Okay then. A journal entry you asked for - well, about three of you - and so a journal entry you will get. So there. Join me, then, as we go back and time and travel the twisty-turny path that Pete took on his way to the NME.

1995. Pete, aged 20, forms the short-lived Bubblegum Pop fanzine with his friend Matt Bristow, who is now an A&R man at Cherry Red Records. It lasts three issues, but at least we interview The Verve before they get famous.

1996. Pete gets his first 'professional' journalism job as hip-hop writer for the short-lived acid jazz magazine Jazid. He gets paid in records. First interview as a professional - Afrika Bambaataa.. In the magazine's last edition, Peter is vilified for writing an article in defense of Abba. In the latter half of the year, Peter's first break, gaining work as a scriptwriter on the UK version of You Don't Know Jack. American readers will know what this is. British readers will have no idea.

Early 1997. Peter gets his first paid music journalism gig writing for very short-lived British MTV spin-off magazine Blah Blah Blah. He is commissioned to interview Henry Rollins. The magazine goes under that very afternoon. Undeterred, Peter works as a researcher on a radio documentary about funk and gets to interview Kool And The Gang, only Kool is not present, leaving just The Gang.

Late 1997. Peter starts working for urban music publication Touch, the first of his freelance gigs that doesn't go out of business within a few months of him joining. In the meantime, he enters TV quiz show Countdown - British readers will know what this is, American readers will have no idea - and wins the whole series. Immediately he gets a full-time job, as deputy editor of the American adult magazine Club. American readers will be familiar with this title (possibly), English readers may know its British alternative Club International.

1998 / 99. All of a sudden, Pete is a porn editor and magazines everywhere...

Okay then. A journal entry you asked for - well, about three of you - and so a journal entry you will get. So there. Join me, then, as we go back and time and travel the twisty-turny path that Pete took on his way to the NME.

1995. Pete, aged 20, forms the short-lived Bubblegum Pop fanzine with his friend Matt Bristow, who is now an A&R man at Cherry Red Records. It lasts three issues, but at least we interview The Verve before they get famous.

1996. Pete gets his first 'professional' journalism job as hip-hop writer for the short-lived acid jazz magazine Jazid. He gets paid in records. First interview as a professional - Afrika Bambaataa.. In the magazine's last edition, Peter is vilified for writing an article in defense of Abba. In the latter half of the year, Peter's first break, gaining work as a scriptwriter on the UK version of You Don't Know Jack. American readers will know what this is. British readers will have no idea.

Early 1997. Peter gets his first paid music journalism gig writing for very short-lived British MTV spin-off magazine Blah Blah Blah. He is commissioned to interview Henry Rollins. The magazine goes under that very afternoon. Undeterred, Peter works as a researcher on a radio documentary about funk and gets to interview Kool And The Gang, only Kool is not present, leaving just The Gang.

Late 1997. Peter starts working for urban music publication Touch, the first of his freelance gigs that doesn't go out of business within a few months of him joining. In the meantime, he enters TV quiz show Countdown - British readers will know what this is, American readers will have no idea - and wins the whole series. Immediately he gets a full-time job, as deputy editor of the American adult magazine Club. American readers will be familiar with this title (possibly), English readers may know its British alternative Club International.

1998 / 99. All of a sudden, Pete is a porn editor and magazines everywhere want to employ him in exchange for free naughty magazines and sex toys. Over the next two years, Peter becomes a frequent contributor to Arena, iD, The Face, Ministry, Muzik and lots of magazines too small to bother with.

2000. Peter turns 26 while on business in Woodland Hills, California. Every guest at his birthday party is an adult film star. During this time he enters into a short-lived engagement to a singer from Los Feliz called Kirsten. It doesn't work out due to musical differences.

2001. Peter starts to branch out into the popular press - Smash Hits, Just Seventeen - daily newspapers - The Independent, The Scotsman - and small fanzines like The New Musical Express. "I won't get out of bed for less than thirteen pence a word" becomes his catchphrase.

2002. Peter interviews Daphne and Celeste.

2003. Peter is poached by top British magazine Loaded and his involvement in the NME is increased, slightly. Noting his pedigree in both music journalism and erotica, the NME commission him to write an article about the suicidegirls.com phenomenon. Due to overwhelming public demand, he fills in his journal. Once.