I've calculated that it has taken 26 years to get to Now that's what I call music ...74. That's almost an average of three editions of the fabulous pop compilation each year since December 1983.
I actually went on a Geography field trip to Scandinavia in the summer of 1984, happily clutching the cassettes of volumes 1 and 2. Volume one actually contains Men at Work, probably my first taste of the place called Australia!
Every so often I find myself craving the next dose of Now. What has made it, although there are some songs that should never make it, to the illustrious Now stage I ask myself? From Australia I tend to look at Amazon.uk and order a batch load of the Nows. The pleasure I get in listening to the tracks that are gracing Radio 1 or Capital Radio makes me nostalgic.
As I type this I'm listening to Now 72. I hope Now never stops, it is the only thing I do with any regularity that is a link to the UK. I don't get nostalgic for M&S but the music and dancing scene is something that I still remember with fondness, even pop!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
No vote
Being interested in politics can create anxiety, usually about the decision or indecision of those elected. However, this is not my anxiousness. No, mine is the frustration of not being able to vote in a country where it is compulsory to do so.
Residents (like me) can't vote, only citizens. Now I'm not saying that that is bad but for someone like me who spent a few years in UK politics and thinks that it is the most interesting part of current affairs, No Vote is a chore.
In my research I've also found that I can't actually join the political party that I want to (or ones that I don't want to either) because I'm not a citizen. This is doubly annoying as they really need my help, well any help and I'd like to give them some of my time. Do you think there is space for a ring in?
In 2007 I watched the federal (general) election and got all excited about it but had a sobering moment when I remembered, after a few glasses of bubbles, that I had played no part in the outcome.
For now I watch the daily news and the peaks and troughs of the political scene and look forward to the day when I can have some small influence on the outcome, until then I'll just smile sweetly and say "well it's not my fault, I didn't vote for them!"
Residents (like me) can't vote, only citizens. Now I'm not saying that that is bad but for someone like me who spent a few years in UK politics and thinks that it is the most interesting part of current affairs, No Vote is a chore.
In my research I've also found that I can't actually join the political party that I want to (or ones that I don't want to either) because I'm not a citizen. This is doubly annoying as they really need my help, well any help and I'd like to give them some of my time. Do you think there is space for a ring in?
In 2007 I watched the federal (general) election and got all excited about it but had a sobering moment when I remembered, after a few glasses of bubbles, that I had played no part in the outcome.
For now I watch the daily news and the peaks and troughs of the political scene and look forward to the day when I can have some small influence on the outcome, until then I'll just smile sweetly and say "well it's not my fault, I didn't vote for them!"
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