The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 212

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, September 30th 2025)

Hello all, and welcome to this PACKED edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Saturday 11 October 2025 - Arch 555 @ Silly Towers, London
'Data and Doctor Doom' at the Lambeth Fringe - tickets HERE:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select/zwryjqrywjpx

Friday 14 November 2025 - Fox and Newt, Leeds
Let's Go Baboon presents 'Data and Doctor Doom' for Thought Bubble - tickets HERE:
https://wegottickets.com/event/672613

Thursday 4 December 2025 - The King & Queen, London
Totally Acoustic presents Matt Tiller, The Highchurches, and MJ Hibbett (i.e. ME) accompanied by CJ Thorpe-Tracey on the piano. Doors 7pm, show starts 7.30pm.

More information on all the above gigs HERE: http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/

DATA AND DOCTOR DOOM - THE ZINE
I'm back on the road with 'Data and Doctor Doom' and this time I've got a ZINE to sell! It's 32 pages of NEW STUFF, including the top ten best Doom stories, a live recording of the whole show, a bunch of illustrations done by my own fair hand, and loads more.

You can get it RIGHT NOW via the online shop, with a digital version available worldwide, physical copies for the UK, and a whole bunch of BONUS items. Full details are HERE:
https://mjhibbett.co.uk/releases/release.php?filename=dataanddoctordoomthezine

LIKE BATMAN BUT BETTER
'Like Batman But Better' is out now as a single, available on all the usual streaming services and via Bandcamp (with exclusive B-side and download of the zine) HERE:
https://mjhibbett.bandcamp.com/album/like-batman-but-better

Even more excitingly I've done a video, which you can see HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbgniIEQxpQ

THE FUNNY COMICS FAN CLUB
The theme tune for 'The Funny Comics Fan Club' has been shortlisted in the 'Best Jingle' category in the Independent Podcast Awards! You can hear all of the shortlisted entries HERE:
https://independentpodcastawards.com/IPA25/en/page/our-2025-shortlist

The first episode of season 3 should be out on Monday 6 October - subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you don't miss it!

AND FINALLY
Our very own Mr T Pattison is off on tour with Prolapse soon, heading out for a very full week of ROCK promoting their (v good) new album - dates and other details HERE:
https://prolapse2.bandcamp.com/

And in related news, this month is the silver jubilee of the time Mrs E Pattison performed the rather wonderful song 'Dinky Doo' at her and Tim's wedding. You can hear it for yourself HERE:
https://mjhibbett.co.uk/songs/song.php?filename=dinkydoo

And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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