Greetings World's !!
It's a very wet & dismal Thursday - here in England..... B did the lawns, yesterday... good job to !! Today - well.... the grass would of been way too wet !!
Talking of the lovely B.... ME has just taken her out, to do a bit of shopping. Our Daughter had been waiting, for a carpet man, to fit a new thing in the M & M's "Man Cave"..... as that was done - she 'phoned to see if B wanted to go shopping & that's where they've gone !!
That means, I'm home alone... again !! It's Ok tho' - if things go to badly, I'll just head up to bed.... my little home from home. As it is - my bloody back is still hurting like hell, since my fall - last Friday night - sooooo - laying on the bed, well... it sounds like the right place to be !!
As for the other member of our family... our Son J - well, there is bugger all I can tell you about him. He has made some kind of comment - on Facebook (I think) about money..... so, we offered to send him some, to help him out, nothing more. However... we've been told, if we send him any cash - he would send it back !! Great stuff...... !!
I have no idea, exactly where things are going.... as far as he is concerned. He has his life & that's about all I can tell you about him !! In 2 days - I reach a bit of an anniversary, as far as the family are concerned...... J, if you're reading these words - I have not forgotten !!
Just remember, if you will, that altho' you hate my guts - your Mum still loves you !! Me - I've all but given up. You have your life - mine is gradually coming to an end.......as things recently proved - deal with your hatred, in any way you want.
Jesus - that was deep !! Moving on.......
The music of the moment !!
I've dug out Led Zeppelin's official live release 'Celebration Day' - from their December 10th 2007 concert. Why it took sooooo long, to release this, I have no clue. Within weeks of the show, there were bootlegs flying around the Universe.... why not release it earlier ?! I guess the band had their reasons.... bugger if I know what they were tho' !! The tracks are:
CD 1
1) Good Times, Bad Times
2) Ramble On
3) Black Dog
4) In My Time Of Dying
5) For Your Love
6) Trampled Underfoot
7) Nobody's Fault But Mine
8) No Quarter
CD 2
1) Since I've Been Loving You
2) Dazed & Confused
3) Stairway To Heaven
4) The Song Remains The Same
5) Misty Mountain Hop
6) Kashmir
7) Whole Lotta Love
8) Rock & Roll
It was a great concert - as the bootlegs show, but this official version... it really does lack atmosphere, something the bootlegs had in abundance !!
As always - I'm not telling you, to go out & buy bootlegs - always buy the official releases..... but, as with many a bands official live albums, something gets lost, in the transfer, from concert to release !!
Nevermind - it's always been the same...... I have too many live albums, where the quality is not what I had hoped for. Oh well.... I enjoy live albums, so it's my cross to bear really. It will not stop me buying them & that's a fact !!
On Saturday, there is a record fair, here in our local town.... I'm looking forward to seeing my friends again !! Some of them do not make it, to the Exeter fair....... so, it will be good to catch up !!
I want to know, if my main friend at the fairs, knows who the guy in Exeter was, who was selling Zep boots. I had not come across him before - so, it's always good to find out about people I've not met in the past !!
He was quite keen, on selling me stuff - but.... even if I was prepared to buy anything, from him, his prices were way to high !! Besides - I have everything he was trying to sell me. Life is good...
As I've typed - the TV is showing 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' again..... It's the old black & white version... far better than the newer release !! I have a copy, on DVD - but... the TV was showing it, so I decided to give it a bit of a look-see !! A really good film....
Right - my plans for today...
Well, I am still trying to sort out the Cd's... putting them into some kind of order. I have managed to do several 100's - but, there are still a load more to do & that's a fact !! I was trying to put them, in a kind of A-Z order... but, that hasn't worked for me, in the past - so, I'm working on a band by band thingy now. It's no good having them, neatly in order - if I can't get to the bands, that I play the most !!
So, for now, I will be on my ways....
As always, I thank you for taking the time, to log in & read my words.... let me know, what you are listening to, I'm always interested in hearing from you guys.... until next time..
Bye Bye
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
'Endless Forma Most Beautiful' - again !!
Hi again World's !!
It's a very warm Wednesday, here in England's South-West corner..... it's nearly time for the tourist, the Grockle season to begin !! The roads are starting to fill up & the caravans are moving to & fro the different coastlines.
When we lived, on the South coast - we wondered where the caravans were going.... or, for that matter, coming from. Now, that we've lived here, for the last 15+ years.... well, we see the caravans coming & going, just the same. So - are these the same caravans, just moving from one destination, to another ?! I suspect they are.....
Oh well......
It's a Wednesday & I feel like crap !! This is going to be a short post.... sorry about that !! I had to go down, to the Dr's this morning - to have my thrice weekly torture.... aka - having my dressings changed !!
They still hurt, even after nearly 2 solid years !! It's Ok - after all..... 1 surgery & 10 days in hospital, turned into 10 surgeries & countless stays in one hospital, or another, I should of guessed things were going to go wrong !! Nevermind.....
I saw the nurse - this morning & told her about Monday's visit to the hospital..... she was not impressed !! Still - I was glad to get home, from the hospital - even if it was a real waste of time going !! As it is - my back is still hurting, since Friday's fall..... but, what the heck.... it's only pain !!
As for the family...
