“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 – 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: Christian Death – Deathwish LP, Catastrophe Ballet LP, UK Decay – Werewolf 12″
2nd July 1984
Got up at 9.15. Went to Sharon’s. Did some brass polishing in the morning. It was hard. Did some wallpapering. Had some lunch. Then did some more papering. came back at 4. Got £4. Took Maico down track – couldn’t get it going. Left it at Murray’s. Got my moped and went down again. Pissed around. Took Jasper’s jump out because it’s not (?). Came back. Watched Hill Street Blues.
3rd July 1984
Got up at 6.30. Went to Sharon’s and cleaned out her yard. Weeded their terrace. Had lunch. Finished all the wallpapering with a little difficulty. Got £9. Came back. Went down track. Jasper put his jump back in. Only Scott likes him now. Came back to Gaunts. When Jasp came back we went and took the jump out again. Talked to Muz til 11. Came back. Got to sleep at 12.
4th July 1984
Didn’t go to Sharon’s today. Can’t remember what the fuck I did. This is next Tuesday night (10th) at the moment. I think I went to the track. Scott and Paul and Mayo were there. I went on. This might have happened tomorrow, I can’t remember. We all went to the common and had a game of block because no one wants to go to the track. Apparently Paul Miller’s after me cos of what we did down at the track.
5th July 1984
Didn’t go to Sharon’s again. What I discussed yesterday happened today I think. So what the fuck am I going to write? I haven’t got a clue. I don’t know. Ahh. Me, Muz, Crabb took Maico back yesterday at 11. Just for something to do. Apart from that, I don’t fuckin’ know.
6th July 1984
Went to Sharon’s today. Got absolutely covered in the paint. Did that all day. Got £8. Came back. Don’t know what I did. We all went to Houldey’s and took the piss out of them. Don’t know what else we did. I think I watched telly all night and got bored – who cares and who gives a fuck?
7th July 1984
Went to Bernice’s. Found out she got assaulted last night. Me and Lee waited for her to come out of the police station. We’re both pissed off cos of what happened. Bernice decided not to go to Bournemouth but I did. I got 2 Christian Death LPs, UK Decay 12″, Faction and Lack of Knowledge. Came back. Went to Saunders’. He didn’t get a video so I came back and played records.
8th July 1984
Got up and pissed around. Can’t remember what I did. At night me and Muz went to Houldey’s cos we were bored. Beki was in a right shit. Me and Muz went back to his place and tried to get his computer going but couldn’t so I came back.
Records of the week: Conflict – 1st side of Increase The Pressure, Minor Threat – Eps 12″, Major Accident – Massacred Melodies LP, Black Flag – Three Nights
25th June 1984
Got up and stayed in my room most of the day. Zoe rang in the morning. Got petrol in the afternoon. Watched telly most of the time. Rung Jez. Had a game of snooker which I won. Came back – watched Scully then went down track. Muz is giving me bullshit. I went to James. Had a chat with him and Greg. Watched Hill Street Blues.
26th June 1984
Got up late. Watched telly most likely. I haven’t been keeping up with the diary so I can’t remember everything. I think I went down to the track. Mum’s been going on about me getting a job. Getting really pissed off with her. Watched telly in the evening. Mum has found me some jobs to do tomorrow around the house. I’m pissed off. Watching the stars.
27th June 1984
Got up late again. Cleaned out the yard. Did the bricks. Fuckin’ pissed off. I keep playing Three Nights by Black Flag. Sieved elderflower. Had tea. Went down track. Pissed around. Built freestyle jump which is pretty good. Came back. Went to sleep. Working at Sharon’s tomorrow.
28th June 1984
Mum woke me up at 9. Rung Sharon. Went over. Cleaned windows. Went to Poole with Sharon. Then to Bournemouth and back to Poole again. Then back. Cleaned garage doors and racked up grass. (?) so came back. Had tea. Went down track. Went to James. He gave me money to get a video tomorrow. Went to (???). Came back with her.
