My memories of the mid to late '70s Wirral and Liverpool music scene,my involvement with Andy McCluskey, and my part in the history of synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the dark.(OMD)
Moods,Memories and Other Manoeuvres captures a small snapshot of the vibrant atmospheres of the Wirral and Liverpool music scene from the mid to late 1970s,her involvement with Andy McCluskey,and her own part in the history of synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark(OMD).
Julia is of Anglo Manx descent and spent her formative years in and around the North West of England.She shares her perspective of a colourful and emotionally charged childhood,the fall out of her parents' divorce,her own musical awakening,and also her career in mental nursing.
Julia now lives on the other side of the Pennines with two humans and three large dogs.
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One look at my hand and she said,"There's hardly a day goes by when you're not thinking about "A".
Damn the woman.OMD everywhere-blaring out of car windows,on TV,in nightclubs-how could I not be reminded of "A"?
I couldn't even go into a supermarket without his voice wailing at me above the cornflake boxes.No,the only way to come to terms with it was to face the monster head on and meet up with him again on mutual Wirral turf.
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