Alright wankers?
Best weekend in fucking YEARS, and a lovely warm sunny morning in Londinium to ease me back into working.

WARNING: I AM FEELING UNCHARACTERISTICALLY CHIPPER.

Consolation: it won't last long.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:20, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I'm glad you've had a good weekend.
I take it you had lots of time with your daughter?
( girlinthehole, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:23, Reply)

3 lovely, lovely days - just fantastic
We went out for lunch on Sunday and she got so much pasta sauce on her face that she turned orange like David Dickinson. Most entertaining.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:29, Reply)

Wow! 3 whole days.
Woo and Yay!
( girlinthehole, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:33, Reply)

It was bliss
I really have got to know her even better now - and I really like what I see. The clever little bugger has started reading already, too. Only basic word recognition but still, not bad for 20 months.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:37, Reply)

Can she spell Hawkwind yet?

( girlinthehole, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:46, Reply)

Of course she can read her own tattoo.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:49, Reply)

classy

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:54, Reply)

It's the cover of Doremi Fasol Latido
on her torso. I did it myself. It's a bit wonky but considering how pissed I was when I did it, it's OK.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:58, Reply)

I imagine it helps to hide the bruises

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:03, Reply)

It may be too early to call POTD
but it's definitely opened the shortlist.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:04, Reply)

ooo, a nomination
I'll make sure to put it on my literature
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:10, Reply)

don't forget to also put it into your profile.
It might well get you some more gigs for your band - and HOT CHICKS.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:13, Reply)

yessss!
*punches the air*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:16, Reply)

Pfft! What the hell are you going to do with hot chicks?

( girlinthehole, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:24, Reply)

fuck knows
it's a problem. The further I get into this long-term relationship the more hot chicks seem to be around and the more they seem to be interested in me (relatively speaking)

Why this couldn't happen when I was young, free and single is beyond me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Have you checked the image challenge lately BGB
Someone is being rude about Jeff.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:39, Reply)

I can handle it.
But will Jeff?
( girlinthehole, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:46, Reply)

I don't know.
Does he have B3ta on his favourites?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:56, Reply)

I'm sure he does now.

( girlinthehole, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:00, Reply)

my mate who went to see Dick Dale
took along part of his guitar to get signed, which is pretty cool, particularly as he plays in a surf band.

got to chat with the man as well. the bastard.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:28, Reply)

Excellent.
He's quite the raconteur. Most entertaining.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:29, Reply)

I like seeing legends like that
people who have been in the business for a long time have some great stories and a great stage presence.

Like Gordon Giltrap.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:31, Reply)

Sometimes they can be depressingly bad, though.
Dale was good NOW, as opposed to merely worth seeing because he used to be.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:38, Reply)

a good point
similar people I've seen have been awesome

like the Robert Plant gig. So good it hurt.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:41, Reply)

He's very much still 'got it', hasn't he?
I don't blame him for resisting the Led Zep reunion, much as I'm gutted from a personal point of view. If I was hitting the top ten with my current music I would be less inclined to hit the road with my old band from 40 years ago...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:45, Reply)

my view exactly
his current stuff, the Alison Krauss stuff and the Strange Sensation, is new and fresh and really very good.

I strongly suspect I will never see a gig as good as that. His presence and his voice were just incredible.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:48, Reply)

similarly Motorhead
are as good now as when I first saw them many, many years ago.

Disappointingly, Hawkwind have been terrible since the early 90s.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:52, Reply)

I greatly prefer the way he sounds these days
I'm really not fond of his girly, high-pitched shrieking on Led Zep records. Now that he's dropped an octave or two I think he's got a much better tone.

EDIT: And I'd agree with Monty re Hawkwind. Mind you, I thought they started losing it circa PXR5 when they let Bob Calvert read his poetry over the music.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:57, Reply)

Aw, buzzing for you Monty!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:31, Reply)

Thank you ma'am.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:40, Reply)