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The first is the Lotus 88B, one of Formula 1’s greatest ‘what-ifs’. Colin Chapman’s reputation for innovation preceded him. Yet when he revealed the Lotus 88 with its radical twin-chassis set up and carbon-fibre monocoque, a move to exploit the rules of ground effect, his rivals and the sport’s governing bodies deemed it a step too far and the car was outlawed immediately. Just two were built —
Saturday, December 28, 2019
1979. Overkill
is the second album by Motorhead, released in 1979. It was their first for Bronze Records, and peaked at #24 on the UK charts. The album had a big impact in the British punk culture of that time, paving the way for UK82. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at #46 among the “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time.
The first release from those sessions was the single release of “Overkill” backed with “Too Late, Too Late” in 7” and 12” pressings. The Chiswick album Motörhead had been a hasty affair as was its production, although it had a sub-bootleg quality which may be appealing, Overkill had more spring and bounce, and a thundering title track that would become a show-stopper for years to come. Three weeks after the initial release of the album in black vinyl, the album was released in a limited edition of 15,000 in green viny.
Lemmy ”Fast” Eddie Clarke Phil Taylor
The Cramps (Bryan Gregory, Miriam Linna, Lux Interior & Poison Ivy) at he band’s 73rd street apartment and HQ in New York ca. 1976-77, as documented by Stephanie Chernikowsk.
“…I’d met up with Lux and Ivy and had stayed over at their place, a small, low ceiling walkup on East 73 rd Street. A cool old jukebox took up a good chunk of the living room– Lux said he paid a guy five bucks to carry it up the stairs, strapped to his back! There was only one window in the apartment, facing into a back alley. There was a mess of records on shelves facing the jukebox, a walk-through bedroom with a massive old bed that took up the entire room, a tiny bathroom with a sink and shower, and a miniscule kitchenette, but it was homey, and bits of velvety Victorian style bric-a-brac decorated what was in essence, Cramps HQ.
The first night, I met their soft-spoken new guitar player Bryan Gregory. The threesome had put it into first use in April, with a cool handbill (indicating a fan club—now that’s confidence for a band that existed in name only!)—it would still be still six months before the band would play live…”
Miriam Linna
On This Date in Elvis History – December 28, 1970
Elvis is Best Man at bodyguard Sonny West’s wedding.
On special occasions like this, Elvis wore two belts: One adorned with gold eagles and chains, and a second with his gold Memphis Sheriff Badge buckle.
In addition to the rifle Presley is displaying, he’s concealing five handguns: Two in shoulder holsters, two pearl-handled pistols in the waist of his pants, and a derringer in his boot.
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