So Calvin Harris has lost his new album, has he? Has he really? There’s got to be serious question marks above this latest scoop, that seems to be the hottest news item since sliced bread was placed in plastic bags and launched onto supermarket shelves. In short, the only copy of his nearly finished album has been misplaced along with the laptop containing all the parts. Scouring all the various news reports on this story, there doesn’t seem to be one post that wiggles its nose even slightly at the rather strong scent of haddock pluming from the official press release, that Mr Calvin Harris, chart-stomper and all-round top music professional kept 7 months-worth of work on a solitary laptop.

Now call me a cynic, but even amateur musicians make a habit of backing up their productions in case one of the many (oxymoron alert) natural-computer disasters occur in the middle of a project. Hard drive failure, theft, loss, virus, ANYTHING can happen and EVERYONE who has worked with music knows the importance of backing up their work. That is everyone except Calvin Harris apparently, a man who has launched himself to superstardom through a very strong work ethic and no small amount of talent. ‘Hold on a sec’ I hear you say, ‘but how does someone with such a strong work ethic manage to be so stupid as to only have one copy of his work, which he then carries around with him, and then loses?’.

That is precisely my point people. And I can’t even think of a single word to explain it. Just two letters; P.R.

(Words: Gavin Leversuch)