Thursday 29 May 2014

ANOTHER WEEK SLIPS BY LIKE SHIT THROUGH A GOOSE . . . . OUT AND ABOUT IN THE GODZONE ON THE PURPLE PENIS, LOTS OF RIDING . . . . TEZ MAKES ANOTHER KILLER AXE . . . . HELMETS, HEMLINES AND SO MUCH MORE . . . . I'M FULLY LOVING THIS UNEMPLOYMENT CAPER !!!

SWIRLING DERVISH . . . . ACCIDENTALLY OCCIDENTAL
 THE BIG BAR AND SHIELD IN THE SKY . . . . I'M ALL LOST IN A SUPERMARKET
 UNDER A BRIDGE AT SUNDOWN . . . . NOT A BOBBER BABY
 FRIDAY EVENING AT THE TABLE OF LOVE . . . . FEELING IRIE AND BLEARY
 TEZ AIN'T NO LUTHIER . . . . BUT GOD DAMN, HE MAKES AN AWESOME GUITAR
 GIMME HEADSTOCK BABY . . . . SUPER FINE METALFLAKE LES PAUL TWEEKER
 SUNSET SPECIAL AT CURRUMBIN . . . . THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS GORGEOUS
 FULLY FACED . . . . BIG NOSE, BIG HEAD ON A PURPLE PENIS
 TYRE SELECTION FOR PROJECT SHOVELLER . . . . EVEN LESS GRIP THAN AVON
 FLINSTONE VINTAGE RACING . . . . DO IT PROPERLY, SACRIFICE ALL PRETENSIONS OF GRIP

Friday 23 May 2014

AND THEN THERE WAS A WEEKEND EXCURSION TO STEAK N KIDNEY . . . . I HADN'T BEEN TO SYDNEY TOWN FOR MORE THAN A DECADE . . . . PLANS FELL APART AT THE SEAMS WHEN THERE BUT IT WAS STILL A PHAT TIME . . . . BONDI, BLOODY GORGEOUS, STRAYA, FUCK YEAH !!!

2.00 A.M, CROSS-EYED AND PAINLESS . . . . SELF INDUCED SLEEP DEPRIVATION
 BOOTS, BAG AND COAT, THE ESSENTIALS . . . . PACK LIGHT, PARTY HARD
 IN FLIGHT READING MATERIAL . . . . ANNIE LEIBOWITZ, THE DROID SHE WAS LOOKING FOR
 THE GOLD COAST . . . . BEAUTIFUL ONE DAY, GONE THE NEXT
 BONDI BATHS, LOOKING NORTH FROM 'ICEBERGS' . . . . "I'LL HAVE MANY SCHOONERS PLEASE" 
 SURF BOATS, AUSSIE LEGENDS, 'CLUBBIES' AS WE CALL THEM . . . . SAVING LIVES DAILY
 BONDI IN PANORAMA JUST ON SUNSET . . . . GOD I LOVE THIS COUNTRY
AS THE SUN SINKS SLOWLY IN THE WEST . . . . IT GETS REAL PURTY, OH YEAH
 BOOZY WALK HOME THROUGH THE SIDE STREETS . . . . BEWARE THE MEN OF NORTH
 HIPSTER STREET ART DONE WITH CLASS AND HUMOUR . . . . LOVE IT MUCH
 THE VIEW IN THE MORNING . . . . ART DECO, POST FEDERATION, POST GENTRIFICATION
 CAB RIDE TO SATURDAY NIGHT . . . . GOT DRUNK AND DIDN'T FALL OVER

HEY, I'M STILL ALIVE AND LIVING IT . . . . NOT MUCH GOIN ON OTHER THAN TOTAL SELFISH INDULGENCE . . . . A FEW SIGHTS FROM THE LAST FORTNIGHT YOU MAY ENJOY.

PINSTRIPING ON ROSCOE'S C10 BY THE YOUNG VON PATO . . . . KILLER KOLOUR KOMBO
 SAW THESE GREY NOMADS ON THE ROAD TO ANYWHERE IN THE UNIMOG, GO ANYFUCKINGWHERE

Wednesday 7 May 2014

EVER SINCE THEIR RELEASE IN 1971 I'VE BEEN A MONSTER FAN OF THE SUPER GLIDE . . . . WILLIE G's PSYCHEDELIC DREAM MOSHEEN CAPTIVATED ME AS A TEN YEAR OLD AND IT STILL DOES NOW AS A BLOKE OF FIFTY TWO . . . . MY BUDDY GEOFF JUST GOT HIMSELF A KILLER EXAMPLE

Geoff's been putting together a hellishly decent collection of classic sickles for the last eighteen months since his super fund went tits up, and this remarkable 1972 FX, alias the Super Glide, is the latest edition to his stable and had me in one seriously prolonged conniption fit, not to mention bringing a horn to the Y-fronts and drool to my lips, like I mentioned, the Super Glide is my favourite hoggly of all time . . . . he spent untold hours sussing it out with the seller in the states before committing to laying down the reddies to bring the jigger out to Oz for a life with a true HD nutter and historian. Apart from the fresh paint and NOS decals on the tanks and guards it is an AMCA certified 98 point, unrestored, original condition example . . . . honest patina, a lovely veneer of gentle use and fuck all miles on the clock . . . . interestingly, the two points it had deducted were for the chrome chain guard not being an original fitment part, in the case, the experts in the AMCA got it wrong, cause it was indeed as it left the factory, but Geoffro won't be losing any shuteye over two pissy little points. Well done mate, couldn't have gone to a more deserving bloke.