THE MIGHTY "MATT FINISH", 'ALWAYS ANOTHER' . . . EXCELLENT AUSSIE ACT FROM THE EARLY EIGHTIES . . . ONE OF MY FAVES . . R.I.P MATT - (1984) - YouTube

GREAT BAND FROM SYDNEY TOWN, POWERFUL, INDIVIDUAL AND SO TALENTED, AGAIN, WORKED WITH THEM AT THE EPIC "PLAYROOM" ON NEW YEARS EVE 1983, CAN'T REMEMBER TOO MUCH BUT I KNOW THEY WERE FANTASTIC !!! . . . HUNT THEIR STUFF DOWN, FULLY WORTH IT !!

SADLY MATT MOFFIT, LEAD VOX AND GUITARS, IS NO LONGER WITH US BUT JON PRIOR CARRIES THE MUSIC FORWARD . . HE WAS THE DRUMMER AND FOR ALL YOU 'SKINMEN' OUT THERE, CHECK OUT HIS PATTERNS AND HIS TOTALLY FLUID, GORGEOUS TO WATCH PLAYING STYLE . . . IT WASN'T WHAT HE WAS PLAYING, RATHER WHAT HE WAS LEAVING OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SNARE, THERE ONE SECOND, GONE THE NEXT . . . . . FUCKING UNIQUE !!!!

GENTLEMEN, LADIES TOO IF YOU'RE IN ON IT, AUSTRALIA'S VERY OWN 'MATT FINISH' WITH "ALWAYS ANOTHER" . . . . TURN THE SUCKER UP . . . LOVE YA WORK GUYS !!!
[**** CLICK LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE]
Matt Finish - Always Another (1984) - YouTube

THE LEGIT "KING OF COOL", STEVE McQUEEN DOING THE BUSINESS ON A PRE-UNIT TR6, NEARLY FIFTY YEARS OLD AND FRESH AS A REALLY FRESH THING !!! - YouTube

STEVE McQUEEN AND "THE GREAT ESCAPE" . . . . . NO INTRODUCTION REQUIRED, APART FROM THE FINAL JUMP DONE BY INDUSTRY LEGEND AND McQUEEN'S CLOSE MATE, BUD EKINS, IT'S ALL HIM DOING THE GRUNT WORK, AS OPPOSED TO POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS REGARDING THE CHASE SCENE IN "BULLITT" . . .

NO FUCKING WONDER THIS SELF MADE ICON OF COOL IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY OF US, IT'S ALWAYS APPEARED TO ME HE WAS WAS A GENUINE CAT, LIVED LIFE ACCORDING TO HIS OWN TERMS OFF THE SCREEN AND HAD A DEEP SEATED PASSION FOR BIKES AND CARS THAT WAS WAY BEYOND SHALLOW POSE VALUE . . .

I WATCH THE ENTIRE MOVIE EVERYTIME IT'S ON CABLE AND THIS SCENE STILL GRABS ME BY THE BIT OF SKIN BETWEEN MY SCROTUM AND ARSEHOLE EACH AND EVERY TIME !!!!

[click on the link down below or on post title to see the timeless scene with The Man and a bike doing really cool shit . . . good quality clip too, big love to "TRANSGARP" - ** Copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, Film - "The Great Escape", Riders - Steve Mcqueen and Bud Ekins]
The Great Escape - McQueen - Triumph TR6 Motorcycle Jump - YouTube

FRED LORENZEN'S 1966 GALAXIE STOCK CAR . . . YOU WANT TOUGH ??? THIS IS FUCKING TOUGH, AND I'M A MOPAR GUY !!! - YouTube

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE EARLY 60's THROUGH TO 1970 WAS THE ZENITH FOR NASCAR RACING, MAN, THOSE CARS WERE THE NASTY SHIT, BIG BLOCKS, BIG SPEED AND BIG BALLS !!! BY THE EARLY 70'S THEY HAD DROPPED FAT BLOCKS, BROUGHT IN RESTRICTER PLATES AND THE WHOLE THING HAD BEEN DILUTED SOMEWHAT, NEVER TO RETURN TO IT'S BEST.

