- The shop was unable to repair my puncture without sending the tyre away to HQ, which would have defeated the object. But they supplied and fitted a new pair in only just over 24 hours from ordering. So once again I'm now shiny, round and black, and riding with confidence, or will be once I've scrubbed-off the wax. Although the nail held out fairly well, for a nail, covering at least 250 miles with minimal loss of pressure.
- The new tyres are called Battlax, the old ones were Road Attack. I'd prefer them less aggressive, really. They are supposed to be sport-touring, not race tyres.
- Media watch: speaking of Alex Harvey, as
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sloopjonb and I recently were, Radio 2 commemorates his tragically short life in a Music Club documentary on Saturday. Trailers abound but I had to dig hard to find this on their Web site.
- On the buses: seminal 1962 Cliff Richard musical Summer Holiday featuring one of London Transport's AEC Regents as well as the delicious Una Stubbs, gets an airing on BBC4 a week on Sunday (11 Feb) at 23:00. Yes, I've set the video.
- Adrian Belew, a 1977 Mother (producing an outstanding Dylan impression on Flakes as well as important stunt-guitar in the film Baby Snakes), before joining King Crimson, touring with Bowie, sessions on Graceland etc etc, has a blog, syndicated here as
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) elephantblog. Pictures of guitars! Which he's selling on eBay!
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