Well - "Greetings" World's !!
It's a gloomy & wet Thursday, here in the South-West wilds of England... mind you, it's only a little after 9am - so, things might brighten up, as the day goes along......
As I type - I'm home alone.... again. No, really - it's no big deal..... B has just gone out to a meeting in town & - in a very short while - our Daughter, ME, should be home from another night shift at work. For those of you new to my words - she is a nurse & from to time... well, most of the time... she does nights. Having said that - she starts her new job, in a few weeks.... so, I'm personally hoping she will do fewer nights & just do day shifts !! We'll see how it goes.... you also have to remember our Son - J - is away, at Uni.... well, apart from the cats... that just leaves me here !!
It's going to be a quiet day, it has been a very long night - to explain.
Yesterday, I was poorly.... so, as you do - when you're sick........ well, as I do (at least) - I slept right thru' the day !! This meant that, last night, I wasn't very tired at all.... result, I didn't sleep for very long. If you throw young Archie - our kitten - into the mix... well, it was a very long night !!
At one point, B & I were watching TV and were both very wide awake......... it was interesting tho' !! There was a programme, about disabled kids & examined how, over the years, attitudes have changed. Not that many years ago, parents were being advised by Dr's to have their children institutionalized, rather than being raised at home.... in a loving family environment. It all seems very harsh to watch now.... but, B & I met at one of these institutions, way back - many Moons ago..... we were both helpers there.
Once or twice a week - I would go out to the 'hospital' and help with the guys who lived there & one night, along came B.... and the rest is history, so to speak !! Oh well.....
Ok - that's the family & a bit of a history lesson.... now, the music of the moment !!
As I type, I'm listening to Within Temptation's 'The Promise'....... I should be able to tell you which of their Cd's it's from - but, I've forgotten & I'm too darn lazy to try & find the disc, to actually track
it !! Anyhoo - it's one of their tracks..... and, I'm playing it thru' the iPod thingy - better known as the Mini Egg !! For an explanation - go back, to about April or May & you'll find it in one those posts !!
Right - the actual thing, that I'm playing, is a compilation of stuff..... just like the old "mix tapes" of years back... this time, on a Cd - which I've transferred over to the Egg. In this case - it's a collection, which goes by the name of 'Bust A Gut 3 - The Wheelchair Shuffle' !! Yep - I kid you not !!
It's a follow up to 'Bust A Gut' which was a 6 Cd thing I put together in 2001........ that was followed by 'Bust A Gut 2 - In Through The Out-Door'..... that was only a 4 Cd collection !! This one - well, I got a little carried away & I landed up doing an 18 disc collection !! It's all kid of crazy - but, at the time, it made some kind of sense !!
I intend to do a 4th collection..... which has a working name of 'Bust A Gut 4 - Bad To The Bone'. Kind of catchy, well - I thought so at least !!
The whole idea, the reason for doing them, came about in 2001 - when I spent 7 weeks in the hospital & the collection was made up of stuff I was listening to, while I was there !! Then - in 2002 - following another hospital stay... well, you might be getting the picture ..... 'Bad To The Bone' is coming together, mainly as I've been stuck in the bloody hospital, having my spine (kind of) fixed !! I'm not sure just how many Cd's this one is going to work out at.... but, I suspect it'll be more than a few !!
Oh well.......
Ok - my plans for today - none at all really !! I have a few things that I need to do, but nothing that will kill me, if I don't get around to them. I really want to get thru' sorting out the Cd's.... I have made a (sort of) start - but, I really need to work out what should go where & everything. Some of them - the Cd's - were put on the shelves, behind me, in early May & I've not got around to sorting them out, since then !! They really are in a right mess.... never mind !! It's going to give me something to do, for a while at least !!
I'm hoping the postman will bring me a new - to me at least - Korpiklaani Cd........ I'm not sure when it will get here - but, it'll be fun giving it a listen. Hopefully some of it will be in English - my language skills are very, very limited !! I must away....
I thank you all for logging in & reading my words........ feel free to log in again - it's always good to know you're there..... until next time...
Bye Bye
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Genesis & Pink Floyd
Well "Hello" World's !!
I hope you are all doing well & that your bit of internet space is treating you as as well as you all deserve !!
It's another Tuesday, here in old England & I'm well happy.... it's been one of those days, where everything seems to have gone well - where everything has fallen exactly where I had hoped it would.... it's very rare I get days like today !!
Ok - I didn't get up very early... but, I had a great nights sleep & all seems to have been good with my night !! I didn't wake up on the floor or anything dumb like that !! Nevermind - onwards....
Once again, I'm home alone.... it's no big deal !! ME wanted to guy to why she works, to hand in her notice & B went along with her, for a bit of support !! I know how much this job has meant to my Daughter - so, to actually leave it.... well, I'm glad B went along, to just be with her !!
I'm not 100% sure when she will start her new nursing job - or everything that will go along with it - but, as long as she is happy - well, I'm happy !! B has promised to 'phone me, as they get closer to home.... just so I know they are safe & sound, as I've said before - I do worry about them !!
That's the ladies of the house... as for our Son J - well, he is still in Wales, at Uni..... so "Hi".... if you're reading these words !!
That's the family - as for the music of the moment - I'm having a bit of a "flashback" moment or two, as I'm playing the first (for me) Genesis album, 'Trespass' !! I wanted something different to listen to & this was it.... the tracks are:
1) Looking For Someone
2) White Mountain
3) Visions Of Angels
4) Stagnation
5) Dusk
6) The Knife
I'm really enjoying it... and, I'm tempted to keep playing the Genesis albums, from this one, onwards... until I start to get a little fed up with it all !! I think I have them all here - on Cd now.... and, I really used to enjoy listening to the old Lp's - well, that was until things got too commercial for me !!
I'm probably going to get a bit of flack for writing this - but, to me, they became a "singles" band, more concerned with their next "hit" than the actual music they were putting out, on Cd's !! Ok - go shoot me... it's just my thoughts....
Ok - going back to earlier.... I am very happy to say, I listened to all of the Pink Floyd (Knebworth) concert, that I mentioned a day or two back !! I was well happy with it - kind of transported me back, to a simpler time of our lives !! It was a typical 1975 set list:
1) Raving & Drooling
2) Got To Be Crazy
3) Shine On You Crazy Diamond - with Have A Cigar (in the middle)
4) Dark Side Of The Moon
5) Echoes
Not exactly a huge amount of tracks - but.... having been at the show, I was really pleased to hear a good copy of it again, after all of these years !! Talking of older stuff....
........ Tonight, on the BBC (I think) they are showing a Jimi Hendrix thingy, called 'Hear My Train A Comin' & that's on for about 90 minutes - right thru' until midnight !! So - I better think about getting a DVD sorted out for that, as I can't imagine being awake until then..... way passed my bedtime !!
Then, later in the week, on Friday... there is going to be a Pink Floyd night, on BBC 4. That's going to include a 1987 concert.... nothing overly "new" - but, it could be worth a watch !!
I've just started listening to the 2nd (for me) Genesis album - 'Nursery Cryme'.... with the fantastic 'Musical Box' as an opening number !! The tracks are:
1) Musical Box
2) For Absent Friends
3) The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4) Seven Stones
5) Harold The Barrel
6) Harlequin
7) The Fountain Of Salmacis
"Wow" - I'm doing a lot of track listings tonight... oh well..... moving back 24 hours.....
I had to go back to the hospital, this time for a MRI scan. I was a bit "worried" about it - mainly as I have a body full of metal work !! But - as it was all new-ish... the scan could cope with that & it didn't matter !! Maybe the scanner could cope - but, I bloody struggled.... !!
Having to lay still, flat on my back.... actually on my open wound... for about 30+ minutes, well... it wasn't a lot of fun !! Nevermind - it's over now... so, I can put that bit of my life behind me & await the go ahead on the plastic surgery !! That's going to be new.... well, for me at least !! But - that's for another time !!
I did something a bit "odd" for me... a few hours ago - I actually called a friend from The Church, to see how he was getting along. He was a massive help & support, to me... when I really needed it.... earlier in the year !! So - I spent some time, just talking with him & catching up. Hopefully, if all goes well.... somebody from The Church will come to see me, here at home, in the near future !! It's been a very long time...... maybe too long - but, I'll see how things go.....
Alright - I better think about closing down now.... I've been writing this for far too long & I need to get on with a few other things ...... what I don't know, but as Archie has just come in, thru' the back door... all fluffed up, I'll see if he wants feeding - now that's a stupid question - of course he'll want feeding !!
Thank's for logging in.... until next time...
Bye Bye
I hope you are all doing well & that your bit of internet space is treating you as as well as you all deserve !!
It's another Tuesday, here in old England & I'm well happy.... it's been one of those days, where everything seems to have gone well - where everything has fallen exactly where I had hoped it would.... it's very rare I get days like today !!
Ok - I didn't get up very early... but, I had a great nights sleep & all seems to have been good with my night !! I didn't wake up on the floor or anything dumb like that !! Nevermind - onwards....
Once again, I'm home alone.... it's no big deal !! ME wanted to guy to why she works, to hand in her notice & B went along with her, for a bit of support !! I know how much this job has meant to my Daughter - so, to actually leave it.... well, I'm glad B went along, to just be with her !!
I'm not 100% sure when she will start her new nursing job - or everything that will go along with it - but, as long as she is happy - well, I'm happy !! B has promised to 'phone me, as they get closer to home.... just so I know they are safe & sound, as I've said before - I do worry about them !!
That's the ladies of the house... as for our Son J - well, he is still in Wales, at Uni..... so "Hi".... if you're reading these words !!
That's the family - as for the music of the moment - I'm having a bit of a "flashback" moment or two, as I'm playing the first (for me) Genesis album, 'Trespass' !! I wanted something different to listen to & this was it.... the tracks are:
1) Looking For Someone
2) White Mountain
3) Visions Of Angels
4) Stagnation
5) Dusk
6) The Knife
I'm really enjoying it... and, I'm tempted to keep playing the Genesis albums, from this one, onwards... until I start to get a little fed up with it all !! I think I have them all here - on Cd now.... and, I really used to enjoy listening to the old Lp's - well, that was until things got too commercial for me !!
I'm probably going to get a bit of flack for writing this - but, to me, they became a "singles" band, more concerned with their next "hit" than the actual music they were putting out, on Cd's !! Ok - go shoot me... it's just my thoughts....
Ok - going back to earlier.... I am very happy to say, I listened to all of the Pink Floyd (Knebworth) concert, that I mentioned a day or two back !! I was well happy with it - kind of transported me back, to a simpler time of our lives !! It was a typical 1975 set list:
1) Raving & Drooling
2) Got To Be Crazy
3) Shine On You Crazy Diamond - with Have A Cigar (in the middle)
4) Dark Side Of The Moon
5) Echoes
Not exactly a huge amount of tracks - but.... having been at the show, I was really pleased to hear a good copy of it again, after all of these years !! Talking of older stuff....
........ Tonight, on the BBC (I think) they are showing a Jimi Hendrix thingy, called 'Hear My Train A Comin' & that's on for about 90 minutes - right thru' until midnight !! So - I better think about getting a DVD sorted out for that, as I can't imagine being awake until then..... way passed my bedtime !!
Then, later in the week, on Friday... there is going to be a Pink Floyd night, on BBC 4. That's going to include a 1987 concert.... nothing overly "new" - but, it could be worth a watch !!
I've just started listening to the 2nd (for me) Genesis album - 'Nursery Cryme'.... with the fantastic 'Musical Box' as an opening number !! The tracks are:
1) Musical Box
2) For Absent Friends
3) The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4) Seven Stones
5) Harold The Barrel
6) Harlequin
7) The Fountain Of Salmacis
"Wow" - I'm doing a lot of track listings tonight... oh well..... moving back 24 hours.....
I had to go back to the hospital, this time for a MRI scan. I was a bit "worried" about it - mainly as I have a body full of metal work !! But - as it was all new-ish... the scan could cope with that & it didn't matter !! Maybe the scanner could cope - but, I bloody struggled.... !!
Having to lay still, flat on my back.... actually on my open wound... for about 30+ minutes, well... it wasn't a lot of fun !! Nevermind - it's over now... so, I can put that bit of my life behind me & await the go ahead on the plastic surgery !! That's going to be new.... well, for me at least !! But - that's for another time !!
I did something a bit "odd" for me... a few hours ago - I actually called a friend from The Church, to see how he was getting along. He was a massive help & support, to me... when I really needed it.... earlier in the year !! So - I spent some time, just talking with him & catching up. Hopefully, if all goes well.... somebody from The Church will come to see me, here at home, in the near future !! It's been a very long time...... maybe too long - but, I'll see how things go.....
Alright - I better think about closing down now.... I've been writing this for far too long & I need to get on with a few other things ...... what I don't know, but as Archie has just come in, thru' the back door... all fluffed up, I'll see if he wants feeding - now that's a stupid question - of course he'll want feeding !!
Thank's for logging in.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Monday, 28 October 2013
John McVie & more Allman Brothers.... Ho-Hum
Hi again World's !!
I hope your part of the Universe is treating you well ?! today is "Day 3" - as I've been counting it - of the great storm.... and, to be honest, we have got away with things quite lightly.
our hearts & prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones, over the last few hours.... as far as I know, from what I've seen on the BBC News, very little has happened in our little part, our little area..... the wind seems to have been further South of here.
The strangest part of it all - for me, at least, was how still everything was this morning - very peaceful & quiet !! That was about 9am, when I had to go down to the Dr's surgery - here in the village - to have my dressings changed.... more on that later.... but.... As we had been expecting "the worst" - to actually get out of the car this morning - it was sooooo quiet, it was all kind of strange really !!
But more importantly, the family !!
I'm "home alone" at the moment.... ME had a hairdresser's appointment this morning & B went along, for the ride.... and to give her some moral support, I guess !! From there - they are driving up to where ME hopes to be starting her new job soon....... and, if all goes to plan, from there - back in this direction, to take in a craft type shop......... Hopefully, all of that will happen smoothly !! I always worry about them, when they are out driving !! Not so much, because I think they will hit something - more that something/someone will hit them !!
That's the ladies of the homestead...... J, is still over in West Wales... studying at Uni. I hope all is going well for him, we've not heard otherwise - so, what do I know !!
As I say - that just leaves me here.... on my own, with 2 or 3 of the cats, to keep me company !! i can see the youngest "Archie" - who is asleep under the couch thingy. The oldest one, well, the last time I saw him, he was asleep up stairs...... I would say they are both "chilling out" - but, as I've got the heating on & it's pretty warm in here...... well, "chilling" is far from what they are doing !!
