ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I used to put fuzz pedals on my sting ray but now that I'm a big boy I put wa-wa pedals on my mountain bike.  
Wa-wa. 

👉Interviewer: 'How do you get your guitar sound?'
👉Wilko: ‘I plug the guitar in here, turn on the amp and turn the knob to here.’
👉Interviewer: ‘What about pedals?’
👉Wilko: 'I'm a guitarist not a fucking cyclist!'
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 GeneP59 wrote: I still want one.

 ptooey wrote:
I think most hetero guys and "open to experimentation" gals did.

 Coaxial wrote:

Yeah, my timeline was off and I'd not seen the follow-up about the surgery, I only know from following him on the FB that it was grim grim well maybe hey let's play! (edited post below)

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
However, Johnson did not have the more common adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. It was later discovered that he had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour (PanNET), a less aggressive and more treatable form of the disease.^[44] Johnson underwent radical surgery to treat his illness, and the doctors were hopeful that his prognosis would be good.^[45] At the Q Awards on 22 October 2014, Johnson accepted the "Icon Award" and announced that he was "cancer-free" having undergone "removal of his pancreas, spleen, part of his stomach, small and large intestines and the removal and reconstruction of blood vessels relating to the liver". Johnson said: "It was an 11-hour operation… This tumour weighed 3kg – that's the size of a baby! Anyway, they got it all. They cured me. It's so weird and so strange that it's kind of hard to come to terms with it in my mind. Now, I'm spending my time gradually coming to terms with the idea that my death is not imminent, that I am going to live on". He added that he was still recovering from the operation and when asked what he would do next replied: "I don't know really".^[43]

 kurtster wrote:

10 years ago, I posted in "Positive Thoughts"  about his cancer diagnosis. It was grim and he was grinding out a quick farewell and basically wrapping things up. He went through several months of "I'm trying this" or "here we go" and maybe about 2 years in, he started announcing gigs and speaking engagements. For 5 years or so, he was as busy as he'd ever been. I saw a couple of references to a certain doctor whose treatment was maybe non-standard but holy smokes— he really made the most of his extra time. 

Oh and I guess I shared this from 2014: Wilko Struggles to Accept that He's Alive

Wilko Johnson: Dr Feelgood guitarist and punk forebear dies aged 75

 Steely_D wrote:

Wow. I didn't realize how young she was when that came out. Cripes, I had a crush on her.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
My dad said they were a PITA to fire and maintain. Always jamming.
Point low and it would raise up on its own.  

 Steely_D wrote:

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:I always wanted a Thompson submachine gun.
Except that damned Patty Hearst heard the burst and bought it.

 kurtster wrote: Sargent Saunders was my hero.
I always wanted a Thompson submachine gun.

 oldviolin wrote:
He wouldn’t know. He’s one of those rich cable subscribers and doesn’t know what those of us who have had nothing but OTA TV’s all of our lives.

 Bill_J wrote: 
His POW status during the war was pretty well known to most when the show was on the air.  The war was still rather fresh in everyone's minds having ended just 20 years prior to the show's start.  There were several shows on back then that were set during WW II.  McHales Navy and Combat! to name 2 more.

 oldviolin wrote:

Food so good he knew NOTHING.

 oldviolin wrote:
OV - go smack that yung'un upside the back of his head. Sheesh....

 Bill_J wrote: 
It's just a network that broadcasts signal over the airwaves that bypasses the cable gluttony. There is quite a bit of free TV out there. They show classic TV shows. I sometimes catch Westerns on there. 

 oldviolin wrote:

Ok, I'm busted. I have no idea what the MeTV network is.