Post by bert weedon-stembottom on Jul 24, 2008 19:23:39 GMT
Hello, folks ...
I've been lurking here for a few months (except for one recent post as "good intentions to join", when I couldn't contain my enthusiasm for the ebay-available DVD of the brilliant BBC documentary on Viv's life). My only actual reason for the delay in joining you is that I was hell-bent on choosing a really cool username. BertWheedon isn't that, but it will have to do for now.
I couldn't wait any longer to join because of Nancy's postings about Soulseek. I've just finished downloading her collection of Songs The Bonzos Taught Us, which I've wanted to hear for a long time. Thanks, Nancy, for making them available! I also wanted to make available some files of my own, some of which may interest a few. I will post details in the Soulseek thread as soon as I'm done rambling here. I first discovered the Bonzos sometime in 1968 in my home state of New Jersey. (I moved to Bangor, Maine 22 years ago, and am quite happy here.) I had been making weekly pilgrimages to my local record store to grab The Who's "Sell Out" as soon as it was available. One day, after many weeks of disappointment, I stood morosely rummaging through bins of records and stumbled onto a copy of Gorilla. The cover intrigued me enough that I bought it. When I slapped it on my turntable, I was transported to a new world and a place where I felt completely at home. I bought each succeeding LP as they became available, and about fifteen years later found myself working with a guy (a bit younger than I) who was also a rabid
Bonzo fan. He was (and I hope still is) Dean Cole, one of the three workhorses behind "Doo Dah" the Bonzo Dog Band Fan Club of the early-mid 80s. I became a charter member, and I have all three of the known issues of the newsletter package. I have searched the web for clues to Dean's whereabouts and have come up empty. If you know anything about Dean, please tell him I said, "Long time, no smell." We were draftsmen together in the cable TV business in New Jersey. Draftsmen no longer exist, and I've spent the last dozen years in broadcasting, first at a talk radio station and now as a television master control operator for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
My enthusiam for the Bonzos has remained deep and lasting for 40 years, and I'm very happy to see younger folks gobbling it up eagerly. I upgraded my collection from LPs to CDs in the early 90's, and just recently picked up The Peel Sessions and the amazing "Teddy Boys Don't Knit."
My collection doesn't contain anything that doesn't seem to be available elsewhere, except the one I'll point to in the Soulseek thread.
Thanks for having me here ... I'll try not to be so long-winded next time, but I do get carried away by the things I love.
I've been lurking here for a few months (except for one recent post as "good intentions to join", when I couldn't contain my enthusiasm for the ebay-available DVD of the brilliant BBC documentary on Viv's life). My only actual reason for the delay in joining you is that I was hell-bent on choosing a really cool username. BertWheedon isn't that, but it will have to do for now.
I couldn't wait any longer to join because of Nancy's postings about Soulseek. I've just finished downloading her collection of Songs The Bonzos Taught Us, which I've wanted to hear for a long time. Thanks, Nancy, for making them available! I also wanted to make available some files of my own, some of which may interest a few. I will post details in the Soulseek thread as soon as I'm done rambling here. I first discovered the Bonzos sometime in 1968 in my home state of New Jersey. (I moved to Bangor, Maine 22 years ago, and am quite happy here.) I had been making weekly pilgrimages to my local record store to grab The Who's "Sell Out" as soon as it was available. One day, after many weeks of disappointment, I stood morosely rummaging through bins of records and stumbled onto a copy of Gorilla. The cover intrigued me enough that I bought it. When I slapped it on my turntable, I was transported to a new world and a place where I felt completely at home. I bought each succeeding LP as they became available, and about fifteen years later found myself working with a guy (a bit younger than I) who was also a rabid
Bonzo fan. He was (and I hope still is) Dean Cole, one of the three workhorses behind "Doo Dah" the Bonzo Dog Band Fan Club of the early-mid 80s. I became a charter member, and I have all three of the known issues of the newsletter package. I have searched the web for clues to Dean's whereabouts and have come up empty. If you know anything about Dean, please tell him I said, "Long time, no smell." We were draftsmen together in the cable TV business in New Jersey. Draftsmen no longer exist, and I've spent the last dozen years in broadcasting, first at a talk radio station and now as a television master control operator for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
My enthusiam for the Bonzos has remained deep and lasting for 40 years, and I'm very happy to see younger folks gobbling it up eagerly. I upgraded my collection from LPs to CDs in the early 90's, and just recently picked up The Peel Sessions and the amazing "Teddy Boys Don't Knit."
My collection doesn't contain anything that doesn't seem to be available elsewhere, except the one I'll point to in the Soulseek thread.
Thanks for having me here ... I'll try not to be so long-winded next time, but I do get carried away by the things I love.