(29) USA – A big thank you to “debby
harmon” for her 5 out of 5 stars rating of Marilyn (hardback version) on
Amazon.com.
- Early morning catch-up chat with
legendary 60s/70s snapper, Michael Randolph… - UK / Europe – Just five days to go to the television premiere (on BBC Four) of Queen: Rock The World, a documentary to mark the fortieth anniversary of their classic album, News Of The World (and featuring archive research by Mr Badman himself)…
(26) USA – The National Archives release 2,800 previously classified files relating to the assassination of President, John F. Kennedy. To say Keith was all over them like bees over honey, was putting it rather mildly… “The story about an anonymous call to a newspaper in Cambridge saying ‘Something’s going to happen’ 25-minutes BEFORE Kennedy was shot, was particularly interesting… and enthralling,” he remarked.
(25) Sunny Berkshire – More preliminary archive research on the new, rather exciting movie project.
(24) Canada – Marilyn was still at the top spot in the “Most Wished For in Monroe, Marilyn” listing on Amazon Canada. (It had fallen to No.2 in the “Best Sellers” section…)
(23) Canada – Another incredible day when (three YEARS after its release) the paperback edition of Marilyn raced back to the No.1 position (yes NUMBER ONE) in two different charts on Amazon Canada… “Best Sellers in Monroe, Marilyn” and “Most Wished For in Monroe, Marilyn” listings… Incredible!
- Further preliminary research work
on the new, rather exciting movie project.
(18) Wet/ Rainy Berkshire – More
early, pre-production work on a new, rather exciting film/ documentary project.
- Invoices were submitted to various companies. “We must eat,
you know.”
(16) Wandsworth – A trip out to see director,
Alan G. to discuss the new, various ongoing projects.
(14) Subscribers – The Pepper movie,
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today... began its two-month run on one of the world’s
biggest the movie subscribers channel, Netflix.
(12) Goodreads – Many thanks to
“Marilyn” for her five-star rating of Marilyn on the top, book reading site,
Goodreads. “Thank you!”
(10) Wigan – A trip up North to see
one of the World’s biggest Beatles dealers; Paul Wane at Tracks to see his
truly amazing collection of pictures.
(9) Cold, Overcast Berkshire –
Rockin’ The Box was finished and sent...
- Further, rather early, formative work on
the new Lennon film/ drama idea also took place today.
(7) USA – Many thanks to “Samantha
Dee” for her 5-star rating of Marilyn on the Goodreads website… “It was
amazing,” she said… Thank you!
(6 - 9) Overcast Berkshire – A week
earlier than usual, the latest Rockin’ The Box (for Record Collector magazine)
was started and wrapped…This month, Wings’ rare 1979 appearance on the
Tyne-Tees TV show, Saturday Shake-Up…
(4/5/6) Sunny Berkshire – The new,
proposed John Lennon documentary took a rather adventurous, highly interesting
few steps forward over those three days…
(2) Berkshire – Another exceptionally
long and busy day, taking in the High Street, the doctors as well as catch-ups
with long-time friends, Mike Randolph (at 1pm) and Gary S (at 9:15pm)…
- Archive work was wrapped on the
new, official Queen documentary…
