They should be offering her one more ride in it for old times sake, down to El Salvador.

I don't know who distributes Danelectro in the UK and it's too late at night to go digging around now. 😴 I'm reasonably sure that I've only seen '57 and '59 DC body shapes here in different variations. Have to admit though that my days of hanging around in guitar stores are now well and truly over.

Great link, thank you.

I see a Longhorn baritone and a couple of basses but no standard guitar. I'm sure they're out there somewhere.

Always loved the Longhorn shape but I don't think I've ever come across one in the wild – bass or guitar.
Have they ever been reissued, and if not why not?

Seems a fair enough assessment to me.

Suddenly needing the cooperation of some of the people he's been railing against for 14 months and, oh what a surprise.
"Sorry, I'd like to help but my hands appear to be in my pockets."

Her dentist's bill is going to be enormous!

Every time they mention this chap in whatever context, I just miss Dennis Healey more.
Wadda guy.

We'll have a new name to top that list before too much longer. 🙂

But America is the world!

Ashamed to admit that I know what negging is.

Now back to our regular scheduled 🐝 program.

The irony of Badenoch criticising Starmer's reasoned approach made me smile. "Why didn't you step into the obvious trap so I can attack you more?"

All the nukes in the cold war didn't faze me, being a callow invulnerable youth. Now I can see a clear path to their use and I fear for the planet.

Nuthin ever happens up at the dusty end of the neck. Them frets are just for show, believe me. 🤨

At the other end I suspect I'd spend a lot of time with a capo on the 5th fret, though it may be fun to go down low once in a while for the sheer pleasure of getting in the bass player's way.

I agree but it's quite rare to hear "Needs more plastic" as a criticism these days.
IMO, they should have simply curved it off like a Telecaster. 🤷‍♂️

33 years! That's quite a beer backlog.
Hope the two of you made a sizeable dent in it?

Great story.

He can expect all he wants.
The subsequent disappointment is likely to be crushing.

With any luck. 🤞

Worth it. Every cent.

They're obviously from 1817. You can tell that precisely by the type of television set. 🙂

Contrarian, moi? 🤔
Close enough.

(And I'm still immensely happy to see you posting back here again, Molly. 😍)

Bought Let It Be, Naked when it was released in 2003.
'Naked' as in stripped of Spector's appalling aural sludge. I think Paul had supervised the cleaned up production.

Much better of course, as is the Jackson TV series. To me it felt as if they were tired of being Beatles and wanted something new.

I woke up with annihilation angst a couple of days ago imagining TFG's narcissism unable to bear the thought of the world remaining after he dies. Made a post here about it. 😕

Heard a sickening recording of Hegseth speaking, obviously tumescent with self love, on the 5pm news while driving home. 🤐

It's so quaint – the seventies footage as well as the archive stuff. Village fairs with maidens being crowned queen!
Nowadays the suburbs just sprawl for mile upon mile and seem to lack all character aside from the varying prices of the housing.
This film dates from a year before I came to the UK.

Mine were all second hand as well. Same with the cost.

They all did great service for me. The south of France in the Cortina. Scottish Highlands and Heidelberg in the 2CV (with a 60 mph top speed). France again in the AX and all over the UK several times in the Focus.
I used to be adventurous. 🙂

I can't play because I only ever owned 4 cars. Full size ones anyway.

Ford Cortina MkIII Estate
Citroen 2CV
Citroen AX
Ford Focus MkI Estate

Focus went to the scrapyard in the sky about a year ago.

They obviously found you a better pressing second time around. It wasn't a coloured vinyl download was it? 🙂

All we can do is not let the outrage fade.

"I did that!" 🟠🤡

Metroland.with.John.Betjeman Dailymotion video by Paul Murphy

I defy anyone to resist the spell of John Betjeman while he meanders, now playful, now erudite, through my home of the last 40+ years.
He was a bit dismissive of Slough, off to the distant south west, though. It's definitely not Metroland.

Dear John Betjeman.
I live in the exact midway point of Metroland by the way.

Also – fuck those people in Dubai.
There's none of them will be missed.

Yeah, they're definitely forking with you. 😐

"That's alright. I have gloves."

I still have the first five albums in the UK/NZ timeline. Not sure why I stopped after Help!. Possibly connected to housing upheaval at the time.
The early stuff is still where the deep magic resides for me though.