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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
welcome to TD!
hey RS. I know you from the other places too. :england:
Rocksteady
Thailand Expat
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I hope you are not Bad Company and welcome to the forum.:)
The specials are playing Brixton Academy tonight :)
Hello and welcome to the forum!
Meant to be a good night Jizzy, you going ?
Here's somethin off my Facebook
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The Specials were trrrrrremendous. Terry, ur still my main rude boy.... 2hr set.... Great venue. Upfront, covered in beer & I LOVED IT !!!
Welcome Rocksteady
No :( I was told a while back but forgot and it was only seeing this thread made me realise, way way too late!Quote:
Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii
I could probably go and get a ticket from a tout but i'm not...
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
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Originally Posted by armstrong
cheers for the welcome - can you give me a clue? Seems we both joined up around the same time.
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!
Cheers Khmen. About you've some stories to tell. any invites to their parties?
^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!
"..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.."Quote:
Originally Posted by khmen
something like that right
^Yeah, something just like that, right.
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?
^ Couldnt find the whole docu it featured in, but here's a short local news article that shows the house outside and inside:
The 2-Tone City of Coventry - YouTube
^^And while I was looking I came across a couple of documentaries that look pretty good, they're both uploaded in parts though:
2 tone britain - uk documentary c4 - vcd - [jeffz]- part 1 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPK2Y...eature=related
I believe that Papillion and DJ Pat are also available for swinging parties every 2nd and 4th weekend of the month; pm them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocksteady
Betty, are you hinting at past experiences? I heard they don't call him DJ for nothing...:)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by khmen
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!:smileylaughing:
Still, it allowed me to join in the birth of two tone before I went on to serve a nine year career