Anyhoo - that's the cats....
The music of the morning, so far.... well, I'll own up - I'm playing a load more Allman Brothers live stuff !! No real surprises there, I guess..... this time, I'm listening to the soundtrack to the bands 2003 DVD - recorded at the Beacon Theater in New York. I could watch the DVd - but, I prefer just to listen to the Dc's of the things. The tracks are:
1) Ain't Wastin' Time No More
2) Black Hearted Woman
3) Statesboro' Blues
4) Woman Across The River
5) A Change Is Gonna Come
6) Maydell
7) Come & Go Blues
8) Rockin' Horse
9) Desdemona
10) Don't Keep Me Wondering
11) Midnight Rider
12) Soulshine
13) High Cost Of Low Living
14) Leave My Blues At Home
15) Old Before My Time
16) The Same Thing
17) Milissa
18) Instrumental Madness
19) Worried Down With The Blues
20) Dreams
21) Whippin' Post
Ok - those are the tracks, lifted straight off of the DVD cover... I'm actually listening to the 4 Cd version of the show, that I did for myself..... oh, a few years ago now !! If you can't find the DVD - there is a good 2 Cd version of most of the show out, called 'One Way Out' and I highly recommend that !! It's a well good Cd & covers most of the above, in one way or another !! I just put it onto Cd - mainly, as you will know - if you're a long time reader - because I prefer to listen to bands, rather than watch them !!
The Cd's only have about 15 minutes to go... so, I'm not really sure what I'm going to play next - possibly the 2 Cd set, by Colosseum, that I bought the last time we went into Taunton. I've only had chance to play the odd track - so, today.... well, I'll try & give it a listen !!
I mentioned yesterday, about Lou Reed dying - this morning, I've read that John McVie has pulled out of the Fleetwood Mac Australian tour, after being diagnosed with cancer.... our thoughts & prayers are with you.
The postman has just been.... I am now the "proud" owner of 2 more Star Trek models, ho-hum !! This time... well, number 6 is a model of 'Voyager' & number 7 is a model of a Klingon 'K'T'inga-Class' battle cruiser. First of all - who comes up with all of these weird names, for so called alien spaceships ?! Oh well - they will go to whoever wants them, either when I'm very old & grey - or when I'm dead & gone...... hopefully someone will get some joy out of my madness, collecting various things...... time will tell !!
Right - I mentioned going down to the local Dr's surgery - to have my dressings changed. It's the first time that I've been down there, for a change.... up until now, the nurses have visited me here, in the house. That has worked, really well !! I'm at home & at ease, being in my own environment..... nevermind - today, I had to start going down to the surgery !!
Two things - other than going there - bothered me.... (1) We had to take a bundle of dressings with us - as they didn't have what I needed in their stock, which I think is piss poor..... & (2) I was there, in the surgery area, having my dressing changed & in walked a Dr.... with-out only the slightest of knocks at the door & no chance for me to say "No" to his coming into the room !! Where is my bit of
privacy ?!
I'm actually going to 'phone the practice manager in a few minutes & make a complaint about it..... how would a lady have liked it, if the Dr had walked in & found her topless, or worse !! Time will tell on that subject as well, I guess......
I also have to 'phone a friend... he came to the house several times, while I was in hospital... & I never got chance to thank him, for asking after me. So - in a short while, those are my plans - it's not much, but... it's something to be going on with !! Plus - I have a pile of dishes to try & get done, before the ladies get home - that is something I really need to do !!
So - I better be on my ways.... I thank you all, as always, for logging in & reading my words.... I would be interested to know what you are listening to ...... until next time.....
Bye Bye
I hope your part of the Universe is treating you well ?! today is "Day 3" - as I've been counting it - of the great storm.... and, to be honest, we have got away with things quite lightly.
our hearts & prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones, over the last few hours.... as far as I know, from what I've seen on the BBC News, very little has happened in our little part, our little area..... the wind seems to have been further South of here.
The strangest part of it all - for me, at least, was how still everything was this morning - very peaceful & quiet !! That was about 9am, when I had to go down to the Dr's surgery - here in the village - to have my dressings changed.... more on that later.... but.... As we had been expecting "the worst" - to actually get out of the car this morning - it was sooooo quiet, it was all kind of strange really !!
But more importantly, the family !!
I'm "home alone" at the moment.... ME had a hairdresser's appointment this morning & B went along, for the ride.... and to give her some moral support, I guess !! From there - they are driving up to where ME hopes to be starting her new job soon....... and, if all goes to plan, from there - back in this direction, to take in a craft type shop......... Hopefully, all of that will happen smoothly !! I always worry about them, when they are out driving !! Not so much, because I think they will hit something - more that something/someone will hit them !!
That's the ladies of the homestead...... J, is still over in West Wales... studying at Uni. I hope all is going well for him, we've not heard otherwise - so, what do I know !!
As I say - that just leaves me here.... on my own, with 2 or 3 of the cats, to keep me company !! i can see the youngest "Archie" - who is asleep under the couch thingy. The oldest one, well, the last time I saw him, he was asleep up stairs...... I would say they are both "chilling out" - but, as I've got the heating on & it's pretty warm in here...... well, "chilling" is far from what they are doing !!
Anyhoo - that's the cats....
The music of the morning, so far.... well, I'll own up - I'm playing a load more Allman Brothers live stuff !! No real surprises there, I guess..... this time, I'm listening to the soundtrack to the bands 2003 DVD - recorded at the Beacon Theater in New York. I could watch the DVd - but, I prefer just to listen to the Dc's of the things. The tracks are:
1) Ain't Wastin' Time No More
2) Black Hearted Woman
3) Statesboro' Blues
4) Woman Across The River
5) A Change Is Gonna Come
6) Maydell
7) Come & Go Blues
8) Rockin' Horse
9) Desdemona
10) Don't Keep Me Wondering
11) Midnight Rider
12) Soulshine
13) High Cost Of Low Living
14) Leave My Blues At Home
15) Old Before My Time
16) The Same Thing
17) Milissa
18) Instrumental Madness
19) Worried Down With The Blues
20) Dreams
21) Whippin' Post
Ok - those are the tracks, lifted straight off of the DVD cover... I'm actually listening to the 4 Cd version of the show, that I did for myself..... oh, a few years ago now !! If you can't find the DVD - there is a good 2 Cd version of most of the show out, called 'One Way Out' and I highly recommend that !! It's a well good Cd & covers most of the above, in one way or another !! I just put it onto Cd - mainly, as you will know - if you're a long time reader - because I prefer to listen to bands, rather than watch them !!
The Cd's only have about 15 minutes to go... so, I'm not really sure what I'm going to play next - possibly the 2 Cd set, by Colosseum, that I bought the last time we went into Taunton. I've only had chance to play the odd track - so, today.... well, I'll try & give it a listen !!
I mentioned yesterday, about Lou Reed dying - this morning, I've read that John McVie has pulled out of the Fleetwood Mac Australian tour, after being diagnosed with cancer.... our thoughts & prayers are with you.
The postman has just been.... I am now the "proud" owner of 2 more Star Trek models, ho-hum !! This time... well, number 6 is a model of 'Voyager' & number 7 is a model of a Klingon 'K'T'inga-Class' battle cruiser. First of all - who comes up with all of these weird names, for so called alien spaceships ?! Oh well - they will go to whoever wants them, either when I'm very old & grey - or when I'm dead & gone...... hopefully someone will get some joy out of my madness, collecting various things...... time will tell !!
Right - I mentioned going down to the local Dr's surgery - to have my dressings changed. It's the first time that I've been down there, for a change.... up until now, the nurses have visited me here, in the house. That has worked, really well !! I'm at home & at ease, being in my own environment..... nevermind - today, I had to start going down to the surgery !!
Two things - other than going there - bothered me.... (1) We had to take a bundle of dressings with us - as they didn't have what I needed in their stock, which I think is piss poor..... & (2) I was there, in the surgery area, having my dressing changed & in walked a Dr.... with-out only the slightest of knocks at the door & no chance for me to say "No" to his coming into the room !! Where is my bit of
privacy ?!
I'm actually going to 'phone the practice manager in a few minutes & make a complaint about it..... how would a lady have liked it, if the Dr had walked in & found her topless, or worse !! Time will tell on that subject as well, I guess......
I also have to 'phone a friend... he came to the house several times, while I was in hospital... & I never got chance to thank him, for asking after me. So - in a short while, those are my plans - it's not much, but... it's something to be going on with !! Plus - I have a pile of dishes to try & get done, before the ladies get home - that is something I really need to do !!
So - I better be on my ways.... I thank you all, as always, for logging in & reading my words.... I would be interested to know what you are listening to ...... until next time.....
Bye Bye
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Lou Reed RIP
Hi World's..
I've just heard the news that Lou Reed has passed away, aged 71....... "God Bless" Mr Reed.....
...until next time...
Bye Bye
I've just heard the news that Lou Reed has passed away, aged 71....... "God Bless" Mr Reed.....
...until next time...
Bye Bye
Saturday, 26 October 2013
My Picnic Hamper Man's happy day !!
Greetings Worlds....
A special BIG "Hi" to my reader in Australia...... it's nice to know you're there !! You can always drop me a comment - as can any of you - at anytime. I honestly don't mind - good or bad, it's always good to hear from you guys !!
Ok - it's a Saturday.... I'm calling it "day 1" of the big storm !! What am I going on about ?! Well - according to the weather guys, on TV... it's meant to be a horrid few days.... starting from today... in our area of the Universe & as yet, it's pretty good outside.... The trees are hardly blowing, from what I can see looking out of the window, down towards the school..... and as for the rain - well, we have had a bit, but nothing too heavy, as yet !!
Mind you - I'm not thinking about going anywhere today...... I've had a few busy days, this past week... so, I'm having a bit of a "rest weekend" !! More of all of that later....
First, the family...
As I type, B is sat a few feet to my left, on the 2 seater... sort of finishing a cup of her caffeine free tea. Not being a tea drinker (or coffee) I'm not sure how good or bad it is - but, I guess it's good enough !! As for the rest of the clan....
.... Well, ME is in bed, having down another nightshift, last night.... with another on the cards, for tonight !! I hope, her new job - which I think she will start soon - will mean less night work & all days.... it's up to her I guess, but I do worry about her !!
As for J - well.... as far as I know, he is still in Wales, doing his Uni course. Good luck Son...... I'm guessing we will see him at Christmas.... don't really know for sure on that one !!
Just took a short break - to "help" B move some stuff off of our bedroom shelve..... in the end, she did nearly all of the work - mainly as the box was too heavy for me to move, with-out tearing at the wound in my back !! I hadn't really thought too much about it - but, as soon as I tried to move the blooming thing, my pain level went way up & I handed the job over to B !!
Oh well.... I was able to help with a smaller (shoe) box.... which made me feel a little bit better with myself !! Nevermind - hopefully over time, as my back heals... I will be able to do a few more things... with-out killing myself in the process !!
Which leads nicely back to my hectic week... which I've covered a little bit, already - check my earlier posts... and you will find out that - on Wednesday - my Consultant was over the Moon, with my back... so much so, that between him & the nurse, I was allowed to leave Rover behind me & start anew with-out him !! Also - he was going to send me to see the plastic surgeons.... and that happened yesterday.......
So, B & I went off.... back to the hospital, for my 3pm appointment & - much to my surprise - the guys were running, more or less, on
time !! The best part was - it was the same plastic's guy, that I saw, when I was actually in the hospital - so, he knew me & my "history" from that first meeting...... It's not a great lot of fun, seeing new guys & having to explain everything over & over again !!
He was well happy with how things have gone & I'm being sorted out a bit of theatre time, down in Exeter - possibly with a spinal surgeon sitting in, sometime in the coming months. It might not happen, until after Christmas... which, in the scheme of things might sound like a long time.... but, it's only another couple of months !!
However - as I said to the guy.... I will go down, at the drop of a hat - short notice type of thing !! To put it to him, as best as I could, to the guy.... I've had to "live with this" since May 28th & - to be honest - the quicker he can get me sorted, the happier I will be !!
By now - I had hoped to be well passed it all, but.... well, it's been a hard slog & I am getting very pissed about it all now.......... I need to get it sorted, so I can move on.... hopefully getting 2014 together & having a better year of it all !! It can't get much bloody worse... it really can't.... Oh well !!
Life goes on....
On to music... at the moment I'm playing Cd 1 of the 'Monterey Pop Festival' set - that came, I think, earlier this week - I don't really remember !! The track of the moment is Eric Burden's version of 'Hey Gip'...... I had hoped his cover of 'Paint It Black' would of been on the set - but, I can't have everything I guess..
But - I would like to tell you a true story - dating back to 1975....... when 4 guys, packed up their stuff & really early in the morning, headed up to Knebworth, to see Pink Floyd. It was about a 4 hour drive - this is before the M25 - so, they had to tackle the old North Circular Road... to get around London - then up the A1....... yep, it was a long time ago !!
In among the stuff they took, was a basket thingy... like the old picnic things that used to be around many Moons ago........ with a pack of 24 cans of coke wrapped to it's lid. It was a bloody heavy thing - but, there was a plan to it all.
As the bands came & went, the food in the basket got eaten & the cans of coke got drunk... all except a few things, which - at the appointed hour - opened up to reveal their hidden cargo.......... A stereo microphone, a half (for it's day) decent tape recorder, 4 two hour tapes & enough batteries to light up a small village... well, maybe not that many, but... you get the picture !!
Even the guys who were with him, didn't know of the basket owners plans........ luckily, with everything all wrapped up.... neither did the security guys on the gates !! Why bust their asses, opening up a pack of 24 tins of coke, just to get into a picnic hamper full of food........ after all, it was only their job to do just that - but.....
So - everything was put together & as Floyd played, the various tapes were put in & - all in all - things went really well !! The whole show was taped & the guy was well happy with his little plan, as it had all come together, just like he hoped it would.
Moving on to 1978 - the guy got mixed up with the wrong crowd & had all of his bootlegs - including the Floyd tapes - taken away from him... "Boo-hoo". Luckily, however, a few copies of the recording did get made, by other people - so, all in all, it wasn't a complete wipe out.... there was always the hope the tapes would surface at some point.......
Now - we have to go forward to last night & I was trawling thru' various stuff.... and I found a recording on YouTube of the Floyd's '75 Knebworth show.... and, you've probably guessed it.... it's the same tape as the one "Mr Picnic Hamper Guy" recorded, 38 & a bit years ago !!
