From the sheer horror of hearing Terry Wogan's The Floral Dance at the age of five, to the almost life changing experience of hearing Perfect Skin by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, John has always been fascinated by music.

He dreams of working in the music or film industry, but by day he takes the corporate dollar and works for Ufi Ltd in Sheffield (they do that 'learndirect' thing dontcha know?), thus enabling him to afford his frankly harrowing addiction to CDs and DVDs.

John lives in a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park in New York. When he wakes up however, John lives in a flat in Sheffield, with just three shop mannequins and a tear stained carpet for company.

Currently blasting into John's ears are::

Black Kids - Partie Traumatic (Maybe overhyped, but still worth the wait)

Esser - Headlock (Quiff-tastic quirky pop, think Graham Coxon with a laptop)

Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times (The Followill clan's third and best album - still sounds superb 18 months on)

Interpol - Our Love To Admire (Nobody does dark and gloomy better than Paul Banks and company)

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Man gets dumped, goes to log cabin, records album)

Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married... (The most talented family in the world?)

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (Cementing Guy Garvey's place as this country's finest lyricist)

Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning (Much more than Crowded House Jnr - but see him live to really appreciate him)

The Subways - All Or Nothing (Relationship break-ups and illness cathartically explored)

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement (Three in a row from Alex Turner - with a Rascal in tow this time)