Well now there seems to be a few bits for me to get through, after the latest dormant period, and it all amounts to a bit of excitement. At least for me.

Where to begin…

OK, let’s start with the new album, ‘Bipolar Diversions’. It’s here and packed neatly in boxes in various locations around London and Northern France. What better way to introduce it than in the manner of a cheap west-end stripper and let you hear tit-bits prior to releasing the whole thing. I know, I know, it’s a bit like the prick tease at school who’d let you see her bra straps but make you wait six months before you could touch the goodies. Or was that just my experience? Regardless, the plan is to let you hear a new track every week for the four weeks prior to release on the Jackdaw4 MySpace page and on my personal Facebook page (To those of you who’ve joined this, please excuse my slowness in response. I’ve yet to work out quite why it exists, why I should want to ‘poke’ anyone, or write on somebody’s wall, but I’m told it is a good thing so I’ll persevere.).

This will all lead up to the album being available to buy as of Monday 22nd of October, either as a hard copy from us, or from iTunes.

And to follow? Well would you believe a live show.

By Christ it’s been a while. Over a year in fact. We’re going to play a special launch show on Saturday November 24th at the Soho Review Bar in London. We’ll let you know about advance tickets in the immediate future.

And as further proof of life re-emerging from the stagnant pool, we’ll be shooting a video for the track ‘Jesus Wants My Soul Back’ over the next few weeks, so I’ll keep you posted as to when that might be viewable.

And lastly a couple of recommendations. A comedy series, with great music, ‘Flight of The Conchords’, is about to start on BBC4 (on September 25th, according to their BBC website). Having written and been involved with a great deal of music/songs for comedy shows over the last few years, I think I’m probably allowed to suggest in a fairly qualified manner, that this is one of the best musical/song comedy combinations I’ve ever seen and I strongly recommend it. Great songs, very funny and original. Wished I’d have been involved myself, and it’s damned rare that I’ll admit to that.

And lastly, for those of a political bent who’ve been with me down the ‘Loose Change’ avenue, BBC4 also showed a fantastic documentary last month which you will still find on YouTube titled ‘Why We Fight’. When information is put together this way, it’s mind boggling how they keep getting away with it. What am I on about? Well these intermittent invitations into my many-layered world of conspiracy and beyond may just have started to irritate you, so I’m not telling you anymore. You watch it and decide for yourself. Besides, you may well be one of them…

See you soon
Willie