FAS #159 and #160 are
being printed this week. They then go for folding cropping and stapling, and
I'll hopefully be getting them by the end of the month for packing. So FAS #159
will be an issue for November, followed by #160 in December. Then a little
break for Christmas and New Year, with #161 following in February or March,
#162 the month after that. At least, this is currently the plan. So likely the
next news posted up here will be when the mailing out of #159 is happening.
That will mean there have been six issues this year. Blimey!
In the meantime there have been a
couple of interesting things happening on TV, or more specifically on the BBC.
On September 14th, the anniversary of Paul Kossoff's birthday, the quiz show 'Pointless'
(Series 26 - Episode 10) BBC1 6.00pm had the first surprise. The questions were
about 'Free Things', so if you are unaware of the quiz show, that would
reference things that are associated or connected with the word 'Free'. The question was;
'Three-word title of the song by
the band Free that reached number two in the UK singles chart in 1970'
The answer of course 'All Right
Now'.
The idea is to pick the question
(and to know, and give, the correct answer) listed out of five, that the least
people out of 100 get right when asked randomly among the general public (phew!).
So you can see by the board that 14 people knew the answer to the Free
question. The third question being the one that none got right when asked (the 'pointless'
answer) - hence if you had that answer you won that round.
ANYWAY. There was no mention of it
being Paul's birthday or anything, so whether this was planned or a somewhat
bizarre random coincidence I can't say. Thanks to Angus and Addy for being very
quick to report this one, as I missed it.
It seems all the stars were
aligned on this day as...
Also, rather strangely,
on the 14th, a little later on BBC 2 at 10.00pm, was 'Mortimer &
Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' (Series 4 - Episode 3). This is actually a show I
rather like, based as it is more on the friendship and banter between Bob and
Paul than fishing (which bores the arse off me personally unless I'm eating
what is caught!). I always like the fact that Bob seems so surprised and filled
with a childlike wonder when he actually catches anything, even after all this
time, and Paul's patience with someone (Bob) who seems to be endlessly falling
over! If there was a bit more of this
on TV, and less 'Housewives Of Who Gives A Shit...' 'Slutty Island'
and 'The Only Way Is Daft Looking Teeth And Lip Filler Pouting', along
with the endless shows about child murderers, serial killers and general
scumbags, maybe the world would be a better place, who knows... But I digress...
I understand it's not too
much of a surprise they'd be some Free music here somewhere. Bob is well known
as a huge Free fan and in this episode he not only mentions seeing Andy Fraser
(his hero) with Free, but they also play clips from the songs 'All Right
Now', 'Lying In The Sunshine', and 'Little Bit Of Love'! Quite a
splash of Free there then! I'm glad Bob didn't tell his 'My Brother Jake'
story again - which is incorrect (see upcoming story of the song in FAS #160),
but having all this on one day was a bit... strange... In a very nice way.
Order details:
Tight
But Loose Special Edition Orders (if still available)
and
Omnibuspress - Evening With Led Zeppelin
Also a 're-making of'
podcast here;
https://www.spreaker.com/user/discoveryeric/episode-23-dave-lewis-mike-tremaglio-eve
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