Greetings World's !!
It's a really strange Monday, here in the South-West of England. It started off, all bright & Sunny - now, it's gone really misty & mucky..... not exactly raining, but not really dry either !! All very weird.... very very weird !!
An hour or so ago, the nurse came to do my dressings - if you heard the screams, I'm sorry !! No, really - the dressing that was on... well, it wasn't done right, which meant things hurt, just a shade more than normal.
When I say "normal" - by my standards, it just hurt a little more than it usually does !! The nurse was very sorry about it all.... but, she said... if there is a next time, I have to call them & they will come & fix it !! I had left it, from Friday - over the weekend, to today.... so, I should not of left it so long !! No biggy - I just don't like calling them, unless it's really bad... nevermind !!
Ok - I've not written, since last Thursday.... it's been a very busy - for me, hectic, few days. With going down to Exeter on Saturday - then watching Robert Plant & Metallica.... well, it was late before I found my bed.... even later still, until I actually went to sleep..... nevermind, that was Saturday !!
Oops !! I didn't see the above, in person.... shit no - they were on TV, late into the night. Heck - I would of gone, just to see Mr Plant - but, seeing an hour of his show, via the BBC... well, that was good enough for my old bones !!
First tho' - 'The Family' !!
As I type - My Wife & Dearest Friend - B is up in her little craft space, doing some birthday cards. It seems that July is a particularly busy month, for birthdays..... I know of at least 3 - which, given my brain, is pretty good for me !!
Mind you, one of the birthdays is my very own.... so, it would be a bit of a bugger if I forgot that one !! Oh well....
As for the other members of the family.... well, we've not seen much of the cats, so far today - I suspect, if it starts to rain, they will come to the door & ask to be let in !! We do not have a cat-flap thingy, in the door.... but, that's not a problem. They always let us know, when they are about !!
As for the "human" relations - our Son, J & our Daughter ME.... well, the latter 'phoned up earlier this morning & she was in fine form !! I think she is working, this afternoon & evening...... Anyhoo..... she called mainly, to let me know some books - which I gave her - are doing well, on "e-bay" or whatever it's called !!
It seems, that there is a bit of a bidding war going on, over one of the books. When she told me - I thought they had gone mad & were about to fetch her a load of cash...... I was wrong !! They are going up, in price, but only in 20p jumps - so, it's not going to give her much, in the way of cash !! Nevermind..... !!
I don't know exactly what to write about our Son.... J ?! He has upset B, really badly..... and I just wish he would do the right thing & say a "sorry" to her, for what he has said & done !! I know he really hates my guts - but, this hatred has really very little to do, with his Mum.......
I don't really mind - if he wants to live his life, hating me..... for being a complete jerk - I can live with that !! I've been called a lot of things, in my life..... but, I wish he would say sorry to B. It's his life, it really is - but..... !! there is very little more I can say......
I'm upset about it all. Not because of how J thinks, concerning me..... more because I know how it has got to B !! If you read these words, just give your Mum a call & speak to her.... you don't have to treat her like crap, just because of your feelings towards me !!
The Sun has just broken thru' the cloud...... it's looking a lot better, outside, now !! I still can't see the sea - but, hopefully it'll stay dry. Mainly as B has to go into town later - it would be a bugger if she got wet thru'.... again !!
I say "again" - mainly because of Saturday..... to explain !!
As I wrote, last week.... there was a record fair, in Exeter, on Saturday & I really, really wanted to go !! So - after a bit of an over-sleep, on my part.... B got me all ready & off we went.
Now then - it looked quite warm & Sunny.... but, of course, because we didn't take any coats with us - it had to rain !! B only had a light shirt on - so, she really did feel it.... I wasn't so bad, at least I had a heavy jumper thingy on - which kept out most of the cold, if not all of the wet !!
It was a great day tho' - I got to meet up with a couple of friends, spent way, way too much money on Cd's & cases..... but, it was really good to go around the shops - I even got B to buy herself something, in one of her favourite shops !! To get B to buy anything, for herself, is really hard work - but, on Saturday..... well, she came home with a new bag & purse thingy....... I wish she had bought the matching hand bag, but - I guess, that would of been asking for too much !!
As for me - I did really well & - in another way - quite badly !! Nothing that can't be fixed tho' & that's for sure !! Where to start...... in no real order, what so ever... I came home with:
The Grateful Dead 'The Great American Music Hall' 13-875
Blue Floyd 'Live At Birch Hill'....
The Derek Trucks Band 'Songlines'....
Rush 'Spirit Of The Airways... St. Louis on 13-2-80
Gov't Mule... 'Life Before Insanity' & 'Dose'... a 2 Cd double pack
Tom Petty... 'In The Coliseum'... Jacksonville Florida 1987
Deep Purple 'Tour 96'... Germany March 30th 1996
Bruce Springsteen... Oakland October 21st 1984
Grateful Dead.... 'April Fools Day 1994'
So - I might have forgotten one or two things.... but those above, are the ones in front of me !! That was "did really well" part of the day.
The "quite badly" part... well, that was coming home & finding one of the 3 Cd sets, had disc 2 missing !! That is a bit of a bummer..... also - I had pre-ordered some Cd cases...... when I undid all of the packaging last night..... I found I had been short changed, by 20 cases !! I know - at these types of things... it's buyer beware, but !!
I'm quite lucky, in as much as I know the guys, who I got most of the stuff from + they know me.... I don't think I have ever had any need to mess around with them, in the past - so, they know I wouldn't have a "moan" about anything, that I've got from them, unless it was a genuine thingy !!
But - apart from the 2 missing things... I had a great day !! It was also very, very funny.... As we were leaving the hall, just after the record fair, we saw something sooooo off the wall, that you had to be there, to see it !!
We were just sheltering from the rain, when a police car went by, very slowly... followed by a police man, on a pushbike, also going quite slowly. Then, with-out warning.... a naked man went by, on his pushbike - followed by another 20 or so naked people..... it was so surreal, to be almost like something out of Monty Python !!
To see them, in the rain... on their bikes, cycling up thru' the main shopping street in Exeter - well, it certainly made hundred of people laugh & cheer them, as they went by.... it was really stupidly brilliant & very funny !!
It seems it was part of a World wide protest, over pollution & stuff.... well, that's what the local newspaper called it - me, I just thought it was brilliant, like one of those moments.... as I say, you had to see, to take it all in !!
Anyways... that was Saturday....
Oh - I forgot.... on Friday, we had a really bad thunderstorm - so, I left the computer un-plugged, from the mains & stuff - just incase we got hit again !! Several years ago... we had a near-miss, with a lightning strike.... which, unfortunately took out the computer & various bits & bobs !! Luckily, we had insurance - so it was all covered....... Our neighbour had his TV Sky dish & box taken out - so, it wasn't just us. But, that's why I didn't post anything..... from Thursday, up until today !! I wasn't just being a lazy so & so !!
Back to music & away from naked men...
The music of the moment is the Blue Floyd live set.... it's not too bad, as far as Floyd cover tracks & bands go, I'm only on Cd one...the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Space - In The Flesh
2) Hey You
3) Interstella Overdrive
4) Wish You Were Here
5) Sheep
6) Money
CD 2
1) Shine On You Crazy Diamond
2) Have A Cigar
3) Us & Them
4) Jam
5) Set The Controls For The....
6) .... Heart Of The Sun
7) Drums
CD 3
1) Percussion Jam
2) Bass jam
3) Fearless
4) Another Brick In The Wall (pt. 1)
5) Young Lust
I know nothing at all, about this group... other than what I'm listening to, as I type !! It's pretty good - in it's own little way, especially the jam sessions !! I'm really impressed with it.... well good !!
That's what I like about my friends... "here, take this & give a listen"...... those type of friends !! They expect nothing from you & are really quite happy to let you have some of their stock - just to listen
to.... if I don't like it, I can let them have it back - but, as that won't be, until August... by then, I will have given it a good listen !!
Going back, to Saturday night... Metallica were given a good bit of coverage, on the BBC... as I said above. They were not everybody's first choice, to headline, the main stage - but, from what I've heard, it was a good concert !! Also - seeing how there were a lot of moans about them, the crowd got really into it & sang along to a load of the tracks.
For me tho' - the encore of 'Whiskey In The Jar' - the very old Thin Lizzy track - well, that, for me... it was brilliant & that's all I can really say. If you get chance - go onto the BBC's news site & then over to "i-player" (or whatever it's called) and you can listen & watch about 90 minutes of the show, well good !!
Ok - my plans for the rest of the day...... well, I'm just going to leave the music playing & read one of my books - that sounds like a plan to me !!
So - I will thank you all, for taking the time to log in & read my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Monday, 30 June 2014
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Tom Rush, Mountain & some Hindu Love Gods.
Hi everybody !!
How is your bit of the Universe treating you fine day.... this warm & bright Sunny day !! I'm rubbing salt into an open wound here - sorry.... I best explain !!
As mentioned, yesterday - B has gone off, for the day.... on a kind of "away from it all, day by the seaside".... which was arranged, by her carers group. The idea being, to give the carers a day away & let them a bit of fun.
Well - B has 'phoned me & has told me, they are in a pub...... sheltering from the rain !! See - that's what you get, for having a day away !! You miss all the Sun & stuff, that we have here..... !! Oh well.... moving on !!
I'm home alone !! Well - that was pretty obvious..... with B on her away day !! So, I was able to please myself, when I got out of bed (which, to be fair - I do everyday !) and, I'm making sure the neighbours know I'm awake - as the music is just below deafening !!
Back to the whole "bed" thing.... I only really woke up, because Archie - our 1 year old kitten - decided to get into bed, and sneak some warmth, off the electric blanket !! They're not dumb, cats.... they know where they are best off !! Sooooo - with Archie waking me up - I decided to get myself up...... I probably would of slept for ever, otherwise !!
As it is - I'm expecting 2 of the Missionaries..... I'm not sure what time they are going to show up.... but, I'm ready for them !! B had make a cake, which they can take away & eat at a later time, if they so wish !! Heck - you have to give them, some home cooking at some point - they are only 20 !!
Talking about the guys - tonight there is a programme on TV, about how Missionaries train & go out, into the "Wide World". It should be an interesting watch !! As a Latter Day Saint - even tho' I've fallen out with our Bishop & do not attend the services in Taunton any more..... I still enjoy watching TV thingy's about The Church !! Oh well - when I write again... I will let you know how good, or bad the thing was !!
Anyhoo
With B away & the guys both living in their own places.... I'm here & the music is kind of loud !! At the moment, I'm playing a fantastic album, simply called 'Hindu Love Gods'. It features Warren Zevon, Bill Berry, Peter Beck & Mike Mills. I don't really know, when it came out.... it was a goodly number of years ago & that's a fact !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Walkin' Blues
2) Travelln' Riverside Blues
3) Raspberry Beret
4) Crosscut Saw
5) Junko Partner
Side B
1) Mannish Boy
2) Wang Dang Doodle
3) Battleship Chains
4) I'm A One Woman Man
5) Vigllante Man
Ok - some of the spellings are a bit weird - but, I've just copied them right off the album sleeve.... so, go shoot me !! It's a fantastic album... some great covers & a lot of fun, and that's for sure !! Check it out, if you ever find it !!
Going back - to last night.... but, staying with music... I dug out the DVD of the 1970 'Festival Express' concerts. To explain...
In 1970... a guy had an idea, instead of holding an open air festival - he organised for a bundle of groups, to get on this train & head East to West, across Canada - doing concerts, as they went along, a great idea & it's make a fantastic bit of film !!
The groups included, Mountain, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, The Band, Delaney & Bonny, The Flying Burrito Brothers & the fantastically named Mashmakhan !!
Anyhoo - one track, that caught my ear, was by the fantastic Tom Rush... 'Child's Song'. He didn't write it, but the lyrics are:
Goodbye momma goodbye to you too pa
Little sister you'll have to wait a while to come along
Goodbye to this house and all it's memories
We just got too old to say we're wrong
Got to make one last trip to the bedroom
Guess I'll have to leave some stuff behind
It's funny how the same old crooked pictures
Just don't seem the same tonight
There ain't no use in shedding lonely tears mamma
There ain't no use shouting at me pa
I can't live no longer with your fears mamma
I love you but that hasn't helped at all
Each of us must do the things that matter
All of us must see what we can see
It was long ago you must remember
You were once as young and scared as me
I don't know how hard it it is yet mamma
When you realize you're growing old
I know how hard it is not to be younger
I know you've tried to keep me from the cold
Thanks for you've done it may sound hollow
Thank you for the good times we've known
But I must find my own road now to follow
You all will be welcome in my home
Got my suitcases I must go now
I don't mind about the things you've said
I'm sorry Mom I don't know where I'm going
Remember little sister look ahead
Tomorrow I'll be in some other sunrise
Maybe I'll Have someone at my side
Mamma give your love back to your husband
Father you've have taught me well goodbye
Goodbye Mamma goodbye to you too pa
Ok - I know you can twist lyrics, to your own circumstances.... but, this one - this song - really hit home, for me at least, last night. Check out Tom Rush's album 'Tom Rush'.... + his other albums, as well..... you won't be disappointed !!
As I type, the music of the moment is the set that Mountain did, during the 'Festival Express' stop in Toronto. it's out as part of their Official Bootleg sets..... the tracks are:
1) Blood Of The Sun
2) Silver Paper
3) Hellhound On My Train
4) Guitar Solo - Dreams Of Milk & Honey
5) Stormy Monday
7) Mississippi Queen
I've always had a thing for music that Mountain put together !! Ever since I first heard them.... either at the Atlanta festival, in 1970 - or at Woodstock..... they really put a hook in me, they really did !!
I've had the front door open, all thru' typing these words...... and, I started to get that smell of new cut grass, coming into the house. Looking out the window - it has started to rain - so, all the cut lawns are starting to smell really "nice" !! Oh well.... I must go...
As always, thank you for logging in & reading my words. My thank's to Tom Rush & for the guy who wrote 'Child's Song'....... and to all of you guys, who have kept the music going for me, all of the years, that I've been listening.... until next time...
Bye Bye
How is your bit of the Universe treating you fine day.... this warm & bright Sunny day !! I'm rubbing salt into an open wound here - sorry.... I best explain !!
As mentioned, yesterday - B has gone off, for the day.... on a kind of "away from it all, day by the seaside".... which was arranged, by her carers group. The idea being, to give the carers a day away & let them a bit of fun.
Well - B has 'phoned me & has told me, they are in a pub...... sheltering from the rain !! See - that's what you get, for having a day away !! You miss all the Sun & stuff, that we have here..... !! Oh well.... moving on !!
I'm home alone !! Well - that was pretty obvious..... with B on her away day !! So, I was able to please myself, when I got out of bed (which, to be fair - I do everyday !) and, I'm making sure the neighbours know I'm awake - as the music is just below deafening !!
Back to the whole "bed" thing.... I only really woke up, because Archie - our 1 year old kitten - decided to get into bed, and sneak some warmth, off the electric blanket !! They're not dumb, cats.... they know where they are best off !! Sooooo - with Archie waking me up - I decided to get myself up...... I probably would of slept for ever, otherwise !!
As it is - I'm expecting 2 of the Missionaries..... I'm not sure what time they are going to show up.... but, I'm ready for them !! B had make a cake, which they can take away & eat at a later time, if they so wish !! Heck - you have to give them, some home cooking at some point - they are only 20 !!
Talking about the guys - tonight there is a programme on TV, about how Missionaries train & go out, into the "Wide World". It should be an interesting watch !! As a Latter Day Saint - even tho' I've fallen out with our Bishop & do not attend the services in Taunton any more..... I still enjoy watching TV thingy's about The Church !! Oh well - when I write again... I will let you know how good, or bad the thing was !!
Anyhoo
With B away & the guys both living in their own places.... I'm here & the music is kind of loud !! At the moment, I'm playing a fantastic album, simply called 'Hindu Love Gods'. It features Warren Zevon, Bill Berry, Peter Beck & Mike Mills. I don't really know, when it came out.... it was a goodly number of years ago & that's a fact !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Walkin' Blues
2) Travelln' Riverside Blues
3) Raspberry Beret
4) Crosscut Saw
5) Junko Partner
Side B
1) Mannish Boy
2) Wang Dang Doodle
3) Battleship Chains
4) I'm A One Woman Man
5) Vigllante Man
Ok - some of the spellings are a bit weird - but, I've just copied them right off the album sleeve.... so, go shoot me !! It's a fantastic album... some great covers & a lot of fun, and that's for sure !! Check it out, if you ever find it !!
Going back - to last night.... but, staying with music... I dug out the DVD of the 1970 'Festival Express' concerts. To explain...
In 1970... a guy had an idea, instead of holding an open air festival - he organised for a bundle of groups, to get on this train & head East to West, across Canada - doing concerts, as they went along, a great idea & it's make a fantastic bit of film !!
The groups included, Mountain, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, The Band, Delaney & Bonny, The Flying Burrito Brothers & the fantastically named Mashmakhan !!
Anyhoo - one track, that caught my ear, was by the fantastic Tom Rush... 'Child's Song'. He didn't write it, but the lyrics are:
Goodbye momma goodbye to you too pa
Little sister you'll have to wait a while to come along
Goodbye to this house and all it's memories
We just got too old to say we're wrong
Got to make one last trip to the bedroom
Guess I'll have to leave some stuff behind
It's funny how the same old crooked pictures
Just don't seem the same tonight
There ain't no use in shedding lonely tears mamma
There ain't no use shouting at me pa
I can't live no longer with your fears mamma
I love you but that hasn't helped at all
Each of us must do the things that matter
All of us must see what we can see
It was long ago you must remember
You were once as young and scared as me
I don't know how hard it it is yet mamma
When you realize you're growing old
I know how hard it is not to be younger
I know you've tried to keep me from the cold
Thanks for you've done it may sound hollow
Thank you for the good times we've known
But I must find my own road now to follow
You all will be welcome in my home
Got my suitcases I must go now
I don't mind about the things you've said
I'm sorry Mom I don't know where I'm going
Remember little sister look ahead
Tomorrow I'll be in some other sunrise
Maybe I'll Have someone at my side
Mamma give your love back to your husband
Father you've have taught me well goodbye
Goodbye Mamma goodbye to you too pa
Ok - I know you can twist lyrics, to your own circumstances.... but, this one - this song - really hit home, for me at least, last night. Check out Tom Rush's album 'Tom Rush'.... + his other albums, as well..... you won't be disappointed !!
As I type, the music of the moment is the set that Mountain did, during the 'Festival Express' stop in Toronto. it's out as part of their Official Bootleg sets..... the tracks are:
1) Blood Of The Sun
2) Silver Paper
3) Hellhound On My Train
4) Guitar Solo - Dreams Of Milk & Honey
5) Stormy Monday
7) Mississippi Queen
I've always had a thing for music that Mountain put together !! Ever since I first heard them.... either at the Atlanta festival, in 1970 - or at Woodstock..... they really put a hook in me, they really did !!
