"...I rang up Steve ... [who] told me he'd just landed a job running the dance department of a new record megastore in Oxford Street, London. He also mentioned he was looking for a couple of knowledge assistants and would I be interested in the job. I was pretty bloody interested I can tell you! I went up to London for an interview a week or two later, but as it turned out Steve decided not to take the job (as he'd been offered a big rise to stay where he was) and recommended me as the department manager, which with a bit of elaborating on my CV I unbelievably managed to get. The record shop was called Smithers & Leigh and was situated at the Marble Arch end of Oxford Street, and only lasted just over a year." - from This is my House: Joey Negro
