I have made the decision to
scrap a proposed podcast series titled The Shoebox Collection. Having written
two episodes, I haven’t found the time to write the next two, and certainly don’t
know where I would find the time to record it if I had.
The inspiration came from the
public airing of John Peel’s record collection, and I decided to do a similar
thing with the demo CDs I have accumulated over the years. I was aiming to find
out what had become of some of the names in my archive, some still playing and
some having stopped altogether. On the podcast I intended to play the songs on
the CD and give some direction on what, if anything, the artists are doing
today.
My reason for scrapping the
project is mainly an issue of time, but also because I felt it would be a
struggle to keep it interesting for the listener who has never heard of some
obscure singer who sent me a CD in 2004 and presumably wouldn’t give a shit
what they were doing nowadays.
So now the two scripts I have
written will go into the box of abandoned ideas, perhaps to see the light of
day in the future.