I've had the front door open, all thru' typing these words...... and, I started to get that smell of new cut grass, coming into the house. Looking out the window - it has started to rain - so, all the cut lawns are starting to smell really "nice" !! Oh well.... I must go...
As always, thank you for logging in & reading my words. My thank's to Tom Rush & for the guy who wrote 'Child's Song'....... and to all of you guys, who have kept the music going for me, all of the years, that I've been listening.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
More Grateful Dead... over & over. Ho-hum !!
Greetings World's !!
How is your part of the Universe treating you, this fine - warm & Sunny - day ? I hope you are all doing good.... I see my Russian reader has logged in a few times, over the last week..... I'm glad you are still there !! I thought maybe - just maybe - I had lost you..... I'm not a great lover of Mr Puck-tin, as you might have already seen !! Oh well.....
It's another Wednesday, here in the wild South-West of England..... and, I'm home alone !! B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - has just gone off, to do a bit of shopping, with our Daughter, ME. I was offered the chance, to go along....... but, I didn't want to risk it.
To explain....
On Saturday, if all goes to plan, I want to head back down to Exeter. As I've mentioned before - it's a 100 mile round trip & that, on it's own, knackers me..... it really does !! So, as I want to do the trip, on Saturday, mainly to go to a record fair.... I didn't want to go shopping today, incase that takes too much out of me !!
The ladies are heading up to Weston-Super-Mare and ME did tempt me, with a trip to the Cd store, that's there.... but, I just couldn't be bothered - plus, as I say.... I didn't want to be too out of it, on Saturday !!
ME was here, yesterday..... which was nice. I knew she was heading over to us.... but, I completely forgot !! Nevermind...... it was great to see her again !!
As for the other member of the family, our Son J.... well, we have offered to go & fetch him, for the Summer.... but, he still hates my guts & wants no part of it !!
We've offered - I've offered.... and B has offered !! But, he still wants no part of it. The door is always open, for him..... it's his life !! Maybe - when I'm dead - he will come & see his Mum - I think that's what it's going to take....... but, I'm still breathing........ oh well !! I don't know what else I can do..... ?!
As I was saying - the ladies have gone out.... leaving me here, which on it's own, is no big deal..... I couldn't really go, anyhoo, as - some time, this afternoon - the nurse is coming to fix my dressings -
again !!
The nurse came over, on Monday, to attach me to a Vac pump thingy..... heck, I've written about all of this before !! But - the nurse came Monday & today - another nurse is coming to change the dressings. I'm not looking forward to it - but, it (the wound) has felt sooooo much better, since the pump was put on !! It's really been fantastic !!
Sure - it still hurts..... after all, I have a hole in my back, of course it hurts.... but, with this type of dressing, the pain has been reduced one heck of a lot !! I can live with that..... well, for a while at least !! I'm not really sure, just how long, I'm expected to have the thing...... we can work that out, later I guess.
As for the music of the moment..... I'm playing the 'Live Dead' album, by (of course) The Grateful Dead. I used to have it, on a 2 Lp set, now I have the Cd version. The tracks are:
1) Dark Star
2) Saint Stephen
3) The Eleven
4) Turn On Your Love Light
5) Death Don't Have No Mercy
6) Feedback
7) And We Bit You Goodnight
I think this was the first official Dead 'Live' album.... around 1970, or there about. I have another one, another 'live' set - which I have listed as being from 1971.... simply called 'Grateful Dead'. It's another 2 Lp set & those tracks are:
Side A
1) Bertha
2) Mama Tried
3) Big Railroad Blues
4) Playing In The Band
Side B
1) The Other One
Side C
1) Me & My Uncle
2) Big Boss Man
3) Me & Bobby McGee
Johnny B. Goode
Side D
1) Wharf Rat
2) Not Fade Away
3) Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
I don't think I have this one on Cd - I really can't remember !! I'll check the shelves, a little later..... if I can't find it - I'll try & find a copy, at the fair, on Saturday. As I still have the Lp's - there is a good chance I never bought the Cd version.... time will tell, I guess !!
In the post, this morning, we had a letter from my Brother !! That was a bit of a surprise.... to say the least !! It's been around 4 years, or so - since we last heard from him - so, time has flown by !! He's my elder Brother.... I was the baby of the family.... and, from the couple of pictures, that he included, he is doing Ok - I'm glad to say !!
The last time, that I heard from him... well, water under the bridge & stuff !! I might even write back to him..... I'll see how things go, I guess. B made a good point tho' - in his letter, there are no
'full stops' !! It's just one long ramble !! Nevermind..... he meant well, I guess.... I hope !!
Tomorrow, B is going away.... just for the day - on a trip, which has been organised, to take "carers" out for the day..... It's quite interesting, there are sooooo many things, done for carers, all of which I am grateful for..... don't get me wrong.... but, from my perspective - I don't know of anything that has been done, for those they "care" for !! Oh well..... I hope she has a great day out...... !!
It means, of course, I have the house, to myself - again.... so, the music will be blasting away, all day long !! Great stuff...... I'll try not to over load the speakers & stuff...... "oops !" - I've just remembered... the Missionaries are paying a visit !! Oh well...... I'll have some music before & after they're here !! Now - that's sounds like a plan, to me at least !!
Earlier, one of our neighbours came around to collect a parcel. B had taken it, for him, as nobody was home.... Anyways, we might be having some body new, living in the close.
There has been an empty house here, for several months now..... but, yesterday, somebody was in there, doing some bits & bobs, I guess.... so, maybe someone will move in soon.
The people who own the house, well - they did have a family renting it, from them... but, the guy left his partner & child !! That meant the lady was on her own & couldn't afford the cost - so, she moved out... and the house has been empty, ever since.
I said to B - if the owners had reduced the rent, the lady would of probably stayed & the house would not have been empty. Plus - the owners would have had some rent coming in.... too greedy !! Well - that's what I think.... moving along.....
As for my plans, today..... well, apart from the visit, by the nurse, I don't really have anything lined up. So, it will be music & reading time... again !!
I must check out, if Season 4 of 'Game Of Thrones' is available to buy yet. I know, you can get it, as a 'down load' - but, I want the DVD's.... being an old Luddite... I can't be messing around with 'down loads' & stuff like that !!
Right... I must be on my ways.... hopefully, the nurse will be here soon !! I just want her here & have it done with - it's not something I look forward to, so - the quicker she gets here, the quicker it's over & done with !!
I really must be away.... I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words... until next time...
Bye Bye
How is your part of the Universe treating you, this fine - warm & Sunny - day ? I hope you are all doing good.... I see my Russian reader has logged in a few times, over the last week..... I'm glad you are still there !! I thought maybe - just maybe - I had lost you..... I'm not a great lover of Mr Puck-tin, as you might have already seen !! Oh well.....
It's another Wednesday, here in the wild South-West of England..... and, I'm home alone !! B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - has just gone off, to do a bit of shopping, with our Daughter, ME. I was offered the chance, to go along....... but, I didn't want to risk it.
To explain....
On Saturday, if all goes to plan, I want to head back down to Exeter. As I've mentioned before - it's a 100 mile round trip & that, on it's own, knackers me..... it really does !! So, as I want to do the trip, on Saturday, mainly to go to a record fair.... I didn't want to go shopping today, incase that takes too much out of me !!
The ladies are heading up to Weston-Super-Mare and ME did tempt me, with a trip to the Cd store, that's there.... but, I just couldn't be bothered - plus, as I say.... I didn't want to be too out of it, on Saturday !!
ME was here, yesterday..... which was nice. I knew she was heading over to us.... but, I completely forgot !! Nevermind...... it was great to see her again !!
As for the other member of the family, our Son J.... well, we have offered to go & fetch him, for the Summer.... but, he still hates my guts & wants no part of it !!
We've offered - I've offered.... and B has offered !! But, he still wants no part of it. The door is always open, for him..... it's his life !! Maybe - when I'm dead - he will come & see his Mum - I think that's what it's going to take....... but, I'm still breathing........ oh well !! I don't know what else I can do..... ?!
As I was saying - the ladies have gone out.... leaving me here, which on it's own, is no big deal..... I couldn't really go, anyhoo, as - some time, this afternoon - the nurse is coming to fix my dressings -
again !!
The nurse came over, on Monday, to attach me to a Vac pump thingy..... heck, I've written about all of this before !! But - the nurse came Monday & today - another nurse is coming to change the dressings. I'm not looking forward to it - but, it (the wound) has felt sooooo much better, since the pump was put on !! It's really been fantastic !!
Sure - it still hurts..... after all, I have a hole in my back, of course it hurts.... but, with this type of dressing, the pain has been reduced one heck of a lot !! I can live with that..... well, for a while at least !! I'm not really sure, just how long, I'm expected to have the thing...... we can work that out, later I guess.
As for the music of the moment..... I'm playing the 'Live Dead' album, by (of course) The Grateful Dead. I used to have it, on a 2 Lp set, now I have the Cd version. The tracks are:
1) Dark Star
2) Saint Stephen
3) The Eleven
4) Turn On Your Love Light
5) Death Don't Have No Mercy
6) Feedback
7) And We Bit You Goodnight
I think this was the first official Dead 'Live' album.... around 1970, or there about. I have another one, another 'live' set - which I have listed as being from 1971.... simply called 'Grateful Dead'. It's another 2 Lp set & those tracks are:
Side A
1) Bertha
2) Mama Tried
3) Big Railroad Blues
4) Playing In The Band
Side B
1) The Other One
Side C
1) Me & My Uncle
2) Big Boss Man
3) Me & Bobby McGee
Johnny B. Goode
Side D
1) Wharf Rat
2) Not Fade Away
3) Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
I don't think I have this one on Cd - I really can't remember !! I'll check the shelves, a little later..... if I can't find it - I'll try & find a copy, at the fair, on Saturday. As I still have the Lp's - there is a good chance I never bought the Cd version.... time will tell, I guess !!
In the post, this morning, we had a letter from my Brother !! That was a bit of a surprise.... to say the least !! It's been around 4 years, or so - since we last heard from him - so, time has flown by !! He's my elder Brother.... I was the baby of the family.... and, from the couple of pictures, that he included, he is doing Ok - I'm glad to say !!
The last time, that I heard from him... well, water under the bridge & stuff !! I might even write back to him..... I'll see how things go, I guess. B made a good point tho' - in his letter, there are no
'full stops' !! It's just one long ramble !! Nevermind..... he meant well, I guess.... I hope !!
Tomorrow, B is going away.... just for the day - on a trip, which has been organised, to take "carers" out for the day..... It's quite interesting, there are sooooo many things, done for carers, all of which I am grateful for..... don't get me wrong.... but, from my perspective - I don't know of anything that has been done, for those they "care" for !! Oh well..... I hope she has a great day out...... !!
It means, of course, I have the house, to myself - again.... so, the music will be blasting away, all day long !! Great stuff...... I'll try not to over load the speakers & stuff...... "oops !" - I've just remembered... the Missionaries are paying a visit !! Oh well...... I'll have some music before & after they're here !! Now - that's sounds like a plan, to me at least !!
Earlier, one of our neighbours came around to collect a parcel. B had taken it, for him, as nobody was home.... Anyways, we might be having some body new, living in the close.
There has been an empty house here, for several months now..... but, yesterday, somebody was in there, doing some bits & bobs, I guess.... so, maybe someone will move in soon.
The people who own the house, well - they did have a family renting it, from them... but, the guy left his partner & child !! That meant the lady was on her own & couldn't afford the cost - so, she moved out... and the house has been empty, ever since.
I said to B - if the owners had reduced the rent, the lady would of probably stayed & the house would not have been empty. Plus - the owners would have had some rent coming in.... too greedy !! Well - that's what I think.... moving along.....
As for my plans, today..... well, apart from the visit, by the nurse, I don't really have anything lined up. So, it will be music & reading time... again !!
I must check out, if Season 4 of 'Game Of Thrones' is available to buy yet. I know, you can get it, as a 'down load' - but, I want the DVD's.... being an old Luddite... I can't be messing around with 'down loads' & stuff like that !!
Right... I must be on my ways.... hopefully, the nurse will be here soon !! I just want her here & have it done with - it's not something I look forward to, so - the quicker she gets here, the quicker it's over & done with !!
I really must be away.... I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words... until next time...
Bye Bye
Monday, 23 June 2014
Hawking... Ho-hum... !!
Hi again World's !!
I really hope your part of the Universe is treating you well ?! Wherever you might be - anyone of the many galaxy's or planets...... that would be weird - if some one was actually able to read this, in space ?! Ok - you guys & ladies of course..... if you are on the ISS, give me a call - I'm not going very far.....
The same goes, for all of you..... just drop me a line, I see my Russian reader has logged in today.... greetings to you !! How is Mr Puck-tin treating you all ?! Go on.... drop me a comment !!
Right - why am I back again....... 2 posts - in one day, I know... it's not unheard of, but..... it is just a little OTT - even for me !! Anyhoo....
The main reason for posting again, this afternoon, is quite simple really..... I have a new Vac pump !! "Yippeeee !!" It feels sooooo good, to actually have the thing on me & working - it's brilliant !! Instead of me doing.... well, I won't go into all of that..... but, the machine is doing exactly what it is meant to do - and, it feels really good !!
A lovely nurse came, about an hour ago, and fitted it all up...... so, now I have to decide of a new name. B came up with "Hawking" .... as in famous scientist, so - I'm going to stick with that !! I cannot tell you, just how great it feels...... Ok - enough of all of this !!
B has gone out, for an hour or two.... she isn't sure just how long...... so, that leaves me here, on my own, playing some loud music..... sorry.... very loud music !!
As I was playing some cassettes earlier - I decided to carry on & play a couple more. This time, it's Led Zeppelin's 'BBC Sessions' - not one of my favourite Zep albums... but, it was right in front of me & I thought "why not ?"
The tracks are:
Side A
1) You Shook Me
2) I Can't Quit You Baby
3) Communication Breakdown
4) Dazed & Confused
5) The Girl I Love...
6) What Is & What Should Never Be
7) Communication Breakdown
8) Traveling Riverside Blues
Side B
1) Whole Lotta Love
2) Somethin' Else
3) Communication Breakdown
4) I Can't Quit You Baby
5) You Shook Me
6) How Many More Times
Side C
1) Immigrant Song
2) Heartbreaker
3) Since I've Been Loving You
4) Black Dog
5) Dazed & Confused
Side D
1) Stairway To Heaven
2) Going To California
3) That's The Way
4) Whole Lotta Love
5) Thank You
As far as it goes, this is a pretty good compilation - but, that's the problem with it...... it's "pretty good" !! It really could of been sooooo much better, it really could have !! It could of easily been a 3 - or even a 4 Cd box set, but.... no, it's just an edited 2 Cd/tape album. A bit of a bummer really !!
There are some very good bootlegs, of all of the BBC shows..... don't buy any of them tho !! Never buy bootlegs - buy stuff like this - the official stuff, instead. If you have chance tho' - give some of the boots a listen.... they really are good !!
Right - my plans for today.....
Well, I'm going to attack some more of the Cd's.... try and put some more of them, into some kind of order !! That will take what's left of the afternoon.... well, until B gets home, at least. Hopefully, I won't get any visits this afternoon - the Missionaries are hunting in packs, at the moment.... so, they might show up, unannounced - they're great lads.... but, not today guys.... Ok ?!
I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words... until next time...
Bye Bye
I really hope your part of the Universe is treating you well ?! Wherever you might be - anyone of the many galaxy's or planets...... that would be weird - if some one was actually able to read this, in space ?! Ok - you guys & ladies of course..... if you are on the ISS, give me a call - I'm not going very far.....
The same goes, for all of you..... just drop me a line, I see my Russian reader has logged in today.... greetings to you !! How is Mr Puck-tin treating you all ?! Go on.... drop me a comment !!
Right - why am I back again....... 2 posts - in one day, I know... it's not unheard of, but..... it is just a little OTT - even for me !! Anyhoo....
The main reason for posting again, this afternoon, is quite simple really..... I have a new Vac pump !! "Yippeeee !!" It feels sooooo good, to actually have the thing on me & working - it's brilliant !! Instead of me doing.... well, I won't go into all of that..... but, the machine is doing exactly what it is meant to do - and, it feels really good !!
A lovely nurse came, about an hour ago, and fitted it all up...... so, now I have to decide of a new name. B came up with "Hawking" .... as in famous scientist, so - I'm going to stick with that !! I cannot tell you, just how great it feels...... Ok - enough of all of this !!
B has gone out, for an hour or two.... she isn't sure just how long...... so, that leaves me here, on my own, playing some loud music..... sorry.... very loud music !!
As I was playing some cassettes earlier - I decided to carry on & play a couple more. This time, it's Led Zeppelin's 'BBC Sessions' - not one of my favourite Zep albums... but, it was right in front of me & I thought "why not ?"
The tracks are:
Side A
1) You Shook Me
2) I Can't Quit You Baby
3) Communication Breakdown
4) Dazed & Confused
5) The Girl I Love...
6) What Is & What Should Never Be
7) Communication Breakdown
8) Traveling Riverside Blues
Side B
1) Whole Lotta Love
2) Somethin' Else
3) Communication Breakdown
4) I Can't Quit You Baby
5) You Shook Me
6) How Many More Times
Side C
1) Immigrant Song
2) Heartbreaker
3) Since I've Been Loving You
4) Black Dog
5) Dazed & Confused
Side D
1) Stairway To Heaven
2) Going To California
3) That's The Way
4) Whole Lotta Love
5) Thank You
As far as it goes, this is a pretty good compilation - but, that's the problem with it...... it's "pretty good" !! It really could of been sooooo much better, it really could have !! It could of easily been a 3 - or even a 4 Cd box set, but.... no, it's just an edited 2 Cd/tape album. A bit of a bummer really !!
There are some very good bootlegs, of all of the BBC shows..... don't buy any of them tho !! Never buy bootlegs - buy stuff like this - the official stuff, instead. If you have chance tho' - give some of the boots a listen.... they really are good !!
Right - my plans for today.....
Well, I'm going to attack some more of the Cd's.... try and put some more of them, into some kind of order !! That will take what's left of the afternoon.... well, until B gets home, at least. Hopefully, I won't get any visits this afternoon - the Missionaries are hunting in packs, at the moment.... so, they might show up, unannounced - they're great lads.... but, not today guys.... Ok ?!
I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words... until next time...
Bye Bye
Deep Purple & Grateful Dead.. Ho-hum..
Hi again everybody !!
It is a very warm & early Monday morning, here in the wilds of England. I've just waved "goodbye" to B, as she left - on an early morning trip to town.... and, even tho' it's not 9am yet - it really is hot outside !!
Why has she gone to town, sooooo early ? Well - to try and explain.
