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Top Of The Pops - The Story Of 1986

**Top Of The Pops - The Story Of 1986** was a BBC documentary first broadcast on BBC Four on 06 July 2018. The programme was the latest in a series of *Top of the Pops* documentaries which precede repeat showings of most of the shows of a particular year, using archive clips and recent interviews with some of the protagonists of the shows.

The 1986 documentary highlights subjects such as the demise of British pop bands of the early 80s (Madness, Spandau Ballet, Wham!, Duran Duran) and the arrival of new American dance acts, the large number of cover versions (lack of original songwriting), the continuing rise of the Stock, Aitken & Waterman produced hits (Bananarama) and pop hits in movies and TV soap operas. Among the artists featured are Communards, Simply Red, Sinitta, Swing Out Sister and Housemartins.

## Links to Janice

* The documentary features several interview sequences with Janice Long who hosted the show sixteen times in 1986, with six different co-hosts, plus three shows alone, and the Christmas Day edition.
* Janice's most frequent co-host was John Peel (six shows) and their presentation partnership is highlighted in the documentary.
* With a new look show imposed by producer Michael Hurll during 1986, *Top of the Pops* changed its signature tune from Yellow Pearl to The Wizard, written and performed by Paul Hardcastle. The theme was used for the first time on the 03 April show which was hosted by Long and Peel. Long mentions that Hurll's choice was influenced "*by the likes of myself and Peelie....really picking up on the dance scene*". A short clip of Janice interviewing Hardcastle is included (see also 12 December 2012)
* A segment of the programme features Robert Palmer's 1986 hit Addicted To Love and its striking video famously featuring top female models posing and miming with instruments as a 'backing band'. Although in an interview the models claim they received no criticism of the sexist use of women as "clones", Janice Long claimed that she and Peel were "incredibly cross" about the video which was to be included on the show they would host on 29 May. Long claims that in rehearsals she re-titled the song "A Dickhead in Love" to which Peel retorted "You can't say that or you'll get in trouble. I'll say it!". After the video was shown Peel announced live on air "That's "A dick-head in love", Robert Palmer, and how nice to see he's turned his back on all that sexist muck..".
* Janice also comments on the arrival of the new "house music" scene via Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk's Love Can’t Turn Around, "*a totally different sound that everyone was talking about*" (see 25 September 1986).

## External links

* BBC Four programme page (limited availability)
* IMDb entry
* Wikipedia- List of Top 10 singles in 1986
U2

**U2** are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1976. Emerging from the post-punk scene, U2's musical style has evolved throughout their career, making them a "stadium rock" band in the 1980s, with commercial success worldwide. The four founding members of Bono, The Edge, Larty Mullen and Adam Clayton have remained constant making them one of the longest-living and best known rock bands in the history of popular music.

Early advocates of social and political awareness, especially concerning the involvement of Great Britain in Ireland, they have since addressed issues concerning poverty, disease, and social injustice.

Their latest studio album *Songs of Experience*, the group's fourteenth, was released in 2017.

## Links to Janice

Janice was a fan of the band and would have played their records, following their meteoric rise to success in the 1980s and beyond. In *Top of the Pops - The Story of 1983*, Janice recounts how "thrilled" she was to introduce U2 on her first Top of the Pops. On BBC Radio 2's A Life in Music, band member Adam Clayton thanked Janice for her support and for introducing one of their first performances of the show.

The group took part in Live Aid for Africa, where Janice was also presenting.

She has continued to play their music both old and new in more recent years.

## Shows Played

### Radio

#### 1980s

* 31 December 1985 ‎ - Fade Away (Bad) (Live Aid highlights)

#### 2000s

* 10-14 December 2007 - remastered *The Joshua Tree*, album of the week.
* 27 April 2009 ‎- Magnificent (2009 single)
* 04 May 2009 ‎- Magnificent
* 05 May 2009 - Magnificent
* 08 May 2009 - With Or Without You (1987)
* 12 May 2009 ‎- Magnificent
* 20 May 2009 ‎- Magnificent
* 14 July 2009 - The Fly

#### 2010s

* 22 January 2010 - With Or Without You
* 29 June 2010 - Magnificent
* 10 March 2011 - Even Better Than The Real Thing
* 23 June 2011 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix)
* 26 April 2012 - All I Want Is You (1989)
* 02 May 2012 ‎- Where The Streets Have No Name (1987)
* 04 June 2012 - With Or Without You
* 08 June 2012 - Vertigo (2004)
* 22 June 2012 - Where The Streets Have No Name
* 11 January 2013 ‎- Where The Streets Have No Name
* 26 April 2013 ‎- Beautiful Day (2000)
* 08 May 2013 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1987)
* 04 March 2014 - Invisible (2014)
* 12 May 2014 ‎- Beautiful Day
* 28 May 2014 ‎- Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (2001)
* 16 June 2014 - Angel of Harlem (1988)
* 06 October 2014 ‎- The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) (2014)
* 05 March 2018 ‎- Even Better Than The Real Thing (1992)

#### 2020s

* 07 April 2021 - Angel of Harlem
* 01 December 2021 - Your Song Saved My Life

### Top of the Pops

* 20 January 1983 (TOTP) ‎- New Year's Day

## Covered

Cover versions of songs by this artist played by Janice.

Artist | Track | First Known Play

* Johnny Cash - One 20 May 2009
* Pet Shop Boys - Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) 13 April 2011

## See also

* UK Singles Chart Number Ones
* Top of the Pops - The Story of 1983 (2017)
* Janice Long Remembered (GHR) (2022)
The Young Enterprise Show (YES)

**The Young Enterprise Show (YES)** was a BBC One regional magazine show for young people broadcast on BBC North West, "with entertainment, music and advice in the show for all who feel young."

