everything louder than everything else
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- a trip thru the 80,s
- Me, Myself, and I
- ..Everything louder than everything else...
These were weird times, slightly troubled times,for a 20 something man in the UK. Thatcherism was at its height ,unemployment was a growth industry..there was even a band called UB40 {named after the form you took to the dole office} and 1 in 10 of us were looking for a way out. Whether it was drugs , alcohol , politics or music.. anything to blur the edges of everyday life, stop you thinking about the shit state of things pretend it wasn’t there or that you could change it one way or another. This book is dedicated to all the free thinkers out there, its pretty funny in parts ,sad in others but altogether weird account of these times through my eyes
I was and still am I think, reasonably intelligent ,fairly well educated and yet their seemed to be something wrong with the world I had come out of school into. So off I went to college and got hijacked by the Marxists on the way.. a bit like getting your dinner money nicked except it was your freedom of thought that went walkies!
Some people would say that it wasn’t that bad that it was a time of growth but then they were privileged to begin with or part of the "greed is good” culture that existed then. Me, well I was one of those skint working class kids just trying to make sense of it all and so... equipped with a bit of education ,a knackered drum kit,me bike and a misplaced trust in the Revolutionary left.. I decided to do something about it. This is how it went...............
..Thanks to everyone..If Ive sent you a copy of this, you re in it !! You know who you are..
Steve Ball R.I.P. mate