As long time readers will know, from my ramblings a day or 2 ago - I have to sit here & wait for a nurse !! One or more of their number is coming out, to the house today..... to fit me with another 'Vac pump' thingy !! Oh - such fun......
I would like to say "I can't wait" - but, that's exactly what I have to do..... just sit here & wait - mainly as we have no actual time, as & when to expect them !! So - B has gone to town early..... to put some cash, in the bank & to get some shopping....... then, if all goes well, back here, before the nurse gets to the house !!
All I really know, is that one nurse - at least - is coming, as soon as the pump is available for me. I believe it is coming either from Taunton or Exeter.... I'm not sure which - but, as there are 2 types... I hope they bring the right one !!
The very first one, that was fitted in the hospital, last year.... well, that type is brilliant !! It really worked well - the last 2, however.... they were really crap & didn't do me a great lot of good, which was a bummer !!
So - when someone actually gets here - I will know what to expect !! But - the whole reason, for B going to town, this early in the morning, is to try & do all of the stuff, and be back here, in time for the visit !!
If she does miss the nurse - that's Ok..... but, she will remember stuff, more than me at least - so, if the nurse comes.... B will be my "eyes & ears" so to speak..... taking on-board everything I need to know, about the thingy - which, no doubt I will forget, if left to my
ownsome !!
Yesterday, B spent most of the afternoon, over at the M & M's place.... they were being visited by 2 of B's relatives (mine, only by marriage) and she went along, for a bit of "moral support" !!
In the end, it was 7pm, before she got home.... so, poor old ME had had her work cut out !! The relatives showed no movement - about going home - until B said she had to leave..... when she left, they decided to leave as well..... !!
They do not, from past experience, know when to take the hint & go !! Nevermind - I was here, on my ownsome, putting more & more Cd's away....
That was kind of funny..... not putting them away.... I'll explain....
I was sat, on my fancy chair, which helps me "stand", just behind the living room door...... when a lady came to the door. The door was open & as I was, kind of, stuck (in my chair) I shouted for her, to come in..... and that I was just by the door.
It turned out to be a Police lady that we know..... !! She came in & found me..... and I thought I was being taken to jail - again - but, it turned out, it wasn't anything I had done.... One of our neighbours has some really expensive pets.... & a part of her enclosure had been damaged - where, either some of her parrots had been taken, or they had flown out !!
They went missing, on either Wednesday or Thursday ?! Which I thought was strange.... surely you would know when something like that happened ?! Maybe not - I just thought it was a little weird, that's all........
For once tho' - I was taken off to jail - so, I was left to me Cd's..... and, I did pretty well with them, or - at least - I think I did !! I have managed - so far - to get to the "P's & Q's" section.... Tom Petty, Queen & the such like.... and, I still have quite a bit of spare
shelving !! It's amazing, it really is...... hopefully, now, I can keep them, in a better order - it will help to find things & that's got to be a help !!
Staying with music.... I found a couple of cassettes, that I honestly had forgotten about !! They are by Deep Purple & called 'Scandinavian Nights'. As I say - I have the 2 cassette version.... which, kind of makes sense - they seem to have come out, in 1972..... before I had my first expensive music system, so, I probably bought them, on tape, to play in the car. Oh well..... the tracks are:
Side 1
1) Wring That Neck 30.06
Side 2
1) Speed King 10.20
2) Into The Fire 4.00
3) Paint It Black 9.08
Side 3
1) Mandrake Root 28.42
Side 4
1) Child In Time 17.25
2) Black Night 6.54
It was recorded in Stockholm in 1970 - which would explain the old & new mix of tracks - some by the first Deep Purple & this line up, with Ian Gillan & Roger Glover..... also - some of the extended run thru's of tracks, like 'Wring That Neck' & 'Mandrake Root'.........Oh well - I'm glad I found it !! It's amazing what you can find - when you're sorting out old stuff !!
Some of the "solo" stuff - it sounds really dated.... kind of "arty-farty" for a want of a better phrase. Oh well - I'm still glad I found it tho'....
.... along with a couple of Grateful Dead tapes. 'Without A Net' !! They came out in 1990 - so, I'm not really sure why I bought them, on tape, as appose Cd ?! Nevermind - I'll play them next..... the tracks are:
Side 1
1) Feel Like A Stranger 7.32
2) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toledo 8.00
3) Walking Blues 5.44
4) Althea 6.55
Side 2
1) Cassidy 6.36
2) Bird Song 12.57
3) Let It Grow 11.54
Side 3
1) China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider 10.24
2) Looks Like Rain 8.04
3) Eyes Of The World 16.14
Side 4
1) Victim Or The Crime 8.04
2) Help On The Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower 18.58
3) One More Saturday Night 4.50
4) Dear Mr Fantasy 5.44
At the end of the week - there is a record fair, in Exeter..... I was expecting to have to go, back to the hospital, in Exeter, this Wednesday - which, given the 100 mile round trip - would of put me off going to the fair !!
Anyhoo - that hospital trip has been called off.... as the Vac-pump thingy is being fitted here !! That means - the trip to the fair looks a real possibility !!
Sooooo - with that in mind.... I'll call one of my friends & see if he has the Dead set, on Cd. He specializes in American 60's & 70's stuff.... so, there is a great chance he might have a copy !! If he does, I'll make sure my name goes on it !!
Ok - I am officially broke - but, I can treat myself..... out of my "own" money !! Roll on Saturday..... it's going to be fun !!
Right - I better be away, for now..... I need to get myself ready for the nurse thingy - I don't really want to be typing this, when she gets here, that wouldn't be too good !!
So - for now, I will way.... thank's for logging in...until next time...
Bye Bye
It is a very warm & early Monday morning, here in the wilds of England. I've just waved "goodbye" to B, as she left - on an early morning trip to town.... and, even tho' it's not 9am yet - it really is hot outside !!
Why has she gone to town, sooooo early ? Well - to try and explain.
As long time readers will know, from my ramblings a day or 2 ago - I have to sit here & wait for a nurse !! One or more of their number is coming out, to the house today..... to fit me with another 'Vac pump' thingy !! Oh - such fun......
I would like to say "I can't wait" - but, that's exactly what I have to do..... just sit here & wait - mainly as we have no actual time, as & when to expect them !! So - B has gone to town early..... to put some cash, in the bank & to get some shopping....... then, if all goes well, back here, before the nurse gets to the house !!
All I really know, is that one nurse - at least - is coming, as soon as the pump is available for me. I believe it is coming either from Taunton or Exeter.... I'm not sure which - but, as there are 2 types... I hope they bring the right one !!
The very first one, that was fitted in the hospital, last year.... well, that type is brilliant !! It really worked well - the last 2, however.... they were really crap & didn't do me a great lot of good, which was a bummer !!
So - when someone actually gets here - I will know what to expect !! But - the whole reason, for B going to town, this early in the morning, is to try & do all of the stuff, and be back here, in time for the visit !!
If she does miss the nurse - that's Ok..... but, she will remember stuff, more than me at least - so, if the nurse comes.... B will be my "eyes & ears" so to speak..... taking on-board everything I need to know, about the thingy - which, no doubt I will forget, if left to my
ownsome !!
Yesterday, B spent most of the afternoon, over at the M & M's place.... they were being visited by 2 of B's relatives (mine, only by marriage) and she went along, for a bit of "moral support" !!
In the end, it was 7pm, before she got home.... so, poor old ME had had her work cut out !! The relatives showed no movement - about going home - until B said she had to leave..... when she left, they decided to leave as well..... !!
They do not, from past experience, know when to take the hint & go !! Nevermind - I was here, on my ownsome, putting more & more Cd's away....
That was kind of funny..... not putting them away.... I'll explain....
I was sat, on my fancy chair, which helps me "stand", just behind the living room door...... when a lady came to the door. The door was open & as I was, kind of, stuck (in my chair) I shouted for her, to come in..... and that I was just by the door.
It turned out to be a Police lady that we know..... !! She came in & found me..... and I thought I was being taken to jail - again - but, it turned out, it wasn't anything I had done.... One of our neighbours has some really expensive pets.... & a part of her enclosure had been damaged - where, either some of her parrots had been taken, or they had flown out !!
They went missing, on either Wednesday or Thursday ?! Which I thought was strange.... surely you would know when something like that happened ?! Maybe not - I just thought it was a little weird, that's all........
For once tho' - I was taken off to jail - so, I was left to me Cd's..... and, I did pretty well with them, or - at least - I think I did !! I have managed - so far - to get to the "P's & Q's" section.... Tom Petty, Queen & the such like.... and, I still have quite a bit of spare
shelving !! It's amazing, it really is...... hopefully, now, I can keep them, in a better order - it will help to find things & that's got to be a help !!
Staying with music.... I found a couple of cassettes, that I honestly had forgotten about !! They are by Deep Purple & called 'Scandinavian Nights'. As I say - I have the 2 cassette version.... which, kind of makes sense - they seem to have come out, in 1972..... before I had my first expensive music system, so, I probably bought them, on tape, to play in the car. Oh well..... the tracks are:
Side 1
1) Wring That Neck 30.06
Side 2
1) Speed King 10.20
2) Into The Fire 4.00
3) Paint It Black 9.08
Side 3
1) Mandrake Root 28.42
Side 4
1) Child In Time 17.25
2) Black Night 6.54
It was recorded in Stockholm in 1970 - which would explain the old & new mix of tracks - some by the first Deep Purple & this line up, with Ian Gillan & Roger Glover..... also - some of the extended run thru's of tracks, like 'Wring That Neck' & 'Mandrake Root'.........Oh well - I'm glad I found it !! It's amazing what you can find - when you're sorting out old stuff !!
Some of the "solo" stuff - it sounds really dated.... kind of "arty-farty" for a want of a better phrase. Oh well - I'm still glad I found it tho'....
.... along with a couple of Grateful Dead tapes. 'Without A Net' !! They came out in 1990 - so, I'm not really sure why I bought them, on tape, as appose Cd ?! Nevermind - I'll play them next..... the tracks are:
Side 1
1) Feel Like A Stranger 7.32
2) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toledo 8.00
3) Walking Blues 5.44
4) Althea 6.55
Side 2
1) Cassidy 6.36
2) Bird Song 12.57
3) Let It Grow 11.54
Side 3
1) China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider 10.24
2) Looks Like Rain 8.04
3) Eyes Of The World 16.14
Side 4
1) Victim Or The Crime 8.04
2) Help On The Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower 18.58
3) One More Saturday Night 4.50
4) Dear Mr Fantasy 5.44
At the end of the week - there is a record fair, in Exeter..... I was expecting to have to go, back to the hospital, in Exeter, this Wednesday - which, given the 100 mile round trip - would of put me off going to the fair !!
Anyhoo - that hospital trip has been called off.... as the Vac-pump thingy is being fitted here !! That means - the trip to the fair looks a real possibility !!
Sooooo - with that in mind.... I'll call one of my friends & see if he has the Dead set, on Cd. He specializes in American 60's & 70's stuff.... so, there is a great chance he might have a copy !! If he does, I'll make sure my name goes on it !!
Ok - I am officially broke - but, I can treat myself..... out of my "own" money !! Roll on Saturday..... it's going to be fun !!
Right - I better be away, for now..... I need to get myself ready for the nurse thingy - I don't really want to be typing this, when she gets here, that wouldn't be too good !!
So - for now, I will way.... thank's for logging in...until next time...
Bye Bye
Saturday, 21 June 2014
Max Webster - But no maggots !!
Greetings World's !!
I think it's a Saturday, here in the South-West of England... it seems to be a warm day - but, even tho' it's about 1pm - I've yet to venture outside !! I'm not being lazy... just haven't needed to go out of the house !!
As I type, the family - that is to say, My Wife & Dearest Friend - B is upstairs, fighting her way thru' a bunch of old files. Each one has bits & bobs of stuff, going back years !! Her plan is to throw away, everything that is older than January this year.... hopefully then, the files can be either dumped, or just left for another day.....
I'm glad to say, my stairlift has come in useful.... B was able to move the heavier stuff, up the stairs, on the chair itself !! I never really wanted the thing - but, as time has gone along.... and as my health has gone down hill, I wouldn't be without the thingy !!
So - that just leaves me....
I've been up & about for what seems hours.... having woken up around 4am !! B was the same.... tho' not quite sooooo early - in the end, we came down stairs, got some juice & breakfast.... before going back to bed & (eventually) back to sleep !!
Oh - I better explain, about the other members of the "family"......
Our Daughter ME - for those who are reading this, for the first time - has moved in with her long suffering partner M...... they will be called the M & M's.... eventually (my word of the day) get used to just calling them that.... it's just going to take time !!
As for our Son.... J - well, we've had a parting of the ways. I've asked him to consider coming home, for the Summer.... B has asked him, to do the same - but, he has decided he is not safe here - so, he is "not coming back"..... or words to that effect !! The door will remain open to him..... but, in the end, it's his decision !! Life will go on.... in one way or another & that's a fact !!
As for the music of the moment... well, to explain !!
With ME moving out & J deciding not to come home... we have found a load of extra space - as you can imagine, especially in our Son's room !! Anyhoo... this means that some of the stuff, that has been down here, is now upstairs. With that in mind - it means that B has her own craft room now & I have a load of extra shelf space, for the Cd's & DVD's !!
I sorted out a whole load of cassette tapes.... and, this past few days, I've been re-arranging the Cd's. Believe me, they needed sorting
out !!
This morning, I've managed to get as far as the J's - Jefferson Airplane, Judas Priest, Jethro Tull and so on.... but, I've decided to take a break - to write these words & to listen to a Lou Reed live Cd. It was mixed up with some other stuff - so, I wanted to give it a listen.
The tracks are:
1) Modern dance
2) Why Do You Talk
3) Venus In Furs
4) Sweet Jane
5) Jesus
6) Romeo & Juliet
7) Satellite Of Love
8) Ecstasy
9) The Blue mask
10) Perfect day
11) walk On The Wild Side
I have no idea, where it was recorded - but, I'm pretty certain it's the soundtrack to a DVD, that I have here - someplace !! As mentioned - I think - I bought a double Cd set of 'Lou Reed;' & 'Transformer' a short while ago, in our local second hand record shop....... I seem to be playing a lot of Lou's stuff lately !! Oh well.....
I'm not sure, if I wrote anything, yesterday..... no brain you see.... but..... I finally got a copy of 'Universal Juveniles' by Max Webster !! I have waited a very long time, to get this on Cd... and now it's here !! "Yippeeee !!"
The tracks are:
1) In The World Of Giants
2) Check
3) April In Toledo
4) Juveniles Don't Stop
5) Battle Scar
6) Chalkers
7) Drive & Desire
8) Blue River Liquor Shine
9) What Do You Do With The Urge
10) Cry Out Your Life
The album came out, around 1980 - and I used to have it on Lp. The main reason, for getting it in the first place, was simply for track 5 'Battle Scar' !!
I first heard it, on 'The Friday Night Rock Show' - many, many Moons ago..... I'm guessing it was either Fluff Freeman or Tommy Vance, who played it.... but, that one track just jumped into my memory, because it has Rush making up the numbers, on it !! It's really good & - I must be honest - I always regretted selling the Lp !! Nevermind..... I have a Cd copy now - I highly recommend it, so if you see it about, go & treat yourselves !!
Going back, to yesterday..... I had my visit to the torture chamber, also known as the Dr's - where I had my dressings changed - again !!
But - there is light at the end of the long tunnel..... you know, the tunnel that has been making up the biggest part of my life, this past 13 or so months, since the surgery, in May 2013....
As probably mentioned, a few weeks ago - the Consultant, in Exeter, wanted me to go back onto another Vac pump thingy. This will the 4th time around.... using a pump & - even tho' - he put me on one, before my last surgery..... he seems to have forgotten that ?! Anyhoo.....
On Wednesday, this week - the nurse, who does my dressings, said she had heard from the nurse, in charge of doing the whole pump thing & it would be sorted out...... given enough time & a load of e-mails.....
But - yesterday - I was offered the chance of having "maggot therapy" !! I kid you not.... they wanted to put live maggots, into the wound - who, I understand, would eat away at the tissue & in the hope of cleaning it up a bit !!
I immediately said a very firm "No" !!
I really do want this thing to come to an end - with the hole in my back sorted out & healed over..... but, I am not having maggots crawly over the bloody thing !! I don't think the nurse was too happy with my answer....
But, as I wrote last year.... when they wanted to feed me thru' a pipe in my nose - why should I have something, I don't want, for something that is not my fault !!
Ok - it's nobodies fault, I understand that...... infections happen - but, if things had been done differently, last Summer... I don't think I would be in this position !! I am not having maggots in the wound & that's an end to it !! F**k that !!
Even B was pretty amazed about it - claiming I would be sleeping alone, if I went & agreed to it !! I had already said "No" - before she said that..... but, even so.... it ain't going to happen !! I was surprised - after all this time - that it was even suggested... oh well !!
When I was in the hospital - last year - B & I thought they were trying new stuff out, on me, every week - to try & get the hole fixed...... I guess they are still trying !! Maggots ?! - "No way" !!
Anyways... I had a 'phone call, late in the afternoon.... from the nurse... and, on Monday, they are going to come around to the house, with a pump, and fit in, here at home. I don't mind that - it means I won't have to go & have the dressings changed so much.... well, I hope not !! Time will tell, on that.... !!
I'll have to give the pump a name tho' - the last one was called "Sagan".... so, I'll stick with the whole planet Mars thing & come up with something !!
Staying with yesterday.... The Church Missionaries came around to the house again !! Heck - they're keen - I'll give them that !! I think they are hoping to get me, back into going to the services, on Sundays. - but, that will not happen, until The Bishop comes here & apologizes for his actions, last year !!
I'm not having maggots & I'm not going back to The Church, until The Bishop comes over & says a "sorry" for keeping me out of The Chapel !! To me - he was out of line..... and that's a fact !!
The missionaries are coming back, on Thursday...... B won't be here, but....... if they want to visit, I don't mind. As I say, they are keen !!
Oh well.... My plans for the rest of the day.....
Well, I want to carry on, sorting the Cd's out - but, I've almost had enough of doing that - for today, at least !! My back won't let me do too much, with-out reminding me - usually with a very sharp pain !! Nevermind....
I might start reading 'The Lord Of The Rings' again..... I need something new, now that I've finished 'Game Of Thrones' !! Now - that sounds like a plan....... even if I just listen to the guy reading the
book !! Ok - I know it's about 50 Cd's long.... the "talking book" thingy.... but, it does sound like a plan to me !!
I must go....
As always, I thank all of you, for logging in & reading my words....... it seems like more & more of you are logging in, these days - I thank you for taking the time.... I must go.... until next time...
Bye Bye
I think it's a Saturday, here in the South-West of England... it seems to be a warm day - but, even tho' it's about 1pm - I've yet to venture outside !! I'm not being lazy... just haven't needed to go out of the house !!
