The Flying Burrito Brothers Ho-hum !!

Greetings World's !!

It's a wet & blowey Friday, here in England. Looking out thru' the window, the trees are going this way & that... with the birds doing their very best, to keep up with the breeze !! Some of them - well, they are just going backwards, more than forward !!

Ok - first up - it wasn't until earlier, that I realised I hadn't posted anything, since Tuesday !! Sorry about that.... I've had a funny couple of days & things got a little bit behind. I have no real excuse - well... that's a lie !!

To explain....

Earlier, this week.... our Son J - well, it's hard to explain really, other than to say, we're both pretty pissed off with his attitude. He keeps writing these various things - on "Facebook" (I believe) about how things are sooooo bad, as far as money is concerned.... how he's having to live off just small amounts of cash, each week.

A month or so back, I e-mailed him, to see if he was coming home, for the Summer - if so, B would drive up & collect him, from Wales. He replied, about starting a year, in Newbury.... which, we assumed, with out further information, that meant he wouldn't have time, to come this way.

Anyhoo - B was getting worried & upset about some of the stuff, he was writing on "social media" - so, I mailed him again, to see if he needed some cash... to help him out & how, if he wanted, he could still come here & how it wouldn't cost him anything !!

Then, we get this reply, about how he couldn't afford to come home - well, here at least - and how he was having to leave stuff, with friends  & so on & on & on !! Sooooo - I mailed him again, pointing out, that he was saying all this, about not being to afford stuff - when, in fact, he didn't have to worry about it !!

Honestly - I know he hates my guts - but, he is writing shit, which is un-needed & quite honestly, is upsetting B, more & more !! It's got to me, as well..... it really has.

My health is crap, at the moment & - I'm trying to be "Mr Nice Guy" - only to have my words & his words, thrown back in my face. I've really got to the point now, where I've had enough.... I'm struggling here, on a day to day basis - I don't need shit like this, piled up on top, of everything else, that is going on !!

That's the main reason, that I didn't write anything, on Wednesday.... I had my brain all messed up, thinking about J's e-mail & the stuff he has written. I couldn't sit here & think about anything other, than the crap J had said !!

I know - he's playing "mind games" or whatever you want to call it.... but, I am really, really pissed off with it all now. I've told J, I won't be e-mailing him again...... I have had enough, I really have. To screw around with me, in this week, of all weeks - well..... fuck it all !!

Sooooo - that's the main reason, for not posting anything, over the last couple of days. It's not an excuse - but, it's all I've got !!

Moving on - to the rest of the family...

As I type, B is upstairs, doing a bit of housework.... every now & again, I hear the vacuum cleaner, sucking the carpets off of the bedroom
floors !! It's a good cleaner - just crap carpets !! One day, we'll consider paying out, for new ones.... that will depend on a number of things, mainly, how long I intend staying here !! Time will definitely tell, on that one !!

As for our Daughter, the blond bombshell..... maybe, I should say the un-exploded bomb, ME - well, she is coming over later in the day. Her partner - M - was/is going out for the evening, so ME is coming here for supper. As always - it will be brilliant to see her !!

It was M's birthday, yesterday... so, I think, he is having an evening out with some friends. Have a good one M - now get back to work !!

So - apart from the 4 cats - that's about it, as far as the family members go !! Bless them all...... I love all of them, but..... !!

As for the music of the moment....

I'm playing the 2012 album, by Black Country Communion  - 'Afterglow'. It's the first time, that I've actually heard it..... I only picked it up, on Wednesday. So far, so good.... I enjoyed their 'live' album, sooooo - it's pretty good, to hear the studio versions !!

The tracks are:

  1) Big Train
  2) This Is Your Time
  3) Midnight Sun
  4) Confessor
  5) Cry Freedom
  6) Afterglow
  7) Dandelion
  8) The Circle
  9) Common Man
10) The Giver
11) Crawl

It's a good bit of rock - Joe Bonamassa's guitar work is well good, as are Glenn Hughes's vocals !! I must admit - it's good to hear - see - Derek Sherinian get a mention !! I've not come across him, since the old Dream Theater albums ?!

As for Jason Bonham's drum work.... not only, is he a nice guy to talk to, he is one great drummer !! Buy anything, that contains his work & you'll come away happy !! 'Cry Freedom' is well good....

Add to the above... I also picked up copies of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' - with the extra 3rd disc. The Beach Boys 2 Cd set 'Live - 50th Anniversary Tour'.... I saw it, so thought "Why not ?!" Status Quo's 'Acoustic - Stripped Bare' set & The Doobie Brother's 'Southbound'.... + The Flying Burrito Brothers 2 Lp's one 1 Cd set 'The Gilded Palace Of Sin' & 'Burrito Deluxe' !!

I've always had a soft spot, for the Burrito's - ever since I bought their 'Last Of The Red Hot Burrito's' live album, many many Moons ago !!

There used to be, this really good record shop, in Taunton, (Bath Place Records) run by a guy called Chris.... if you wanted it, he would know where to find it !! I bought way too many albums from that guy - who, I guess, is dead by now ?! Oh well...... moving on...

Right - my plans, for the rest of the day...

Well, at some point, a guy is coming over, to give my stairlift chair a service. B & the guys, had it put in, in 2013 - while I was getting over the hardest part of my surgeries. I didn't really want one - a chair - but, it has payed for itself, over & over again !!

The warranty expires, in a few days.... sooooo - I decided, it was about time, to get it fixed up !! It will still cost over £70, but... at least, if it's fixed now, the warranty will pay for it  - well, I hope so, at least !!

Add to that - I'm still working my ways thru' the Cd's - getting them sorted out, into a kind of order & listing them up. That ways, should I pop my clogs (rewind to just before Easter) the guys will have something to work with !!

For now tho' - I must go.... it's time for some morphine & a cookie to help it go down !! I understand, why it taste sooooo bad - to stop people just drinking it in the gallons.... but, come on guys, you could make it taste a little better !!

I must go..... I see, from an e-mail, that my Nightwish stuff has been posted !! It won't get here, until next week (I guess) but, it will give me something to look forward too !! I really am hoping the double Lp picture discs will look as good as they do, in the magazine !!

I will let you know, just as soon as I get them, out of the packaging..... until then, I thank you all, for taking the time, to log in & read my words... until next time..

Bye Bye