Memoirs of a vinyl junkie part 5 (final) – The end of an affair

Wednesday evening, January 18th, 2012 around 22:00, outside Heathrow airport It had been almost 2 years since the last time; however the smell, the blowing wind and the sense of euphoria every time he landed on that soil hadn’t changed a bit. He and his mates grabbed a cab to the hotel close to his

Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 4

 A Frenchman, a card, a broken arm and the epiphany Saturday afternoon, December 3rd 1994, somewhere in western Athens He entered the cafeteria, where all his schoolmates used to gather on a Saturday afternoon for  coffee and small talk.  His mates waved at him. They were sitting on a table beside the big boys. Good

Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 3

Wednesday morning, October 2003, somewhere in west-central London The BT technician had just left the flat. Finally, the internet connection had been restored and upgraded to 2Mb. After almost 48h without a connection, the return to civilization was a great relief. His flat-mate had fallen into an internet coma for the last 2 weeks and

Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 2

Tuesday morning, October 1993 09:50 He is staring anxiously at the classroom clock counting the nanoseconds. It’s almost 10 and in about an hour or so the boxes with the new releases at the record store downtown are bound to open. There is no way he can make it before 2, unless he skips the

Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 1

December, 2010 Sunday evening and is about time for the ritual. Holding a cup of coffee and a few hours to spare, it is undoubtedly his favourite part of the week. Time to check the new releases! First task is to open the notepad where the wish-list is written down and check if everything from