Music
Chapters
-
Where gentle hills roll
words and melody comfort
he is not alone-
Summer days fade out
colour and sound flood the night
barriers dissolve-
In a piece of time
Bristolian bands play as
lifelong friends converge-
Britpop echoes wane
but London is ours until
the sliding doors close-
Capital dreams bloom
new bands soundtrack adventures
with Nordic friends-
Their collections merge
as the girl from Manchester
arrives in his life-
Market fortunes fall
as we settle in our home
high upon the hill-
Small paws gently pad
his name might be Ziggy but
he doesn't play guitar-
The needle drops as
a new phase begins in the
the city of bees-
Revolutions slow
when apple scruffs reach halfway
and start looking back
Favourites
CD
Vinyl
Events
Teenage Fanclub
- Date
- Location
- Manchester Academy
- Type
- Concert
Teenage Fanclub
- Date
- Location
- Manchester Academy
- Type
- Concert
Teenage Fanclub
- Date
- Location
- Manchester Academy
- Type
- Concert
The Breeders
- Date
- Location
- Ritz Manchester
- Type
- Concert
Track Record
| Artist | Total |
|---|---|
| Various | 18 |
| Blur | 11 |
| Beastie Boys | 7 |
| Genre | Total |
|---|---|
| Rock | 391 |
| Electronic | 129 |
| Pop | 48 |
| Year | Total |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 33 |
| 1993 | 27 |
| 1997 | 27 |
About this collection
This archive doesn't include any music I have owned on Cassette or MiniDisc (sadly now lost) or listened to on streaming services. I collected CDs from 1991 to 2015, often buying music having only heard a few tracks on the radio in the pre-streaming days. In 2017, I bought a turntable with the (lofty) aim of building a canonical music collection that only included releases I really cared about. Events I've attended are based on memory and verified using online sources like setlist.fm.