Leonard Cohen & Hawkwind.... Ho-hum

Greetings World's !!

It's a bright & pleasant Tuesday evening, here in England's South-West corner..... and for a couple of hours, I'm home alone. My Wife & Dearest Friend - B - has gone out to her weight watcher type thingy..... we always have a little joke, about how much weight she has lost. Today she thinks, after her birthday celebrations, a week ago, she has put on a couple of pounds.... me, I think she has broken even. Time will tell, I guess !!

Anyhoo.... I'm home alone & the music is loud-ish. I'm actually using my headphones, for a change - I usually just play stuff, thru' the Bose - but, tonight I fancied a change !! I don't like using the things, when B is about......

I've already had one divorce, which was - according to my ex - included, in her petition to the courts, my use of headphones !! Shit - in Bermuda, you can get away with all kinds of crap !! Nevermind..... life goes on & on.....

So, that's the family... well, B & I. The M & M's have the day off, together.... and I know they had to go to the hospital earlier, so - I'm guessing means, they won't be over tonight. Bless them - as long as everything is Ok..... which I'm sure it is.

Going back, to yesterday.... B & I had a short talk about J - our Son. I tried to point out, that he has really over stepped the line, in his insults & stuff, which he has aimed at me. I'm not 100% sure, that she understands how I feel about all of this, but.... well, in a nut shell - I have my feelings & I'm past caring how J feels about me !! I'm too old & ugly to care about too much these days..... I really am !!

Anyways - that was yesterday.......

...... Today is a bit of a milestone. It's 5 weeks, to the day, that I have my surgery !! I know, I've said this before - but, this really could be my last surgery & hopefully, the one that fixes everything up !! No more pain - yep, like that's going to happen - and no more infections !!

I have no regrets, about going into all of this - from the first surgery, thru' to this (last) one...... it's not been a lot of fun, but at least the Dr's have tried their best, for me & the family. I'll just make sure, that I get over this one & head off into the future !! Who knows - maybe J will have a change of heart & come to the hospital, to visit his old & ugly old man.... wouldn't that be nice, he thinks sarcastically !!

Right... the music of the moment !!

I'm listening to a 3 Cd set from Leonard Cohen 'Live In Dublin'. I first heard of Mr Cohen, way back in 1970.... either on the Isle Of Wight album, that came out, about then..... but more likely on the 2 Lp set, from CBS called 'Fill Your Head With Rock' - I can't remember which.

Anyhoo.... this is a long Cd & the tracks are:

CD 1

  1) Dance Me To The End Of Love
  2) The Future
  3) Bird On The Wire
  4) Everybody Knows
  5) Who By Fire
  6) The Gypsy's Wife
  7) Darkness
  8) Amen
  9) Come Healing
10) Lover Lover Lover
11) Anthem

Cd 2

  1) Tower Of Song
  2) Suzanne
  3) Chelsea Hotel
  4) Waiting For The Miracle
  5) The Partisan
  6) In My Secret Life
  7) Alexandra Leaving
  8) I'm Your Man
  9) Recitation
10) Hallelujah
11) Take This Waltz

CD 3

1) So Long Marianne
2) Going Home
3) First We Take Manhattan
4) Famous Blue Raincoat
5) If It Be Your Will
6) Closing Time
7) I Tried To Leave You
8) Save The Last Dance For Me

As I said above, it's a long Cd..... too long to sit & listen to, in one sitting - sooooo, I've decided to put a bit of Hawkwind on, instead !! It's their first album (I think ?) simply called 'Hawkwind' and the tracks are:

  1) Hurry On Sundown
  2) The Reason Is ?
  3) Be Yourself
  4) Paranoia #1
  5) Paranoia #2
  6) Seeing It As You Really Are
  7) Mirror Of Illusion
  8) Bring It On Home
  9) Hurry On Sundown (Single Version)
10) Kiss Of The Velvet Whip
11) Cymbaline

Tracks 8-11 are bonus thingy's...... in as much as they were not on the original Lp version of the disc. I used to have a copy of the thing - autographed by each of the band members. I also used to have a friend, who borrowed the said Lp.... never to return it !! People wonder, why I don't loan out my Cd's & things... well, once beaten etc etc.....

Right - I must away, for today at least.... As always, I thank you for logging in & reading my words, wherever you might be..... thank's - I appreciate your looking in & everything... until next time...

Bye Bye

'Hurry On Sundown' !!