In 1983 I applied for university via UCCA (UCCA was for universities, it was PCAS for polytechnics, now they are merged as UCAS) which was pretty nerve wracking. I had been fascinated by Cambridge ever since I went there as a child, so it had to be top of my list, otherwise they rejected youContinue reading “I’ll stand beside you in the rain”
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All the Work Shutdown
Another one Michael likes. I mean really likes. We took exams at university seriously. Despite tutors saying that our failure would reflect worse on the admissions tutor than us, as Cambridge did not accept people who could fail. First year exams were particularly scary as we did not know what it would be like. So,Continue reading “All the Work Shutdown”
Poor Man’s Moody Blues
“Home taping is killing music”. Except it didn’t. Neither did Napster, of course that was on an industrial scale compared to home taping. Home taping was a gateway to music when you were young. I taped from the radio (for about a month and came to loathe DJs who talked over tracks) and then fromContinue reading “Poor Man’s Moody Blues”
Five Miles Out 