h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

AaaarrrrOOOoooowwwwoooohhh!
Howlin' Wolf Tal is listening to ya, baby!

Oh... is that the pizza place on the high street...uh......

Id like a Inferno with ham and olives, and some garlic bread please...

Hey, Baby. Pizza is red.. This is all about the Blues, dig? But if you want to share some of that pizza, jus' come on down to the studio. Howlin' Wolf Tal has lots of to wash it down..

*hangs up*

Errr hello, can you hear me? Can you please play Sportin' Life by the Spoonful for me please, it's for my little brother, my cats & anyone else who knows me Thanks

*brrrrrrrrrrrr*

Hello?
You got Ellington's 'Creole Love Call'? Do you play that kind of blues, here?

Hey, Baby, we play *all* kinds of Blues here! Anything by the Duke is Blues enough for me!

Now you just sit a little closer to the screen.. Closer.. Now listen reeeel hard..

Spoonful. Now that wouldn't be the 'Lovin' Spoonful', by any chance? Whoa, I'll have to dig around a bit. Are your cats patient?

Ah. Here it is -- just wait until ol' Duke Ellington does his thing, and Howlin' Wolf Tal will play the 'Sportin' Life'

Aaaaarooooooowwwwwwwhhhhhhh!

And now, by special request, for Granny 'you the Gran' Weatherwax, its 'keep it coming', by BB King and Heavy D

Which is about as 'heavy' as the Blues git, don't ya know?

*Hums out of tune*



'This ole sportin' life, it is a mean life, and it's killin' me

Da - da - dum

Now, I'm goin' to change my way... *mumble mumble*
When I was young and foolish, I was so easy, easy to let ...

I was a gambler and a cheater...

I liv'd that ole sportin' life too long'

Oh yeah, baby. That was The Spoonful, coverin' Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee's classic 'The Sportin' Life Blues'

Stay tuned for more great Blues, by request.. but first a word from those great folks who bought me all this

Ol' Howlin' Wolf Tal has got to take a break right now. But I'll be back soon.

Meanwhile, can anyone give me the answer to this:

What does the Blues slang 'spoonful' refer to?

and for good answers..

Tal

I always thought it referred to heroin?

and for GW. Yes, 'spoonful' is generally a slang for cocaine or heroin, since addicts generally prepare it by heating in a spoon. It is also a vague euphemism for sexual activity

Next question:

What is meant by 'riding the blinds' ?

and for this one

Talesin, this is Management - Just to check everything is going smoothly down there, and to let you know, we have 2 electricians, a possible full team of 3 soon ; So the warning beacons and Special On air light will be fixed soon

a blue light

Quite, Granny "the gran"

Picked up on what tal called you! Check out the rest of the pages now - I've spent hours fixing them up and making them work right

The relaunch is set for this summer Maybe may

Will you planning to launch your own show? Hell, if I can run this thing and I'm a normal researcher, *all* normal researchers can have a show!

I possibly almost sounded like Tal` just then... Oh dear..

I'm not tal though - I have appeared in these threads as my usual h2g2 nickname though, and if the truth be known, I run quite a few h2g2 clubs already, and pretty damn well, too, I might add

One more hint - It was my birthday last week

belated birthday either aka or vegiman

Shh! Shh!