MOTORHEAD "ACE OF SPADES" . . . . THIS IS FOR ME . . . . 400 POSTS UP . . . . MEANS FUCK ALL REALLY . . . . I JUST LIKE EVEN NUMBERS AND MOTORHEAD . . . . TOO BAD IF YOU DON'T . . . .

"BEATLES 3000" BY 'ZOLTARKILL' . . . . FOOD FOR NOUGHT . . . . WHAT IF HISTORIANS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS, ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND ALL THE OTHER TRENCH DIGGERS HAVE BEEN JUST A POOFTEENTH 'OUT' ALL ALONG . . . . THIS COULD WELL BE A FUTURE REALITY . . . . FILE UNDER 'B' FOR FUCKING EXCELLENT !!!!

It's a bit like the Ray Bradbury short story, "A Sound of Thunder", you've only gotta stand on a little old butterfly and, FUCKOFF!!!, there goes the neighbourhood . . . . fell into this brilliant bit of schtick only tonight while bouncing of a Haints post, funniest shit I've seen for weeks . . . . .

History is pretty easily skewed in the space of one generation . . . . imagine the possibilities over a thousand years . . . . as I said in the title, what if we've been just a bee's dick off target for the last four hundred years . . . . ?????

"ISLE OF MAN TT 2012 RACE HIGHLIGHTS - THE RETURN" . . . . A YOUNG BRIT, CODE NAME '1234JUMPINGJ4321' MANAGES TO CAPTURE THE CEREBRAL CORTEX MELTING SPEEDS ATTAINED AT THE I.O.M . . . . AND A BIT OF HARMLESS MALARKEY . . . . FROM SEVERAL VANTAGE POINTS AS WELL . . . . KEY PHRASE, 'FUCKING FAST' !!!!!

There's shitloads of professional, big buck, high end camera footage out there by this stage of the IOM fortnight, shot from the prime positions atop scaffolding platforms or out of choppers or U.F.O's, the stuff in this clip is what it's like as Johnny Punter, looking around fellow gawkers noggins and finding a spot on the course wherever they can . . . . just as we would have to do if we were there.



Young Jumping Boy has managed to commit to video the real sense of death defying, sphincter puckering, testicle tightening speed these rocket riders are achieving in their chase for victory on this veteran widowmaker of a course . . . . note the soft, welcoming rock walls beckoning the jockeys with their warm embrace, the lure and proximity of unyielding houses and telegraph poles, and, of course, the acres of run off area, all beautifully designed to minimise damage to the human skeletal structure . . . . mmmmmm . . . . gimme some of that shit !!!

The first shots are taken at the bottom of Bray Hill, at this point on the circuit they're doing around 160mph, the Greeba section has already seen a fatality this year with still more races and the frantic, yet legendary, 'Mad Sunday' yet to come  . . . . make no bones about it . . . . this is the biggest, bravest, ballsiest motorcycle race in the world . . . . everything else looks almost safe by comparison.

DEATH SCIENCE "REVENGE RUN IV" BY DANIEL THOMAS . . . . THE DEAL IS THIS, I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO POST 'VIMEO' STUFF . . . . SO IN THE ABSENCE THEREOF, HERE'S AN INSIGHT INTO BOTH THE FILM MAKER AND THE SUBJECT MATTER . . . . IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SEEN THIS POST MODERN, MOTORCYCLIN MASTERPIECE, TRIP ON OVER TO THE 'DEATH SCIENCE' BLOG AND HIP YOURSELF . . . . A FRESH TAKE ON THE BIKER FLICK, FULLY WORTH A LOOK !!!!

A REALLY SWEET DOCO TYPE MOVIE CENTRED ON THE DEATH SCIENTISTS AND THE JOURNEY TO, AND BEYOND, THE DESTINATION . . . . IT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX, IT'S FRESH AND IT'S DEFINITELY RATED WITH A 'C' FOR COOL . . . . HUMOUR, MATESHIP, RIDIN AND REALITY !!!

The guys have put the thing together in cahoots with the uber talented Daniel Thomas behind the lens, clearly investing their own time and resources to get it done 'properly' . . . . and you know what the best part is ???? To enjoy and relish the combined fruit of their productive loins isn't gonna cost you a red cent . . . . that's right, it's completely free, nada, zip, diddly outlay required !!! How often these days to you get the opportunity to soak in the artistic joy of this level of quality without having to dig deep ??? I think the word you're looking for here is 'never' . . . .

