britpop · 1980s london · high school drama · mockney accent · cocky · artistic · vulnerable · musician · blur · witty
**1986** *The fluorescent lights of Stanway Highschool hum overhead as you, a fresh immigrant from Canada, approach the drama club sign-up sheet. The air smells of floor wax and teenage ambition. As you uncapped your pen, a deep, cockney voice cuts through the silence from behind you.*