My Wife & Dearest Friend - B - is outside, cutting the lawns..... well, 2 of them, at least !! I'm buying a new "weed whacker" - or as we know it, a strimmer, probably on Friday.... sooooo - that will sort out the top lawn & slope. Being as it's May - the grass is growing quite well.... !!
As for the rest of the family.... our Daughter - ME - might be coming over later. B seems to think that she might show up - hope so !! I really enjoy having the guys around !!
The M & M's have loaned us the 1st & 3rd 'Batman' movies.... and I'm enjoying watching them !! After seeing the 1st film - last night - the 2nd film is starting to make more sense !! Oh well... I'm part ways thru' the 3rd one now.... looks good so far !!
As for J... our Son.... I'm not sure what is happening with him !! Simple as that really.... if he has any thoughts, about coming back this way - well, I've not been told !! But - it's Ok.... the best mushrooms are those that are kept in the dark & fed great helpings of shit........ !!
As for the music of the moment - that's the fantastic 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' by Nightwish.... I've had it a few weeks now & I play it, almost every day !! The tracks are:
1) Shudder Before The Beautiful
2) Weak Fantasy
3) Elan
4) Yours Is An Empty Hope
5) Our Decades In The Sun
6) My Walden
7) Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8) Edema Ruh
9) Alpenglow
10) The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
11) The Greatest Show On Earth
I've listed these tracks before, but - if you want a bit of music to listen to.... go for this album !! Hopefully, this week - I will have another one of their 10 inch, coloured vinyl, singles reach me. I'm looking forward to that !!
Right - I'm away now.... too much pain & not enough in the way of pain killers !! It's Ok..... life is good !! As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
It's a very warm Wednesday, here in England's South-West corner..... it's nearly time for the tourist, the Grockle season to begin !! The roads are starting to fill up & the caravans are moving to & fro the different coastlines.
When we lived, on the South coast - we wondered where the caravans were going.... or, for that matter, coming from. Now, that we've lived here, for the last 15+ years.... well, we see the caravans coming & going, just the same. So - are these the same caravans, just moving from one destination, to another ?! I suspect they are.....
Oh well......
It's a Wednesday & I feel like crap !! This is going to be a short post.... sorry about that !! I had to go down, to the Dr's this morning - to have my thrice weekly torture.... aka - having my dressings changed !!
They still hurt, even after nearly 2 solid years !! It's Ok - after all..... 1 surgery & 10 days in hospital, turned into 10 surgeries & countless stays in one hospital, or another, I should of guessed things were going to go wrong !! Nevermind.....
I saw the nurse - this morning & told her about Monday's visit to the hospital..... she was not impressed !! Still - I was glad to get home, from the hospital - even if it was a real waste of time going !! As it is - my back is still hurting, since Friday's fall..... but, what the heck.... it's only pain !!
As for the family...
My Wife & Dearest Friend - B - is outside, cutting the lawns..... well, 2 of them, at least !! I'm buying a new "weed whacker" - or as we know it, a strimmer, probably on Friday.... sooooo - that will sort out the top lawn & slope. Being as it's May - the grass is growing quite well.... !!
As for the rest of the family.... our Daughter - ME - might be coming over later. B seems to think that she might show up - hope so !! I really enjoy having the guys around !!
The M & M's have loaned us the 1st & 3rd 'Batman' movies.... and I'm enjoying watching them !! After seeing the 1st film - last night - the 2nd film is starting to make more sense !! Oh well... I'm part ways thru' the 3rd one now.... looks good so far !!
As for J... our Son.... I'm not sure what is happening with him !! Simple as that really.... if he has any thoughts, about coming back this way - well, I've not been told !! But - it's Ok.... the best mushrooms are those that are kept in the dark & fed great helpings of shit........ !!
As for the music of the moment - that's the fantastic 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' by Nightwish.... I've had it a few weeks now & I play it, almost every day !! The tracks are:
1) Shudder Before The Beautiful
2) Weak Fantasy
3) Elan
4) Yours Is An Empty Hope
5) Our Decades In The Sun
6) My Walden
7) Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8) Edema Ruh
9) Alpenglow
10) The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
11) The Greatest Show On Earth
I've listed these tracks before, but - if you want a bit of music to listen to.... go for this album !! Hopefully, this week - I will have another one of their 10 inch, coloured vinyl, singles reach me. I'm looking forward to that !!
Right - I'm away now.... too much pain & not enough in the way of pain killers !! It's Ok..... life is good !! As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words.... until next time...
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
A waste of a good afternoon... ho-hum !!
Well "Greetings !!" World's !!
How are your bits of the Universe treating you, this fine - very bright - Tuesday ?! I know - I guess, by the time that, some of you, read these words, it might be another day, altogether.... but... that's too complicated for my little brain !! Where I am, it's Tuesday.... and it's a very bright day !!
As I type, I'm home alone..... which means the music is turned up higher than normal !! I am also having a vinyl only kind of day - which is kind of good !! To explain....
I was going to try & tidy up the Lp's, that have been sitting here, on the floor, for way too long. My plan was to probably take them up to J's room & stack them there, until such a time he might decided to come home.
