Iced Earth & The Dentist....

Well "Hello" !!

Wasn't that an exciting weekend ?!  Well - I thought so, at least........ for me at least !!

There I was, minding my own business on Saturday afternoon - then about 6pm, I'm back in the hospital, being checked over by a very friendly Dr !!  To explain....

I've not felt very good for a couple of weeks & on Saturday.... well, it got to the point where I couldn't take the 'pain' any more & B drove me into the hospital, to get me checked out.  He - the Dr - thinks I've got some kind of 'bug' & he has put me on a course of pills.  If it doesn't get better, I have to see my local guy & we will go from there......  great stuff !!

Anyhoo - after feeling like c**p all weekend, I'm back to fighting fitness (Ho-ho) now & here I am once more. I am going to see my Dr on Thursday... so, we can work out then what to do about it all !!  As it was, I was just grateful, to not spend the night, back in hospital !!  I'm much happier home here - even if I can't do very much....

Right - lets go back to Friday - we had a great visit from our friend.  He didn't get here until 8pm... but, it was worth it, just to meet up & have a natter with each other.  His eldest daughter is at Uni... about 1 year behind ME.... so, that's always a topic of conversation.  She seems to be doing Ok - tho' staying away from home has not been easy for her.

Anyways.... he went home about 10 ish & we've arranged to meet up again, around at his place in a few weeks.  So - that will give me something to work & look forward to !!  It'll be good to go around their place for a while.

As mentioned, Saturday was a bit of a rush - my congratulations to Manchester City, by the way - but, as I say... I was glad to be home Saturday night !!  Then, on Sunday - we went to Church.... for the first time, in quite a few weeks.  It was a good service, with 6 little talks by some of the younger guys..... 2 of who, are going on Missions soon.  One of them is going to Manchester & the other to Sierra Leone !!  That will be a challenge for them - especially the latter !!  Oh well.......

Talking - as I did - about B......  ME & her have gone out to the gym for a couple of hours.  I'm not sure why - neither of them really wanted to go...... but, if they want to stay fit & keep the pounds off, they have to go & keep at it !!  I'm sure by the time they get home, they will both regret going, but..... as long as they are happy, who am I to complain !!

Anyways... that leaves me here with J.  He is upstairs at the moment, doing something or another on his computer, which means I have the living room to myself !!  Great stuff - it means the music is turned just below deafening & I'm a happy puppy !!

The music of the moment is the 4 Cd soundtrack to the 'Woodstock' film.  If you're reading this for the first time... a while back, I sat here & recorded the whole film soundtrack - from the DVD - onto 4 Cd's.  I had wanted the music, from the film, ever since I first saw it & now I have.  I know, I could listen to the soundtrack albums - all of which I have here - but, I wanted something more & these 4 Cd's are it !!  It's all good.... and great to listen to as well !!

There is a new Led Zeppelin bootleg out & about..... from their March 20th 1975 Vancouver show.  It's very expensive - or would be, if you bought it - but, I never advise anybody to buy bootlegs.... so, why waste your money !!  It's a good show tho'... with a long 'Dazed & Confused' which is really good.  I don't have the new recording as yet, but the old versions of the show are really good !!  When I get the new one, I will let you know what it's like......

...... but, in the meantime.  I have a concert from New Orleans on May 14th 1973, when Zeppelin were on their American tour.  I've had several Cd's of this show for a long time - some of the earliest Zeppelin boot Cd's in my collection are from this show !!  But, as often happens, new versions come out & it's one of those that I've taken the track listing from:

Cd 1

1) Rock & Roll
2) Celebration Day
3) Black Dog
4) Over The Hills & Far Away
5) Misty Mountain Hop
6) Since I've Been Loving You
7) No Quarter

Cd 2

1) The Song Remains The Same
2) The Rain Song
3) Dazed & Confused

Cd 3

1) Stairway To Heaven
2) Moby Dick
3) Heartbreaker
4) Whole Lotta Love
5) Communication Breakdown

There are 2 recording of this show floating around..... the one above, is from a soundboard (recording) but there is also a very good audience recording as well.  You can get both as a complete 6 Cd set - it cost a lot of money, but...... it's out there if you look for it !!

As always - don't buy bootlegs.  In this case, there is a very good 1973 show available officially ('The Song Remains The Same') - so go & buy that instead !!  More another time !!

Just staying with music - yesterday - B put a whole load of new Cd's on the 'iPod' that we have in the car.  It's such a weird & wonderful collection now.... from AC/DC thru' J. Geils Band, Moley Hatchet, Jethro Tull & anything else you can imagine !!  As B said - when I get fed up with that lot, she'll do me another set.  I think that will take a while tho' !!

We went into town earlier - poor B had to have some work done at the dentist !!  She was very brave tho' - she really hates going - and all was good in the end.  we don't have to go back for another 6 months now - so, that's good.  Brave as she might have been - she really hates going !!  Oh well...... we did give Iced Earth a good blasting tho'.... it is one of the 'new' things on the 'iPod', so why not !!

Also, this afternoon - my old college tutor came around to see how I was doing.  He came around last week & we were out - he was worried I was poorly, so he came back to check on me.  That was nice of him !!

I see, also today, I have picked up a  'new' reader, here in England.  "Greetings" to you & thank you - and everybody else - for logging in.    It's always great to 'see' someone new !!  Again, I thank you !!

Ok - my plans for tonight..... you've guessed it - none at all !!  I'm going to play some more music, watch some TV & then - when B gets home, to help me - I'm off to bed !!  I got up quite early, for me, today & now I'm feeling it......... oh well...  I better away... until next time...

Bye Bye