Vale...and thanks! “When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk” ― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
that would be jay senter, he's the producer
helen reddy always made me proud to be an australian
{r.i.p} Helen Maxine Reddy.(Performed under her birth name)
Nice work crew ...Helen scored with alternative song.
To her credit Helen did eventually share the spoils with co/writer Ray Burton
1966 Helen won Oz Bandstand Comp to previously score a US record contract
Song: (One way Ticket)
Song was cross recorded by (UK/US/OZ) songstresses drowning each other out!
Helen says she sold 12 or 15 copies (10 to her mother in law)
Perhaps a few more as the song reached #43 on Melbourne Charts.
Give it a spin crew...few will be surprised of "hit" quality. (US song / Big UK sound)
Check out this bad boy (Decades later Helen's song gets Sampled by Fat Boy Slim)
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/9409/Freddy-Fresh-Fatboy-Slim-Badder-…
Here's the original thrifty B&W laidback version of ..."I am Woman"
Very much an underground song took off gifting Aussies their 1st US #1 Hit
3 US #1 hits is same year + Grammy win + Own primetime US Weekly Show
US #1 Angie Baby (Top shelf Quality)
US #3 Leave Me Alone (Top shelf Quality)
swellnet crew salute their '70's Super Star!
That first track has a bit of a Petula Clark vibe to it.
Zenagain salutes TBB for compiling all that.
Helen Reddy holds a place in surfing history. She was a neighbor of the Aikau family. When Eddie went missing and the Coast Guard called off the search she paid for a private helicopter to keep searching.
Wow Adam, that true?
Interesting bit of trivia there. Nice one.
Likewise adam12 & udo ...that's a double Wow...thanx crew & zenagain.
As big as Helen was in US...back then it really was another World Away.
Oz never got to see her Grammy Win or dial into TV show...
Helen invited Olivia to dinner to land her the lead role in Grease...(Who knew?)
Helen herself was a big fan of Peggy Lee...(LP) Black Coffee
Helen claims she'd been Hypnotizing people since age 17.
Later practised as a Hypnotherapist in Hospitals.
Helen: "We're evolving from five sensory beings into multi sensory beings from linear thinkers to multi dimensional thinkers and we are becoming closer to our spiritual origins!"
Lends insight into Helen's song writing depth that she masks in fear of nut job tag!
2015 Dementia set in...
Helen's demise timed with onset of poverty...in Australia we call that Elder Abuse!
Back to that Hawaii search & rescue.
There are a few relics or retro treasures that unlock laid back '70's Hawaiian Style
Of recent is Rabbit Tales Ep 5 for ('70's Hawaiian Hook Ups as chance encounters)
tbb swears episode 5 is the Free Ride script! (Totally Brilliant Series by Tim)
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the untimely passing of Mr. Eddie Van Halen.
Who hasn't rocked out to a little EVH at least once in their lives?
Haha, one of their best Zen!
Yes they were '80s big hair cock rock but I'm ok with that, Van Halen are one of my guilty pleasures.
And not many bands swaggered like they did, and they did it with a sense of humour.
The coda in Drop Dead Legs must rank as all-time classic Eddie Van Halen.
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Vale: James Bond Pro Wave Pool Surfer
1949: Lifeguard at Brownie's big backwash Wave Pool Portobello.
https://media.lelombrik.net/t/5709df7d2a4955b9a533a7c12cbda1b4/p/01.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/lostedinburgh/photos/a.251802618210762/1198043…
1957 "Hell Drivers" (Original Road Warriors) Full Movie (Free!).
1960's Sean the Shark whisperer
Sean Murders a Shorie...then swims with the sharks
https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/fct73s/for_thunderball_1…
https://www.007collector.com/triang-underwater-battle/
https://www.figurerealm.com/customfigure?action=view&id=91024
1973: Sean paddles out to surf Kong's Island
2011: Sean joins Sea Shepherd Advisory Board.
{ R.I.P } Sean Connery
https://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/images/…
Vale.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/2/veteran-journalist-robert-fisk…
Some of his latest work.