As I was playing it - I was telling B what was going to happen next & sure enough.... it all happened !! It's the same tape - right down to the "West Country" accents in the background...... it's well good & "Mr Picnic Hamper Man" is a very happy puppy today !! Oh well.....
Some of the details, on YouTube are wrong.... but, all in all..... it's a pretty good copy of the show.....!! Life is very good.....
Oh well.... with that little story out of the way, I better think of shutting down for now - it's 3pm & I'm getting a little finger sore, from typing !! I have to get on with a few other things - so, what the heck... it's time to sign off.... until next time.....
Bye Bye
A special BIG "Hi" to my reader in Australia...... it's nice to know you're there !! You can always drop me a comment - as can any of you - at anytime. I honestly don't mind - good or bad, it's always good to hear from you guys !!
Ok - it's a Saturday.... I'm calling it "day 1" of the big storm !! What am I going on about ?! Well - according to the weather guys, on TV... it's meant to be a horrid few days.... starting from today... in our area of the Universe & as yet, it's pretty good outside.... The trees are hardly blowing, from what I can see looking out of the window, down towards the school..... and as for the rain - well, we have had a bit, but nothing too heavy, as yet !!
Mind you - I'm not thinking about going anywhere today...... I've had a few busy days, this past week... so, I'm having a bit of a "rest weekend" !! More of all of that later....
First, the family...
As I type, B is sat a few feet to my left, on the 2 seater... sort of finishing a cup of her caffeine free tea. Not being a tea drinker (or coffee) I'm not sure how good or bad it is - but, I guess it's good enough !! As for the rest of the clan....
.... Well, ME is in bed, having down another nightshift, last night.... with another on the cards, for tonight !! I hope, her new job - which I think she will start soon - will mean less night work & all days.... it's up to her I guess, but I do worry about her !!
As for J - well.... as far as I know, he is still in Wales, doing his Uni course. Good luck Son...... I'm guessing we will see him at Christmas.... don't really know for sure on that one !!
Just took a short break - to "help" B move some stuff off of our bedroom shelve..... in the end, she did nearly all of the work - mainly as the box was too heavy for me to move, with-out tearing at the wound in my back !! I hadn't really thought too much about it - but, as soon as I tried to move the blooming thing, my pain level went way up & I handed the job over to B !!
Oh well.... I was able to help with a smaller (shoe) box.... which made me feel a little bit better with myself !! Nevermind - hopefully over time, as my back heals... I will be able to do a few more things... with-out killing myself in the process !!
Which leads nicely back to my hectic week... which I've covered a little bit, already - check my earlier posts... and you will find out that - on Wednesday - my Consultant was over the Moon, with my back... so much so, that between him & the nurse, I was allowed to leave Rover behind me & start anew with-out him !! Also - he was going to send me to see the plastic surgeons.... and that happened yesterday.......
So, B & I went off.... back to the hospital, for my 3pm appointment & - much to my surprise - the guys were running, more or less, on
time !! The best part was - it was the same plastic's guy, that I saw, when I was actually in the hospital - so, he knew me & my "history" from that first meeting...... It's not a great lot of fun, seeing new guys & having to explain everything over & over again !!
He was well happy with how things have gone & I'm being sorted out a bit of theatre time, down in Exeter - possibly with a spinal surgeon sitting in, sometime in the coming months. It might not happen, until after Christmas... which, in the scheme of things might sound like a long time.... but, it's only another couple of months !!
However - as I said to the guy.... I will go down, at the drop of a hat - short notice type of thing !! To put it to him, as best as I could, to the guy.... I've had to "live with this" since May 28th & - to be honest - the quicker he can get me sorted, the happier I will be !!
By now - I had hoped to be well passed it all, but.... well, it's been a hard slog & I am getting very pissed about it all now.......... I need to get it sorted, so I can move on.... hopefully getting 2014 together & having a better year of it all !! It can't get much bloody worse... it really can't.... Oh well !!
Life goes on....
On to music... at the moment I'm playing Cd 1 of the 'Monterey Pop Festival' set - that came, I think, earlier this week - I don't really remember !! The track of the moment is Eric Burden's version of 'Hey Gip'...... I had hoped his cover of 'Paint It Black' would of been on the set - but, I can't have everything I guess..
But - I would like to tell you a true story - dating back to 1975....... when 4 guys, packed up their stuff & really early in the morning, headed up to Knebworth, to see Pink Floyd. It was about a 4 hour drive - this is before the M25 - so, they had to tackle the old North Circular Road... to get around London - then up the A1....... yep, it was a long time ago !!
In among the stuff they took, was a basket thingy... like the old picnic things that used to be around many Moons ago........ with a pack of 24 cans of coke wrapped to it's lid. It was a bloody heavy thing - but, there was a plan to it all.
As the bands came & went, the food in the basket got eaten & the cans of coke got drunk... all except a few things, which - at the appointed hour - opened up to reveal their hidden cargo.......... A stereo microphone, a half (for it's day) decent tape recorder, 4 two hour tapes & enough batteries to light up a small village... well, maybe not that many, but... you get the picture !!
Even the guys who were with him, didn't know of the basket owners plans........ luckily, with everything all wrapped up.... neither did the security guys on the gates !! Why bust their asses, opening up a pack of 24 tins of coke, just to get into a picnic hamper full of food........ after all, it was only their job to do just that - but.....
So - everything was put together & as Floyd played, the various tapes were put in & - all in all - things went really well !! The whole show was taped & the guy was well happy with his little plan, as it had all come together, just like he hoped it would.
Moving on to 1978 - the guy got mixed up with the wrong crowd & had all of his bootlegs - including the Floyd tapes - taken away from him... "Boo-hoo". Luckily, however, a few copies of the recording did get made, by other people - so, all in all, it wasn't a complete wipe out.... there was always the hope the tapes would surface at some point.......
Now - we have to go forward to last night & I was trawling thru' various stuff.... and I found a recording on YouTube of the Floyd's '75 Knebworth show.... and, you've probably guessed it.... it's the same tape as the one "Mr Picnic Hamper Guy" recorded, 38 & a bit years ago !!
As I was playing it - I was telling B what was going to happen next & sure enough.... it all happened !! It's the same tape - right down to the "West Country" accents in the background...... it's well good & "Mr Picnic Hamper Man" is a very happy puppy today !! Oh well.....
Some of the details, on YouTube are wrong.... but, all in all..... it's a pretty good copy of the show.....!! Life is very good.....
Oh well.... with that little story out of the way, I better think of shutting down for now - it's 3pm & I'm getting a little finger sore, from typing !! I have to get on with a few other things - so, what the heck... it's time to sign off.... until next time.....
Bye Bye
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Curved Air and other old stuff.....
Greetings World's......
How is your bit of the Universe treating you, this fine day ?! As far as I can remember - it's a Thursday, so... what ever you do on Thursday's... I hope all is going well !!
As I write.... or should that be "type" ?...... I'm sat here, on my ownsome. ME came home from work, about an hour ago & has gone up to bed. She's not working tonight.... but after doing the last 2 nights & having a bit of a late run home, this morning... well, she decided to get a few hours sleep !!
there was a nasty crash, on the motorway, early this morning & that meant her usual rout was all blocked up.... bummer & the last thing she needed after a full night shift, bless her !! Oh well.....
As for the other Lady of the house... B, My Wife & Dearest Friend... well, she has had a busy morning !! As mentioned before - she had a dentist appointment today - plus a Dr's visit & a trip to the hospital.... to do a bit of physio on her hips. I'm not sure if I've mentioned that before - but, it's been an on going thing, so... I hope she will be home soon - tho' I have no idea what time any of the appointments were going to finish !!
So - with J at Uni.... not including the cats... that's the family !!
Well, apart from your's truly..... and my week seems to have gone by pretty quickly really !!
I had to skip my dentist visit on Tuesday, as I was really feeling like crap..... then, yesterday, I had to head back to the hospital, to meet up with the nurses & my Consultant..... all is going really well !!
It is with much pleasure - and a little bit of sadness really - that I can announce to the World.... Rover & I are no longer an item !! I'm not really sure how long I was connected to "him"... it must of been a few months I guess...... I'll check out one of my older posts - I'm sure I must of written about Rover.... when I was first paired off with
him !!
Anyhoo.... after nearly 5 months, the wound in my back, has healed enough, so that I no longer need to carry Rover around with me, anymore..... !! Believe me - altho' it will seem really weird, not having the hassle of carrying the bloody thing around with me, all of the time........ I was getting very, very pissed off with it all !!
Not only has the wound healed enough, for me to lose my little black friend..... I am now being set up to have plastic surgery, on my back - I guess, to actually fill in the "crater" that has been left, which (as far as I can make out) will not completely heal on it's own.... By that, I mean - if left - I will still have a really weird "hole" in my back !!
I was well happy, when the Consultant said he would refer me for the whole plastics thing... as it meant things were really moving along !! Believe me - after having this "problem" for most of the year...... to know there is an end in sight - well, I'm well happy !!
Even more so, this morning.... as I've already had a 'phone call, from the team.... and I have an appointment, with them, tomorrow afternoon, at 3pm !! Things are really moving along.... it's been a hell of a struggle & I have wanted to give up, on more than one occasion - as the nurse reminded me yesterday - but, if all goes well, I might actually get this all sorted out...... maybe by the end of the year !! Time will tell, I guess....
The actual plastic surgery - if it goes ahead - will take place in Exeter.... about 50 miles away...... then, hopefully, I will get transferred back to the hospital, in Taunton. I'll see what they say, tomorrow. I've no real idea on what is actually involved - so, it'll going to be something new....... another surgery to add to my long list !! I will keep you posted......
Anyways.... the music of the moment....
I might of mentioned this, earlier in the week.... if so, I'm sorry.... but, I'm playing Curved Air's 1975 'Live' album. I used to have it on Lp.... and now, thanks to modern technology, it's been re-released on Cd !! To be honest - this is the first time, that I've played it, all the ways thru'.... and, it sounds pretty dated !! Oh well - maybe that's just me......... the tracks are:
1) It Happened Today
2) Marie Antoinette
3) Back Street Love
4) Proposition
5) Young Mother
6) Vivaldi
7) Everdance
As far as I can remember - it's a straight copy of the old Lp... no "bonus" tracks or anything, which is a bit of a shame.... if nothing else, they could of put a couple of studio tracks on, to pack it out a bit, time wise !!
Right - I better be on my ways....... I'm expecting B home soon.... plus, sometime this afternoon, we have the sweep coming, to do the Chim, Chim Cheroo !! It's Ok.... I think it's the drugs wearing off.... until next time...
Bye Bye
How is your bit of the Universe treating you, this fine day ?! As far as I can remember - it's a Thursday, so... what ever you do on Thursday's... I hope all is going well !!
As I write.... or should that be "type" ?...... I'm sat here, on my ownsome. ME came home from work, about an hour ago & has gone up to bed. She's not working tonight.... but after doing the last 2 nights & having a bit of a late run home, this morning... well, she decided to get a few hours sleep !!
there was a nasty crash, on the motorway, early this morning & that meant her usual rout was all blocked up.... bummer & the last thing she needed after a full night shift, bless her !! Oh well.....
As for the other Lady of the house... B, My Wife & Dearest Friend... well, she has had a busy morning !! As mentioned before - she had a dentist appointment today - plus a Dr's visit & a trip to the hospital.... to do a bit of physio on her hips. I'm not sure if I've mentioned that before - but, it's been an on going thing, so... I hope she will be home soon - tho' I have no idea what time any of the appointments were going to finish !!
So - with J at Uni.... not including the cats... that's the family !!
Well, apart from your's truly..... and my week seems to have gone by pretty quickly really !!
I had to skip my dentist visit on Tuesday, as I was really feeling like crap..... then, yesterday, I had to head back to the hospital, to meet up with the nurses & my Consultant..... all is going really well !!
It is with much pleasure - and a little bit of sadness really - that I can announce to the World.... Rover & I are no longer an item !! I'm not really sure how long I was connected to "him"... it must of been a few months I guess...... I'll check out one of my older posts - I'm sure I must of written about Rover.... when I was first paired off with
him !!
Anyhoo.... after nearly 5 months, the wound in my back, has healed enough, so that I no longer need to carry Rover around with me, anymore..... !! Believe me - altho' it will seem really weird, not having the hassle of carrying the bloody thing around with me, all of the time........ I was getting very, very pissed off with it all !!
Not only has the wound healed enough, for me to lose my little black friend..... I am now being set up to have plastic surgery, on my back - I guess, to actually fill in the "crater" that has been left, which (as far as I can make out) will not completely heal on it's own.... By that, I mean - if left - I will still have a really weird "hole" in my back !!
I was well happy, when the Consultant said he would refer me for the whole plastics thing... as it meant things were really moving along !! Believe me - after having this "problem" for most of the year...... to know there is an end in sight - well, I'm well happy !!
Even more so, this morning.... as I've already had a 'phone call, from the team.... and I have an appointment, with them, tomorrow afternoon, at 3pm !! Things are really moving along.... it's been a hell of a struggle & I have wanted to give up, on more than one occasion - as the nurse reminded me yesterday - but, if all goes well, I might actually get this all sorted out...... maybe by the end of the year !! Time will tell, I guess....
The actual plastic surgery - if it goes ahead - will take place in Exeter.... about 50 miles away...... then, hopefully, I will get transferred back to the hospital, in Taunton. I'll see what they say, tomorrow. I've no real idea on what is actually involved - so, it'll going to be something new....... another surgery to add to my long list !! I will keep you posted......
Anyways.... the music of the moment....
I might of mentioned this, earlier in the week.... if so, I'm sorry.... but, I'm playing Curved Air's 1975 'Live' album. I used to have it on Lp.... and now, thanks to modern technology, it's been re-released on Cd !! To be honest - this is the first time, that I've played it, all the ways thru'.... and, it sounds pretty dated !! Oh well - maybe that's just me......... the tracks are:
1) It Happened Today
2) Marie Antoinette
3) Back Street Love
4) Proposition
5) Young Mother
6) Vivaldi
7) Everdance
As far as I can remember - it's a straight copy of the old Lp... no "bonus" tracks or anything, which is a bit of a shame.... if nothing else, they could of put a couple of studio tracks on, to pack it out a bit, time wise !!
Right - I better be on my ways....... I'm expecting B home soon.... plus, sometime this afternoon, we have the sweep coming, to do the Chim, Chim Cheroo !! It's Ok.... I think it's the drugs wearing off.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
John Wayne & Gov't Mule.. Ho-hum
Greetings World's !!
