Back into the Foxx media archive tonight, realising that I haven't done much work on this over the last couple of weeks.
I'm still playing Tangent Man, that's half the problem.
My comments on the Forum about "Looped Los Angeles" have made people think, whcih is no bad thing. To be honest, I have a very low opinion of the track and have already stopped playing the download. First hearing it didn't inspire me, and now I've given up after about three plays.
Sorry, John you've surprised me. It's like JMJ's incidental 'muzak' and a real disappointment. I've tried to be objective, but so far my opinion has not gone down well!

Tonight though I've managed to catch up with an interview from an Australian magazine called "Tension" from November 83 (although RH has noted this was published in April 84) which is one of the best I've ever read. fascinating insight to his thinking behind some of the music, and evidence again that he is more influenced by art that music.
Also transcribed four reviews - two live ones that don't do the band any favours on their 78 HaHaHa tour and two glowing appraisals of the Systems of Romance album. Personally, I prefer the former but I'm not getting into that again.
I've added a couple of anecdotes to the biography, and corrected some details on the timeline.
Seems JFAM was written in January of 1978, the same time as "Quiet Men" under the working title "Listening To the Music The Machines Make"

Next batch is the really fascinating stuff from the Garden Studio post 1985, just before he "disappeared up his own backside" for ten years.

In between this tho I keep wandering off into the geek-infested world of roof boxes! Had my dad on the phone earlier with details of a baragin he's found.
trouble is, my parents do have a taste for cheap crap, and I don't really want to go there. Probably worth checking out tho - some of the online reviews I've read have given me some clues what to look out for.

Annual Garage clear-up this weekend.
Finding lost balls, screws and tools.
Sweeping the floor.
Throwing away loads of crap.
EVEN - and I can see my dad smiling to himself about this - banging random nails in the wall to hang things on!
Stan can now get his bike out without fear of garden rakes or loppers falling on his head.
Found we have three pushchairs, so delivered one of those to some friends.

Seems every time we go out these days, someone has hung somethng on the door or the gate by the time we get back.
Today it was a bag of wellies, and we still regularly get all sorts of clothes, books and toys.
These all get sorted, bagged into sizes and age ranges and then stored in the loft.
Then various people are offered stuff, and everything gets moved around.
Always people ringing saying "I'm looking for a so-and-so" and we invariably have something in the loft somewhere.
LC's been very lucky especially because someone we know has decided that one child is enough for them and they are passing all their clothes down to her. Most of it is brand new and has only een worn once.
Terrible waste otherwise, and this stuff very effectively replaces some of the worn-out things that fall off the other end of the cycle.

Babies names are settled. ???. Well, for now anyway. Dorothy Grace. Name comes from one of my great-aunts and means "a gift from God". Perfect. Fits nicely in with the older-style names for the other kids, its unusual but not silly, and has at least a vague family connection.
Trx is keen for the middle name to begin with 'M' like the other girls, but we are uninspired so far.