Saturday, 7 March 2020

Things That Make You Go 'Strewth!'

Just a quick post before I shower and hit the sheets. I'm catching early train tomorrow because I'm spending a week in The Big Smoke. I will therefore not be blogging too much through the week, so I just wanted to touch base.

Not only am I excited about my upcoming trip, I am super-excited that I was able to purchase an eight-roll packet of toilet paper today (at my local |Aldi store). For the past few days, the procurement of poo-paper has been a grail-like quest in my home town. Honestly, why the fuck is everybody so fucking STUPID? It's not just me who's inconvenienced; how about pensioners or people with disability who find it hard to get to the supermarket at the best of times, and who miss out because there have been morons stampeding for the toilet paper like a herd of startled water buffalo? And also, people are hogging hand sanitiser and soaps. Peeps, were you not already washing your hands prior to the onset of Corona Virus?

Yesterday, I was thinking about major moments people remember. My older sister once told me about the day of the moon landing, and how she recalled sitting in a classroom whilst the nun tuned in a radio so the children could all hear this momentous occasion.

I will always remember the stupendous technological and humanitarian achievement that was the Live Aid concert, and how I felt watching Status Quo opening the Wembley leg with the appropriate Rockin' All Over The World. The memory of Bob Geldof being hoisted aloft on the shoulders of his musical contemporaries still has the power to bring a tear to the eye. One of the records spawned by this event is that Phil Collins became the only person to perform in a concert on two continents on the one day when he performed in Wembley, and flew in a Concord jet to Philadelphia for the US section of the concert. The US ending of We Are The World  wasn't as good as the British Do They Know It's Christmas? because WATW sucks donkeys' balls.

But today's generation, when asked to describe a defining moment in their history, will say, 'Well, I remember the great toilet paper crisis of 2020.' Strewth.

In the meantime, I am one of the featured artists in this zine. After you click on the link here, scroll to page 90. My interview appears through pages 90-99.

Well, that's it for now. Will try and drop a line beforehand, otherwise, I will be back next Sunday!

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