## Links to Janice

Janice Long appeared on the show as presenter in 1983 and 1984. BBC Index (Radio Times) listings only specify Janice appearing in 1984, although a catalogue entry in the BBC North West Collection at Manchester Metropolitan University gives Janice as appearing in at least one show as early as January 1983. This is confirmed by a *Radio Times* scan posted on Twitter (see below).

### Appearances

* 10 January 1983: "In the second item Janice Long looks at the music scene in Liverpool and there are general views of Liverpool city centre, the Cavern Club and Albert Dock are shown. Liverpudlian musicians are interviewed about their music and about Liverpool, including the band The Cherry Boys and Mike Score from Flock of Seagulls." (mmu.ac.uk) [1]
* 09 January 1984: "a new series of programmes with a positive approach to spare time. With John Mundy , Janice Long , Mike Sweeney and Sheila McClennon."
	+ *Presenter Janice Long visits Ted Corran at his home on the Wirral and asks him about his 'Instant Muscle' scheme, which allows unemployed youngsters to do menial work such as gardening, painting and decorating for the community.* (mmu.ac.uk)
* 16 January - *BBC Index listing*
* 23 January - *BBC Index listing'*
* 30 January - *BBC Index listing'*
* 06 February - *BBC Index listing'*
* 20 February - *BBC Index listing'*
* 27 February - *BBC Index listing'*

YES does not appear in BBC listings after this.

* 02 April: *Presenter Janice Long visits Affleck's Palace in Manchester and interviews some of the stall-owners and designers there. There are shots of clothes and shoppers browsing.* (mmu.ac.uk)
Stopwatch

**Stopwatch** was a children's sports programme broadcast on BBC One between 1978 and 1984. It ran for a total of eight seasons.

## Links to Janice

Janice Long was one of the regular presenters of series 05 (1981). Athlete Daley Thompson also joined the presenting team at the same time as Janice.

## Episodes (S5)

1. 02 September 1981: Speed, Introduced by Peter Purves, Daley Thompson and Janice Long.
2. 09 September 1981: Janice Long tries her hand at windsurfing.
3. 16 September 1981:
4. 23 September 1981: (Janice not mentioned in RT listing)
5. 30 September 1981: (Janice not mentioned in RT listing)
6. 07 October 1981: *Janice Long takes part in a much older sport - Dyke Jumping - out of which the modern sport of pole-vaulting developed*
7. 14 October 1981: last in series

## External links

* IMDb.com
* BFI
Tears For Fears

**Tears For Fears** are a British group formed in 1980, by friends Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. They first became famous with hit single Mad World in 1983, followed by debut album *The Hurting*. Worldwide acclaim came with their second album *Songs From the Big Chair* (1985) which spawned hit singles Shout!, Everybody Want to Rule the World and Head over Heels. A third album *The Seeds of Love* finally came out in 1989 although the founding duo split in 1991 with only Orzabal going on to record new material under the Tears For Fears name with two further albums *Elemental* (1993) and *Raoul and the Kings of Spain* (1995), with more limited success.

The duo reformed in 2000 and a new album togther, *Everybody Loves a Happy Ending,* was released in 2004. Their latest album *The Tipping Point* was released in 2022.

## Sessions

* none

*Tears For Fears recorded sessions for John Peel and David Jensen (both 1982) and for Richard Skinner (1984).*

### 1980s

* 26 December 1983 - Mad World
* *14 August 1984* - Mothers Talk (new entry on Top 40)
* 05 August 1984 - Mad World ("*one of my favourite singles of all time*")
* 27 May 1985 (with Steve Wright) - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

### 2010s

* 28 March 2012 - Mad World
* 14 January 2014 - Mad World
* 07 October 2014 - Mad World
* 26 January 2015 - Head Over Heels
* 24 March 2015 - Mad World
* 13 May 2019 - Head Over Heels

### 2020s

* 06 April 2020 - Mad World (*Adam Walton)*

## Other shows

### Top of the Pops

* 11 April 1985 - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
* 20 June 1985 - Head Over Heels (short video clip as chart breakers)
* 29 May 1986 (TOTP) - Everybody Wants To Run The World (video)

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
* Spotify
Tom Bailey

**Tom Bailey** (b.1956) is a British singer, songwriter, musician and producer, best known as frontman and vocalist of pop group Thompson Twins. He began performing as a solo artist in 2014 and released a solo album *Science Fiction* in 2018.

## Links to Janice

Janice would have known Bailey through the Thompson Twins during the 1980s. In 2018 he was a guest on her Radio Wales show to promote and showcase his solo album.

## Shows played

* 21 November 2018 - Feels Like Love To Me / Science Fiction

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Spotify
The Colourfield

**The Colourfield** (aka The Colour Field) were a British band formed in 1984, when former Specials and Fun Boy Three frontman Terry Hall together with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale. Their eponymous debut single failed to chart in the UK although a later single Thinking of You reached no.12 in February 1985, as did their debut album *Virgins and Philistines*, released shortly after.

Despite much critical acclaim, and a series of solid live performances, the group failed to achieve any further commercial success and eventually dissolved in 1987 after releasing a further album *Deception*.

## Links to Janice

Janice was obviously an advocate of the band, and gave them their first and only session for BBC Radio in January 1985, prior to the release of their debut album. She continued to follow Terry Hall throughout his career (see page).

Echo & the Bunnymen's Pete de Freitas played drums for the band on their debut album, and on their Janice Long session. (He was later replaced by ex-Teardrop Explodes drummer Toby Lyons).

## Session

First and only session. rec. 23-01-1985, tx 04 February 1985.

* Faint Hearts / Castles in the Air / Cruel Circus / Virgins and Philistines

## Other shows played

* 31 January 1985 (TOTP) - Thinking of You

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
The Superstation

**The Superstation** was a radio station set up in 1987 by Virgin owner Richard Branson as an overnight sustaining service for Independent Local Radio, broadcasting from 10.00pm until 6.00am on many of the UK's commercial radio stations.

