Blog: And The Nominations Are...

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News reached me yesterday that I have been nominated for an award in the UK Festival Awards. I'm up for the Virtual Festivals Critics award for my performance at Indietracks.

Obviously, this is anathema to me. The very idea that one person's performance could be quantitively "better" than someone else's goes against everything I believe in with Art and Music. And the more I think about it the... well, all right, the more I think about it the MORE EXCITED i become - it's an AWARD!

And it appears to be a PROPER REAL ONE too, not just knocked up to make people vote on a website - it IS there to make people vote on a website BUT apparently there's a proper awards ceremony at the O2 centre where representatives of BIG festivals go too. It really does appear that I'm there in competition with The Horrors, Spinal Tap, Thom Yorke and LOADS of others.

ONE of these others is La Casa Azul, ALSO for their set at Indietracks. Indietracks has done AMAZINGLY well - they're in FIVE seperate categories which, I rather think, demonstrates what a BLOODY GRATE festival it is and I would implore anyone who went, or has ever been (or think they'd like to, I'm sure that's OK) to VOTE for it, just because it's so LOVELY.

I've got a feeling that my chances of WINNING are fairly MINISCULE especially as any Indietracks vote would "split" between me and La Casa Azul - tho I should point out that the vote doesn't SAY it's for an actual performance, it's for adding something "special" to the festival. And hey, did anyone see La Casa Azul STAGGERING AROUND in a VERY SPECIAL WAY for most of the weekend? Did La Casa Azul bring joy and SPECIAL bookkeeping to the merchandise stand? Were La Casa Azul dancing IN THE MOST SPECIAL WAY on the Saturday AND Sunday night? I LEAVE YOU TO DECIDE FOR YOURSELF.

So yes, all HILARITY aside, I'm really REALLY chuffed about this. I'm always up for a bit of affirmation, especially if it's sponsored by PIMMS, and am slightly childishly GIDDY with happiness that this has happened. I'm not under any illusions of victory, but if you do get the chance to vote then please, whoever you want to vote for, do take the time to vote for Indietracks.

And ME. VOTE FOR ME!

posted 25/9/2009 by MJ Hibbett

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