Well
the time is now 6.33 and something shayte past the hour.I’m in KINGSBURGER
in King’s Lynn.Usual old haunt from January, remember?So far
in the past, eh?I’m listening to my
brand new Personal Stereo.Tell you
‘bout that when I get home.Yeah.The Adolescent
Sex LP by Japan is on.Strange album.Generally considered to be one of Japan’s
crappest works.Ask me on a shit day
and I’d agree, but I always come back to it.Wonder why?
Oh
well, after loads of trying to get out of it, I am forced to stay at my Drama
tutor’s house tonite.Y’see, I’ve got to
see this play, Faustus, by
the Actors Touring Company, but I
can’t gerrome from here (KING’S LYNN) and I’ve nowhere to stay, so Ronnie Treece is putting me up.OH GOD!I wouldn’t mind, but she’s really hassling me lately.
I’m
gonna write to Flash on Friday.I need him, really.I s’pose he’s in a phase of hating me, just
like I’ve ‘despised’ him for the past few weeks.That weekend with Stan at Gordon.That’s what did it.But I’m okay about it now.Shit, aren’t I?
My
haircut is bugging me.
My
time is nearly up.Finishing my Lemon Tea now.I’m meeting Jenny Taylor at 7.15pm.Remember her?Cer-rikey, was it
really 11 months ago?
Goodbye,
folks!
Later:
‘Television’
– Japan
Hi!It’s late and I’m on the sofa bed in Ronnie’s
spare room.HAH!Sofa beds, eh?Cor!Remember a few x-periences on them, matey!This Japan album is good.Erm.Faustus
was good, it was nice to hang out with Jenny, and Ronnie + Paul have been very nice +
hospitable.I’m chuffed and
buggered.G’nite!
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The Sisters of Mercy entered the commercial Gallup Chart at No.13.The
mystery of this band fades.It seems
that the universe has stolen our ‘pets’.But The Sisters of Mercy’s credibility will be retained.REAL fans I know are me, Justine, Flash, Nyall, Johnny, Bugs and Naomi.But it’s quite possible that the trendies have nicked our God.Aw, I’m just as bad, I suppose.
‘The
Garden Of Delight’ – The Mission
I
took my personal stereo back.No
hassle.I looked nasty + was very
precise, sharp + to the point.The
assistant’s face dropped a bit, but no questions were asked.The whole thing was over in 2 minutes.I walked out with a lovely new BLACK PS.No hassle.I felt good.
JUSTINE
WAS DELICIOUS.
KISS
OF PAND’RA…
KISS
OF PAND’RA…
A long and
shapely leg in fish-knets and stiletto-heeled buckle boots…
A hideous flesh-dripping
skull with black goth hair…
LORD OF SULPHUR
KILLS THE CHRISTIAN…
An open mouth with sexy red lips…
A jawless skull…
A long-haired skull with blood dripping from its
mouth and psychic waves emanating from its forehead…
BLEEDING HEAVEN ON
THE FLOOR…
The Alien Sex Fiend…
A stiletto heeled buckle boot with sharp spurs…
A gorgeous
goth-girl in a nun-like costume with huge white crucifix…
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Ritcherd
Winterfood / Danyel Gordon / Stan
Flowers
The Antoinettes:
Ritcherd
Winterfood / Stan Flowers / ? / ?
LIFE
IS GREAT!
A
lot of things seem to be going my way.
Like
what?
As
a person, I feel better.I feel as
though, if I strive and try, I can do what I want to do.And all I wish to do now is conquer my
inhibitions.Y’see, I’ve got to take my
Personal Stereo back to BOOTS and
hassle them about why it’s seemingly buggered up for no apparent reason after
only 10 months in my possession.As well
as that, I’ve got to hassle the college Finance Office as to why they’re
charging me five pounds and fifteen pence for a trip I never actually went on.
I
feel generally happy; probably to do with my smartness and togetherness of
image.
I
have Justine.Now, it would be crap to say: ‘This is
IT!THE ONE!’, because I don’t feel
totally obsessive about it in the way I have done with other girls.Perhaps we’ll work quite well together.And she may be staying here at Gay Blackberry on Saturday + Sunday
nite.And I may be staying with her at
her nan’s next Wednesday nite after the Tech disco.