## Links to Janice

* Janice Long was hired as a programme host in 1988 (*needs verification, but mentioned here*)
The Stranglers

### Live

* 11 April 1985 ‎ The Stranglers live (Janice was hosting a live TOTP the same night)

## Shows played

### Radio

* 28 May 1984 - Golden Brown

* 20 May 2009 - Hanging Around
* 11 March 2011 - Peaches
* 04 June 2012 (11 pm show) - Duchess
* 28 June 2012 ‎- Strange Little Girl
* 11 January 2013 - Strange Little Girl
* 07 May 2013 - Strange Little Girl
* 10 May 2016 - No More Heroes
* 10 April 2017 - Golden Brown ‎
* 10 July 2018 - Golden Brown / (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Duchess / Peaches / Always The Sun (Jean-Jacques Burnel phone conversation). BBC CLIP
* 04 May 2020 - Golden Brown
* 19 May 2021 ‎- Golden Brown

### Top of the Pops

* 30 December 1982 (TOTP) - Golden Brown
* 20 January 1983 (TOTP) - European Female (rpt.)

## External links

* Official site
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Official charts archive

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The Men They Couldn't Hang

**The Men They Couldn't Hang** are English punk-folk-country group formed in London in 1984. The original band released five studio albums, but split in 1991 after releasing the live album *Alive, Alive-O.* They reformed in 1996 with a different drummer, continuing to record and release new material. 2014 marked the band's 30th anniversary, and they released their ninth album, *The Defiant*.

Lead singer Stefan Cush died in 2021, after suffering a heart attack

## Sessions

   Two sessions

* tx. 18 September 1985 - no official release (*bootleg recording with interview - see right*)
	+ Greenback Dollar / The Green Fields of France / The Day After

* tx. 25 June 1986 - bonus cassette with Ghosts Of Cable Street single, 1987, and on *Radio 1 Sessions / The Evening Show,* Strange Fruit/Nighttracks SFNT 012, 1988
	+ Going Back To Coventry / Dancing On The Pier / Tiny Tin Soldiers / Ghosts Of Cable Street

See also: *A Tribute to Janice Long (Gideon Coe)*

## External links

* Official site
* Facebook page
* Wikipedia
* Discogs.com
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Trivia Quiz

**The Great Rock 'n' Roll Trivia Quiz** was a BBC Radio 1 quiz show broadcast on Sunday afternoons for various weeks between from October 1983 to April 1986. The first season was hosted by David Jensen, and later editions by Mark Page. Each show featured two teams, each made up of three celebrities from the world of rock and pop music.

## Links to Janice

Janice Long was guest on the show on the following dates:

* 20 November 1983: team-mates Lol Tolhurst from The Cure, Jeremy Kelly from the Lotus Eaters; opponents: Stella Barker from the Belle Stars, Sal Solo from Classix Nouveaux and Mark Page.
* 20 January 1985: team-mates Andy McCluskey of OMD and Johnny Marr of The Smiths; Feargal Sharkey, Lawrence Donnegan of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions and journalist Helen Fitzgerald.
* 16 March 1986: team-mates Steve Strange and No Limits presenter Jenny; opponents Skin from Hipsway, Adrian Thrills, Assistant Editor of the NME, and Carol Kenyon
Yazoo

**Yazoo** were a pop duo formed by electronic musician Vince Clarke (formerly of Depeche Mode) and singer Alison Moyet in early 1982. They had a number of hits in their short career, including Only You, Don't Go and Nobody's Diary, and released two studio albums. After splitting up, Moyet went on to pursue a solo career while Clarke eventually formed Erasure.

## Shows played

* 18 July 2016 ‎ - Situation
* 16 August 2017 - Don't Go / Situation /Nobody's Diary (A Long Walk With.. Alison Moyet)
* 05 March 2018 ‎- Situation
* 04 March 2021 ‎- Only You

## Covered

* Flying Pickets - Only You 15 December 1983 (TOTP)
The Farmer's Boys

**The Farmer's Boys** were a four-piece band from Norwich, UK who formed in 1980 and were active until 1985. Despite being a guitar based band, they had the peculiarity of not having a drummer, instead preferring to use a drum machine. The group moved from an independent label to EMI in 1983 although still failed to enjoy mainstream success.

## Sessions

* *none*
	+ The Farmer's Boys recorded one session for Kid Jensen (1982) and three for John Peel (1982, 1983, 1984)

## External links

* "Official unoffical website"
* John Peel Wiki page
* Wikipedia
* Discogs.com
The Bottom Line

**The Bottom Line** was the title of an ITV programme broadcast on Thursday evenings at 7.00 pm from November 1988. In the *TV Times* the show was listed as, "*a fast-moving and entertaining consumer show with a difference*." The presenters were Emma Freud, Danny Baker, Michael Wilson and Janice Long.

The *TV Times* further stated: "*you the viewer and our studio audience help track down the conmen and the swindlers and test those everyday products and services which may not be as good as they say*".

The programme, a Thames Television production, was first shown on Thursday 17 November 1988.

*Source: GraemeWood on Twitter*

## Links to Janice

Janice was one of the show's four regular presenters. At this time she was a young mother and the BBC had already 'dropped' her both from their regular radio schedule and as presenter of *Top of the Pops*.

Ironically *The Bottom Line* was broadcast on ITV at the same time as *Top of the Pops* on BBC1.

