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keavin
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Post Number: 898
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 8:24 am:   Edit Post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQ2EVB6OQA
keavin
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Post Number: 901
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:08 am:   Edit Post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI8pFqWm0s&mode=related&search=
davehouck
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Post Number: 4295
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:15 am:   Edit Post

That second link is a pretty cool tune!
keavin
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Post Number: 902
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:23 am:   Edit Post

Oh Hell yeah............Mark is a Bad-ass!
nate1884
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 10:57 am:   Edit Post

The first link is actually MK on The Big Breakfast. That show was freakin awesome!
davehouck
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Post Number: 4299
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 11:29 am:   Edit Post

Thanks Nate! I didn't think it looked like Sesame Street.
applejuice
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Post Number: 65
Registered: 1-2006
Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 4:26 pm:   Edit Post

Pretty cool stuff Keavin. I had never heard Mark King play before.
jazzyvee
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Post Number: 551
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 4:31 am:   Edit Post

Hmm its not sesame street. Nor the big breakfast, the presenter is a guy called Chris Evans who was a big noise in England at that time. He got sacked from BBC Radio 1 at one time and also i think bought one of the big radio stations in London.
I'm not sure what programme is shown on that link but he did do lots of these strange programmes in the 90's. One was called Don't For get your toothbrush.
adriaan
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Post Number: 1019
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 5:14 am:   Edit Post

Check out those sock puppets! The puppeteer certainly knew how to funk it up. Seriously.
rob_steen
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Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 4:37 am:   Edit Post

Ah Yes. The puppets were called Zig and Zag and actually started out on an Irish Childrens TV show and developed a huge cult following. They then went on to UK TV and MTV Europe.

The show was the Big Breakfast.
dannobasso
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Post Number: 361
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 8:38 am:   Edit Post

When I was studying at UCG in Galway (98) I watched Den2 with Dustin the bird with the Dublin accent. I picked up a talking version of him for old times sake before I left. I also watched "A Scare at Bedtime" with Podge and Rodge who used to be on the kids program. Much more for adults than kids. Ample fecks, arses and gobsheits!
57basstra
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Post Number: 255
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 8:59 am:   Edit Post

Now this could indeed be the Whippets Dinkle.
fc_spoiler
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Post Number: 298
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 9:06 am:   Edit Post



Please click the smiley, if you are finished here and scroll down to 57basstra's post.


(Message edited by fc_spoiler on August 24, 2006)
ox_junior
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Post Number: 340
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 2:09 pm:   Edit Post

Oh my God that was hysterical. Mark King trying to explain the function of the LEDS in the neck to a couple of socks!
bsee
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Post Number: 1294
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 3:42 pm:   Edit Post

Somebody make sure we save that link for the FAQ. It's a must-watch for the next person that asks if LEDs are worth getting...
bigbadbill
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Post Number: 243
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post

I love that clip; a friend showed it me some time ago.

Mark's still my favourite slap player. Maybe there are guys out there these days who are technically better but he's just got "it" for me, and not just because of the speed. He's just.....well.....FUNKY!! His groove is tremendous. Great tone too, I LOVE his Alembic tone, it's one of my all time favourite bass tones (unsurprisingly!!). And a lovely guy to boot; met him after a solo gig in Manchester and he couldn't have been nicer.

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