29th June 1984
Went to Wimborne. Got videos. Went to Sharon’s. Did wallpapering all day. Got £4.50. Came back. Went down track.. Burd came down. He went to Wimborne. Went to James. Got wrong type of video so went back and changed it. Came back. Poltergeist – was ok in places. Pretty daft story though. Came back at 1 and went to sleep.
30th June 1984
Got up at 9. Went to Bernice’s. Got bus down to Bournemouth. Bern bought some shoes and dress. I got some records. Both Christian Death LPs are there. Saw plenty of people. Ran out of money so came back. I came home. Went down track. No one there. Went to James’s and had a chat with everyone. Came back. Watched telly for the rest of the night.
1st July 1984
Woke up at 9. Couldn’t sleep because of stomach upset. Took aspirin and went back to sleep. Didn’t get up til 1.30. Took dog. Went down track. Digging it all up. Everyone’s getting on each other’s nerves. Came back. Went back down again. I got my light smashed. Me and Murray are thinking of setting up a delivery service. Went to sleep.
Record of the week: Pregnant Combine Harvesters – Bells tape (fuckin’ amazing), The Blood – Parasite In Paradise (ace guitar riff)
18th June 1984
Got up at about 11. Pissed around for a while. Rung Jez. Went to Gaunts. Saw Muz and Graeme. They went to Stanbridge. Got the paper. Went to Hinton Martell. Met Jez there. Wheeled Greg’s Maico back to my place. Went to Houldey’s – no one there. Cut through fields to Hinton Martell. Stayed there and talked to Greg and James til 12. Greg says he’ll buy my pushbike for twenty quid.
19th June 1984
Got up at 11 again. Went to Wimborne. Met Bernice. Hung around for Jim. Got some booze, which we slurped. Jim went on to get some food. Bern went on. So did I. Got some food. Rung Vince up. Meet him tomorrow. Went down Gaunts. Had a dirt and sticks fight (at the track). Came back. Watched Young Ones. Saved a shrew from the cat’s jaws. Boring otherwise.
20th June 1984
Got up at usual time. I think. Pissed around for a while. Went to Wimborne. Met Vince. Told him how to get to my place. He went. Jim came out for lunch. Talked to Ian Bryant for a while. Came back. Went down Gaunts after tea. Had another dirt and sticks fight. Went back to Gaunts and pissed around with water. Came back, blah etc blah
21st June 1984
Woke up. Waited and waited. Burd came round, he spilt my (?). Vince came round. We went to Dominic’s. Bastard wasn’t there. His mum let us practice though. Dominic was supposed to be back at 6 but didn’t show til 7.10. We did our SDC song. Had to go at 7.30. Mum brought us back. Vince went on. We listened to our tape for a while. I went down track – no one there. Went to James’. Had a chat – came back.
22nd June 1984
Can’t remember a lot. Didn’t do much though. Jez was in school – his last day. Went to Jez’s later. He got his bike, we went to Ben’s after Jez got some booze from the club. Didn’t get pissed unfortunately. Went to Roo’s to get Jez’s record – his mother was in a good mood. Went back. Had some toast. Watched telly. I came home. Don’t know what I did.
23rd June 1984
Woke up and did fuck all. Rung Jez. He was getting his hair cut. He came over. Tried to get Maico on the road. Couldn’t. We went down track. Then to Wimborne. Met Elford. They went to chippies. I came back. They came over and went on. Jez came over. We went to Wimborne. We lost each other. I went to Bernice’s. Then up to Colehill. Met Liz. Found Jez. Went to (?). Piss boring. Jez was trying to be cool now he’s got a bike so I pissed off home.
24th June 1984
Jez came over. We went to Jim’s. Caught the bus to Bournemouth. Saw a bit of all right on there. Found Zoe and Sharon. Found an off-license and got booze. Farted around all day in the graveyard. Jim was really pissed. Zoe and Sharon got bus back. We went to Winton. No gig, we got the wrong date. Jim’s old man picked us up. I came back and watched telly the rest of the night.
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