## Known shows

see TV Times listings / features below

1. 17 November 1988
2. 24 November
3. 01 December
4. 08 December
5. 15 December (?) - *no known listing*
6. 22 December p.46 - *last in series*

17 Nov.24 Nov.01 Dec.08 Dec.
The Teardrop Explodes

Smash Hits, 1981

**The Teardrop Explodes** (also known as Teardrop Explodes) were a British post-punk/neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The group was started by Julian Cope, singer and bass player, together with Gary "Rocky" Dwyer who became the group's drummer, later recruiting Paul Simpson on keyboards and Mick Finkler on guitar, all coming from various bands active on the fervent late-70s Liverpool music scene.

## Links to Janice

Janice was an early advocate of the band and would have seen them play several times in and around Liverpool before they had mainstream success.

Band members had or had previously had links with other Merseyside bands of the time, also favourites of Janice, including Echo & The Bunnymen, Wah! and Dead Or Alive.

## Sessions

none for Janice. See link below for John Peel sessions.

## Shows played

* 14 April 1984 ‎- Reward

* 12 December 2008 - Reward
* 26 April 2012 ‎- Use Me (*Tune of the Unexpected*)
* 09 October 2014 ‎- Passionate Friend
* 07 March 2019 ‎- Reward
* 01 April 2019 - Reward (Janice's 40th BBC anniversary show)
* 04 May 2020 - Reward

## Covered

Cover versions of songs by this artist played by Janice.

Artist | Track | First Known Play

* The Mighty Lemon Drops - When I Dream (05 February 1986)

## See also

* Cover versions ‎
* 04 January 1994 (Pop Quiz) ‎
* Liverpool - The New Wave
Virgin Dance

**Virgin Dance** were a new wave quintet formed in Liverpool in late 1982, comprising Edwin Hind (vocals & guitar), Kenny Dougan (guitar), Lorraine Gardner (keyboards), Graham McMaster (bass) and Cliff Hewitt (drums, previously in Modern Eon). Led by vocalist Edwin Hind, the band released one album, *Against the Tide* (1985) and scored one indie hit, "Are You Ready (For That Feeling)?". Hind would later front another band, Picnic at the Whitehouse.

## Links to Janice

As a Merseyside band, Virgin Dance were one of the first to record a session for the Janice Long show. Their first and only session was first broadcast on Janice's fourth ever Radio 1 show on Christmas Day 1982.

They later played the Drums Over the Mersey 1985 festival at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool in January 1985 which also featured Long favourites such as Echo and the Bunnymen, China Crisis and The Farm. [1]

## Session

One session, no official release.

* rec. 21-12-82, first tx 25 December 1982
	+ Are You Ready / Sometimes / Overload / Time Pain and Tears

Virgin Dance would go on to record sessions for John Peel (March 83, during R1 Liverpool week) and David Jensen (July 83).

## Other shows played

none known although Janice would undoubtedly have played the band's debut single, and indie hit:

* Are You Ready (For That Feeling)? (7"), Probe Plus (1983)

## External links

* Discogs.com

* Edwin Hind Facebook page
Kate Bush

**Kate Bush** (b. 30 July 1958) is a British singer, songwriter, musician and producer. She first shot to fame in 1978 with her debut single Wuthering Heights which went to no.1 in the UK and parent album *The Kick Inside* which went to no.3 staying on the UK album charts for 44 weeks.

She is acclaimed for her characteristic singing voice coupled with eclectic writing material and style. Further well known songs include Babooshka (1980), Running Up That Hill (1985) and her collaboration with Peter Gabriel Don't Give Up (1986). She released a total of seven studio albums up to 1993's *The Red Shoes*, but then took a lengthy hiatus returning to music in 2005 with *Aerial*, her first double album.

In 2014 Bush also returned to live performance with a sell-out 22-night residency at the Hammersmith Apollo. The performances are documented in the live album Before the Dawn, released as The KT Fellowship in 2016.

In 2022 she had a surprise no.1 hit with her single Running Up That Hill, originally released in 1985. The track had been used in a popular Netflix series and had gained the attention of a new audience via streaming services. It was only her second no.1 single after Wuthering Heights, released 44 years earlier.

## Links to Janice

Janice Long interviewed Kate Bush in 1989 and broadcast the interview over two shows on Greater London Radio on 12 and 13 October of that year. The interview had been conducted at Kate's own studio in Welling, in a very relaxed atmosphere. *(Interview transcript here and here).*

Janice was a fan of Bush and her work and as well as playing her music during the 1980s, she continued to do so in more recent years.

## Shows played

*all 7"/singles unless otherwise stated*

* 31 March 2009 - Hounds of Love (1985)
* 12 May 2009 - Cloudbusting (1985)
* 12 June 2012 - The Sensual World (1989)
* 19 April 2013 - Hounds of Love
* 09 May 2013 - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (1985)
* 31 May 2013 - Babooshka (1980)
* 26 September 2014 - This Woman's Work (1989)
* 26 January 2015 - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
* 25 August 2015 - Them Heavy People
* 17 March 2016 - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
* 28 March 2016 - Hounds of Love
* 24 May 2016 - Wuthering Heights (1978)
* 22 May 2017 - Wuthering Heights
* 29 January 2018 - Hounds of Love
* 05 March 2018 - Babooshka
* 16 November 2020 - Hounds of Love
* 08 March 2021 - Wuthering Heights

### Top of the Pops

* 31 October 1985 (TOTP) - Cloudbusting (breaker) (video)

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs.com
Smiley Culture

**Smiley Culture** (real name David Emmanuel, b.1963) was a British reggae singer/songwriter and DJ best known for his singles Cockney Translation and Police Officer, which reached no.12 in the UK in 1985.

He died 15 March 2011 in Warlingham, Surrey, England, during a police raid on his home.