However - I thought, as I'm moving them - I would give the odd 1 or 2 a quick listen !! Sooooo - as I type, I'm playing the 1972 album, by Bo Hanson called 'Music Inspired By Lord Of The Rings'. The tracks are:
Side A
1) Leaving Shire
2) The Old Forest
3) Tom Bombadil
4) Fog On Barrow-Downs
5) The Black Riders
6) Flight To The Ford
7) At The House Of Elrond
8) The Ring Goes South
Side B
1) A Journey In The Dark
2) Lothlorien
3) Shadowfax
4) The Horns Of Rohan
5) The Battle Of The Pelennor Fields
6) Dreams In The Houses Of Healing
7) Homeward Bound
8) The Scouring Of The Shire
9) The Grey Havens
I can't quite get my head around, just how dated this album sounds !! It's still a good listen - but, it sounds really "old" !! I don't know, just how else to describe it ?! Nevermind..... 'Tubular Bells' it is not.... but, still worth a listen, if you get the chance.
As I go thru' the albums - I'll try & give you a track listing..... some I might skip altogether - but... I'll see how things pan out.
Right - as mentioned above, I'm home alone.... for a while at least. B... My Wife & Dearest Friend... has gone up to see her Aunt G & maybe take a trip over to her Mum's grave. As her Mum & Aunt were/are twins, today is their birthday. She only left, a short while ago - so, I guess she won't be home, for a few hours at least..... depends on how long she spends talking !!
Of course - she might go over & see her Dad, as well.... so - that will add to her journey time !! So.... I will see her, when she gets home.... whenever that turns out to be !!
I was thinking, for a while, about going along with her..... but, we had already arranged for a guy to come over, to the house and fix a few problems with the plumbing !! We didn't really plan it this way - but, we need the pipes looked at, so I'm here waiting for whoever it turns out to be, to get here. It's a bit of a bummer really !!
Add to that - I am really knackered from yesterday's little bit of excitement.... well, something like that !! It wasn't so much "excitement" - more bloody annoying !! To explain.....
1st tho' - I've changed the music...... I'm now playing the 2 Lp version of Nightwish's 'Once' album !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Dark Chest Of Wonders
2) Wish I Had An Angel
3) Nemo
Side B
1) Planet Hell
2) Creek Mary's Blood
3) The Siren
Side C
1) Dead Gardens
2) Romanticide
3) Ghost Love Score
Side D
1) Kuolema Takee Taiteilijan
2) Higher Than Hope
Anyhoo - back to yesterday.... more, back to last Friday night !! As mentioned before, on Sunday (I think ?) I fell out of bed & really hit the floor, with a very large thump !! Not only did I mess my back up - I managed to cut a gash into my head, as well.... not too badly, but enough to let me know that I had done it !!
Anyways - that was Friday night....
By yesterday, my back was really hurting, sooooo I went down to the local Dr's surgery, to get it checked out. As it turned out, given the problems, with my back... since May 2013's surgery... the Dr. that I saw, wanted me to go into the hospital, to get it checked out. With me so far ?"
So, that was about 9.30 yesterday morning.... and we were with her - the doctor - when she 'phoned the hospital, to let them know, that I was coming into the hospital & she wanted me to see one of my orthopedic team.... the guys who have looked after me, over the last couple of years.
Right - after sorting out a few things, B drove me to Taunton & we went to the place, that I was told to go to & let them know, that I had arrived. I don't know what time that was..... but....... !!
At 3.30pm - well... I was getting pretty fed up. Not only had we been left, just sort of hanging around - but, I had not had any opportunity, to take any of my med's !! It was the latter bit, that was making things worse..... the pain just kept on growing & getting worse, as each minute went by !!
As it was - B went & found a nurse, told her of my situation & she then gave me some morphine, to help things along. It's the stuff, that I have here, at home.... so, it helped.
As it turned out - at around 4pm, a Dr showed up & sent me for some X-rays.......... then, nothing !! B & I were taken to a little area, where there were some beds, if I wanted to lay down, but.... nothing !! We were just left there..... !!
I was asked, at one point, if I had had anything to eat..... but, nothing was actually offered to me !! I was asked, if I wanted a cup of tea - which, as Mormons, we don't drink anyway.... but..... nothing else was really offered !! It all got very frustrating, it really did !!
So - I told a nurse, that I was going to leave at 6pm.... but, it wasn't until I started to wheel myself out of the door, at exactly 6, that she realised I wasn't joking !! She actually stood in front of me & told me, that I couldn't leave.... I had to be signed out.....
.... to which, I pointed out, that I hadn't actually been signed in - sooooo..... but, she wouldn't move, so I put my name, on a bit of paper & put on it "Waited tooooooooooo long !!" Much too long - I was really pissed off !! It was a waste of a good afternoon !!
I'm now listening to Led Zeppelin's 'Presence' album, from 1976.... great album !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Achilles Last Stand
2) For Your Life
3) Royal Orleans
Side B
1) Nobody's Fault But Mine
2) Candy Store Rock
3) Hots On For Nowhere
4) Tea For One
I'm only playing a couple of the tracks....... still a great Lp tho' !!
Anyhoo - B & I left the hospital.... and headed home, feeling that we had been wasting our time !! I could of stayed at home & - probably - been better off, for it, not having to move about & crap like that. Oh well !!
I'm the first person, to say... "if you're sick, you get looked after" by our hospital system, but - yesterday was really frustrating !! Having seen my local Dr. - being told at 9.30, that the hospital were expecting me & then - more or less - nothing !! By the time, that I got back to the house, my t-shirt had blood over it, from where my back wound had leaked.... it was all very frustrating & something I will not be doing again, in any kind of hurry !!