EVEN OUT HERE IN AUSTARLIA I WAS A FULLY SMITTEN FAN, EVERY SUNDAY ON ONE OF THE TWO AVAILABLE T.V CHANNELS IN THE MID/LATE 60'S THEY WOULD RUN THE PREVIOUS WEEK'S NASCAR HIGHLIGHTS AND I'D SIT THERE WITH DAD BEFORE LUNCH WATCHING IT, DREAMING I WAS KING DICK, ANY ONE OF THEM WOULD'VE DONE ME JUST FINE, TRUTH BE KNOWN . . .

ANYWAY, TO THIS DAY, OUTSIDE OF THE BATHURST 1000, IT'S STILL MY PREFERRED FORM OF CAR RACING . . . WHEN INDY CARS FIRST CAME TO THE GOLD COAST [YAWN . . ], THE NASCARS WERE ALWAYS THE CROWNING GLORY FOR ME, FROM NEARLY A KILOMETRE AWAY WHERE I LIVE YOU COULD HEAR THOSE SNARLING, BRAWLING BEASTS MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND THE TRACK, IT WAS UN FUCKING REAL ACTUALLY BEING TRACKSIDE WATCHING IT IN THE FLESH !!!

I was initially trawling around for some decent footage of #43 . . . and we all know who's number that is, then I stumbled onto this short but oh so sweet half minute clip of one ot the mid 60's hardest competitors cars, Fred Lorenzen's 1966 Galaxie in all it's unadulterated, cock throbbing glory. This hornbag 'Stocker', [that's a relative term, ha ha ha], has been left unmolested and lavished with love for the past forty five years, still with the legit Holman and Moody 427 big block in obviously fine fettle.

TO MY EYES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BLUE WITH A PLYMOUTH OR DODGE BADGE ON IT, IT LOOKS FRIGGIN IMMACULATE, THE STEELIES, DIRTY GREAT SIDE EXITING PIPES, THE REAR PANELS PUMPED OUT LIKE A YOUNG ARNIE IN A SMALL TEE SHIRT . . . . AND THEN, THEN THERE'S THE SOUND WHEN THEY FIRE IT UP . . . IF ANYBODY RECKONS THAT DOESN'T SOUND FUCKING TOUGH, I'LL EAT SHIT FOR A MONTH !!!!!

***** Come on, I know you want to, click on the post title, turn the volume up to 'bleed' and watch this old girl snarl, thanks to 'LOOKATMATTSCAR' for the brief but bewdiful footage, get it on !!!

UNKLE "BURN MY SHADOW" . . . I TOLD YOU I'D HAVE BLOODY NIGHTMARES !!!!! - YouTube

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!

I WAS BEING CHASED BY A RIDERLESS, HUBLESS MONSTER . . . THEN I WOKE UP, THANK GOD !!!!

GET INTO A BIT OF THE MEN FROM "UNKLE" . . . IAN ASTBURY ET AL FROM 2007, A TOTALLY
BRILLIANT TUNE, EXTRAORDINARY CLIP . . . . HOOK IN BY HITTING ON THE LINK BELOW . . . . .
NYE NYE FOLKS, SLEEP TIGHT, DON'T LET THE HUBLESS MONSTER BITE . . . HA HA HA HA HA
Unkle - Burn My Shadow - YouTube

HUBLESS FUCKING MONSTROSITY !!! IT MADE BILLY LANE'S MODEL SEEM SOMEHOW TASTEFUL . . . WE KNOW IT CAN BE DONE NOW, SO NEVER, EVER AGAIN !

I'M GONNA HAVE NIGHTMARES TONIGHT, HAPPENED UPON SOMETHING I'D HOPED I WOULD NEVER ENCOUNTER AGAIN . . . A CRIME AGAINST THE LAWS OF AESTHETICS AND NATURE . . . A THING SO WRETCHEDLY AND ABOMINABLY GROTESQUE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN CRUSHED AT BIRTH !!!

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT . . . THE HUBLESS MONSTER !!! REMEMBER THIS VULGAR EYESORE FROM A FEW YEARS BACK ??? CHRIST ON A CROSS, HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU NOT !!! THE WAY TO THE FUTURE, THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME . . . . . 'TRON' ON A BAD ACID DAY MORE LIKELY !!!

Look, I realise the mechanical and engineering 'genius' behind this hideous, two wheeled Frankenfuck, but, really, who cares when it looks uglier than shit on a stick, has the handling characteristics of a . . . . Jesus, let's face it, it doesn't handle, it makes Swiss Family Turtle's OCC contraptions look like G.P bikes, and to top it all off the shiny shitbox costs the entire U.S defence budget to build !!!

