Introduction
Well hello there! You may be wondering what it is you've just stumbled across, so allow me to explain. My name is Jodie, I'm 38, male and I live in the UK. From a young age I've always enjoyed listening to music, but it was during the mid-1990s when I really became something of an obsessive. Through reading the likes of the NME , Melody Maker , Select and Vox , and through listening to the Radio 1 shows of Mark & Lard, John Peel and Steve Lamacq, and the Radio Wales shows of Adam Walton, I very much nailed my colours to the Britpop/indie/alternative mast. Over time (particularly as I started to listen to Peel more regularly) my tastes did broaden, and nowadays I tend to listen to more library music, jazz and BBC Radiophonic Workshop related soundtracks than anything else, but back then it was all about those guitars. Anyway, despite developing a love of music, as I was still at school, my income was obviously limited. I'd hear tracks from favoured artists on the ra...