Dave Daze Archive


Today's Daze

Wednesday 27 June 1984: Leighton Buzzard

big breakfast from Val of bacon egg beans, into town with Wendy & Dame (I’ve always hitherto in these pages avoided abbreviating thus his name to prevent pantomime associations, but I can see no other spelling for what we generally do call him). Got coupla videos, Condorman for kids, Jack Nicholson’s The Passenger for us


One Year Ago Today

Saturday 27 June 1987: Rugby

Dug garden
Read.
Tried sell old bike. sods would offer only £10 so hung onto it. think I’ll sell my new one instead.
Bull briefly 2 cokes game pool cost 80p. (30 table, 50 bet Doug)
Slept 2 hours or more
Watched TV.
Watched porn video until 3 a.m. after TV ended.

– Galapagos, Kurt Vonnegut


Two Years Ago Today

Sunday 27 June 1976: Outwell

Had some of Regy’s home made beer and a couple of cans of lager in the park, speaking briefly with Angie … before hitching home. In the evening phoned Minnie … picked me up from Crown … back to Angel … Penny … said she would get me a ticket for the Youth Club dance



Three Years Ago Today

Friday 27 June 1975: Outwell

always now after a пирушка my digestion is somewhat delicate and I frequently have to avail myself of the delights of the craphouse Frankie last night wanted us to go to 3 Os tonight so that we could swop girlfriends He said casually about his: “You can screw her if you want I don’t care.”



Four Years Ago Today

Wednesday 27 June 1979: London

Pissed off at work and again this evening. My eyes ache from the reading which is all I seem to do now, both at work and here. In fact even here I’m starting to read mainly books connected either with insurance specifically or business generally. It’s not even as if I find them particularly interesting.