Hello and Welcome Back... You Can Find Volume 1 HERE
This is Volume 2..
Back in 1982, I was 12 years old and in year 6 in primary school.
School was brutal on me, I didn't have many friends, had so much energy & was constantly bored.
Sadly, I drove my parents up the wall and to save grace (to stop my poor
mum from killing me), I got sent to my Nan's most weekends.
I loved going to my Nan's, she just got me.. She understood what I
was feeling and most of the times, let me wander around to do my own
thing.
Her back yard was huge and it had an an outside toilet (that no-one ever
used) which was surrounded by trees & bushes so its made it even
more creepy
& interesting. I even used to build forts under the house and in the
large collection of ferns that ran down the side of the house.
One thing I do remember about my Nan's house, was that it was on top of a tall hill in Campbelltown, NSW and I could see the city lights of Campbelltown at night all lit up from my bedroom window.
It was amazing, laying there in this very high bed (I was fairly small so everything was big to me), scared shitless that something evil was under the bed that wanted to possess my soul, so to calm myself down, I would lay facing towards the window, looking out over the twinkling lights of the town below and listen to the radio (2SM, Magic 11) that was tucked under my pillow while wondering at 2.30 in the morning, where the only car on the road was going at time of the morning. Every now and again, I would see a long line of lights going from one end of town to the other, that of course was a train making its way to Macarthur station.
Another fascinating thing about my Nan's house, was the huge wavy glass door that would distort the cars that went by at night.. There was something artistic about it.
Then as daylight was breaking, the birds started singing and it meant one thing.. Thunderbirds was on TV at 6am, so on went the Glowray heater, a big bowl of NutaGrain and Saturday morning cartoons
The big movie at the time was E.T.
This movie had a big impact on me,
mostly because I owned the exact orange hoodie (jumper) as Elliot, same colour, style,
everything...
I even left smarties on the back steps at my Nan's house.. You know, in
case an alien came by, sadly, my Nan nearly fell down the back steps
because
some idiot had left smarties right where she put her foot, Not a good
idea, but hey, I was 12.. Lesson learnt.. (sorry Nan)
When I wasn't at my Nans, I was at my next door neighbours (only when my
Mum wasn't home as my dad would let me sneak next door to see my
friends and go for a swim... 'Just be home
before your mother gets home' was the chant)
And my only friend in the world at the time was my doggo 'Lady' (real name = Lee Lorrie Lady Kirk) who I would play football with and dress up from time to time. She was a very placid German Sheppard who I taught how to tackle (bite my arm) and to score a try (run between 2 trees)
I loved Lady, she would sit and listen to all my problems and keep me company... She was the best (pic below)
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Moving On
This Mixtape was born from two sources, My Dads stereo and my Sisters boombox..(A Hitachi from Memory) when she wasn't home..
TRACK-LIST
01. Kim Wilde - Words Fell Down
02. Lime - Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight
03. F.R David - Pick Up The Phone
04. Peter Godwin - Images Of Heaven
05. Chris De Burgh - Ship To Shore
06. Talk Talk - Another Word
07. Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf
08. Devo - Big Mess
09. Goanna - Razor's Edge
10. Aldo Nova - Fantasy
11. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
12. The Church - Almost With You
13. Visage - Anvil
14. Men Without Hats - I Got The Message
15. The Fixx - Red Skies
16. Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl
17. Simple Minds - Big Sleep
18. The Twins - Face To Face
19. Supertramp - It's Raining Again
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