Sorry if I'm missing the point, however, I doubt it, but building anything just to prove it can be done has never been a validation of that thing's existence and this jigger is the definitive example in the world of two wheeled transport . . . . I'd rather be nailed to a Boehmerland [I know I've screwed the spelling] than even be seen in the same street as this monument to masturbatory stupidity.

Having said all of that, the idea is clearly catching on given the hundreds I see every day on the road . . . no, seriously now, if I ever clap eyes on anything remotely resembling this heinously horrible ode to motorcycling obscenity on a road I'm riding or driving on, I swear to the Gods of all that is good, cool and easy on the eye, I'll invoke the spirit of The Divine Wind and take the fucker out . . . . TORA, TORA, TORA !!!!!

*** I LIFTED THE ARTICLE FROM THE "ANYTHING AND EVERTTHING" BLOG WHERE IT RECIEVED A GLOWING ENDORSEMENT, CLICK ON LINK BENEATH OR POST TITLE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAWK AT THIS DELIGHTFULLY TASTEFUL RENDERING OF MOTORCYCLING MAGNIFICENCE . . . .
Anything & Everything: Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes

**** I DID MENTION IN MY BLOG HEADER THAT THERE WOULD BE MOMENTS OF VITRIOLIC VINDICTIVE AND DOWNRIGHT NASTINESS ON OCCASION . . . . OOPS . . . I WAS RIGHT.

IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - "WAKE UP AND MAKE LOVE" FROM 'NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES' - STRAIGHT OUTTA LONDON, THE OSCAR WILD OF ROCK AND ROLL, . . . . WHO SAID WHITE BOYS CAN'T GET FUNKY ?? YouTube

*THIS ONE'S FOR "LOVELESS" . . . . THERE ARE THOSE WHO CALL HIM . . . . TIM.

THINKIN ABOUT DR FEELGOOD AND WILKO JOHNSON LEAD MY MIND INSTANTLY TO A GEEZER WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO MY MUSICAL HEART . . . HE TOOK THE HIGH ROAD STRAIGHT OUT OF KILBURN AND PRODUCED SOME OF THE CATCHIEST, SUPER FUNKY, QUIRKY, GROOVE DRENCHED POP TO COME OUT OF THE ENTIRE POST PUNK, 'NEW WAVE' ERA . . . IAN DURY, WITH AND WITHOUT THE FABULOUS BLOCKHEADS !!!

How can you possibly not like someone who, afflicted by polio as a child and with withered arm and shuffling gait, writes a tune called "Spasticus Autisticus" as a protest about something that now escapes me [damn !!], gets slammed by all the social do gooders, banned by the Beeb [BBC], then, politely tells them all to stick it up their arses I'll write what I want ???

How can you not be totally moved by a bloke who can articulate the following line " . . . slap, bang, tickle, the Vincent motorsickle" and then work it into a fucking cracker song ??? One of my very favourite Dury lines comes from the tune I've featured here, the oh so 'Morning Glory' inducing, "Wake Up and Make Love" . . . . "I come awake in a horny morning mood, you're still asleep, in the naughty, naked nyude", [he pronounces 'nude' as 'nyude'], what bloke could not possibly relate to that universal observation  ???

Here's a handful of classics from the bard himself that are easily found for those unfamiliar with Ian Dury's musical genius - "What a Waste", "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll", "Reasons to be Cheerful part III", "Sweet Gene Vincent", "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", "There ain't 'alf been some Clever Bastards", "I wanna be Straight" and the bitingly scathing "Spasticus Autisticus".

DURY WAS A DEEPLY TALENTED AND UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL, INTELLECTUALLY AND MUSICALLY, A POET, SONGWRITER, ACTOR AND CHAMPION OF THE COMMON MAN, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE GUY, HIS MUSIC STILL LIFTS ME ABOVE THE TURGID MIASMA OF EXISTENCE AND BRINGS A HUGE, SHITEATING GRIN TO MY DIAL AND I FIGURE IT ALWAYS WILL . . . . " . . .

*** [click on the link below or on post title to bop along with the infectiously catchy 'Wake Up and Make Love" . . . let the fancy take you . . . ]
ian dury - wake up & make love - live - YouTube

THE REAL DEAL !! DR FEELGOOD "MILK AND ALCOHOL" . . . SUPPORTED THESE GUYS TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW, NO FRILLS, NO BULLSHIT, NO PRISONERS !!! - YouTube

BACK WHEN MOSES WAS RIDING A Z50, WELL, 1984, MY FIRST BAND OPENED FOR DR FEELGOOD TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW AT JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY IN TOWNSVILLE, FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND, IT WAS A PERFECT GIG . . . THEY WERE 100% OUTLAWS !!!