It's a Tuesday, here in England..... and it's been a bit of a bummer really !! More of that later... first the family !!
As I type - ME is asleep in bed, ahead of a night shift. It must be really hard, for her to sleep thru' all of the noise coming from next door !! As mentioned (many times) before - the NFH is having an extension fitted to her (Dad's) house... and, to be honest - the builders are a bloody noisy bunch of jerks !! The trouble is - it's during a normal working day - so, we can't really do much about it all .... unless I go out & shoot them !! Now, there's a thought !!
Anyhow - that's our Daughter... Our Son, well... J is still in wales, at Uni...... hopefully he's doing Ok !!
Which just leaves B, My Wife & Dearest Friend... who, about an hour ago, went out to have her hair cut.... she should be heading back this way soon, so.... that just leaves me, sat here, typing these words to you & listening to the music of the moment...
....which - as i type, is a live set by Gov't Mule. I'm playing a bit of 'YouTube' tape, which I found last night. It was recorded at last years Mountain jam & - as far as I can make out, the tracks are:
1) Maggot Brain
2) Thelonius Beck
3) Yer Blues
4) Thorazine Shuffle
5) Cold Of The Earth
6) No Need To Suffer
7) The Shape I'm In
8) Mule
9) Love Ain't For Keeping
10) Bad Little Doggie
11) Blind Man In The Dark
12) Endless Parade
13) Kind Of Bird
I'm working on the listing, given below the video caption... so, I might be wrong on most of it - but, it sounds pretty good to me... hopefully, I will be able to buy the official copy, from 'Hittin' The Note' !! That would be good !!
Ok - as mentioned... today hasn't been sooooo good !! I was meant to go to the dentist this morning, but that had to be cancelled... mainly as i was throwing up & I didn't think the dentist would be too grateful if I showed up, at his surgery in that condition !!
I'm now meant to be going, on Friday morning.... we'll have to see how things go..... I'm not having much luck, at the moment - keeping things in my gut !! Too many pills & potions & not enough down time, between them all !! Well, that's what i think, at least !!
So - that's been my day really..... feeling like crap & listening to great music !! Life is good !!
Tomorrow should be good...... as I have to go back to the hospital & see my Consultant. I'm going to be interested to hear what he has to say, as I've not see him for 4 weeks - hopefully he will be glad with my progress -even if I am throwing up all the time !! Ho-hum....
I've mentioned in the past - about how our neighbour throws a big fit, if anyone is parked anywhere near her house... Well, I've just looked outside of the window & not only are the builders blocking our drive (which they have done all day) they are now parked in my disable parking bay !! Honestly - she had never moan to me, ever again !! Two sets of rules - one for her & one for the rest of the World !! B will have them sorted out, when she gets home.......
Ok - I think I will away for now.... 'True Grit' has just started on TV & as the music has been playing all day - I'll give the amp chance to cool down & give John Wayne a bit of a watch... I like a good "Western" ans 'True Grit' is about as good as they get !!
I thank you all for logging in & taking the time to read my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
It's a Tuesday, here in England..... and it's been a bit of a bummer really !! More of that later... first the family !!
As I type - ME is asleep in bed, ahead of a night shift. It must be really hard, for her to sleep thru' all of the noise coming from next door !! As mentioned (many times) before - the NFH is having an extension fitted to her (Dad's) house... and, to be honest - the builders are a bloody noisy bunch of jerks !! The trouble is - it's during a normal working day - so, we can't really do much about it all .... unless I go out & shoot them !! Now, there's a thought !!
Anyhow - that's our Daughter... Our Son, well... J is still in wales, at Uni...... hopefully he's doing Ok !!
Which just leaves B, My Wife & Dearest Friend... who, about an hour ago, went out to have her hair cut.... she should be heading back this way soon, so.... that just leaves me, sat here, typing these words to you & listening to the music of the moment...
....which - as i type, is a live set by Gov't Mule. I'm playing a bit of 'YouTube' tape, which I found last night. It was recorded at last years Mountain jam & - as far as I can make out, the tracks are:
1) Maggot Brain
2) Thelonius Beck
3) Yer Blues
4) Thorazine Shuffle
5) Cold Of The Earth
6) No Need To Suffer
7) The Shape I'm In
8) Mule
9) Love Ain't For Keeping
10) Bad Little Doggie
11) Blind Man In The Dark
12) Endless Parade
13) Kind Of Bird
I'm working on the listing, given below the video caption... so, I might be wrong on most of it - but, it sounds pretty good to me... hopefully, I will be able to buy the official copy, from 'Hittin' The Note' !! That would be good !!
Ok - as mentioned... today hasn't been sooooo good !! I was meant to go to the dentist this morning, but that had to be cancelled... mainly as i was throwing up & I didn't think the dentist would be too grateful if I showed up, at his surgery in that condition !!
I'm now meant to be going, on Friday morning.... we'll have to see how things go..... I'm not having much luck, at the moment - keeping things in my gut !! Too many pills & potions & not enough down time, between them all !! Well, that's what i think, at least !!
So - that's been my day really..... feeling like crap & listening to great music !! Life is good !!
Tomorrow should be good...... as I have to go back to the hospital & see my Consultant. I'm going to be interested to hear what he has to say, as I've not see him for 4 weeks - hopefully he will be glad with my progress -even if I am throwing up all the time !! Ho-hum....
I've mentioned in the past - about how our neighbour throws a big fit, if anyone is parked anywhere near her house... Well, I've just looked outside of the window & not only are the builders blocking our drive (which they have done all day) they are now parked in my disable parking bay !! Honestly - she had never moan to me, ever again !! Two sets of rules - one for her & one for the rest of the World !! B will have them sorted out, when she gets home.......
Ok - I think I will away for now.... 'True Grit' has just started on TV & as the music has been playing all day - I'll give the amp chance to cool down & give John Wayne a bit of a watch... I like a good "Western" ans 'True Grit' is about as good as they get !!
I thank you all for logging in & taking the time to read my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Monday, 21 October 2013
Apocalypse Now - Redux... Ho-hum
Greetings World's !!
It's a very wet & horrid Monday, here in England..... tho' - I'm staying in the warm for the day, I have no plans on going outside !! It's too wet & I don't really have any needs, outside of the house today !!
B & ME have just gone into town..... I'm not 100% sure why ME wanted to go - but, B had to get a few things from the supermarket & also put some cash into the bank.......... it seems like, no matter how much we put into the account, we never seem to break even !! Oh well - life is good, so what the heck !!
Earlier today, B went down to see my local Dr..... he says I'm taking too much of the morphine stuff. So be it - if he's not going to help me with my pain control - I'll bring it up, with the Consultant (who I'm seeing on Wednesday) and see what he has to say about it !! I still have a hole in my back.... which, as you can possibly imagine, hurts like hell..... so, the morphine has been my only way of controlling the pain !!
I don't have any time for my local GP anymore..... he lost any "goodwill" (shall we say) that I had for him, last May. If he wants to mess about with my pain management, well - that's up to him....... Bugger him !! I'll manage some other way - after all, he hasn't seen me, since the infection took hold - so, I don't think he can really decide what is needed & what is not !!
I'll see what the Consultant has to say.... if he says to cut back, that's what I will do !! The Consultant has been with me, thru' all of this & I'll take his advice above anyone else..... that's on Wednesday, so I'll let you know how things go !!
Tomorrow - Tuesday - I think, I have a dentist appointment...... I'm not really too sure about that ?! I know we have to go in & out of various places this week - tomorrow, I think, is the dentist !! It's not going to be a lot of fun - mainly as I'm not really sure how I'm going to get onto his couch thingy.... let alone lie down on the blooming thing, with the above mentioned hole !!
I was meat to go..... several months back - but, I was stuck in the hospital...... so, I'm guessing he is going to find a few things wrong, once I actually get into his little surgery !! Time will tell - but, as I've written before - I don't mind going (to the dentist) so - I'll go with the flow & see what he has to say needs doing !!
Later in the week, B has a separate appointment, so, I know she won't enjoy that !! She hates going to the place, oh well !! It's a shame we couldn't get a joint visit, but.. that's how it goes some times. I might go with her. to sort of "hold her hand"... but, I'll see how things go & what else she has to do, on the day.
Back to today - I'm expecting one of the nurses to come, to change my dressings. I really hope that - after my visit, to the Consultant, the whole dressing regime will get changed. I've had Rover with me now, for several months & it would be great, to just get rid of him & have a "regular" dressing on my back !!
Rover - if you'll reading my words for the first time - is a small black bag, which holds a vac pump thingy. It is on, constantly pulling at my wound.... without being too gross, "sucking" the nasty stuff out of it !!
I printed up a bunch of pictures, taken over the last couple of months, of the wound.... and it's quite incredible how much it has healed up !! I just wish it didn't hurt so much !! Nevermind - I'll try & get the nurse to take another picture, today, so I'll have a complete set, to give to the Consultant.
He hasn't seen it so often... so, the pictures might be of interest to him. If nothing else, he can keep them - to show others - how the pump really works, over a period of time.... helping to heal the wound.
Oh well......
Going back to yesterday.... B & I went to our first "Craft Fair" - it was totally crazy !! There were a couple of hundred women there and, honestly, it was like a feeding frenzy...... you know, like you see pictures on the news, when the big stores have a massive sale ?! They were pushing & shoving, like there was no tomorrow - or as if things were going to sell out, before they could get to them... really crazy !!
I started off, by following B around the stalls - but, I was getting pushed around so badly, I gave up. One woman actually moved me out of her way.... actually pushed my wheelchair, so she could get
by !! Honestly - in the end, I just waited back in the small spaces, around and about the stalls....... really crazy !!
I couldn't believe how rude, some the woman were...... I've never seen anything like it before !! Even when I've been to record fairs - I've not seen "madness" like that !! Oh well - B got what she wanted & we came home with quite a few "goodies" to add to her "craft stash" !! Next time we go to anything like that - I'll wear body amour or something !! Ho-hum.....
As for the music of the moment.... well, it's not really music. For the last 3 hours (nearly) I've been listening to the Cd's of 'Apocalypse Now - Redux'..... the movie. I know it's a bit dumb - putting movies onto Cd & stuff... but, I enjoy doing it & listening to them back, thru' the stereo system.
As long time readers will know - I had wanted to do this particular movie, for quite sometime.... & - at some point - before going into the hospital, in May, I must of sat down & actually recorded it all, putting the tracks in & everything.... it was a surprise to find it, when I came home.... I really didn't remember doing it.... at all !!
Today's plan, has been, to listen to the Cd's - making sure they have no glitches on them - and, if all goes well, a bit later, I'll transfer them over to the Mini Egg !! It - the Egg - is getting quite full now..... but, I'll make it fit..... somehow !!
If nothing else, I'll take some of the more "religious" albums off of the thing & make room, for it, that way. I have 4 or 5 Mormon choir Cd's on it & I rarely play them, since coming out of hospital - so, if need be, I'll lose them.... after all, I'll still have the Cd's here, on the shelf, so.... it's not like I'm not going to be able to play them !!
The film Cd's are just coming to an end - they have worked out at 3 hours and (about) 17 minutes in length.... that'll give me something to play back - as & when I need to !! "Wow" - I didn't realise it was going to be sooooo long !! Oh well.... it'll be interesting to transfer them over.... I'll see how that goes, after the nurses visit !!
The music of the moment now is..... well, I think it's the soundtrack music to 'Game Of Thrones - Season 3'. Yep - that's what it is..... I wasn't really sure what was in the machine !!
I've bought myself seasons 1 & 2 on DVD - but, as yet, I've not seen the 3rd season.... which, I don't think, has been released yet. Anyhoo - I'm part ways thru' the first part of book 3.... so, I've got plenty of time to find the DVD's !!
One of my Dr's - in the hospital - said that books 3 & 7 were the best.... so far, he has been right !! I enjoy a good read anyhow, so... what the heck, I'll probably read all of them at some point !! Tho' - to be honest, I'm not sure just how many books there are in total...... I think it's 8, tho' I'm not 100 sure about that !!
Right - for now, I better be away...... things to do & what have you. I thank you all for logging in & reading my words - it's really great to know you are all there.... until next time...
Bye Bye
It's a very wet & horrid Monday, here in England..... tho' - I'm staying in the warm for the day, I have no plans on going outside !! It's too wet & I don't really have any needs, outside of the house today !!
B & ME have just gone into town..... I'm not 100% sure why ME wanted to go - but, B had to get a few things from the supermarket & also put some cash into the bank.......... it seems like, no matter how much we put into the account, we never seem to break even !! Oh well - life is good, so what the heck !!
Earlier today, B went down to see my local Dr..... he says I'm taking too much of the morphine stuff. So be it - if he's not going to help me with my pain control - I'll bring it up, with the Consultant (who I'm seeing on Wednesday) and see what he has to say about it !! I still have a hole in my back.... which, as you can possibly imagine, hurts like hell..... so, the morphine has been my only way of controlling the pain !!
I don't have any time for my local GP anymore..... he lost any "goodwill" (shall we say) that I had for him, last May. If he wants to mess about with my pain management, well - that's up to him....... Bugger him !! I'll manage some other way - after all, he hasn't seen me, since the infection took hold - so, I don't think he can really decide what is needed & what is not !!
I'll see what the Consultant has to say.... if he says to cut back, that's what I will do !! The Consultant has been with me, thru' all of this & I'll take his advice above anyone else..... that's on Wednesday, so I'll let you know how things go !!
Tomorrow - Tuesday - I think, I have a dentist appointment...... I'm not really too sure about that ?! I know we have to go in & out of various places this week - tomorrow, I think, is the dentist !! It's not going to be a lot of fun - mainly as I'm not really sure how I'm going to get onto his couch thingy.... let alone lie down on the blooming thing, with the above mentioned hole !!
I was meat to go..... several months back - but, I was stuck in the hospital...... so, I'm guessing he is going to find a few things wrong, once I actually get into his little surgery !! Time will tell - but, as I've written before - I don't mind going (to the dentist) so - I'll go with the flow & see what he has to say needs doing !!
Later in the week, B has a separate appointment, so, I know she won't enjoy that !! She hates going to the place, oh well !! It's a shame we couldn't get a joint visit, but.. that's how it goes some times. I might go with her. to sort of "hold her hand"... but, I'll see how things go & what else she has to do, on the day.
Back to today - I'm expecting one of the nurses to come, to change my dressings. I really hope that - after my visit, to the Consultant, the whole dressing regime will get changed. I've had Rover with me now, for several months & it would be great, to just get rid of him & have a "regular" dressing on my back !!
