Marillion & 'The Hobbit' !! Lot's of fun...

Hi again World's !!

It's a bright & cheerful Saturday, here in England....... about 11am in the morning & I'm typing these words, while listening to the first film, in 'The Hobbit' trilogy. It's called 'An Unexpected Journey' and it's well good !! I'm not really sure, why I gave you the title - I think 50% of my readers, will already know it !! Nevermind.....

Behind me - B is doing some dishes, after another big baking session. To explain - as best I can.........

Today B & others are throwing a 'Baby Shower' for ME. A bunch of friends & family are getting together, at M's Mum & Dad's house this afternoon & they're going to have a party !! ME knows about it - as she found out, thru' a friend of a friend, who didn't know it was a secret !! Oh well...... that's life.

I've just changed the music, to Marillion's 'A Sunday Night Above The Rain' live album..... more of that later. I've done the tracks already - in another post, sooooo if you need to know them, go looking towards the back end of last year.

Staying with family.... B's Dad gave us a right run-a-round, on Thursday afternoon, going into the evening - to try & explain......

In the afternoon, we got a 'phone call, from the 'Warden' of his block of flats. It seems that my Father-in-Law had hurt himself & she needed us to go up & see him. So - we drove up to his place, which is about 40+ miles away.

When we got there, he could hardly walk & needed us to take him, to the local hospital, for an X-ray, which the Dr. (at his health centre) had arranged. So - after a struggle - we got him, into our old car & drove him the 5 miles to the hospital.

Guess what  - the Dr. hadn't done any arranging & the hospital wouldn't X-ray him..... for that, he had to go all the ways down to Taunton, to the main hospital !! Sooooo - after our ride up there, that pissed both B & myself right off..... but, there was more !!

B's Dad wouldn't go down to the hospital, so we took him home, where I bumped into the Warden lady. When I spoke to her & asked why she hadn't called an ambulance, given that my Father-in-Law was obviously in such pain, she turned around & told me "It's not my job... etc etc" !!

Honestly - she's paid to help look after the people's needs, yet - as soon as one of them obviously needed to get to the hospital, she wouldn't do anything about it !! How crap is that ?!

I think B & I were well un-impressed....... to the point, where we are going to write to her employer's, to ask just how bad somebody has to be, before the person, who is there to look out for the older guys, does anything about it !! Time will tell & I will let you know, just how things go !!

Anyhoo - we got home, quite late & just got ourselves ready for bed... we were both knackered, we really were !! B was happy I went with her and - to be honest - so was I.....

I made her Father promise, to call an ambulance, himself, the next time he's that sick..... rather than call us & wait over an hour, for us to get there !! A lot can happen in 60 minutes !! Hopefully he will listen & do that, if it happens again !!

So, that was Thursday.... B has spoken to him, several times, since then & he says, he is feeling a bit better now. Hopefully, he's not having us on & is actually feeling batter !! We'll have to wait & see how things go.

Getting back to music & Marillion's live album...... the one I mentioned above...

When I was in hospital, I found the studio album 'Sounds That Can't Be Made' and played it a couple of times, while I was stuck there. I knew I had the 'live' album, with various tracks on it, from the studio Cd - sooooo I dug it out, to give it a listen !! Well good...... especially the opening track 'Gaza' !! Give it a listen !!

As for the music of the moment, I'm listening to Dio' 1987 Castle Donington set. I had seen them there, 4 years earlier - but, it wasn't until 2010, that it - the 2 live sets were released. I had the bootleg tapes, from the BBC broadcasts of the show.... but, it was great to get the official Cd's !!

The tracks, from the 1987 show are:

  1) Dream Evil
  2) Neon Knights
  3) Naked In The Rain
  4) Rock & Roll Children
  5) Long Live Rock & Roll
  6) The Last In Line
  7) Children Of The Sea
  8) Holy Diver
  9) Heaven & Hell
10) Man On The Silver Mountain
11) All The Fools Sailed Away
12) The Last In Line - reprise
13) Rainbow In The Dark

My old computer, is gradually packing up on me.... so, if this comes out all weird, I'm sorry about that !! At the moment, it's refusing to save anything, which will be a bit of a bummer !!

Anyways - the Dio album, as with 99% of his stuff, is well worth having in your collection - so try & get yourself a copy, failing that, try & give it a listen !!

Hi again World's !!

I've had to take an un-forced break, as the computer packed up for a while..... a real bummer, if ever there was one !! But - every cloud has it's 3 hour hole.....

....... and in this 3 hour hole, I've managed to do the first 'Hobbit' movie transfer !! So - I can now listen to the movies, right on my Mini Egg (iPod) alongside the complete 'Lord Of The Rings' movies !! I know - I'm sad, but.... it's going to keep me going, for a while to come & that's a fact !!

Ok - I'm going to sign off now.... I need to sort this all out, I need to work out why the computer is playing up !! There is no point in my typing away, if none of it is going to be saved !! Ho-hum...

As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words...... it really is good, to know you are out there & keep returning to my pages.... I thank you !! Sooooo.... until next time......

Bye Bye