The bastard
NUTS – Live at Budokan
Big Boss (Warner Bros, 1979)
- In Clover
- You Can’t Hurry a Murray
- Twins
- Passchendaele pts I-IV
- Burning Down Below
- Nuts
- Hobby Horse Harry
- Cava Nights
- Three Nights In Ballymena
- Nuts (reprise)
- Under My Cape
- Remember Luton/Whiskey In The Jar/Day Trip To Bangor/Blaydon Races/The National Anthem
Oh man. I unironically want that album
Wait until TikTok rediscovers Under My Cape…
I assumed this was a reference to legendary biker metal band Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts?
Them nuts are definitely rusty AND most likely dumpy.
It seems that Luton was a downright hotbed of insurgent musical talent in the 1970s. Alongside “Remember Luton” was also “Luton Airport”, top of the pops (well, no. 22 in the singles chart) in September 1979!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldJCeZjcBo
If mentioning Luton Airport in the comments here is going to have such dramatic consequences, please could nobody mention my house?
Afraid CAMRA would show up with their demands?
*quietly strikes “The Roof Is On Fire” from future playlists*
Has anyone checked on the whereabouts of the Piranha Brothers?
DINSDALE!!!!
“They’re not exactly Atomic Kitten so be forewarned.” Now, there’s an endorsement.
I can’t tell if Brian randomly showed up at a time that he’ll end up bugging the Rev, or if he is intentionally making an evil nuisance of himself. (and of course David can’t kick out someone so selfless…)
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Wow, that last track!
It’s sides 2, 3 and 4 of the double album.
I like even when dealing directly with COS members, Rev. Penrose is polite even when giving his honest opinions.
Reverend Penrose can even be polite and respectful to Tom, but only when dealing with Tom specifically in his (Tom’s) role as the head of the rival church.
How dare Brian be such a good friend!? Penrose’s reaction is so fun. But be forced to listen to someone else music selection could really drive him crazy.
The music might be a bridge too far. I can see these two working silently side by side, building rapport in the manner of manly men. But music choice is too much of a bone of contention.
I think Brian has never thought of Satanism as *requiring* one to be evil.
I think Brian’s always been more dedicated to Chaos than to Evil.
I am loving this return to the Scarygoverse (I fell off the internet during Bad Machinery and recently came back), but I wish I could get more than just the first 3 volumes in print. Are there any plans for Volume 4?
I’m slowly building up material for a prospective volume 4 but I’m still a few dozen pages short. Nothing is scheduled but I hope there will be one.
I’m absolutely content to allow the band Big Boss and their live album to take up residence in that not-uncrowded liminal space in my mind between actually existing and being a creation of John Allison’s.
Hafta wonder what the Boss was doing in Ballymena for three days? Queuing for ELO tickets?
Is it really a selfless act? I wonder.
wait that’s not Lush at all
The studio cut of “You Can’t Hurry A Murray” was only an okay b-side, but that live version ROCKS.
Having grown up in Ballymena, I can state with confidence that One Night is more than enough. One Day is quite the struggle unless you’re a huge fan of Pound Shops and bookmakers.
I accidentally offended a Ballymena man a few years ago. My partner was briefly working on Rathlin Island, I went to visit her and had to change from a train to a bus in Ballymena on the way. Having made it to the island and its pub that evening, I was trying to curry favour with her colleagues there by describing the depressing town I’d spent an hour and a half in on the way when one of them said “eh I’m from Ballymena actually”. I quickly slipped to the bar to buy him a pint and smooth things over, which I think did the trick. Amazing where John’s work can take you back to!
The last time I was in Ballymena a pound was a substantial amount of money and didn’t need a lot of stretching.
I cannot BELIEVE that they dropped “Nuts” in mid-set. Back in the day they’d have opened with that or had it in the encore. Mind-blowing.
That last track feels like it’s a Chase & Status remix of Jive Bunny.
Think of it as a medley
I think of it as one entire side of a different album.
Folk-rockers will often string together a medley of jigs and/or reels as an album cut to reassure the folkier portion of their fandom that, yes, they CAN do The Old Songs proper-like.
See I *thought* it looked a bit like one!
There is no fixing Maggie’s hog.
So at some point you think he’ll say, “I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s hog no more”?
Look, at least he didn’t come over to work on his own hog.
Give the man time! He’s only just arrived!
Paschendale by Iron Maiden is already more than 8 minutes long… I fear the length of this war epic by the mythical Big Boss!
I’m the weirdo with access to the whole story who is nevertheless reading it here first instead. Snort laugh makes it worth it. “Lush”
You’re not alone; I also am a Patreon subscriber, but forgo the PDF for the page-by-page experience.
Same here.
Count me among the folk who forego the PDF for the thrice-weekly comments section.
Same here. I read the ‘extra’ stories when they become available on Patreon, but I enjoy letting the normal ones unfold as they are posted here. It gives me something to look forward to three days a week. Reading the whole thing feels a little like eating the whole cake in one sitting.
I do both – read the story through when it comes out on pdf, and then savour the details and the chat in the day-to-day releases.
Looks like many of us are weirdos. That figures 😀
WHISKEY IN THE JAR-OH!
As a sea chantey aficionado, I can’t help but read “Burning Down Below” as a variant of one of several “Fire Down Below” songs I know (none of which are likely to be one of the songs other people are likely to think of).
At least that last cut didn’t include “The Rattlin’ Bog.” Phew!
I’m surprised that Maggie rides an American hog instead of good old British iron (Vincent, Norton, or Triumph, for instance).
It’s an indication that she’s from money. Imports are posh.
I’m just surprised John is still willing to draw the thing. Panel 2 must have taken forever!
Aaaah There’s the Brian we know. Capable of being devilish, selfless, and a nuisance all in one.
I see Brian as basically having the personality of a very large but very friendly dog. He likes everyone, but has almost no concept of social norms or awareness of how his actions affect other people. He just does his thing.
A large friendly dog who wants you to stop what you are doing and throw all of his toys for him, especially the stuffed ones, and, from among those, the ones that he has been chewing on for the past five years *and* the past five minutes, which are distinct statements.
I’d hug him.
You’d never get the smell off
But who is saying “Lush”?!
I’m assuming it’s Brian, in reference to his “toombox”
Consistent with Mr A’s very authentic style, that hog clearly shows the Heffalump Dumpaloon badge on the tank
I can already hear it thundering into life, before stuttering to a halt seconds later
“Potato, potato, thunk-unk”
Big Boss is in good company ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Budokan#Music ). I have Deep Purple and Cheap Trick and have watched pieces of the Uriah Heep video many times (Gary Thain RIP).
Ah, I guess you actually meant the Luton Budokan. My bad…