Hi again...

Hi again World -

'tis a Friday & the sun seems to have gone on holiday !! It was really hot outside earlier, but now it's cloudy & a little on the cold side.... never mind, ain't thinking of going no place today - it's warmer inside !!

One day I'm going to log on to this blog of mine & find a follower - unlikely, but you never know ! So, if anybody is reading this - "Hi !"....

At the moment, I'm here alone... J (my Son) is upstairs, ME (my Daughter) is out with her boyfriend & my Dearest Friend (my Wife) B, is having a little sleep... so, for once, the music is absent from our household !!

I have - as I written before - been going thru' all our cds, I've still not completed the task. I've decided to finish by my birthday (next month)... so I've got a couple of weeks left. So far I'm up to over 2000 discs, not including the Zeppelin collection. There are about 500 of those & - as in previous years - will get a list to themselves. "Why ?" - glad you asked.... I like going to record fairs & if I see a Zep cd, it's nice to have a list to work from - to make sure I don't duplicate the recording or what have you !! Sad but true !!

I'm always playing music - but, I still find things I had forgotten about... or, more to the point - things I had forgotten were SO good !! If nothing else, no matter how hard I have to flap my arms (see earlier postings) to stay afloat - I will always have my family & music to keep me smiling.

Talking of afloat - I might have written this before - BUT, try & watch the film 'The Boat That Rocked'...... it's well good - as I'm sure I've said already someplace !!

Must away - Bye Bye.....

Greetings

Hi again World - if anybody is reading these words..... "Hello !!"

Well -it's another beautiful day in England... the music of the moment is Led Zeppelin (no surprises there) - 'Dazed & Confused' is on as I type, but as it's from a 16 year old tape, I'm not 100% on where it was recorded !! Probably from some live album or another... around the 1973 tour I guess.

I made up my mind I was going to index all the cds that are about this home of ours - well, the ones that belong to B & my good self - and yesterday I made a start on the 'big' set.... by that I mean the ones that are on a cd shelf unit - to my left as I type. J helped me put them all on the floor the night before last & yesterday I made a start... I finished that lot about 15 minutes ago !! I now have about 500 to a 1000 left to do, but first......

.......Well, you know when you service a car, or build something from a flat pack, you always have a nut or bolt that just ain't going to fit anywhere ? Well, I have about 30 cds that I know came out of the unit, but somehow just don't want to fit back on the thing !! No problem - they came off the shelves, they WILL go back, even if I have to force them some how or another....

It's been 'fun' tho'... finding cds I had forgotten about, or - with the benefit of hindsight - wonder why I bought them in the first place !! Oh well, life goes on......

At the moment I here alone - got the whole house to myself !! ME is out at Uni placement, B & J are somewhere between here and town. J has to go to sign on (he lost his job a month or two back) & B is taking him in.... it's ok living out in the sticks, but we only get a bus every few hours or so, which makes public transport a bit of a joke really !!

Not everybody out here in the country has the 4 x 4 or what have you - our battered old thing is a 16 year old bag of rust, but it serves a purpose !! We do get a bit p***ed off with some people who seem to think that, just because we live in the sticks, we must be rolling in money - sorry folks, before being taken ill a few years back, I was a working man !! Oh well, never mind...

For some strange reason - the TV is on..... football AGAIN !! I've no idea who is playing - I'm guessing it was left on when B went out & (to be honest) I've only just noticed !! More drugs please nurse, I'm starting to notice things - now that's a bad sign !!

Not sure if I've mentioned this before - but I've been reading a book by Peter Carey called 'True History Of The Kelly Gang' (I must of mentioned it ?)... it's a good read, hard at times to follow, but if you've ever seen the film 'Ned Kelly' - the Heath Ledger version - it's worth a look at !!

I've not many pages to go, but I've already have a follow up in the form of 'Crow Killer' by Raymond W. Thorp & Robert Bunker..... that is one of the two books the film 'Jeremiah Johnson' (the Robert Redford movie from 1972) was based on. It is less than 200 pages long, so that will not take long once I get started !!

Shocking really - such great taste in music AND I can read as well !! My old primary school teacher would be proud of me - now if only I could learn how to spell !!

Bye Bye

Child In Time

Sweet Child In Time
You'll See The Line
That's Drawn Between
Good & Bad

Oops !!

Hi again...

I forgot to say earlier - but today's music of choice has been (of all things) Spinal Tap !! I found a 'new' album of theirs in the week 'Back From The Dead' & it's great fun..... lots of the old tracks, with newer bits stuck on !! Check it out if you can - great fun !!