Anyhow - that was yesterday.... enough moaning !!
Back to today.... and my very few plans......
I'm actually going to sit back & watch a 'Batman' disc, that M gave me to watch. It's the 1st one, with Christian Bale, as Batman... so, I'm looking forward to seeing that one !! Having had & watched the 2nd movie... well, I hope the 1st one will fill in some of the blanks !!
Oh - I have to 'phone a record shop, in Taunton, to see if they have one - or both - of the latest Gov't Mule albums. I had hoped to get them, at the record fair, a week or so back.... but..... nothing. I'll call them later on. Right - I must go.... things to do & films to watch !!
As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words.... from Germany, over to America & into Asia - my thank's to you all..... until next time..
Bye Bye
How are your bits of the Universe treating you, this fine - very bright - Tuesday ?! I know - I guess, by the time that, some of you, read these words, it might be another day, altogether.... but... that's too complicated for my little brain !! Where I am, it's Tuesday.... and it's a very bright day !!
As I type, I'm home alone..... which means the music is turned up higher than normal !! I am also having a vinyl only kind of day - which is kind of good !! To explain....
I was going to try & tidy up the Lp's, that have been sitting here, on the floor, for way too long. My plan was to probably take them up to J's room & stack them there, until such a time he might decided to come home.
However - I thought, as I'm moving them - I would give the odd 1 or 2 a quick listen !! Sooooo - as I type, I'm playing the 1972 album, by Bo Hanson called 'Music Inspired By Lord Of The Rings'. The tracks are:
Side A
1) Leaving Shire
2) The Old Forest
3) Tom Bombadil
4) Fog On Barrow-Downs
5) The Black Riders
6) Flight To The Ford
7) At The House Of Elrond
8) The Ring Goes South
Side B
1) A Journey In The Dark
2) Lothlorien
3) Shadowfax
4) The Horns Of Rohan
5) The Battle Of The Pelennor Fields
6) Dreams In The Houses Of Healing
7) Homeward Bound
8) The Scouring Of The Shire
9) The Grey Havens
I can't quite get my head around, just how dated this album sounds !! It's still a good listen - but, it sounds really "old" !! I don't know, just how else to describe it ?! Nevermind..... 'Tubular Bells' it is not.... but, still worth a listen, if you get the chance.
As I go thru' the albums - I'll try & give you a track listing..... some I might skip altogether - but... I'll see how things pan out.
Right - as mentioned above, I'm home alone.... for a while at least. B... My Wife & Dearest Friend... has gone up to see her Aunt G & maybe take a trip over to her Mum's grave. As her Mum & Aunt were/are twins, today is their birthday. She only left, a short while ago - so, I guess she won't be home, for a few hours at least..... depends on how long she spends talking !!
Of course - she might go over & see her Dad, as well.... so - that will add to her journey time !! So.... I will see her, when she gets home.... whenever that turns out to be !!
I was thinking, for a while, about going along with her..... but, we had already arranged for a guy to come over, to the house and fix a few problems with the plumbing !! We didn't really plan it this way - but, we need the pipes looked at, so I'm here waiting for whoever it turns out to be, to get here. It's a bit of a bummer really !!
Add to that - I am really knackered from yesterday's little bit of excitement.... well, something like that !! It wasn't so much "excitement" - more bloody annoying !! To explain.....
1st tho' - I've changed the music...... I'm now playing the 2 Lp version of Nightwish's 'Once' album !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Dark Chest Of Wonders
2) Wish I Had An Angel
3) Nemo
Side B
1) Planet Hell
2) Creek Mary's Blood
3) The Siren
Side C
1) Dead Gardens
2) Romanticide
3) Ghost Love Score
Side D
1) Kuolema Takee Taiteilijan
2) Higher Than Hope
Anyhoo - back to yesterday.... more, back to last Friday night !! As mentioned before, on Sunday (I think ?) I fell out of bed & really hit the floor, with a very large thump !! Not only did I mess my back up - I managed to cut a gash into my head, as well.... not too badly, but enough to let me know that I had done it !!
Anyways - that was Friday night....
By yesterday, my back was really hurting, sooooo I went down to the local Dr's surgery, to get it checked out. As it turned out, given the problems, with my back... since May 2013's surgery... the Dr. that I saw, wanted me to go into the hospital, to get it checked out. With me so far ?"
So, that was about 9.30 yesterday morning.... and we were with her - the doctor - when she 'phoned the hospital, to let them know, that I was coming into the hospital & she wanted me to see one of my orthopedic team.... the guys who have looked after me, over the last couple of years.
Right - after sorting out a few things, B drove me to Taunton & we went to the place, that I was told to go to & let them know, that I had arrived. I don't know what time that was..... but....... !!
At 3.30pm - well... I was getting pretty fed up. Not only had we been left, just sort of hanging around - but, I had not had any opportunity, to take any of my med's !! It was the latter bit, that was making things worse..... the pain just kept on growing & getting worse, as each minute went by !!
As it was - B went & found a nurse, told her of my situation & she then gave me some morphine, to help things along. It's the stuff, that I have here, at home.... so, it helped.
As it turned out - at around 4pm, a Dr showed up & sent me for some X-rays.......... then, nothing !! B & I were taken to a little area, where there were some beds, if I wanted to lay down, but.... nothing !! We were just left there..... !!
