Peter Gabriel.... 'Back To Front'... Well good !!

Greetings World's !!

How is your bit of the Universe treating you - this fine & Sunny Saturday afternoon ?! Of course - where you live.... it might already be Sunday morning....... or - possibly - Friday night !! No - that's too much to take on board, for my little brain....... Ho-hum...

It's  a nice day, outside - well, I'm guessing it is !! I have only been awake, for just over 2 hours...... and I have no idea, what it is really like, out thru' the homestead doors !! I might pop my noggin, outside - but, not just yet....... nothing else to do mind..... I just don't feel like going outside !!

Ok - first off - "The Family" !!

As I type - B is attacking the front lawn.... giving it a good cut - in the hope it won't need doing, for a while at least !! I said she didn't have to bother.... but.... !! She wants to get it done.... it's dry, sooooo I don't blame her for that !!

In a while, I'm going to re-wire some of her gardening kit. The last time, that she used it, she got a whole 240 volts thru' her body !! It was my fault - I shouldn't let her re-join 2 wires, that she had cut thru', by accident !!

Today - I'm going to give it a good going over...... I can't let her shock herself to death !! Bless her - she means too much to me, to let her electrocute herself....... again !! Once was bad enough !!

As for the rest of the family - over to my left, Archie (our kitten) is trying to ignore my loud music.... and sleeping. Why is it, that cats are always trying to sleep ?! Bless them..... I've not seen any of the other cats... so far, at least !! Come feeding time - they will all be about, trying to get our attention !!

The human members of the family... the M & M's..... are coming over, tomorrow. To explain...

As long time readers will know - on Monday - I am going back into hospital, for my next surgery. So - tomorrow, the guys are coming around to have a meal with us........ I'll avoid the "Last Supper" puns.... but, you get the idea !! I might not be home again, for a while..... so, it's a family get together !!

I have to report, to the hospital, at 7.30am...... sooooo that means, I have to be up a few hours before - to get myself all ready & on the
road !! It's all but 50 miles, down to the hospital, in Exeter... so - with traffic, that could take about an hour........ hence, I have to be on the ball and ready to go !!

I know that I'm repeating myself..... but, since May 28th - last year - I've had 8 operations, on my back. This one - on Monday - will be number 9 !! I am really getting fed up, with all of this !! I just want it finished & done with, now...... in one way or another !!

If my back wound cannot be fixed - well, it's not like the guys haven't tried !! I will let you all know, how things turn out !! But, if there is a gap, in my posts...... just remember these words....

"If you're falling a long way, you may as well try to fly !!"

Moving on.... to "The Music In My Life"...

As I type - the big hi-fi unit is out of commission !! It's been playing up, for a while....... to explain..

The speakers are either side of the room - along the longest wall. If you sit, in my favourite chair - you get, for me, a perfect sound..... from both Bose. Unfortunately - the speaker cables/wires... I'm not sure what you want to call them.... well, they are old !! Sooooo - on Friday morning, I lost all sound, out of the right hand unit...... mainly (I hope) because the speaker cable has come adrift, from the back of the amp. It's not the first time this has happened - but, it's a pain in the butt, pulling everything out & re-attaching the blooming thing !!

Long story, made - kind of - short.... I've bought some cheap replacement cables..... and, in a while, I'll try & wire those.... at least one of them...... into the old Pioneer amp !! It will take me a while - mainly as my back will not let me work too well, lifting everything out - so that I can put the new cable(s) in place !!

I'll do that later...

In the meantime - I'm listening to the Mini Egg (my iPod thingy) thru' Black Betty (my iPod docking port) I've had it set up, beside me, for a while..... today, well.... it's come in use !!

It's a 100 watt outfit - so, I can really give the village a bit of music, to moan about... but, I like it !! It will really get a heck of use, when I start work, either here - in the house - or out in the garage - on the next model railway !! As yet - I've not decided where to go with it.....

But - I have to get my back working first...... so..... it won't be for a while & that's a fact !!

I'm thinking about using the back room, upstairs...... It's quite big & as B has moved into the front bedroom, to do all of her craft stuff - I might as well use the rear bedroom !! As long as I'm paying the government's "bedroom tax"..... £50+ per month - I might just as well put that money, to good use & build my next layout in the warm - by using that room !!

Ok - I know.... it's not called a "bedroom tax" - but, we have 2 spare rooms........ for which, we are supposed to pay just over £100 per month !! If we didn't have those rooms.... we wouldn't pay the extra - so - two extra bedrooms = £100.... hence, it's a "bedroom tax" in everything but name !!

Oh well.....

As for what I'm actually listening to.... that's simple...... Deep Purple's 1985 Knebworth concert !! I do like a bit of Purp's - now & again..... and, as I wasn't feeling too energetic, when I started this post, they have woken me up a bit !! The tracks are:

  1) Highway Star
  2) Nobody's Home
  3) Strange Kind Of Woman
  4) Gypsy's Kiss
  5) Perfect Strangers
  6) Lazy
  7) Knocking At Your Backdoor
  8) Space Truckin'
  9) Difficult To Cure
10) Speed King
11) Black Night
12) Smoke On The Water

It has always been one of my favourite Purple shows..... having been recorded, just about a week, after the birth of my first Son !! It's funny how things come to mind - oh well !!

I didn't mention - earlier in the week..... I had the latest Peter Gabriel DVD come in the post !!

It's called 'Back To Front' and is well good !! The tracks are:

  1) Daddy Long Legs
  2) Come Talk To Me
  3) Shock The Monkey
  4) Family Snapshot
  5) Digging In The Dirt
  6) Secret World
  7) The Family & The Fishing Net
  8) No Self Control
  9) Solsbury Hill
10) Show Yourself
11) Red Rain
12) Sledgehammer
13) Don't Give Up
14) That Voice Again
15) Mercy Street
16) Big Time
17) We Do What We're Told
18) This Is The Picture
19) In Your Eyes
20) The Tower That Ate People
21) Biko

Buy yourself a copy, of this DVD - Blue ray - call it what you want & be amazed !! It truly is a fanatic show..... covering the entire 'So' album, from 25 years earlier !! I cannot tell you, just how much I've enjoyed listening and watching it !!

Readers will know, that I really enjoy listening to DVD's - but seldom to I ever watch the things, preferring to listen to the soundtracks only !! Many a time, I've transferred the s/t over to Cd (if I've not been able to buy it) and then spent hours, listening to the show..... this DVD is different, in sooooo many ways !! Go & buy yourself a copy - you will not be out of pocket !!

Ok - my plans for today..

I have a few e-mails to write.... before Monday - but, apart from that & reattaching the speaker cable, it's going to be a quiet afternoon...... well, kind of - I'm not including the music !!

I will away - hopefully to return after Monday's surgery..... it might not be, for a while - but, I will be back.... thank you all, for taking the time to log & read my words.... until next time...

Bye Bye