Rover - if you'll reading my words for the first time - is a small black bag, which holds a vac pump thingy. It is on, constantly pulling at my wound.... without being too gross, "sucking" the nasty stuff out of it !!
I printed up a bunch of pictures, taken over the last couple of months, of the wound.... and it's quite incredible how much it has healed up !! I just wish it didn't hurt so much !! Nevermind - I'll try & get the nurse to take another picture, today, so I'll have a complete set, to give to the Consultant.
He hasn't seen it so often... so, the pictures might be of interest to him. If nothing else, he can keep them - to show others - how the pump really works, over a period of time.... helping to heal the wound.
Oh well......
Going back to yesterday.... B & I went to our first "Craft Fair" - it was totally crazy !! There were a couple of hundred women there and, honestly, it was like a feeding frenzy...... you know, like you see pictures on the news, when the big stores have a massive sale ?! They were pushing & shoving, like there was no tomorrow - or as if things were going to sell out, before they could get to them... really crazy !!
I started off, by following B around the stalls - but, I was getting pushed around so badly, I gave up. One woman actually moved me out of her way.... actually pushed my wheelchair, so she could get
by !! Honestly - in the end, I just waited back in the small spaces, around and about the stalls....... really crazy !!
I couldn't believe how rude, some the woman were...... I've never seen anything like it before !! Even when I've been to record fairs - I've not seen "madness" like that !! Oh well - B got what she wanted & we came home with quite a few "goodies" to add to her "craft stash" !! Next time we go to anything like that - I'll wear body amour or something !! Ho-hum.....
As for the music of the moment.... well, it's not really music. For the last 3 hours (nearly) I've been listening to the Cd's of 'Apocalypse Now - Redux'..... the movie. I know it's a bit dumb - putting movies onto Cd & stuff... but, I enjoy doing it & listening to them back, thru' the stereo system.
As long time readers will know - I had wanted to do this particular movie, for quite sometime.... & - at some point - before going into the hospital, in May, I must of sat down & actually recorded it all, putting the tracks in & everything.... it was a surprise to find it, when I came home.... I really didn't remember doing it.... at all !!
Today's plan, has been, to listen to the Cd's - making sure they have no glitches on them - and, if all goes well, a bit later, I'll transfer them over to the Mini Egg !! It - the Egg - is getting quite full now..... but, I'll make it fit..... somehow !!
If nothing else, I'll take some of the more "religious" albums off of the thing & make room, for it, that way. I have 4 or 5 Mormon choir Cd's on it & I rarely play them, since coming out of hospital - so, if need be, I'll lose them.... after all, I'll still have the Cd's here, on the shelf, so.... it's not like I'm not going to be able to play them !!
The film Cd's are just coming to an end - they have worked out at 3 hours and (about) 17 minutes in length.... that'll give me something to play back - as & when I need to !! "Wow" - I didn't realise it was going to be sooooo long !! Oh well.... it'll be interesting to transfer them over.... I'll see how that goes, after the nurses visit !!
The music of the moment now is..... well, I think it's the soundtrack music to 'Game Of Thrones - Season 3'. Yep - that's what it is..... I wasn't really sure what was in the machine !!
I've bought myself seasons 1 & 2 on DVD - but, as yet, I've not seen the 3rd season.... which, I don't think, has been released yet. Anyhoo - I'm part ways thru' the first part of book 3.... so, I've got plenty of time to find the DVD's !!
One of my Dr's - in the hospital - said that books 3 & 7 were the best.... so far, he has been right !! I enjoy a good read anyhow, so... what the heck, I'll probably read all of them at some point !! Tho' - to be honest, I'm not sure just how many books there are in total...... I think it's 8, tho' I'm not 100 sure about that !!
Right - for now, I better be away...... things to do & what have you. I thank you all for logging in & reading my words - it's really great to know you are all there.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Friday, 18 October 2013
The Monterey International Pop Festival 1967
Greetings Worlds !!
After one week & one day + a few "false starts" - I'm back to writing these few old words of mine !! Ok - I know some of you have been logging in & finding nothing new to read, but... I admire your staying power.... !!
In a nut shell, I've not been firing on all thrusters, this past week & sitting down to write stuff, well - it's not been very high up on my "things to do" list !! Oh well...... I will try to improve.... I've let things slip a bit, this past year..... as far as writing this old blog of mine - I really must get back on top of it all.......
right - the family.....
Well, I'm home alone, apart from a few of the cats, at the moment !! ME spent the night at boyfriend's M's house.... J is still over in Wales, at Uni.... and My Wife & Dearest Friend - B, well... she has just left home, to go meet up with a friend from Weight-Watchers (I think) in town, to have a drink & a bit of a natter !!
She no longer attends the WW's meetings.... but, from time to time, they get to meet up & catch up on what each of them have been doing. It gives B someone else to speak to, plus...... as I have the nurses coming, in an hour or so, there wasn't much happening around here !!
The nurses are still coming around, three times a week... well, at the moment at least !! Next Wednesday, I'm back into the hospital, to see the TV nurses there & the Consultant, who operated on my back.... way back in May !! Depending on what happens then - the visiting nurses might get taken off of my case - or at least, changed from coming so often !!
At the moment, I have this Vac dressing, on the wound (on my back) and that only needs changing three times a week.... if all goes well, next Wednesday, that type of dressing might stop & I'll be able to go onto a more regular thingy !! Now - having said that...... I'm not 100% sure how often a regular dressing will need changing..... but, I'll find that out, as time goes along !!
As for the Consultant.... I have a few questions to ask of him.....
(1) As I have been fitted out, with a body full of metalwork - how safe/unsafe is it, to have the MRI - the appointment for which, I had come a day or two back !! My understanding was/is that, you do not put metal & MRI's in the same room together !! Oh well....... it could be fun, bits of metal flying around the room.... just one problem, I'll still be attached to it !!
(2) My local Dr is moaning about the amount of Morphine I'm on !! So - as I'm taking less than my Consultant had me written up for, I'm going to need him, to write to my local GP & get him to back off !! Heck - the local guy has never seen the problem I'm up against - so, to complain about the morphine I'm taking, for the ongoing pain, is a bit of a sad joke !! Well - to me it is....... besides, I have nothing but contempt for the local guy !!
On Monday, he wants me to go down to the local surgery & talk to him, about changing things.... he can go screw !! If he wants to see me, he can come here & knock on my door - he has lost any & all rights to treating me.... so, as I say.... screw him !!
(3) I have to check out, with the Consultant, if I'm going to need any further surgeries, connected with the ongoing problem..... and, if not, whether he can sort out the replacing the SNS implant, that he wanted removed last December... I hope he will be able to have a word with my other Consultant & get things put back together !! Time will tell......
Ok - enough of my health problems....... onto music !! It's been a really good week for Cd's !! As mentioned before - I had a Gov't Mule Cd reach me, last week (I guess) and - yesterday, in the post, I had a fantastic 4 Cd package, all recorded at the 'Monterey International Pop Festival' in June 1967..... it's a fantastic set of recordings, it really is !! More so - to me, as I've waited far too long, to get myself a
copy !!
I had heard of the festival.... but, it was somewhere around 1987, that I first got to see the film...... and it was fantastic, mainly - for me - to see the original Canned Heat, blasting thru' (I think) 'Rollin' & Tumblin' .... I might be wrong on the exact track - but, it's been a while......... !!
Anyhoo - I'm not going to try & write all of the tracks down, but... I'll list the "performers" - so, that will give you a flavour for what a mixture of stuff there is on the Cd's....
CD 1
1) The Association
2) Lou Rawls
3) Eric Burden & The Animals
4) Canned Heat
5) Country Joe & The Fish
6) Big Brother & The Holding Company
CD 2
1) The Butterfield Blues Band
2) The Steve Miller Band
3) The Electric Flag
4) Hugh Masekela
5) The Byrds
6) Ravi Shankar
7) The Blues Project
CD 3
1) Jefferson Airplane
2) Booker T & The MG's
3) Booker T & The MG's with the Mar-Keys
4) Otis Redding
5) The Who
CD 4
1) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2) The Mama's & The Papa's
3) Scott McKenzie
I might have missed the odd act - but, that'll give you a fair clue as to what it's all about.... all great acts from the 1960's..... some of who are still going - plus, I think there are some 70 tracks all in all..... so, it's a great set !!
Now, that came yesterday morning.... in the post... and, in the afternoon, B & I headed over to Taunton, to use the bank & just have a little look around. It was sunny & warm, so... Anyhoo - I went into HMV & Black Cat Records, looking for anything about the new 'live' set, from Dream Theater. I didn't have any luck - which didn't surprise me too much.... but, B did buy me a 2 Cd set by
Colosseum !! It's basically a "best of" set and covers everything from 'Valentyne Suite'... all the ways thru' to 'Lost Angeles' - so, all of the good stuff !! Plus - it was only £8..... not too shabby at all !!
Oh well..... in early November, there is another record fair, in Exeter..... and, as I've missed everyone of them, over the last 6 months or so, I hope to head South for that one !!
Meantime, this weekend, there is a "Craft Fair" being held, just outside of town & - as it was her birthday, last week.... I promised B we would go & give it a good look over !! It'll be our first time at one - so, we have no real idea what to expect.... so, it should be a bit of fun !! I will keep you posted on what it was like.... who knows, they might have some Cd's for me to look at !! Oh well....
I must away.... I don't want to be typing, when the nurses get here !! So - as always, I thank you all for logging in & reading my words..... until next time...
Bye Bye
After one week & one day + a few "false starts" - I'm back to writing these few old words of mine !! Ok - I know some of you have been logging in & finding nothing new to read, but... I admire your staying power.... !!
In a nut shell, I've not been firing on all thrusters, this past week & sitting down to write stuff, well - it's not been very high up on my "things to do" list !! Oh well...... I will try to improve.... I've let things slip a bit, this past year..... as far as writing this old blog of mine - I really must get back on top of it all.......
right - the family.....
Well, I'm home alone, apart from a few of the cats, at the moment !! ME spent the night at boyfriend's M's house.... J is still over in Wales, at Uni.... and My Wife & Dearest Friend - B, well... she has just left home, to go meet up with a friend from Weight-Watchers (I think) in town, to have a drink & a bit of a natter !!
She no longer attends the WW's meetings.... but, from time to time, they get to meet up & catch up on what each of them have been doing. It gives B someone else to speak to, plus...... as I have the nurses coming, in an hour or so, there wasn't much happening around here !!
The nurses are still coming around, three times a week... well, at the moment at least !! Next Wednesday, I'm back into the hospital, to see the TV nurses there & the Consultant, who operated on my back.... way back in May !! Depending on what happens then - the visiting nurses might get taken off of my case - or at least, changed from coming so often !!
At the moment, I have this Vac dressing, on the wound (on my back) and that only needs changing three times a week.... if all goes well, next Wednesday, that type of dressing might stop & I'll be able to go onto a more regular thingy !! Now - having said that...... I'm not 100% sure how often a regular dressing will need changing..... but, I'll find that out, as time goes along !!
As for the Consultant.... I have a few questions to ask of him.....
(1) As I have been fitted out, with a body full of metalwork - how safe/unsafe is it, to have the MRI - the appointment for which, I had come a day or two back !! My understanding was/is that, you do not put metal & MRI's in the same room together !! Oh well....... it could be fun, bits of metal flying around the room.... just one problem, I'll still be attached to it !!
(2) My local Dr is moaning about the amount of Morphine I'm on !! So - as I'm taking less than my Consultant had me written up for, I'm going to need him, to write to my local GP & get him to back off !! Heck - the local guy has never seen the problem I'm up against - so, to complain about the morphine I'm taking, for the ongoing pain, is a bit of a sad joke !! Well - to me it is....... besides, I have nothing but contempt for the local guy !!
On Monday, he wants me to go down to the local surgery & talk to him, about changing things.... he can go screw !! If he wants to see me, he can come here & knock on my door - he has lost any & all rights to treating me.... so, as I say.... screw him !!
(3) I have to check out, with the Consultant, if I'm going to need any further surgeries, connected with the ongoing problem..... and, if not, whether he can sort out the replacing the SNS implant, that he wanted removed last December... I hope he will be able to have a word with my other Consultant & get things put back together !! Time will tell......
Ok - enough of my health problems....... onto music !! It's been a really good week for Cd's !! As mentioned before - I had a Gov't Mule Cd reach me, last week (I guess) and - yesterday, in the post, I had a fantastic 4 Cd package, all recorded at the 'Monterey International Pop Festival' in June 1967..... it's a fantastic set of recordings, it really is !! More so - to me, as I've waited far too long, to get myself a
copy !!
I had heard of the festival.... but, it was somewhere around 1987, that I first got to see the film...... and it was fantastic, mainly - for me - to see the original Canned Heat, blasting thru' (I think) 'Rollin' & Tumblin' .... I might be wrong on the exact track - but, it's been a while......... !!
Anyhoo - I'm not going to try & write all of the tracks down, but... I'll list the "performers" - so, that will give you a flavour for what a mixture of stuff there is on the Cd's....
CD 1
1) The Association
2) Lou Rawls
3) Eric Burden & The Animals
4) Canned Heat
5) Country Joe & The Fish
6) Big Brother & The Holding Company
CD 2
1) The Butterfield Blues Band
2) The Steve Miller Band
3) The Electric Flag
4) Hugh Masekela
5) The Byrds
6) Ravi Shankar
7) The Blues Project
CD 3
1) Jefferson Airplane
2) Booker T & The MG's
3) Booker T & The MG's with the Mar-Keys
4) Otis Redding
5) The Who
CD 4
1) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2) The Mama's & The Papa's
3) Scott McKenzie
I might have missed the odd act - but, that'll give you a fair clue as to what it's all about.... all great acts from the 1960's..... some of who are still going - plus, I think there are some 70 tracks all in all..... so, it's a great set !!
Now, that came yesterday morning.... in the post... and, in the afternoon, B & I headed over to Taunton, to use the bank & just have a little look around. It was sunny & warm, so... Anyhoo - I went into HMV & Black Cat Records, looking for anything about the new 'live' set, from Dream Theater. I didn't have any luck - which didn't surprise me too much.... but, B did buy me a 2 Cd set by
Colosseum !! It's basically a "best of" set and covers everything from 'Valentyne Suite'... all the ways thru' to 'Lost Angeles' - so, all of the good stuff !! Plus - it was only £8..... not too shabby at all !!