Last year, upon BB's suggestion (insistence?) I read 'The Great War For Civilisation' and was glad I did.
Same here stunet. Opened my eyes to an extremely complicated part of our planet. The brutality of certain leaders/countries was hard to fathom in some parts. Hardcore journalism at it's best.
10 points for finishing that book. I only made it about half way before giving up in desperation. Very hard to work out the goodies from the baddies but yes, great journalism.
"Hardcore journalism"
I was wondering how to describe Fisk's work and couldn't think up anything clever enough, but this is the essence of it. Fluent in Arabic, lived amongst the tribes and civilsations he wrote about, even sat on a persian rug opposite Osama and rolled tape - three separate times.
RIP Bones Hillman
Bassist for Midnight Oil and earlier with the Swingers. A soundtrack for many of our youths I’m sure.
sure thing crg...RIP Bones Hillman...from crew
+ Goldie Punkz salute Bones
NZ Bands
Suburban Reptiles ...
tbb cheered on Bones in The Swingers -The Playroom. (Huge song / Ripper Gig)
The Swingers - Counting the Beat (#1 OZ Song for whole of 1981)
Vale ..Jeanne Little..
[ TELEPOLL ] Say No to Vote Yes < > Say Yes to Vote No.
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/funniest-bits-comedian-and-e…
{ The Magic Jeanne ? }
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/funniest-bits-comedian-and-e…
* * Born to be Wild ** * *
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/funniest-bits-comedian-and-e…
R.I.P John Shimooka
https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/rip-john-shimooka-1969-2020/103617
John Shimooka was absolute legend of a guy in and out of the water he will be greatly missed such sad news.
RIP Schmoo
Very sad for his son too. Lost both parents now at a young age. Poor kid
RIP Schmoo. Seemed like the kinda dude that would light a room up when he was in it.
Hasta La Victoria Siempre, Maradona!
https://meaww.com/diego-maradona-left-anti-imperialist-politics-legacy-…
For a bloke who despises nationalism you sure hold hardcore nationalists in high regard.
Oh wait.....it’s only when people you don’t like ( White Australians, White Americans) talk about nationalism in even the softest tones that your tiny mind throws a shoe .
Vale Maradona - a once in a lifetime footballing genius, and a complicated and flawed human being (but aren't we all?).
His 1986 goals in the quarters of the WC against England, pretty much summed up the contradictions that were Diego ...
RIP
More of your strawman/clueless bullshit, Blowie. Ho fucken hum.
And in the eulogy thread.
Says it all.
Stay classy, scumbag.
{R.I.P} Hand of God never beat around the Bush...a true comrade.
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/argentines-former-soccer-star-dieg…
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IFx-vzOtLDA/X777AzsiJPI/AAAAAAAAI7M/cOatFgEO…
Qld Punkz salute nod to Joh's Police State
https://thesourcenews.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_20170814_140259.j…
https://media.apnarm.net.au/media/images/2018/01/08/imagev16526d4cf7617…
[Fact] Maradona would sip on a Speedy Colombian brew to trip out the Socceroos.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWXy9vEU8AAS8M3.jpg
https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/926582/speedy-coffee-then-socceroos…
Goodbye Marty Tullemans.
How many photos of Gold Coast perfection did this fella have published in the 80s?
Certainly fuelled a few of my surfing fantasies as a youngster.
Oh wow, you're kidding?
The shot of Butto in blown glass D'bah is etched into my memory.
RIP.
Thanks Udo enjoyed hearing from Marty himself, he produced great shots for a long time
RIP.
Vale Hugh Keays-Byrne.
A tripper in Stone...
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A guru in Mad Max.
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He was also in this more underground Aussie classic: The Chain Reaction. Gotta dig big cars getting flogged to the limits then destroyed.
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Hugh Keays-Byrne and Sheila Florence in the same scene - gold.
Yeah, fella was already a legend before his death.
Vale Mungo McCallum. Journo with integrity so much so that the pollies were always nervous when he started asking questions. Spent his last years writing for the Byron Echo. One of the last of his kind.
And it's goodnight from him...
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