The almost daily blog of MJ Hibbett " The Validators
Two weeks ago I unleashed upon the world a new video for Like Batman But Better . The idea was to try and promote the Data and Doctor Doom podcast from whence it came but, as has been previously discussed, my attempts to get people to listen to the series are not - SHALL WE SAY - causing G Lineker, R Stewart or any of them lot any sleepless nights. HOWEVER, something rather exciting DID happen. I…
Today is TUESDAY or, as I like to think of it DOOM'S DAY (has anybody used that as a title for anything before?), as it is that most wonderful day when a new episode of Data and Doctor Doom "drops" (or is gently placed) wherever you get your podcasts or indeed HERE: This one's got a lot of stuff about the survey I carried out and also a whole new song called Eyeball The Data about DATA WRANGLING,…
On Friday night I popped down to the Pump & Tap in Leicester to meet Mr S Wilkinson for a drink or two before going to see Prolapse at The Princess Charlotte and... No, hang on a minute, that's not right is it? No, because on Friday night I popped down to the King & Queen in London's Fashionable Fitzrovia to meet Mr S Wilkinson for a drink or two before going to see Prolapse at The 100 Club. Yes,…
On Wednesday evening I had a DREAMLIKE journey across London to distant Chiswick, where I was due to give a TALK for Pints of Knowledge . I say "dreamlike" because it was a series of delays, errors (on my part), more delays, and lots of other trains overtaking us as we tried to get to An Important Appointment with time running out. If my legs had turned into tree trunks and/or I had forgotten to…
I arose bright and early this morning in order to update the Data and Doctor Doom episodes page with full details of Episode 2, FOR LO! Episode 2 of 'Data and Doctor Doom' has been UNLEASHED and is currently rampaging around wherever you get your podcasts and also HERE: This one explains how my whole methodology works, fully defines what 'The Marvel Age' actually means, talks about the need for…
Today the remorseless promotional campaign for the Data and Doctor Doom podcast rolls on, with the release of a new (ish) video for Like Batman But Better , as heard in episode one . Keen-eyed observers will note that the video itself is in fact a very lightly re-tooled version of the video I did LAST year for this song, but that the MUSIC is hopefully somewhat upgraded, with the LUSH PRODUCTION…
At long last, today sees the UNLEASHMENT of episode one of the PODCAST version of Data and Doctor Doom , available wherever you get your podcasts and also HERE: This is an adaptation of the live show, which was a musical adaptation of my book, which was itself an adaptation of my PhD thesis, but this time with extra songs and extra THORTS. As you'll hear I have gone ALL OUT (or as far out as I'm…
Yesterday was VERY exciting for me because Marvel finally officially released the trailer for Avengers: Doomsday - the movie that is going to feature my specialist subject i.e DOCTOR DOOM! To be honest I was expecting this to be released in a few days time at San Diego Comic Con so was taken a bit by surprise but, to quote an entirely other franchise, The Moment Had Been Prepared For, for LO! I…
On Sunday I headed SOUTH to distant SOUTH LONDON - South Norwood, to be precise, which kept sounding to me like they could have saved a lot of time and just called "Wood". Is there somewhere I can send this useful suggestion to? I was there at the behest of Dr G Brookes to attend South London Comics And Zine Fair at Stanley Hall, a venue I had heard tell of many times due to its use by various…
It seems impossible, but I have been informed by Mr F A Machine that our live session on Radio One was TWENTY YEARS AGO to this very day! Twenty years!! That can't be right can it? It seems like only... well, maybe a couple of years ago, but not two whole decades. CRIKEY. The whole thing came about because Steve Lamacq was coming to the end of his time on The Evening Session and decided that, as…
At the weekend I headed once more to distant MIDDLEWICH, there to play the final (EVER) edition of Pop At The Lock. The day got off to a HIGHLY auspicious start when I was greeted at Euston by a voice behind me saying "I bet you're going to the same place I am" and LO! it was Mr M Oliver, heroic gig-goer and all-round good guy who indeed WAS going to the same place as me, and more specifically the…
For the past several months I have been toiling away on the PODCAST version of Data And Doctor Doom , which has turned into QUITE the production but is now approaching ACTUALITY. The first of two really big jobs I've had to do was recording all the SONGS. I made the decision early on to do them "properly" i.e. not just me bellowing over a guitar, and while that has been FUN it has also been an…
I spent a big chunk of last week in Leicester, there to attend The International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference . I have been going to this conference for TEN YEARS now and it is always a lovely event, but this one was ESPECIALLY lovely as it involved going back to my old ALMA MATER (DeMontfort University, formerly known as Leicester Poly) and indeed my old home town. In case any OLD PALS…
A couple of weeks ago I travelled across London's fashionable LONDON area of London to University College London, in London, to take part in an episode of Philosophy Playdate . This is a podcast where Christabel Cane and Steve Cross take a question proposed by an Actual Child (e.g. "What's it like to be a dog?" or "Who looks after Outer Space?") and try to answer it with PHILOSOPHY. I've talked…
On Wednesday I headed once more to sunny Brighton, for further ALBUM ACTION with Mr CJ Thorpe-Tracey. It was a lovely sunny day and as I headed to the station I thought "How delightful it will be to be beside the seaside"... as had approx 87% of all parents currenntly dealing with half-term in London, and so the train was RAMMED! Once in Brighton I headed off to meet Chris, pausing only to buy a…