Hello and Welcome Back... 2nd Last in the Mixtape Series
Ah, 1986.. I was 16 years old and in year 10 in high school.. Yay... Right?
Actually, No..
I remember the last day of High School, walking home early with my best friend Rebecca (next door neighbor) singing "No more school, No more Books, No more Teachers Dirty Looks" and when i got home, i went swimming, ah, life was great...
A few days later it dawned on me.. Shit, I have to get a job.
And so started my working career. I got my first job at Venture. It was kinda like a K-Mart only more clothes but they did have a toy section... And guess who was in charge of the toy department?...
Me. :)
I remember i did a huge stack (like a pyramid) of Teddy Ruxpin's, took me almost 2 hours to create, Looked bloody wonderful... Was my boss impressed?.. Well, if he was, he didn't say.
Sadly it didn't last long.
I was at lunch when i heard a commotion.
A child had gone missing!!
The mother was frantic, all hysterical, shouting & crying.. poor thing.
My boss was flustered, getting worried by the minute... Salivating at the mouth
Me, i was more worried about my Teddy Ruxpin Pyramid which had seem to have lost shape... Some bloody kid had knocked it over,
I stood there looking at my creation gone wrong when suddenly, the Teddy Ruxpin pyramid (or what was left of it) started to move...
Turns out, the missing child also liked my pyramid and decided to hide in the middle part, only problem was, when he bumped a few on the inside, some outside ones fell and blocked the entrance.
The kid didn't seen fazed and was enjoying breaking apart my pyramid but i decided to take him to the front desk and he was reunited with his relieved mum.
That was the end of my pyramid building days.
When my boss found out that my Teddy Ruxpin Pyramid was to blame... well... there was alot of finger pointing and shouting and, well...Teddy Ruxpin was confined to the shelves.
A Teddy Ruxpin for those who have never seen one...
Moving On
This mixtape was recorded on my sisters boom-box.
She had a boom-box, i had a walkman but when she wasn't home, i would sneak in her room and record from the radio waiting for the bloody DJ to shut up and play music...
It was a real skill to get the full song with no talking DJ on the start or finish of the song.
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TRACK-LIST
01. Aretha Franklin - Another Night
02. Heart - These Dreams
03. Laurie Anderson - Language Is a Virus
04. Matt Moffat - Miss This Tonight
05. BoDeans - Fadeaway
06. Til Tuesday - On Sunday
07. Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart
08. Rod Stewart - Love Touch
09. The Reels - Bad Moon Rising
10. The Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
11. Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait
12. Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time
13. Koo De Tah - Think Of Me
14. Sandy Marton - Exotic and Erotic
15. Candi Staton - You Got the Love
16. Doug Mulray - You Are Soul (Not on Original Tape)
17. Wall of Voodoo - Far Side of Crazy
LINKS (320kbps AAC) Stream or Download
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