Thursday, 13 February 2014

Humble Pie & Therion.. Ho-hum

Greetings World's !!

How is your bit of the Universe treating you this fine hour ?! I'm doing pretty good this end - I'm home alone & the music is blasting away to itself, sooooo all is fine with me !!

It's been a bright & breezy day, here in the wilds of the South-West of England.... I've actually been outside twice, today... both times, it was really great, to get back.... especially with the heating on, to take the chill off of the bones !!

More of my trips, in a while - first the family !!

B has just left, to go back down to the Dr's surgery.... from there, she is going into town, to pick up some foody types of stuff, then back here. She was thinking about going in later - but, to me, it made sense to go right from the surgery, rather than make 2 trips of it !!

As for the rest of the clan..... ME is working today & J is over in Wales, doing his Uni course. As far as I know, they are both doing pretty good !! I'm sure they would let me know if they were in need of anything !! Maybe not... but, who knows !!

So, with me being left here, on my own... I'm blasting a bit of Gov't Mule thru' the Bose & it's pretty good too !!

It's disc 1 of the  2 Cd 'Deja Voodoo' set.... I might of written the tracks down already, I don't remember.... no brain cells in working order, I'm sorry to say !! The tracks on disc 1 are:

  1) Bad Man Walking
  2) About To Rage
  3) Perfect Shelter
  4) Little Toy Brain
  5) Slackjaw Jezebel
  6) Wine & Blood
  7) Lola Leave Your Light On
  8) Silent Scream
  9) No Celebration
10) Mr Man
11) My Separate Reality
12) New World Blues

I'm not sure what tracks are on disc 2 - there are none listed on the Cd insert.... but, I can tell you, it was recorded 'Live In Chicago' and is basically a bonus disc - as yet, I've only played it a couple of times, so... I honestly can't remember what is on the thing !! As I've said many times before - too many Cd's and too few brain cells !!

I was thinking about listing the tracks, on the 4 Cd set... 'Performance - Rockin' The Fillmore'. But - there are only 6 different tracks, spread across the whole box set !! So - those 6 tracks are:

1) Four Day Creep
2) I'm Ready
3) I Walk On Gilded Splinters
4) Hallelujah (I Love Her So)
5) Rollin' Stone
6) I Don't Need No Doctor

There are 4 shows in all, 2 per day. 'Rollin' Stone' was only played (according to this) in the evening shows. So - you pays your money & takes your choice !! It's a pretty good set tho' !! It will get plenty of plays, on the old Cd decks & that's for sure !!

I'm just wondering...do bands still do 2 shows a day ? I know it used to happen a lot, mainly before groups started doing longer shows...... by that, I mean more than an hour long, upwards to 2 hours plus & everything. Heck - if I saw a band, now - which I won't be - I would feel pretty ripped off, if a top band played for less than 2 hours, or there about !!

When I was doing the Uni thing - before getting too sick to attend - I did a talk, about how Cd's had introduced longer tracks, usually unavailable on the old Lp's. With the Lp's only lasting, at best, 25 minutes per side & Cd's up to 80 minutes... well, longer tracks - such as Zeppelin's bootleg versions of 'Dazed & Confused' clocking in at 40+ could be heard, in their entirety !!

Unfortunately, the tutor was really missing the point & thought that Cream's 'Wheels Of Fire' had tracks way too long, so Cd's didn't add anything !! Oh well..... what do you guys think ? Do Cd's add anything, as far as longer tracks are concerned ? Let me know.....

I've just had my Father-in-Law on the 'phone.... despite telling him, twice, that B was out, he still expected her to speak to him !! Oh well - I'll get her to call him, when she eventually gets home !!

I mentioned, that I had been out twice today..... well, first time was for my annual hair cut (only joking) & the second was for my blessed dressings change !! The latter I could of done with-out, but it has to be done !! Luckily, the wound seems to be closing up a bit now..... so, I'm not "sold" on the idea of needing further surgery, from the plastic guys, down in Exeter !!

I've left a message, with my Consultant, in Taunton... telling him what is going on, so maybe he'll see me first & decide for himself, if it's worth bothering with. I don't mind - as long as the pain goes away, that would be great !! Nevermind.....

Right, my plans for today.... none at all really... so, I will thank you for reading my words & taking the time to log in.... until next time....

Bye Bye

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