tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post5436798614613424721..comments2024-03-28T10:14:23.792+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: SONG FOR ALPHONS. .......ANGELS ON ARIELS, IN LEATHER AND CHROME, SWOOPING DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO CARRY ME HOME. MAESTRO THOMPSON AND HIS MOTORCYCLE SONGcall me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-61412838619440040712013-11-08T11:41:40.033+00:002013-11-08T11:41:40.033+00:00I think he over-sang it a bit, mr bhs; he doesn&#...I think he over-sang it a bit, mr bhs; he doesn't normally stretch the words out, R-I-I-I-I-DE, like that, maybe it was because he was on stage with those other two half-wits, Wainwright and the bint. His playing, though, was exceptional, even for him.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-34772616068459430492013-11-05T21:41:01.429+00:002013-11-05T21:41:01.429+00:00Superb.
Superb.<br />blackholesunsetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-91937697257053948112013-11-03T14:12:49.552+00:002013-11-03T14:12:49.552+00:00Ah: More recollections.
My brother-in-law bought a...Ah: More recollections.<br />My brother-in-law bought a Vincent Black Prince in the middle 50s.<br />He had decided he wanted to go sidecar racing. He denuded it of all its fancy enclosures, and "welded" a side car on to it.<br />His buddy did the driving and he did the acrobatics. <br />They came in "second" first time out and "first" virtually every subsequent time. A couple of years went by and he grew out of it.....he then tried "sprinting an Ariel "Square four"!!!Alphonsnoreply@blogger.com