This is the story of two books: one that will likely remain unwritten, and another that most definitely is out there. Book 1 I have an idea for a book called How The F*ck Did We Get Anything Done. I say ‘I’ but in fairness it is an idea that owes as much to a very old friend with whom I spend too long discussing how very different the world is now to when we first met.
Noticing your crumpled gig ticket set me wondering - has anyone else made a scrapbook of old tickets? When renovating our attic space a few years ago, in our "Room of Doom" I found my old gig tickets stored in a box for the past 20 years.
What to do with these old tickets? Because I had deliberately kept them through many house moves, I felt they needed to be archived in some way. So I set about compiling some scrapbooks, inserting the ticket with photo corners, and writing about the gig, my companions, and any memorable events on the day. I have continued writing this scrapbook even though I stopped collecting the tickets when they became boringly digital. Now, however, I can add photos, festival line-up lists, even wristbands. These books have become something similar to an old photo album, bringing back lovely memories, even when the gig may have been terrible!
I too have recently read "Mayflies", and I really enjoyed it. The story kind of blindsided me, and I'm still thinking about the characters.
I wasn't at that gig, but I would have read about it in the music press and wished I was there.
When we were still at school, gigs and festivals were not allowed by my Mum, because "there might be drugs". She was deaf to our protestations that we would not be indulging....
Brilliant! Crikey brought back memories! Write that book!!
Noticing your crumpled gig ticket set me wondering - has anyone else made a scrapbook of old tickets? When renovating our attic space a few years ago, in our "Room of Doom" I found my old gig tickets stored in a box for the past 20 years.
What to do with these old tickets? Because I had deliberately kept them through many house moves, I felt they needed to be archived in some way. So I set about compiling some scrapbooks, inserting the ticket with photo corners, and writing about the gig, my companions, and any memorable events on the day. I have continued writing this scrapbook even though I stopped collecting the tickets when they became boringly digital. Now, however, I can add photos, festival line-up lists, even wristbands. These books have become something similar to an old photo album, bringing back lovely memories, even when the gig may have been terrible!
Mark, what a lovely piece of writing!
I too have recently read "Mayflies", and I really enjoyed it. The story kind of blindsided me, and I'm still thinking about the characters.
I wasn't at that gig, but I would have read about it in the music press and wished I was there.
When we were still at school, gigs and festivals were not allowed by my Mum, because "there might be drugs". She was deaf to our protestations that we would not be indulging....
Brilliant 🤣