It's Cold - Don't Forget Your Booties !!

Hail & Many Greetings Worlds !!!

I'm here thinking - kind of hard at my age - about the music I'm playing.  It's the Allman Brothers show from Portland (May 15th 2009) & it is really good !!  For an Allman's show, a little short, but still well worth the cash if you find a copy.

The reason I was thinking about it ? Well, I've picked up 3 shows by the band - recorded over 4 nights & each set is different !!  How many bands can do that?  More to the point - how many bands can do that & get away with it !!  Oh well.....

It's just after 6pm & I'm here laughing at ME - my daughter - her boyfriend has just come down smiling his head off... ME thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife !!!!!!!  A Bill & Ted moment I think - I'm not 100% sure if she meant it, but..... that's my little girl !!  I must give a better copy of the Bible, I think !!

AND talking of the good book...... well, the other one - The Book Of Mormon....  We were at Church last Sunday & I was granted permission to give my Testimony.  I read the last verse of Moroni (Ch 10 V 34) & by doing so completely re-read the book !!  I started on January 1st this year & finished it in front of my friends, the Bishop & President B - he was visiting this weekend & it was him who granted me permission.  So, I've read it again..... it's a great book, give it a chance !!

OK, the music of the moment is now, Jethro Tull's 'Stand Up' re-issue.  It's a 3 disc set & I'm playing disc 2 - the live concert.  Disc 3 is the same concert, but is on DVD.... the sound is a bit better + it's longer.  Quite good to listen to, especially as I used to have the Lp from when it came out ..... it also has the Tull 'pop up'  - so they kept that in !!!

Not much else to say really.... I'm getting used to my new wheels.  B & J left me in the bank yesterday, so I was able to catch up with them afterwards..... maybe it seems a little thing, but in the past B would of had to stay with me, to push me around.  Now I can push myself & it's great - hard on the arms, but GREAT !!

Mind you - that was good - but 3am this morning I came down stairs to let a cat in & I couldn't get back to bed !!  I got up the stairs, but that was it, I was stuck !!  I waited until B's alarm went off 6.30 ish & then she was able help me.  I could of woken her up, but.... she was out cold & I didn't have the heart to wake her early !!

Oh well - must away..

Bye Bye

The Dentist Pt - I've forgotten !!

Hello & Greetings Worlds !!

Now, if you read these words from time to time, you'll know that I do not mind the dentist - that is to say, I do not enjoy going, BUT it holds no fear for me......... compared to some of the s**t I have to go thru', well - it's no problem !!

So yesterday, I had to go & get a tooth fixed - being 56 & counting  - it had fallen apart + another one had got busted along the way..... so 2 to look at.  B drove me in & we waited & waited & waited - the guy was like an hour late !!  I didn't mind that, I went in 40 minutes after my time & I was fixed up.  Why am I mentioning all this ?  Today my mouth feels like it has gone 10 rounds with some big boxer guy & I don't think I won !!  Oh well - life goes on........

The music of the moment is Within Temptation ("Ice Queen") & I'm here - sort of - alone.  B is out, ME is out, J is in the shower... I can't see any of our cats... so, as I say, I'm sort of alone.  I was going to stay in bed for a few hours, but once I was awake - well, I couldn't stay there.

Yesterday - apart from the dentist - I had good day.  We had a delivery of stuff to help me around the house.  A bed rail thing, to help me get up, a loo frame, again to help me get up & a kind of seat thing.... it moves up & down to help me in & out of the bath !!  Great stuff....

In the last week or so, I've had a new wheel chair, a new pair of spec's & all this new stuff yesterday - I've been spoilt rotten.  BUT, every thing is to help me - as B says - I do not realise how much I need these things !!  I've noticed the benefit already...... as I say, 56 & falling apart !!

All right - the music is now Neil Young... I like his new album, it's just a little short.  Unlike the box set I had thru' the post yesterday.  Transatlantic's "Whirld Tour 2010"... it's from a Shepherd's Bush Empire show & features the entire "The Whirlwind".  I've not played it all yet, but at 3 hours in length, THAT is value for money !!

I may have mentioned this already, but the Neil Young "Cow Palace 22-10-78" show came out really well - there are a few places where the audio is a bit 'naff' - but all the music came out well.  Where it lacks is on some of the more visual aspects of the show, came out good tho'...

I'm waiting on a Jethro Tull set to reach me - the updated "Stand UP" album that has just come out.... it's a 3 disc set, tho' I think one of them is a DVD of a live show.  Plus, I'm also waiting on some Allman's stuff - I had hoped it would reach me yesterday... never mind.  They WILL be good, no matter how long they take to get here !!

I'm playing Neil Young's 'Living With War' at the moment - well, a couple of tracks from it...... give the album 'Deja Vu Live' a listen - it's with CS & N - but, a good listen all the same.  Freedom Of Speech folks....... oh well - good album !!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, so a big "Hello !!" to all my American friend's.... hope you didn't eat too much ?  If you did, well - nobody forced you !!

The music of the moment is Dream Theater, I hope they make it thru' the next year !!

I must away.

Bye Bye

Where Does The Time Go ?

Hello & Greetings Worlds !!

