Pop Shield

My mate Mate has reminded me that the world is waiting with bated breath for a Vigil update. Has our hero been playlisted by Nations Favourite yet? When we left him on the street one month ago, he had set up a protest camp right outside the building with a vast cardboard placard reading I’M NOT LEAVING UNTIL OCTOBER WHEN UNI STARTS.

Well. The following day I see him again. He is sat outside looking very very very bored. His cardboard sign is weighed down by big books. I wish he would read one to alleviate the bored face, but he doesn’t. Something else new: His song is being played on repeat on a ghetto blaster. Hmm. Perhaps my marketing pep talk about how he needed to bring some audio with him to hand out to interested parties has backfired.

A couple more days later, when I approach work, the guy is nowhere to be seen. So, I ask reception about him. Oh, they say, I think he has been moved on by the police.

I don’t suspect there will be a fifth episode of this story, but you never know. Rest assured, I will keep you posted if there is.

Dave Wrong has just interviewed the strikingly beautiful pop judge Kacey Kay. As she leaves the studio she peers over the producer’s shoulder and reads his checklist. “So that’s me done – tick! Who’s next, then?” “It’s Christopher Head” says The Face. “Oh, really” she replies. Then under her breath “…now THAT’S an unfortunate surname.”