“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: The Wall – Anthem
12th December 1984
Didn’t go to college but went to Poole. Bought Wall LP for £2. Pretty good.
13th December 1984
Got shit for not going to college. Bloke from YTS came in. Had a good time at Muz’s. Showed Dandy her present.
15th December 1984
Bought 12″ for £1 ‘Identity Parade’. Alright for a quid.
Record of the week: Wasted Youth – Wild and Wandering LP
3rd December 1984
In the process of giving up smoking.
4th December 1984
Tried to stop Dandy from smoking.
5th December 1984
Went to (Holtwood) Youth Club. Scott tried to start a fight with me. Late to college – early to leave. Cult 12″ in.
7th December 1984
Went to (Hinton Martell) Youth Club. Enjoying singing Cult LP. Won 70p playing pontoon.
8th December 1984
Went to town. Met Piwi. Went to his place. Borrowed PiL. Went to Square Records. Bought 3 LPs for £5.50
9th December 1984
Police brought a summons round for business at the Rec.
Record of the week: Cult Maniax – Morphine Mary
28th November 1984
Went to Youth Club (Holtwood).
30th November 1984
Went to Youth Club (Hinton Martell). Played table tennis all night.
1st December 1984
Went to town. Bought a bottle of wine (Houldey’s), Sugar Tornado (?) (mum), necklace (maybe for Dandy). Met Zara. Came back.
2nd December 1984
Decided to give up smoking.
Record of the week: Subhumans EP, Cult Maniax EP
19th November 1984
Went to Russell’s funeral but didn’t stay long. Sad occasion. Had afternoon off work.
22nd November 1984
First time at college – load of shit. Went down Poole. Bought Scars 12″, Cult Maniax ‘Johnny The Duck’, Subhumans ‘Rats’, Toxic Reasons 7″
Record of the week: Cult Maniax – Cold Love LP
12th-16th November 1984
Went to Torquay with Ian on a course. Had a good laugh in the mine and did a bit of damage. But was smoking 50 fags a day while I was there.
15th November 1984
Did talk on poetry – captured on video.
16th November 1984
Went to Youth Club.
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.
Record of the week: MDC – Chicken Squawk 7″
31st October 1984
Start work Monday. Pissed off with people thinking they’re hard by drinking.
1st November 1984
Went to London with Paul, Alex and Charlie. Youth Brigade were stuck in Poland. Got MDC and MRRs.
2nd November 1984
Don’t want to do Youth Club anymore. See Wednesday.
3rd November 1984
Jasper did fireworks.
4th November 1984
Lost Cherrees was today. Went down but didn’t go in cos it cost too much.
Record of the week: Black Flag – Slip It In/Family Man
27th October 1984
My birthday. Got Black Flag LPs. Got pissed. Got visit from police about The Rec
Record of the week: Cult Maniax – Cold Love LP
15th October 1984
Stayed in. Went to Ferndown Industrial Estate.
17th October 1984
Went to Holtwood Youth Club. It’s quite good.
18th October 1984
Stayed in. Finished reading The Funhouse – good. Reading Delta Star – fucking funny book.
19th October 1984
Went to Hinton Martell. Applied for Youth Club leader. ‘They’ll let me know.’ Sure
20th October 1984
Doing fireworks – down track. Jasper’s a fuckin’ selfish wanker. OH WELL – THAT’S LIFE.
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.
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