David Bowie, Frank Zappa & Led Zeppelin....

Well "Hello" Worlds !!

How is your bit of Internet space treating you today ?!  I'm on the up - or at least I think I am..... after several days of feeling like c**p - I seem to be getting a little better today !!  That's good - just feeling down, well - it wasn't helping at all !!

I must admit - I could of used a better nights sleep, but that wasn't to be..... thankfully, I did manage to "nod off" eventually, but not until I had been loaded up with various pills & potions !!  Which - in it's own way, was kind of funny !!

I needed to take just half of one of the pills.... so, I needed to use a knife to cut it down.  No big deal - except, one part went onto the floor in one direction & the other seemed to fly off into Earth orbit !!  So - I was down here, on hands & knees, looking for the 2 halves !!

I found one part quite quickly.... but, as the 3 cats were in, I had to find the second bit - just incase one of them found it & decided it looked tasty !!  It - the pill - knocks me out... I don't think it would of done the cats any good at all !!

Anyhoo - after about 10 minutes, I found the missing bit.... about 5 feet from where it started from !!  Oh well.... all ended well & I didn't drug any of the cats !!

B would not of been too happy with me... waking up this morning, to a "stoner" cat - or worse !!

Talking about My Wife & Dearest Friend...... she has gone out for a birthday lunch !!  A lady, from Church, invited her out... so..... she 'll be home a while later I guess.  So - that leaves J here to keep an eye on me... to make sure I don't get into any mischief !!  That only leaves ME - who is at work today.... her last day for quite a while, as she has 9 days break now, until her next shift !!  I know she is looking forward to the break !!

I think, just a couple of days off would of been good enough, but... 9 days... well, she won't know what to do with herself !!

At some point, all 4 of us are heading up towards Bristol, for a bit of a shopping trip.... to treat B... as it's her birthday & everything.  They have a big craft shop, in the area we're heading to, so B can have fun..... & hopefully pick up something a little special. That's going to be next week some time !!

So - that's the family......

The music of the moment is a David Bowie concert.  It's a 2 Cd set, recorded at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale USA on March 23rd 1976.  It's an official set & came as part of a re-released box set of his 'Station To Station' Cd.

To explain...

I have a lot of Bowie albums, from when they were released.... but, they are nearly all on cassette tape.  So - I've made myself a little mission... I'm going to replace the tapes, with Cd's !!  What has been a bonus tho' - quite a few of them - have been re-released with 'bonus' material.  In this case, the 2 Cd concert !!

It's going to take a while to do replace them all.... and to be honest, I might never get around to doing them all, but it's a little plan & hopefully, I will manage to complete it !!  Time will tell.....

Staying with music, a bit longer.... I have another 1969 concert by Zeppelin.  This time, recorded at the Lyceum, in London.  So, from October 12th 1969, the tracks are:

1) Good Times, Bad Times - Communication Breakdown
2) I Can't Quit You
3) Heartbreaker
4) You Shook Me
5) What Is & What Should Never Be
6) Dazed & Confused
7) How Many More Times

It's not the greatest recording in the World..... but, it's good to have in the collection !!  As mentioned before - I have these notebooks, which I used to carry around the record fairs... so, I could check which concerts I had & to make sure I didn't get 2 the same !!

Well - I have 6 of these books.... and this Cd is listed on page 50 (out of 200) in book one - so, that will give you some clue, to how long I've had this Cd !!  It's come out several times since - under different labels, but.... it's still the same tape !!

As always - don't buy bootlegs... buy the official stuff instead !!  More another time....

The music of the moment has just changed to a Frank Zappa/The Mothers Cd.... 'Just Another Band From LA'.  I've not played it in years - I'm not really sure why I'm playing it now !!  Oh well... it's all music folks !!

Last night, 2 of the Missionaries came over to see us.  They soon realised I wasn't 100% & didn't stay overly long.  They gave me a Blessing & we talked about an exciting new project, that has been approved by The Bishop & others.... so, that will be good, if it gets going !!

I don't think some of the "older" members of The Congregation will like it - they are kind of set in their ways, but we will see how it
goes !!  I will keep you posted, as best as I can.....

It was good to see them tho' - I was able to give them recordings of the General Conference session that we watched on Sunday evening.  Hopefully, they will be able to give the Sisters their copies as well...... it will give them something to remember us by !!

I gave one of the Elders, on Sunday, a spare copy of the Allman Brothers 'Eat A Peach' Cd...... I had 2 - so, I gave him one, to play when his Mission comes to an end.  I think he will enjoy it !!

Ok - my plans for today.... well, as B isn't going to be home for an hour or so - I might get a bit of extra sleep in !!  To try & catch up on what I missed last night !!  That sounds like a plan to me !!

So - for now, I will away.... as always, I thank you for logging in & reading my words..... you amaze me, you really do... until next time...

Bye Bye