The world keeps on turning

In the introduction to 31 Songs, a gathering of essays about songs he loves, Nick Hornby writes about the nature of music writing. In 2001, Hornby staged a benefit show at the Hammersmith Palais in London; among the bands performing was Teenage Fanclub, who as it happened were rehearsing their tune “Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From” at the precise moment Hornby arrived at the venue. At the time, Hornby felt, quite naturally, that whenever he’d hear that song in the future he’d remember t...