Oh well..... in early November, there is another record fair, in Exeter..... and, as I've missed everyone of them, over the last 6 months or so, I hope to head South for that one !!
Meantime, this weekend, there is a "Craft Fair" being held, just outside of town & - as it was her birthday, last week.... I promised B we would go & give it a good look over !! It'll be our first time at one - so, we have no real idea what to expect.... so, it should be a bit of fun !! I will keep you posted on what it was like.... who knows, they might have some Cd's for me to look at !! Oh well....
I must away.... I don't want to be typing, when the nurses get here !! So - as always, I thank you all for logging in & reading my words..... until next time...
Bye Bye
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Gov't Mule - Roseland Ballroom 95/96
Greetings World's !!
Well - it's about 2.40pm - here in the wilds of England..... it's a very bright, tho' windy kind of day. My only experience of the "outside World" so far, has been to let Archie (the kitten) in thru' the outside door, into the kitchen. I could hear him crying - but I could,'t find
him !! It turned out - he was snug as a bug, in one of the cat baskets..... I'm guessing, everytime he heard one of us, in the kitchen - he opened his lungs.... more or less crying out, to be let into the warm !! He is now - up on our bed - nesting.... by that, I mean, he is going around in circles, making sure the bedding is to his liking, before settling down for another few hours sleep !!
He should be fine up there - not only is is really warm up there - but, B is in J's old room.... putting crafty stuff into whatever space she can find... so, he will be content, to have some company !! He really is a "people cat" - by that I mean, he likes to be around people & deliberately seeks us out, if - God forbid - he is left alone, for any reason at all !!
With B making noises, in the other room - he will settle down &, no doubt, fall asleep for most of the afternoon.... until his belly gets empty and he needs to be refilled !! Oh well..... onwards !!
Right - it's another Thursday....... and guess what, I'm playing another Allman Brothers concert !! Ok - I won't bore you with all the details, other to say, it was one of 3 that came yesterday.... while I was at the hospital. This one, I think is from their last show of their most recent tour & was recorded at Jones Beach, NY on September 7th..... it's a 2 Cd set & - so far - has been a great listen !!
Today - if having 3 new shows reach me yesterday wasn't enough, I've had a fantastic single Cd, by Gov't Mule reach me !! It was recorded at the Roseland Ballroom, on New Years 95/96.... It's a real good addition to my limited Mule collection....... plus, it has the bonus track of 'Voodoo Chile' - recorded with Jack Casady in October 2001 !! Well good ...... I'm going to give it another play...... it's only 72+ minutes long, so what the heck !!
I just looked out of the window - to see a very low flying airplane, zoom by !! All very strange.....
Right - the family.....
B, as mentioned, is upstairs in J's room.... trying to sort things out.... ME has gone off to work, via a new job interview !! She is well up for it, sooooo - hopefully - that will pan out for her and J - well, he is at Uni..... as far as I'm aware, quite happy with his lot !! I don't know the last time B heard from him....... she hasn't said anything..... Oh well, that just leaves me, here typing these words to you all !!
I actually slept for most of the morning...... not so much because I was tired - but, mainly as the blooming pills I take first thing, everyday, knock me out for hours on end !! I didn't wake up, until after 1pm - how mad is that !! I was going to do sooooo much today - maybe another time.....
Oh - back to yesterday.... I had a very wasted trip to the hospital !! To explain, to new time readers..... where have you been ?!
I had a fall, last Thursday - which left me in the ER department on Sunday night..... then, on Monday - we found out, my right leg was going numb - by Tuesday, I could quite happily stick pins into myself, with-out feeling the slightest pain !! So - B contacted the hospital - and my Consultant's secretary 'phoned me up, to get me in - to see a lady, yesterday afternoon. So far, so good !!
We reached the hospital, in good time & waited to see whoever it was, I was meant to be seeing.... it soon became clear, they - the people there - didn't have a clue why I was there & who I was meant to be seeing !!
Anyhoo - we explain the situation & a Dr, who I had never met before, gave me the slightest of examinations & said for me to come back, in 2 weeks - to see my Consultant (who was away)..... and, in the meantime, I was to book in for some kind of CT scan !! Honestly - not only was it a waste of their time - it was certainly a big waste of mine !!
When I tried to point out to him, that my various "reflex" test were all normal, he made some comment about if I had I spent my time, as a Dr, doing this sort of thing !! "No" - I haven't been a a Dr - but, I know when things are right & wrong, with my body !! My reflexes are good - being numb enough to stick a pin into myself, is definitely not !! Yet - the latter seemed to be of little interest to him... so, what the hell !!
So - tomorrow...... in the afternoon, I think.... I have to go back for a couple of scans - then, on Wednesday, the week after next, I have to see the Consultant again !! I'm going to ask him if he knows why I'm there - heck, hopefully somebody will !!
Honestly - yesterday was a big waste of time..... a crock really !! Oh well...... there were some fun moments !! We had only been there - in the hospital - for a few minutes, when we saw 3 people who remembered me, from my previous stays & visits !! Talk about being well know, probably, for all the wrong reasons !! Nevermind... life goes on - even if my back is hurting like mad & my leg is still numb !!
There is something, that neither B, nor I can understand.... about my back & walking problems. It's because of the pains in my lower back, caused - as I understand it - by the break up of the small bones, in that area, that has made walking sooooo very difficult !! Now - I'm not going to argue, that fixing my upper back hasn't been a huge bonus, to the way I am..... but - I can't see how it has helped, in the ways they, the Dr's seem to think it has or will ?! All very strange !! We'll have to ask the experts - next time around...
Back to music....
I had a look, in our local library, on the way home from the hospital, yesterday and came home with both of the Hugh Laurie Cd's 'Let Them talk' and 'Didn't It Rain' + the soundtrack to the 2nd season of 'Game Of Thrones'. As yet - apart from the very odd track, I've not played any of them.... but, I will enjoy giving them a listen at some point !! I actually think, I have the first of the HL Cd's.... but... if I have, it's from before I went into the hospital, last May - so, a lot has happened since then !! I can't get over how bloody good this"new" Gov't Mule Cd is.... the tracks are:
1) Trane
2) Tempoary Saint
3) Painted Silver Lady
4) Don't Step On The Grass Sam
5) Kind Of Bird
6) Mule
7) Voodoo Chile
With lots of other things, mixed into most of the tracks - 'Nantucket Sleighride' by Mountain, just being one... well, it's a brilliant bit of music !! The musicianship is fantastic, with the late Allen Woody's bass work standing way out !! Go on - buy yourself a copy.... you will not be disappointed !!
OK - I better think about closing down soon.... it's been a long/short kind of day & I'm really knackered - despite doing almost nothing !! Nevermind...... with 'Voodoo Chile' playing in the background - this is a good point to sign off....
As always - I thank you all, for taking the time to log in & read my words... I really do appreciate your time - especially as I'm just coming up to my 10,000 page read..... !! Ok - I know it's not a lot, compared to some 'Blogs' - but, when I started, I wondered if anybody would read my words... now, you guys log on, from all over the World & that's kind of cool.... I thank you all.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Well - it's about 2.40pm - here in the wilds of England..... it's a very bright, tho' windy kind of day. My only experience of the "outside World" so far, has been to let Archie (the kitten) in thru' the outside door, into the kitchen. I could hear him crying - but I could,'t find
him !! It turned out - he was snug as a bug, in one of the cat baskets..... I'm guessing, everytime he heard one of us, in the kitchen - he opened his lungs.... more or less crying out, to be let into the warm !! He is now - up on our bed - nesting.... by that, I mean, he is going around in circles, making sure the bedding is to his liking, before settling down for another few hours sleep !!
He should be fine up there - not only is is really warm up there - but, B is in J's old room.... putting crafty stuff into whatever space she can find... so, he will be content, to have some company !! He really is a "people cat" - by that I mean, he likes to be around people & deliberately seeks us out, if - God forbid - he is left alone, for any reason at all !!
With B making noises, in the other room - he will settle down &, no doubt, fall asleep for most of the afternoon.... until his belly gets empty and he needs to be refilled !! Oh well..... onwards !!
Right - it's another Thursday....... and guess what, I'm playing another Allman Brothers concert !! Ok - I won't bore you with all the details, other to say, it was one of 3 that came yesterday.... while I was at the hospital. This one, I think is from their last show of their most recent tour & was recorded at Jones Beach, NY on September 7th..... it's a 2 Cd set & - so far - has been a great listen !!
Today - if having 3 new shows reach me yesterday wasn't enough, I've had a fantastic single Cd, by Gov't Mule reach me !! It was recorded at the Roseland Ballroom, on New Years 95/96.... It's a real good addition to my limited Mule collection....... plus, it has the bonus track of 'Voodoo Chile' - recorded with Jack Casady in October 2001 !! Well good ...... I'm going to give it another play...... it's only 72+ minutes long, so what the heck !!
I just looked out of the window - to see a very low flying airplane, zoom by !! All very strange.....
Right - the family.....
B, as mentioned, is upstairs in J's room.... trying to sort things out.... ME has gone off to work, via a new job interview !! She is well up for it, sooooo - hopefully - that will pan out for her and J - well, he is at Uni..... as far as I'm aware, quite happy with his lot !! I don't know the last time B heard from him....... she hasn't said anything..... Oh well, that just leaves me, here typing these words to you all !!
I actually slept for most of the morning...... not so much because I was tired - but, mainly as the blooming pills I take first thing, everyday, knock me out for hours on end !! I didn't wake up, until after 1pm - how mad is that !! I was going to do sooooo much today - maybe another time.....
Oh - back to yesterday.... I had a very wasted trip to the hospital !! To explain, to new time readers..... where have you been ?!
I had a fall, last Thursday - which left me in the ER department on Sunday night..... then, on Monday - we found out, my right leg was going numb - by Tuesday, I could quite happily stick pins into myself, with-out feeling the slightest pain !! So - B contacted the hospital - and my Consultant's secretary 'phoned me up, to get me in - to see a lady, yesterday afternoon. So far, so good !!
We reached the hospital, in good time & waited to see whoever it was, I was meant to be seeing.... it soon became clear, they - the people there - didn't have a clue why I was there & who I was meant to be seeing !!
Anyhoo - we explain the situation & a Dr, who I had never met before, gave me the slightest of examinations & said for me to come back, in 2 weeks - to see my Consultant (who was away)..... and, in the meantime, I was to book in for some kind of CT scan !! Honestly - not only was it a waste of their time - it was certainly a big waste of mine !!
When I tried to point out to him, that my various "reflex" test were all normal, he made some comment about if I had I spent my time, as a Dr, doing this sort of thing !! "No" - I haven't been a a Dr - but, I know when things are right & wrong, with my body !! My reflexes are good - being numb enough to stick a pin into myself, is definitely not !! Yet - the latter seemed to be of little interest to him... so, what the hell !!
So - tomorrow...... in the afternoon, I think.... I have to go back for a couple of scans - then, on Wednesday, the week after next, I have to see the Consultant again !! I'm going to ask him if he knows why I'm there - heck, hopefully somebody will !!
Honestly - yesterday was a big waste of time..... a crock really !! Oh well...... there were some fun moments !! We had only been there - in the hospital - for a few minutes, when we saw 3 people who remembered me, from my previous stays & visits !! Talk about being well know, probably, for all the wrong reasons !! Nevermind... life goes on - even if my back is hurting like mad & my leg is still numb !!
There is something, that neither B, nor I can understand.... about my back & walking problems. It's because of the pains in my lower back, caused - as I understand it - by the break up of the small bones, in that area, that has made walking sooooo very difficult !! Now - I'm not going to argue, that fixing my upper back hasn't been a huge bonus, to the way I am..... but - I can't see how it has helped, in the ways they, the Dr's seem to think it has or will ?! All very strange !! We'll have to ask the experts - next time around...
Back to music....
I had a look, in our local library, on the way home from the hospital, yesterday and came home with both of the Hugh Laurie Cd's 'Let Them talk' and 'Didn't It Rain' + the soundtrack to the 2nd season of 'Game Of Thrones'. As yet - apart from the very odd track, I've not played any of them.... but, I will enjoy giving them a listen at some point !! I actually think, I have the first of the HL Cd's.... but... if I have, it's from before I went into the hospital, last May - so, a lot has happened since then !! I can't get over how bloody good this"new" Gov't Mule Cd is.... the tracks are:
1) Trane
2) Tempoary Saint
3) Painted Silver Lady
4) Don't Step On The Grass Sam
5) Kind Of Bird
6) Mule
7) Voodoo Chile
With lots of other things, mixed into most of the tracks - 'Nantucket Sleighride' by Mountain, just being one... well, it's a brilliant bit of music !! The musicianship is fantastic, with the late Allen Woody's bass work standing way out !! Go on - buy yourself a copy.... you will not be disappointed !!
OK - I better think about closing down soon.... it's been a long/short kind of day & I'm really knackered - despite doing almost nothing !! Nevermind...... with 'Voodoo Chile' playing in the background - this is a good point to sign off....
As always - I thank you all, for taking the time to log in & read my words... I really do appreciate your time - especially as I'm just coming up to my 10,000 page read..... !! Ok - I know it's not a lot, compared to some 'Blogs' - but, when I started, I wondered if anybody would read my words... now, you guys log on, from all over the World & that's kind of cool.... I thank you all.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Whitesnake & sticking pins in my foo - Ho-hum !!
Hi everybody !!
It's a very wet & 'orrid Monday afternoon, here in England - well, in this part of the country, at least !! I haven't seen a weather forecast today - so, I've no idea what is happening everywhere else.... oh
well !!
As I type, B is sat a few feet away, sorting out some washing... I think it's come out of the dryer - tho' I really don't know for sure. I got up early - well for me, at least - and was here about's, when B went out at 8.30am..... my plan was to see her off & then have a bit of a tidy up - mainly my stuff, here on the table !!
Anyhoo - that didn't take too long, so I started to do the rec room...... and, after about an hour, I gave up on that.... my back was killing me, sooooo !! I even (actually) wore my back brace.... I only wear it, from time time now... to explain.
After the first surgery - back in May - I had to wear a back brace, mainly to help support myself, as I pottered around the hospital. Well, as long time readers will know, that all went tits up - and I landed up in hospital for 3 months, instead of the 10 days I was told !! So - as I was only meant to wear the brace, for 3 months - it's been well used & now, I only wear it when my back hurts or needs support - like today !!