BOTH BANDS GOT ON THE PISS TOGETHER TWO DAYS RUNNING, WE SAT AND LISTENED TO LEE BRILLEAUX, THEIR DYNAMIC, FULL ON, FOUNDER/FRONTMAN AND INSANE HARP PLAYER, REGALE US WITH TALES FROM THE U.K POST PUNK SCENE AND TRAVELS ALL OVER EUROPE THEN SAT SIDE OF STAGE BEING BLOWN AWAY BY HIS AND THE BAND'S SHEER FUCKING PSYCHO ENERGY . . .

THEY WERE SWEATY, DIRTY AND TOTALLY FULL ON, R+B WITH A GENUINE PUNK INFUSED ENERGY THAT WAS PALPABLE . . . SADLY THEY ARE TO THIS DAY, WAY UNDER-RATED OR AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGED IN A 'POPULAR' SENSE . . . YET THEIR INFLUENCE IS VAST WITHIN THE GLOBAL MUSIC SCENE.

LEE DIED SOME YEARS AGO, ALCOHOL AND LIVIN THE LIFE TOOK THEIR TOLL BUT THE MUSIC LIVES ON . . . WILCO JOHNSON, THE ORIGINAL AND LEGENDARY GUITARIST, CARRIES ON THE LEGACY BY TURNING UP AT 'CANNERY ROW', THEIR SPIRITUAL HOME, AND PROMOTING THIS UNIQUE OUTFIT'S CATALOGUE OF MATERIAL.

I KNOW I SAY THIS A LOT, BUT GET OUT THERE AND GET INTO THE FEELGOOD'S, THE STORY BEHIND THE NAME, WHERE THEY CAME FROM, THE ACTS THEY USED TO WORK WITH, THEY WERE THE 'REAL DEAL' !!!! ACCEPT NO PHONIES !!!

**** HIT THE BELOW LINK OR POST TITLE TO MIX YOUR DRINKS WITH DR FEELGOOD AND A GROOVY LITTLE DITTY CALLED "MILK AND ALCOHOL" . . . 1, 2, 3, 4 . . .
Dr Feelgood - Milk & Alcohol - YouTube

ENGLISH DON: "COOKIN' IN HELLS KITCHEN" BY DAVID SNOW

**** SUPPLEMENTAL TO PREVIOUS POST, REALLY COOL PIECE ON ENGLISH DON FROM HIS OWN BLOG . . . WRITTEN IN '96 BY SNOWY, A MAN WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY, THE PEOPLE, THE BIKES AND THE PLACES IN THE WORLD OF CUSTOMS, CHOPS, BOBS, FLOBS AND CHOBS THAN JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER PERSON ON THE PLANET . . . . GIVES YOU A NICE INSIGHT INTO THE TIMES OF A DECADE AND A HALF AGO . . . PARTICULARLY ENGLISH DON'S POSITION WITHIN IT.

I'M HEADIN OFF FOR A BLAST IN THE RAIN THEN, UPON MY RETURN, I'M GOING TO DO A BIT OF SEARCHING BECAUSE, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT THE 'DON' IS STILL AMONG US . . . I SINCERELY HOPE HE IS.
[Hit the link below or on post title to gleen more history on chopping, rebelling and living free]
ENGLISH DON: Cookin' in Hells Kitchen

SEGMON VON HEINTZ - SEEING 'MAXINE' FOR THE FIRST TIME NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO TOTALLY SHIFTED MY PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY CHOPPERS

BY 1994 I'D BOUGHT A BRAND NEW SPEED TRIPLE, [YES, THE ORANGE VERSION] I WAS STILL BUYING 'CLASSIC BIKE' EVERY MONTH AS I HAD SINCE ABOUT '90, I HAD FINISHED HAVING MY '74 T140 REBUILT, PUT A NEW 351 CLEVO IN MY ZC FAIRLANE AND BASICALLY HAD NOT HAD TOO MUCH INTEREST IN CHOPS . . . .

