It is funny how music connects different people. If you asked 100 people in the street if they are Altered Images fans, I doubt that any would say yes and yet I know two – Mike and John. Iron Maiden were a band that linked my friends in Royston (John Bonney and others) with BrightlingseaContinue reading “Silent the terror that reigned”
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Rendez-Vous
Parties, I don’t really like parties anymore. Not being able to drink alcohol is part of that, but it is just such hard work to interact with people with the requisite loud music and in the semi darkness. My lack of dancing ability probably did not help either. Graham used to have good parties inContinue reading “Rendez-Vous”
Completely in Command
In September 1982 Tears for Fears released Mad World, it wasn’t the first single from their debut album but was the first successful one in the UK. Graham and I loved Tears for Fears. Mad World has been used in films and covered several times. Their first album, The Hurting, is an album around theContinue reading “Completely in Command”
He Goes, Like, Bag Your Face
Frank Zappa has had a lengthy and innovative career. I am not a fan but there is one track that I really love. When I was staying at Royston between 1981 and 1984 I usually stayed with Graham but a couple of times I stayed with John Bonney. In 1982 I moved from Graham’s toContinue reading “He Goes, Like, Bag Your Face”
Time to close my mind and drift off
I swear John Bonney did much more in life than give me books. Graham and John Bonney stayed in Brightlingsea in the summer of 1982 for a week. Everyone else in the family was away and I was allowed to look after the house for a fortnight. With two dogs, two cats and a tankContinue reading “Time to close my mind and drift off”
Can’t you see me here on overload?
I was told that I would like this song. I ignored that, some DJ I had never heard of and one of the women in Destiny’s Child who was not Beyoncé? Of course I was wrong and it is a beautiful track. It is a pattern for me to push back against recommendations just becauseContinue reading “Can’t you see me here on overload?”
Cosmos
Playing Role Playing Games (RPGs) was a totally geeky thing to do in the early 80s. Nowadays people play games like this online with virtual simulations and it is seen as pretty normal. In light of the fact that computers at home were in their infancy we used imagination. Our first game of choice wasContinue reading “Cosmos”
Well, Another Crazy Day
When I left Icknield Walk I moved onto Greneway Middle School. There were many primary schools in Royston but only two middle schools. I was lucky it was only about seven minutes from our house – until we moved after my first year. Our first year we had Miss Sage as a teacher, though sheContinue reading “Well, Another Crazy Day”
Then you know I can’t remember a damn thing
Insolvency work was depressing but at the same time could be interesting in a professional way. In August 1991 Grant Thornton were appointed to investigate the viability of a group of companies called Coverclose, based in Leiston. They had a rental company, an office drawing and equipment manufacturing company and a number of shops (kindContinue reading “Then you know I can’t remember a damn thing”
In his house at R’lyeh Dead Cthulhu Lies Dreaming
Minne the Moocher by Cab Calloway The oldest song on the list. When I was young I only read science fiction or fantasy. Slowly I added horror (big thanks to John Bonney). When I was 14 I started playing Dungeons and Dragons with John Bonney, Graham Wright, Paul Ashby, Alan Curtis and Martin Walker. IContinue reading “In his house at R’lyeh Dead Cthulhu Lies Dreaming”
Five Miles Out 