Nostalgic Inspiration

How's this for nostalgia?

Tony Alva and Henry Hester from the 1976 Carlsbad Hang Ten World Slalom Championships.







Nice helmet Tony, I had one like that...



Oh to be that thin again.

Good to see that Alva and Hester are still skating after all those years too.

Zoock...

were a band from the Bracknell/Wokingham area who were doing the rounds in the late 80's. They had a great Acid Jazz sound in a JTQ type stylee.
I worked with Ethan the percussionist (great cheekbones) and went to school and worked briefly with Mark the trumpet player.
Here's a couple of pictures from South Hill Park's Wilde Theatre and here are a couple of their 2 track cassettes...

Natural Reaction

1980 and I used to work at Tesco in Wokingham, there was a girl called Anne who worked there too.
One day she asked me if I wanted to buy one of her bands singles.
The band she was in were called The Mighty Strypes a local reggae group.
I bought one.
Listen here.
Enjoy.
BTW I've seen this advertised on t'internet at £13+ if only everything I'd bought had appreciated so much.

Anne if you are out there in cyberspace get in touch...