Chased and trapped
No fighting back
No way out
To find what I lack
I will fear no evil
When I got no choice
I’m running back
Towards my master’s voice
Death do all the witches need
As all the firedragons bleed
Blood of a bat, blood of a cat
There’s no need to think like that
There is no evil, none to fear
That’s not what is happening here
Iced Foreskin – 10th October 1984
Diced and sliced
Chopped and priced
A new idea in the form of cooking
Buy now so you can get a look in
At the future food that will be on your plate
Take it now, you just can’t wait
Technology is as backwards
As you think you’re going forwards
6th July 1984 – It must have been around this time that I learned about circumcision. What a stupid idea.
Hong Kong Gong – 8th October 1984
Ring the bell
The plastic’s here
Meltdown, meltdown
The atmosphere
Plastic plastic on your shelf
Is it really good for your health?
Who cares? It’s making money for the Hong Kong Gong
If you can’t see that, something’s gone wrong
But you can’t tell cos you’ve never seen the light
You’ve always been told what’s wrong and right
So doped up you don’t feel a thing
Until you hear the Hong Kong Gong ring
2nd July 2023 – During my life, there were various countries that were associated with manufacturing cheap plastic items. In the late 70s, as memorialised by the Epileptics, it was Hong Kong, then still controlled by UK. Other poorer Asian countries would then take their turn even as their products improved and eventually, as in the case of China, they took over such a large percentage of manufacturing that innovation started taking place there instead. Many in the West spent their time scoffing at hard-working Asians struggling to make a couple of dollars a day whilst they sat around getting fat, lazy and smug.
*The Week That Was – 8th October 1984
Record of the week: Black Flag – Keep It In The Family 12″
12th October 1984
Hinton Martell Youth Club. Murray and Graeme went down as well as B + B.
13th October 1984
Bennett came round. Gave me £10 to get fireworks. But I spent it. Bought Cult Maniax LP, UK Decay 7″, KUKL LP, Black Flag 12″
14th October 1984
Went to Wareham. Got my records back off Paul. He might come round next Saturday.
*Conflict, Icons of Filth, Eat Shit – Upstairs at Erics, Bournemouth – 7th October 1984
Crazy Farm – 6th October 1984
Chicken legged
Pig shed
Smiling wife
I, the country life
Crazy farm
Dogs don’t eat meat
They eat the sweaty limbs of any intruding soul
The bones left for flies to pick
Before he buries them in a hole
Even the rats are overgrown
The last ratman who came ended up without a head
On this farm they bake the animals
Cos there’s not enough dough for bread
Jump In A Ditch – 5th October 1984
Jump in a ditch, you posh pretty girl
The time of your life is about to unfurl
But your ditch is full of velvet and money
Never a cloud over you with your fingers in the honey
Pley Skooll – 4th October 1984
First day at school
Taught the rule
Teachers look cool
You look the fool
Adults enforce the law
Sent to a place you’ve never been before
From pley skooll and much more
Only job the army, forced to start a war
Need – 3rd October 1984
I need something to hold
I need someone warm, not cold
I need something to replace what I lack
I need you like a stab in the back
I need something to help my luck
I need someone to pass the buck
I need something to get me on track
I need you like a stab in the back
Blood On Your Knife – 2nd October 1984
A crowd in the square
Your desire is there
A flame lights in your eye
You know someone’s gonna die
Pick a lonely target
Someone easy to forget
Take that lonely life
With a flash of your knife