'Track 16' Soundtrack
The fatigue factor I feared has not yet materialised, with readership numbers for ‘Challenge 69’ continuing to grow steadily (at least more of you, than ever, are now opening my posts. I can only hope that means you are reading the story!)
Attached, as has now become traditional, is a playlist featuring all the songs/artists referenced in ‘Track 16’.
Inevitably, given the band’s prominence in the chapter, this includes a whole reel of ‘barbed’ Wire; but at least, with a penchant for brevity, their seven (excellent) entries on the playlist account for less than seventeen minutes of its overall run time.
The John Parr song ‘New Horizon’ however, which had to be included (having been specifically mentioned), is truly awful; so there’s one track you can happily skip!
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A bit on future ‘C69’ logistics before I go: In order to stick to the previously agreed publishing schedule (twice per month, at weekends) there will now be a slightly longer (almost three week) gap before ‘Track 17’ is sent out to you all on 13th and 14th May.
I will however schedule and publish at least a couple of posts to keep communications ticking over in the interim … and the one I have planned for this coming Friday 28th, inspired by Wire’s short (but perfectly formed) ‘Outdoor Miner’, will be a list/playlist of the ‘best’ songs (imo) with a running time of less than two minutes.
I’ve already compiled a corking provisional ‘top ten’; but a few good reader suggestions could yet persuade me to make edits. So please use the button below to let me know your own favourite ‘mini masterpiece’.
Finally, as you can see from the timings below, after ‘Track 17’ a strict fortnightly schedule will then kick-in until the story reaches its conclusion (and all is revealed!):
‘Track 17’ - 13th/14th May
‘Track 18’ - 27th/28th May
‘Track 19’ - 10th/11th June
‘Track 20’ - 24th/25th/26th/27th June (yes, there’s another four-parter to come)
‘Track 21’ - 8th/9th July
‘Track 22’ - 22nd/23rd July
‘Hidden Bonus Track’ - 5th/6th/7th August (a final reveal over three parts)
‘Outro’ - 8th August
Given ‘Challenge 69’ was launched on 10th August 2022, it somehow seems neat, tidy, and wholly appropriate, to get the whole caboodle wrapped up in just under a year.