I'm still here, but due to various things* getting in the way, I've not blogged at all.
I didn't plan for the blog to stop or go dormant, but when the uploaded music disappeared (when Megaupload went down) things never really get back on track again. I did see the blog as somewhere that would be a repository of hard-to-find, interesting stuff (not the copyright breach-fest of some places!) But without music to hear, the blog was just words which wasn't really what I envisaged at all.
So, I'm still unsure what to do with the blog. In the 12+ months since last posting, I've heard some of the best music I've ever heard & I'm sure 2013 will be the same. There's still so much great music being made and the old stuff never goes away, and more stuff is excavated. So one option is to pick things up again, covering the hard-to-find stuff of note.
Another option is to kill things off altogether. To call it a day.
A further option is to continue but add photos and images to the blog & widen the remit. I did debate when I first started doing a blog of my photos, or to mix them in with the music. Over the last 2 years, amongst other less savoury things, I have taken a lot of photos.
Also, in the interim, I have started DJing in public again. Something I did a great deal of back between 1995 - 2003/4. So my Soundcloud will hopefully be an outlet for new mixes and stuff from the archive as well! It's here: soundcloud.com/mark_armstrong
I think I'm going to go for option 3. Continue the blog, add more visual stuff & blog as and when there's time.
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The author, Monterey California 3/5/2012. Suggested soundtrack
* Going back to work in Sept 2011 after winning the opening battle with cancer, having a roadtrip on Highway 1, having another brush with hospital in July 2012 & starting DJing Techno/House/Electronica again!
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