RIP Chris Squire.....

Greetings World's !!

It's a very warm Tuesday, here in Middle Earths South-West corner..... or I should say, England's South-West corner.... I found out, a little while back, that this part of the World - from 1000 - 1500 AD was known as 'Middle Earth'... which is kind of fitting really !! Oh well.... !!

Sooooo - first off, I'm sorry I've not posted anything, since last Thursday !! Sorry about that.. poor health & lack of time, well... it's all conspired to keep me away from the keyboard.

For whatever reason - I've struggled to get myself together.... sooooo - stick with me & I'll try & get myself into "posting" mode & write more often. It might happen... depending how I am, I guess !!

As for today - I'm home alone...

B & ME have gone up towards Street, to meet up with B's Cousin..... they get together, from time to time. I think ME went along, for the "retail therapy" type of thing - our Daughter sure loves to go shopping.

I'm not 100% sure when they will get home... some time down the road, I guess. When they get here... I guess that's the easiest way to look at it !!

The M & M's were here, on Saturday... I'll tell you more, about that visit, in a few weeks.... not yet tho' - I'm not allowed !! Just remind me, about it - in about a month or so.

Going back a few days - to Friday.....

B & I headed down to the little port of Watchet..... it's about 10-15 miles from here. I've always liked it - mainly as it has a steam train, running right thru' the centre of the town !!

Anyhoo - B has always wanted an old fashion sewing machine... an old Singer. Well.... long story, made short... I found out, about one, being for sale, in an antiques place, sooooo we went along, to try & find it !!

As it turned out - we found the shop - and now B is the happy owner of a 1910 Singer sewing machine !! She is well happy with it.... I'm glad I found it !! Considering it's age - it works really smooth... amazing really, for something over 100 years old !! Hell - I'm not that fit - and I ain't nowhere near as old - I just feel it !!

From there - we headed back, towards Taunton..... and as I wasn't feeling up to going to the record fair, on the Saturday, B let me loose in HMV !! A very silly thing to do.... but !!

I had a great 30 minutes - going up & down the rows... coming home, with the following !!

'Homecoming' by Clifford T. Ward
'Sonic Soul Surfer' by Seasick Steve
'The Pro's & Con's of Hitch Hiking' by Roger Waters
'The Lost Boys' Movie s/t
'Van Halen'
'1984'
'Live' all by Van Halen
'Blues Obituary'
'Thank Christ For The Bomb'
'Split'
'Who Will Save The Worlds - The Mighty Groundhogs'
'Hogwash' all by the Groundhogs.

I think I came home, with one or two more than that - I can't remember !! Oh well... as I type, I'm playing the 'Live' album, by Van Halen. It was recorded at The Tokyo Dome on June 21st 2013.... the tracks are:

CD 1

  1) Unchained
  2) Running With The Devil
  3) She's The Woman
  4) I'm The One
  5) Tattoo
  6) Everybody Wants Some !!
  7) Somebody Get Me A Doctor
  8) China Town
  9) Hear About It Later
10) Oh Pretty Woman
11) Me & You (Drum Solo)
12) You Really Got Me

CD 2

  1) Dance The Night Away
  2) I'll Wait
  3) And The Cradle Will Rock....
  4) Hot For The Teacher
  5) Women In Love
  6) Romeo Delight
  7) Mean Street
  8) Beautiful Girls
  9) Ice Cream Man
10) Panama
11) Eruption
12) Ain't Talkin' About Love
13) Jump

When my late Brother-In-Law was here... he said that the only way to enjoy 'Pretty Woman' was to hear it loud. I told him, that we had heard it, thru' the PA system, at a Rolling Stones concert - and asked if that was loud enough ?! He guessed it was !!

I must point a nod, to Chris Squire, who passed away on June 27th from a form of Leukemia. He had to be one of those "underrated" bass players, that people tend to forget about, when giving their favourites list. I'm not really sure, just how old he was.... but, it's a sad loss to the whole music World !!

Add to his loss... the people killed, in Tunisia. I personally feel that IS can kiss my hairy butt hole, before I would feel like giving into them !! But - shooting innocent people, on a beach !! The guy must of felt really brave.... the fucking jerk !!

Right - I must go..... I have a bed, all set up & waiting for me to return.....

As always - I thank you for your time & for reading my words. It's always good, to know you're out there & coming back, time after time...... I must go.... until next time...

Bye Bye