Party On Apocalypse

I'm trying to study for two exams and prepare my show for the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, whilst working five days a week and have come to the conclusion that although it's a change of pace to have fingers in multiple pies, a couple of them are burning my fingers. I finished rewriting The Wilderness Years from last year's Camden run today anyway. Rewriting is probaly a strong term. I've mostly been tweaking it. Having listened back to last year's performances several times, there were some tonal issues that I've gone back and addressed whilst dropping some material that I'm less sure about.

I'm still not certain whether Mach Fest will be the last performance of the show or not. Five shows doesn't feel like enough of an exploration and I'm still not entirely happy with one routine in particular but part of me would like to move on. There's still no glaringly obvious subject matter to form the basis of a second show though. But hopefully that will come.

In pop-punk news, New Found Glory have released a new single called "Party On Apocalypse" from their forthcoming new record which will "drop" in a fortnight's time. It's a scathing if not especially nuanced critique of "selfie" culture amongst other things, but it's gleefully unpretentious and has another huge hook that's stuck in my head. Also, its "It's the end of the world as we know it" refrain feels especially appropriate on this weekend in particular.