I was asked, at one point, if I had had anything to eat..... but, nothing was actually offered to me !! I was asked, if I wanted a cup of tea - which, as Mormons, we don't drink anyway.... but..... nothing else was really offered !! It all got very frustrating, it really did !!
So - I told a nurse, that I was going to leave at 6pm.... but, it wasn't until I started to wheel myself out of the door, at exactly 6, that she realised I wasn't joking !! She actually stood in front of me & told me, that I couldn't leave.... I had to be signed out.....
.... to which, I pointed out, that I hadn't actually been signed in - sooooo..... but, she wouldn't move, so I put my name, on a bit of paper & put on it "Waited tooooooooooo long !!" Much too long - I was really pissed off !! It was a waste of a good afternoon !!
I'm now listening to Led Zeppelin's 'Presence' album, from 1976.... great album !! The tracks are:
Side A
1) Achilles Last Stand
2) For Your Life
3) Royal Orleans
Side B
1) Nobody's Fault But Mine
2) Candy Store Rock
3) Hots On For Nowhere
4) Tea For One
I'm only playing a couple of the tracks....... still a great Lp tho' !!
Anyhoo - B & I left the hospital.... and headed home, feeling that we had been wasting our time !! I could of stayed at home & - probably - been better off, for it, not having to move about & crap like that. Oh well !!
I'm the first person, to say... "if you're sick, you get looked after" by our hospital system, but - yesterday was really frustrating !! Having seen my local Dr. - being told at 9.30, that the hospital were expecting me & then - more or less - nothing !! By the time, that I got back to the house, my t-shirt had blood over it, from where my back wound had leaked.... it was all very frustrating & something I will not be doing again, in any kind of hurry !!
Anyhow - that was yesterday.... enough moaning !!
Back to today.... and my very few plans......
I'm actually going to sit back & watch a 'Batman' disc, that M gave me to watch. It's the 1st one, with Christian Bale, as Batman... so, I'm looking forward to seeing that one !! Having had & watched the 2nd movie... well, I hope the 1st one will fill in some of the blanks !!
Oh - I have to 'phone a record shop, in Taunton, to see if they have one - or both - of the latest Gov't Mule albums. I had hoped to get them, at the record fair, a week or so back.... but..... nothing. I'll call them later on. Right - I must go.... things to do & films to watch !!
As always - I thank you for logging in & reading my words.... from Germany, over to America & into Asia - my thank's to you all..... until next time..
Bye Bye
Sunday, 10 May 2015
It's not the fall - it's the landing !!
Hi again World's !!
It's another Sunday - here in England.... the start of another week, I guess. To be honest - my weeks, well - they sort of start on a Monday & finish on a Friday. Weekends - well.... they're kind of bonus days, tagged onto the other 5 days !!
I guess, that goes back, to when I worked full time...... the weekends - well, they kind of paid the petrol, that got me to work thru' the rest of the week !! Oh well...... it was many Moons ago now !!
I should point out.... being another Sunday, I should of been up & at them, all set to head off to Church. But - unfortunately - I had a bit of an accident, on Friday night..... and, to be perfectly honest.... I hurt too much, to do very much more than sit here, at the computer, typing these words to you !!
More of that later - first "The Family" !!
As I type, B is up in her "Craft Cave" - making another bag. I think this will be her 3rd one, so far at least. ME had one, a really nice lady, across the road, had the 2nd one & this work in progress, so to speak, is for her Aunt G. I think it's her birthday, this Thursday - so B & ME are heading up to her house, at some point, to give her the little pressy !!
I think ME is going with B... I believe on Tuesday. I'm not 100% about that..... no brain, as usual !! I can't remember exactly what B told me..... oh well !!
As for the rest of the family - our Son, J... well..... I've not heard anything from him, at all.... well, not for a few weeks at least, when I e-mailed him, to see if he wanted to come "home" this Summer. He doesn't - sooooo...... there is very little, that I can say about that little subject !!
We - B & my good self - did a really good job, on sorting out his room !! All of my junk is now tidy & ready for storage, in our loft....... so, the cats are over the Moon - they can now go into J's room & spread out on his bed, in the Sun & just cook slowly away, dreaming of this, that & the other !!
Archie - the youngest one... well, he seems to have decided, that the bed is his & no one else, in our various "cat family" is going near it !! Yesterday - he was sat there, watching the bees & birds fly to & fro.... bless him !! I saw him, just a little while ago.... happy as anything, just sleeping his day away !!
As for the music of the moment..... I'm still playing the Dream Theater 'Breaking The Forth Wall' soundtrack. It was in the Cd deck & it seemed a nice thing, to play over again - so... !! It's just coming up to 'Illumination Theory'..... a great piece of music, especially "live" !!
I did the track listing, for the s/t - I guess, back on Friday..... not really sure about that.... anyhoo - something I came across, by accident, while I was going thru' the Cd's yesterday & that was Dio's 'Chasing Rainbows' live Cd.
It was recorded, in Spokane, Washington, in 1984.... I must of picked it up, some time ago - probably when Ronnie James died & his Cd's were almost everywhere !! It's good... it really is.... the tracks are:
1) We Rock
2) Mystery
3) Shame On The Night
4) Children Of The Sea
5) Heaven & Hell
6) Stand Up & Shout
7) Holy Diver
8) The Mob Rules
9) Rainbow In The Dark
10) Man On The Silver Mountain
11) Long Live Rock & Roll
12) Man On The Silver Mountain - Reprise
I've probably written these tracks out, at some point, last week.... but.... it's still a great album & - if you get chance - go & buy yourself a copy !! It's a really great set !!