So, here I am thinking  about logging in & doing a bit more to my blog..... then one thing pushed out another - so 2 weeks went by !!  Wow.... where does the time go when you're having fun ? 

Ah yes "fun" - I remember "fun" !!

I have NO excuse at all - other than (again !) I've been poorly..... IF anybody is reading this, well - I get poorly a lot, maybe too often - but I keep flapping my arms & try to pull out of it !!  Remember, if you'll falling a long way, you may as well try & fly !!  So flap those arms people - it works for me !!

OK, it's a Monday & it's cold outside..... we (B & I) went into town earlier & it was freezing !!  Never mind - I have a new way to keep warm !!  The highlight of the last week has been the 'gift' of a new wheel chair - yippeeeeeeeeeee !!  My old chair had small wheels & I had to be pushed around - this new one has BIG wheels on the back, so I can move all on my own !!!  It's great fun - I'm mobile at last..... Like today, we went into ASDA (someone has to !) & I was able to double back & pick up something that B had forgotten !  It IS brilliant - I can not tell you what a big deal this is for me !!

Yesterday we said "Goodbye" to my old chair.... we have donated it to the Church.  They can either use it at our Church - to help people in & out of the building - or give it to someone who needs it.  I know we could of sold it, but........ someone, some place, will get the benefit of it & that's all that matters really.  It was kind of sad to let it go, it has been a part of me - my life - for the last 3 years.... oh well !!

OK - 'The Family'..... B is out, J is upstairs & ME is - I think - on her way home from Uni placement.  today was her first day in a hospital complex, so it's been kind of hard for her.  BUT, it's all part of her course, so...

As for 'The Music In My Life'.... where to start, I have had soooooooo many things come thru' in the last 2 weeks !!  Yes... where to start ?

At the moment I'm listening to the soundtrack of the last 'Dr Who' season -  it's well good... nice & loud, good job our neighbours are deaf !!  Before that, I was playing 'Mulennium' by Gov't Mule - a great version of Skynyrd's 'Simple Man' !!  I had to get it from the Allman's web site, but it was worth it - only took 5 days to reach me as well - better than Play.com !!  Today - earlier - I picked up the new Bruce Springsteen 'The Promise'..... I've only played a couple of tracks on that, but it sounded pretty good.  What else ?  I can't remember !!

I know I've got some Allman Brother's concerts on the way from the US of A - again from their own web site - & I hope they will be here this week sometime, maybe tomorrow......  Oh yes, I also had a great version of 'The Wall'.  I had the DVD a week or two back, but the transfer to CD worked really well....  I can not remember what else !!  Some Band Of Joy stuff came & probably many others, which I'll think about when I switch off the computer !!  Never mind....

B picked me up some 'Vinyl CDs'.... they look & feel like small LPs.  I'll use them for special stuff, they look great, but at £2.50 a pop they are too expensive to just use for everyday things....... Never mind......

Anyhoo - 'ti 4.15pm & I must away...

Bye Bye

It's Been A While !!

Hello & Greetings Worlds.......

It's been too long since my last post - I didn't realise just how long until I logged in..... nothing to add really, except I've been poorly !  Sorry about the delay & all - couldn't be helped.  I saw one of my consultants a week or two back & she altered my meds.... with the result that I've been completely out of it, just wanting to sleep - while my Dearest friend, B, has been trying her best to keep me awake !!  Oh well... life will go on..... & on !!

Talking of B - she is out at the moment, so J is here keeping an eye on me. He (J) went for a job interview earlier today - hopefully he'll get the work.  Trouble is, there are so many people going for the same thing all the time - at least this time he got an interview !!  Most of the jobs he applies for don't even take the time to write back at all !!  When I was in the position to employ people, I always took the time to get back to them - it was harsh at times, phoning them up, to say they didn't get the job - but.....

The other member of the family, my Daughter ME, is working today (B is collecting her later) - I think tomorrow she is at Uni... I can't keep up with her these days - I never know what she's doing from day to day !!  Never mind - she seems happy & that's the main thing...

As for the music of the moment... I'm playing the Allman Brothers 'Woodstock 94' set as I type these words.  It's kind of sad really, because Allen Woody is on bass & he's no longer with us.  I've picked up Gov't Mule's 'Live With A Little Help From Our Friends' this past week & he is also on there.  Good bass player - never met the guy, but he was a great guy by all accounts.  The Woodstock thing is a DVD & well worth a watch - I might transfer it to Cd, to play/listen to other places, I'll see how time goes & if I can stay awake long enough !!

I think, also this past week, I've picked up Bryan Adam's new Cd 'Bare Bones' - another live disc (no surprise there folks) & well worth a listen.  My only complaint with it, is that it's meant to be the 'Deluxe' version & there ain't too much 'special' with it - a bit of gold lettering, but no extra tracks or anything.... kind of a shame really !!

Also on the music front - I've been listening to all the old Simon & Garfunkel Cd's.... I'm not really sure why - I started with 'Bookends' & it kind of spiraled out of control from there !!  At least here - in this old home of ours - you get a variety !!  Rock music thru' to classical & beyond - got to be mad !!

Never mind, I must away, so IF anybody is reading this.... take care.

Bye Bye