Spoilt for Choice

Having my breakfast:




1977, what a year. It's packed with all sorts of memories involving phone boxes, hanging around on street corners waiting for my friend's latest crush to come by on his evening paper round, Jim Callaghan driving his tiny car away from St. Paul's, my Uncle Tony being thanked for giving someone a good thumping (their coat had been set alight by the sparks from the Jubilee Bonfire in Windsor Park), getting frowned at by the Queen and Phil and Brucie trying to cover his face in case he was recognised. Unfortunately Anthea didn't follow suit, so that was a fail for him.

Arriving at work:

Supertramp - Dreamer

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This reminds me of my German penfriend, Beate. She was accompanied on her first visit by two albums, "Breakfast in America" and Genesis' "And Then There Were Three". She returned with a hankering for David Gates compositions, but a search to find a copy of "The Sound of Bread" in Neuss proved fruitless. Apparently somewhere down the years she managed to get a copy.

Making my tea:




As far as I remember when I was at College, everyone I knew hated this. Personally, I loved it!

Couple of worthies

In a generally forgettable Steve Wright this afternoon there were a couple of items worth mentioning. He played 'Gonna make You A Star' by David Essex, which brought back floods of memories of sitting in front of the telly watching Top-of-the-Pops and losing 7-0 to Fen Drayton on a bog of a pitch in force 6 slicing sleet. The other was 'Judy Teen' by Steve Harley. Such a great song. Really good to hear it again. Saw him do it live at Buxton Opera House a couple of years ago.