not long now!
Only a few days now as I write this until we get to hear Jagged. Doubtless I'll get mine delivered by Atomic Sounds as always (must ring Tony) as I shall do so with all GN releases this coming year. Mind you I could always go with amazon or play.com, as when I order Dr Who videos from them they tend to be delivered a day or two before the release date - so with luck (if I do this) I could be relaxing in the bath with Jagged on the headphones by Saturday night!
BUT that feels like cheating. Why not wait until the official release date and do what you've always done - wish the day's work away or have a long lunch so you can buy and listen to it before you even get home of an evening. I'm sure some Numanoids will be taking the day off ! Why not? We should indulge ourselves just this once.
However this time my plans are set. If all goes to plan and I can be missed at home for an evening to help Lynette put A & E to bed (Adam & Ellis, although A & E sounds more like Accident and Emergency which at times it can be as they're both roughly the same ages as Gary and Gemma's two and consequently a wonderful handful) then I shall be bolting up to HMV London after work for the Jagged signing.
So do I buy two copies of the album? One to hear during the day and one to get signed which will never get played? Or do I hear the new one for the first time properly on the train home from London? That'll be after queueing and hearing bits of it at HMV presumably...! So armed with my camera that'll be the plan I think. If you see me and know me and want your mugshot on this site then let me know and I'll do it - this site is all about being a fan of GN - a positive viewpoint from a fan's viewpoint - my experiences over the years of following this music.
I've taken the 'vote for your favourite track from Jagged you may have hear so far' poll off the site now as I thought it's all a bit subjective really. We're all going to like different tracks best anyway (not all of us like Cars for example) and I didn't see what it was going to achieve! I still may have some polls in the future as I've been developing my own code for my sites and wanted to try them out but I want to make them more fun and not just favourite tracks! Out of interest 'Jagged' won with a third of the votes, but then I suppose we all know it anyway by now! So if you feel a desperate need to vote on something today then pop over to my 'Devious' site and vote for your favourite Doctor Who (don't tell me it's Tom Baker or Jon Pertwee!!!!)