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DIARY 18/03/10

Thanks to all who offered suggestions for a “cover” for the new album.  Some interesting ideas came in,  some plain stoopit, but there’s room for all sorts. Graeme Blake took first prize of something or other with the nudge towards a long-lost fav of mine, Daniel Johnston.  We missed the tracks played by Billy Sloan on Sunday on Glasgow’s Radio Clyde, on account of Billy didn’t forewarn us. Also, he said kind words and will play more tracks as the time closes in on release date, May 3^rd. If i’m home, or away with laptop, I’ll tune in to Radio Clyde for his show, just in case I get the thrill of hearing my new music on the radio. It’s still a great buzz. Never wanes. It’s excitement in big form. Big. It’s my babies, being handed over, nervously, to strangers, then to the public, and to hear a track on air gives a sort of stress-relief. I never have got used to it, and really do still get an enormous thrill from it.

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