Rocksteady's swinging by

[Rocksteady]

Caught a really interesting thread on building in bamboo - very informative and something that I have been planning to do for many years. So, I thought I'd join up and say a big howdee doodee to yers all. Looks like a great place to drop by and keep up with life out here. I've spent 20 years living full time in Asia - 5 in tokyo and the rest in Thailand but there's always new things to learn. Looks like there's heaps on this forum. Cheers all

[chedi]

welcome to TD!

[armstrong]

hey RS. I know you from the other places too.

[Loy Toy]

Rocksteady
Thailand Expat



I hope you are not Bad Company and welcome to the forum.

[jizzybloke]

The specials are playing Brixton Academy tonight

Hello and welcome to the forum!

[sabaii sabaii]

Meant to be a good night Jizzy, you going ?

Here's somethin off my Facebook

The Specials were trrrrrremendous. Terry, ur still my main rude boy.... 2hr set.... Great venue. Upfront, covered in beer & I LOVED IT !!!

Welcome Rocksteady

[jizzybloke]

Meant to be a good night Jizzy, you going ?

No I was told a while back but forgot and it was only seeing this thread made me realise, way way too late!

I could probably go and get a ticket from a tout but i'm not...

[Rocksteady]

Thanks everyone. Really miss Terry and them boys as well as all the other great gigs back in the UK.

Maybe that could be a business out here - streaming live gigs. I own 5 rai in Singburi but we'd have to watch it in boats

[Rocksteady]

hey RS. I know you from the other places too.

cheers for the welcome - can you give me a clue? Seems we both joined up around the same time.

[khmen]

Welcome rocksteady, a couple of the specials used to live next door to my mum years back. Just thought Id share that tenuous claim to fame!

[Rocksteady]

Cheers Khmen. About you've some stories to tell. any invites to their parties?

[khmen]

^Unfortunately not mate, I was just a wee kiddy! The house actually featured on a documentary about two-tone recently, was strange to see my old street on telly!

[armstrong]

The house actually featured on a documentary about two-tone recently, was strange to see my old street on telly!

"..and here we have famous TD poster 'khmen's old house where he grew up listening to two tone..oh.. and a couple of guys from some band lived next door for a while.."

something like that right

[khmen]

^Yeah, something just like that, right.

[Rocksteady]

It's whispered in hushed but hugely respectful tones that the bonus track on the doc features a fly on the wall coverage of Nevile popping round to scrounge a cup of sugar!

Would love to see that doc - what's it called Khmen?

[khmen]

^ Couldnt find the whole docu it featured in, but here's a short local news article that shows the house outside and inside:

[khmen]

^^And while I was looking I came across a couple of documentaries that look pretty good, they're both uploaded in parts though:

[Bettyboo]

Rocksteady's swinging by

I believe that Papillion and DJ Pat are also available for swinging parties every 2nd and 4th weekend of the month; pm them.

[Rocksteady]

Betty, are you hinting at past experiences? I heard they don't call him DJ for nothing...

[Rocksteady]

And while I was looking I came across a couple of documentaries that look pretty good, they're both uploaded in parts though:

Fantastic Kmen. Really enjoying watching them. Funny, I grew up in Birmingham and the whole two tone thing happened as me and my mates were in the middle of the mod revival.

I remember two tone as being a part of a far wider movement that encompassed Elvis Costello, dexy's midnight runners, the jam, The Police, Blondy ,the stray cats and matchbox (the rockabilly revival) It's was a fantastically creative year, or so

Having said that, just as things started to really take off, I joined the Royal Navy on 1st April 1980. I think this was a statement as this was my second joining up date - the first had been in the summer of 1979 but after all my good bye parties with my mates I turned up at the recruitment office in the bullring - a day late!

Still, it allowed me to join in the birth of two tone before I went on to serve a nine year career