’s character waits and looks over his shoulder waiting for the poor motorcyclist get to his feet before chasing after the Charger. The story of the Great Escape motorcycle side of things from the Bud & Dave Ekins website https://www.budanddaveekins.com/the-great-escape-jump/Back in 2009, The Sunday Times did what was titled as a renactment of the (single) jump using a Meriden Triumph twin which is considerably closer to the film bike than the machine used in Guy's programme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DE3r-x7FMSome other bits about McQueen from previous threads http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=6imopqb277kjolfm4o0g6b1n13&topic=10413.0http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=6imopqb277kjolfm4o0g6b1n13&topic=10501.0Go to page two for pics of a TR6 bike ridden by McQueen in the film, taken at the 2018 Goodwood Revival http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16628.15
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #177 on: December 04, 2019, 10:21:52 AM » |
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Cool!
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« Reply #178 on: March 13, 2020, 02:20:57 PM » |
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Steve McQueen: Le Mans and the man.
Wed 18th March 2020
BBC4 9pm
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #179 on: May 06, 2020, 07:11:37 PM » |
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Racing Legends - Stirling Moss
Sat 9th May 2020
BBC2 7pm
This has been on before, presented by Patrick Stewart.
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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