tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post3179842464366697031..comments2024-02-01T08:17:44.994+00:00Comments on planet mondo: Dear Diary:1980 - FebruaryMondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-44127312768887196812011-02-22T15:35:09.088+00:002011-02-22T15:35:09.088+00:00That's what I thought - under the bedclothes u...That's what I thought - under the bedclothes usually? But <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven" rel="nofollow">apparently not </a>, there's a survivalist spin to it..<br /><br />I always said Grange Hill was like our school without the swearing FC, flick back through previous DDs for more chart links - I've included with them most postsMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-81344172454902013212011-02-22T14:47:52.233+00:002011-02-22T14:47:52.233+00:00Like Grange Hill come to life. I loved the charts ...Like Grange Hill come to life. I loved the charts then. Probably one of the favourite musical eras of my life.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-47537024105972708792011-02-22T10:24:33.820+00:002011-02-22T10:24:33.820+00:00DUTCH OVEN? Doesn't that mean the enforced inh...DUTCH OVEN? Doesn't that mean the enforced inhalation of gaseous human waste?Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-43228937756879106812011-02-21T19:39:39.178+00:002011-02-21T19:39:39.178+00:00Do you know I've never even though to look for...Do you know I've never even though to look for them, but a quick scan of Facebook shows Turnidge. If it's the same one (and I'm guessing it is beacuse of some local Benfleet/Canvey references} seems to be something of a Southend survivalist whose likes include: Gone Fishing Canvey, Carved with axe and knife, 'usa-fighting.info' and Dutch Oven (which has an entirely different meaning in my book of phrase and fable..}<br /><br />Whaddya mean 'scarred from the Greenhouse incident'Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-31088023433644351112011-02-21T14:25:09.138+00:002011-02-21T14:25:09.138+00:00And what became of Mullen and Turnidge? I have to ...And what became of Mullen and Turnidge? I have to know!<br /><br />'Going swimming' as I remember it really meant "hanging around the edge of the pool in my sister's 'borrowed' bikini, wondering if the pipe-cleaner shaped youth with acne on his shoulders will ever stop 'bombing' his mates and come and chat me up."Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-23468410576673533782011-02-21T09:39:09.367+00:002011-02-21T09:39:09.367+00:00I've included links to charts with previous DD...I've included links to charts with previous DD posts, but this has to be the bonkersest of the lot..although I haven't checked March yet Matt<br /><br />Forget to mention on Saturday the 16th: a great visit to London with Dave Wright. It was my first trip to King's Road and we spent about an hour looking around the wrong end of SW3 for Seditionaries. We got as far as the Great Gear Market - but not World's End..and came home with a God Save The Queen T shirt from the Chelsea Drugstore (now a McDonalds)..<br /><br />Also popped into Portobello Rd and was blown away seeing the Virgin offices with Pistols posters around the office walls tucked down a small mews side street.Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-14510517852007025432011-02-20T23:40:50.966+00:002011-02-20T23:40:50.966+00:00Turning Japanese, followed by A Chinese with Dave ...Turning Japanese, followed by A Chinese with Dave Wright?!<br /><br />Saw someone doing hot chestnuts!<br /><br />But Feb 1980 really was swimming crazy wasn't it?Pileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-12730087076712829682011-02-20T22:40:21.456+00:002011-02-20T22:40:21.456+00:00Thanks to that Top 75 singles rundown, I've ju...Thanks to that Top 75 singles rundown, I've just downloaded Maybe Tomorrow by the Chords.Matthew Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842392964784000029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-42845996531778411702011-02-20T12:29:03.479+00:002011-02-20T12:29:03.479+00:00And Slade must have gone to the same barbers tooAnd <a href="http://www.davekempandslade.com/userimages/DH.JPG" rel="nofollow">Slade</a> must have gone to the same barbers tooMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-23439767124097307262011-02-19T12:31:30.218+00:002011-02-19T12:31:30.218+00:00my favourite bit of that lp chart's the nolans...my favourite bit of that lp chart's the nolans and the ramones side by side and clearly sharing the same hairdresser<br />xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-42984049568100975472011-02-18T19:57:27.530+00:002011-02-18T19:57:27.530+00:00I did get busted for boggling once! while shouting...I did get busted for boggling once! while shouting out who I'd spotted in an unwrapped state, there was strange and sudden silence - a bit 'sus'. So turned round to find the PE teacher standing statue-like with his arms folded<br /><br />Can't think what the detention was for though - I seemed to rack up a few here and there. A pattern the eldest Mondo seems to be falling intoMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-75657124519028259392011-02-18T14:30:17.269+00:002011-02-18T14:30:17.269+00:00Is that detention I see on the Wednesday Mondo! Yo...Is that detention I see on the Wednesday Mondo! You weren't caught looking down that copper pipe too were you?!Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-58372366681159374972011-02-18T14:21:06.525+00:002011-02-18T14:21:06.525+00:00Apart from what you see in the pic - I've neve...Apart from what you see in the pic - I've never dipped into the SLF catalogue. Perhaps I should.. <br /><br />*Gulps* Never though of that Lil! Actually I think it did happen, I'm sure I remember shouts and squeals coming from the dark sideMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-74381042421570033982011-02-18T13:04:36.335+00:002011-02-18T13:04:36.335+00:00I wonder if the girls were just as curious about y...I wonder if the girls were just as curious about you boys, and took sneaky peeps from their side?<br />hehehe... I would've!lilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14994234088700364494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-11912212442959965422011-02-18T11:13:47.036+00:002011-02-18T11:13:47.036+00:00Im Johnnywas in a fair number of places online, ba...Im Johnnywas in a fair number of places online, back when I was younger I never wanted my real name online. First username I picked was because SLF were on the stereo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-66044859895317266682011-02-18T09:16:11.947+00:002011-02-18T09:16:11.947+00:00Drew - grab yourself a copy of Vive Le Rock ish 2 ...Drew - grab yourself a copy of <a href="http://www.vivelerock.net/" rel="nofollow">Vive Le Rock</a> ish 2 (out this Saturday). There's an interview with Jake Burns on page 55. I haven't played At The Edge since the 80s, but what a tune..(and White Christmas in the B side). Sounds a romper-stomper of a gig.<br /><br />The charts <i>are</i> just bizarre back then: Fawlty Towers, The Nolans, Wishbone Ash buddying up with The Ramones, Pistols and Iggy Pop.<br /><br />Bless you Davy. Scouse (as we predictably we nicknamed her) - nothing to tell apart from a snog and a swap: my scarf (bought the previous <a href="http://planetmondo.blogspot.com/2010/10/dear-diary-october.html" rel="nofollow">October</a>) for her conjunctivitis. Oh, and She pronounced The Damned as The Damm-und!Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-41668231467335528372011-02-18T08:40:45.489+00:002011-02-18T08:40:45.489+00:00Is it just me or do the charts seem a lot more div...Is it just me or do the charts seem a lot more diverse them than now. If only we had realised how bland they would become.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-55200916025759129742011-02-18T08:37:47.916+00:002011-02-18T08:37:47.916+00:00Magnificent, as ever. Should we read anything into...Magnificent, as ever. Should we read anything into 'Girl from Liverpool joined our school' (27th) ?davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-38509223791155638132011-02-18T08:33:43.491+00:002011-02-18T08:33:43.491+00:00At The Edge - brilliant one of the first 20 single...At The Edge - brilliant one of the first 20 singles I ever bought.<br /><br />going to see them again on St Patricks Nightdrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.com