Well , congratulations to Italy. They were simply the better team. In fact the much better team. Was disappointed with England and Southgate, thought he got it all wrong on Sunday night which was a massive shame after the team and he had done so brilliantly in the previous games. Had to smile at Chiellini yelling “ It’s coming to Rome!!” into the camera. A formidable character, without a doubt.

Left the pub as soon as Saka had his penalty saved. It really stung Sunday night. Thankfully I had a day off work on Monday and woke up puzzled , for a moment I had forgotten what had happened the night before . Then it hit me - oh yeah England lost in their first final since 1966. Still, my spirits soon recovered after a great breakfast and a few beers in the pub Monday afternoon with my brother and a mate as we went through the post mortem dissection. Strangely, this defeat didn’t hurt nearly as much as any of the semi final defeats of tournaments gone by. I guess I was just happy to have seen England in a final for the first time in my life, a thing I never thought would happen. Gonna take a long while though to pick up and think about the World Cup next year, of which of course England still have to qualify. Without doubt England have made a lot of progress under Southgate but really think we could have done a lot more against Italy on Sunday night.

As for the thugs and horrific scenes on Sunday afternoon and early evening leading up to kick off with gangs trying to break into Wembley without tickets and the utter carnage they wrought around Wembley Way and London....moronic, thick shit, fucktards that don’t give a fuck about terrorising genuine fans and their young kids. Well there goes any hope of the 2030 World Cup being hosted on these shores. But then when you’ve got utter moronic, thick shit, fucktards like Boris Johnson running the country what do you expect.

Edit: oh and PS , was Bernard at the game? Saw a pic online that showed him at what looked like in one of the concourses inside the stadium with a couple of people, one of which may have been his son? Not sure . But seems as though he managed to get a ticket?

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^ Thanks for that, D. That Jonathan Pie articulates it all a million times better than my attempt. Spot on, everything he said. What a cesspit, basket case shit hole of a country England is.

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I quite agree. I used to think the knobheads were in the minority and just part and parcel of living in a free society but in the last few years I've come to realise they're actually the majority. I mean, look at the PM, a boorish, racist, bully boy. No wonder he won't condemn the racists, they're his key demographic when it comes to elections.


No actual war but.. https://www.theguardian....-rise-as-lockdown-lifted

No famine but... https://blogs.bmj.com/bm...verty-a-lost-generation/

and clean water for all? https://www.ccwater.org....r-millions-of-household/


So, I guess, just because you're OK it doesn't mean there's no problems perspexorange. This country is a shit hole.

England is total and utter fucking shit.

Redickless innt https://www.facebook.com...9130091255/?ref=newsfeed

28% fee added to the hammer price. Ouch!

Hooky's done little blurbs for most of these items.
It really looks like a retirement acution, he's even getting rid of records by other people. Albums by Iggy, Bowie, Throbbing Gristle, Talking Heads.
7"s by Kraftwerk, Blondie, Stranglers, Malcolm McLaren...
Lots of NO records of course.- including acetates, test pressings and metal stamper plates.

Some of the equipment is surprisng. Not only lots of bass's/guitars (can he play a normal guitar?), but cabinets/racks full of equiment and his "The End" setup.
There's a New Order Apple Computer. Hooky: When Steve Morris gave me these after the split I said, "What am I supposed to do with this lot?" he said, "This is what happens in a divorce." In fact there's more than one computer and back up hard drives too (for playing live presumably?)

New Order studio tape reels! With comments from Hooky like "1987 was a good year, just knocking ‘Technique’ into shape."
I wonder if "the others" have had a look at this lot...

And for another tape reel, the comment: "Found hidden behind a false wall in the Doves rehearsal room in our old Cheetham Hill rehearsal room and kindly gifted to me by them. Our first gig and the backing tape made to replace Ian Curtis. I had never been so frightened, since the first gig as ‘Warsaw’, supporting the Buzzcocks. There is a photo of the Beach Club at Oozits in the photograph collection. Funny how we went from being the ‘No-Names’ to the ‘Fighting over The Name’.
Martin Hannett JD reels too!

Hooky's comments on the BIg Day Out Package (he covers this in his book, but sightly different here):
We won the Bowling Competition hooray! I say we... meaning me and the road crew. Ken West and Viv Lees gave us a wonderful time here at the so called ‘Big Day Off’. We nearly didn’t make it... Steve decided three weeks away, it was just too much. I was devastated... what a thing to miss out on... I said to Barney, "What a shame it would have been great." He said, “It still will be. I’ll get the guy who did Electronic to do it." Wow! I thought... this bastard will be getting rid of me next! Steve relented thankfully, which was great because I’ve never heard a drummer on Electronic.


I'm tempted by the Little Lewey statuette and the Substance platinum disc(s) award. Maybe I shouldn't flag 'em up here...

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i'm ready.

theres a few choice items i'm looking at.
hoping they wont go into the thousands of pounds.

i can deal with hundreds maybe.

later
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Hooky’s like the turd that won’t flush

I assure you if I'm able to purchase that lot I'll be sharing with whoever's interested...you're not the only one that's been looking for the Republic demos.
Although the tape says keyboard only...no vox. Might not be that great in the end...

There's a whole host of auctions I'm interested in. The demos, live recordings, rehearsals etc.

That being said, I can't see myself putting in a bid.
I think they'll probably go for a lot more than I would be able to pay and I hate being disappointed in things like this.

Pascal Gabriel is credited with "Pre-Production" on Regret and Young Offender (which I think would have been a better single choice than either Ruined in a Day or Spooky), so presumably those two were the only ones started before Hague was brought in.

I think Everyone Everywhere is actually one of the worst tracks, by the way. Plodding, cloying and lumpy.

There’s a handful of fairly decent tracks on Republic. Young Offender and World, for instance.

But Regret and Special are where the real magic is. Wonderful tracks and amongst the band’s very best.