## Links to Janice

Janice was an early advocate of his music and in a 1985 interview for the NME Smiley praised her for playing his music on daytime radio.[1]

He performed Police Officer on *Top of the Pops* on 03 January 1985, presented by John Peel. His Caribbean Celebration song also gave rise to a BBC Radio 1 programme of the same name co-hosted by Peel in September 1986. He was a guest on *Singled Out*, hosted by Janice, on 29 August 1986 and would no doubt have talked about the upcoming show.[2]

## Sessions

* 1 session (only BBC session) rec. 16-12-1984, tx 07 January 1985
	+ tracks unknown

## External links

* Wikipedia
* discogs.com
The Wonder Stuff

**The Wonder Stuff** - indie band hailing from Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK. The original line-up released four albums and nearly 20 singles and EPs, with notable chart and live success in the UK. After a farewell performance in 1994, the group, led by frontman Miles Hunt, reformed in 2000 and have continued to record and play live.

## Links to Janice

Although John Peel had been to play their music in the summer of 1987, Janice invited the band in for their first and only session for RAdio 1 in November, prior to releasing their debut album *The Eight Legged Groove Machine* in 1988.

The Wonder Stuff's was one of Janice's last sessions before parting ways with the station.

In July 2013 Miles Hunt was Janice's guest for a Spoken Word session and to mark the release of the group's new album '*Oh No It's The Wonderstuff*' and the 25th anniversary of the release of their debut album. (Audio available on BBC Sounds)

## Session

**First session** (no others for Radio 1). rec. 28-10-87, tx. 23 November 1987. Two tracks repeated by Gideon Coe on 27-06-2012.[1]

* Mother And I / Poison / Ooh She Said / Rue The Day

**Second session** - Radio 2, 03 March 2006.

* tracks unknown

**Third session** - Miles Hunt solo (acoustic?), Radio 2 02 October 2007

* tracks unknown

**Fourth session** - Miles Hunt solo acoustic, Radio Wales, 23 June 2020 (audio available)

* Circlesquare / in My Sights / Don't Anyone Dare Give A Damn

## Other shows played

* 10 July 2013 - Friendly Company / From The Midlands With Love, plus Spoken Word session (see above)
* 26 January 2015 - Welcome To The Cheap Seats (Musical Map of Britain: Stourbridge)
* 18 July 2016 - For The Broken Hearted (for *Janice Loves*...)
* 23 June 2020 - Who Wants To Be The Disco King
* 11 May 2021 - A Wish Away

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
Twenty Flight Rockers

**Twenty Flight Rockers -** band formed in London in 1980 by guitarist Gary Twinn and ex-Generation X drummer Mark Laff, joined by guitarist Ian McKean and Jeff Vine on bass. They were described as having a black biker leather clad look and a focus on pure roll 'n' roll blended with a punk rock attitude. Their name comes from the Eddie Cochran song "Twenty Flight Rock".

## Links to Janice

Janice may have spotted the band playing one of their many live gigs in the London area, and invited them for a session. They performed no other sessions for Radio 1.

## Session

One session - live from Maida Vale 09 October 1985

* Fall In Love With You / Dreams That Kill / Everybody Knows / Tower Block Rock / Punishment and Crime / Weekend Revolution

## External links

* Gary Twinn on Wikipedia
* Discogs
The Great British Music Debate

**The Great British Music Debate** was first broadcast on BBC Radio 2 at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 02 July 2003. (*BBC Programme Index*)

Stuart Maconie hosts an evening of programmes assessing the health of the ailing British music scene.

* 7.03 A&R, RIP or TTFN? Steve Lamacq looks at A&R (Audience and Research).
* 7.30 The Top Ten Guide to Getting a Number One With Kate Thornton.
* 7.51 The Single Is Dead; Long Live the Single. Simon Mayo assesses the future of the pop single.
* 8.11 The Great Rock 'n' Roll Rip-off. Tom Robinson on piracy.
* 8.30 One World, One Label. Paul Gambaccini traces the impact of record company mergers on consumers.
* 8.53 The Debate. Jeremy Vine discusses key issues with music industry experts before an audience of consumers, artists and "movers and shakers".
* 10.00 Janice Long. Six new acts being touted as "the next big thing", including Clarkesville, Emma Holland, Peppercorn, Bob Reynolds, Speedway and the Zutons.
* 10.30 Richard Allinson. A roundup of listeners' opinions, including predictions for the future of the single.
Simple Minds

**Simple Minds** are a British rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977.

## Links to Janice

Janice Long was a fan and early advocate of the band and played their records as their career grew during the 1980s. She also became friends certainly with frontman Jim Kerr. He was the subject of the first episode of Series 2 of A Long Walk With.. programme, first broadcast on 12 July 2018. Kerr was also on Janice's Radio Wales show on 29 January 2018 discussing the band's new album, and again with guitarist Charlie Burchill as guests on 28 November 2019 looking back over their career.

### 1980s

* 26 December 1983 - Waterfront (7", 1983)
* 10 March 1984 - Up On the Catwalk (7", 1984)

### 2000s

* 12 March 2009 - Sanctify Yourself
* 20 March 2009 - Don't You (Forget About Me)
* 25 March 2009 - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) (album track)
* 27 March 2009 - Rockets
* 10 April 2009 - Rockets
* 08 May 2009 - Don't You (Forget About Me)
* 12 May 2009 - Rockets

### 2010s

* 21 April 2010 - Sanctify Yourself
* 15 March 2011 - Promised You A Miracle
* 05 April 2011 - All The Things She Said
* 14 March 2012 - Promised You A Miracle - *Dave Pearce*
* 14 March 2013 - Broken Glass Park
* 20 March 2013 - Broken Glass Park
* 28 March 2013 - Broken Glass Park
* 04 April 2013 - Waterfront
* 09 February 2015 - Glittering Prize
* 11 March 2015 - Honest Town *Chris Hawkins*
* 31 March 2015 - Midnight Walking
* 09 April 2015 - Midnight Walking - *OJ Borg*
* 29 June 2015 - New Gold Dream (81 82 83 84)
* 14 January 2016 - Don't You (Forget About Me)
* 15 March 2016 - Glittering Prize

* 26 January 2017 - Don't You (Forget About Me)
* 29 January 2018 - Waterfront / The Signal and the Noise / Magic (album *Walk Between Worlds*, 2018) / Don't You (Forget About Me) (plus Jim Kerr interview)
* 20 March 2018 - Sense of Discovery
* 28 November 2019 - Don't You (Forget About Me), Life in a Day, Big Music, For One Night Only, Alive And Kicking.

