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I don't think the song is autobiographical regarding the immediate circumstances it was written in - more of a meditation on a relationship (he and Debbie were separated by this stage).

'1991 The Year Punk's Heart Broke' ... really though, that dream of the underground breaking through turned out fairly miserable. Music seemed much happier in the back of a transit van eating noodles.

I was 19 and living on next to nothing in Galway, subsisting on bargain-bin tapes which included best of albums from The Archies and Tommy Steele, the only contemporary release I can remember stumping up for was 'Loveless'.

I have had dreams that are very similar to this

The Yule Log I only know this paradox as 'Lincoln's Axe' .. nice to have a more classical reference.

None of my favourites covered yet here ... anything connected with Bo Anders Persson is usually essential International Harvester / Harvester / Trad Gras Och Stenar / Parson Sound. Also Algarnas Tradgard are in that headlifting progressive folk bracket.

There was a regular set-piece that got dropped because people were so unhappy about the flagrant Dreyblatt-ism of it. Full recording is still MIA ... sad state of affairs for a compulsive archivist. The conga-line section was supposed to be a nod to Afrika 70 and to the Sun-Ra Arkestra ...

Quite right ... :-)

For Giggles- a partial list in haphazard, reverse chronological order and limited to non-secret acts that released music or performed in public: Liquid Baby Terminator Amoon Brian Conniffe / Suzanne Walsh / Me Raising Holy Sparks Zorilla Deviated Septum United Bible Studies Tychonaut / The...

That was a pretty exciting time for me ... nice to see the record still has good associations for some.

They formed in '86 and were certainly a part of that 'revolution summer' thing. I'd have thought their first album had come out sooner than '89 but there you go. It's a personal gripe anyhow - I'd say a few people could make the same complaint on behalf of quite a few other bands

That was enjoyable but the amount of screen time devoted to Ian MacKaye / Minor Threat etc was exactly what people were complaining about at the time - they were sucking up everyone else's oxygen, (by proxy, to be fair). One quote from Craig Wedren and 5 seconds of STT music ... sigh...

Happy birthday Wheels