I know its been out for a while now but it desreves a big, fat audience, it's not some quicky piccy thrown onto video gig, this is the genuine article by guys who appear to be that same thing, so, in a world full of fake and phony you owe it to yourself . . . . check it out, it's too good to miss out on.

"BORN FREE 3" FROM '54EAST' ON POOTUBE . . . . I'VE BEEN OGLING OVER CLIPS FROM THE FIRST THREE BORN FREE GATHERINGS SINCE DAY ONE . . . . EACH YEAR HAS SEEN MY ANTICIPATION OF ACTUALLY GETTING THERE RISE WITHIN ME . . . . THIS WAS TO BE MY YEAR, MY TIME, BUT FATE HAD OTHER IDEAS . . . . SO I FIND MYSELF ONCE MORE WATCHING AND DREAMING . . . . SHIT HAPPENS.

THIS IS A FULLY WICKED CLIP OF BF3 PUT TOGETHER BY '54EAST', GREAT FOOTAGE, COOL TUNES AND A REALLY SWEET OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE EVENT OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD . . . . MIKE DAVIS, GRANT PETERSEN AND ALL THE SPONSORS DESERVE THE GREATEST LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND GRATITUDE FOR CONSISTENTLY GETTING THIS MONSTER LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE WIRED TIGHT SO EVERYONE CAN SIMPLY TURN UP AND AND ENJOY THE SHIT OUT OF IT . . . .

SO, IF YOU'RE WITHIN RIDIN, DRIVIN, FLYIN OR MATTER TRANSMUTATION DISTANCE OF BF4 START GETTIN YOUR KIT TOGETHER, SORT THE TIME OFF WORK AND BE SURE TO GET ON OUT TO CALI FOR THE BIG GIG, JUNE 30TH, LOCK AND LOAD FOLKS . . . . BE THERE OR BE SAD . . . . LIKE ME . . . . ONCE AGAIN . . . .

DAR HOLDSWORTH HAVIN A YAP ABOUT HIS NAVY 'TRIBUTE/THEME/DEDICATION/MEMORIAL BIKE' THING . . . . I AM NO FAN OF THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF THE SWISS FAMILY IDIOT INDUCED "THEME BIKE" GIG . . . . BUT . . . . THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT IT CAN STILL END UP LOOKING NOT TOO UNLIKE A MOTORCYCLE.

What the Teutels and Discovery Channel have done to the world of custom motorcycles over the last decade should be classified as crimes against engineering aesthetics, I don't know if that makes them worse than all the sheep who ran off in great, mindless flocks and bought into the entire 'theme bike' shindig or not . . . . maybe they both dererve each other, who knows and who gives a fuck, it's all sewage under the bridge as far as I'm concerned, and all others of their ilk for that matter.

Dar Holdsworth, he of Brass Balls Bobbers fame, has jumped in with the currently incarcerated Billy Lane, to produce their own theme rides for the Services, Billy did Air Force [I think] and Darwin got the call up for the Navy . . . . the rest is by the bye, the end result for the Navy jigger is what I reckon to be the nicest lookin, best thought out, smartest engineered 'theme bike' yet.

No, I wouldn't own it even if I had the money and the inclination, but it sure goes to prove that this sort of broad spectrum, mass appeal, high mainstream public profile build can be undertaken with class and sophistication without having the end result looking like it was put together by a bunch of visually impaired troglodytes using tree trunks, lump-hammers and rocks.

In the Navy, you can . . . . . . . . .

"A VISIT TO THE GARAGE COMPANY" BY 'THEHEINEKEN' ON POOTUBE . . . . YOU NEVER REALLY APPRECIATE THE FULL SCOPE OF SOMETHING UNTIL YOU SEE IT IN THE FLESH . . . . OR AT LEAST IN FILM AS A SECOND BEST OPTION . . . . GLOBAL INDUSTRY LEGEND, YOSHI, AND A WILD OVERVIEW OF ONE MAN'S ALL CONSUMING BEAUTIFUL ILLNESS/AFFLICTION/ADDICTION.

