Rush... 'R40 Live' Ho-hum !!

Well "Greetings" World's !!

How are you all doing this fine Friday afternoon ?! I hope it's warm & dry with you all.... unfortunately, it's cold & wet here in England's South-West corner. We catch the rainfall, as it comes in, off the Atlantic & up thru' the Bristol Channel. We can't really moan - when it's dry & warm here (about one day each year)...... well, it's pretty good !!

B & I went into town. this morning - only to pick up some stuff for the moggies - and one minute, the Sun is out - then, on the return journey, it's over cast & wet !! Not good !!

Nevermind.... we're home for the rest of the day. Tonight there is the Church Christmas get together - but, I don't think either of us are that keen to attend. There will be too many questions asked & too few answers to give. I could say "Why haven't you bothered with helping us, over the last 2+ years"....... but that would be mean of me...... kind of !!

I think we will attend the Christmas Carol service on Sunday, but we will have to wait & see how things go, on the day. Hopefully I will be well enough to go - mainly as B won't go on her own !! We will have to see what happens, I guess..... time will tell !!

Right - back to this morning - I've had 2 trips to the local Dr's surgery. Going once is bad enough - to go twice.... well..... that's life !!

My 1st visit, was to see my local Dr..... I'm struggling with the pain control at the moment & we had a talk to try & sort it all out. Of course - it doesn't help that I did a bit of work, in the spare room this week !! It didn't hurt too much at the time.... but, now.... !! Oh well, that's life - as I've just said !! If all goes to plan, I will get put back on some drugs, that I used to have, in the hospital - but, it will take a few days to sort itself out.

We also talked about a review, that I'm currently under, concerning my general state of health...... It's a government thing - where they try & get as many people as they can, off of the "claiming" type of thing & "back to work".... He said it all - "You're too sick to work" & that's about that !! We will have to see how things go !!

My 2nd visit was to see the nurse, to have my dressings changed again. If all goes well, after the Christmas holiday's, I might be able to have the dressings changed twice a week - down from the 3 times a week, it's at now. That would be good !! I still have a hole in my back - but, it's getting smaller each week.... sooooo, less dressings are needed !!

At the moment, things are healing well & my blood infection levels are down to about the 13 mark, sooooo, every thing is looking really good, going into 2016 !! Hopefully, when our Grand Daughter is born, I will be allowed to hold her, with out the risk of me giving the baby anything nasty !! That's something that will make my day - being able to hold the baby..... time will tell, I guess !!

Yesterday, the ladies of the family, went up to see the relatives.... B's Aunt was really pleased to see them both again..... she loves her adopted Grand Daughter !! Once again - oh well.... !!

Right - 'The Music Of The Moment' !!

I'm glad to say - I'm playing the latest Cd/DVD from Rush - 'R40 Live'. It came out a very short time ago, here in the UK, and it's been well worth the wait, it really has !!

The tracks are:

CD 1

  1) The World Is.. The World Is...
  2) The Anarchist
  3) Headlong Flight
  4) Far Cry
  5) The Main Monkey Business
  6) How It Is
  7) Animate
  8) Roll The Bones
  9) Between The Wheels
10) Losing It - with Been Mink
11) Subdivisions

CD 2

  1) Tom Sawyer
  2) YYZ
  3) The Spirit Of Radio
  4) Natural Science
  5) Jacob's Ladder
  6) Hemispheres :Prelude
  7) Cygnus X-1/The Story So Far (Incl. Drum Solo)
  8) Closer To The Heart
  9) Xanadu
10) 2112

CD 3

  1) Mel's Rockpile - with Eugene Levy
  2) Lakeside Park/Anthem
  3) What You Doing/Working Man
  4) One Little Victory
  5) Distant Early Warning
  6) Red Barchetta
  7) Clockwork Angels
  8) The Wreckers
  9) The Camera Eye
10) Losing It - with Jonathon Dinklage

So far, I'm only up to the beginning of Cd 2.... but, it's all well good !! 'Losing It' was a big surprise.... I've never heard it done 'live' before, as the band - I think - have never played it on stage before (?). As for Cd 3... tracks 4-10 are so called 'bonus' tracks. Hopefully they will be good - to have a decent live version of 'Hemispheres' .... even if it's only a truncated version, that would be good !! I'll let you know, as & when I get around to listening to it.

Oh - I forgot, last night, B took me in to see the Christmas lights in Taunton & to a bit of shopping. The lights were a bit of a let down, but HMV was good & Father Christmas is going to be extra nice to me, this year !!

B picked me up a couple of Allman Brothers Cd's + a DVD collection from 'The Big Bang Theory' guys. All of which have been put to one side, until Christmas Day !! It's Ok - I wasn't expecting to get them - one of them in particular - sooooo waiting will not be much of a problem !! I can wait.... just for a few days, at least !! Ho-hum......

Right - Christmas day is one week away... a week from today !! It's come around quickly this year..... it seems to have caught up with me, all of a sudden !! I guess, being stuck in hospital, for 4 weeks into November.... well, I guess you all know what I mean ?! Christmas comes around fast & that's a fact !!

For now tho' - I will be on my ways... things to do & stuff like that. As always, I thank you for your time & for reading my words.... until next time....

Bye Bye