Standardisation - A Week and a Half

The week is over, finally. A hectic one it was too and since I started writing this another week is halfway through as well. Having completed my by far most difficult exams, Publishing as a Business and Publishing Law, I am now only two steps away from the finishing line (there is that minor and annoying hurdle of a dissertation left - but that is not on my mind right now). The third exam has also been done although that was probably the biggest struggle so far, as a cold and headache and a freezing room didn't make two hours of BS any easier. However, the champagne is on ice and the puppies in the oven. Along with exams there is nothing like a cold to keep you from sleeping, a flat tyre (the second in 5 times riding a brand new bike), and the hassle as class represantative (how I regret having volunteered for that) of having to discuss various 'issues' with our lecturer, firstly in a form of a letter. A letter which I wrote and feared was too harsh and hence enabling me to lose some sleep over that as well. On the plus side I ate lots of fruit and have had a sober mind for what is probably been way too long now.

Enough rambling (although that is all this ever amounts to, I know). WTC Dowling blessed this blog with another one of those invaluable, unknown words, which I already tried using, only to be met my some of the ugliest most unbelieving eyes ever. (Yes, eyes can be ugly.) Below I have also posted the link to one of my latest reviews for Subba-Cultcha, which is about M.Craft. Never heard of him? Same here. The music though is quite good so it might be worth giving him a go. Most of the reviews of unknown bands/aritists have to be generous, but this one is actually quite honest. There is also another review of a gig I went to from a band called Four Day Hombre, who actually had some good moments but resembled Coldplay too much for my liking (however you would never have guessed that from my review..) Check them out if you can be bothered. Other than that there has just been a lot of sneezing, worrying, spitting, shitting, eating, drinking, lying, watching, hoping, despairing, panicking, elation, surpising, drinking, laughing, cooking, swearing, punching, walking, sitting, etc, etc.

That's it for now but no doubt there will be more unintersting stuff to follow eventually. Just another quick note, anybody reading this who is interested in publishing and has been following the Charkin blog, check out the Review section of The Observer and look for the Robert McCrum (literary editor) whose column "World of the Book" appears every two weeks. Likewise, check out Joel Rickett's column in The Guardian on Saturday's called "The Bookseller", which appears on a weekly basis. They are two of the most insightful and quick ways to get updated on the publishing world. (You can even do so through the Internet, no payments required.)

That's all folks.

M. Craft Review:
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.php?id=1989

Four Day Hombre live gig review:
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.php?id=1951

M.M.