“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andre Gide
Record of the week: Cult Maniax – American Dream
5th November 1984
Work’s OK. Working with Piwi.
10th November 1984
Bought Beating The Meat, Something To Believe In, Bullshit Detector 3
11th November 1984
Russell Budden was killed last night in a motorcycle accident R.I.P.
Some people think I’m strange
But I don’t think I am
Some people treat me
Like a stranger in a strange land
Some people think I’m strange
But I don’t think I am
They say I cut myself off
I don’t think they understand
But I’m also looking and thinking
They’re strange
21st Jan 1998 – Really clicked when you said your sisters thought you were strange. I think it is an endearing quality (I like to find strange people) and really we are not that strange at all.
15th Aug 2023 – 4th line was definitely borrowed from Robert Heinlein’s book which my mum was reading at the time. I didn’t read it until 2022 but what a great book!
Those two-litre girls
Fighting men of the real world
Coax them back to bed
And slap them in the head
They’ll go all around the world
Those two-litre girls
Boasting how loose they are
Snogging in the back of the car
Get back to your flat
She’ll show you where she’s at
‘You’re not touching that!’
Freeze
Two-litre virgins standing at the pump
Telling you when to jump
Boasting they’re as wide as a bucket
You know what to do – if it moves
Fuck it
21st Jan 1998 – I guess I must’ve got teased a lot in school! Didn’t like the way girls could lead you on and then drop you. I remember having a huge crush on a girl when I was about 12 or 13 and couldn’t believe it when she asked me out – only to find next day her and her friends laughing at me for believing it could’ve happened. Hmmm – deep emotional scars. I still love girls though, better than boys if you know what I mean – I got more shit from boys in the end.
Tuesday the fourth
What week, what year, who cares?
The news today
Shows how the population of Ethiopia fairs
It’s a cruel world
Wednesday the fifth
What time? Just another day
The news today
Shows the US election, happy and gay
It’s still a cruel world
With its priorities wrong
7th February 2024 – This was actually written on the 15th of January 1985. As I didn’t date anything I wrote back around this time, I was just taking a guess at the dates and publishing as one per day but usually, I wrote them in batches.
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