### 2020s

* 31 March 2020 - Someone Somewhere In Summertime *Adam Walton*
* 16 November 2020 - Waterfront
* 24 February 2021 - Alive & Kicking
* 07 April 2021 - Ghostdancing
* 19 May 2021 - Promised You A Miracle
* 08 November 2021 - All The Things She Said

### Top of the Pops

* 30 January 1986 (TOTP) - Sanctify Yourself (breaker)
* 20 November 1986 (TOTP) - Ghostdancing (video)

## Other shows

* A Long Walk With... Jim Kerr:
	+ Tracks played: All The Things She Said, Magic, Barrowland Star, New Gold Dream (Live at Glasgow Barrowlands), Don't You (Forget About Me), Promised You A Miracle, Waterfront
Ayther Monalled

## The Basics

### Age

Appears to be 17. He is actually 680 years old but he ages like a dog backwards (years go by slower so mindset of a 17 year old still)

## Biographical Information

### Place of Birth

In an unknown void; he popped into humanity screaming and crying butt naked.

## Relationships

### Relatives

they abandoned him. #daddyissues #mommyissues #siblingissues #relativeissues

## Other Information

### Magic Style

cards (so like the cards have spells and he just tosses them and boom attack) and brute force (he punches really well 😊)

### Voice Claim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3fJGNqAowQ&list=PLXJzC\_IYzCLNh0qEZ9-z5slfzd5I4IXRI&index=2
Tributes

**Tributes** to Janice Long after her death on Christmas Day 2021.

*Links either to Wiki pages or external sites, as appropriate*

* A Tribute to Janice Long (Gideon Coe): a selection of session tracks (Felt, Cardiacs, The Loft, Camper Van Beethoven, Ghost Dance, Primal Scream, Bill and The Smiths live).

### BBC Radio Wales

* A Tribute to Janice Long, Mon. 27 December 2021: presented by Adam Walton, featuring colleagues and friends.
* A Life in Music (per Radio 2 above)

### Greatest Hits Radio

* Remembering Janice, 01 January 2022
* Janice Long Remembered - 25 December 2022

### Other radio stations

* CKCU FM 93.1 (Canada), BBC Janice Long Sessions 1984-2003, 28 Dec. 2021 **with Guest Host Steve Kirkland**
* Trash Flow Radio (USA), New Year's Day Special 2022 [1]

TV
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* BBC News, 27-12-2021 (amateur video)
* BBC North-West - Bob Harris

## Press

* BBC Media statement, 26 December 2021 (and Press Office tweet)
* BBC News, 26 December 2021 (includes TOTP clips, Bob Harris message)
* theguardian.com obituary
* David Owens for nation.cymru - "Boundless enthusiasm, enduring passion, endless joy – a tribute to Janice Long" (includes extensive interview from 2017)
* Dylan Jones in thesun.co.uk
* Female First website

## Artists

* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club [2]
* Tim Burgess [3]
* Ian Broudie [4]
* Peter Hook [5]
* Paul McCartney [6]
* Morrissey [7], *"..Thank you, Janice. Your soul is liberated from this increasingly ridiculous world.”*
* Pop Will Eat Itself - instagram
* The Human League [8]

## Others

* Chris Hession - radio promotion agent
* Moseley Folk Festival
* ARIAS (2022)
The 45 at 50

**The 45 at 50** was a special one-hour BBC Radio 2 documentary broadcast at 7.00 pm on Saturday 04 December 1999 at 7.00 pm, presented by Janice Long.

The documentary, "*celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 45rpm vinyl disc, introduced in 1949 by RCA records. With contributions from Jonathan Rice, co-founder of the Guinness Book of Hit Singles, Marty Wilde, the Comets, Joe Brown, Bob Harris, Stuart Maconie and Katrina Leskanich*." (*BBC Index*)
31 May 2012

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Thurs., 31 May 2012. 00.00 midnight (Wed. night)

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* *Great music and top chat after midnight on Radio 2, including indie classics plus more unusual tracks in Tunes of the Unexpected.*
* On BBC One tonight *DIY SOS, The Apprentice* and conspiracy thriller Déjà Vu, and on BBC Four *Evidently..John Cooper Clarke*, a documentary about 'punk poet', comedian and recording artist John Cooper Clarke, revealing how he has remained a significant influence on contemporary culture over four decades, followed by an archive edition of *The Old Grey Whistle Test* from November 1978 with studio performances from Siouxsie & the Banshees and John Cooper Clarke.
* On 6 Music Marc Riley had The Savages in session [1]while Gideon Coe featured Tom Vek in concert and sessions from Brilliant Corners, Scars, Kevin Ayers, Black Box Recorder. The Brilliant Corners session, recorded for Janice Long, was first broadcast on 06 February 1985.[2]

## Tracklisting

* Suede - Trash
* Paul Weller - When Your Garden's Overgrown
* Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
* Nirvana - Love Buzz
* Karima Francis - Wherever I Go
* Hard‐Fi - Hard To Beat

TUNE OF THE UNEXPECTED

* Amy LaVere - Damn Love Song

* Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool
* The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio
* The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)
* Stephen Langstaff - Smile
* Laura Nyro - Stoney End
* R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
* Scissor Sisters - Only The Horses
* Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
* Wild Beasts - All The King's Men
* Gotye - Eyes Wide Open
* Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
* Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar

TUNE OF THE UNEXPECTED

* Roky Erickson - Bermuda

* Dr. Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol
* The Maccabees - Went Away
Some of These Days

**Some of These Days** was the name of a long-running quiz programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2 between February 1985 and August 1991. The show was listed as "A quiz game about this day in history: the people, places and events that made it memorable". Two teams of two celebrities were quizzed by the host about the particular day in history in which each show was broadcast. Chairman for the first three series was David Hamilton, succeeded by Cliff Michelmore from December 1986.

