In 1976….

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:58:54 +0000

….Blue Öyster Cult sang a jolly little ditty (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, well, I don’t I do fear however fear the new sketchbook that arrived yesterday. Strange thing to fear really a sketchbook, but this is the A3 Moleskine folio sketchbook and I just know the first thing I attempt in it will be dire. Perhaps I should put it on a shelf for a while and let the fear and nerves subside – or maybe I should grab a pencil and attack it until it submits

On the shelf it is then…….

Oh yes, if the reaper comes anywhere near me I’ll Melvin him* If I can survive this new sketchbook that is of course.

I was just wondering what else happened in 1976 besides a cult of chilly oysters singing about the reaper; and of course I turned to Wiki to find out –

Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak**.
The Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect is first reported by astronomer Patrick Moore.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 is won by Brotherhood of Man, representing the United Kingdom, with their song Save Your Kisses for Me.

*only two people in the World will get that joke, and neither of them will find it funny.

**one day later a few people around the World started a petty hate campaign against them and decided to deride everything they produced good or bad

reaper – Graeme Skinner

In 1976….