As I type, the family - that is to say, My Wife & Dearest Friend - B is upstairs, fighting her way thru' a bunch of old files. Each one has bits & bobs of stuff, going back years !! Her plan is to throw away, everything that is older than January this year.... hopefully then, the files can be either dumped, or just left for another day.....
I'm glad to say, my stairlift has come in useful.... B was able to move the heavier stuff, up the stairs, on the chair itself !! I never really wanted the thing - but, as time has gone along.... and as my health has gone down hill, I wouldn't be without the thingy !!
So - that just leaves me....
I've been up & about for what seems hours.... having woken up around 4am !! B was the same.... tho' not quite sooooo early - in the end, we came down stairs, got some juice & breakfast.... before going back to bed & (eventually) back to sleep !!
Oh - I better explain, about the other members of the "family"......
Our Daughter ME - for those who are reading this, for the first time - has moved in with her long suffering partner M...... they will be called the M & M's.... eventually (my word of the day) get used to just calling them that.... it's just going to take time !!
As for our Son.... J - well, we've had a parting of the ways. I've asked him to consider coming home, for the Summer.... B has asked him, to do the same - but, he has decided he is not safe here - so, he is "not coming back"..... or words to that effect !! The door will remain open to him..... but, in the end, it's his decision !! Life will go on.... in one way or another & that's a fact !!
As for the music of the moment... well, to explain !!
With ME moving out & J deciding not to come home... we have found a load of extra space - as you can imagine, especially in our Son's room !! Anyhoo... this means that some of the stuff, that has been down here, is now upstairs. With that in mind - it means that B has her own craft room now & I have a load of extra shelf space, for the Cd's & DVD's !!
I sorted out a whole load of cassette tapes.... and, this past few days, I've been re-arranging the Cd's. Believe me, they needed sorting
out !!
This morning, I've managed to get as far as the J's - Jefferson Airplane, Judas Priest, Jethro Tull and so on.... but, I've decided to take a break - to write these words & to listen to a Lou Reed live Cd. It was mixed up with some other stuff - so, I wanted to give it a listen.
The tracks are:
1) Modern dance
2) Why Do You Talk
3) Venus In Furs
4) Sweet Jane
5) Jesus
6) Romeo & Juliet
7) Satellite Of Love
8) Ecstasy
9) The Blue mask
10) Perfect day
11) walk On The Wild Side
I have no idea, where it was recorded - but, I'm pretty certain it's the soundtrack to a DVD, that I have here - someplace !! As mentioned - I think - I bought a double Cd set of 'Lou Reed;' & 'Transformer' a short while ago, in our local second hand record shop....... I seem to be playing a lot of Lou's stuff lately !! Oh well.....
I'm not sure, if I wrote anything, yesterday..... no brain you see.... but..... I finally got a copy of 'Universal Juveniles' by Max Webster !! I have waited a very long time, to get this on Cd... and now it's here !! "Yippeeee !!"
The tracks are:
1) In The World Of Giants
2) Check
3) April In Toledo
4) Juveniles Don't Stop
5) Battle Scar
6) Chalkers
7) Drive & Desire
8) Blue River Liquor Shine
9) What Do You Do With The Urge
10) Cry Out Your Life
The album came out, around 1980 - and I used to have it on Lp. The main reason, for getting it in the first place, was simply for track 5 'Battle Scar' !!
I first heard it, on 'The Friday Night Rock Show' - many, many Moons ago..... I'm guessing it was either Fluff Freeman or Tommy Vance, who played it.... but, that one track just jumped into my memory, because it has Rush making up the numbers, on it !! It's really good & - I must be honest - I always regretted selling the Lp !! Nevermind..... I have a Cd copy now - I highly recommend it, so if you see it about, go & treat yourselves !!
Going back, to yesterday..... I had my visit to the torture chamber, also known as the Dr's - where I had my dressings changed - again !!
But - there is light at the end of the long tunnel..... you know, the tunnel that has been making up the biggest part of my life, this past 13 or so months, since the surgery, in May 2013....
As probably mentioned, a few weeks ago - the Consultant, in Exeter, wanted me to go back onto another Vac pump thingy. This will the 4th time around.... using a pump & - even tho' - he put me on one, before my last surgery..... he seems to have forgotten that ?! Anyhoo.....
On Wednesday, this week - the nurse, who does my dressings, said she had heard from the nurse, in charge of doing the whole pump thing & it would be sorted out...... given enough time & a load of e-mails.....
But - yesterday - I was offered the chance of having "maggot therapy" !! I kid you not.... they wanted to put live maggots, into the wound - who, I understand, would eat away at the tissue & in the hope of cleaning it up a bit !!
I immediately said a very firm "No" !!
I really do want this thing to come to an end - with the hole in my back sorted out & healed over..... but, I am not having maggots crawly over the bloody thing !! I don't think the nurse was too happy with my answer....
But, as I wrote last year.... when they wanted to feed me thru' a pipe in my nose - why should I have something, I don't want, for something that is not my fault !!
Ok - it's nobodies fault, I understand that...... infections happen - but, if things had been done differently, last Summer... I don't think I would be in this position !! I am not having maggots in the wound & that's an end to it !! F**k that !!
Even B was pretty amazed about it - claiming I would be sleeping alone, if I went & agreed to it !! I had already said "No" - before she said that..... but, even so.... it ain't going to happen !! I was surprised - after all this time - that it was even suggested... oh well !!
When I was in the hospital - last year - B & I thought they were trying new stuff out, on me, every week - to try & get the hole fixed...... I guess they are still trying !! Maggots ?! - "No way" !!
Anyways... I had a 'phone call, late in the afternoon.... from the nurse... and, on Monday, they are going to come around to the house, with a pump, and fit in, here at home. I don't mind that - it means I won't have to go & have the dressings changed so much.... well, I hope not !! Time will tell, on that.... !!
I'll have to give the pump a name tho' - the last one was called "Sagan".... so, I'll stick with the whole planet Mars thing & come up with something !!
Staying with yesterday.... The Church Missionaries came around to the house again !! Heck - they're keen - I'll give them that !! I think they are hoping to get me, back into going to the services, on Sundays. - but, that will not happen, until The Bishop comes here & apologizes for his actions, last year !!
I'm not having maggots & I'm not going back to The Church, until The Bishop comes over & says a "sorry" for keeping me out of The Chapel !! To me - he was out of line..... and that's a fact !!
The missionaries are coming back, on Thursday...... B won't be here, but....... if they want to visit, I don't mind. As I say, they are keen !!
Oh well.... My plans for the rest of the day.....
Well, I want to carry on, sorting the Cd's out - but, I've almost had enough of doing that - for today, at least !! My back won't let me do too much, with-out reminding me - usually with a very sharp pain !! Nevermind....
I might start reading 'The Lord Of The Rings' again..... I need something new, now that I've finished 'Game Of Thrones' !! Now - that sounds like a plan....... even if I just listen to the guy reading the
book !! Ok - I know it's about 50 Cd's long.... the "talking book" thingy.... but, it does sound like a plan to me !!
I must go....
As always, I thank all of you, for logging in & reading my words....... it seems like more & more of you are logging in, these days - I thank you for taking the time.... I must go.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Thursday, 19 June 2014
4 words....
Hi everybody...
It's a bright and Sunny day, here in England. Ok - I've not been out in it, but it looks quite warm as well. I'm sat, indoors, with a wool jumper on - I was really cold when I cam down the stairs, less than 30 minutes ago....... nevermind.
I'm home alone today - B, My Wife & Dearest Friend, has gone over to see ME.... probably got involved in a bit of shopping - maybe some decorating as well.
I don't remember being asked, if I wanted to go.... shit, that's no big deal.... I'm used to be alone !! It's quite strange, how things become the norm, if that makes any sense at all ?!
So - with B out of the house... I decided to do, this that & the other... only to realise, that my old back is just not to up to doing very much at all today !! So - I decided to get comfy, on the bed & just rest...... the next thing I know, 2 hours have gone by & Archie is crying his head off, looking for anybody, who - like me - might be in the
house !!
He came up to the bed, had a little cuddle & then left - probably by the same way he came in.... the small crack in the back door, that I didn't notice before I went upstairs !!
The music of the moment, is the live 3 Cd set 'Clockwork Angels Tour' - that came out in 2013. I can't be fussed to give you all the tracks - I really can't.... check it out tho' - it's worth your cash !!
I must away - I want to watch the film 'Lincoln'... I've wanted to see it, for so long - then we found it, in the bargain bucket, at the supermarket !!
It sort of, starts with some soldiers quoting his Gettysburg address..... it reminded me of 4 other words - "I Will" & in response "I Will"...... life goes on & on.... and so must I.
...until next time..
Bye Bye
It's a bright and Sunny day, here in England. Ok - I've not been out in it, but it looks quite warm as well. I'm sat, indoors, with a wool jumper on - I was really cold when I cam down the stairs, less than 30 minutes ago....... nevermind.
I'm home alone today - B, My Wife & Dearest Friend, has gone over to see ME.... probably got involved in a bit of shopping - maybe some decorating as well.
I don't remember being asked, if I wanted to go.... shit, that's no big deal.... I'm used to be alone !! It's quite strange, how things become the norm, if that makes any sense at all ?!
So - with B out of the house... I decided to do, this that & the other... only to realise, that my old back is just not to up to doing very much at all today !! So - I decided to get comfy, on the bed & just rest...... the next thing I know, 2 hours have gone by & Archie is crying his head off, looking for anybody, who - like me - might be in the
house !!
He came up to the bed, had a little cuddle & then left - probably by the same way he came in.... the small crack in the back door, that I didn't notice before I went upstairs !!
The music of the moment, is the live 3 Cd set 'Clockwork Angels Tour' - that came out in 2013. I can't be fussed to give you all the tracks - I really can't.... check it out tho' - it's worth your cash !!
I must away - I want to watch the film 'Lincoln'... I've wanted to see it, for so long - then we found it, in the bargain bucket, at the supermarket !!
It sort of, starts with some soldiers quoting his Gettysburg address..... it reminded me of 4 other words - "I Will" & in response "I Will"...... life goes on & on.... and so must I.
...until next time..
Bye Bye
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Sammy Hagar & a bit of other stuff !!
Hi again World's !!
I'm back - after a pretty depressing day... a day that saw My Wife & Dearest Friend so very upset !! An upset caused by our Son J.... but, mostly myself. To use an old Star Trek Voyager phase - A goes to B & then to C... but, then back to A. Some things can not be changed - some things can not be forgotten....
But - J... you have caused your Mum some serious grief over the last couple of days - I might be to blame - shit, blame me !! I'm going to die one day - who you going to blame then ?! I'm fucked if I know..... I really don't !!
Anyhoo - the door is still open to you.... should you decide to come down off of your royal place, in the clouds, where it seems you are living at the moment !! One thing I will say tho'....
It's an old phrase & one you have heard me say many times before.... "I've been shit on, by some of the biggest ass holes in the World".... if you think hurting your Mum, is one way to live your life.... good luck...... & God's speed to you !! My life will go on, with or with out you..... and that's a fact !!
Enough of all of this shit...
B... has just gone into town. We checked the bank & "oops !" - we needed to put some cash in the old account, just to keep our heads above water !! Heck - that's something else to blame me for - being broke !! Oh well........
So - with everyone else living away now - I'm home alone, playing some loud Jefferson Airplane & listening out, for a guy to come & fix my wheelchair. It's due it's service & the guy is meant to come today... so, the door is open & I'm hoping he will get here, sooner, rather than later !!
I have to go back to the Dr's this afternoon - so, if the guy doesn't get here soon... well, he's going to miss us I guess !!
Back to the family... Our Daughter ME came over last night, for a visit. Bless her - M (her partner) was having a friend over... so, she came to see us. It was really great to see her !! B said this morning, that she got a text, to say they had painted a wall, in their living room.... it had to be better than that wall paper guys !! Oh well....
I mentioned going down to the Dr's again... yep - it's another day for a dressings change !! I really do not like these days !! It will all come to an end, one day.... not for another 5 weeks, at least !! That's the time, to my next visit to the Consultant, in Exeter - that's going to be an interesting day !!
I hope he will then decide, to get my back sorted, once & for all.... time will tell, on that one, I guess. But - I will be going back to Exeter, before then.....
...... there is a record fair, on June 28th & I really intend going to it !! I keep saying that... but, with everything that happened last Summer, I just never got back to one.... so, I'm really going to try & make sure, that I go to this one, at the end of the month !!
I will, of course, be looking at all the Cd's & Lp's, that are on sale there - but, more than that - I want to meet up with some old friends. Hopefully a couple of them will be there.... I need some cases & hopefully, some new live shows !! I'm not sure what is out, at the moment, sooooo I will take some extra cash with me !!
I never buy bootlegs anymore... but, I expect some will be available to me, if I show up !! Heck - I just enjoy going along to the fairs..... it has been a while tho' - so, I will be there to enjoy myself !!
As for the music of the moment...
It's the 'Volunteers' album, by Jefferson Airplane... the tracks are:
1) We Can Be Together
2) Good Shepherd
3) The Farm
4) Hey Frederick
5) Turn My Life Down
6) Wooden Ships
7) Eskimo Blue day
8) A Song For All Seasons
9) Meadowlands
10) Volunteers
I used to have the old Lp of this... so, it was one I had to get on Cd, when the time was right !! As long time readers might remember... I bought 'The Woodstock Experience' set - which, not only had this album on it - but, the complete Woodstock live set. It was one of those "must haves" !! Nevermind...
I've just changed it over.... taken it off & put the Sammy Hagar Lp 'Live - Loud & Clear' on the deck. I bought it last week, I think ?! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Red
2) Rock 'n' Roll Weekend
3) Make It last/Reckless
4) Turn Up The Music
Side B
1) I've Done Everything For You
2) Young Girl Blues
3) Bad Motor Scooter
4) Space Station No. 5
I never bought this, when it first came out.... but, I knew a few of the tracks, especially the last 2. They were always on the'rock' show, good old Tommy Vance !! It's Ok - tho' not as good as I hoped.... nevermind.
Right my plans, for the rest of the day....
I have to wait for the wheelchair guy & after that - I have a seat in front of the kitchen sink & a few dishes to catch up on !! I usually get wet thru'... but, it keeps me off the streets !!
Apart from that - I have one chapter left in the 'A Dance With Dragons' book, by Mr. G. J. J. Martin !! I hope the next 'Game Of Thrones' book will be out soon - I've enjoyed reading these past 6 or 7... whatever it's been !!
I must away... I thank you all for logging in & reading my words - until next time...
Bye Bye
I'm back - after a pretty depressing day... a day that saw My Wife & Dearest Friend so very upset !! An upset caused by our Son J.... but, mostly myself. To use an old Star Trek Voyager phase - A goes to B & then to C... but, then back to A. Some things can not be changed - some things can not be forgotten....
But - J... you have caused your Mum some serious grief over the last couple of days - I might be to blame - shit, blame me !! I'm going to die one day - who you going to blame then ?! I'm fucked if I know..... I really don't !!
Anyhoo - the door is still open to you.... should you decide to come down off of your royal place, in the clouds, where it seems you are living at the moment !! One thing I will say tho'....
It's an old phrase & one you have heard me say many times before.... "I've been shit on, by some of the biggest ass holes in the World".... if you think hurting your Mum, is one way to live your life.... good luck...... & God's speed to you !! My life will go on, with or with out you..... and that's a fact !!
Enough of all of this shit...
B... has just gone into town. We checked the bank & "oops !" - we needed to put some cash in the old account, just to keep our heads above water !! Heck - that's something else to blame me for - being broke !! Oh well........
So - with everyone else living away now - I'm home alone, playing some loud Jefferson Airplane & listening out, for a guy to come & fix my wheelchair. It's due it's service & the guy is meant to come today... so, the door is open & I'm hoping he will get here, sooner, rather than later !!
I have to go back to the Dr's this afternoon - so, if the guy doesn't get here soon... well, he's going to miss us I guess !!
Back to the family... Our Daughter ME came over last night, for a visit. Bless her - M (her partner) was having a friend over... so, she came to see us. It was really great to see her !! B said this morning, that she got a text, to say they had painted a wall, in their living room.... it had to be better than that wall paper guys !! Oh well....
I mentioned going down to the Dr's again... yep - it's another day for a dressings change !! I really do not like these days !! It will all come to an end, one day.... not for another 5 weeks, at least !! That's the time, to my next visit to the Consultant, in Exeter - that's going to be an interesting day !!
I hope he will then decide, to get my back sorted, once & for all.... time will tell, on that one, I guess. But - I will be going back to Exeter, before then.....
...... there is a record fair, on June 28th & I really intend going to it !! I keep saying that... but, with everything that happened last Summer, I just never got back to one.... so, I'm really going to try & make sure, that I go to this one, at the end of the month !!
I will, of course, be looking at all the Cd's & Lp's, that are on sale there - but, more than that - I want to meet up with some old friends. Hopefully a couple of them will be there.... I need some cases & hopefully, some new live shows !! I'm not sure what is out, at the moment, sooooo I will take some extra cash with me !!
I never buy bootlegs anymore... but, I expect some will be available to me, if I show up !! Heck - I just enjoy going along to the fairs..... it has been a while tho' - so, I will be there to enjoy myself !!
As for the music of the moment...
It's the 'Volunteers' album, by Jefferson Airplane... the tracks are:
1) We Can Be Together
2) Good Shepherd
3) The Farm
4) Hey Frederick
5) Turn My Life Down
6) Wooden Ships
7) Eskimo Blue day
8) A Song For All Seasons
9) Meadowlands
10) Volunteers
I used to have the old Lp of this... so, it was one I had to get on Cd, when the time was right !! As long time readers might remember... I bought 'The Woodstock Experience' set - which, not only had this album on it - but, the complete Woodstock live set. It was one of those "must haves" !! Nevermind...
I've just changed it over.... taken it off & put the Sammy Hagar Lp 'Live - Loud & Clear' on the deck. I bought it last week, I think ?! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Red
2) Rock 'n' Roll Weekend
3) Make It last/Reckless
4) Turn Up The Music
Side B
1) I've Done Everything For You
2) Young Girl Blues
3) Bad Motor Scooter
4) Space Station No. 5
I never bought this, when it first came out.... but, I knew a few of the tracks, especially the last 2. They were always on the'rock' show, good old Tommy Vance !! It's Ok - tho' not as good as I hoped.... nevermind.
Right my plans, for the rest of the day....
I have to wait for the wheelchair guy & after that - I have a seat in front of the kitchen sink & a few dishes to catch up on !! I usually get wet thru'... but, it keeps me off the streets !!
Apart from that - I have one chapter left in the 'A Dance With Dragons' book, by Mr. G. J. J. Martin !! I hope the next 'Game Of Thrones' book will be out soon - I've enjoyed reading these past 6 or 7... whatever it's been !!
I must away... I thank you all for logging in & reading my words - until next time...
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
PS - A very happy bee....
