18th June 1985
Job interview with C.E.F.
20th June 1985
Went to Westbury with Paul C, Paul S and Alex. Got very wet.
21st June 1985
Didn’t see Hawkwind. Came back.
22nd June 1985
(Hawkwind played tonight)
Yesterday – 10th June 1985
Yesterday my friend hung herself
She wanted the life of someone else
Lost in a world without any hope
She saw the future and couldn’t cope
That was yesterday
She left a note by her bed
Describing the thoughts in her head
‘Mother, everything’s falling apart
Please look on this as a new start”
That was yesterday
Yesterday I thought she was fine
I understood that she wanted time
But today is there any more?
What does the future hold in store?
Peter Shook His Head – 7th June 1985
Is she dead?
Peter shook his head
Just as she wakes
Peter’s head shakes
Millions of miles
Peter’s face smiles
She started to shake and cough
Cos Peter shook his head off
18th Sept 2023 – inspired by The Shock-Headed Peters, though just their name, not their words in particular.
*No Wretched – 24th May 1985
From 1985 diary:
Went to see Wretched but there was nothing happening so came home.
Here He Comes – 16th May 1985
Here he comes
Walking through your door
Here he comes
The man of more
Here he comes
The man of sin
Here he comes
Mr. Out-on-a-limb
*The Week That Was – 13th May 1985
Record of the week: Buzzcocks – Autonomy
13th May 1985
Went to Careers.
14th May 1985
Job interview on Friday.
17th May 1985
Saw Emma. Kirsty got my letter. Got slightly merry.
Sharp End First – 9th May 1985
Will they teach you how to sell yourself?
Or can you do it anyway?
Will you listen to anything that’s said?
Have you got anything to say?
Questions, questions
What’s it all about?
Is there any answer
To our doubt?
Will you learn to suck up to yourself?
Are you scared of our words?
Can you hear what you are saying?
Is there something to be heard?
Questions, questions
Always in doubt
The meaning of life
What’s it all about?
Can you accept the morals of now?
Can you accept the moment?
Are you spending time wasting away?
Do you remember the time you spent?
15th Sep 2024 – This ended up as a Hate That Smile lyric which can be heard here with my straining 22-year-old voice struggling to find a tune.
*The Week That Was – 6th May 1985
Record of the week: Iron Maiden – Rainbow’s Gold
6th May 1985
Got £70. No work for 3 weeks
7th May 1985
Bought new stylus.
8th May 1985
Went to Wimborne. Signed on.
9th May 1985
Worked down Lee’s pulling thistles.
10th May 1985
Bought a camera.
New Day Rises – 5th May 1985
Arise
Surprise
Dawn breaks
The earth quakes
Everything alive
To see the new day arrive
Wake up
Get outside
New day rises
It has arrived
*Virus, Blare, Atrox, (Bad Noise), General Belgrano and the 368 – Greyhound, Bridport, Dorset, UK – 2nd May 1985
15th Oct 2022 – A quick search for this venue indicates the Greyhound Hotel is in the centre of town and is now a Wetherspoons. My memory though is of a shack behind a pub out in the countryside somewhere.
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