Gov't Mule.. Jethro Tull & a Monkee !!

Greetings World's !!

After what seems like forever - I'm back & typing away at the old & battered keyboard !! I really must get a new one - half the letters are playing up now.... so, I really need to check out some new ones !! Oh well.....

It's a Saturday - here in England & it's as close to 11am & my Daughter (ME) has just come over, to collect some more of her stuff !!

As long time readers will know - M (her partner) & ME moved into their own house, a couple of weeks back now.... and we have boxes here, still waiting to be collected - some of those will be on their travels this morning !!

Just took a break - those boxes !! They're not heavy - just bulky..... awkward to lift.... thankfully, my built in chair lift thingy will take most of the pain, of carrying them, away !! Nevermind.

My Daughter seems full of it !! She is obviously very happy.... really happy, bless her !! I'm really pleased the M & M's have finally got their own house - it took a while, for the sellers to move out - I'm glad for the two of them !!

Ok - it's a Saturday. I think it's quite warm - outside - mainly as it's pretty hot, inside the homestead. As I type - B is talking to ME - and... I'm pleased to say, it - the house smells of fresh baked cakes !! B makes the best cake....ever !! I just love the way the smell goes all around the place - not just here, in our living room - but, all the ways upstairs & everywhere !! Fantastic..... nothing beats the smell of fresh baking.....

So.... where have I been, these past 5 days, since I last posted anything ?! Nowhere - just sitting here, feeling pretty pissed off - not just with myself, but more so.... well, to explain...

On May 12th - I had another surgery... as long time readers will know. Anyways - I went into the theater, expecting the guy to have a really good go, at covering the back wound - by moving one of my muscles, over the wound & then a skin graft, over the top..... I know, it sounds gory - but, after having this wound, for 12 months now - I would go thru' nearly anything, just to get it closed over !!

I'm ready to be knocked out - then the Consultant tells me, he's only to do the skin graft..... he doesn't want to do the surgery (above) mainly as it's a big operation & he felt it wasn't needed. That really pissed me off - mainly as I had had a graft, back in December & that didn't work - hence the second surgery.....

When I come around - from the surgery - I was very upset, that the guy had only done the graft..... but, I was assured it would be Ok & everything would be fine....  Yeah right !!

Anyhoo - on Wednesday, this week.... I had to go back to Exeter, to have the dressings changed again. I can't tell you how I feel - mainly as, it appears, the graft hasn't taken again !! I am really upset by all of this..... Yesterday - I had to go down, to my local surgery, so the nurse there could take the dressings off..... She can not see any kind of graft, over the wound, at all..... which means, once again, I've had a needless surgery !!

I'm really pissed off about all of this - I went into hospital, to have a final surgery.... yet, on May 28th - I'm told that it might mean another operation !! May 28th is a special day - it's exactly one year, to the day, that I had my first surgery..... I don't need all of this crap in my life..... I want it over & done with !! That's why I had the surgery, on May 12th - to end it all, by doing the bigger surgery, it would of finished everything !!

I know - I shouldn't moan... I agree !! There are sooooo many people, in the World, who are worse off than your's truly - yet, it kind of sucks.... for all of the above reasons !! But - if you have read my posts, before - you will know how much this last surgery meant to
me !! To have it all go wrong, well - it has knocked me sideways & that's a a fact !!

I just feel very upset & deflated by the whole thing..... that's the main reason I've not written for 5 days, I've just felt like shit, about it !! Oh well...

Thankfully, I have a fantastic Wife + all of my music collection to listen to !! At the moment, I'm playing the fantastic Gov't Mule - live from May 3rd 2003.

It's basically the sound track to their DVD 'The Deepest End'.....

The tracks are:

CD 1

1) Bad Little Doggy
2) Blind Man In The Dark
3) Sco-Mule
4) Lay Of The Sunflower
5) John The Revelator
6) Chameleon

CD 2

1) Beautifully Broken
2) Mule
3) Banks Of The Deep End
4) On Your Way Down
5) Down & Out In New York City
6) Maybe I'm A Leo

CD 3

1) Voodoo Chile
2) Politician
3) Guitar & Drum Solo
4) Sweet Leaf
5) War Pigs
6) Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy
7) Wasted Time
8) Thorazine Shuffle

The concert - well.... it's part of a concert, recorded in New Orleans. I'm not really sure, just how long the whole show was, but the DVD comes with a 2 Cd set - some of which is not on the DVD !! I only paid £5 or there about, for this, at a record fair..... and, as I've written before, it was one of those Cd/DVD's that were a turning point for me. After listening & watching this set, I started buying other Mule Cd's.... and, they are really good !! I can honestly recommend all of their stuff - so, if you find anything on a music store shelf - go on & treat yourself to some fine music !!

I did mean to write more, about Cd's & stuff, that have been a special "moment" or whatever, in my life...... but, I keep forgetting !! But... one album, that did mean a lot to me was Jethro Tull's 'Stand Up' !!

It came out, on Island Records, in 1969 - and, I think it was bought for me, by a girl I knew...... not a "girlfriend" but, certainly a "girl friend". I've a feeling it was birthday pressy, or something.... I can't remember !! Anyhoo - the tracks are:

  1) A New Day Yesterday
  2) Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square
  3) Bouree
  4) Back To The Family
  5) Look Into The Sun
  6) Nothing Is Easy
  7) Fat man
  8) We used To Know
  9) Reason For Waiting
10) For A Thousand Mothers

After this - I bought at least 5 more Lp's - including the fantastic bootleg 'Flute Cake'... the tracks on that are:

1) Nothing Is Easy
2) My God
3) We Used To Know
4) With You There To Help Me
5) A Song For Jeffrey
6) Sossity; You're A Woman

Please don't buy bootlegs - buy the official stuff, instead - Ok ?! 'Flute Cake' came out on the old 'Trade Mark Of Quality' label... and this old album certainly is good !! Just don't going paying money for it !!

Anyways - after having 'Stand Up'... and buying all those Lp's - when Cd's came out, I just loaded myself with them !! I don't really know how many I have now - but, it's more than a few !!

I am interested in going to a concert, but.... it means another overnight, in Birmingham & - being as I am "officially" broke.... I don't think that's going to happen !! But - it's a one man show, by Mike Nesmith - the ex-Monkee !! Honestly - I've seen the concert advertised & I really was tempted to go along.... however, for all of the above reasons & more - it's not going to happen, nevermind !!

B has offered to take me to see a Led Zeppelin tribute band.... who are playing locally . I've never been one, for all of the "tribute" band thingy.... but, as it's going to be on or near my birthday, I might go along !! I must be getting old - if I'm tempted to see a tribute
band.... !!

Ok - I best close down, for today. B is upstairs, moving furniture around, so I best go & offer some help - not that I'm going to be able to do much !!

As always - I thank you all, for taking the time to log in & read my words - I really do thank you !! I still have this Elvis Presley miniature guitar, if anybody wants it.... until next time...

Bye Bye