They were the first all-female band to write and play on their album to top the USA album chart, yet they never really broke the UK. They were an American New Wave band and New Wave in the USA did not seem to mean the same as in the UK where it was very muchContinue reading “When you looked at me I should’ve run”
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The proof is standing here a full grown man
Some of you may know I have ME, some will not. When I realised that I was going to be at home a lot more I decided that I would try and watch all the Best Picture Oscar winners and as many of the nominees as possible. These are my thoughts on the 60s winners.Continue reading “The proof is standing here a full grown man”
Just like somebody slammed the door
I know that Heavy Metal is not to everyone’s taste, but it is a big branch of rock music. Actually, the music is complicated, rather than the wall of noise that people accuse of it being. I do not mean the vast variety of sub genres (thrash, death, speed, hair, soft, NWOBHM, etc) but theContinue reading “Just like somebody slammed the door”
My mind goes sleepwalking
I first started keeping a diary 40 years ago. Dad, Anne, Mike, Alison, Frances and I only went on a few summer holidays all together – there were scout and guide camps, after that some of us became too cool for it, though sub groups did go away. This was special, it was in aContinue reading “My mind goes sleepwalking”
They don’t believe in me
I was such a fussy eater as a kid. Whenever the family went to a Chinese restaurant I would have omelette and chips. The Chinese restaurant on Royston High Street actually did a really good omelette and chips. All I remember about the Chinese food from then was the smell of soy sauce. There isContinue reading “They don’t believe in me”
They say she did it with grace
I have never been to Ireland, so my perspective is that of an outsider, but it appears to have come a long way since the 1990s. By all accounts at the start of the decade it was still stuck in the 1950s and was a quasi-theocracy. Since then it has accelerated through the twentieth centuryContinue reading “They say she did it with grace”
Like Celine Dion, Karma Chameleon….
In organisations there always seem to be roles that have a high turnover and others that have stability. I was Finance Manager at NewVIc for 14 years. In that time there were six Estates Managers and periods when the role was empty (yet at Monoux Nigel has filled that role for 20 years and itContinue reading “Like Celine Dion, Karma Chameleon….”
It’s time to burn
Heat, sun, fair skin and blond hair are not a good combination. When I was in my twenties the object was to tan as much as possible. Factor 15 for a day or two and work my way down. I never used intensive bronzing lotion though. Europe is nothing like India with heat. It isContinue reading “It’s time to burn”
Life has begun
When I was a child and early teen I only read Science Fiction, even diversions into fantasy were a bit dubious. I bought most of my books second hand, which is why the books were skewed towards the science fiction of the 1940s and 1950s (actually that turned out fine as the 1960s New WaveContinue reading “Life has begun”
Like the deserts miss the rain
There are two types of missing/ lost TV stories. Early TV was assumed to be a one and done kind of happening, like a stage play, though most of it was recorded as live, rather than actually live. Equity (the acting union) were worried that their members would lose work if too much was repeated. Continue reading “Like the deserts miss the rain”
Five Miles Out 