## Links to Janice

Janice Long is listed in BBC Index/Radio Times as having participated three times in Some of These Days as a contestant.

all hosted by Cliff Michelmore.

1. 26 July 1989 (S07, E01) - JL and Ernie Wise v. Raymond Baxter and June Whitfield.
	* available on line here. In the show intro contestants are asked if they have a special memory of teh date, 26 July. Janice recalls it was he first boyfriend's birthday and that on that day they had their first kiss, "..*in Bootle..near the gasworks*".
2. 02 July 1991 - JL and Neil Mullarkey v. Clement Freud and June Whitfield.[1]
3. 30 July 1991 - same contestants as above, presumably in same pairings (not specified in listing). "*July 30th is the day the first Penguin book went on sale, as did the first issue of the Beano. It's also the day that England celebrated its finest footballing victory - the World Cup*."

## External links

* Random RadioJottings on YouTube - more episodes of *Some of These Days*
The Pierces

## The Pierces

### Genre

Psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, indie, alt.pop

## Other shows played

* 04 March 2011 - You'll Be Mine
* 02 May 2011 - Glorious
* 04 May 2011 ‎- Glorious
* 04 May 2012 - Glorious ‎
* 06 May 2011 ‎- Glorious ‎
* 18 May 2011 ‎- Glorious ‎
* 11 May 2011 - Glorious ‎
* 24 May 2011 ‎- Glorious ‎
* 02 May 2013 ‎- Glorious
* 16 June 2014 ‎- Kings
* 09 February 2015 ‎- You'll Be Mine

## External links

* Offical site (Archived)
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* MusicBrainz
* Spotify
12 December 2012

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Wed., 12 December 2012. 00.00 midnight (Tues. night)

**Source**: BBC; Soundcloud - PaulHardcastle

## Programme notes

* *Janice long presents great music and top chat after midnight on Radio 2. Tonight's show includes a spoken word session from musician Paul Hardcastle, indie classics, plus more unusual tracks in Tunes of the Unexpected.*
* Janice and Paul discuss *Top of the Pops* among other things. Hardcastle mentions that she was hosting many of the times he was featured. They also both speak highly of producer Michael Hurll.
* Joseph Whelan was a former X Factor contestant, now managed by Paul Hardcastle.

## Sessions

* Paul Hardcastle - Spoken Word - reads lyrics to David Bowie's 'Life On Mars?'

## Tracklisting

* XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
* Andy Burrows - Hometown

**Janice announces "..*twelve minutes and twelve seconds after twelve on the twelfth of December two thousand and twelve..*"**

* The Justice Collective - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
* Joseph Whelan - Wish
* Ashford & Simpson - It Seems To Hang On
* David Bowie - Life On Mars?
* Josh Osho - Imperfections
* Bad Manners - Special Brew
* Amy Macdonald - Mr. Rock & Roll
* Florence + the Machine - Lover To Lover
* The Killers - Here With Me
* Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Christmas All Over Again
* Villagers - Nothing Arrived
* Lucy May - Paper Heart
* Carole King - So Far Away
* Johnny Marr - The Messenger
* Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back
* Ren Harvieu - Open Up Your Arms
Nuptial

Nuptial is the main cultural and spiritual union within the witch world and is seen as the witch equivalent of marriage.

Nuptial is a bond of the same importance as life and death as you share your full name with your spouse, making the curses they could put on you much more dangerous, and your souls are now combined with each other, making your magic stronger for the time that you're connected but takes a huge toll on your overall health and magic once your spouse is gone.
Osran

Osran (The Warlock) was the fifth headmaster of Cllenburs, succeeding Arlo and preceding Alma. By the fifth year of his reign, he led an army of armed humans to Cllenburs and a fight broke out that resulted in him being banished and forever recognized as an example of the evil of humans and human-borns

Osran was born to human parents in the now abandoned village of Senki Földje.
Select-a-Disc

**Select-a-Disc** was a BBC Radio 1 request show which was broadcast from the early to mid-1980s. Originally a feature of Paul Burnett's lunchtime show (usually included on a Tuesday), it later became a programme in its own right, hosted originally by Peter Powell on Friday afternoons.

To request a record, listeners were invited to, "Just send a postcard with your name, address and telephone number to: Peter Powell , Select-a-Disc, BBC Radio 1, London WIA 4WW. If you're one of the lucky ones chosen, Peter will ring you live on the air and you can select your favourite Top 40 hit and have a dedication."

## Links to Janice

Janice Long hosted the show initially while standing-in for Peter Powell (six weeks in 1983) and successively as host proper, from January to September 1984 and again from April to September 1985, always on Friday afternoons from 4.30 - 5.30 pm before *Newsbeat*. The show was listed in Radio Times as "*Select-a-Disc with Janice Long*", with the caption: "Just send a postcard with your name, address and telephone number to: Janice Long, Select-a-Disc, BBC Radio 1, London. If you're one of the lucky ones chosen, Janice will ring you live on the air and you can select your favourite Top 40 hit and have a dedication."

The show was taken off the air after Janice's last show on 27 September 1985.

