Wednesday, 27 August 2008

HAPPY 'DEATH'DAY TO...STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN



Bizarrely, today is also the anniversary (1913) of Lieutenant Peter Nesterov becoming the first pilot to perform a loop-the-loop...anyway, a sad loss of an amazing guitar player who was probably the closest thing to Hendrix since Hendrix...hard to believe it's 18 years ago...

Thursday, 7 August 2008

HOUSE PRICES FALL AGAIN...

House prices have fallen for 6 months in a row...there's nothing else for it, it's gotta be Down Down by the mighty cabaret band that is Status Quo! NOT 'ARF, POP-PICKERS!!!

Friday, 1 August 2008

HAPPY 'DEATH'DAY TO...STEVE CLARK, DEF LEPPARD

23 April 1960 - 1 August 1991

Drink and drugs and rock 'n' roll...

In 1991, Clark was found dead on his couch by Janie Dean -- his girlfriend at the time. The autopsy revealed he died from a mixture of anti-depressants, painkillers (used for a rib injury), and alcohol. There was no evidence of suicidal intent. Daniel Van Alphen, Clark's drinking companion the night before, testified that the two went to the local pub and returned to the guitarist's home at midnight to watch a video. Van Alphen said Clark drank a triple vodka, a quadruple vodka and a double brandy within 30 minutes. When Clark passed out on the couch, Van Alphen said he left. Dr. Iain West, the pathologist who performed the autopsy, testified that Clark's blood alcohol level was three times the British legal limit and an antidepressant drug and a painkiller were both found at levels exceeding normal therapeutic doses. He said valium was detected at normal levels.

His girlfriend sold his famous Gibsons as collector's items.

At the time of his death, he was on a six-month leave of absence from Def Leppard. The band had allegedly grown despondent over their repeated, failed efforts to help Clark and decided time off was the only solution.

Steve's remains are buried at Wisewood Cemetery in Hillsbrough, Sheffield, near his family's house.

(from Wikipedia)



see 'Checking Out Too Soon' from Friday 6th June for more great rock deaths...

Monday, 28 July 2008

PRISONERS BANNED FROM PLAYING VIOLENT PLAYSTATION GAMES

PRISONERS...WITH PLAYSTATIONS?!
What the hell are they doing with ****ing Playstations in the first place? They're in prison! They're supposed to be punished for their crimes, surely? Not rewarded with Playstations and X-Boxes!

What the hell is this country coming to when people who have been convicted of breaking the law are given free access to luxury entertainment that most decent, law-abiding folk struggle to afford to pay for...

Get 'em all in chain gangs cleaning up the towns and cities from graffiti and vandalism and actually make them contribute something back to society. It costs something like £10k a week to keep these 5-star residents, sorry, 'prisoners', in their 'all-expenses-paid-3-meals-a-day' accommodation...if they 'get bored' in their cells, whose fault is that in the first place?

Here's the article from The Telegraph Online:

"Only those who have earned "top privileges" will be allowed limited access to the games consoles, and even then there will be a complete ban on violent and shoot-em-up games with an 18 rating.

New directives rule that taxpayers' money must no longer be used to buy games or consoles.

It comes after the Government last year admitted spending more than £10,000 on 80 PlayStations and 15 X-boxes for young offender institutions.

It was hoped the games would stop prisoners getting depressed because of the long hours spent in cells with nothing to do.

In a document including the rule changes, Michael Spurr, the Prison Service's director of operations, wrote: "These changes will ensure that prisoners may only earn access to games consoles by a positive demonstration of good behaviour and commitment to the requirements of their sentence plan.

"This is in line with government policy flowing from the Prison Policy Update paper of January 2008."

PIER GOES UP IN SMOKE - HOW 'DEEP PURPLE' IS THAT?









"We all came down to Weston, by the Bristol Channel shoreline...
To make music with the mobile, we didn't have much time...
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky..."

Where's a Deep Purple tribute band when you need one? Shame about the pier obviously, but what a great opportunity to re-record a classic rock song. And probably the most recognisable guitar riff ever.

Thursday, 24 July 2008

MAX MOSLEY'S FAVOURITE ALBUM...

NEWS OF THE WORLD - by Queen

Ok, perhaps not!

Max Mosley's iPod playlist;
'Here Is The News' - ELO
'Photograph' - Def Leppard
'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
'Caught With Your Pants Down' - AC/DC
'Dominance and Submission' - Blue Oyster Cult
'S&M' - Thin Lizzy
'Don't Believe A Word' - Thin Lizzy
'Bad Reputation' - Thin Lizzy (blimey, how many more I wonder...!)
'Do Anything You Want To' - Thin Lizzy
'Waitin' For An Alibi' - Thin Lizzy (can't be any more Lizzy songs, surely?)
'Black N Blue' - Whitesnake
'Pretty Tied Up' - Guns N' Roses
'What Do You Do For Money Honey?' - AC/DC

Quite a good playlist, this! Might even program it in meself!
More suggestions welcome

DAVID CAMERON'S BIKE STOLEN

It's official - David Cameron's all time favourite song is 'Bicycle Race' by Queen;

"I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike,
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it when I like..."

except after I've been shopping and some chav's knicked it!

Nice.

Ever heard of a bicycle padlock Mr Cameron? If only someone had a solution to all this crime on the streets...