I thought I
should write something, a sort of token end-of-the-year thingy, but not a
chart, even though I like them and find them useful. I haven’t compiled one
myself on this blog for over a year, I think, so this post will compensate for
that a little. I’ll resume charts at the end of next month, but won’t be
anything like as obsessive as MonsieurCedric (Serie Limitee), who wins the prize for the most unnecessary
evacuations on Juno this year.
This morning I
was perusing my Facebook feed and was taken aback by a post that I’d made on
this day last year, commenting on a track from ‘The Conversation’ by CabaretVoltaire (Richard H. Kirk), and saying how it was an album I’d been in the
process of rediscovering. Well, I’ve been listening to that record on and off
for most of the year, but to have started doing so in 2016 came as a massive
surprise. Never one to go in for resolutions me, and have been much better at
taking the initiative of late. However, there’s so much I still want to do.
Finally, to take
us into the New Year I did another mix. Mixes and blogs are a law unto
themselves, but I think most would agree that they exist in some sort of
hermetically sealed environment. Me, I’m more than happy to use them as a
tangible justification for getting something done. There are few things that
make me happier than completing a mix which goes to plan, or posting some words
that I’ve articulated in a good way. The more people that listen and read the
better, but to finish the task in hand is good enough for me. The posting of
mixes is always an interesting one. Is there an optimum time to put it out
there? Well, on the basis of the last two, a midweek afternoon is miles better
than a Saturday evening. I posted one just before Christmas and had ten plays
in a matter of hours, the one I posted last night has been up for over twelve
hours and has yet to get one.
