Week Thirty-Two TALK AUDIO’S 15th ANNIVERSARY!
What a busy and eventful week we’ve got and had! I was at Santa Pod on Sunday, for Ultimate Street Car. For the latest round of the UK EMMA sound off series. Andrew Ackerley told me that they had 65 cars, or entrants, as several competitors entered three or even four classes. The sun shone mostly and all the cars were judged in record time. I have a little video and some photography which I will show you as soon as I can.
I may as well have camped at the ‘˜Pod, for I shall be there next Saturday the 8th, too. Talk Audio is 15 years old and we are holding T-21, organised by two superstar forum folks, ta-sjo and the living legend that is the Rug Doctor. I am delighted to come and document a bunch of car audio nutters doing what we do in fields. In the old days I would have been able to thieve all sorts of swag. Now, well I still have some Pioneer bits and bobs.. Match books and fine art images that were destined for KURO television sets! ..and a FUSION desk set!
The management at Santa Pod have given us a nice distant piece of Tarmac at one of their RWYB events, and I believe that despite certain statements about limiting the duration of any ‘˜booming’, that we will or rather our systems will feel very comfortable there. The facilities are of course brilliant and if you bring your driving licence you can indeed ‘˜Run What You Brung’ down the hallowed and very sticky Tarmac.
Apologies for any regular Monday readers, for the late appearance of this missive, but I was at the O2 yesterday, helping take a chum to see the Elvis exhibition. I took my camera and adhering to the no flash photography rule, I snapped Elvis’s pink Cadillac, with focus, what else, but upon his sound system. So, ‘Elvis Presley’s Pink Cadillac sound system install FIRST HAND’ will be here soon.
And half-past next week, the 360th edition of Fast Car is published. In which I have a feature on Steve Meade’s Tahoe. I have to wait until the ink is on the street before I publish my virtual version but Fast Car have decided to put a poster in the magazine.. of the Tahoe. I am thrilled.
I am seriously wanting to get to Frankfurt for the motor show, now that I know that Clarion have a serious announcement to make about a kind of technology that I bloody LOVE! It’s the 16th September at midday, the press ‘˜DO’ that I want to get to.. I just have to run it past the wife and see what sort of airfare I can get
What else? Ah yes, I am also taking SPIKE to do a proper old school professional shoot on Amy Slade’s fabulous Clarion-sponsored Zed, at Platinum In-Car, in Coventry on the 15th August, a spot of much excellence, so look forwards to that, too.
The picture is how to find the Talk Audio bit at Santa Pod next Saturday. All attendees will be in the photo gallery (unless they don’t show up on cameras and mirrors) and I will try to get some SQ video material.
Drive carefully, enjoy your tunes, don’t get nicked. (I think I found a new sign-off!)
Adam Rayner On Line Editor!