started my journey with the With Just A Hint Of Mayhem blog back on February 9th 2009. It started as just a few posts with me rattling on about some odd pieces of music trivia. Then it grew into me reviewing almost all gigs that I go to and then reviewing singles, albums and EPs. More recently I have reviewed a few music related books and films. I would like to thank every single one of you that has stayed with us, especially the real fans (I think there may be nearly ten now!). I owe a debt of gratitude to every one of you who sends me stuff to review, especially the artists themselves and all those rather nice PR people. I have also immensely enjoyed all the interviews with artists and other key music industry people that I have been lucky enough to do.
With Just A Hint Of Mayhem has enabled me to do some things that I never imagined that I would. I am now a regular judge for two great annual Battle Of The Bands contests. I was also able to do a history of music journalism lecture at York’s Access For Music College. Sadly it closed down shortly after, I certainly hope that wasn’t down to me. Back in 2009 I would have been pleased and excited if just a few friends and random people viewed the blog, but now we are up to nearly 1.9 million views across 227 countries (according to the WordPress classification of a country!). There are currently six countries where no one has ever ventured to With Just A Hint Of Mayhem from, that includes North Korea. I can’t see the latter changing soon. Also another huge thank you to all of you who have ever written reviews and articles for With Just A Hint Of Mayhem. Will I still be doing this in another sixteen years? I have no idea, I will be in my 80s by then. But as long as I am able I plan to keep going! Stick with us here at With Just A Hint Of Mayhem for the next part of the journey. To quote David Bowie “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” Well I will at least do everything I can to make sure it’s not boring. Once again thank you and here is a sixteen related song to celebrate with (it is actually one of my favourite songs from the 70s!)
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