**Source**: BBC Programme Index search
Lucinda Cllenbur

The first “headmistress” of Cllenburs , although not officially seen by any administrative authority as the “school hadn’t even become a school at the time she was seen as the leader and authoritative master over the small bunker during her time .

## Other Information

### Status

Dead as hell

Not much information is known about the originator of Cllenburs as she died quite some time ago, although a certain **ghost** may know more than they let on.
Maeben Locke

## The Basics

### Aliases

Mrs. Locke
Mae

Ben

### Affiliation

Wizmart, Staff.The Avian Fjord

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Home
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### Occupation

Temporary Vendor
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Wizmart
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## Realationships

### Other

Jerry Lewis
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Little Bitch
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Remiel Locke

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Best Friend - Deceased
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Vincent Griffith

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Old Friend
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Astrea Elpheas

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Acquaintance
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## Appearences

### Debut

Wizmart
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June 12th, 2022
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## Other Information

### Voice claim

Jameela Jamil

heart eyes, smiles, takes your hand, skips down a path lined with flowers
Vincent Griffith

Vince

Vinny

Furball

Vin

Love

Astrea Elpheas [Sister]

Professor N. Griffith [Adoptive Mother, Mentor]

Lucille Barthreist [Adoptive Daughter]

Catarina: [Unknown]

Derrick

Sylvia

Merlin

Bianca

Harold

Joseph Lancaster [Star Pupil]

Amelie Leslie [Star Pupil]

Ella Vanidestine [Valued Student]

### Voice Claim

Idfk scar from lion king?? Your mom??? He has a thick Greek accent, help me find vcs
16 July

previous day - next day

From July only shows with known tracklistings, session plays or other known information are listed. External links to BBC Radio page with tracklistings are given, where appropriate.

Shows with 'sit in' presenters are not listed.

## Shows

* 16 July 1983 (R1) - Amazulu, Espionage (session)
* 16 July 1984 (R1) - Radio 1 Roadshow from The Gaiety Theatre, Rhyl.
* 16 July 1987 (R1) - From Russia With Long

* 16 July 2004 (R2) - Kathryn Williams (session)
* 16 July 2009 (R2) [1]
* 16 July 2010 (R2) - Kirsty Almeida (live session) [2]
* 16 July 2012 (R2) [3]
* 16 July 2014 (R2) - Anna Calvi (Spoken Word session) [4]
* 16 July 2015 (R2) [5]

* 16 July 2018 (RW) [6]
* 16 July 2019 (RW) - Ali Horn (session) [7]
* 16 July 2020 (RW) - Super Marine (session)

## Other shows

* **2017** (6m) Liverpool - The New Wave (pts 3&4, rpt.)[8]
Srisk

Srisk is the first and biggest domain in the Cllenburs universe, known to be where the most powerful wizards live when they're not in the castle, including H.T. and Cllenburs Council.

## Overview

> "Around you are tall buildings made out of light grey stone, decorated with millions of intricate details in gold. No matter where you look, glowing orbs lighting up the plaza you’ve been summoned to can be found. They compensate for the complete darkness that is the sky and border of this massive domain. It is full of witches with beautiful cloaks and determined faces, all on their way to perform some sort of important task or duty. Despite the massive population, the place remains clean and quiet. Welcome to Srisk" - Srisk chat welcoming message
>
>

## Appearance

> “Interesting trivia! Since Srisk was the first domain to exist, you can tell Alma had her fair share of struggles with it! For example, it is actually taller than it is wide! This makes it so that the lights on the ground cannot reflect onto the ceiling - which is why the ‘sky’ remains colourless. The sky can consist of all sorts of colours in other domains!” - Spiridoula Vassilou, 2022-02-04
>
>
Janitor 266

`Janitor 266 is a domesticated creature of Cllenburs who handles the cleaning of the castle along with the thousand members of its flock, residing in the walls and the caves.

**Background**

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar? The ten-dollar founding father without a father got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter and every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up. Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of. The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter. Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned. Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain. Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain and he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain. Well, the word got around, they said, this kid is insane, man. Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland. "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came and the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"

Janitor 266
Jaffery Ludwig

## The Basics

### Aliases

Jaff
GremlinJaffie

### Affiliation

Cllenbur's Academy
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Fennec
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Myctophidae

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Home Domain
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## Relationships

### Relatives

Donnie Ludwig
```
Father
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Glory Paveveir

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Mother
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Hilde Ludwig

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Older Sister
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Egan Ludwig

```
Older Brother
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Samael Albion Ludwig

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Uncle
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### Other

Hole
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Cat
```

## Appearances

### Debut

The Cave Mine
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April 2nd, 2021.
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## Other Information

### Voice Claim

Max - Sam & Max: Freelance Police.

your mom
Astrea Elpheas

## Roleplay information

Unofficial Adoptive Mother - Nadia Griffith

Brother - Vincent Griffith

Child - Hibiscus Elpheas

Former Friend - Joshua Dahl

Acquaintance - Maeben Locke

An eccentric inventor only appearing on scarce times throughout the ongoing role play, seemingly being connected to one or more characters current in rp such as, Hibiscus, Amanita, and such as.

She currently has only appeared twice throughout the roleplay as it stands at the moment and no confirmation of when she may return again is apparent

## Appearance

Astrea’s physical appearance consists of an almost chestnut brown hair color, fading into a lighter brown at the end of her hair, there are also white like streaks on the upper fringes of her hair and her eyes a bright green. While not confirmed in official rp it is shown through visuals and confirmed by creator that Astrea is meant to appear to have vitiligo. In her only shown outfit Astrea wears light lilac colored garments, sporting a slightly large witch hat with a veil and a rose connected on top of her hat. Her dress consists of a simple dress with what seems to be an overcoat on top of said dress, wearing two necklaces with the whole outfit as well.

im really gay ok leave me be