Well, to quote another band "It's been a long time, been a long time!".
Things have changed on planet Kempster recently - I've become engaged to a wonderful girl and we are planning on marrying on 27/09/2008 - so many things to do until then and it's all so serious!
Planet Who has gone pretty quiet recently. I can't blame Pete for wanting to head off to France for an extended break, but I DO miss his diary entries and especially the snippets and excerpts from his biography. It's been far too long now, but hey - good on him; nothing like heightening the levels of anticipation, is there?
This Summer's shows are the first I have missed since the reformation in 1989 - to be honest, I'm not overly disappointed that I wasn't there, but there's still the "Is this the last one" feeling that comes as each UK show passes. It won't be the end of the world if I'm not there, but as and when the do choose to call it a day on the touring front, I'd really love to be there if for nothing other than to say thank you. "Endless Wire" proved though that there is still life in the old beast yet and with "Man In A Purple Dress", "Fragments" and "Black Widow's Eyes", the old muse is still alive.
Meanwhile I feel that I need product. You know how it is when you go to the record shop and scan the same old sections for your favourite artists, only to find that you have everything that's already there? Well, it's happening again - the novelty of seeing "Endless Wire" on the shelves has worn off and it's time for something else. Not that I feel I can bring anything to the party, but if there's ever a person able to trawl through the audio archives for preparing material for release, it's me! Seeing "The Who By Numbers" touted as being the next one to undergo the 'Deluxe' treatment gave many reason for optimism, but that seems to have hit the buffers. The "Who's Still Who" film seems to have stalled and there appear to be no plans for any all-encompassing live audio release. What to do?
Pull out the old boot collection I guess and send off yet another compilation to Pete with a self-gratifying letter pointing out the merits of the history of the band?
Things have changed on planet Kempster recently - I've become engaged to a wonderful girl and we are planning on marrying on 27/09/2008 - so many things to do until then and it's all so serious!
Planet Who has gone pretty quiet recently. I can't blame Pete for wanting to head off to France for an extended break, but I DO miss his diary entries and especially the snippets and excerpts from his biography. It's been far too long now, but hey - good on him; nothing like heightening the levels of anticipation, is there?
This Summer's shows are the first I have missed since the reformation in 1989 - to be honest, I'm not overly disappointed that I wasn't there, but there's still the "Is this the last one" feeling that comes as each UK show passes. It won't be the end of the world if I'm not there, but as and when the do choose to call it a day on the touring front, I'd really love to be there if for nothing other than to say thank you. "Endless Wire" proved though that there is still life in the old beast yet and with "Man In A Purple Dress", "Fragments" and "Black Widow's Eyes", the old muse is still alive.
Meanwhile I feel that I need product. You know how it is when you go to the record shop and scan the same old sections for your favourite artists, only to find that you have everything that's already there? Well, it's happening again - the novelty of seeing "Endless Wire" on the shelves has worn off and it's time for something else. Not that I feel I can bring anything to the party, but if there's ever a person able to trawl through the audio archives for preparing material for release, it's me! Seeing "The Who By Numbers" touted as being the next one to undergo the 'Deluxe' treatment gave many reason for optimism, but that seems to have hit the buffers. The "Who's Still Who" film seems to have stalled and there appear to be no plans for any all-encompassing live audio release. What to do?
Pull out the old boot collection I guess and send off yet another compilation to Pete with a self-gratifying letter pointing out the merits of the history of the band?
posted by Benn Kempster at 11:42 AM
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