Morning purchases in hand
Melody Maker – 1972
Train ride home,
NME – 1974
Usually subdued …
Album sleeves examined,
Scan imported music papers
Back home
Volume cranked,
New vinyls on turntable,
Listen
Or …
Play along!
Strumming, picking, beating, blowing imaginary instruments,
Air guitar’s antecedent
“Posing!”
Musicians displace footy heroes
As imitative models.
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