Thursday 27 February 2014

SOMETIMES DAYS RUN INTO EACH OTHER LIKE PETROL ON ASPHALT IN THE RAIN . . . . THE LAST FOUR HAVE BEEN EXACTLY THAT, A BLUR OF WORK, PLAY . . . . AND LOTS OF INTROSPECTION.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN . . . . SELLING GREAT PISS, DEBAUCHERY AND LIVER DAMAGE
 END OF A LONG DAY . . . . COOPERS PALE, NOTHING LIKE FUCKING V.B OR FOUREX
 THE KEYS TO THE PENTHOUSE SUITE . . . . THREE BIG BLOKES GETTING CLOSE
 ORANGE WHIP, ORANGE WHIP, ORANGE WHIP . . . . THREE ORANGE WHIPS
 THE PENTHOUSE SUITE . . . . LIVING THE LUSH LIFE ON THE ROAD TO RUIN
 THE SKINNY ON THE CAFE ROBERT FASCINATION . . . . RUST NEVER SLEEPS
 FULL TILT KOOK PATROL . . . . LOCAL SOA CHAPTER THROWING IT DOWN THE ROAD
 OH FUCK, I'VE DROPPED MY BIKE IN FRONT OF AN ENTIRE PUB CROWD . . . . FUCKWIT
 OH LOOK, IT'S ONE OF THESE, HOW CUTE . . . . PERIOD CORRECT ZERO GRIP RUBBER
 THE NUOVO MONSTER UP CLOSE . . . . SAW BAZ SHEENE MONO ONE FOR 500 METRES ONCE
 PUB LIFE AT BYRON BAY TUESDAY ARVO . . . . JUST BEFORE THE KOOK PATROL STRUCK

5 comments:

  1. I would have loved to meet mr Sheene, got a few Original black and white pic,s of him in me front room the saying from the cops when you got speeding in Them Day,s was "who the hell do you think you are Barry Sheene"!..never dropped me Scoot though crashed a few times:-)

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    1. Had the genuine pleasure and privilege of getting to know him over five years in the bike trade here, he was close friends with my boss at the local Kwaka/BMW/Triumph dealer who'd been a great rider in Oz until a nasty get off at Suzuka, he was a funny bugger and a legit good bloke, his old man, Franko, was even funnier.
      I came to work on my '74 Bonnie one day just after having the top end rebuilt, he was saying how lovely it looked and sounded, so I said, 'take it for a squirt Ace, no drama'. He looked up at me and said 'oh fuck off Dog, I gave up riding silly old Pommie bikes in 1970, what would I want to do that for ?' . . . I was suitably crushed. Sweet memories.

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  2. Link Wray...Barry Sheen....just a couple of blokes I hung out with... (showed my pal Jack the pic of you on stage with the legend...."are you fn kidding me!..." he sez...

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    1. Maybe it's my only 'blessing' Laz, had the privilege of meeting some genuinely fascinating folk over the last thirty plus years, I often reflect on whether there is any reason behind it all . . . like I said, blessed.

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