My
room looks great!On Wall A (the ‘Munsters wall’), I have pictures
of: Herman + Lily; the Munsters and a car; Herman in a waiting room; three different
family portraits, and a complete episode guide.On Wall B (the ‘various wall’), I have: an Alternative Store advert; a Punk
Post advert; a photstrip of me ‘n’ Roger
in the photo booth of Boots; negatives from the photo session I did; an
abstract of one of the photos of me from the photo session; a Shock advert; a Shock receipt; a map
and directions to the Alternative Store; my autographed photo of the YTC performing The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari;
a picture of Fields Of The Nephilim
by Nigel Prince; an Alien Sex Fiend discography; a Gene Loves Jezebel picture by Nigel Prince;
an Alien Sex Fiend advert; and a poster of Bela
Lugosi as Dracula.Then there is Wall C (the ‘sacred wall’),
which features: a poster of The Sisters
Of Mercy’s Merciful Release
logo; printed lyrics to ‘This Corrosion’,
and a large advert for ‘This Corrosion’, featuring a photo of Eldritch + Morrison.
I
am to write various comedy sketches for College Rag Week.
I
consider Luggage to be a good mate
again, after all the hassle he gave me over Justine. xxx.
Thanks
to me, Justine likes The Zodiac Motel.
I
am producing + directing a version of Kate
Bush’s The Kick Inside at
the Angles Theatre with Stan Flowers.[What you on about?You mean The Ninth Wave, y’tit – Ritcherd
Oct 87]
I
have joined a band as singer / songwriter.I am in THE ANTOINETTES with Stan and loads o’ others.
Nyall has been nice to me.
So
things are great.
‘All
The Madmen’ – David Bowie
There
are only a few shit things:
Danyel
‘Flash’ Gordon.WHO?!
All
the people who’ve made Doctor Who
into a shitter programme with this latest story: Time And The Rani (Part Four).
My
spots.
My
lack of money.
My
hair keeps flopping.
BUT
LIFE IS GREAT, SO NAFF OFF!
‘The Love
Cats’ – The Cure
(‘Colours’, ‘This Corrosion’ and ‘Torch’
are God’s kids).
Life’s
a riot with Cock vs. Dick.
Yoo-Hoo!Gordy!
Later:
When
it came to my destruction, I fell backwards.‘Fuck my soul’, yelled a crazy head, and the cow, cried in my face.
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AH!It’s Sunday!I’m in love with Justine and
I feel fine!Never have Sunday’s felt so
good.Well not in a long while, at
least.Oh!Ho hum!Goodbye.
Later:
8.45pm.
‘Burn’
– The Sisters of Mercy
Oh
what a day!Stan and I have just spent all day writing and messing about with
the script for the final scenes of The Waxy X-Periment by us, the BTC.We still ain’t finished, and what we did took
about 4 hours.It was harrowing – but
great!It’s one of the best ‘Situation’ scripts I’ve done.It should, of course, have been written and
recorded at Flash’s, but, as Stan
points out, Flash has shown an immense lack of interest, so me ‘n’ Stan have
had to pull it out of the shit before it gets discarded and forgotten.
I
dislike Flash over this lack of communication.
‘Ignore
the Machine’ – Alien Sex Fiend
Stan
was a good help, and the finished script shows that we hardly needed Flash at
all.It would have been nice to have him
play some of the parts, but we managed quite well on our own, thanks.
DANYEL
GORDON: He’s really keeping himself to himself.Who is this guy?What a donka!
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Release.The new me.And so.IT BEGINS!The catalyst has arrived.Pushing me eternally forward as the totally
‘new’ me.Okay, I’m not totally ‘new’,
but something internal is taking place.I feel better.Confident.Happy.And if I may be so bold, I FEEL SUPERIOR!On two feet.Give me no hassle.I can take it
all on.Depression?What’s that?
My
life rejuvenates once more.This is my
‘new life’.One of many, it may be
said.A ‘new life’, accumulated from the
old.
THE
NEW LIFE IS THESE:
Ritcherd Winterfood (also known as Jez)
Justine Black
The
friendship of: Roger Watson, Suzanne Cole, Astra Trellis, Hazel Church,
Stan Lampwick, Luggage, Holly Blue and Solomon Brown
The Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus
and Alien Sex Fiend
Happiness
The
Munsters
An
outspoken mind that tells people what it thinks!
Confidence
Optimism
The
inner self
Meditation
+ Relaxation
Dramatic
Art
True
respect for those who deserve it
Won’t
seem very new to you, reader.And it
ain’t all that new.But at this moment
in time it IS new.And it feels
better.
‘Pump
Up the Volume’ – MARRS
What
a trendy!
JEZ
today:
I
AM ABOVE YOU.Except I’m not really.
JUSTINE
– would you carry the torch for me?
Later:
LATER ON.
‘Colours’
– The Sisters Of Mercy
I
feel so refreshed.It’s not a real
DRAMATIK change, just a change of mental and emotional scenery, I suppose.
Look
at the last few months:
I
was Jez De Carlo.
Naomi Bell was my love.
I
made new mates in Norwich.
Danyel
Gordon was my best mate.
My
hair was a huge bloody backcombed mop.
