Taking some time this evening to catch up in the office. There is a lot to do…

German bands of the early 80s. It's not through lack of talent that neither Astrea Redux of Xmal Deutschland managed to crossover and achieve success here. Why does this happen to so many good bands worthy of a far greater place in the History and Development of Things? They don't get a decent record eal, get no marketing and publicity and therefore are deemed "rubbish" because no one has ever heard of them and they never had a hit single.
Both Fractals and language deserve better - the sound is very Joy Division and very ZTT. Ian curtis singing for Propaganda. Ian McCulloch and Bauhaus.
And the three Xmal deutschland albums I have on tired hissy tapes really rate among my favourites. I sat and palyed all five of these in a three hour marathon last night.
Alone in a darkened room wwatching the small hours through a bottle of JD…

No surprise then that I'm tired now, though a bit more inspired than of late.

We bought Stan his new outfit for the wedding today and he is very proud of it. Looks fantastic, and will fit in beautifully with his three sisters.
Then went to the local library where the lovely Finula(???) was holding a craft session to celebrate Chinese New Year. Made lanterns and dragon masks. Read LC a million stories - she is getting madly into books now and seems to love Maisie Mouse and Postman Pat.
Three more bags of cartons were waiting on the doorstep when we got home. I have five boxes worth to send off now. Do this. Make a difference.drinks cartons

Spoke to Cerise yesterday and reinforced my intention to sort out the Media and Live archives. Well, live until mid 79 anyway. I have amazingly turned up another THREE new gigs since I last wrote in here. Seems the band definitely DID paly Hollywood on 15 March even if no recording was made. They may also have done a gig in oregon - unless this turns out to be part of the Midge sessions. And Bristol University archive has a gig listed for january 1977 - which, if it proves to be correct, would tie in with the one I found at Southampton (the same week) a few months back.

Good feedback so far on the Shorefield Holiday Parks. I MUST now get on and draw up the Swanage Coastal Park