This version allows me to present the tweets in proper January-December chronological order, reinstate some of the missing punctuation which Twitter had forced me into and add whole host of bonus material too. That's why I've decided to give Moshpit Memories a more permanent home here. The Twitter feed containing this material never picked up a lot of followers, but I enjoyed doing it and I think other old farts of about my age may find some nostalgic pleasure in it too. When I couldn't get to the gigs themselves, John Peel's nightly radio show and the ever-acerbic NME kept me up to speed. Along the way, I saw many of that era's best bands playing live in sweaty little clubs, bought a great many of their invigorating records and drank a ocean of beer. I started the diaries as a callow 16-year-old and ended them as a mature sophisticate of 23. These cover the period from 1975 to 1981, an era which included the heyday of UK pub rock, punk and ska. Throughout 2014, I maintained a daily Twitter feed giving extracts from my old diaries as a music fan.
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