After completing a degree in history at the Polytechnic of North London, Neil takes a job at Marvel Comics, anglicizing spellings and indicating where over-risque woman needed to be redrawn decently. While there he interviews comic fan Marc Bolan, who politely points out that his tape recorder wasn’t working. In 1977 he works at Macdonald Educational Publishing, later moving to ITV Books. In June 1982, he joins Smash Hits.
Neil and Chris have dinner with Kylie Minogue, during which they discuss recording ‘In Denial’ with her as a duet.
The Boys finish the music for ‘I Get Along’ and begin writing ‘My Night’ for their musical.
Neil attends a Morrissey concert at the Roundhouse in London.
They take a break from work in L.A. on their next studio album (eventually titled Elysium) to drive down South La Cienega Boulevard to visit the local art galleries. At one of them they see, for the second time, a show by artist Brian Bress, whose work has sufficiently impressed them that they will later ask him to create the video for ‘Invisible.’