Trainspotting time. I will start off with a mention in one of Jeremy Clarkson’s books. Hope this works.
Jeremy Clarkson was my favourite in Top Gear!
I remember Danny Baker - fun guy.
Googled JC and he prefers progressive bands like Genesis, but on the other hand he also likes Steely Dan, so all in all: an ok guy ![]()
And there’s also a Top Gear episode where the “Swiss time is running out”:
https://youtu.be/3-Iy6CfeePw?t=263
There’s a Ferrari involved as well winning the race (“The Rolling truck stones” was booked elsewhere it seems).
Cheers
In the 500th issue (print, mind you!) of the Greek Metal Hammer magazine, there is a list of the 100 most important hard/heavy albums as voted by the mag’s readership.
Of interest to us :
No. 13 : Dio “Holy Diver”
No. 22 : Rainbow Rising
No. 43 : Machine Head
No. 51 : Deep Purple In Rock
No. 71 : Whitesnake 1987
No. 87 : Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
The top 10 is occupied by the usual suspects (i.e. Maiden, Metallica, Sabbath etc.)
August 1st, the German television channel ARD broadcasts the 1st stage of the women’s Tour de France, Reporter is Florian Naß, born in 1968, co-reporter Clara Koppenburg, active road cyclist and born in 1995. The peleton is near Montreux, the reporter talks about the legendary jazz festival and then asks
FN: “Does Smoke on the water tell you something?”
CK: “No, it doesn’t tell me anything”
FN: “Well, you’re just a different generation” and he tells the story of the creation, as we all know it. “That was in 1971, you can be forgiven”
(Link is limited to Germany)
Oh my God
Well, I’m 62 and am still counting …


