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the very first New Wave song – 1966..

? and the Mysterions were a garage band. Garage bands were also called punk bands.

great beat, great song.

Reading Kahlil Gibran helped me once when I was in real trouble

sandcastles die.

Good one, nemesis

I very much endorse Ms K here

Kenwood House (see alfie’s post above)  was a must for a snack during walks on the heath. When i last went there, it had gone downhill – expensive, and not very pleasant café

Kenwood House was a must for a snack during walks on the heath. When i last went there, it had gone downhill – expensive, and not very pleasant café

Love you q ❤️

Now, Alfie, a question. I lived just by The Favourite, moving there in 1979, and I don’t remember this estate.

I remember estates where Dresden Road met Hazelville road, and there was a road parallel to Hazelville, and there was a modern block of estates – Shelbourne House, I remember. These names are all from memory.

But I cannot remember the…[Read more]

Tarkovskys’ Mirror has to be the answer.

I saw it at the gate cinema in Notting Hill when it was first shown on British cinema (it had been banned in the USSR for being too difficult).

It was the first film I saw without a formal story – the mix of poetry, art, hitoruical documentary, symbolism was truly mind-blowing.

The western, Heaven’s…[Read more]

My favourite poster – Ms K..

I used to go to Victoria Park a lot in the late 70’s and early 80s. There were a lot of festivals there.

Also Clissold Park, toward Stoke Newington.

Alfie, that was read with great interest.

I know the area, worked for years on Seven Sisters Road, drank in The George Robey (also frequented by Lydon), but I really don’t have your knowledge of its background and idiosyncrasies.

The photograph by McCullin I’ve not seen before, but I’m glad I’ve seen it. It’s a genuine classic.

Ypu posted…[Read more]

Alfie, that was read with great interest.

I know the area, worked for years on Seven Sisters Road, drank in The George Robey (also frequented by Lydon), but I really don’t have your knowledge of its background and idiosyncrasies.

The photograph by McCullin I’ve not seen before, but I’m glad I’ve seen it. It’s a genuine classic.

Is it ‘What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted’?

Jimmy Ruffin original in 1966.

Great song.

Been covered many times.

Is it ‘What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted’?

Jimmy Ruffin 1966.

Great song.

Been covered many times.

if we’re lucky, she may not survive the next few days…though she probably will.

I wish you’d post more poems.

Even the ones which aren’t so good are worth reading.

Maybe they did, cross.

I did go into the Favourite, but the Shaftesbury was my main drinking hole. You get to know one another by sight.

I can’t remember the guy who threw the chair really. I remember he was a loudmouth

I’ve not been  in that part of upper holloway for a long time, so it has changed. I have many memories of it, including a…[Read more]