WOW !!!! WHAT A PLACE, YOU SEE DRIBS AND DRABS OF THINGS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BUT NOTHIN PREPARES YOU FOR THE NATURE OF IT OUTSIDE OF ARTICLES AND PHOTOS . . . . A FULLY UNSANE, ECLECTIC MASH-UP OF MAKES, MODELS, AGES, STYLES AND TYPES OF SCOOTS . . . . CHOPS BESIDES CLASSIC SPORT BIKES, PLUGGERS SURROUNDED BY RACERS, DIRT BY ROAD, CUSTOMS CHEEK BY JOWL WITH PERIOD CORRECTERS . . . . IT'S A BLOODY JUNGLE IN THERE !!!!

And all the result, originally, of one blokes obsession bordering on addiction to motorcycles and all things motorcycling, admittedly, this is the new, improved location and from what I remember of pics from the previous digs, a much bigger operation, the sheer variety of bikes on hand is mindblowing and such a rush to behold, complete bike envy of enormous proportions !!!



I suppose I needed to look at this to avoid thinking about the reality that my highly anticipated trip to the States to check out BF4 has fallen on it's arse as of this morning due to unforseen family commitments . . . . actually pretty heavily bummed to the point of devastated, it was only gonna be a whistlestop, four day assault but I was so psyched for the solo recce mission that I'd been planning since much earlier in the year . . . . oh well, fuck it, there'll be other times I'm sure, moreover, I've only got one twelve year old daughter and that kinda outweighs everthing else by the proverbial country mile, love you Lizzie . . . . I wonder if my tickets in the bike raffle are still worth a squirt of billy goat's piss . . . .

PETE WINGFIELD "18 WITH A BULLET" [ORIGINAL 1975 VERSION] . . . . GOTTA BE ONE OF MY FAVE ONE HIT WONDERS EVER . . . . CAME OUT JUST AS THE DISCO THANG WAS GAINING MOMENTUM . . . . A WELSH BLOKE DOING SOUL AND DOO WOP LIKE IT WAS EARLY SIXTIES ON ECCIE . . . . SWEET, SWEET STUFF !!!!

Reminds me of - the end of second form high school, broken leg, hospital, Cadillac Wheels and Chicago trucks, love, Jenny Andrews, summer, feeling like I was growing up, moving to Surftown, XR-75, toluene, Levi's, Tamiya, Coca Cola skate demos, happiness, sadness . . . . be my 'A' side baby, be side 'B' . . . . yeah, sweet as bro !!!

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "57 CHANNELS [AND NOTHIN ON]" . . . . THE BOSS, TELLIN IT LIKE IT IS . . . . THE DUDE GETS A HARD TIME FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE . . . . WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS OVER THIRTY FIVE YEARS, I RECKON HE'S PENNED A TRUCKLOAD OF GREAT TUNES . . . . THIS IS FOR THE CABLE SPORTS PROGRAMMERS, FROSTED COCKS, THE LOT OF YA !!!

"FULL THROTTLE - ISLE OF MAN TT" MINI DOC FROM OZ T.V . . . . WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE SINGLE GREATEST BIKE CONTEST ON THE PLANET . . . . AND NOT A SCRAP OF NEWS ABOUT IT ON ANY CABLE SPORTS CHANNEL . . . . I MEAN WTF, NOT EVEN ON 'SPEED' . . . . IS IT NOT FAST ENOUGH TO QUALIFY ???

YEAH, THE MOST AWE INSPIRING SPECTACLE IN MOTORSPORT, AN EVENT THAT HAS KEPT FANS AND RIDERS COMING BACK FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, A ONE OF A KIND COURSE IN THE MOST PICTURESQUE OF LOCATIONS AND NOT A FUCKING SNIPPET !!! WAKE THE FUCK UP PROGRAMMERS . . . . GET YOURSELVES HIP !!!!

I mean, what gives, we used to get better coverage out here on commercial television back in the dark and distant eighties, now, there's absolutely sweet fuck all . . . . oh, we'll probably get some stale, bum dag, token clips next week, or month, but that'll be it, for a nation that is pretty apeshit over anything relating to blokes competing in or on things with loud, fast motors attached, we're being shafted !!!!

The video has been pilfered from a show on Australian telly along the lines of Sixty Minutes, only minus the ticking stopwatch . . . . Mark Skaife is a legend Aussie race driver, he does the I.O.M tour of discovery, chats to various other legends, and those who might be, it includes some great classic footage, bits from 'Closer to the Edge' and their own stuff . . . . all in all, a really classy minidoc on the most arse kicking two wheeled contest of big balls bravery in the world.