Here’s the deal: I’m not going to discuss it. I completely recognize the right to assemble, the right to free speech, and the needs that are required in order to sustain a reasonable household budget. I don’t know the ins and outs of what the people in the UK are going through – and truth be told – I’m coming from a completely selfish angle here because in about 24 hours I’ll be leaving to go to the airport to catch a flight to meet up with Amanda in Chicago, and then on to what I believe should be Heathrow. It’s my second time there in a year – and prior to this year I’ve been to the UK all of one time in my entire 41 years on this planet. It’s the second time we’ve had shows planned that we aren’t sure we’re going to get to – and all of the “positive thinking” in the world is pretty much lost on me at this point. I’m sure that most everyone is sick of reading about our problems AND the tour – I know I’m sick of it myself! So, I’m not going to talk about the strike OR the trip.
The trouble is, what am I going to write about today then? No idea. Crickets are floating around in my head. (I hear a song lyric in there…)
I was reading some posts on our Facebook page from over the weekend, and I ran into a small item of interest – a friend of ours has a virtual “album” of Roger Taylor that she apparently helps manage or administrate. I was curious about it because I hadn’t heard of it before, and it got me thinking that there must many more sites, boards, open groups, etc. out there that are Duran Duran focused that not many of us know about. I know that duranduran.com used to have a link page – but when I last inquired (I wanted to see if they would include Daily Duranie), I was told they weren’t taking any more links. I have to say that at the time, that response puzzled me. I guess I wrongfully assumed that the band would want to have a central place for links to fan pages, but if we operate on the assumption that to them, the band is simply a business machine – and those links aren’t making them any money (directly, anyway), and the advertising that duranduran.com would be providing is basically free – I suppose it makes sense. If you’re Scrooge, anyway.
That said, I feel strongly that there really should be some way to group all of the Duran Duran links in the world together, and I think that Daily Duranie’s mission is truly to bring the fans together. I hate the idea that I’m missing out on what I’m sure are some fantastic sites – and the fact is – we should be working together. We have a common cause, and instead of trying to one-up each other, let’s join forces. Let’s remember that while our Daily Duranie site might bore some people to death – others really like it, and still others much prefer getting their Duran newsbytes from Salvo’s Durannasty site or even Kitty’s Gimme a Wristband site – and some like all of us, or none of us! I don’t think that any of our websites, whether I’ve mentioned them or not, are exactly the same, so they are all worthy of being advertised by all of us. We all make this fan community work. I know we’ve got a link column on here – but maybe it’s time to think about expanding. If you’ve got a link that you want published, let me know!
Time for me to get packing….
-R