Hi again..
Some time ago - a swarm of honey bees came over & made a home, for themselves, in our roof - sort of - area. They have been there, quite a while now & despite my thinking they might leave - they are still up there, buzzing around & around..... a really nice sound !!
Anyhoo - today... a short while ago... I was out in the garden, with B... and a bee was on my t-shirt, happily going around in circles. I then realised something....
.... I had taken some morphine & a small bit had gone onto my shirt !! Result - a very stoned bee !! Hopefully, he will not invite his friends over... the morphine is mine guys !! Get your own fix....
I thank you all for logging in.... especially all you bees out there !!
The music of the moment is a live set, from Dream Theater.. recorded live in Rome.... probably around 2005, give or take.... it's really
good !!
I must away... until next time...
Bye Bye
Some time ago - a swarm of honey bees came over & made a home, for themselves, in our roof - sort of - area. They have been there, quite a while now & despite my thinking they might leave - they are still up there, buzzing around & around..... a really nice sound !!
Anyhoo - today... a short while ago... I was out in the garden, with B... and a bee was on my t-shirt, happily going around in circles. I then realised something....
.... I had taken some morphine & a small bit had gone onto my shirt !! Result - a very stoned bee !! Hopefully, he will not invite his friends over... the morphine is mine guys !! Get your own fix....
I thank you all for logging in.... especially all you bees out there !!
The music of the moment is a live set, from Dream Theater.. recorded live in Rome.... probably around 2005, give or take.... it's really
good !!
I must away... until next time...
Bye Bye
Blame ?
Hi everybody...
What is blame ?
Well - according to the 10th edition of 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary'.... well, you can go & look it up for yourselves !! As for me....
Blame is that thing, that people do - when they look at the mirror & only see the faults in other people !!
Blame is that thing.... well.... when they claim to have been destroyed by an event - without thinking too hard about how, the same event, has played out for those..... those they claim to actually love ?!
You have all come across people like that....
You know the ones....
Just as they are about to change schools - you make a decision to stay, in the area you live in - just to avoid the whole upheaval of moving house, again & possibly screwing up your Son's prospects at school !!
You support them thru' - what my American readers would call - 'High school'. You try & do what is right for them.... sometimes the hard choices they do not like, or approve of !!
When you have sooooo little money, that you actually go with-out food.... especially when your Son wants to go on a trip to France with the school - you don't blame your Son, for the lack of money... you pay for the trip & hope he enjoys himself !!
When they have been bullied & you take the time, to not only stand up for them - by going head first into the Headteacher's office..... but, even when you have little or no money, you drive them to & from school..... day after day - so they do not miss those vital exams, the ones you - as parents hope they will really do sooooo well at, that you can look yourself, in the mirror & say..."My Son did that - I'm proud of him !!"
Even tho' - at the time.... he just doesn't want to know you, mainly because you don't really think the girl he has been dating, isn't really more than a money grabbing tart !!
I was & am proud of my Son... he tried to take his own life, but.... he came thru' it !! To see him graduate, from school - while those ass wipes of bully's didn't even bother to do the exams !!
Blame is that thing... when, as a parent, you don't attribute to your Son, when he doesn't do so good, when he takes his first college exams & decides - after 12 months, he wants to change courses - which means, if nothing else - that you have to support them for another 2 years..... instead of the one you were expecting !!
Blame is also that thing, that - again, as a parent - you do not hold against your Son, when - the same money grabbing tart - mentioned above - claims your Son raped her.....
When your Son says he didn't do it.... you believe him & say so... bluntly, when the police come to the house, to interview him !! No - you don't blame him - you take his side, that's what parents do.... especially when you just happen to believe him !!
Blame is that thing, which you hold with-in yourself... when your Son leaves College & does next to bugger all, for 2 years..... despite the fact you are trying to support his younger Sister, as she goes thru' college & then university.... a whole 5 years of love & devotion, that you try & share with both your children, even if one of them just thinks you are an abusive old fart... a dinosaur, from a different generation.... someone who knows bugger all, about life.... even tho', as a parent, you have had your own fair share of crap..... after all, no one really understands them, your children..... despite having been one, yourself - thru' far worse times then you hope they will ever know !!
Blame is that thing - I would say, you keep to yourself, but... when your Son has you arrested and you spend 24 hours in a police cell, before being given the shortest sentence possible - mainly because you plead guilty to "Common Assault"....... but, afterwards - you realise, your Son has just gone that one step too far..... Blame is the thing you feel, that knots you up, inside !!
Blame is that thing.... that thing, that you pour out, on those you claim to love - even when you are sending them text messages, which as a Husband, you can see your Wife sooooo upset, that no matter how hard you try.... even tho', it's your Son sending the texts - you can only blame yourself for !!
You try your best, as a parent... you offer your Son, the chance to spend the Summer at home - for free - but, he prefers to heap blame, upon blame.... thru' no fault of anyone's, but his failure to "move on" !!
How is it possible - after all you do, for your Children - can a Son blame you, for almost everything that is wrong in their life.... from childbirth, to living in Wales & having to live off pasta !!
You try your best.... but, after all is said & done - blame is for those who hand it out, not those... especially my Wife, who thru' no fault of her own, is being blamed & is sooooo upset, I wish you could actually see what you have done.... my Son... J !!
Live long & prosper... until next time..
Bye Bye
What is blame ?
Well - according to the 10th edition of 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary'.... well, you can go & look it up for yourselves !! As for me....
Blame is that thing, that people do - when they look at the mirror & only see the faults in other people !!
Blame is that thing.... well.... when they claim to have been destroyed by an event - without thinking too hard about how, the same event, has played out for those..... those they claim to actually love ?!
You have all come across people like that....
You know the ones....
Just as they are about to change schools - you make a decision to stay, in the area you live in - just to avoid the whole upheaval of moving house, again & possibly screwing up your Son's prospects at school !!
You support them thru' - what my American readers would call - 'High school'. You try & do what is right for them.... sometimes the hard choices they do not like, or approve of !!
When you have sooooo little money, that you actually go with-out food.... especially when your Son wants to go on a trip to France with the school - you don't blame your Son, for the lack of money... you pay for the trip & hope he enjoys himself !!
When they have been bullied & you take the time, to not only stand up for them - by going head first into the Headteacher's office..... but, even when you have little or no money, you drive them to & from school..... day after day - so they do not miss those vital exams, the ones you - as parents hope they will really do sooooo well at, that you can look yourself, in the mirror & say..."My Son did that - I'm proud of him !!"
Even tho' - at the time.... he just doesn't want to know you, mainly because you don't really think the girl he has been dating, isn't really more than a money grabbing tart !!
I was & am proud of my Son... he tried to take his own life, but.... he came thru' it !! To see him graduate, from school - while those ass wipes of bully's didn't even bother to do the exams !!
Blame is that thing... when, as a parent, you don't attribute to your Son, when he doesn't do so good, when he takes his first college exams & decides - after 12 months, he wants to change courses - which means, if nothing else - that you have to support them for another 2 years..... instead of the one you were expecting !!
Blame is also that thing, that - again, as a parent - you do not hold against your Son, when - the same money grabbing tart - mentioned above - claims your Son raped her.....
When your Son says he didn't do it.... you believe him & say so... bluntly, when the police come to the house, to interview him !! No - you don't blame him - you take his side, that's what parents do.... especially when you just happen to believe him !!
Blame is that thing, which you hold with-in yourself... when your Son leaves College & does next to bugger all, for 2 years..... despite the fact you are trying to support his younger Sister, as she goes thru' college & then university.... a whole 5 years of love & devotion, that you try & share with both your children, even if one of them just thinks you are an abusive old fart... a dinosaur, from a different generation.... someone who knows bugger all, about life.... even tho', as a parent, you have had your own fair share of crap..... after all, no one really understands them, your children..... despite having been one, yourself - thru' far worse times then you hope they will ever know !!
Blame is that thing - I would say, you keep to yourself, but... when your Son has you arrested and you spend 24 hours in a police cell, before being given the shortest sentence possible - mainly because you plead guilty to "Common Assault"....... but, afterwards - you realise, your Son has just gone that one step too far..... Blame is the thing you feel, that knots you up, inside !!
Blame is that thing.... that thing, that you pour out, on those you claim to love - even when you are sending them text messages, which as a Husband, you can see your Wife sooooo upset, that no matter how hard you try.... even tho', it's your Son sending the texts - you can only blame yourself for !!
You try your best, as a parent... you offer your Son, the chance to spend the Summer at home - for free - but, he prefers to heap blame, upon blame.... thru' no fault of anyone's, but his failure to "move on" !!
How is it possible - after all you do, for your Children - can a Son blame you, for almost everything that is wrong in their life.... from childbirth, to living in Wales & having to live off pasta !!
You try your best.... but, after all is said & done - blame is for those who hand it out, not those... especially my Wife, who thru' no fault of her own, is being blamed & is sooooo upset, I wish you could actually see what you have done.... my Son... J !!
Live long & prosper... until next time..
Bye Bye
Monday, 16 June 2014
A bit of a bad day... really + music !!
Greetings World's !!
It's another Monday... here in old England !! It's been a bit hectic this morning..... and, for my sins, I've had to make some choices in my life, some are hard ones.... more later !!
As I type, B is to my left, doing some ironing.... interestingly, the laundry pile has gone down, big time, since ME moved out..... it's really amazing !! Talking of my family.
Yesterday was our Father's day.... and the M & M's came over for a kind of celebration meal - I actually didn't want anything to eat - so, I just sat around, while everyone filled their stomach's !! Oh well.... I even had a card from J !!
That leads on to the "more later" section !!
For some reason, J sent a couple or more texts to B.... most of which had her really upset & in tears !! I don't know why he did this - other than his complete hatred of me !! I know he hates my guts - but, why he had to "have a go" at B, well - only he can answer that one....
..... that's why, a few minutes ago, I gave him an ultimatum !!
He can either apologize to B, fully.... or - he can go & live his own
life !! I am fed up of his mood & tantrums - for crying out loud, he is 25 years old & he is really being a jerk !! Yes J - I'm writing about you.... !! You hate my guts - I've got that.... by why the texts to your Mum ?! I've had enough... I really have !!
It's your life J.... it's my choices tho' !!
This morning, too early for my cup of non-existent tea, I had to go to the hospital, for an x-ray. I've put it off, over & over... but.... today, I bit the bullet & went along.
In a nut shell, I'm coughing more & more - so, my lungs needed to be looked at. I'm certain it's nothing more than a small problem, but - the Dr. wanted me checked out... so, along I went !! I will get the results, sometime over the coming days, I guess !!
Later this afternoon, I have another torture session, at the local surgery - it's dressings time again !! Oh, such fun !! I really hate having to go thru' all of this - I can't have much skin left on my back.... heck, they've been changing the blooming dressings, for over a year now.... I can not tell you how much it hurts, each &
everytime !!
As soon as the skin graft guy gets his finger out... I might have an end to it all, I really am passed caring really.... I've had enough shit for this week - and it's only Monday !!
After coming home, this morning, I went back to bed & had another hours sleep..... I needed that !! I'm still a little knackered - oh well.... life, unfortunately goes on !!
As for the music of the moment..
Well - I've still got the 4 Cd soundtrack, to the 'Woodstock' movie in the multi player... I'm just playing bit of it, over & over. At the moment, I'm listening to 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
If you ever get the chance - buy the DVD of 'Woodstock' and just listen to the music, with-out watching the movie !! It's really brilliant.... so much gets lost, by looking at the people, the music is fantastic !!
Right, my plans for today.... well, I'm going to sit back & read a book - before my afternoon torture session.... it's not much of a plan, but.... it's all I've got !!
I thank you for logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
It's another Monday... here in old England !! It's been a bit hectic this morning..... and, for my sins, I've had to make some choices in my life, some are hard ones.... more later !!
As I type, B is to my left, doing some ironing.... interestingly, the laundry pile has gone down, big time, since ME moved out..... it's really amazing !! Talking of my family.
Yesterday was our Father's day.... and the M & M's came over for a kind of celebration meal - I actually didn't want anything to eat - so, I just sat around, while everyone filled their stomach's !! Oh well.... I even had a card from J !!
That leads on to the "more later" section !!
For some reason, J sent a couple or more texts to B.... most of which had her really upset & in tears !! I don't know why he did this - other than his complete hatred of me !! I know he hates my guts - but, why he had to "have a go" at B, well - only he can answer that one....
..... that's why, a few minutes ago, I gave him an ultimatum !!
He can either apologize to B, fully.... or - he can go & live his own
life !! I am fed up of his mood & tantrums - for crying out loud, he is 25 years old & he is really being a jerk !! Yes J - I'm writing about you.... !! You hate my guts - I've got that.... by why the texts to your Mum ?! I've had enough... I really have !!
It's your life J.... it's my choices tho' !!
This morning, too early for my cup of non-existent tea, I had to go to the hospital, for an x-ray. I've put it off, over & over... but.... today, I bit the bullet & went along.
In a nut shell, I'm coughing more & more - so, my lungs needed to be looked at. I'm certain it's nothing more than a small problem, but - the Dr. wanted me checked out... so, along I went !! I will get the results, sometime over the coming days, I guess !!
Later this afternoon, I have another torture session, at the local surgery - it's dressings time again !! Oh, such fun !! I really hate having to go thru' all of this - I can't have much skin left on my back.... heck, they've been changing the blooming dressings, for over a year now.... I can not tell you how much it hurts, each &
everytime !!
As soon as the skin graft guy gets his finger out... I might have an end to it all, I really am passed caring really.... I've had enough shit for this week - and it's only Monday !!
After coming home, this morning, I went back to bed & had another hours sleep..... I needed that !! I'm still a little knackered - oh well.... life, unfortunately goes on !!
As for the music of the moment..
Well - I've still got the 4 Cd soundtrack, to the 'Woodstock' movie in the multi player... I'm just playing bit of it, over & over. At the moment, I'm listening to 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
If you ever get the chance - buy the DVD of 'Woodstock' and just listen to the music, with-out watching the movie !! It's really brilliant.... so much gets lost, by looking at the people, the music is fantastic !!
Right, my plans for today.... well, I'm going to sit back & read a book - before my afternoon torture session.... it's not much of a plan, but.... it's all I've got !!
I thank you for logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
Saturday, 14 June 2014
Life goes on.....
H again World's......
I'm not going to write very much - mainly as I ain't feeling too special tonight..... Nevermind.....
B & I went, into Taunton & I was allowed to buy my better half some new things.... and she bought me, a new (2114) Dio album, called 'Live In London - Hammersmith Apollo 1993' and it's pretty good....
The Tracks are:
CD 1
1) Stand Up & Shout
2) Strange Highways
3) Don't Talk To Strangers
4) Evilution
5) Pain
6) The Mob Rules
7) Children Of The Sea
9) Holy Diver
10) Heaven & Hell
11) Man On The Silver Mountain
12) Drum Solo
13) Heaven & Hell (reprise)
CD 2
1) Jesus, Mary & The Holy Ghost
2) Hollywood Black
3) The Last In Line
4) Rainbow In The Dark
5) We Rock
6) Here's To You
It's been a great concert to play thru' !! More stuff another day.... not today tho' !!
Tomorrow - well, that's Father's Day, here in England...... I have 3 children.... 2 boys & 1 girl !!
One Son has his own life & I don't hear from him, at all. His last e-mail to me, with a pretty shitty few lines !! I have a 2nd Son - who has also treated me like shit......... and to be honest, he's heading down the same road as the other one !! People who call me, by my 1st name - well, they've earned that respect.... the respect, that allows me, to call them, on an even playing field !!
J - you have not earned that respect yet........ maybe one day - that day has yet to reach our lives !! So - enjoy your Summer in Wales !! I hope everything goes well, for you........
My Daughter - well, the M & M's are coming over for a meal, tomorrow..... so, I'll be waiting on that turn out !!
I'll be back.... until next time.....
Bye Bye
I'm not going to write very much - mainly as I ain't feeling too special tonight..... Nevermind.....
B & I went, into Taunton & I was allowed to buy my better half some new things.... and she bought me, a new (2114) Dio album, called 'Live In London - Hammersmith Apollo 1993' and it's pretty good....
The Tracks are:
CD 1
1) Stand Up & Shout
2) Strange Highways
3) Don't Talk To Strangers
4) Evilution
5) Pain
6) The Mob Rules
7) Children Of The Sea
9) Holy Diver
10) Heaven & Hell
11) Man On The Silver Mountain
12) Drum Solo
13) Heaven & Hell (reprise)
CD 2
1) Jesus, Mary & The Holy Ghost
2) Hollywood Black
3) The Last In Line
4) Rainbow In The Dark
5) We Rock
6) Here's To You
It's been a great concert to play thru' !! More stuff another day.... not today tho' !!
Tomorrow - well, that's Father's Day, here in England...... I have 3 children.... 2 boys & 1 girl !!
One Son has his own life & I don't hear from him, at all. His last e-mail to me, with a pretty shitty few lines !! I have a 2nd Son - who has also treated me like shit......... and to be honest, he's heading down the same road as the other one !! People who call me, by my 1st name - well, they've earned that respect.... the respect, that allows me, to call them, on an even playing field !!
J - you have not earned that respect yet........ maybe one day - that day has yet to reach our lives !! So - enjoy your Summer in Wales !! I hope everything goes well, for you........
My Daughter - well, the M & M's are coming over for a meal, tomorrow..... so, I'll be waiting on that turn out !!
I'll be back.... until next time.....
Bye Bye
Friday, 13 June 2014
The hospital & Woodstock (again) Ho-hum !!"
Greetings World's !!
It's a very warm, bright, Sunny day here in England..... it's really nice outside !! Of course, that beggars the question "what are you doing indoors ?" Good question - I just wanted to rest up, a little bit - and, I wanted to write some words !! It's not much of an answer - but, it's all I've got !!
Ok - it's a Friday.... and, as I type - B... My Wife & Dearest Friend - is out, to the back of the house, doing one of favourite past times... a bit of gardening. Well - not so much "gardening" - more like potting up plants & stuff like that.... she is happy, so.... I'm leaving her to it !!
As long time readers will know - the other members of the family, our Son J & our Daughter ME... well, one is over in Wales, doing his Uni course & the other has bought a house, with long time boyfriend M.... they are quite happy.... well, as far as I know, at least !!
We'll not sure what J is up to, as B is waiting to hear from him !! Oh well... it's their lives - I'm well past chasing him !! We have offered to go & fetch him & his stuff, home for the Summer break.... but..... !!
Right - as I posted, a couple of days back.... on Wednesday, I had another trip, down to Exeter, to see the Consultant, about my back wound.
Well, we got up early & headed South, to be there on time. As mentioned before - it's a 50 mile trip... so, it takes a bit of doing, as far as I'm concerned !! Anyhoo - B drove me down & a nurse did the dressings....
