Holiday Update 2020

2020 is almost over and the Christmas Season is upon us. #PVX is in the bag and Platinum Vinyl 11, while the eligibility year is finished, the entries are a disorganized mess due to many upheavals because of government overreach with coronavirus. Note I said due to government. Physically, I have been unaffected by the virus and that will remain the case.

The Blog, due to the restrictions of a mobile platform, will be relegated to a semi-retired status. I will be more active with small posts on Twitter and Facebook. We shall see how year end roundups go with that. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Following The Beat

Time to take a little break from the music and engage in a little shameless self promotion. Without it who would know The Night Beat even exists. I know I have a lot of readers, though followers are few. Take a risk. Make it official. Follow The Night Beat.

Due to the demise of Google Friend Connect, people with Blogger Blogs have had to do a little scrambling to keep our followers. I probably have been a little slower at it than the rest, but I am getting to it. Here are a few ways that you can keep up with things.

• Twitter: Right now @wencdj is my personal twitter account, as well as that of The Night Beat. Music, personal insights, just about anything can be found here. I may have to do a Night Beat and Personal account soon, but for now there's just one.
• NetworkedBlogs: This is my fallback position right now for blog followers. You can follow The WENC Night Beat here. I would appreciate it greatly.
• Facebook: I still feel like I've crossed over to the dark side with this one. Anyway, I have both a Personal Page and a Night Beat Fan Page.
• Google+ : This one is still a work in progress. It is currently just my personal page, but I am going to be creating a Night Beat Page here as well.

That really is all I have to say for now. I intend to get a YouTube channel up one of these days, mainly because I have a stash of mp4 music videos (obtained legally, though free) that not only would I like to share with my readers, since I have an ancient computer, putting them online may be my only way to enjoy them. That is for a later time, however.

On a humorous note, I was thinking I should get on that Google+ page. The Night Beat needs something to fall back on when Facebook drops below $5 within a month and gets delisted. Everybody wondered in G+ was doomed, but they didn't remember that Google has tons of dough and makes more by the second. Facebook has users, but revenue, not so much. That ends this post of shameless self-promotion. We will return shortly to our regular music commentary. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

An Interview With A Lioness

Introductory Note: I am writing this post as a participant in the "Interview With A Character" Blog fest put on by Melissa at The Undeveloped Story. I asked her if I could post two and she said it was okay. Here is number one.

• NB: We at The Night Beat are primarily concerned with music, but sometimes an opportunity comes along that you just can't pass up, even if you have to stray outside your comfort zone. Talking to us today via Skype from her office in Split, Croatia is Susan Bradford, President and CEO of Thames Electronics. Miss Bradford, thank you for taking some of your time to talk to The Night Beat.
• SB: My pleasure
• NB: The Computer world, as well as the emerging world of Social Media is increasingly a youth movement. Being the CEO of a major corporation at 35, you must be fitting in quite well.
• SB: It's 29, but, yes, I am doing quite well.
• NB: Pardon me for correcting you, but my notes say that you were born on July 15, 1976. That would make you 35.
• SB: Never press a Lady on her real age. As to your original question. The Social Media landscape is dominated by Facebook and Mark Zuckerburg is only 27, so even I feel like a fossil at times.
• NB: Recently shock waves went through the tech community with the announcement by Steve Jobs that hew was stepping down as the CEO of Apple. Without sounding overly crass, let me ask "is this good news for Thames?"
• SB: I should bloody well hope so. (Laughs). Seriously though, all of us at Thames Electronics wish Mister Jobs only good health. I'd be lost if it weren't for my iPhone or iPad. I only wish we had come up with them.
• NB: But is it good news for Thames?
• SB: I don't think it has any effect. Thames makes supercomputers, so I don't think we compete against each other. Still, I would like to have invented the iPod.
• NB: On to another subject. From the mid 90' to September of 2009 the major cities of Europe were terrorized by a cat burglar...
• SB: I think terrorized is highly prejudicial
• NB: Your answer begs a follow up. Since Lioness' exploits seem to have ended around the same time as your auto accident. Are You Lioness?
• SB: It is a remarkable coincidence, but that is all.
• NB: On another topic, would it be appropriate to call you the Six Million Dollar Woman?
• SB: I Bloody well hope not. I am worth 75 Million Pounds, that should be good in dollars as well.
• NB: Actually it's over 100 Million Dollars. I was actually referring to a 1970's era Science Fiction Show about a man whose life was saved after a horrific accident by turning him into a cyborg.
• SB: Simply preposterous, I don't know where you get your information.
• NB: I talked to a General Jonathan Knox in Chicago.
• SB: Since you talked to The General. It's closer to the Billion Dollar Woman when you figure in all the prototypes.
• NB: Any Superhuman abilities?
• SB: None that have appeared so far, but I haven't exactly tried to do anything special.
• NB: Not trying to pull any semi's?
• SB: No.
• NB: No accidental revelations?
• SB: Did I send my date flying through a plate glass window when all I wanted to do was slap his face? No. Sound's like fun though. Except for not needing glasses and not tiring as easy, things are kind of normal.
• NB: On a final note, I see that now that Kate Middleton has married Prince William you have moved to the top of the Beautiful Brit List. Congratulations.
• SB: Thanks. I don't want to seem to vain, but being a cyborg does have its privileges. Since the operation I went from a size 4 to a size 2. Daddy was on the phone from London as soon as the list came out. He's already got several dates lined up for me as soon as I hit British Soil. Suddenly I love Croatia.
• NB: Miss Bradford, thank you for your time.

End of Interview.