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I didn't get a chance to post this when we did 'last night' songs last week. From the album 'Whatever and Ever Amen', this track is about throwing a leaving party for a guy who never leaves.

Ghost Town - The Specials A 30-year-old hit from the British 2 Tone ska band. It reached #1 in the UK charts in the summer of '81.

Not part of my usual record collection, but while we're doing the '80s. I only remembered it because it was used twice in the background of the episode of 'The Fall Guy' ('Win One for the Gipper???' from season 2) that I watched yesterday.

Thanks for posting the link, but I can't help thinking that whoever compiled the list was a bit lazy. The first "movie" is the Dukes TV show!. That's followed by the Dukes movie, Deathproof, and both the original and remake of Vanishing Point. Three movies that came to mind before I read the article weren't even listed: Bullitt - you can't get much better than Steve McQueen chasing down the bad guys' black '68 charger. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry - Peter Fonda evading a helicopter in a '69 Charger. - Vin Diesel's supercharged '70 Charger (best car in the movie).The cars in Deathproof were used because they were paying tribute to other movies. The white Challenger was from Vanishing Point, while the Charger was black like the one in Bullitt, had the same wheels as the General Lee, and the same license plate as the Charger in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. One sad point to note - very few of these Dodges make it to the end of their movies . Whilst looking up the YouTube links above I came across this TV commercial for the 1969 Charger SE (love the crane driver's mustache ):

Thanks for posting these pictures. Like Garrett, I did look at them the other day, but was too tired to reply - and then I forgot . Looks like you're only about half an hour from the track - did you get to see the race?.

I know how you feel Roger - Ireland is in the process of electing a new president (that's our head of state, we also have a Taoiseach who's head of the government) so our lampposts are covered in posters and our mailboxes are full of political junk. That said, here's another political poster: I hope this is the one you wanted, knightprowl - the Rosco poster from 'One Armed Bandits' you've been asking for. As with the last one, I've substituted a different photo as I couldn't find this one at any resolution. The text is all done from scratch though. I originally posted screengrabs of these billboards here. I've now done my own versions. First is the unfinished 'Hazzard Safety Week' poster from 'Goodbye General Lee'. Just to annoy me, the 'Drive Carefully' text is not quite the same as the last one I did, but I had to make most of it into outlines anyway!. I wonder why the painter didn't finish the black text before starting the red. This is Lulu's billboard from 'Share and Share Alike'. I couldn't get a better picture of Lulu for this one, so I had to tweak the one from the screengrab.

(12" Mix)I've been on a bit of an '80s kick musically speaking for the last 48 hours. This one's from 1985 - check out the pastel colors (it was around the time Miami Vice started), and the cutting edge visual effects. This is what 12" remixes were all about - judging by the length I'd say this is the 'Inside Leg Mix'.

As opposed to 'three on the tree', which I don't think I've ever seen over here. From a quick Google search it appears that nearly 85% of cars sold in the US have automatic transmissions. In the UK it's closer to 85% manual (stick) - worth considering if you're visiting and need to hire a car. If you pass your driving test in a manual you can drive an auto, but not vice versa - don't know if it's the same in the US.

Riders on the Storm - The Doors There's a killer on the road, his brain is squirmin' like a toad ... This song is so atmospheric that I can easily convince myself that it's raining outside when it's over (although as I live in Ireland, it usually is ).

Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners I don't know how well this song is known in the US compared to Come on Eileen - it was a UK #1 in 1980. This song is a tribute to soul singer Geno Washington and his group Geno Washington's Ram Jam Band (click here for their version of 'Que Sera Sera'). Of course, when I typed the words "Ram Jam" into YouTube it brought up Black Betty. Just like Black Betty, Dexy's Midnight Runners were from Birmingham, but in this case it's Birmingham in the West Midlands of England and not "Way down in Alabam'".

