Monday, August 29, 2005

ZX Spectrum Related Fun

Games I Played and Enjoyed on the old 48K

1. Jet Set Willy
2. Manic Miner
3. Storm - A Cheapo Gauntlet Ripoff but superior to gauntlet in every way.
3. Colossal Cave - Great text adventure, I hated the mazes though.
4. Way of the Exploding Fist.
5. Bombjack

Sinclair ZX Specturm 48k

Top Spectrum games that I actually played and even better, enjoyed.

*Wheelie
*Manic Miner (of course)
*Skool Daze
*Psion Tennis
*Kevin (bearded) Tomms Football Manager
*Match Day (Ocean)
*Lords of Midnight

Load "" Ghhhck-Chck Cchkkkkk Wibbleiblibbleiblle Ghk Pwoooo Weeeep Pwooo Weeeeeeeeeeedle Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... (5 minutes later) ...***Crash**....
© Sinclair Research 1982. Aieeeeeeeeeeeee!

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Mr Ben

Mr Ben witnesses a dodgy deal in stolen goods between his swarthy Albanian neighbour and a Jihadi veteran. Thanks to Mr Ben's prompt action in the costume shop he was able to dress up as a Copper and arrest all the Johnny Foreigners.

Off School Sick

TV programmes I watched through the day when I was off school sick and had a bed on the couch (because we didn't have tv's in our rooms in those days)

*Paint with Nancy
*Pipkins
*Crown Court (I never liked it but felt it was my duty to the country to watch it, your honour)
*Mr Ben
*Pebble Mill
*Trumpton/Camberwick Green/Chigley
*Words and Pictures
*You and Me

Klaus Wunderlich

Top Klaus Wunderlich records in my collection

*Sound 2000 Elec Trick Piano
*Pop-Organ Hitparty 1
*The Fantastic Sound of Klaus Wunderlich
*Hammond Pops 28 Hits on Parade
*Romantic Melodies
*Portrait in Gold

Vinyl list

I have bought a lot of vinyl at carboots and charity's over the last couple of years. Here are some of my stranger purchases.

* The World of Mechanical Organs
*Mike & Bernie Winters in Toyland
*A Neet Wi' The Geordies at "Balmbra's Music Hall"
*Conversa-Phone's Round-The-World Swahili Language Record Course
*Billy Graham Presents from His World's Fair Pavilion "Man in the 5th Dimension"

Don't ask to borrow them though, they're precious.

WISH LIST #101

1. Big Fat BMW Boxer bike
2. Big dirty Sophie Howard live rubberleather fetish game with me watching together with a hundredweight of kleenex.
3. Time Travelling Machine with optional extra of magical money making machine.
4. Home Cinema including Big TV!
5. To be able to use that infamous Pte Hudson line in 'Aliens' at a work meeting;

Wish list # 42

1. Í skugga hrafnsins
2. Beyond the realms of Death - Live (The one Monkeyman keeps tormenting me with)
3. The Abominable Snowman - Peter Cushing
4. Villain
5. Fairly Secret Army. It seems I am the only person I know who remembers this top comedy series. Why in hell don't Channel 4 repeat this or get it released on DVD?
6.Garth Marenghi's Dark Place Where the Hell is series 2? Why is series one not on DVD. Meet the Magoons is total shite but will no doubt return for a few more series.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Here Comes The Priest

Judas Priest Playlist

1. Beyond The Realms Of Death (from Unleashed In The East)
2. Victim Of Changes
3. Green Manalishi (with the two pronged crown) - Live
4. Metal Gods
5. Rocka Rolla
6. Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver
7. Here Comes The Tears/Dissident Aggressor
8. Sinner
9. Ripper

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

When I were a Lad

1. Dr Who
2. Star Trek
3. Kung Fu
4. Agnetha from Abba
5. The Sandman

When I were a lad...

1. Rhubarb
2. Clangers
3. Paddington Bear
4. Magic Roundabout
5. Willo the Wisp

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

HAIL HAIL MR MILK

Welcome to the humble but somewhat strict Starship Nostalgica

Let's have your thoughts

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Playlist

1. Green Manalishi (with the two pronged crown) - Judas Priest (taken from Unleashed In The East)

2. We'll Burn The Sky - Scorpions (taken from Tokyo Tapes)

3. Metropolis - Motorhead (taken from No Sleep Til Hammersmith)

4. Metal Gods - Judas Priest (taken from British Steel)

5. Satan's Children - Witchfinder General

Playlist

1. Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
2. UFO - Live (1973)
3. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
4. Judas priest - Painkiller
5. UFO - Lights Out
6. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

Friday, August 19, 2005

LIVE ALBUM ADDITION

How could I have forgotten the Thin Lizzy effort
'Live and Dangerous'

Classic

Sunday, August 14, 2005

LIVE IT UP!


1. Unleashed In The East - Judas Priest (including the original ltd edition tracks especially BEYOND THE REALMS OF DEATH)

2. Tokyo Tapes - Scorpions

3. Made In Japan - Deep Purple

4. No Sleep til Hammersmith - Motorhead

5. Live Aus Berlin - Rammstein

6. Strangers In The Night - UFO

7. If You Want Blood You Got It - AC/DC

8. All The World's A Stage - Rush

9. MinimumMaximum - Kraftwerk

10.Live In Germany 1976 - Rainbow

Greatest Live Albums of All Time !!!

1 - Judas Priest : Unleashed in the East
2 - Kiss : Alive
3 - AC/DC : If you want Blood
4 - Kiss : Alive 2
5 - UFO : Strangers in the Night
6 - Scorpions : Tokyo Tapes
7 - Status Quo : Live
8 - Yes : Yes Shows
9 - Saxon : The Eagle Has Landed
10 - Slayer : Live Undead

I'd like to have put Black sabbath Live at Last and Live Evil in there but both Albums are shite. ITV showed an excellent Sabbath concert some years ago which was originally shown on French TV in the 70's. We all know they are a great live act so where the hell is their classic live album?