I'd been on a massive Rowland bender for the most part of 2009, starting from the swindling of my Dad's records from back when he used to be cool. Hee Haw has become one of my favourite albums, and Death By Drowning one of my favourite songs.
My Dad keeps an insane amount of junk from when he was younger, including a bunch of old band shirts- that like his records, have taken up shop in my room. I think it's silly to wear band shirts if you don't know more than an albums worth of songs, so before I could wear the Birthday Party shirt out in public, I decided to read some books about them and fill my little brain full of facts so that I could offer an intelligent answer if anyone where to quiz me.
After all that, I realised I'd never, ever wear the shirt. I think it used to be black or dark blue, but it now rests at a nearly white grey. It would probably fall apart as soon as its nanna-like threads met with the wind (and that could be embarrassing for me because I never wear nice bras).
I had heard a few songs off Rowland's first album, never the whole album in it's entirety, but I really liked it. I've always had trouble getting people to come see bands with me because I'm not very nice, but I really, really wanted to go see him. After giving up of finding someone to take I decided to go alone, and I'm glad I did because he was amazing.
I'm sorry for wedging your beautiful music between You Drive Like A Cunt and Last Night I Got Drunk on my mix CD.
Rest In Peace Rowland x
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