Colne High – Five Miles Out

Then the cowboy turned the gun on himself

One Saturday afternoon in the sixth form I was listening to the Richard Skinner show on Radio 1. They had a group called Theatre of Hate in playing tracks from their new album Westworld. “From the south on a wind in walked a cowboy The saloon was dry but his guns were well oiled SomehowContinue reading “Then the cowboy turned the gun on himself”

Oh, oh, oh, memories of yesterday

I have always been a rule taker. Obey the rules. I wear a mask in the supermarket, I do put recycling in a recycling bin, I do not do drugs and I do not bunk class (a touch of speeding does not count). Well, bunking PE in the sixth form doesn’t count – what madContinue reading “Oh, oh, oh, memories of yesterday”

For Your Eyes Only

In the early days in the sixth form we had plenty of time on our hands. Obviously, there is “No such thing as a free period. It is a self-study period” – copyright just about every teacher ever was repeated to us a lot. Of course we ignored it. We spent one entire morning withContinue reading “For Your Eyes Only”

Follow the Leaders

Killing Joke never made it big, but I can bet Nirvana listened to them a lot. They had some amazing tracks like (Let’s Go to the) Fire Dances and their most famous, Love Like Blood. I was a conformist. I obey rules and would probably have been a totally conformist cog in society without theContinue reading “Follow the Leaders”

But you know that there’s a fever

There was a show in the early 80s called Entertainment USA. It was fronted by Jonathan King, who was Radio One’s man in America and had been reporting on Top of the Pops. Neil and I both watched it and it was a good way of being ahead of the trend. In those days, ifContinue reading “But you know that there’s a fever”