{"id":955,"date":"2011-01-23T10:58:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T09:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=955"},"modified":"2011-01-23T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T09:58:54","slug":"in-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/in-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"In 1976…."},"content":{"rendered":"

….Blue \u00d6yster Cult<\/a> sang a jolly little ditty (Don’t Fear) The Reaper<\/a>, well, I don’t \ud83d\ude09 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<\/a> 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 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

On the shelf it is then…….<\/p>\n

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

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 –<\/p>\n