FAME AT LAST!
Gentle ChartBloggers, today I feel like Gwyneth Paltrow at the Oscars, Madonna at the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame, Take That at the Brit Awards and Leon Jackson at the X-Factor final last year (but not Leon Jackson at any point before or since).
There aren't that many accolades a blog can receive. If we have an awards ceremony, it is not one which is covered by the paparazzi. If we have Best In Show rosettes, they are only virtual ones, and can be easily deleted. And If there is a blogging chart, it is not one which gets a rundown with Fearne and Reggie on a Sunday night - and even if it did, I'd be fully expecting ChartBlog to be excluded on the grounds that people would think the figures were fiddled no matter what ranking we managed to get.
So, you take your compliments where you find them in this game. And when I find that a national tabloid newspaper has taken the interview I did with Basshunter from last week - the interview about his battle with Tourette's syndrome, in case you missed it - and run it from their website from start to finish, well, I can only glow with pride and dab my drippy eyes with a mulch of tissues.
Of course, without meaning to sound like some kind of control-freak diva madman, there are a few subtle differences between and ChartBlog's...
For example, I don't think I'd use the word 'nutty', not in this context. Or 'barmy' come to that. And the less said about 'mouthy Eurotrasher' the better.
On the other hand, OMG! THE SUN KNOW I EXIST!!! *SWOOON!*
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At 17th Jul 2008, Kat wrote:haha, well.. good? :P
Plagiarism..flattery.. etc :)
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At 17th Jul 2008, LFC-Soldier wrote:Congratulations Fraser, you deserve it.
Who knows what the future holds now for ChartBlog. A mention in The Mirror's 3am? Or maybe even a front page News of The World scandal (I typed sandal at first by mistake, made me chuckle)? I'm thinking something involving drugs, some marmalade and a door stop.
Jamie
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At 17th Jul 2008, HazelChartblog wrote:I'm thinking something involving drugs, some marmalade and a door stop
Nah, they've been told they're not allowed to print that one, we have good lawyers. :D
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At 17th Jul 2008, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:We also have good cleaners, good greengrocers and an amazing plastic surgeon.
So it's not like there's any evidence anyway.
WE BURNED THE FILES, MAAAN...
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At 17th Jul 2008, -RachelS- wrote:So The Sun can publish this and say it's by them, because they've found it!
Does that mean that I can say all the songs on the CDs that I own are by me, because I've got them, and I'm making them play out loud? Wow! I never knew I was so talented - didn't take much effort, either...
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At 18th Jul 2008, Kat wrote:lol, Rachel :P
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