Just going back, a short while..... I had an Allman's set reach me, with Cd 1, repeated, on Cd 2 - it was some kind of mix up, in the pressing of the disc, I guess. Anyways - a replacement disc, came yesterday.... sooooo, I now have a complete set of the bands 2014 & last set of concerts !! They're well good.... go & treat yourself to some, if not all of them !!
Ok - going back, to Friday night & my latest accident....... once again, for about the 4th or 5th time, I fell completely out of bed - landing very heavily on my back & some how giving my head a good bash. This left me, with a goodly flow of blood, until B was able to stop it !!
I don't know how I keep doing this !! All I know is, it hurts like heck & tomorrow, I will have to see my local Dr. - mainly as I am really hurting, way too much, for my liking !! As I landed, almost flat, on my back - I'm hoping that, I've not done any damage, to the metal work, in the that area !! Just sitting here..... well, it bloody well hurts !!
I'll see what the Dr. says tomorrow..... I hope, that the pain will gradually ease off, but - I need to get it checked out, just to make sure !! Life is good.... but, it's a pain in the butt, just falling out of the bed, every now & again !! I just need to get the landings right - the falling is easy !! Nevermind......
Right - I must go.... things to do & books to read....
As always, I thank you for taking the time, to log in & read my words..... wherever you are living...until next time...
Bye Bye
It's another Sunday - here in England.... the start of another week, I guess. To be honest - my weeks, well - they sort of start on a Monday & finish on a Friday. Weekends - well.... they're kind of bonus days, tagged onto the other 5 days !!
I guess, that goes back, to when I worked full time...... the weekends - well, they kind of paid the petrol, that got me to work thru' the rest of the week !! Oh well...... it was many Moons ago now !!
I should point out.... being another Sunday, I should of been up & at them, all set to head off to Church. But - unfortunately - I had a bit of an accident, on Friday night..... and, to be perfectly honest.... I hurt too much, to do very much more than sit here, at the computer, typing these words to you !!
More of that later - first "The Family" !!
As I type, B is up in her "Craft Cave" - making another bag. I think this will be her 3rd one, so far at least. ME had one, a really nice lady, across the road, had the 2nd one & this work in progress, so to speak, is for her Aunt G. I think it's her birthday, this Thursday - so B & ME are heading up to her house, at some point, to give her the little pressy !!
I think ME is going with B... I believe on Tuesday. I'm not 100% about that..... no brain, as usual !! I can't remember exactly what B told me..... oh well !!
As for the rest of the family - our Son, J... well..... I've not heard anything from him, at all.... well, not for a few weeks at least, when I e-mailed him, to see if he wanted to come "home" this Summer. He doesn't - sooooo...... there is very little, that I can say about that little subject !!
We - B & my good self - did a really good job, on sorting out his room !! All of my junk is now tidy & ready for storage, in our loft....... so, the cats are over the Moon - they can now go into J's room & spread out on his bed, in the Sun & just cook slowly away, dreaming of this, that & the other !!
Archie - the youngest one... well, he seems to have decided, that the bed is his & no one else, in our various "cat family" is going near it !! Yesterday - he was sat there, watching the bees & birds fly to & fro.... bless him !! I saw him, just a little while ago.... happy as anything, just sleeping his day away !!
As for the music of the moment..... I'm still playing the Dream Theater 'Breaking The Forth Wall' soundtrack. It was in the Cd deck & it seemed a nice thing, to play over again - so... !! It's just coming up to 'Illumination Theory'..... a great piece of music, especially "live" !!
I did the track listing, for the s/t - I guess, back on Friday..... not really sure about that.... anyhoo - something I came across, by accident, while I was going thru' the Cd's yesterday & that was Dio's 'Chasing Rainbows' live Cd.
It was recorded, in Spokane, Washington, in 1984.... I must of picked it up, some time ago - probably when Ronnie James died & his Cd's were almost everywhere !! It's good... it really is.... the tracks are:
1) We Rock
2) Mystery
3) Shame On The Night
4) Children Of The Sea
5) Heaven & Hell
6) Stand Up & Shout
7) Holy Diver
8) The Mob Rules
9) Rainbow In The Dark
10) Man On The Silver Mountain
11) Long Live Rock & Roll
12) Man On The Silver Mountain - Reprise
I've probably written these tracks out, at some point, last week.... but.... it's still a great album & - if you get chance - go & buy yourself a copy !! It's a really great set !!
Just going back, a short while..... I had an Allman's set reach me, with Cd 1, repeated, on Cd 2 - it was some kind of mix up, in the pressing of the disc, I guess. Anyways - a replacement disc, came yesterday.... sooooo, I now have a complete set of the bands 2014 & last set of concerts !! They're well good.... go & treat yourself to some, if not all of them !!
Ok - going back, to Friday night & my latest accident....... once again, for about the 4th or 5th time, I fell completely out of bed - landing very heavily on my back & some how giving my head a good bash. This left me, with a goodly flow of blood, until B was able to stop it !!