Anyways - as I wasn't feeling too brilliant... I went back to bed, expecting B to be home around 1pm, to wake me up & what have
you !! As it turned out - it was well past 3.30, before she actually arrived.... nevermind - if the 'phone hadn't go off, I would of been asleep... when she got here & what have you... as I say, nevermind !!
So, B is home now... as for ME, she is at work & J... well, he is at Uni - as mentioned before, in earlier posts !!
ME is going to be on holiday, next week... so she is really looking forward to that !! I think M & her are going up to Alton Towers, for a couple of days..... not something I would of done - in my youth - but, "hey" - the times have changed a lot over the years !!
Right... after a bit of a crap start - I will move right along !!
Last night, I remembered I had made a quick recording of the film soundtrack of 'Apocalypse Now - Redux'. I did it, before I actually went into the hospital - but, I didn't have the time to transfer it over to the Mini Egg (my iPod thingy)..... As some of you will know, I enjoy listening to the soundtracks of DVD's - rather than watching the
things !!
Now then - this room of ours, well...I have Cd's everywhere... and I mean "everywhere" !! Some of them are in some kind of order - but, unfortunately, there are more than a few which are just piled up on shelves !! With all of that in mind - I expected to take a few hours to actually find the Cd's.... BUT, much to my surprise, one of the first cases I picked up had 4 discs in it, with the letters "AN" written on them !! It really was a bit of luck.... I didn't expect it to be sooooo easy !!
Plus, another bonus.... I thought I had just recorded the soundtrack, in one long track - just ending on one disc & then starting over on the next one.... but, I must of taken a bit of time with them - as each section of the film has it's own chapter !! Why I didn't put the finished product actually onto the Egg, I honestly don't know !!
Mind you - that was done, at the end of May - so, there has been a lot of water under the bridge since then - it's no wonder I had forgotten about it !! Nevermind... I'll transfer it over, at some point soon & have fun listening to it.... either here, or in the car !!
As some of you will know - I enjoy putting my old tape cassettes onto Cd's...... it takes a bit of time, but it's all a bit of fun & it keeps me from going too insane !! Anyhoo - a while back, I did a 42 tape transfer, onto 56 discs..... and, just before that - I did a 4 tape transfer, onto 5 discs. I know - it really sounds like a crap idea - but, it's a bit of fun !! Right - having said all of that - my next project, is to transfer a 10 tape set - which i recorded when B was in hospital, having ME - way back when !! It - as I said a short while ago, will take a bit of time - but... it should be fun... listening to all of the old tracks, none of which will be less than 22 (almost 23) years old !!
I will let you know how it goes... and how things progress !! Ok - it's boring... but, unless some more Allman Brothers' Cd's reach me.... I'll have nothing "new" to listen to !!
The music of this very moment, is the Whitesnake live album.... 'Made In Britain'. I'm not 100% sure when it came out, tho' I know it was earlier this year. To be honest - it all sounds a little "dated" - not in a bad way... but, it could of been recorded 20 years ago & still sounded like it does now !! I see from the credits, it was recorded on the 2011 tour - so, it is a little "old" !! Listen to me - I play "old" stuff, day in & day out - so, I'm the last person to moan about stuff !! Onwards...... Oh - this is the 2 Cd set - disc 1 was recorded in Britain & disc 2 seems to have been recorded on the World tour. I'm not going to list all of the tracks - there are 25 of the things - but, needless to say, all (or most) of the hits are here.... so, if you're a Whitesnake fan, or a rock fan in general - check it out.... you might enjoy it !!
Onto more exciting things......
In the past, I've written about the NFH !! That is to say - the"Neighbour From Hell" !! Well, over the last month - give or take - they have been having their house extended - which is what I complained about before... that was some time ago... anyways...... Last night, much to our surprise, the police showed up & went to their place..... after they left, all hell seem to be breaking out.over there !!
Now then - this lady is a really "loud" person - you know... can't talk quiet, for love or money.... Well, whatever the police wanted, it seemed to cause a massive shock wave thru' their household !! Then - as a kind of follow up, to last nights police visit - they have been back again, a short while ago... and, once again, all heck has broken out over there !!
The Husband has gone "flying" out in his car....... and her (the NFH) Dad has just driven in.... so - what the hell is going on, next door, it seems to have been a bit of fun... for the rest of the Close, at least !! Time will tell, what is going on - and we are sure to find out all about it, at some point !!
As mentioned yesterday - I think - I landed up, back in hospital on Sunday night. Well - I have to go back again, tomorrow.... at about 2pm. This time, mainly as my right leg has gone numb on me !! Honestly - my party piece of the moment is sticking pins into my foot & not feeling a bloody thing... I kid you not !!
I'll see what the doctors say - but, I'm guessing my fall, the other night, has done some kind of nerve thingy... but, we'll see what happens !! I can't wait to see their faces, if they allow me to have a pin..... Sticking them into yourself is not the best thing in the World - but, it really is a bit weird !!
Ok - with weird on my mind... I best away !! It's abut 5.30 now & things are winding down for the evening.... As always, I thank you all for logging in - I thank you for your time.... until next time...
Bye Bye
It's a very wet & 'orrid Monday afternoon, here in England - well, in this part of the country, at least !! I haven't seen a weather forecast today - so, I've no idea what is happening everywhere else.... oh
well !!
As I type, B is sat a few feet away, sorting out some washing... I think it's come out of the dryer - tho' I really don't know for sure. I got up early - well for me, at least - and was here about's, when B went out at 8.30am..... my plan was to see her off & then have a bit of a tidy up - mainly my stuff, here on the table !!
Anyhoo - that didn't take too long, so I started to do the rec room...... and, after about an hour, I gave up on that.... my back was killing me, sooooo !! I even (actually) wore my back brace.... I only wear it, from time time now... to explain.
After the first surgery - back in May - I had to wear a back brace, mainly to help support myself, as I pottered around the hospital. Well, as long time readers will know, that all went tits up - and I landed up in hospital for 3 months, instead of the 10 days I was told !! So - as I was only meant to wear the brace, for 3 months - it's been well used & now, I only wear it when my back hurts or needs support - like today !!
Anyways - as I wasn't feeling too brilliant... I went back to bed, expecting B to be home around 1pm, to wake me up & what have
you !! As it turned out - it was well past 3.30, before she actually arrived.... nevermind - if the 'phone hadn't go off, I would of been asleep... when she got here & what have you... as I say, nevermind !!
So, B is home now... as for ME, she is at work & J... well, he is at Uni - as mentioned before, in earlier posts !!
ME is going to be on holiday, next week... so she is really looking forward to that !! I think M & her are going up to Alton Towers, for a couple of days..... not something I would of done - in my youth - but, "hey" - the times have changed a lot over the years !!
Right... after a bit of a crap start - I will move right along !!
Last night, I remembered I had made a quick recording of the film soundtrack of 'Apocalypse Now - Redux'. I did it, before I actually went into the hospital - but, I didn't have the time to transfer it over to the Mini Egg (my iPod thingy)..... As some of you will know, I enjoy listening to the soundtracks of DVD's - rather than watching the
things !!
Now then - this room of ours, well...I have Cd's everywhere... and I mean "everywhere" !! Some of them are in some kind of order - but, unfortunately, there are more than a few which are just piled up on shelves !! With all of that in mind - I expected to take a few hours to actually find the Cd's.... BUT, much to my surprise, one of the first cases I picked up had 4 discs in it, with the letters "AN" written on them !! It really was a bit of luck.... I didn't expect it to be sooooo easy !!
Plus, another bonus.... I thought I had just recorded the soundtrack, in one long track - just ending on one disc & then starting over on the next one.... but, I must of taken a bit of time with them - as each section of the film has it's own chapter !! Why I didn't put the finished product actually onto the Egg, I honestly don't know !!
Mind you - that was done, at the end of May - so, there has been a lot of water under the bridge since then - it's no wonder I had forgotten about it !! Nevermind... I'll transfer it over, at some point soon & have fun listening to it.... either here, or in the car !!
As some of you will know - I enjoy putting my old tape cassettes onto Cd's...... it takes a bit of time, but it's all a bit of fun & it keeps me from going too insane !! Anyhoo - a while back, I did a 42 tape transfer, onto 56 discs..... and, just before that - I did a 4 tape transfer, onto 5 discs. I know - it really sounds like a crap idea - but, it's a bit of fun !! Right - having said all of that - my next project, is to transfer a 10 tape set - which i recorded when B was in hospital, having ME - way back when !! It - as I said a short while ago, will take a bit of time - but... it should be fun... listening to all of the old tracks, none of which will be less than 22 (almost 23) years old !!
I will let you know how it goes... and how things progress !! Ok - it's boring... but, unless some more Allman Brothers' Cd's reach me.... I'll have nothing "new" to listen to !!
The music of this very moment, is the Whitesnake live album.... 'Made In Britain'. I'm not 100% sure when it came out, tho' I know it was earlier this year. To be honest - it all sounds a little "dated" - not in a bad way... but, it could of been recorded 20 years ago & still sounded like it does now !! I see from the credits, it was recorded on the 2011 tour - so, it is a little "old" !! Listen to me - I play "old" stuff, day in & day out - so, I'm the last person to moan about stuff !! Onwards...... Oh - this is the 2 Cd set - disc 1 was recorded in Britain & disc 2 seems to have been recorded on the World tour. I'm not going to list all of the tracks - there are 25 of the things - but, needless to say, all (or most) of the hits are here.... so, if you're a Whitesnake fan, or a rock fan in general - check it out.... you might enjoy it !!
Onto more exciting things......
In the past, I've written about the NFH !! That is to say - the"Neighbour From Hell" !! Well, over the last month - give or take - they have been having their house extended - which is what I complained about before... that was some time ago... anyways...... Last night, much to our surprise, the police showed up & went to their place..... after they left, all hell seem to be breaking out.over there !!
Now then - this lady is a really "loud" person - you know... can't talk quiet, for love or money.... Well, whatever the police wanted, it seemed to cause a massive shock wave thru' their household !! Then - as a kind of follow up, to last nights police visit - they have been back again, a short while ago... and, once again, all heck has broken out over there !!
The Husband has gone "flying" out in his car....... and her (the NFH) Dad has just driven in.... so - what the hell is going on, next door, it seems to have been a bit of fun... for the rest of the Close, at least !! Time will tell, what is going on - and we are sure to find out all about it, at some point !!
As mentioned yesterday - I think - I landed up, back in hospital on Sunday night. Well - I have to go back again, tomorrow.... at about 2pm. This time, mainly as my right leg has gone numb on me !! Honestly - my party piece of the moment is sticking pins into my foot & not feeling a bloody thing... I kid you not !!
I'll see what the doctors say - but, I'm guessing my fall, the other night, has done some kind of nerve thingy... but, we'll see what happens !! I can't wait to see their faces, if they allow me to have a pin..... Sticking them into yourself is not the best thing in the World - but, it really is a bit weird !!
Ok - with weird on my mind... I best away !! It's abut 5.30 now & things are winding down for the evening.... As always, I thank you all for logging in - I thank you for your time.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Monday, 7 October 2013
Allman Brothers & Nurses... Ho-hum !!
Well "Greetings" World's !!
A big "Hello" to my Russian reader - who seems to read my words... even when I'm too busy to write anything new !! I thank you for your time, it's nice to know you are there !!
Ok - it's a Monday... I think, here in England... and it's about 2pm. Sat on the floor, just to my left, is my beautiful Daughter ME... she has been writing some letters (not sure what about) and is now looking for some envelopes, to post them in !! Helping with this search is My Wife & Dearest Friend B, who had some (envelopes) last night - but, can no longer remember where they are !! To the rescue - I've handed over some smaller ones.... not perfect... but, they seem to be Ok !!
So - that's the family - where those who still live here.... which just leaves J - who as some of you will know, is at Uni in Wales. As far as I know, he seems to be happy in his choice. B gets some text messages from him, but.... that's all I know folks !!
The music of the moment is, of course, another of my new Allman Brothers concerts !! This time, it's a 3 Cd set from Chicago - recorded on August 20th of this year. The tracks are:
Cd 1
1) One way Out
2) Done Somebody Wrong
3) I Walk On Gilded Splinters
4) Worried Down With The Blues
5) Hot 'Lanta
6) Rain
7) Spots Of Time
8) Announcements
9) Statesboro' Blues
10) Revival
CD 2
1) I Found Love
2) Midnight Rider
3) Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
4) The Sky Is Crying
5) Ain't Wastin' Time No More
CD 3
1) Soulshine
2) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
3) JaMaBuBu
4) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Reprise
5) Crowd Noise
6) No One To Run With
Now then - I'm a big love of the Allman's - go on, admit it, you all know I am.... and, I love their live sets !! Usually, I'm over the moon if they do some really long tracks on them.... on this one tho' - only 3 of the tracks are over 10 minutes in length & one of them hardly counts, but... it's a really good set !! With tracks like 'Gilded Splinters' lasting a mere 5 & a bit minutes, it's a very "tight" set list... really good !! A special bonus - is the inclusion of 'Rain' + 'Spots Of Time' - I'm well happy with this one, I really am !! One of the better ones, that I've heard lately.... onwards !!
It's about 2.30.... which means, in a very short while, the nurses will be here to change my back dressings - that's going to be "fun"..... it's been hurting like hell, this weekend, so - I'm not really looking forward to today's session !! Anyhoo - I'll take a beak here & get back to this, as & when I can....
Ok - it's now an hour later & the nurses have gone !! Today, Jo came with one of her "bosses" - who came really, I think, to find out why it's taking sooooo long to heal up. To help, I printed off a copy of the earliest pictures I have of the wound..... which, honestly shows my back bone & everything..... that was enough to convince her how well the nurses have done, in getting it sorted out, over the last month & a bit, since I came out of hospital !!
It seems that the ladies are going to continue coming to visit me, 3 times a week....... but, I can live with that, as long as things continue improving, the way they are !! My biggest fear is that the infection will return & - if that happens - things will go back to how they were !! I do not want that.... I really do not !!
I had to go to the hospital yesterday evening.... I was in sooooo much pain, with my back, they called an ambulance out, to take me to the hospital. After some x-rays, I was told I had to wait to see a spinal doctor - but, as they couldn't tell me exactly when that was going to happen & ME + B were with me, well - I went against the doctors advice & signed myself out.... it was nearly 3am when we got home & - as I said to the Dr's - if the x-rays show anything, give me a call !!
There is only so much waiting around, that I can expect the ladies of the house to put up with - so, home I came.... and as nobody has 'phoned, I'll expect things are Ok !! Life goes on.....
