. Favourite Album of the Week

My Favourite Ablum of the Week is Third by Portishead.

Remember when we first heard them? We were at your brother Nick's house on our way to a party, and we were watching TV, and when the commercials came on Nick would mute the sound and turn up the stereo. He had a pre-release copy of "Dummy" because he worked for Richard and Judy and got sent hundreds of CDs every week from bands that wanted him to book them, so he was playing that, and I really liked it. I think we all did. I didn't really like the party, but then I was not one for really liking parties back then, being so shy and self-conscious. Whose party was it anyway? I didn't know anyone there. I suppose they must have been friends of Nick. Was it a BBQ? I remember it was outside and it was cold and dark. I had borrowed one of boy Joe's second-hand coats, because I didn't have a warm coat, and you said it looked like the kind of coat our dads would wear, which made me more self-conscious. I thought you were embarrassed by me, but you were probably just joking.

Thank you for giving me this CD for my birthday. I really like it. And I miss you. But not in a gay way.