Blog: Into the MURK of THE PAST

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As mentioned last week, I'm currently knee-deep in a CHERISHED PROJECT to work out exactly how many gigs I've ever done, and when they were. Some of this is PEASY - 2006, for instance, was RIGOROUSLY documented, but and since late 1997 I've had an archive of the webpage to go back to, but before then it's all a bit unclear, especially 1995, when I really haven't got a clue what was going on.

As well as not remembering dates there's also the KNOTTY QUESTION of what constitutes a "gig". In recent years I've been quite LOOSE and FREE about this, especially last year in my quest for GIG 50, but in the past much less so. I _think_ radio sessions should count - there's a performance AND an audience and there's a chance people i DON'T know could be there, which are pretty my criteria - but in the past i haven't logged them, so are missing from several years. I also think my brief career in stand-up counts, for the same reason, but surely AMATEUR DRAMATICS don't? HENCE in 1991 I've counted our CABARET CLUB at The Fringe, but NOT the MUSICAL that I played in - is that right? Or should that count too?

The weirdest bit is finding NOTES i wrote over a decade ago saying "Thursday - headline?" What does THAT mean? In that particular case I've got a VERY rough date for it, but no memory of what it actually was. In other cases i have a DETAILED memory of the event, but no clue as to when it happened - The Framlingham Festival, for instance, MY WORD I could tell you some tales about THAT weekend, or the time Brian & The Teenagers held a festival in their back garden, but when - WHEN? - did they occur?

Just in case anyone DOES remember any of these, here's my ROUGH NOTES on the missing gigs:

?/7?/93 Chris's first gig was at Princess Charlotte with Prolapse, an all-dayer
?/6/94 Bull & Gate - Jon Fat Beast gig
?/6ish/94 Solo - Zac's birthday
?/6ish/94 Solo - Supporting a Heavy Metal band?
?/?/94 K-Stars gigs?
?/?/94 Ernie & Joe?
?/?/95 The Council in Nottingham, with Bloom
?/?/95 5 or 6 AAS nights, 3 missing - when?
?/?/95 "Several" spots at City Acoustic Club at charlotte
?/?/95 Council at Physio (doing date booked for "Welcome To The Market")
?/?/96 Solo gigs at Ox and Charlotte Acoustic Nights
?/?/96 "Leicester's GREAT!" at the Ox
?/?/96 Brian & The Teenagers back garden festival
?/?/96 Framlingham Festival!
?/?/97 Hibbett/FPV gigs at the Ox
?/?/97 The Fabiens - Coventry, Physio & Firkin + 2 more
?/?/97 Durham Ox Singers gigs

It's not really very clear, is it? I think, in the New Year, I'll HASSLE some of the other people involved to see if they have A SINGLE CLUE - it's FAR too important to WORLD HISTORY to let lie!

posted 19/12/2007 by MJ Hibbett

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