A Playlist for 'Track 9'
A big thankyou, once again, to everyone who stuck with ‘Track 9’ through its ‘extended run’ of four episodes, especially given that this followed so quickly on the heels of our daily pre-Christmas fix of ‘mavericks’. I was a little worried whether that series might ‘hit’ readership numbers for the latest chapter; but no such worries, the latest ‘Track’ once again hit a new height for openings/readers.
‘Track 10’, due to be published over the weekend of 14/15th January, will though (you’ll be pleased to hear) return to a calmer, more normal ‘two-day posting’ schedule.
Attached below (as usual) is our playlist for the latest chapter. This one’s a bit more compact, with a running time of under an hour, but it helps if you like a bit of Nick and Patti! I was pleased though (entirely coincidentally) that a chapter first written a couple of years back ended up coming out at a time that allowed me to appropriately include two slices of Terry Hall tribute.
Before I go; I promised a ‘final table’ on which of our festive ‘mavericks’ attracted the biggest readership audience, and, as you can see below, this requires one final shout out of, “gabba, gabba, hey,” for Joey Ramone, who held on to top spot (and is caught celebrating his victory below!)
I’m still receiving some interesting suggestions on how we might re-run some sort of variation on this ‘reader engagement’ game at a later date; so please keep your eyes out (after a reasonable gap) for ‘Mavericks Mark 2’
Final Maverick Table
Joey Ramone - 144
Johnny Cash - 141
Grandmaster Flash (or more properly Duke Bootee & Melle Mel) - 140
Jona Lewie - 136
Stephen Jones - 127
Sebastian Murphy - 125
Frank Zappa - 121
David Byrne & Arthur Russell - 114
Ian Curtis - 110
John Otway - 109
ANONHI - 108
Peter Boam - 102
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One final reflection on ‘Track 9’ however, before we consign it to history.
The chapter included a fairly lengthy piece that was originally written from the perspective of how ‘bulletproof’ Facebook appeared to be, at the time, but conjectured that history might suggest that ‘world domination’ is, at best, transitory. A few years on, with the Zuckerberg empire now looking considerably shakier, that has ended up looking quite predictive.
Maybe I should consider renaming the book ‘Old Stuart’s Almanac’!
Thanks again for reading, I’ll be back in touch again soon.