MUSIC

TO BORROW FROM THE O'JAYS, I LOVE MUSIC.  IT'S HOW I BECAME A JOURNALIST IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I HAD PLANNED TO BE A RADIO BROADCASTER

AND SPENT ANY SPARE TIME DURING MY THREE YEARS AT WARWICK UNIVERSITY

EITHER HOSTING AND PRODUCING RADIO SHOWS OR DEEJAYING AT DISCOS BOTH ON CAMPUS AND IN GAY DISCOS IN TOWN.

AFTER A TRAUMATIC FIRST JOB AS A PIRATE DJ ON RADIO CAROLINE I DISCOVERED I WAS HAPPIER ON DRY LAND

AND I SOON FOUND MYSELF AS A MUSIC JOURNALIST.

 FOR MOST OF THE EIGHTIES, I WROTE ABOUT THE MUSIC OF THE TIME FOR POP WEEKLIES RM AND NUMBER ONE.

 SADLY, FEW OF THOSE ARTICLES REMAIN IN MY POSSESSION, BUT THANKS TO GILL SMITH, A FORMER RM COLLEAGUE

I RECENTLY REACQUIRED MY 1987 COVER STORY ON AIDS AND THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

BELOW YOU CAN FIND JUST AN ICEBERG-TIP OF MY PROLIFIC TIME AS A MUSIC JOURNALIST.