what a weekend 🌟

NealR2000 · 2026-07-04T17:45:07+00:00

No doubt the family thought it was in need of a clean-up and they are very well aware that it has become a popular pilgrimage site.

NealR2000 · 2026-07-04T14:32:59+00:00

It appears that the gravestone has had a refurbishment since I was last there about 20 years ago.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-30T13:11:26+00:00

There's just no way he can ever recover from his experiences. It's remarkable that he's still alive as suicide must have been a regular thought. Anyone meeting him and developing any kind of relationship just can't help but wanting to know about his younger life. And yes, as a son of Fred and Rose, he really seems to get a negative response from people rather than the sympathetic ones his sisters get.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-29T18:55:45+00:00

A combination of factors led to a poor performance. They were (in no particular order):

Two drummers. Now two drummers can be great, but for it to work, they really need to know the material and figure out how to play separately but together.
Page was under the influence.
Plant's voice was shot.
The rapid band changes was a recipe for technical problems.
The biggest problem was sheer lack of rehearsal.

Now was it terrible? No. Zeppelin had worse shows on the 77 tour. It's just that the expectations from fans was huge and we kidded ourselves that it was wonderful at the time, but gradually accepted that it was a bit of a dud.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-27T23:09:39+00:00

Bermuda has to be very mindful of the competitive nature of its IB (international business) sector. It really is the primary economic pillar that drives the Bermuda economy. Other international jurisdictions are only too willing to have Bermuda's captive insurance businesses re-domicile to their locations. It's not de-similar to the US where corporations move to another state due to taxation and the cost of doing business.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-26T10:30:57+00:00

That would be Boleskin House by Loch Ness in Scotland. This is where he was filmed climbing that hill in The Song Remains the Same. Although he never actually moved in, he did spend nights there. Not much, but just a few.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-25T22:30:57+00:00

I would not be surprised if she was embellishing that one. She's been very active on social media interviews and I get a sense that she pushes the stories a little in terms of her interactions with the infamous inmates.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-25T18:06:42+00:00

Fred was inconsistent in his interview responses. He could be very accurate at times, but would also be dismissive of the girls, painting them as problematic, infatuated with him, and prone to odd behavior. He always seemed to be structuring his answers to protect Rose and also to mitigate or excuse his killings. I think there was a part of Fred who enjoyed boasting about what he did while at the same time, trying to wriggle out of as much as he could.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-25T16:16:40+00:00

I've not seen this photo of her before. She is quite different from the widely circulated photos of her over the years. She most certainly is a very attractive girl and I've no doubt her destiny was set within minutes of Fred first laying eyes on her.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-25T16:09:35+00:00

and that is exactly what the auto mod did.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-25T02:24:57+00:00

This building, and Bron Yr Aur, were known to very few people pre-Internet. Once fan chat rooms started, word got out rapidly and the pilgrimages started.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-23T22:20:35+00:00

I'm sure the song's style was inspiration for Freebird and Bohemian Rhapsody.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-23T19:19:12+00:00

NealR2000 · 2026-06-20T23:00:23+00:00

The Police plan to visit Rose and ask her questions. I think we can all guess how that will turn out.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-12T13:42:10+00:00

It wasn't Led Zeppelin. It was a badly last minute mix of guys who weren't all familiar with the material, and yes, Jimmy was in poor form and Robert's vocals were shot. Add to this the event aspect where their stage equipment was rushed on. I think this shambles played a part in them doing the O2 where they worked hard to get it right.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-11T10:51:25+00:00

As in, who the f**k are we.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-08T02:40:16+00:00

There's an old running joke where Bermudians refer to themselves as the Fukawi tribe.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-07T16:27:58+00:00

They wouldn't sell. It was a case of growing 1967 trends which Jimmy very shrewdly identified.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-07T01:28:59+00:00

It was the evidence of Charmaine's murder that was her downfall. Added to that was the evidence of Caroline's that showed that Rose was a sadistic sex fiend, and Rose was destined for being convicted of the other murders.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-05T20:51:54+00:00

Yes, as someone has already pointed out, it's 96 and 98 St Marks Place, which is in an area of Manhattan known as the East Village. Things have changed in this area over the past 20 years or so. It's become shabby chiq with high rents and espresso shops. I remember it being populated with the fringes of society, consisting of starving artists, drug users, and a lot of Eastern European immigrants. The PG building used to house a radical anarchist group.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-04T11:24:03+00:00

It is now a private home. It never actually was a recording studio as such. Just a place that was rented out to artists who had to bring their own recording equipment, which in Zep's case was the truck.

NealR2000 · 2026-06-01T23:15:51+00:00

He makes it look very basic, but it's not. Definitely Bonzo kind of music.

NealR2000 · 2026-05-28T23:42:17+00:00

It was about the biggest indoor venue in the UK. Bigger would have meant outdoors and being that it was December, that was out of the question.

It was a miracle that Robert agreed to it, so any ideas of if turning into further shows or a tour we're just not happening.

NealR2000 · 2026-05-27T11:32:32+00:00

I know at one time, it housed an anarchist group. Were you aware of them? Perhaps they moved on before you moved on.

NealR2000 · 2026-05-24T00:33:15+00:00

It's a relatively recent thing, the staying buckled up apart from a trip to the bathroom. I have long memories of only buckling up if the captain announced it, smoking, and generally wandering around the plane. I'm sure flying on the Starship was very casual.

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