I
would never say what I really meant or felt (out loud).
I
was into writing funny stuff with Flash.
The
BTC were my god.
I
was pessimistic.
I
was subservient to the needs and feelings of others.
I
lacked confidence.
Look
at Now:
I
am Ritcherd winterfood (sometimes Jez De Carlo)
Justine
Black is my love.
I
have totally reshuffled my friendships and got ‘into’ the college gang.
Danyel
Gordon?Who’s he?
I
now have a nicely styled Goth hairdo.
I
am outspoken.
I
want to do more dramatic writing.
The
BTC are a dormant classic.
I
am optimistic.
I
feel arrogant + superior to many of those around me.
I
am confident.
BORING,
EH?
‘Valentine’
– The Sisters of Mercy
What’s
happened today?
I
awoke at about 8.30am, feeling very good.I got ready and went into Wisbech.In Wisbech, I bought my first Doctor
Who Magazine in 2 years.I
needed something to read as I sat with a cup of tea in BURGER ME.I must say that
the comic strip, ‘The World Shapers’,
is absolutely brilliant.
‘I’m
Her Frankenstein’ – Alien Sex Fiend
Later
on, I got a bus to K.L., where I met
Roger who had dragged Nyall
along.Nyall and I got on a little
better than usual.Nyall and Claudia finished this morning.Y’know, today was one of the days where I
could really get on with Nyall.We both
purchased ‘This Corrosion’ on 12-inch.So what if we’re a bit late getting it?That’s real skint to buggery!Actually, I also wanted to buy the 4-track
cassette, but just as we arrived, the last one was being sold.
We
then noshed a macker pizza and had a deep ‘Sisters of Mercy / Mission and all bands connected’
conversation in Greasy Joe’s, before
meeting Justine and Suz, who also went to buy ‘This Corrosion’ – SHOCK!HORROR!
Nyall
left us after a bit, and Justine + I observed that Suz + Roger were being
extremely aloof + stuck up in a nasty and horribly bitchy sense, as they often
are when together!Okay, so I’ve
described myself as ‘arrogant’ and ‘superior’, but at least I’m being tactful
about it and diplomatic.I’m just trying
to be ‘dead confident’ + sure of what I’m trying to say in life.My aim isn’t to hurt the feelings of others
or be cruel, just to maintain the strength of my own position – unlike
THEM!Actually, lots of people have
noticed how horrible they get when they’re together.
‘My
Brain Is In The Cupboard Above The Kitchen Sink’ – Alien Sex Fiend
We
split up after a bit, and Justine and I were nice together.I even fondled a breast!GACH!SHACK!HERREUR!And I love her, but I’m not getting heavy
when I say it this time, OK?
But
all too soon, Justine + Suz had to go + so did Roger and I.Farewell.
So,
I’m home, Eldritch is my god, ‘This
Corrosion’ is my Jesus, and I want to fuck Patricia
Morrison’s arse off.Rear entry
please, Pat.I’d like to hear me ‘n’
thee scream in harmony.
‘Future
Legend/Diamond Dogs’ – David Bowie
William sent me a letter.Good old William.He + Tracy are
fine + he’s dying to see me again.
Stan’s
coming tomorrow.Two-faced git!He’s been going ‘round telling people I’m
‘only talking in monosyllables these days’.Yeah.Only when you come + talk
to me + all my mates are there, tho’ Stan, coz they all think U’re a twat.They all know you too well, so I feel better
just going, ‘Yes, Stan’, ‘No, Stan’, etc.Gothic Stan, eh?BOLLOCKS TO
THAT!No.He’s okay.Silly git.I do like him, and I
know he worships me under all his slag.
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Hello,
it’s late at nate.Today, mates, I had
my hair cut.Well, me being a thick git
and all.1ST TIME IN ALMOST !
YEAR!It’s tall and spiky with great
bits sticking up and out at the front…
Erm.Well, sort of like that.
I’ve
just put some nail varnish on for the first time in yonkers.It is a bodge!
‘New
Christian Music’ – Alien Sex Fiend
OI!Let’s talk about The Sisters of Mercy for a change.They were on The Chart Show,
and the video is x-cellent.That record
is so great.Andrew Eldritch is my lord and master.Patricia
Morrison is beautiful.Someone had a
moan about the record at Tech
today.Saying it was funky + boppy.Good.Eldritch has style.
I’ve
got to buy it tomorrow.I hope to get
the 4-track cassingle.
‘Yin
And Yang (The Flowerpot Man)’ – Love And Rockets
Justine xxxmy little alcoholic
I
started drawing a pik of Justine and it went wrong.Not a v. good pik, really.Now it’s become a hunched and hideous beast
with a hooked nose, bulbous eyes and wretched hair.
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