Reason being, back then, certainly here in Australia, most chops, especially the ones we saw coming into Classic Bike Tune, were fucking horribly butchered, ugly as sin Trumpy's, Beezers and the occasional 750/4 that were owned by guys who clearly wanted a Hoggly . . . I was fully into altered, performance enhanced, ultra 'rideable' classics . . . preferably T120's and 140's.

As far as choppers went, there was fuck all cool, little finesse, even less engineering talent and generally no hope of ever riding the things in anything less than a straight line. Even the Harley crew of the late eighties and early/mid nineties in Oz seemed preoccupied with 16" solid front wheels, billet accessories and silly paint jobs lifted from the current hot rod scene, yuk !!!

Funny thing was that I had always been into the post war 'bobber' thing and the halcyon days of the sixties to early seventies chopper scene, especially a lot of the rides that were built to be flogged and flailed, whether 'Frisco' or East Coast in style, they were about speed, performance and being ridden flat out in all situations.

In late '94 while wating to pick up a couple of wheels that needed new tyres fitted from one of the local 1% club owned Harley workshops, I was flicking through the new edition of "Iron Horse" and came across a bike that reminded me of the "Billy Bike" which had always been a red hot fave of mine.

That bike was "Maxine", it was compact, tough, functional and way cool, a real fucking hot rod in the traditional sense of the term and it had been put together by a bloke with an equally chilled name, one Segmon Von Heintz, which instantly linked in my head with Ed Roth and Von Dutch for all the right Teutonic reasons. He also went on to have a hand in the legendary "Babylon Taxi", but that's another story entirely.

As it turned out, both bike and builder were to become significantly influential in the rebirth of what has now become the almost pop fodder chopper movement, unbeknownst to me at the time, he was also close mates with one English Don and a fella by the name of Indian Larry, from a time way before Biker Build Off and Discovery Channel Syndrome.

WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF MY SOUL LAID BARE, THAT BIKE SKEWED MY TAKE ON MODERN CHOPS AND WHAT COULD AND SHOULD BE POSSIBLE . . . FORM DEFINITELY FOLLOWING FUNCTION . . . I'M JUST STARTING ON A '74 SHOVELLER AND I'LL BE FULLY STOKED IF IT CAN LOOK HALF AS GOOD AS SEG'S . . .

*** I'VE STOLEN AN ENTIRE PAGE FROM SEG'S OLD "PSYCHO CYCLES" BLOG TO ILLUSTRATE NOT ONLY THE NATURE OF MAXINE BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE OTHER PHOTOS AVAILABLE, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR POST TITLE TO BARE WITNESS . . .
Psycho Cycles Inc

BAD T.V, BAD FOOD . . . SOMEHOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER . . . IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS DRIVEL YOU NEED SOME SERIOUS TWEAKING !!!

I SHOULDA SIGNED UP FOR THIS BLOGGING LARK YEARS AGO . . . THAT WAY I MIGHTN'T BE QUITE SO FULL TO THE EYEBALLS WITH POISONOUS BILE AND VITRIOL ABOUT THIS JOKE SERIES !!!!

I happened upon this bit of promo for the show that so many, probably the same fucking idiots who made American Chubber into the popular but unwarranted success it became, have been fussing over for however long it's been on . . .

I'm not going to spend anymore time on this shit than I really have to, suffice to say, I found the tie-in between a tray of tawdry, scuzzy fast food and a show that I'm sure is just as bland and disposable, was perfect in every way, a real 'synergy' in current marketing lingo !!

And for those about to sledge me for 'hating on' their favourite show, let me piss you off even more . . . . I've honestly never seen one episode . . . . for the self same reason I've never watched 'Idol', never bought a Nickleback c.d and have never eaten a turd . . . I just 'know' it ain't right !!!

. . . . at last I've purged myself, feels better already, been a 'long train runnin', now, if you want to, and I fully comprehend if you don't, hit on the link below or post title to cast your eyes over a union made in beige !!
Sons Of Anarchy Season 2 Covers Covers Hut

***** IF YOU WANT TO SEE REAL FOOTAGE OF REAL 1%ers, THERE'S PLENTY OF LEGITIMATE MATERIAL OUT THERE TO FEAST UPON, PLENTY OF OLD 'B' MOVIE STUFF AND LOTS OF BOOKS OF VARYING LEVELS OF INTEGRITY, BUT MY SINCERE FEELING ON THE MATTER IS SIMPLE - GET A FUCKING LIFE !!!!