I don't think she was going to involve the Consultant - just a quick dressings change & out the door !! But, I made a point of asking to see the man.... after all, it is a bit of a hassle, getting down to the hospital.
So, she went & fetched him & we had a little chat about what happened, since he did the last surgery, on May 12th. I didn't really get too much out of him.... well, nothing we didn't already know !!
He admitted that - not only had the 2nd skin graft failed... but, as we already knew, the wound had actually got bigger again !! Honestly - I'm no Dr. - but, I knew all of that, having to live with the bloody wound, every day !!
He said he was sorry - but, he thought (at the time) that a skin graft was the best ways forward.... now, I'm back to the situation I was in, after Christmas - when the 1st skin graft failed !! Oh well....
He can't do anything about it all, for a while, as it will take time, for things to sort themselves out - but, in 6 weeks, I have to go back to him & then, maybe - just maybe - he will do the bigger surgery.... the one he was going to do on May 12th !! Ain't life great ?!
Nevermind.... this week has not been a total waste....
As mentioned on Tuesday... it was a special day, for a very special lady in America.... her 50th birthday !! So - after being very, very tardy... I got B to get the Facebook page up & I contacted her - to just say "Hi" & to wish her a "happy birthday" !!
I actually wrote her an e-mail... sooooo, after being a complete jack ass, over the last few years... I was really happy, that I decided to get back in contact with her !! As I say - the week hasn't been a complete waste of time !!
If you are reading these words, Lady M... I will be e-mailing you later on today !! I did promise, to do it yesterday - but, after going down to the hospital & everything..... including a trip to town, yesterday - I was just too knackered to write very much at all.... I will write to you later tonight !! I promise !!
So, that's the "family"...
The music of the moment, is part of The Grateful Dead's 'Woodstock' set... from 1969. I know... I'm going on, about Woodstock again.... but, I really do keep coming back to the festival recordings !!
The Cd's I'm playing, at the moment, are from the film's "extra's"..... from the DVD's that came out in 2009, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the festival. As mentioned, before - I've put the DVD's onto Cd & that way, I get to play them, when ever I want - rather than putting the DVD into the player !!
The tracks, on these discs are:
CD 1
1) One Day At A Time - Joan Baez
2) Flying High - Country Joe McDonald
3) Evil Ways - Santana
4) I'm Her Man - Canned Heat
5) On The Road Again - Canned Heat
6) Beside The Sea - Mountain
7) Southbound Train - Mountain
8) Turn On Your Lovelight - The Grateful Dead
CD 2
1) Born On The bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival
2) I Put A Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival
3) Keep On Chooglin' - Creedence Clearwater Revival
4) We're Not Gonna Take It - The Who
5) My Generation - The Who
6) 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds - Jefferson Airplane
CD 3
1) Something's Coming On - Joe Cocker
2) Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter
3) Morning Sunrise - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
4) Teen Angel - Sha Na Na
5) Woodstock Boogie - Canned Heat
6) Sparks - The Who
7) Spanish Castle magic - Jimi Hendrix
8) mama Tried - The Grateful Dead
9) Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
10) Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - Country Joe McDonald
As always... don't buy bootlegs !! Tho' - these Cd's are only for my own use... so, I don't know if that put's them, into a "bootleg" label or not ?! Nevermind - I really love playing them... !! This Grateful Dead 'Lovelight' track is over 30 minutes in length... so, it meets my own needs !!
Going back, to yesterday.... I picked up a couple of 2nd hand Cd's..... from the little record shop, in town. They are.....
Lou Reed's albums... 'Lou reed' & 'Transformer' double pack..
Lindisfarne's 'Magic In The Air' & 'Caught In The Act' double live pack... plus, on vinyl, Sammy Hagar's 'Loud & Clear' - on Lp......& 'Christmas At The Patti' - double 10 inch vinyl.....
All of the above were about £7.... so, it was a great bit of cheap listening !! How the guy makes a living, selling stuff so cheap, I really don't know - but... I'm not complaining !!
The last one - well, I used to have a copy.... and I still have a Cd of it - but, as it was really begging to be bought, at the massive price of £1.50 - well, who am I to argue !!
Just staying with music...
In the hospital shop, on Tuesday, B bought me a copy of the 'Metal' magazine 'Kerrang !'. If you get chance to buy it - it's worth is, just for the Cd... which are covers of Green Day' tracks.... it's well good !! Check it out.... I love it !!
Right - earlier today - I had to go down to the local surgery, to have my bloody back dressings changed again.... you may have heard the screams ?! Anyhoo - I have to go back, this afternoon... this time, to see my local Dr.
Anyways - I should of made a joint appoinment, save going down there twice, in one day !! Nevermind....
... so, that's my plans for this afternoon, really !! I've to finish this of, then head back down to see him.... fantastic really !! I have such a hectic life - I don't know how I fit everything into my schedule !! Oh well..
So... I will away now & sort myself out...I thank you all, for taking the time & logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
It's a very warm, bright, Sunny day here in England..... it's really nice outside !! Of course, that beggars the question "what are you doing indoors ?" Good question - I just wanted to rest up, a little bit - and, I wanted to write some words !! It's not much of an answer - but, it's all I've got !!
Ok - it's a Friday.... and, as I type - B... My Wife & Dearest Friend - is out, to the back of the house, doing one of favourite past times... a bit of gardening. Well - not so much "gardening" - more like potting up plants & stuff like that.... she is happy, so.... I'm leaving her to it !!
As long time readers will know - the other members of the family, our Son J & our Daughter ME... well, one is over in Wales, doing his Uni course & the other has bought a house, with long time boyfriend M.... they are quite happy.... well, as far as I know, at least !!
We'll not sure what J is up to, as B is waiting to hear from him !! Oh well... it's their lives - I'm well past chasing him !! We have offered to go & fetch him & his stuff, home for the Summer break.... but..... !!
Right - as I posted, a couple of days back.... on Wednesday, I had another trip, down to Exeter, to see the Consultant, about my back wound.
Well, we got up early & headed South, to be there on time. As mentioned before - it's a 50 mile trip... so, it takes a bit of doing, as far as I'm concerned !! Anyhoo - B drove me down & a nurse did the dressings....
I don't think she was going to involve the Consultant - just a quick dressings change & out the door !! But, I made a point of asking to see the man.... after all, it is a bit of a hassle, getting down to the hospital.
So, she went & fetched him & we had a little chat about what happened, since he did the last surgery, on May 12th. I didn't really get too much out of him.... well, nothing we didn't already know !!
He admitted that - not only had the 2nd skin graft failed... but, as we already knew, the wound had actually got bigger again !! Honestly - I'm no Dr. - but, I knew all of that, having to live with the bloody wound, every day !!
He said he was sorry - but, he thought (at the time) that a skin graft was the best ways forward.... now, I'm back to the situation I was in, after Christmas - when the 1st skin graft failed !! Oh well....
He can't do anything about it all, for a while, as it will take time, for things to sort themselves out - but, in 6 weeks, I have to go back to him & then, maybe - just maybe - he will do the bigger surgery.... the one he was going to do on May 12th !! Ain't life great ?!
Nevermind.... this week has not been a total waste....
As mentioned on Tuesday... it was a special day, for a very special lady in America.... her 50th birthday !! So - after being very, very tardy... I got B to get the Facebook page up & I contacted her - to just say "Hi" & to wish her a "happy birthday" !!
I actually wrote her an e-mail... sooooo, after being a complete jack ass, over the last few years... I was really happy, that I decided to get back in contact with her !! As I say - the week hasn't been a complete waste of time !!
If you are reading these words, Lady M... I will be e-mailing you later on today !! I did promise, to do it yesterday - but, after going down to the hospital & everything..... including a trip to town, yesterday - I was just too knackered to write very much at all.... I will write to you later tonight !! I promise !!
So, that's the "family"...
The music of the moment, is part of The Grateful Dead's 'Woodstock' set... from 1969. I know... I'm going on, about Woodstock again.... but, I really do keep coming back to the festival recordings !!
The Cd's I'm playing, at the moment, are from the film's "extra's"..... from the DVD's that came out in 2009, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the festival. As mentioned, before - I've put the DVD's onto Cd & that way, I get to play them, when ever I want - rather than putting the DVD into the player !!
The tracks, on these discs are:
CD 1
1) One Day At A Time - Joan Baez
2) Flying High - Country Joe McDonald
3) Evil Ways - Santana
4) I'm Her Man - Canned Heat
5) On The Road Again - Canned Heat
6) Beside The Sea - Mountain
7) Southbound Train - Mountain
8) Turn On Your Lovelight - The Grateful Dead
CD 2
1) Born On The bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival
2) I Put A Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival
3) Keep On Chooglin' - Creedence Clearwater Revival
4) We're Not Gonna Take It - The Who
5) My Generation - The Who
6) 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds - Jefferson Airplane
CD 3
1) Something's Coming On - Joe Cocker
2) Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter
3) Morning Sunrise - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
4) Teen Angel - Sha Na Na
5) Woodstock Boogie - Canned Heat
6) Sparks - The Who
7) Spanish Castle magic - Jimi Hendrix
8) mama Tried - The Grateful Dead
9) Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
10) Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - Country Joe McDonald
As always... don't buy bootlegs !! Tho' - these Cd's are only for my own use... so, I don't know if that put's them, into a "bootleg" label or not ?! Nevermind - I really love playing them... !! This Grateful Dead 'Lovelight' track is over 30 minutes in length... so, it meets my own needs !!
Going back, to yesterday.... I picked up a couple of 2nd hand Cd's..... from the little record shop, in town. They are.....
Lou Reed's albums... 'Lou reed' & 'Transformer' double pack..
Lindisfarne's 'Magic In The Air' & 'Caught In The Act' double live pack... plus, on vinyl, Sammy Hagar's 'Loud & Clear' - on Lp......& 'Christmas At The Patti' - double 10 inch vinyl.....
All of the above were about £7.... so, it was a great bit of cheap listening !! How the guy makes a living, selling stuff so cheap, I really don't know - but... I'm not complaining !!
The last one - well, I used to have a copy.... and I still have a Cd of it - but, as it was really begging to be bought, at the massive price of £1.50 - well, who am I to argue !!
Just staying with music...
In the hospital shop, on Tuesday, B bought me a copy of the 'Metal' magazine 'Kerrang !'. If you get chance to buy it - it's worth is, just for the Cd... which are covers of Green Day' tracks.... it's well good !! Check it out.... I love it !!
Right - earlier today - I had to go down to the local surgery, to have my bloody back dressings changed again.... you may have heard the screams ?! Anyhoo - I have to go back, this afternoon... this time, to see my local Dr.
Anyways - I should of made a joint appoinment, save going down there twice, in one day !! Nevermind....
... so, that's my plans for this afternoon, really !! I've to finish this of, then head back down to see him.... fantastic really !! I have such a hectic life - I don't know how I fit everything into my schedule !! Oh well..
So... I will away now & sort myself out...I thank you all, for taking the time & logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
A very special day... happy 50th Little Sister
Hi again World's !!
I'm sat here, with B running around... trying to do the housework...... I keep trying to get her to slow down, but - I should know better than to try !! ME is on her way over - so, I'll make them a drink, when she gets here..... hopefully she'll sit down for a while then !!
I'm not sure where J is - at the moment... B asked for his address, yesterday.... I'm not sure what he's up to ?! Oh well..... Life goes on !!
Today - apart from being a very short post... well, it's a very special day !!
Over in America, there is a special lady, and it's her 50th birthday, this very day !! So - my "little Sister" - you have a good one, I miss you !!
Right - tomorrow, I have to go back down, to the hospital, in Exeter - so, I might not write anything, for a couple of days... I will be back, just not tomorrow !!
The music of the moment, is a bootleg of Alanis Morissette, called 'Live Junkie'.... the tracks are:
1) Baba
2) Can't Not
3) Would Not Come
4) I Was Hoping
5) Introductions
6) All I Really Want
7) Uninvited
8) Ironic
9) Your Congratulations
10) Baba
11) Are You Still Mad
12) Hand In My Pocket
13) I was Hoping
14) Thank U
15) Joining You
16) Thank U
As always - don't buy bootlegs.... by the official stuff instead !! Alanis Morissette has done some really great albums, go & buy all of those, instead of this set. For the record - it was recorded over 3 "concerts" in 1998 - including the Amnesty International concert, in Paris !!
ME has just got here..... I'm away... until next time...
Bye Bye
I'm sat here, with B running around... trying to do the housework...... I keep trying to get her to slow down, but - I should know better than to try !! ME is on her way over - so, I'll make them a drink, when she gets here..... hopefully she'll sit down for a while then !!
I'm not sure where J is - at the moment... B asked for his address, yesterday.... I'm not sure what he's up to ?! Oh well..... Life goes on !!
Today - apart from being a very short post... well, it's a very special day !!
Over in America, there is a special lady, and it's her 50th birthday, this very day !! So - my "little Sister" - you have a good one, I miss you !!
Right - tomorrow, I have to go back down, to the hospital, in Exeter - so, I might not write anything, for a couple of days... I will be back, just not tomorrow !!
The music of the moment, is a bootleg of Alanis Morissette, called 'Live Junkie'.... the tracks are:
1) Baba
2) Can't Not
3) Would Not Come
4) I Was Hoping
5) Introductions
6) All I Really Want
7) Uninvited
8) Ironic
9) Your Congratulations
10) Baba
11) Are You Still Mad
12) Hand In My Pocket
13) I was Hoping
14) Thank U
15) Joining You
16) Thank U
As always - don't buy bootlegs.... by the official stuff instead !! Alanis Morissette has done some really great albums, go & buy all of those, instead of this set. For the record - it was recorded over 3 "concerts" in 1998 - including the Amnesty International concert, in Paris !!
ME has just got here..... I'm away... until next time...
Bye Bye
Monday, 9 June 2014
R.I.P. Mr Mayall.......
Greetings World's !!
I was just thinking - a very foolish thing, for me at least - but, I messed around putting all the cassettes onto the bookcases, where the videos used to live..... and, if my brain is working Ok - I actually put 900 tapes on to the shelves !! I knew it took a while... but, I didn't really grasp just how many I moved !!
I know I might be slightly out on the numbers... but, there are 144 on each shelf, plus a few extra on top of those.... but, I now understand why it took sooooo long to do !! Also - it wasn't all of the tapes... I still have about 3000 other ones, stuck here there & everywhere !! Nevermind....
Right - it's a very bright & Sunny Monday, here in England..... it's really warm outside !! It was really "nice" to go out in the car, into town, with both the windows down & the air blowing thru' !! I don't always like going out - but, today was really good.... I enjoyed it !!
As I type, B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is out in one of our little gardens, doing some sort of stuff..... I'm not 100% sure what, but.... that's where she is !!
So - with the guys - our Son & Daughter - living away now, that means I'm sat here, on my ownsome.... playing a 2 Cd set by Gregg Allman, really loud !! More of that later....
.... I just popped out thru' the front door.... Murphy, our neighbour's dog, is helping B... by basically getting in her way !! It seems that he took a bit of weed whacker string, out of it's tin.... not very helpful !! Still, I gave him a little "cuddle" & a couple of biscuits - so, he's
happy !!
Back, to our trip into town... that was this morning.
I had to go & see my local Dr. - basically to ask what my options are with my back wound. On Wednesday, I have to go back down to Exeter - to go back to the hospital there & have my dressings changed again. I wanted to see my Dr. about it - just to know what I can do - if the Consultant does this, that or the other. To try & explain....
As long time readers will know.... I had a shed load of operations, on my back, in 2013...... this has left me with a hole, in my back.... which, in a nut shell, refuses to heal over !!
One of the operations, last December, was to do a skin graft.... that failed completely. So, on May 12 this year, I went back to the operating theater - this time, or so I was led to understand, to have a bigger surgery - which, it was supposed to finish the job off & completely fill in the hole.... if you follow my meaning !!
But - just before getting knocked out, the Consultant told me, he wasn't going to do the bigger surgery - he was just going to do another skin graft !! I wasn't overly impressed with that.... but, I didn't really have much say in the matter.... I know the Dr's have a far bigger understanding of all of this - so, I went off to sleep & woke up with another skin graft. With me, so far ?
Well - a month later, give or take, I still have a hole in my back & - again - the skin graft seems to have failed.... for the 2nd time !!
So - I saw my Dr. this morning.... really, as I said above, to try & get some idea of what I can do next. I know it's down to the surgeons.... but, I expected one surgery & I landed up with something else - something, which as I say, seems to have completely failed again !!
So - after seeing my local Dr. - I know now, what I can do - depending on what the Consultant says. If it's failed & he decides to do the bigger surgery - that's fine.... but.... I really needed to know how I stood, incase he says something different. I don't really want to moan too much, to the guy..... but, I need to know what his plans are next !! Oh well.... it's all very confusing & after 12 months & a bit... I just want an end to it all - I'm just fed up with having this hole in my back !!
It's not helped by having the blooming dressings changed every couple of days - as they were this afternoon !! I am getting used to it all.... but, it still hurts, each & everytime it's done !! Nevermind.... I'm still better off, than I was, before the whole surgery thing started.... for that, I am truly grateful.... enough moaning !!
While we were in town, we picked up a few bits & bobs.... and that was about it really. We were there, about an hour & then it was back to our little homestead. A quick trip - but, in the Sunshine - it was an enjoyable little bit of fun !!
As for the music of the moment...
As I said above, it's a 2 Cd set by Gregg Allman.... recorded live, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 6th 2011.... just a short while, before we saw the man himself, here in the UK, at his concert in Birmingham. It's a slightly different set list, but the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Don't Keep Me Wondering
2) I'm No Angel
3) Tears, Tears, Tears
4) Just Another Rider
5) Going Back To Daytona
6) I can't Be Satisfied
7) Dreams
CD 2
1) Before The Bullets Fly
2) Melissa
3) Whipping Post
4) Midnight Rider
5) Sweet Feeling
6) Statesboro Blues
It's a really good set..... my thanks go out to Lady V, for sending it to me !! If you come across it anywhere, pick it up & give it a good listen.... I don't think you will be too disappointed by it !!
As per normal, I have the TV on - to my left - playing quietly away to itself..... and, I'm very sorry to read & hear that the comedian Rik Mayell has died !! I knew nothing about this, until a very few minutes ago.....
For me, I will always remember him in the 'The Yong Ones'..... and the many other roles, that he did. It's very sad news - our thoughts & prayers go out to his family & friends.
While I'm thinking about him....
In December 1986, I was over in America & it was really late at night..... I put the TV on - there, coming right at me, was the episode of 'The Young Ones' !! Even tho' I was 3000 miles away from home, there was a very "British" comedy, to remind me of home !!
It was the episode, with Motorhead making a guest permanence..... extremely funny & something I've never forgotten !! RIP Mr Mayall !!
