What a difference a year makes!

So here i am! At the END OF A YEAR OF UNI! With only one question... Why was this so hard before? Well I think all know the answer as soon as I say that Loughborough was the first institution I went to! Oh well, I'm here now and I couldn't be happier!
The Den Festival was yesterday and made up an Ad Hoc launch of the magazine before It goes on tour with Rosie... The attendance was a bit poor but I think a good time was had by all! It turned out to be a bit of a brainstorming session. Having done a story on the foibles of the FXU and it's lack of involvement in the day to day running of the Stannary as a business has given me an insight into certain feelings about the venue itself and the way it's run. There are limitations with both when it comes to putting on a show as unusual in this county as the Den Fest was. I believe that there needs to be a rethink in the way major shows are put on in South Cornwall. Within the jurisdiction of the magazine over the next year comes the assurance that next year's Den Fest will be a bigger success than this one. With this in mind I think that it might be a good idea to campaign for a bigger, better-suited facility for larger gigs for South Cornwall and maybe a large cinema facility to sustain the venue 'off peak'. We could get the support of local businesses and local music industry to create a regional standard venue. We could use new media: vidblogs, website etc. to keep people up to date with our progress. STAY TUNED FOR DEVELOPMENTS.
It feels great to be at this stage now. The cost of printing came in cheaper than expected and the final product is amazingly polished! I'm so very proud of it!
On Wednesday we had the honour of winning the Journalism Department's award for best Zine. The trophy has taken pride of place on my shelf and in turn, will take pride of place on the front cover of all this coming year's issues.
Exciting times makes me feel like I don't want to leave for the Summer, but oh well. Looking forward to the next couple of quiet weeks, bit of surfing, bit of sailing and a couple of friends down for extra measure then off home for a bit of work and earn...