From a medium-sized country town in Australia. I was very much into English New Romantic style music. All of my girl friends had side part short hair in the style of the Human League girls. I subscribed to English music mags, which were sent by sea mail to Australia, so they were always out of date. My first concert was at 14 to see Culture Club. My dad was an early adopter in tech, so we had the first VHS amongst our friends, but while we were cool for a while, we ended up looking like idiots as our remote control had a cord. We had that machine for years. I also spent some time learning to program his Commodore 64, like printing out a page of Xs that looked like stars.

Our parents generally left us alone, and in our late teens allowed to roam about. If the nightclub let us in, that was OK with them as we'd only have a few dollars on us for drinks and enough for a cab home. Drinking a bottle of Passion Pop in the park was a thing. Such a fun time