Right, my plans for today... none at all really.... !! I don't have anything lined up & to be honest, I'm glad of that - after their (the nurses) visit, the pain takes a while to subside.... nevermind, it's getting better & that's brilliant, it really is !!
Ok - I think I will be on my ways...... I'm sure I'll think of something else to write about - but, for now, I thank you all for logging in & reading my words.... until next time....
Bye Bye
A big "Hello" to my Russian reader - who seems to read my words... even when I'm too busy to write anything new !! I thank you for your time, it's nice to know you are there !!
Ok - it's a Monday... I think, here in England... and it's about 2pm. Sat on the floor, just to my left, is my beautiful Daughter ME... she has been writing some letters (not sure what about) and is now looking for some envelopes, to post them in !! Helping with this search is My Wife & Dearest Friend B, who had some (envelopes) last night - but, can no longer remember where they are !! To the rescue - I've handed over some smaller ones.... not perfect... but, they seem to be Ok !!
So - that's the family - where those who still live here.... which just leaves J - who as some of you will know, is at Uni in Wales. As far as I know, he seems to be happy in his choice. B gets some text messages from him, but.... that's all I know folks !!
The music of the moment is, of course, another of my new Allman Brothers concerts !! This time, it's a 3 Cd set from Chicago - recorded on August 20th of this year. The tracks are:
Cd 1
1) One way Out
2) Done Somebody Wrong
3) I Walk On Gilded Splinters
4) Worried Down With The Blues
5) Hot 'Lanta
6) Rain
7) Spots Of Time
8) Announcements
9) Statesboro' Blues
10) Revival
CD 2
1) I Found Love
2) Midnight Rider
3) Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
4) The Sky Is Crying
5) Ain't Wastin' Time No More
CD 3
1) Soulshine
2) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
3) JaMaBuBu
4) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Reprise
5) Crowd Noise
6) No One To Run With
Now then - I'm a big love of the Allman's - go on, admit it, you all know I am.... and, I love their live sets !! Usually, I'm over the moon if they do some really long tracks on them.... on this one tho' - only 3 of the tracks are over 10 minutes in length & one of them hardly counts, but... it's a really good set !! With tracks like 'Gilded Splinters' lasting a mere 5 & a bit minutes, it's a very "tight" set list... really good !! A special bonus - is the inclusion of 'Rain' + 'Spots Of Time' - I'm well happy with this one, I really am !! One of the better ones, that I've heard lately.... onwards !!
It's about 2.30.... which means, in a very short while, the nurses will be here to change my back dressings - that's going to be "fun"..... it's been hurting like hell, this weekend, so - I'm not really looking forward to today's session !! Anyhoo - I'll take a beak here & get back to this, as & when I can....
Ok - it's now an hour later & the nurses have gone !! Today, Jo came with one of her "bosses" - who came really, I think, to find out why it's taking sooooo long to heal up. To help, I printed off a copy of the earliest pictures I have of the wound..... which, honestly shows my back bone & everything..... that was enough to convince her how well the nurses have done, in getting it sorted out, over the last month & a bit, since I came out of hospital !!
It seems that the ladies are going to continue coming to visit me, 3 times a week....... but, I can live with that, as long as things continue improving, the way they are !! My biggest fear is that the infection will return & - if that happens - things will go back to how they were !! I do not want that.... I really do not !!
I had to go to the hospital yesterday evening.... I was in sooooo much pain, with my back, they called an ambulance out, to take me to the hospital. After some x-rays, I was told I had to wait to see a spinal doctor - but, as they couldn't tell me exactly when that was going to happen & ME + B were with me, well - I went against the doctors advice & signed myself out.... it was nearly 3am when we got home & - as I said to the Dr's - if the x-rays show anything, give me a call !!
There is only so much waiting around, that I can expect the ladies of the house to put up with - so, home I came.... and as nobody has 'phoned, I'll expect things are Ok !! Life goes on.....
Right, my plans for today... none at all really.... !! I don't have anything lined up & to be honest, I'm glad of that - after their (the nurses) visit, the pain takes a while to subside.... nevermind, it's getting better & that's brilliant, it really is !!
Ok - I think I will be on my ways...... I'm sure I'll think of something else to write about - but, for now, I thank you all for logging in & reading my words.... until next time....
Bye Bye
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Lots more music.... and a great pair of guests !!
Greetings Worlds !!
Ok - I know it's been a very long time, since I last put finger tips to keyboard.... I have no real excuse for my tardiness.... I've just not got around to posting anything !! Sorry about that !! I must be honest tho' - I didn't realise it was sooooo long ago, since my last post !! Never mind.....
Right.... It's another Thursday, here in England and it's really raining hard outside !! B & yours truly went for a quick ride into town earlier.... which was Ok, but it was too wet to do too much. I wanted to go into the library, but.... we would of been wet thru' going down it's doors - let alone getting back to the car !! So - we settled for going to the bank & paying a few of our bills & just looking in the few shops, in the small arcade there.
Talking of My Wife & Dearest Friend...... she has just taken Murphy for a walk.... yep, in the rain !! I tell you - that dog seems to be 9th member of the family, the number of times we look out for him !!
For new readers... Murphy is our neighbour's dog. When he works a 12 hour shift & can't get home to see to him, we look out for the Murph and make sure he gets out for a pee & a little bit of a walk. Maybe we do too much sometimes - but, it's not the dogs fault that his "master" can't get home to look after him.
Oh well....
As for our family.... Well, as I say, B is out for a walk.... which leaves myself & ME at home. She (ME) is doing a few night-shifts at the moment & so is in bed sleeping... I hope...... that just leaves our Son, J... who, as I've written before (I think) has gone over to West Wales, to study at the Uni there.
It's been really weird, not having him about the place..... but, I hope my number one Son is doing Ok ?! The few text messages B has received are all on the positive side, so... that's good !! But - it sure is strange, not having him about !! Onwards....
As for the 4 other members of the family... the cats.... they are still about, eating us out of house & home !! The newest one, the kitten, Archie is still as mad as ever !! He runs around, playing with what ever he can find, including our fingers & toes and then, once he has had enough, he just zonks out !!
To my mind, he is no longer "big" kitten.... he is more of a "little" cat.... As I type, he is a few feet away to my left, trying to look all kinds of nice - but, I know full well, if I tried to smooth him, he would take it as a big game & go completely bonkers !!
Right... we have had a fantastic week !! As mentioned before, Lady V & her Husband Sir J have been in England & we are so over the Moon, that they stayed as few nights, here in our little home. It was sooooo good, not only to have them stay with us, but to actually meet them !!
For those of you who have maybe never read my words before (Why not !!) Lady V & Sir J run the Allman Brothers web site 'Hittin' The Note' over in Atlanta and I've been in contact with them for a few years now, since I really started buying the Allman's live Cd's....
To actually meet them & have them stay here.... well, for both of us - it really was a privilege !! They are such a fantastic couple.... we can't get over how great they were !! It was a real treat, to have them here & to meet them..... hopefully we can get together again, at some point.... who knows !! I think their holiday comes to an end, today..... which is a shame - but, I hope they had a good time, here in ol' England......
Which ever, or should that be what ever (?) - it was really brilliant to get together..... and to have some real "insider" talks with both of them.... to find out various things, nothing big, to fill in the gaps in my little Allman's knowledge !! Brilliant people & a fantastic time for us...... thank's for taking the time to stay with us !!
So, that was part of the reason I've not posted anything..... add to that, I've been a little poorly.... well, it's no excuse for not writing - but, it's part of my reason for being tardy !!
I'm still having the nurses around to the house 3 times a week..... they are getting better & better, at changing the dressings !! To begin with, it would take them about an hour, to get things right - now, well... 30 minutes is about their record !! They are due again, tomorrow (Friday).... so, we will see how things go....
As for the hospital... well, that's been good !! I went back in, just over a week ago & the Consultant was well happy with me... almost too happy, very OTT !! Nevermind... as long as the wound (in my back) is healing up and the infection doesn't re-erect itself.... well, life will be good !! Time will tell on all of that - as long as I keep taking the various pills & potions, I can't really do anymore !!
So.... moving right along to music !! What can I say..... Infront of me, I have about 30 Cd's - mostly Allman Brothers stuff...... lots of live shows !! The one I'm playing, at the moment. is from one of the Beacon Theater shows, recorded on March 9th this year. The tracks are:
CD 1
1) Done Somebody Wrong
2) Midnight Rider
3) End Of The Line
4) Worried Down With The Blues
5) Ain't Wastin' Time No More
6) Announcement
7) Dusk Till Dawn
8) Jessica
CD 2
1) Statesboro' Blues
2) you Don't Love Me
3) Rockin' Horse
4) Black Hearted Woman
CD 3
1) Stand Back
2) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
3) JaMaBuBu
4) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Reprise
5) Crowed Noise
6) Announcement
7) Southbound
It's a great show - with about 6 of the tracks lasting over the 10 minute mark....... long tracks are always a bonus, for me at least !! Plus - this show is one I've played over & over.... but, I have a box beside me, with another 10 shows to listen to.... and they are all brand new !! They came this week, on Tuesday morning..... so, that's going to be fun !!
Add to all of those - I had a new copy of Humble Pie's 'Smokin' album, from 1972 & Hawkwind's 'Onwards' 2 Cd set..... lots of music to listen to !! Great stuff...... and a good way to sign off - for today, at least !!
So - I thank you all for logging in & reading my various posts & the words they contain. I must away now.... until next time......
Bye Bye
Ok - I know it's been a very long time, since I last put finger tips to keyboard.... I have no real excuse for my tardiness.... I've just not got around to posting anything !! Sorry about that !! I must be honest tho' - I didn't realise it was sooooo long ago, since my last post !! Never mind.....
Right.... It's another Thursday, here in England and it's really raining hard outside !! B & yours truly went for a quick ride into town earlier.... which was Ok, but it was too wet to do too much. I wanted to go into the library, but.... we would of been wet thru' going down it's doors - let alone getting back to the car !! So - we settled for going to the bank & paying a few of our bills & just looking in the few shops, in the small arcade there.
Talking of My Wife & Dearest Friend...... she has just taken Murphy for a walk.... yep, in the rain !! I tell you - that dog seems to be 9th member of the family, the number of times we look out for him !!
For new readers... Murphy is our neighbour's dog. When he works a 12 hour shift & can't get home to see to him, we look out for the Murph and make sure he gets out for a pee & a little bit of a walk. Maybe we do too much sometimes - but, it's not the dogs fault that his "master" can't get home to look after him.
Oh well....
As for our family.... Well, as I say, B is out for a walk.... which leaves myself & ME at home. She (ME) is doing a few night-shifts at the moment & so is in bed sleeping... I hope...... that just leaves our Son, J... who, as I've written before (I think) has gone over to West Wales, to study at the Uni there.
It's been really weird, not having him about the place..... but, I hope my number one Son is doing Ok ?! The few text messages B has received are all on the positive side, so... that's good !! But - it sure is strange, not having him about !! Onwards....
As for the 4 other members of the family... the cats.... they are still about, eating us out of house & home !! The newest one, the kitten, Archie is still as mad as ever !! He runs around, playing with what ever he can find, including our fingers & toes and then, once he has had enough, he just zonks out !!
To my mind, he is no longer "big" kitten.... he is more of a "little" cat.... As I type, he is a few feet away to my left, trying to look all kinds of nice - but, I know full well, if I tried to smooth him, he would take it as a big game & go completely bonkers !!
Right... we have had a fantastic week !! As mentioned before, Lady V & her Husband Sir J have been in England & we are so over the Moon, that they stayed as few nights, here in our little home. It was sooooo good, not only to have them stay with us, but to actually meet them !!
For those of you who have maybe never read my words before (Why not !!) Lady V & Sir J run the Allman Brothers web site 'Hittin' The Note' over in Atlanta and I've been in contact with them for a few years now, since I really started buying the Allman's live Cd's....
To actually meet them & have them stay here.... well, for both of us - it really was a privilege !! They are such a fantastic couple.... we can't get over how great they were !! It was a real treat, to have them here & to meet them..... hopefully we can get together again, at some point.... who knows !! I think their holiday comes to an end, today..... which is a shame - but, I hope they had a good time, here in ol' England......
Which ever, or should that be what ever (?) - it was really brilliant to get together..... and to have some real "insider" talks with both of them.... to find out various things, nothing big, to fill in the gaps in my little Allman's knowledge !! Brilliant people & a fantastic time for us...... thank's for taking the time to stay with us !!
So, that was part of the reason I've not posted anything..... add to that, I've been a little poorly.... well, it's no excuse for not writing - but, it's part of my reason for being tardy !!
I'm still having the nurses around to the house 3 times a week..... they are getting better & better, at changing the dressings !! To begin with, it would take them about an hour, to get things right - now, well... 30 minutes is about their record !! They are due again, tomorrow (Friday).... so, we will see how things go....
As for the hospital... well, that's been good !! I went back in, just over a week ago & the Consultant was well happy with me... almost too happy, very OTT !! Nevermind... as long as the wound (in my back) is healing up and the infection doesn't re-erect itself.... well, life will be good !! Time will tell on all of that - as long as I keep taking the various pills & potions, I can't really do anymore !!
So.... moving right along to music !! What can I say..... Infront of me, I have about 30 Cd's - mostly Allman Brothers stuff...... lots of live shows !! The one I'm playing, at the moment. is from one of the Beacon Theater shows, recorded on March 9th this year. The tracks are:
CD 1
1) Done Somebody Wrong
2) Midnight Rider
3) End Of The Line
4) Worried Down With The Blues
5) Ain't Wastin' Time No More
6) Announcement
7) Dusk Till Dawn
8) Jessica
CD 2
1) Statesboro' Blues
2) you Don't Love Me
3) Rockin' Horse
4) Black Hearted Woman
CD 3
1) Stand Back
2) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
3) JaMaBuBu
4) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Reprise
5) Crowed Noise
6) Announcement
7) Southbound
It's a great show - with about 6 of the tracks lasting over the 10 minute mark....... long tracks are always a bonus, for me at least !! Plus - this show is one I've played over & over.... but, I have a box beside me, with another 10 shows to listen to.... and they are all brand new !! They came this week, on Tuesday morning..... so, that's going to be fun !!
Add to all of those - I had a new copy of Humble Pie's 'Smokin' album, from 1972 & Hawkwind's 'Onwards' 2 Cd set..... lots of music to listen to !! Great stuff...... and a good way to sign off - for today, at least !!
So - I thank you all for logging in & reading my various posts & the words they contain. I must away now.... until next time......
Bye Bye
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