Showing posts with label childhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label childhood. Show all posts
Sunday, 7 February 2021

a day in the life of tom baker, plus a dodgy old radio times cover about dr who

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I'm pretty sure l've posted this before, but what the hell, it's always worth putting up. Tom Baker's 'A Day In The Life...
Friday, 27 November 2020

history is made - dennis the menace meets gnasher

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I haven't posted any comic related nonsense for a while, so here's a beauty, which I'm old enough to remember reading at the tim...
Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Little Richard has died - he deserves the capitals

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So, Little Richard, the King and Queen of Rock and Roll has shuffled off to meet his maker after suffering the last few years with vari...
Monday, 3 February 2020

l found a reason - the velvet underground

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I certainly love songs with a lot of noise and a bit of an edge, which is one of the many reasons l love The Velvet Underground . I do howe...
Wednesday, 20 November 2019

francis rossi's green telecaster for sale

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Another reason l need to win the lottery and move to a larger house. Status Quo guitarist / singer Francis Rossi has put his green Fender T...
Saturday, 19 October 2019

the vertigo label and bridget riley - with a bit of marcel duchamp thrown in

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Following on about the Rod Stewart Vertigo albums in the post below, l would not like to cast aspersions about where the vertigo design cam...
Friday, 4 October 2019

the banana splits

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I didn't realise bananas actually split until l left this one too long. Now l guess that's why the TV series and drink were so ...
Saturday, 17 August 2019

anthony newley - the strange world of gurney slade

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I re-watched Anthony Newley's 'The Strange World of Gurney Slade' last night, as l am a fan of Newley's, but l am still ama...
Sunday, 11 August 2019

manchester united versus liverpool programmes

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Inspired by an advert on Sky where someone has Liverpool stuff framed on the wall behind him, l thought about framing my programmes from Ma...
Friday, 19 July 2019

space - walking in the final frontier and deep purple - space trucking

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As it's the anniversary of the Moon landing this week, here's some more space related stuff (see earlier blog). The first picture ...

the 1967 jungle book animated film - milton 'milt' kahl drawings

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As l've said many times - l love the 1967 Jungle Book film , despite it being a bit too long. Anyway, to celebrate the genius of Milto...
Monday, 25 March 2019

right said fred - bernard cribbins, plus david bowie connections

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After the Scott Walker post below, here's something cheerful - Bernard Cribbins with 'Right Said Fred'. It always bugs me when ...
Wednesday, 20 March 2019

some favourite spider-man covers and stories

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Here's some of my favourite Spider-Man comic front covers, the first three especially have magnificent, heartbreaking stories inside, ...
Tuesday, 19 March 2019

snoopy lives his life the way l do

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This is my attitude to life . Despite all the crap that is going on, has already happened, or may happen sometime soon, it's not worth...
Wednesday, 6 March 2019

ole ole ole ole - eric cantona is so 'appy

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YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a result for Manchester United!  Plus a pretty accurate...
Sunday, 3 March 2019

liverpool / bootle docks photograph from 1946 and a bootle map from 1935

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An excellent photograph of Liverpool docks / Bootle, taken in 1946 (Before even l was born). It's changed a bit from then, although ge...
Thursday, 26 July 2018

mick jagger is 75

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It's Mick Jagger's 75th Birthday today. A thought that should make any rock fan feel old. Rather sadly, when l saw them in 1982 l ...