I wanted to say thank you to the lovely customers for their ongoing support as our lease comes to an end. Yeah, it’ll be great to get out of what has become the biggest white elephant in town! My birthday is the 31st October (Always been a bit different or strange!). Im honoured to share this day with Johnny Marr of The Smiths, I’m a Northerner and my favourite place for music is Manchester. In 1972, I was 16 spotty and shy. After a catholic school education and being beaten with slippers and canes, I decided I didn’t want anything to do with religion. So instead of going to grammar school, I went to the local comprehensive school. Even though being an ‘A’ class student and having a love for music and art, I had an art exhibition and learned very little was learned from class. 1972 was a big year for me - my first gig was Roxy Music with Brian Eno, who along with Bowie, I was really into at the time. I read a lot of music papers, especially Melody Maker (only one left now is NME). It opened up a new world - especially The Velvet Underground’s ‘banana album’ (probably the first indie album ever made, and one of the most influential). It opened up a whole new world on pop culture. I found out about writers such as Sylvia Plath, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, the beat poets - just a few small examples. It helped me form my identity and on various issues such as racism and politics. Lets jump to 1977 - the year of Punk. Johnny Rotten was 18 - witty, funny, intelligent and for a kid of that age had balls. He might have only made one album but its worth buying for the 3 singles alone. As Thatcher was killing off most of the working classes, litter was piling up in the streets. Most workers were on a 3 day week. I found somebody that was willing to tell the truth about royalty and the state of the nation, while the media painted him as some hooligan moron. After punk, a whole new world of music opened up. Indie bands were starting everywhere - if Johnny can do it, so can I. This period of music from 78-84 was one of my favourite periods in musical history. I love The Jam, and after that The Smiths became my favourite band. Morrissey’s lyrics spoke directly to me. He covered subjects like depression, anxiety and vegetarianism in a funny and intellectual way. Again, the media tried to make him out as some monster. He was a magnet for misfits and people who didnt feel as if they belonged to mainstream society. We need people like this to tell the truth because if you listen to the TV and the general media, half of it is controlled by capitalism at its worst. Me and Sarah’s mum married the 18th May, 1980 and we were Joy Division fans so we were gutted to find out he died on our wedding day. Sarah’s mum was one of the most rock and roll people I’ve ever met. We had many years travelling, missing planes, a lot of boozing and we loved the sun and eventually emigrated to Australia in 1986. I did not push my music onto Sarah, but at the age of 14 she knew every word to the Velvet Underground’s ‘The Gift’ and would ask me to copy CD’s and I would give her some classics by bands like The Pixies and The Cure. We always attended record fairs as we both collect. One day I decided to sell a few vinyls and the rest is history. It’s very sad that the kids of today have to put up with the Dull Factor. Remember kids, this is not a music show - this is a very big business. In the words of one of my heroes - “We may be hidden by rags, but we have something they’ll never have”. Have a great Christmas and New Year. Love David. PS. When all this is over it’s time the story was told.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 10:56:26 +0000
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