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Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: keavin on August 20, 2006, 08:24:58 AM

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: keavin on August 20, 2006, 09:08:31 AM

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: David Houck on August 20, 2006, 09:15:13 AM

That second link is a pretty cool tune!

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: keavin on August 20, 2006, 09:23:16 AM

Oh Hell yeah............Mark is a Bad-ass!

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: nate1884 on August 20, 2006, 10:57:39 AM

The first link is actually MK on The Big Breakfast. That show was freakin awesome!

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: David Houck on August 20, 2006, 11:29:51 AM

Thanks Nate!  I didn't think it looked like Sesame Street.

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: applejuice on August 22, 2006, 04:26:17 PM

Pretty cool stuff Keavin. I had never heard Mark King play before.

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: jazzyvee on August 23, 2006, 04:31:08 AM

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.

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Post by: adriaan on August 23, 2006, 05:14:05 AM

Check out those sock puppets! The puppeteer certainly knew how to funk it up. Seriously.

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Post by: rob_steen on August 24, 2006, 04:37:00 AM

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.

Title: Mark King on sesame street w/alembic!
Post by: dannobasso on August 24, 2006, 08:38:48 AM

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!

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Post by: 57basstra on August 24, 2006, 08:59:52 AM

Now this could indeed be the Whippets Dinkle.

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Post by: FC Bass on August 24, 2006, 09:06:45 AM

 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=12606)
 
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)

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Post by: ox_junior on August 24, 2006, 02:09:29 PM

Oh my God that was hysterical.  Mark King trying to explain the function of the LEDS in the neck to a couple of socks!

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Post by: bsee on August 24, 2006, 03:42:55 PM

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...

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Post by: bigbadbill on August 26, 2006, 12:04:58 PM

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.