Blog: Progress Report

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As those sensible people who follow my SOCIALS will know, this year I've been looking back at some of my OLD BLOGS from the distant days of 2003. Ideally I would have thought to do this two years when it would have been a nice round twentieth anniversary, but unfortunately Bob Fischer (from whom I nicked the idea) didn't start doing HIS look back at old diaries until last year, so I guess that means it's his fault!

There have been multiple benefits from doing this, not least forcing me to listen again to various old songs which are QUITE GOOD and be reminded of all sorts of JAPES which I hadn't thought about for many years. However, the most beneficial benefit might be the fact that I am getting some idea of what it is like to READ my blogs, rather than just write them. OBVIOUSLY the key result of THIS is usually me thinking "Wot important and incisive insights" but I must admit that sometimes I think "Why are you bothering to tell people this, me of the past? Why don't you wait until someting actually HAPPENS, instead of endlessly wittering on about every random idea you've had for something that probably WON'T?"

That experience explains why there haven't been a lot of MODERN blogs just lately, as lots of stuff has been going on for ME, but it isn't necessarily of interest to anyone else. No no, I insist, it really isn't, don't write in!

Much of this has been to do with the SHOW, both in terms of ADMIN and indeed PERFORMANCE. Last week, for example, I did a complete REJIG of the Data And Doctor Doom website (which is much nicer now), bought various pieces of GEAR, and processed the process of booking a whole bunch of GIGS which aren't quite ready to announce yet. It's all good ADMIN but it's pretty much the same sort of thing every day, so not hugely newsworthy.

Similarly I've been preparing myself to DO the show through a combination of my TWO usual practices. Firstly I've been learning the SONGS as usual by a) singing them a lot and b) muttering the words to myself all day long like a loon to force them into my BRANE. Secondly I've been learning the SLIDES by going through them again and again and changing them every time. I am horribly aware that this whole thing is going to be really HARD to learn as it's Saying Things AND Playing Guitar AND Singing AND Changing Slides all at the same time. What idiot thought that was a good idea?

Anyway, hopefully that has demonstrated the levels of excitement that have been missed over the past few weeks, but all being well there'll be a bit more to come soon as things actually HAPPEN!

posted 8/4/2025 by MJ Hibbett

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