The first music I fell in love with was rock and roll. 

Elsie Bower, my mum's friend gave me my first "mixtape" when I was about 6. 

An AGFA C90.  

No inlay card.  

So, no tracklisting.

The only writing on…

Otherwise known as: 

**Romanticising vs Bullshit** 

None of my blog posts are damn right lies.  

What's a lie anyway?

But, yes.  

I have romanticised some facts here and there.  

Blurred real life with fiction.  

Enhanced. 

Re-positioned.  

Retold.  

Just like my…

Ever since we were young children, our parents used to tell us not to be scared of ghosts and monsters as they didn’t exist. They told us they were inventions created by adults to frighten little children into behaving better…

It was 26 January 2007. 

We were at a garage in Overton, Cheshire, England; he was having his tyres changed.  

The garage’s radio was blasting a haunting melody.  

But we were still lost. 

Lost in a post-drunk session haze.  

It…

It was a dull rainy morning in Runcorn. 

I parked up my white mark II Ford Escort.

It still had the stale smell of 10 years+ of tobacco fumes woven into every fabric in it: Thanks, Mum! 

I took a…

First time was when my mate, Pete gave me his VHS copy of Dire Straits Alchemy Live.  

I watched Mark Knopfler in awe.

His fingers gliding over the fretboard like Torville and Dean on ice.

I figured I could never…