father christmas, give us your money
In keeping with tradition the last message posted here this side of Christmas is a seasonal tune.
This year we're going out with a lesser known nugget from the Kinks ouvre which appeared in 1977.
For Ray Davies and co it was something of a punky power pop slight-return to the Kinks garage-ey roots and very much in tune with the sound of '77.
So, once again thanks to everyone who's read, shared, commented, tweeted, liked and +1'd throughout the year.
In case you're wondering, during the break I shall be devouring Guy Kawasaki's new book APE which he kindly forwarded me the other week.
In the book Guy and co-author Shawn Welch outline their approach to 'artisanal publishing.'
'Artisanal publishing features writers who love their craft, and who control every aspect of the process from beginning to end. In this new approach, writers are no longer at the mercy of large, traditional publishers, and readers will have more books to read.'
This dropped at just the right time as part of the plan for 2013 is to finally publish the book that I've been promising.
The working title is 'He Split from the whole f*ckin' Program', and we're at the hacking-down-to-amanageable-first-draft stage.
Thanks again, see you after the break.
Assuming that the end of the world doesn't happen at some point today, obviously.
