Referral spikes

This one time in 1998 when I was a fresher at Strathclyde University, going to King Tuts to see bands a few times a week, I once went on a mission to pull Kenickie. They were on tour, passing through that venue, and we a fine looking bunch of girls. I'd rounded up a couple of fresher chums, we acquired our tickets and headed along.

The gig wasn't the most crowded I'd been to, but the girls were on top form, their acappella version of Come Out 2Nite was a particular highlight of the set. The band had two new members for this, their final tour, some bloke and a hot keyboard player called Dot, who'd later go on to play with Blur.

My attempt at pulling Kenickie got as far as saying "Hey, how's it going?" to Dot. She smiled.

So, thirteen years later when my website charmed former Kenickie lead singer Lauren Laverne on her radio show, it was like completing a ancient quest.

As a result of getting talked up on the 6Music show, the website got a wee blip of traffic.

Lets compare it to other spot traffic blips I've received on several of my blogs:-

• Boing Boing mention - 24,000 hits
• YouPorn blog feeder - 500-1000 hits
• Lauren Laverne on 6Music - 450 hits
• Ian Dale new blogs mention - 200 hits
• Half-arsed Devil's Kitchen mention - 150 hits
• EU Referendum - 60 hits
• WardmanWire - 40 hits
• Britblog round-up - 30 hits

Thrilling stuff, I'm sure you'll agree.