Ok - the music has just changed..... I'm now listening to the 'Live '74' Cd by Hawkwind - a very British band, if ever there was one !! The tracks are:
1) Brainbox Pollution
2) You Know, You're Only Dreaming
3) Brainstorm
4) Seven By Seven
5) You'd Better Believe It
6) The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)
7) O-Rider
8) Master Of The Universe
9) Welcome To The Future
It was recorded in Chicago on March 21st 1974..... in this house of ours, only here (I guess) will you have Gregg Allman one moment, followed by Hawkwind !! There is nothing like a bit of variety & that's a fact !! Life is good.....
Right, my plans for the rest of the day.....
I have a load of Cd's sat in front of me, which really need to be put away - I pull them out & give them a listen.... then, sort of,forget to put the things back !! Of course - if I put them back - I have to find where about they came from !! maybe I'll put it off & do it another time..... ?!
I must away... As always, I thank you all for taking the time to log in & read my words - either deliberately or by accident..... I thank you !! I will be back, another day... until next time...
Bye Bye
I was just thinking - a very foolish thing, for me at least - but, I messed around putting all the cassettes onto the bookcases, where the videos used to live..... and, if my brain is working Ok - I actually put 900 tapes on to the shelves !! I knew it took a while... but, I didn't really grasp just how many I moved !!
I know I might be slightly out on the numbers... but, there are 144 on each shelf, plus a few extra on top of those.... but, I now understand why it took sooooo long to do !! Also - it wasn't all of the tapes... I still have about 3000 other ones, stuck here there & everywhere !! Nevermind....
Right - it's a very bright & Sunny Monday, here in England..... it's really warm outside !! It was really "nice" to go out in the car, into town, with both the windows down & the air blowing thru' !! I don't always like going out - but, today was really good.... I enjoyed it !!
As I type, B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is out in one of our little gardens, doing some sort of stuff..... I'm not 100% sure what, but.... that's where she is !!
So - with the guys - our Son & Daughter - living away now, that means I'm sat here, on my ownsome.... playing a 2 Cd set by Gregg Allman, really loud !! More of that later....
.... I just popped out thru' the front door.... Murphy, our neighbour's dog, is helping B... by basically getting in her way !! It seems that he took a bit of weed whacker string, out of it's tin.... not very helpful !! Still, I gave him a little "cuddle" & a couple of biscuits - so, he's
happy !!
Back, to our trip into town... that was this morning.
I had to go & see my local Dr. - basically to ask what my options are with my back wound. On Wednesday, I have to go back down to Exeter - to go back to the hospital there & have my dressings changed again. I wanted to see my Dr. about it - just to know what I can do - if the Consultant does this, that or the other. To try & explain....
As long time readers will know.... I had a shed load of operations, on my back, in 2013...... this has left me with a hole, in my back.... which, in a nut shell, refuses to heal over !!
One of the operations, last December, was to do a skin graft.... that failed completely. So, on May 12 this year, I went back to the operating theater - this time, or so I was led to understand, to have a bigger surgery - which, it was supposed to finish the job off & completely fill in the hole.... if you follow my meaning !!
But - just before getting knocked out, the Consultant told me, he wasn't going to do the bigger surgery - he was just going to do another skin graft !! I wasn't overly impressed with that.... but, I didn't really have much say in the matter.... I know the Dr's have a far bigger understanding of all of this - so, I went off to sleep & woke up with another skin graft. With me, so far ?
Well - a month later, give or take, I still have a hole in my back & - again - the skin graft seems to have failed.... for the 2nd time !!
So - I saw my Dr. this morning.... really, as I said above, to try & get some idea of what I can do next. I know it's down to the surgeons.... but, I expected one surgery & I landed up with something else - something, which as I say, seems to have completely failed again !!
So - after seeing my local Dr. - I know now, what I can do - depending on what the Consultant says. If it's failed & he decides to do the bigger surgery - that's fine.... but.... I really needed to know how I stood, incase he says something different. I don't really want to moan too much, to the guy..... but, I need to know what his plans are next !! Oh well.... it's all very confusing & after 12 months & a bit... I just want an end to it all - I'm just fed up with having this hole in my back !!
It's not helped by having the blooming dressings changed every couple of days - as they were this afternoon !! I am getting used to it all.... but, it still hurts, each & everytime it's done !! Nevermind.... I'm still better off, than I was, before the whole surgery thing started.... for that, I am truly grateful.... enough moaning !!
While we were in town, we picked up a few bits & bobs.... and that was about it really. We were there, about an hour & then it was back to our little homestead. A quick trip - but, in the Sunshine - it was an enjoyable little bit of fun !!
As for the music of the moment...
As I said above, it's a 2 Cd set by Gregg Allman.... recorded live, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 6th 2011.... just a short while, before we saw the man himself, here in the UK, at his concert in Birmingham. It's a slightly different set list, but the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Don't Keep Me Wondering
2) I'm No Angel
3) Tears, Tears, Tears
4) Just Another Rider
5) Going Back To Daytona
6) I can't Be Satisfied
7) Dreams
CD 2
1) Before The Bullets Fly
2) Melissa
3) Whipping Post
4) Midnight Rider
5) Sweet Feeling
6) Statesboro Blues
It's a really good set..... my thanks go out to Lady V, for sending it to me !! If you come across it anywhere, pick it up & give it a good listen.... I don't think you will be too disappointed by it !!
As per normal, I have the TV on - to my left - playing quietly away to itself..... and, I'm very sorry to read & hear that the comedian Rik Mayell has died !! I knew nothing about this, until a very few minutes ago.....
For me, I will always remember him in the 'The Yong Ones'..... and the many other roles, that he did. It's very sad news - our thoughts & prayers go out to his family & friends.
While I'm thinking about him....
In December 1986, I was over in America & it was really late at night..... I put the TV on - there, coming right at me, was the episode of 'The Young Ones' !! Even tho' I was 3000 miles away from home, there was a very "British" comedy, to remind me of home !!
It was the episode, with Motorhead making a guest permanence..... extremely funny & something I've never forgotten !! RIP Mr Mayall !!
Ok - the music has just changed..... I'm now listening to the 'Live '74' Cd by Hawkwind - a very British band, if ever there was one !! The tracks are:
1) Brainbox Pollution
2) You Know, You're Only Dreaming
3) Brainstorm
4) Seven By Seven
5) You'd Better Believe It
6) The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)
7) O-Rider
8) Master Of The Universe
9) Welcome To The Future
It was recorded in Chicago on March 21st 1974..... in this house of ours, only here (I guess) will you have Gregg Allman one moment, followed by Hawkwind !! There is nothing like a bit of variety & that's a fact !! Life is good.....
Right, my plans for the rest of the day.....
I have a load of Cd's sat in front of me, which really need to be put away - I pull them out & give them a listen.... then, sort of,forget to put the things back !! Of course - if I put them back - I have to find where about they came from !! maybe I'll put it off & do it another time..... ?!
I must away... As always, I thank you all for taking the time to log in & read my words - either deliberately or by accident..... I thank you !! I will be back, another day... until next time...
Bye Bye
Saturday, 7 June 2014
I really need my beauty sleep.... again !!
Hi everybody !!
It's a fantastically warm Saturday, here in England..... it started warm & just got harder as the day went along - great stuff !!
No, I'm only joking.... sort of, it has been warm tho'.
I have spent the day... no, first off "the family" !!
As I type, B is sat here with me, watching part of season 2 of the American show 'Lie To Me'. There are only 3 Seasons, I think & luckily, we have all of them..... in little box sets. We are taking the chance to watch all of the episodes... one by one. We started a few days back & now we are into season 2 !!
I think we are watching some of them for the first time. I know we have seen most of them - but.... oh well, it's only a TV show. Sure, it's a really good one... especially as it stars Tim Roth, the British actor. Check out a film called '1900' - he plays a really great role in that.....
Because the TV is on..... I've turned the music off - for a while at least - but, I've had a "great" day - I've decided to call that my word of the day.... ho-hum !!
As mentioned before - B has been sorting out a her little "craft room". It was ME's bedroom - but, since she has moved out - B has her own space, to do her paper craft & cross stitching stuff + anything else she likes doing !!
Anyhoo.... on the wall, there are 4 shelves.... and I have taken all of our old Disney videos & put them on the things. Ok - why are we still keeping old videos ? Well, mainly as their Disney & - on top of that - they all still play fine.... so, maybe one day, we might some Grandchildren, who might - just might - like to sit & watch them !! You never know.... life is full of little surprises !!
Right - even I admit, it's going to be a very long time before any Grand kids are going to be old enough, to actually sit down & watch the blooming things, but.... there is no harm in thinking ahead !! Right, the M & M's might disagree with me, especially as they've just started out, paying off their 30 year mortgage !! But, it's all good fun !! Besides, I'll be well dead, before all of that happens.... Oh well !!
Back to today...
I have been sorting out some storage thingy's - so that B will have more room, to put her stash of things away & tidy. To do that - I've been emptying the things of all the cassettes they contained & moving them around !!
It's been kind of hard work.... you try & move 2000 cassettes, with a hole in your back.... plus a couple of metal rods, in place of a spine !! Not easy.... tho' - I am getting better - I've learnt to turn my body, at the waist, rather than try & twist it, from mid way up !! That last bit is very painful !! Don't try it at home kids !!
But - I've done all of what I can, for today & I have found some really old tapes.... like the one I'm blasting thru' now !! It's from Yngwie Malmsteen & is called 'Trial By Fire/Live In Leningrad' - I forgot all about having it !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Liar
2) Queen In Love
3) Deja Vu
4) Far Beyond The Sun
5) Heaven Tonight
6) Dreaming (Tell Me)
Side A
1) You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
2) Guitar Solo - various bits of stuff..
3) Crystal Ball
4) Black Star
5) Spanish Castle Music
It's a great album.... & came out, in 1989 !! Who says tapes don't last - it's the way they are treated - not the tapes them selves !! Case in point...
I went, into a shop, to by a new record deck...,. and I wasn't sure about the price. The store manager says "Harry" (or what ever the guy was called ) has a deck that cost £3000 !! I turned around & told him, he also had a dumb haircut & bought a N.A.D unit, for just under £500 - the deck works well & I still have a better haircut than
"Harry" !! Moving on, or at least back a space....
I've just remembered who the singer is.... the amazing Joe Lynn Turner !! I must of played this tape over & other.... and, probably each time, I remember Mr Turner is involved !! Oh well - one of the better vocalist, in the Ritchie Blackmore cast offs pile !!
Because I've been moving all of these tapes, I have had a field day going all of the old one & playing parts of them, into one of the 4 cassette decks we have...... you can never have too many bits of music machinery around you !!
It really has been fun, going thru' the tapes - I can now (for a while at least) find out, exactly where I have put them all !! Thankfully I numbered all of the cases, as I recorded them - to make life a little easier, in my old age !!
The way, that things are, at the moment - I can find all of our old Lp's, just at a moments glance, at the colour coded index !! Hey - it works for me.... !!
Right, I must close down now - tis getting late & I need my bed tonight !! The thunder storms we had, earlier this morning.... well, they did just enough, from letting me have a perfect sleep...... so, tonight - I really need my beauty sleep !!
I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words, it's great to know to know you all "out there" !! Thank you all..... until next time...
Bye Bye
It's a fantastically warm Saturday, here in England..... it started warm & just got harder as the day went along - great stuff !!
No, I'm only joking.... sort of, it has been warm tho'.
I have spent the day... no, first off "the family" !!
As I type, B is sat here with me, watching part of season 2 of the American show 'Lie To Me'. There are only 3 Seasons, I think & luckily, we have all of them..... in little box sets. We are taking the chance to watch all of the episodes... one by one. We started a few days back & now we are into season 2 !!
I think we are watching some of them for the first time. I know we have seen most of them - but.... oh well, it's only a TV show. Sure, it's a really good one... especially as it stars Tim Roth, the British actor. Check out a film called '1900' - he plays a really great role in that.....
Because the TV is on..... I've turned the music off - for a while at least - but, I've had a "great" day - I've decided to call that my word of the day.... ho-hum !!
As mentioned before - B has been sorting out a her little "craft room". It was ME's bedroom - but, since she has moved out - B has her own space, to do her paper craft & cross stitching stuff + anything else she likes doing !!
Anyhoo.... on the wall, there are 4 shelves.... and I have taken all of our old Disney videos & put them on the things. Ok - why are we still keeping old videos ? Well, mainly as their Disney & - on top of that - they all still play fine.... so, maybe one day, we might some Grandchildren, who might - just might - like to sit & watch them !! You never know.... life is full of little surprises !!
Right - even I admit, it's going to be a very long time before any Grand kids are going to be old enough, to actually sit down & watch the blooming things, but.... there is no harm in thinking ahead !! Right, the M & M's might disagree with me, especially as they've just started out, paying off their 30 year mortgage !! But, it's all good fun !! Besides, I'll be well dead, before all of that happens.... Oh well !!
Back to today...
I have been sorting out some storage thingy's - so that B will have more room, to put her stash of things away & tidy. To do that - I've been emptying the things of all the cassettes they contained & moving them around !!
It's been kind of hard work.... you try & move 2000 cassettes, with a hole in your back.... plus a couple of metal rods, in place of a spine !! Not easy.... tho' - I am getting better - I've learnt to turn my body, at the waist, rather than try & twist it, from mid way up !! That last bit is very painful !! Don't try it at home kids !!
But - I've done all of what I can, for today & I have found some really old tapes.... like the one I'm blasting thru' now !! It's from Yngwie Malmsteen & is called 'Trial By Fire/Live In Leningrad' - I forgot all about having it !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Liar
2) Queen In Love
3) Deja Vu
4) Far Beyond The Sun
5) Heaven Tonight
6) Dreaming (Tell Me)
Side A
1) You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
2) Guitar Solo - various bits of stuff..
3) Crystal Ball
4) Black Star
5) Spanish Castle Music
It's a great album.... & came out, in 1989 !! Who says tapes don't last - it's the way they are treated - not the tapes them selves !! Case in point...
I went, into a shop, to by a new record deck...,. and I wasn't sure about the price. The store manager says "Harry" (or what ever the guy was called ) has a deck that cost £3000 !! I turned around & told him, he also had a dumb haircut & bought a N.A.D unit, for just under £500 - the deck works well & I still have a better haircut than
"Harry" !! Moving on, or at least back a space....
I've just remembered who the singer is.... the amazing Joe Lynn Turner !! I must of played this tape over & other.... and, probably each time, I remember Mr Turner is involved !! Oh well - one of the better vocalist, in the Ritchie Blackmore cast offs pile !!
Because I've been moving all of these tapes, I have had a field day going all of the old one & playing parts of them, into one of the 4 cassette decks we have...... you can never have too many bits of music machinery around you !!
It really has been fun, going thru' the tapes - I can now (for a while at least) find out, exactly where I have put them all !! Thankfully I numbered all of the cases, as I recorded them - to make life a little easier, in my old age !!
The way, that things are, at the moment - I can find all of our old Lp's, just at a moments glance, at the colour coded index !! Hey - it works for me.... !!
Right, I must close down now - tis getting late & I need my bed tonight !! The thunder storms we had, earlier this morning.... well, they did just enough, from letting me have a perfect sleep...... so, tonight - I really need my beauty sleep !!
I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words, it's great to know to know you all "out there" !! Thank you all..... until next time...
Bye Bye
Friday, 6 June 2014
Tom Petty, Roy Harper & a free man...
Greetings World's !!
It's a really warm Friday, here in the wilds of England.... after a day & a bit, of feeling like crap, it's been nice to get out & about !! More of that later !!
How to start, I know... the family !!
As I type, B is upstairs, in her "Craft Room" !! Yep - after all these years of wanting one, B has finally got a space, all to herself..... all be it so humble !! To try & explain, for first time readers...
A week or two back, our Daughter ME, moved into her own home, with her partner M - from now on called the M & M's. Anyways - quite a lot of her stuff was still here, just waiting for collection - which took a while, mainly as it was going a box at a time & so & so on...
Last weekend, the last few things left here & are now firmly entrenched at the new home. Well - that meant, that B could take her stuff, upstairs - firstly into J's room (he's away at Uni, for next year or two) - and, after a lot of moaning & groaning.... B finally moved all of what she needed, over to ME's old bedroom & now she's got herself a room, which she can now call her own !!
It's pretty smart as well...... mind you - when I said I would have J's room, as a "Man Cave" for myself, she came back & told me, I already had one, in the form of our living room !! "Ouch.... that hurt" !!
Anyhoo - B is now, in her room.... doing some curtains, for the M & M's place..... which I actually plucked up enough courage, to go & see this morning !! My first visit to their place...... long story, which I don't intend going into now.
But, that was this morning....... The hose is really good, it will suit them well..... and they can turn it into a home, from just being a house, over the coming years. We have moved several times, over the last 25 years & it has always taken a while, to turn a house, into a home !! But - once some of our things were put up, on the walls & stuff, it all comes together.....
On the ways home, we timed it just right, to call into the surgery & have my Friday dressings change - those who locally will have heard the screams..... no, I'm only joking. It still hurts like hell, each & every time.... but, all in all, I am getting used to it !!
I mentioned feeling like crap, over the last few days.... that's true. I think I slept nearly all thru' yesterday - I just missed it completely !! On Wednesday evening, I started feeling poorly, but yesterday was really not good at all !! As I said to B, I am sooooo very fed up with it all now & no matter, how many times people tell me they "understand" - I don't see how they can !! I've had a hole in my back, for over a year now.... how can anyone understand what that's like, unless they have gone thru' the same..... which, if you'll excuse me... I've not met anyone in the same situation & I've been in the hospital enough, over the last year !! Oh well.....
Interestingly this morning, I had an appointment - in the hospital - to go & see the guy who did the surgery, last December ?! I'm not sure why I'm seeing him again...... that particular operation failed completely & since then, I've had another surgery - by a different team..... completely different, to the guy above.
On Wednesday, I have to go down to Exeter..... another waste of a journey no doubt - but, I have to go. If I will see anyone, other than a nurse, I don't know - but.. it would be good, to see the Consultant, so he could look at the wound & tell me how he thinks it's healing. The nurses I've seen, locally, do not feel that the latest skin graft has taken.... well, I've asked them, for their "honest opinion" and, that's about it !! Time will tell.......
Right - the music of the moment.... I'm actually listening to Tom Petty's 'Live Anthology' and that's a great piece of music !! But.... as it's about 48 tracks in length, I don't think I will list the whole lot. Sorry about that...... it's a 4 Cd set.... & really worth your cash, if you find a copy - go & treat yourself !!
Something, that I have been playing, is Roy Harper's 'In Between Every Line'. I bought it first, as a 2 Lp set, but I sold that on & I know have the Cd version.... which I think is missing one track:
1) One Of These Days In England
2) Short & Sweet
3) Referendum
4) Highway Blues
5) True Story
6) The Game
7) One Man Rock & Roll Band
The track that's missing, as far as I can remember, is 'Hangman'..... which, I guess was just too long, to fit onto the single Cd. It's a fun album tho' - I've always liked Mr Harper's stuff.... going way, way back. Once, I actually spoke with Fluff Freeman & he played 'Highway Blues' (from another live set' on his Friday rock show - great guy, I love his Led Zeppelin introduction, from Earls Court 1975..... he knew how to get the fan's going !! Oh well.....
