The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 155

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, January 31st 2018)

Hello all, and welcome to this NEW YEAR edition of the newsletter. We've got PLINTHS, SECRETS and SUPERVILLAINS to talk about this month, so let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Saturday 24 February 2018 - Firebug, Leicester
The Leicester Indiepop All-Dayer, with Steven James Adams & The French Drops, Personal Best, Suggested Friends, Fightmilk, Charmpit and Jitterz.
Tickets HERE: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/423306

Saturday 21 April 2018 - The Blue Shell, Cologne
The Cologne Popfest, with Chorusgirl, The Popinjays, The Frank and Walters, Throw That Beat In The Garbagecan and more.
Tickets HERE: https://www.tixforgigs.com/site/Pages/Shop/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=22982

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

JOHN DREDGE & THE PLINTHS
'The Emergency EP' by John Dredge & The Plinths is out now, HERE:
https://johndredgetheplinths.bandcamp.com/releases

It features four brand new songs written by John Dredge and myself and is available on iTunes, Spotify, and pretty much all download services. It is a) super Indie b) GRATE! We're planning to release videos for all the songs and the first one, for 'Going Down', is right HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUeBxGszppg

VALIDATORS SECRET PROJECT
This month I've had discussions about The Secret Project with both The Secret Project Project Manager of The Secret Collaborators and also The Validators. Everyone seems very excited so far, we're hoping to reveal all in the spring!

MARVEL AGE DOOM
I've just launched a new blog called 'Marvel Age Doom', HERE:
http://mjhibbett.co.uk/doom/

It's going to be a chronological look at every appearance of Doctor Doom in Marvel Comics from 1961 to 1987, with a new blog every Wednesday and occasional extras as we go along. If that sounds interesting please follow the blog on Twitter for updates, HERE:
https://twitter.com/marvelagedoom

AND FINALLY
'Storm House' made the longlist for The Bath Children's Novel Awards 2018, which was jolly exciting, though of course it is very much VALID for humans of all ages! I've just finished the first draft of the follow-up, 'The Utopians', which should be out in the summer, but in the meantime you can always catch up with the original, HERE:
http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/markhibbett/stormhouse/

And I think that's about enough for this month - thanks for reading, and see you next time!

Cheers,

Mark

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