Well, well, well, my dear blog fans it has been a while hasn't it? How are you? You're looking well. Did you manage to get rid of that rash? Yeah I had the same problem too.
If you were thorough enough to read the title (which often I’m not) you will have noticed that I have referenced a well-known syndrome that affects many rock stars like myself.
The world of music is cluttered with reminisces of the brave and the good who were hailed by critics as the greatest band in the world after a great debut album only to be forgotten after a long awaited and below-par second album.
Now let me stop you before you try to point out the obvious. I’m not a rock star! This is correct. I have never made an album! Semi-correct (I said correct!!)
But I do consider myself a blog star and I like to consider my first collection of blogs, which I’m sure The Times will chronicle when I die, as a fantastic debut album that will remain relevant for years to come.
In that context this blog is my comeback. My second album. The product of a year spent looking for inspiration through Class A drugs, sat in a studio in a Beverly Hills mansion paid for by my record label in a desperate attempt to recapture the magic and zest of my debut. (Obviously in this analogy Beverly Hills is Luton and Class A drugs are KFC)
So why the wait? Well I have tried writing before but it just didn’t feel right. A blog is an egocentric vehicle by which the writer assumes that what they have to say is worth reading and whilst famous scholars are worth listening to what do I have to say? Well nothing really.
Do I think a blog is a good showcase for my writing? Not really.
So why, Sam, do you propose to give these people the musing of a crazy man, that is clearly having a conversation with himself in his own blog, for free each week? Because my fans deserve it.
That’s right, I’m doing it for you people. Every Tom, Dick and Harry has a blog nowadays. Most are terrible, some are poorly written, some are boring, some are coherent but all are mundane. I’m coming back to save you.
This blog is to amuse and entertain. And before you say I should be charging for this gold I know, but I’m a charitable guy.
So now we have got the explanations out the way let’s get on to the juicy stuff. I’m now in a relationship (with a woman!). I’m part of the greatest University radio show that people have heard. And finally I’m experiencing living in a house full of males is the most harrowing experience of my life.
In the coming days and weeks I will be giving you the inside track of a student struggling to stay sane whilst the world goes mental around him.
If you’re like me and find the only cultural experience to be had in Luton is to sit in a secure room reading then stay tuned. Or if you’re more fortunate not to living in this god-forsaken place and want to rejoice in my misfortune read this blog.
Consider this the intro track on my new album. It’s short and a little strange (a bit like my Mum) but it should keep you itching for the return of your favourite, signature Holden tunes.
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