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rick robson (YS reviewer)

def chrisdef chris
edited June 2012 in Chit chat
I always liked his reviews. just browsing this one for Spike

http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/spike.htm

it says at the end: "*Ed's note: this was unfortunately Rick's last review before his early demise"

but then after that on the page it says

"Rick Robson has kindly authorised this site"

that doesn't make sense. is he still around? a few google searches turned up nothing. hope he hasn't passed away :sad:
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  • StridentStrident
    edited June 2012
    Lol. That's just a joke from the editor after he said this about her in the article...
    t's a bit like the magician's trick with the wand and ball, where neither seem connected yet both are inextricably linked - much like our T'zer's brain and mouth.*
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2012
    'Doh... should've realised that. thanks . I thought it was an edit from Nick H...

    I've been doing a bit of research on ex YS reviewers and managed to find a few interesting things like David McCandless 'Data Visualization' speech (worth watching imo, here if anyone's interested.) - but zilch comes up about rick robson.
  • zx1zx1
    edited June 2012
    I often wonder where many of the old YS reviewers and now, people such as David 'Hold my Hand' Wilson, T'zer, Marcus Berkman, Linda Barker, Phil South, Matt Bielby and Jon North (who did the pokes section).
    I know that Jonathan Nash (Pillar) used to be a member of this site but he seems to have vanished into the unknown.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2012
    zx1 wrote: »
    I often wonder where many of the old YS reviewers and now, people such as David 'Hold my Hand' Wilson, T'zer, Marcus Berkman, Linda Barker, Phil South, Matt Bielby and Jon North (who did the pokes section).
    I know that Jonathan Nash (Pillar) used to be a member of this site but he seems to have vanished into the unknown.
    Jon North was here for a while, Marcus Berkmann is a well known journalist, Phil South is trying to inspire the next Charles Dickens and Teresa Maughan is into boy bands (whilst also bringing up a family).
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2012
    cool :-)

    also found out Rich Pelley did some music journalism for the Guardian. is on twitter here

    couldn't find any info on Linda Barker?
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2012
    Matt Bielby.
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited June 2012
    def chris wrote: »
    cool :-)

    also found out Rich Pelley did some music journalism for the Guardian. is on twitter here

    couldn't find any info on Linda Barker?

    She's become a rather dab hand at interior design: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Barker. Bit foxy too...

    linda_barker_180.gif

    ;-)
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2012
    typical woman eh, just using the spectrum as a springboard into the world of glamour and glitz
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited June 2012
    I remember reading a few years ago about Rich Pelley doing some mad stunt involving something like eating two Xmas dinners per day for a week and almost dying.

    EDIT: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/12+DAYS+OF+XMAS+DINNERS+ALMOST+KILLED+ME%3B+Man+toils+in+turkey+trial.-a0126180770
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2012
    that's mad. probably not the kind of assignment he expected when doing a feature for Nuts!
  • zx1zx1
    edited June 2012
    I remember when the credits at the end of 'The Movies' game Matt Bielby was listed as a writer, there was a couple of other YS writers but i can't remember their names, its good to see their still in the computer games business.
    Does anyone remember an Artist that worked for YS in the later years called Marianne Booth? (i think). She was hot!
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2012
    she's in this pic
    http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/photos/page10.htm (bit too large to post)

    on a side note am I right in thinking 'Rachael Smith' and 'Gwyn hughes' were both pseudonyms of the same person? sure I read that somewhere...

    edit, from YS on wiki:
    writers of the time included John Minson (writing under various pseudonyms, including Gwyn Hughes and Rachael Smith
    weird considering 'Rachael' even had a pic
  • gasmangasman
    edited June 2012
    Vampyre wrote: »
    I remember reading a few years ago about Rich Pelley doing some mad stunt involving something like eating two Xmas dinners per day for a week and almost dying.

    EDIT: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/12+DAYS+OF+XMAS+DINNERS+ALMOST+KILLED+ME%3B+Man+toils+in+turkey+trial.-a0126180770

    I always knew Roy Wood hadn't thought that song through properly.
  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited June 2012
    Wasn't there a former writer who stopped by WOS and left this place telling everyone how they would die? (this is just an expression). Can't remember if he used to work for YS or the other mag which shall not be named.
  • zx1zx1
    edited June 2012
    def chris wrote: »
    she's in this pic
    http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/photos/page10.htm (bit too large to post)

    on a side note am I right in thinking 'Rachael Smith' and 'Gwyn hughes' were both pseudonyms of the same person? sure I read that somewhere...

    edit, from YS on wiki:


    weird considering 'Rachael' even had a pic

    That photo was a blast from the past! That little baby will be a grown up woman now. And the rest of the people in the pic probably have grey hair now!:smile:
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • gasmangasman
    edited June 2012
    zxbruno wrote: »
    Wasn't there a former writer who stopped by WOS and left this place telling everyone how they would die? (this is just an expression). Can't remember if he used to work for YS or the other mag which shall not be named.

    Are you thinking of Simon "spectecjr" Cooke, whose lasting legacy on WOS was the phrase "You, sir, are a buffoon"...?
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited June 2012
    gasman wrote: »
    I always knew Roy Wood hadn't thought that song through properly.

    On a side note I stepped out of my front door the other weekend and Roy Wood was putting stuff in his Chelsea tractor across the road! His daughter (Holly Wood lmao!) has lived across the road for years.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited June 2012
    gasman wrote: »
    Are you thinking of Simon "spectecjr" Cooke, whose lasting legacy on WOS was the phrase "You, sir, are a buffoon"...?



    Yep, that's the one.
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2012
    gasman wrote: »
    Are you thinking of Simon "spectecjr" Cooke, whose lasting legacy on WOS was the phrase "You, sir, are a buffoon"...?
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=53147&postcount=107

    I'd forgot he was replying to Dunny...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • zx1zx1
    edited June 2012
    karingal wrote: »
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=53147&postcount=107

    I'd forgot he was replying to Dunny...

    What happened to Dunny? He seems to have vanished.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2012
    zx1 wrote: »
    What happened to Dunny? He seems to have vanished.
    Thats because you only frequent the Chit-Chat forums, this was his last post just 4 hours ago...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
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