Groups bind over time. Our sixth form was split between arts and science (I had wanted to do double maths, physics and history, one extra A level, but I was told the timetabling was impossible – at Monoux we run over 25 A levels and almost any combination is possible). On the science side thereContinue reading “I’m Adaptable and I Like My New Role”
Tag Archives: John Hawkins
“I’d like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote”
The summer between A levels and university was a long one. The exams are over by the end of June and your siblings have three more weeks at school. Then they are back at school at the start of September, you have another 6 weeks before university starts. After a pleasant post exams holiday withContinue reading ““I’d like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote””
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”
In the State of Ecstasy
This song is odd. It was a hit years after it was made and if you listen carefully you can tell. One minute and four seconds in there is an instrumental break that is so 1991 that it might as well be flashing up a neon sign flashing – “We are ripping off the Prodigy’sContinue reading “In the State of Ecstasy”
The Alcohol Loves You While Turning You Blue
There’s no place like home, but where is home for someone who moves around? I didn’t want to move to Brightlingsea. I had finally got a group of friends in Royston who shared my interests in books, music and RPGs. Also I was at a school that really suited me (very disciplined, low disruption andContinue reading “The Alcohol Loves You While Turning You Blue”
In the Cruel Garden of Delights
They say that if you tell someone your favourite music they should be able to estimate your age, in most cases. This is the kind of track that marks me out as a teenager in the early 1980s. Bauhaus have not had one of those groups careers that has been marked out by endless reunionContinue reading “In the Cruel Garden of Delights”
Five Miles Out 