This week I've also got hold of a copy of 'Cosmo's Factory' by Creedence Clearwater Revival - its the 40th anniversary copy, with extra tracks.... I bought the lp first time around, hardly seems like 40 years ago !! I must of missed something - like the odd decade or two !! Oh well..... I must play the Tangerine Dream 'Logos' cd that came as well - it only has two tracks on it, but the first one is over 40 minutes long so its not too bad !!

On the family front, J is upstairs & the ladies of the house (B & ME) are now on the ways to Bristol. They were going early this morning, but the exhaust pipe on ME's car fell apart - so that needed to be welded back in place. Never mind, life goes on....

Oh, also - the JW's came a visiting earlier. Two 'new' ladies..... they always seem so shocked when I invite them in for a chat !! Never mind - we all have our own beliefs, so it's good to have a natter about our differences !!

Anyhow - must away... Happy Birthday Mrs W. - hope you got the e-mail ?!

Bye Bye

Why ?

Hi World !!

I was in hospital again this week... hence the delay between posts... & this man came into the X-Ray department. The lady behind the reception desk explained there would be a waiting time - because he had come in at lunch time & also there were people in front of him... aka me !!

The guy got quite angry & asked something like "Do you have to be dying to get anything done?" & "My taxes paid for this hospital" - stupid things like that...... B had to stop me, but I really felt like telling him that I am dying & I'm quite happy to wait !!

Oh well... some people are NEVER happy !!

Bye Bye

Exiled On Main Street....

Hi...

I've just been playing the new release of The Stones 'Exile On Main Street' - it's the 2 Cd set, with new tracks tagged on to the 2nd disc..... it's well worth the money !! I had the 2 Lp set when it first came out & after that the first release of the album on Cd - BUT this new version is pretty good. Not only is the sound quality better, but you get those extra tracks as well.. bargain !!

At the moment I'm playing some Grateful Dead Cd's I forgot I had... one of the sets was still in it's 

wrap !!! I REALLY must get around to going thru' all my Cd's to check them out. I probably buy far too many, but it's a hobby I enjoy, so...... besides, its great when I find stuff I've completely forgotten 

about !!

On the family front... B is outside in the garden, J is upstairs some place & ME is in town getting her hair trimmed... another quiet day here in paradise !! Or at least it would be - for some reason my computer mouse is on the fritz... I'll check out a new one on my next trip to the metropolis - it's being a b****y pain at the moment !!

BUT - things have just brightened up, the postman has just put a new Tangerine Dream Cd thru' my door... alive set from 1982 'Logos'. I give it a play in a moment or 2.... and me saying I but too many Cd's...

oh well....

It's been one of those weeks !!

Hi World !!

Have you ever had one of those weeks, where you sort of go to bed one night & the next thing you know, it's a few days later ? Well, that's how it's been for me this past few days !!

I went to bed on Friday night - next thing I know it's Monday & I feel like s**t !! I know I do not have the best of health - compared to some I'm pretty well off - but sometimes my body kind of gives up & days go by..... could be worse - I didn't wake up in hospital, not knowing how & why I got there... well - not this time at least !! Anyhow - things have got a little out of hand, but I'm still breathing, so that's a bonus I
guess !!

I'm on my own here this afternoon.... ME is at Uni placement, B & J are in town shopping. The music of the moment (for some reason) is Black Sabbath (?) & the sun is out, it's warm & the sky is blue...... a good day by any one's standard !!

I had a great surprise this week - cheered me up no end.... B managed to get me the DVDs of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" TV show from many, many years back !! I guess I'm not alone in watching it all that time ago (?) & - altho' it's from over 25 years ago - it has really stood the test of time !! There are even updates, to fill in the 'unknowns' from when it was broadcast. True, they are from 10 years after the show went on air & so still a little dated - but.... it's brilliant !!

I have the old LP of the s/t & was looking to buy a Cd of it... I found one on Play.com - they want £96 for it !!!! I know I've paid thru' the nose for some of my Cd's (as B will testify) but.... there is no way I'm paying that for it - well, not at the moment at least !! I'll put the LP onto CD - it's a little scratched, but it'll transfer ok...... crackles & all. IF anybody is reading this & knows where I can buy it cheaper, let me know at the above... I would be very grateful !!

Talking of grateful - the Dead Cd's I picked up the other week are really good. I played them thru' & they are well worth the cash I handed over..... not like the latest Peter Gabriel CD 'Scratch My Back' !! I have always liked PG's music - but I have found this one a little too 'dark' for my taste... I'll put it away for a while - come back to it with a fresh pair of ears... maybe it'll sound better after it has collected some dust !!

I've ordered some more Tangerine Dream live Cd's - hopefully they will get here in the next week. I seem to have been playing a lot of their stuff recently - the new ones should fit in well !! It's probably good that I do not smoke or drink - some of TD's stuff gets a little strange, even sober !! Oh well.... I will report on them as & when I get them !!

For now, I must away - until next time........