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Archive 2003
9 Jan Planning Ahead
10 Jan It's 2003!
14 Jan Not Superstitious
15 Jan New! Improved! With More CDs!
22 Jan A Great New Year
Apr World Record DVD
10 Apr 21 Years
11 Apr Your Questions Answered
28 May A Vocal Marathon
29 May Still No Hot Water
10 Jun Spring Has Passed
17 Jun Summer Came Early
1 Jul A Stillness Descends
11 Jul A Bit of Relief
18 Jul Backing Tracks are Done
28 Jul The New Album Campaign
15 Sep Marbles Campaign Prizes
10 Oct Lots and Nothing
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14 January 2003
Band Member Journal : Not Superstitious
Well it's back to the Racket Club to continue the writing of the new album. Although it occasionally feels like "Groundhog Day" we are moving forward! I'm always baffled as to why it doesn't seem easier to write an album after all this time. I'm not superstitious but it is our thirteenth album and on a bad day it does feel like we're swimming through treacle. Sometimes the most difficult part is agreeing what's good! We all have different tastes in music and it can be hard work sometimes to try and find the common ground - ideas that all the band and Dave Meagan enjoy. We're going to break off from working on the album at the end of January to start preparing for Butlins.
I'm currently no further on with the next Wishing Tree album but I have started cataloguing a few ideas I've worked over the years for a possible solo album hopefully sometime next year. And - shock horror - I've finally started work on my "Postcards from the Road" book. I suppose I've been partly motivated by the success of Jon's book "Separated Out". I've no idea when it will be finished by but I hope to be able to display some images from the book at Butlins.
Steve