I don't know how I keep doing this !! All I know is, it hurts like heck & tomorrow, I will have to see my local Dr. - mainly as I am really hurting, way too much, for my liking !! As I landed, almost flat, on my back - I'm hoping that, I've not done any damage, to the metal work, in the that area !! Just sitting here..... well, it bloody well hurts !!
I'll see what the Dr. says tomorrow..... I hope, that the pain will gradually ease off, but - I need to get it checked out, just to make sure !! Life is good.... but, it's a pain in the butt, just falling out of the bed, every now & again !! I just need to get the landings right - the falling is easy !! Nevermind......
Right - I must go.... things to do & books to read....
As always, I thank you for taking the time, to log in & read my words..... wherever you are living...until next time...
Bye Bye
Friday, 8 May 2015
A new day & a new Government.. sort of ?!
Greetings !!
It's a wet & not so nice Friday here in England's South-West corner !! I had to go down to the local surgery, a short while ago - it's cold & wet.... not very nice at all.... oh well... !!
I'm home alone, as I type.... B has gone into town. to another part of her carers course. She will be home, maybe in the next few hours, the course finishes at 12 & from there, she is going into town, to pick up some groceries & stuff. I don't mind being here, I have lots of music to listen to - plus I have some dishes to wash up.... plenty to do !!
At the moment, I'm - sort of - watching episode 4 of the latest season of 'Game Of Thrones'... really good !! I just hope that they don't mess around, too much more, with the plot lines, in the books !! I'm still getting used to Sansa going to Winterfell !! Nevermind... it's all good....
Well - I guess the whole World knows by now... we have the same - sort of - Government in place, after yesterday's election !! I must be mad - I was sure they would win easily - yet, I never put a bet on
them !! Mind you - I've never put a bet on anything before !!
To me - it was obvious, that all of the TV pundits had it wrong !! I don't know why - just a gut feeling I guess.... but, there was no way the Labour Party were going to get enough votes, to win seats, in Parliament & form the next Government !!
I'm not sure what they will do now - I guess they might form up, behind a new leader & try again, in 5 years time, or - hope with it's small majority, the parties in opposition will club together & bring the Conservative government down !! It's happened before - I can't really see it happening again, maybe - but, not really !!
As for the Liberal Party - well.... you jumped into bed, with the Conservatives, 5 years ago.... now, for a great many people, it's payback time !! You've lost your seats & now you all have to find other jobs !!
Our local guy - he won.... there was very little chance of him losing, as I said, the day before yesterday !! Nevermind... he's a nice guy - it's just a shame he's a politician !!
Right, 'Game Of Thrones' has come to an end - it's music times again !!
I'm listening to the latest (I think) Yes live album.... 'Like It Is'..... which was recorded just up the road from here, in Bristol, at the Hippodrome theatre !! I have seen many a good band, at the venue - none lately... but !!
The tracks are:
CD 1
1) Going For The One
2) Turn Of The Century
3) Parallels
4) Wonderous Stories
5) Awaken
CD 2
1) Your's Is No Disgrace
2) The Clap
3) Starship Trooper
4) I've Seen All Good People
5) A Venture
6) Perpetual Change
Cd 2 is a complete run thru' of the band's 'Yes Album'. Unfortunately - as I've no doubt written before.... it's a good enough 'live' album - but, there are no new tracks on it !! I found this a bit strange - considering the band had a new album on release. All very weird !!
Plus - I can't get my head around the band's vocalist !! One minute - some time ago - it was Jon Anderson... followed, when he got sick, by Benoit David in 2009 & now, on this album.... from last year, by Jon Davison !! Again - all very weird !!
I'm changing the music, over to the 'Live... In The Raw' album, by W.A.S.P. !! I picked it up, last weekend & I've not really played it thru' yet.... must give it a listen !!
The tracks are:
1) Inside The Electric Circus
2) I Don't Need No Doctor
3) L.O.V.E. Machine
4) Wild Child
5) 9.5. N.A.S.T.Y.
6) Sleeping In The Fire
7) The Manimal
8) I wanna Be Somebody
9) Harder Faster
10) Blind In Texas
11) Scream Until You Like It
12) Shoot From The Hip
13) Widowmaker
14) Sex Drive
15) Sleeping In The Fire (Acoustic)
One thing, that I will say about W.A.S.P. - you get exactly what it says on the label !! It's 'live' & it's very 'raw' !! Oh well..... it's an interesting change, from the vocals of Jon Davison & that's a fact !!
Going back, to the family...
ME came over yesterday afternoon.... she is one fantastic Daughter & she is a bright spark, that often lifts my spirits, away from the crap, that is my back wound !! Bless her.... it's always good to see her, yesterday - well, she certainly made my day !! I think she is working today - so, have a good one.... !!
Also, yesterday - a guy came out, to look at our smallest bedroom.... to check, to see (really) if it's big enough to qualify for paying the so-called "bed room" tax. Unfortunately - B got some bad info about it... and, altho' it's small... it's still too big, for paying the tax thingy. It's Ok - as I said to the guy - if we have to pay it, so be it... it's just one of those things !!
The Labour Party said - if they won the election - they would scrap the tax.... unfortunately - or fortunately, depending on your views about them, they didn't win... sooooo, we will have to keep paying for the room !! It's all good..... Life is good !! So - bugger the tax & keep
smiling !!
