A companion volume to Simon Reynolds' Rip it Up and Start Again that I found in the library. Fascinating period in the US/UK music scene that I knew bits and bobs of (The Fall, Joy Division/Factory/New Order, Devo, Talking Heads, PiL, Jah Wobble, Orange Juice) - but was too young/in the wrong place to really experience it as a movement. A brief ( Read more... )

This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren I would have heard this on 6NR's 'Shake Some Action' in 1983.
Laurie Anderson - O Superman First heard on 96FM album show in 1982 and blown away... later played for a girlfriend whose response was 'you LIKE this crap ??!!'
Mary Black - Dimming of the Day Cover of a song by the great Richard & Linda Thompson. ( Read more... )

I've been going through my games preparing for the gaming sessions at Stirling libraries this week and have discovered the following:

Lost
My copy of Zooloretto - last seen for sure at Swancon.
Box contains the various expansion tiles

FoundOne copy Transeuropa ( Read more... )

that I am almost certainly in the deepest of deep shit

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Another 5 reasons the eighties didn't completely suck

Gina
REM
Elvis Costello
Billy Bragg
Kate Bush
Richard & Lynda Thompson

Handy to have a three yo who will wake you from a dream in the middle of the night.....
When the theme of the dream is a persistant need to urinate.

Perhaps it's time to put some Depends in the closet

Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' sounds almost like something Richard Thompson would have recorded for 'Shoot Out the Lights'

frozen mashed potato

The West Australian Boardgaming Association will hold their next Eurogamesfest get-together at:

Mt Claremont Community Centre - Banksia Room
105 Montgomery Avenue
Mt Claremont
Saturday, June 13th 11am - 6pm

Cost will be $5.00

As usual there will also be a door prize, with a selection of games to choose from.