Moving along...
I had to send a "nasty" e-mail, to a guy that B comes into contact with - over a private conversation, that I had with a member of The Church. I can't go into the detail of it - but, the lady took my conversation & has gone one step too far....... involving someone she knows thru' her work - the guy I wrote to !!
I didn't know where she worked & - besides - she shouldn't using what I said privately, to involve someone else, who I did know worked at this place... she is way out of line !! Hopefully, when the guy gets to read the e-mail, he will get in touch !! It's not on - people should just mind their own business & keep out of our affairs !!
As mentioned before - I have not been to The Church, in Taunton, since I was stopped from entering the Chapel, on May 26th 2013....... I'm quite happy, to return, but only when I get an apology from The Bishop, over his behavior that day.
Anyways - this week, we had 3 of the Missionaries visit us...... we didn't have a clue, that they were coming, they just showed up, out of the blue !! During their stay, they kept on & on, that we had to go to a new meeting hall. As I told the guy - that was his first mistake - telling me I "had" to do something !! I don't care how much The Lord loves me & mine.... no one, with-in The Church tells me that I have to do anything !!
After a while, the 3 of them left us.... it wasn't until after they left, that B found a card from them.... giving us their 'phone number & stuff we already had !! Oh well....... our lives go on & on & so must I !!
But - one thing, before I go......... On May 17th of this year, I became - in the words of my solicitor - " .... a free man... "!! So, that's good to know......... my life can go on ho-hum !!
I thank you all for logging in..... until next time..
Bye Bye
It's a really warm Friday, here in the wilds of England.... after a day & a bit, of feeling like crap, it's been nice to get out & about !! More of that later !!
How to start, I know... the family !!
As I type, B is upstairs, in her "Craft Room" !! Yep - after all these years of wanting one, B has finally got a space, all to herself..... all be it so humble !! To try & explain, for first time readers...
A week or two back, our Daughter ME, moved into her own home, with her partner M - from now on called the M & M's. Anyways - quite a lot of her stuff was still here, just waiting for collection - which took a while, mainly as it was going a box at a time & so & so on...
Last weekend, the last few things left here & are now firmly entrenched at the new home. Well - that meant, that B could take her stuff, upstairs - firstly into J's room (he's away at Uni, for next year or two) - and, after a lot of moaning & groaning.... B finally moved all of what she needed, over to ME's old bedroom & now she's got herself a room, which she can now call her own !!
It's pretty smart as well...... mind you - when I said I would have J's room, as a "Man Cave" for myself, she came back & told me, I already had one, in the form of our living room !! "Ouch.... that hurt" !!
Anyhoo - B is now, in her room.... doing some curtains, for the M & M's place..... which I actually plucked up enough courage, to go & see this morning !! My first visit to their place...... long story, which I don't intend going into now.
But, that was this morning....... The hose is really good, it will suit them well..... and they can turn it into a home, from just being a house, over the coming years. We have moved several times, over the last 25 years & it has always taken a while, to turn a house, into a home !! But - once some of our things were put up, on the walls & stuff, it all comes together.....
On the ways home, we timed it just right, to call into the surgery & have my Friday dressings change - those who locally will have heard the screams..... no, I'm only joking. It still hurts like hell, each & every time.... but, all in all, I am getting used to it !!
I mentioned feeling like crap, over the last few days.... that's true. I think I slept nearly all thru' yesterday - I just missed it completely !! On Wednesday evening, I started feeling poorly, but yesterday was really not good at all !! As I said to B, I am sooooo very fed up with it all now & no matter, how many times people tell me they "understand" - I don't see how they can !! I've had a hole in my back, for over a year now.... how can anyone understand what that's like, unless they have gone thru' the same..... which, if you'll excuse me... I've not met anyone in the same situation & I've been in the hospital enough, over the last year !! Oh well.....
Interestingly this morning, I had an appointment - in the hospital - to go & see the guy who did the surgery, last December ?! I'm not sure why I'm seeing him again...... that particular operation failed completely & since then, I've had another surgery - by a different team..... completely different, to the guy above.
On Wednesday, I have to go down to Exeter..... another waste of a journey no doubt - but, I have to go. If I will see anyone, other than a nurse, I don't know - but.. it would be good, to see the Consultant, so he could look at the wound & tell me how he thinks it's healing. The nurses I've seen, locally, do not feel that the latest skin graft has taken.... well, I've asked them, for their "honest opinion" and, that's about it !! Time will tell.......
Right - the music of the moment.... I'm actually listening to Tom Petty's 'Live Anthology' and that's a great piece of music !! But.... as it's about 48 tracks in length, I don't think I will list the whole lot. Sorry about that...... it's a 4 Cd set.... & really worth your cash, if you find a copy - go & treat yourself !!
Something, that I have been playing, is Roy Harper's 'In Between Every Line'. I bought it first, as a 2 Lp set, but I sold that on & I know have the Cd version.... which I think is missing one track:
1) One Of These Days In England
2) Short & Sweet
3) Referendum
4) Highway Blues
5) True Story
6) The Game
7) One Man Rock & Roll Band
The track that's missing, as far as I can remember, is 'Hangman'..... which, I guess was just too long, to fit onto the single Cd. It's a fun album tho' - I've always liked Mr Harper's stuff.... going way, way back. Once, I actually spoke with Fluff Freeman & he played 'Highway Blues' (from another live set' on his Friday rock show - great guy, I love his Led Zeppelin introduction, from Earls Court 1975..... he knew how to get the fan's going !! Oh well.....
Moving along...
I had to send a "nasty" e-mail, to a guy that B comes into contact with - over a private conversation, that I had with a member of The Church. I can't go into the detail of it - but, the lady took my conversation & has gone one step too far....... involving someone she knows thru' her work - the guy I wrote to !!
I didn't know where she worked & - besides - she shouldn't using what I said privately, to involve someone else, who I did know worked at this place... she is way out of line !! Hopefully, when the guy gets to read the e-mail, he will get in touch !! It's not on - people should just mind their own business & keep out of our affairs !!
As mentioned before - I have not been to The Church, in Taunton, since I was stopped from entering the Chapel, on May 26th 2013....... I'm quite happy, to return, but only when I get an apology from The Bishop, over his behavior that day.
Anyways - this week, we had 3 of the Missionaries visit us...... we didn't have a clue, that they were coming, they just showed up, out of the blue !! During their stay, they kept on & on, that we had to go to a new meeting hall. As I told the guy - that was his first mistake - telling me I "had" to do something !! I don't care how much The Lord loves me & mine.... no one, with-in The Church tells me that I have to do anything !!
After a while, the 3 of them left us.... it wasn't until after they left, that B found a card from them.... giving us their 'phone number & stuff we already had !! Oh well....... our lives go on & on & so must I !!
But - one thing, before I go......... On May 17th of this year, I became - in the words of my solicitor - " .... a free man... "!! So, that's good to know......... my life can go on ho-hum !!
I thank you all for logging in..... until next time..
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Queen & stepping back in time !!
Greetings World's !!
How are you all doing this fine day... I've just checked - it's a Tuesday, here in England. I had to do a double check, mainly as I've not written for a couple of days - I loose track of the days.... they just fly by me & I can't keep up !!
Nevermind..... It's a warm, but not overly Sunny day here..... I can't see the sea, over in the distance - it's too cloudy !! I love looking over & seeing the blue water, on a bright day..... not today tho'.
As I type, B is upstairs, finally getting to grips with her new craft space !! She has wanted a room, to herself - to really spread out her craft stuff & to be able to sit, at a table & do cards & things. With ME moving out - she has got her wish !!
The room is only small - but, we had an old table, parts of which, were up in the loft.... so, I went up the old ladder & found them out - the actual top, well - that was under our bed... so, it really didn't take long to get it all together !!
I've just been upstairs - all of J's bedroom is clear now..... better explain that !!
When J went over to Wales - to do his Uni course.... B kind of moved a lot of her "craft-stash" into his room. To say the least - it didn't really work out overly well !! After only a short while - there was this, that & the other, all over the place.... a real mess !!
So, now that ME has moved out.... her old bedroom has become the "official" craft space !! Over the last few days, the M & M's have moved nearly all of their remaining stuff, over to their place.... which has meant B has been able to crack on & get her stuff together !!
That means, that J's room is clear now - apart from his bed & stuff - for when he comes home. I spoke to him, on Saturday...... but, at the moment, we don't really know what his plans are - for the Summer. He says he is happy to stay up in Aberystwyth..... sooooo ..... that's up to him really !!
I know he still hates my guts & still has a problem with me - but, I'm past caring now !! I e-mailed him over the weekend - so far, I've heard nothing back !! If he wants to come "home" - well, the only thing stopping him..... it's up to him...
Moving on.... or back a bit....
I didn't do very much, on Sunday... or yesterday, for that matter. I was really low, felt like crap & spent most of my time in bed...... I still find, that the best thing, for my various pains, is to sleep !! When I'm out cold - there is nothing bothering me.... so, life is good !! Unfortunately - I can't sleep 24/7 (tho' it would be great if I could) - so, at times.... I have to work my way thru' the worst of it !! Oh well...
I feel a lot better this morning...... so....
As for the music of the moment...
Well, I was sat in the car, on Saturday - while B shot around the supermarket. - and, in a nut shell, I was a little fed up with listening to some of the stuff, that I had been playing on the Mini Egg !! So - I landed up playing Queen's first album....... and it was like stepping backwards in time !!
Way - way back, my first car was this old & rusty mini type thing, called an Elf..... and, one of the first things I did with it, was to put a tape deck, into the thing. It was a crud piece of stuff, but it worked !! I think it was made by 'Phillips' or somebody like that..... anyhoo - it worked well enough !!
On Saturday... well, I was reminded of the old tape deck & my old car.... listening to the early Queen albums, all of which I had on pre-recorded tapes. Lots of people have said tapes don't last - well... I still have the cassettes here, to disprove that theory !! The tracks are:
'Queen'
1) Keep Yourself Alive
2) Doing All Right
3) Great King Rat
4) My Fairy King
5) Liar
6) The Night Comes Down
7) Modern Times Rock & Roll
8) Son & Daughter
9) Jesus
10) Seven Seas Of Rhye
'Queen II'
1) Procession
2) Father To Son
3) White Queen (As It Began)
4) Some Day One Day
5) The Loser In The End
6) Ogre Battle
7) The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke
8) Nevermore
9) The March Of The Black Queen
10) Funny How Love Is
11) Seven Seas Of Rhye
'Sheer Heart Attack'
1) Brighton Rock
2) Killer Queen
3) Tenement Funster
4) Flick Of The Wrist
5) Lily Of The Valley
6) Now I'm Here
7) In The Lap Of The Gods
8) Stone Cold Crazy
9) Dear Friends
10) Misfire
11) Bring Back That Leroy Brown
12) She Makes Me
13) In The Lap Of The Gods.... revisited
'A Night At The Opera'
1) Death On Two Legs
2) Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
3) I'm In Love With My New Car
4) You're My Best Friend
5) '39
6) Sweet Lady
7) Seaside Rendezvous
8) The Prophet's Song
9) Love Of My Life
10) Good Company
11) Bohemian Rhapsody
12) God Save The Queen
I'm actually playing the tapes, as I type.... so, even after all these years, they play pretty good !! I'm just coming to the end of 'Sheer Heart Attack'. It's been weird playing them - after about 1977, I went off of the band..... I think they - or my good self - lost the plot & I stopped enjoying their studio stuff...... tho' - the live albums are a different matter !!
Talking of which - when Queen played Taunton, in 1974...... they only played for about one hour, give or take !! There was a disco - for all the dancers in the crowd - then Queen did a set.... followed by the disco again !! All very surreal !! Oh well......
I'm now home alone.... B has gone into town, to meet up with ME & do a bit of shopping. I have to go down, to the local surgery, at 3pm.... so, she won't be overly long !! Hopefully, the change of dressing will go better today - I landed back at the hospital, on Sunday afternoon, to get the last one re-done !! It was meant to go from Friday... thru' to today. Yep - that didn't happen !!
A week, tomorrow, I have to go back to Exeter - to let the people there have a look at it. I'm not really sure what good that will do - it's not like they can wave a magic wand & fix things !! I am really fed up with the whole bloody lot of them..... it's like I'm a commodity, being pushed between Consultants, who really & truly don't want me in their hospital anyways !!
Not to worry..... at some point, in the future, it will either be fixed or I will die with a hole in my back !! That's the top & both ends of it - so..... moving along...
My plans for today..... well, now that B has gone out, I might just sit down & read my 'Game Of Thrones' book. I was going to move a few tapes around, but... I want to wait for B, to be here - to help me & give me her input on what it's like.
So - with the music turned down to deafening & the morphine bottle on hand, I will be on my ways !! As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
How are you all doing this fine day... I've just checked - it's a Tuesday, here in England. I had to do a double check, mainly as I've not written for a couple of days - I loose track of the days.... they just fly by me & I can't keep up !!
Nevermind..... It's a warm, but not overly Sunny day here..... I can't see the sea, over in the distance - it's too cloudy !! I love looking over & seeing the blue water, on a bright day..... not today tho'.
As I type, B is upstairs, finally getting to grips with her new craft space !! She has wanted a room, to herself - to really spread out her craft stuff & to be able to sit, at a table & do cards & things. With ME moving out - she has got her wish !!
The room is only small - but, we had an old table, parts of which, were up in the loft.... so, I went up the old ladder & found them out - the actual top, well - that was under our bed... so, it really didn't take long to get it all together !!
I've just been upstairs - all of J's bedroom is clear now..... better explain that !!
When J went over to Wales - to do his Uni course.... B kind of moved a lot of her "craft-stash" into his room. To say the least - it didn't really work out overly well !! After only a short while - there was this, that & the other, all over the place.... a real mess !!
So, now that ME has moved out.... her old bedroom has become the "official" craft space !! Over the last few days, the M & M's have moved nearly all of their remaining stuff, over to their place.... which has meant B has been able to crack on & get her stuff together !!
That means, that J's room is clear now - apart from his bed & stuff - for when he comes home. I spoke to him, on Saturday...... but, at the moment, we don't really know what his plans are - for the Summer. He says he is happy to stay up in Aberystwyth..... sooooo ..... that's up to him really !!
I know he still hates my guts & still has a problem with me - but, I'm past caring now !! I e-mailed him over the weekend - so far, I've heard nothing back !! If he wants to come "home" - well, the only thing stopping him..... it's up to him...
Moving on.... or back a bit....
I didn't do very much, on Sunday... or yesterday, for that matter. I was really low, felt like crap & spent most of my time in bed...... I still find, that the best thing, for my various pains, is to sleep !! When I'm out cold - there is nothing bothering me.... so, life is good !! Unfortunately - I can't sleep 24/7 (tho' it would be great if I could) - so, at times.... I have to work my way thru' the worst of it !! Oh well...
I feel a lot better this morning...... so....
As for the music of the moment...
Well, I was sat in the car, on Saturday - while B shot around the supermarket. - and, in a nut shell, I was a little fed up with listening to some of the stuff, that I had been playing on the Mini Egg !! So - I landed up playing Queen's first album....... and it was like stepping backwards in time !!
Way - way back, my first car was this old & rusty mini type thing, called an Elf..... and, one of the first things I did with it, was to put a tape deck, into the thing. It was a crud piece of stuff, but it worked !! I think it was made by 'Phillips' or somebody like that..... anyhoo - it worked well enough !!
On Saturday... well, I was reminded of the old tape deck & my old car.... listening to the early Queen albums, all of which I had on pre-recorded tapes. Lots of people have said tapes don't last - well... I still have the cassettes here, to disprove that theory !! The tracks are:
'Queen'
1) Keep Yourself Alive
2) Doing All Right
3) Great King Rat
4) My Fairy King
5) Liar
6) The Night Comes Down
7) Modern Times Rock & Roll
8) Son & Daughter
9) Jesus
10) Seven Seas Of Rhye
'Queen II'
1) Procession
2) Father To Son
3) White Queen (As It Began)
4) Some Day One Day
5) The Loser In The End
6) Ogre Battle
7) The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke
8) Nevermore
9) The March Of The Black Queen
10) Funny How Love Is
11) Seven Seas Of Rhye
'Sheer Heart Attack'
1) Brighton Rock
2) Killer Queen
3) Tenement Funster
4) Flick Of The Wrist
5) Lily Of The Valley
6) Now I'm Here
7) In The Lap Of The Gods
8) Stone Cold Crazy
9) Dear Friends
10) Misfire
11) Bring Back That Leroy Brown
12) She Makes Me
13) In The Lap Of The Gods.... revisited
'A Night At The Opera'
1) Death On Two Legs
2) Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
3) I'm In Love With My New Car
4) You're My Best Friend
5) '39
6) Sweet Lady
7) Seaside Rendezvous
8) The Prophet's Song
9) Love Of My Life
10) Good Company
11) Bohemian Rhapsody
12) God Save The Queen
I'm actually playing the tapes, as I type.... so, even after all these years, they play pretty good !! I'm just coming to the end of 'Sheer Heart Attack'. It's been weird playing them - after about 1977, I went off of the band..... I think they - or my good self - lost the plot & I stopped enjoying their studio stuff...... tho' - the live albums are a different matter !!
Talking of which - when Queen played Taunton, in 1974...... they only played for about one hour, give or take !! There was a disco - for all the dancers in the crowd - then Queen did a set.... followed by the disco again !! All very surreal !! Oh well......
I'm now home alone.... B has gone into town, to meet up with ME & do a bit of shopping. I have to go down, to the local surgery, at 3pm.... so, she won't be overly long !! Hopefully, the change of dressing will go better today - I landed back at the hospital, on Sunday afternoon, to get the last one re-done !! It was meant to go from Friday... thru' to today. Yep - that didn't happen !!
A week, tomorrow, I have to go back to Exeter - to let the people there have a look at it. I'm not really sure what good that will do - it's not like they can wave a magic wand & fix things !! I am really fed up with the whole bloody lot of them..... it's like I'm a commodity, being pushed between Consultants, who really & truly don't want me in their hospital anyways !!
Not to worry..... at some point, in the future, it will either be fixed or I will die with a hole in my back !! That's the top & both ends of it - so..... moving along...
My plans for today..... well, now that B has gone out, I might just sit down & read my 'Game Of Thrones' book. I was going to move a few tapes around, but... I want to wait for B, to be here - to help me & give me her input on what it's like.
So - with the music turned down to deafening & the morphine bottle on hand, I will be on my ways !! As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words... until next time..
Bye Bye
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