Thursday, 30 October 2014

'Steppin' Out' by Cream & Ian Anderson.

Greetings World's !!

It's a wet & 'orrid Thursday, here in England !! I've just come back, from seeing my local Dr. - it's nice to be warm, inside the house again... after being out in the cold & damp !! Ok - it's not that bad.....

I'm home alone, for the biggest part of the day - B is having her monthly carer's group... meeting, type thing - followed up with meeting our Daughter & going shopping. I don't think they're going "shopping" in the true sense of the word.... just going to the supermarkets & stuff like that !! Nevermind - I'm home alone..

... Except.... or should that be... "apart" ?... from the cats !! Archie is just across from me, sleeping & dreaming !! His whiskers & tail occasionally twitch, as if he's chasing after something !! Smudge ?  Well, our oldest is up, on the landing..... on the floor, where the hot pipes go along (underneath) ..... he might be the oldest of our 4 cats, but he knows where to keep warm !!

Going back to yesterday - the whole point of seeing my Dr. this morning - was to talk about yesterday & my meeting with the Plastic Surgeon !! However - if my post, yesterday, made any sense... you will know that my Plastic Surgeon... well, he wasn't at the hospital & I landed up, having my dressings changed, by another nurse.

My local Dr. wasn't too amused by the events of yesterday - to say the least !! He was, like me, pretty pissed about the whole thing..... he really was !! I'm fairly over it now. Sure, I wish the guy had been there - but... the hardest part... that's not knowing what is going to happen next ?!

I'm here - 17 months after all of this started - and I'm not sure where we're going with all of this !! I still have a hole in my back & no one is any the wiser, as to what is going to be done about it !! Life goes on - but...... I really am fed up with it all now !!

The biggest smile, that my Dr. gave me, this morning... was when he found out, that I had stopped taking all of my morphine pills !! He can't quite understand, how it is - that I can get off of the things, sooooo quickly !!

Most people are supposed to come off of the things, in slow amounts - to avoid withdrawal systems... I'm not like most people !! As I told him, I wanted to stop taking them - so I did !! I didn't feel any the worse, for it.... if anything... I felt better, than I did before !!

I told B - that I couldn't take them & she removed them, from my pills & potions & I came off of them, from that moment onwards !! Life is good - my best form of pain relief, is to go sleep !! I can't do that, all of the time.... but.... I couldn't take those morphine pills any more !!

Life goes on....

Right - the music of the moment !!

As I type, I'm listening to 2 old Cream albums 'Live Vol,1 & Vol.2' ... with Jack Bruce dying, I just wanted to give these live sets, a bit of a blast !! Plus - being home alone - I can put the volume down, to just below deafening !! Bless those extra 4 speakers I put onto the amp !!

Back to the albums.. the track are:

'Vol. 1'

1) N.S.U.
2) Sleepy Time Time
3) Sweet Wine
4) Rollin' & Tumblin'
5) Lawdy Mama

'Vol. 2'

1) Deserted Cities Of The Heart
2) White Room
3) Politician
4) Tales Of Brave Ulysses
5) Sunshine OF Your Love
6) Steppin' Out

'Lawdy Mama' is a studio track.... but the rest are pure Cream, live !! I'm onto Cd 2 now - I'm not sure, where things are going when this one finishes - maybe, just maybe, I'll play a new Cd, to me at least...

That's by - and I quote.... 'Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson' and is 'TAAB2' - or, as old farts would call it - 'Thick As A Brick 2' .... I'm guessing there has been a falling out, with Martin Barre & they have gone their separate ways ?! Martin B - well.... one of the "Top 100" guitarist in the World - and a really nice guy !!

Anyhoo - I'll give the album a play, right after Cream come to an end......... it's going to be an interesting listen, having loved 'Thick As A Brick' for many a year - I am wondering what I'll make of this "new" one !!

I must also play, the latest Joe Bonamassa album - I've had that one, since last week & I don't think I've taken it out of the case yet !! Too many albums... etc etc !! I'll give them all a listen - sometime !!

Ok - my plans - for today.... well, for a change, I have absolutely nothing worked out - after getting up, to go to the Dr's.... beyond that - I haven't really got a plan !! Sure - there are a number of things, that I could do... like getting my new Cd recorder to work, the way I want it to, but... that's for a day, when I'm less likely to throw it thru' a window, out of frustration !!

No really.... I'm sure it will work - just when, I'm not sure... but, one day !!

Cream's 'Steppin' Out' is playing, as I type - one of Clapton's better "solo" guitar breaks ?! I would be interested in your views on that one ?! My comments slot is open to all - besides, nobody has wished me dead, for a very long time now !!

Right - I must away.... Ian Anderson has just got started on his 'Thick As A Brick 2' - so - I ought to listen to that, just a bit.... if nothing else - it will give me something "new" to listen to, until the latest Led Zeppelin albums reach me.... I'm not sure to look forward to them, or not !! Time will tell...

I must away - I thank you all, for your time & for logging in, to read my words.... until next time..

Bye Bye

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