Thanks Mufn. The full picture is $10 on Jimmie's website: The image size is just large enough for this thread, but not the PDF:

I haven't done Rosco's re-election poster from 'One Armed Bandits' yet, but I have done the one from 'The Revenge of Hughie Hogg' in season 5. The picture of Rosco isn't exactly as it appeared in the show because I went for the best quality photo I could find that was similar. Unlike some of the recent posters I've done, these typefaces are the closest I had, rather than starting from scratch. Otherwise, it's pretty close. Here's Uncle Jesse standing next to Rosco's poster in that episode: Here's my version: Here's the button badge that Rosco makes everyone wear (including Uncle Jesse in the picture above). I couldn't get a clear grab of this, or the flyer below, so the text is my best guess as far as typefaces are concerned. And here's the flyer that Flash has in her mouth near the start of the episode: The re-election poster is available to download as a printable PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file in the Dukes of Hazzard Downloads section of HNet along with the Carnival of Thrills poster. Both are US letter size, but will print without any problem on European A4 paper. There's also 10 different Dukes themed desktop wallpapers to download.

Brewing Up A Storm - The Stunning Great track from 1990. Probably the best known track from this Irish rock band.

Some alternative rock from North Wales. This takes me back to my school days .

Wipeout - Fat Boys feat. The Beach Boys Fun video from the mid '80s. Maybe it's this version that makes people think that it was a Beach Boys song. 'Wipe Out' (two words, so I couldn't use it in this thread) was by and covered by . Strangely, lists it as one word. I wondered why this song was so familiar when I don't have it, or remember it. Finally it dawned on me - it's part of (along with a bit of 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)' by Backstreet Boys just for Garrett ). It's not the first time I've heard a song and realised I know it from a Weird Al polka medley .

I'm sure I wrote this down when I was asking the questions, but never asked it. I'm going to agree with waikiki and say c) Bear.

Where Were You Last Night? - Traveling Wilburys

I recently purchased season 1 of The A-Team at a really good price, and for a second time I've found a filming location shared with Dukes (see here for the first). In episode 7, 'The Out-of-Towners', the action takes place in New York where a group of shop keepers is being hit for protection money. Some stock footage of New York is used, but most of the filming takes place on a backlot at Warner's that appeared in 'Big Brothers, Duke', 'The Dukes in Hollywood' and 'Hazzard in Hollywood'. Here's one end of the street from the A-Team: Here's a close-up from 'The Dukes in Hollywood' (previously posted here). The Dukes are standing where the fake subway entrance appears in the picture above Here's the other end of the street as it appeared in The A-Team (the Big Brothers building is just off to the right). This episode had a great supporting cast. The guy on the left is Robert Tessier who appeared as one of C.J. Holmes's heavies in 'The Runaway' alongside later A-Team regular Lance LeGault (Col. Decker). The guy an the right is Albert Popwell who famously played four different parts in the first four Dirty Harry films (he was the bank robber who received Harry's famous "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'" speech in the first movie - "I gots to know"). Their boss was Yaphet Kotto, who played Kananga/Mr. Big in the 1973 James Bond movie 'Live and Let Die'. This end of the street is virtually unchanged from how it appeared in 'Big Brothers, Duke' (previously posted here, with other pictures of the street and a map). The signs for Chuck's Bar and the bail bonds store are exactly the same in both.

I got my copy in the post today. For anyone outside of the US, I found mine on ebay.co.uk: Hot Rod Magazine - November 2011 The magazine came with a flyer for the guy's own website where I could've saved a few pennies. Prices on his site are (including P&P): UK - £5.65, Europe/USA/Canada - £6.50, Rest of World - £7.75 www.themagazineman.co.uk (scroll down to section 5 - "Hot Rod/Ol Skool Magazines - Latest Issues")

Great instrumental track from 1961. Those of you on my side of The Pond may recognize it as . Those of you in Ireland may recognize it as the closing theme from Ray Foley's lunchtime show on TodayFM.

The episode you're after is 'Farewell, Hazzard', near the end of season 5. Boss forecloses on the Duke farm and Jesse and Daisy leave for an 80 acre farm in Hatchapee County owned by Ben Whately. Meanwhile, Bo and Luke stay behind to try to find out what L.S. Pritchard's really up to. Here's the opening line about the baseball bat (it's about 2/3 of the way through the episode):

I was trying to resist this one. It's a piece of Europop by a former Danish model that seemed unavoidable in the summer of '94. It looks like you guys in the US missed out . Saturday Night - Whigfield As a saving grace, this song did end the 15 week run of Wet Wet Wet's cover of The Troggs' at the #1 spot in the UK charts.

I know this isn't word association ... From the excellent album Graceland - can it really be 25 years old?.

I have a cover of this by The Georgia Satellites, which would have been appropriate as they're from Atlanta, but that version doesn't seem to be online anywhere.