Oxfam Monday - Socialism! (and Reindeer)

Open again on the Bank Holiday, I did a "full" double-shift (10:30AM - 3:30PM). I was upstairs to start with (yay!) and I hunted around for something different to play, or at least reliable. In doing so, I found one of those rare jewels of an album called "Son of Evil Reindeer", by The Reindeer Section, a kind of Scottish Indie supergroup formed from other bands around at the time as a kind of one-off. They did two albums, but this is the one I liked the best.

I also got to play some early Louis Armstrong. Obviously, I couldn't find film of any of the tracks, but I found this one which is rather good.

I ended the shift downstairs amongst the books and got engaged with two regulars who were talking about a debate one of them attended regarding socialism and the Labour Party. It was fascinating stuff, but the attendee said he felt that the debate had descended into a kind of "theological" discussion. He also told us of a debate he attended by C.L.R. James.