Pink Floyd - Boston 1977... Ho-hum !!

Well "Greetings" World's....

It's a very wet & cold Monday, here in England... I've just come back from the Dr's surgery & my plan, more of which later, was to curl up & go to sleep... but, I went up the stairs (to bed) and it was sooooo cold in our room, I've decided against it !!

Instead - I've decided to sit down here, in our living (rec) room.... and, in between doing a stack of washing up... write a few words, here in this ol' blog of mine !! Not only is it warmer here... I can put the music on, turned down to just below deafening, and I can watch a bit of (silent) TV news at the same time... Now, that sounds like a better idea !!

First tho' - the family....

As far as I know, our Son - J - is still in Wales, at Uni.... I've not heard any different, so... I'm guessing he is still there.... ?! Our Daughter - ME - well, she is working this afternoon.. going on, into the evening. She left here a couple of hours ago.... I like it, when she does this type of shift !! It means she gets to have a little bit of extra sleep in the mornings !!

My Wife & Dearest Friend - B - well, by now, she should be in town...... probably going into the bank, followed by a trip to the supermarket. I'm not really sure - mainly as it was decided I would stay home - well, I sort of decided that... I didn't really want to go into town today !! Not only is it cold & wet - on her own, B can just go at her own pace & not have to worry about what I'm up to !!

So - that just leaves me & the cats.... they are upstairs - well, 3 of them are, I've not seen the other one -and, your's truly is sat here typing these words !!

The music of the moment is a bootleg tape of Pink Floyd's Boston USA show, from June 27th 1977. After playing the great quality soundboard, of the Wembley 1975 concert - which I think I've probably written about before.... well, this tape is no where as good, "sound wise".... but, it's still very listenable !!

The tracks are:

Sheep
Pigs On The Wing Pt 1
Dogs
Pigs On The Wing Pt 2
Pigs
Shine On you Crazy Diamond Pt's. 1-5
Welcome To The Machine
Have A Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pt's 6-9
Money
Us & Them

I've got that listing, from a fantastic book, called 'In The Flesh - A Complete Performance History'... it's written by Glenn Povey & Ian Russell and, it's a pretty handy book to have, especially when people send me tapes & I need to identify them !! Oh well..... As always, don't buy bootlegs !! Buy the official recordings & support the bands, by putting the cash in their pockets, not some cheap skate
bootlegger !!

Staying with music..... I've given most of the "new stuff" that's come recently, a good play thru' now..... and - for the most part - I've enjoyed all of them !! I did find the newer tracks, on Rush's 'Clockwork Angels Tour' live set, a bit hard to get "into"..... but, that's mainly (I think) because I don't know the tracks that well !!

As for the 'Live At Luna Park' live set... by Dream Theater.... well, I've decided that it's best to listen to the Cd's... rather than watch the DVD's of the guys playing the stuff !! It's just me - but, I always enjoy listening to music, rather than watching it - in this case, it certainly hammers the point home !! Oh well....

One last bit of music stuff.... I was playing the very 1st Emerson, Lake & Palmer album earlier... "Wow" that brought back some memories !! I honestly was taken "back in time" and enjoyed every last bit of it.... I'm just wondering why I got rid of my old vinyl collection !! There were sooooo many great Lp's... and, I got rid of them !!

Ok - I do know why...... why I got rid of them, that is... (A) they were taking up so much room, that with the two guys growing up, we really needed... & (B) once I found out just how much money I could get for them - it was a bit of a "cash cow" for us, when we needed the extra money !!

Nevermind......

Back to today - I had to have my dressings changed again... and, boy, did it ever hurt !! Somehow, I managed to get myself a bit of a problem, back there & when the nurse lady took the old dressings off, it really, really hurt !! Bummer !!

That was another reason, for my staying home... instead of going into town, with B..... I really felt like crap, when I came out of the surgery - the last thing I really needed was to head off, into town, getting wet, cold & in even more pain !! Oh well - it will get better, just not right now......

.... which comes to another bit of a memory !! In 10 days, it will be exactly one year, from the day I first went into the hospital - I know I've brought this up recently... but, shit - a whole 12 months !! I'm glad I had it sorted out tho' - even with all the problems I've had
since !! Life is good !!

Also,this morning... I 'phoned a place, which I was recommended to..... I'm not 100% sure what they do there, but, I thought "Why not" and gave them a call.... it was a bit of a waste of time, it really was !!

Not knowing what they do, well.... I called them up... gave them (the guy I spoke to) the name of the person, who had written to me & that was it, really !! The guy is going to refer me to someone else & - at some point - I guess, I will get some help.... not just for now, but for later on !!

I have to consider my future and what is going to happen, to me, a bit further down the road, so to speak !! I may not have the same future, that I had wished for - so, I need to start thinking about what I need & how I'm going to cope with those needs !! It's all very complicated - but, I have to be sensible & work out a way's forward, from here !!

Life goes on & on... and so must I..... it's getting towards 5pm & I need to find my "tea time" pills & potions !! As always, I thank you for logging in & taking the time, to read my words & leave your comments - it's always good to know you are "out there"..... until next time...

Bye Bye