26th March 1981 Cranborne – St Michaels 1/7 Dominque Spoors asked me out
27th March 1981 Tomorrow went to disco to see above said it was a joke Ha Ha
28th March 1981 Ipswich 4 (1) – Sunderland 1 (1)
29th March 1981 Record of the month: Restricted Code – First Night On Nine Below Zero – Three Times Enough UK Decay – Unexpected Guest Stiff Little Fingers – Just Fade Away Ten Pole Tudor – Swords of a Thousand Men
This week’s chart-topper is: Shakin’ Stevens – This Old House
17th Aug 2022 – BA Robertson, not often remembered in the annals of rock ‘n’ roll but the chorus in this is still in my brain, at the back somewhere. A quick internet search shows he was releasing music as early as 1973 and after fading out of the limelight by 1982 was writing more for other people, including Cliff Richard. Recently reading Beatles, Stones and other rock biographies I hadn’t really considered how a lot of popular artists had hits written by others and often ended up making more money out of them too. Teen idols across the years have been and remain a facade. Truths are always hidden.
28th October 1979 For birthday I got the Great Rock N Roll Swindle 2p 146p*
17th Aug 2022 – I was so into this album because I could finally hear Friggin’ In The Riggin’ at my leisure, the tune, or lyrics really, that Graeme had told me about that originally got me interested in this punk thing that was happening. It is such a strange album and cannot really be called Sex Pistols canon but that is kind of interesting in a way. The movie is an arty oddity too. I might give it a watch again soon.
29th October 1979 (tick) We’re in the fuckin’ holiday 2p 150p*
23rd Aug 2022 – Well, I certainly seem excited about this fact. Like most schoolkids.
30th October 1979 Bought 30 packs of football cards 2p 2p 146p*
23rd Aug 2022 – I was big on collecting cards. Football cards, Top Trumps, playing cards. We had devised all sorts of games to play with them when I was younger. By this point, I think I was just trying to track down all the Ipswich players and perhaps some other top players of the period. I don’t recall many other kids being as fanatic about football card collecting but I guess there must have been. I think there’s a reasonable market for baseball cards in the US (maybe American Football too?) and I’m wondering now if there are still people out there collecting old football cards.
31st October 1979 (tick) Nothing much 2p 144p*
1st November 1979 1. Lena Martell 2. Dr Hook 3. Sad Cafe 4. Abba 5. Buggles 2p 142p*
2nd November 1979 (tick) Hey it’s you again Nothing 2p 185p*
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