Sweaty Weather (Vol.3, 1982)

Welcome to the episode with perhaps the most 'cross strings on the FBI wall' yet.Lily and I warm up by talking about the records I’ve recently purchased (as listed in the diaries: Secret Policeman’s Other Ball and Complete Madness) and then get-off topic pretty quickly and onto the recent rival royal appearances of William and Harry: both appearing with top celebs and both in an airspace context (Harry first with John Travolta at the ‘Flying Legends’ awards and then William a week or so later with Tom Cruise at the Air Ambulance helicopter event. We then get onto Catherine’s planned abdominal surgery and wonder whether the RF is falling apart, what with Charles’s health issues as well. I finish writing my politics essay, go and see ska band Strange Tenants, and go to see a musical at St Martin’s Theatre: Sweaty Weather. I write that ‘it was everything I expected it to be’ and Lily calls me ‘such a theatre girly’ which is funny because I’m really not now. We delve into the Sweaty Weather program, which is helpfully tucked into the diary, and find some familiar names: Julien (remember: he wore ‘ a sort of kilt’ in earlier readings) has a surname, so we madly google him and find out more! He was a rapper in the late ‘80s and – something I didn’t know at the time – in that ‘rap’ band performed with someone named Gumpy, who I knew when I was younger. Ah, Melbourne is really just a big town. Also in the program is one Alannah Hill, listed as an actor and so we look at her facebook page and find her Wisteria Hysteria Chalet in Daylesford! I have a couple of Alannah stories I share as well. And SW was written and directed by Hugo Race, who was in a band called Plays With Marionettes and now seems to be Alannah’s partner?? Oh such a tangled web of deliciousness. There’s a pee break and bread dough coil folding, possibly in the same location at the same time. We talk about Lily’s political plans and how she’ll lead the revolution, and get back onto royals, particularly how rooted Monaco is, then onto some Kardashian business. Back to the diaries and I see Quadrophenia at the Valhalla in Richmond and struggle to describe the ‘Mod’ fashion/music/cultural movement to Lily. The episode ends with me studying for exams (it’s October), getting ‘The Cold’ again – whatever that means, and talking about a new book: The Sex Pistols File. Clearly not taking the studies seriously. Links: Mighty Big Crime ft. Gumpy and Tricky J (aka Julien, the boy who wore a sort of kilt): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GqLL6hi_SsFollow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Follow Jenny at  @jenny_acklandClick to head to our website to read more about My Mum’s Bad DiariesWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!