I've just seen the map, of the UK - with all the various colours, in place - showing which party won what...... much to my surprise, the Labour Party won a bundle of seats, in & around London. I'm surprised, mainly as I expected them to win in the North of the Country - but... not so much, in the South ?!
I see also - that the leader of the UK Independence Party, didn't win the seat, that he was standing for !! I guess, it's an election that will take a while to pan out.... lot's of things to sort out !! The Liberal's have lost their spot, in the Government & the Labour Party have to deal, with losing great chunks of Scotland, to the SNP !!
Oh well.... the guys I voted for, didn't win.... but - I never expected them to !! At least they go a few votes...
Right - my plans for today.... none at all really !!
I have made a good start, on sorting out the Cd collection..... but, I'm not really up to doing anymore of those today. The nurse, this morning, was new... and, she hurt my back, just a bit, when she changed the dressings. Sooooo - I'm going to take the weight off & lay on the bed, for a short while... until the pain goes away again !!
It's not her fault - but, it sure does hurt..... so, I will sign off, for today & go rest up a bit. I have to take some washing out of the machine & hang that up, to dry out a bit. So... I guess that's a bit of a plan !!
I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words... until next time...
Bye Bye
It's a wet & not so nice Friday here in England's South-West corner !! I had to go down to the local surgery, a short while ago - it's cold & wet.... not very nice at all.... oh well... !!
I'm home alone, as I type.... B has gone into town. to another part of her carers course. She will be home, maybe in the next few hours, the course finishes at 12 & from there, she is going into town, to pick up some groceries & stuff. I don't mind being here, I have lots of music to listen to - plus I have some dishes to wash up.... plenty to do !!
At the moment, I'm - sort of - watching episode 4 of the latest season of 'Game Of Thrones'... really good !! I just hope that they don't mess around, too much more, with the plot lines, in the books !! I'm still getting used to Sansa going to Winterfell !! Nevermind... it's all good....
Well - I guess the whole World knows by now... we have the same - sort of - Government in place, after yesterday's election !! I must be mad - I was sure they would win easily - yet, I never put a bet on
them !! Mind you - I've never put a bet on anything before !!
To me - it was obvious, that all of the TV pundits had it wrong !! I don't know why - just a gut feeling I guess.... but, there was no way the Labour Party were going to get enough votes, to win seats, in Parliament & form the next Government !!
I'm not sure what they will do now - I guess they might form up, behind a new leader & try again, in 5 years time, or - hope with it's small majority, the parties in opposition will club together & bring the Conservative government down !! It's happened before - I can't really see it happening again, maybe - but, not really !!
As for the Liberal Party - well.... you jumped into bed, with the Conservatives, 5 years ago.... now, for a great many people, it's payback time !! You've lost your seats & now you all have to find other jobs !!
Our local guy - he won.... there was very little chance of him losing, as I said, the day before yesterday !! Nevermind... he's a nice guy - it's just a shame he's a politician !!
Right, 'Game Of Thrones' has come to an end - it's music times again !!
I'm listening to the latest (I think) Yes live album.... 'Like It Is'..... which was recorded just up the road from here, in Bristol, at the Hippodrome theatre !! I have seen many a good band, at the venue - none lately... but !!
The tracks are:
CD 1
1) Going For The One
2) Turn Of The Century
3) Parallels
4) Wonderous Stories
5) Awaken
CD 2
1) Your's Is No Disgrace
2) The Clap
3) Starship Trooper
4) I've Seen All Good People
5) A Venture
6) Perpetual Change
Cd 2 is a complete run thru' of the band's 'Yes Album'. Unfortunately - as I've no doubt written before.... it's a good enough 'live' album - but, there are no new tracks on it !! I found this a bit strange - considering the band had a new album on release. All very weird !!
Plus - I can't get my head around the band's vocalist !! One minute - some time ago - it was Jon Anderson... followed, when he got sick, by Benoit David in 2009 & now, on this album.... from last year, by Jon Davison !! Again - all very weird !!
I'm changing the music, over to the 'Live... In The Raw' album, by W.A.S.P. !! I picked it up, last weekend & I've not really played it thru' yet.... must give it a listen !!
The tracks are:
1) Inside The Electric Circus
2) I Don't Need No Doctor
3) L.O.V.E. Machine
4) Wild Child
5) 9.5. N.A.S.T.Y.
6) Sleeping In The Fire
7) The Manimal
8) I wanna Be Somebody
9) Harder Faster
10) Blind In Texas
11) Scream Until You Like It
12) Shoot From The Hip
13) Widowmaker
14) Sex Drive
15) Sleeping In The Fire (Acoustic)
One thing, that I will say about W.A.S.P. - you get exactly what it says on the label !! It's 'live' & it's very 'raw' !! Oh well..... it's an interesting change, from the vocals of Jon Davison & that's a fact !!
Going back, to the family...
ME came over yesterday afternoon.... she is one fantastic Daughter & she is a bright spark, that often lifts my spirits, away from the crap, that is my back wound !! Bless her.... it's always good to see her, yesterday - well, she certainly made my day !! I think she is working today - so, have a good one.... !!
Also, yesterday - a guy came out, to look at our smallest bedroom.... to check, to see (really) if it's big enough to qualify for paying the so-called "bed room" tax. Unfortunately - B got some bad info about it... and, altho' it's small... it's still too big, for paying the tax thingy. It's Ok - as I said to the guy - if we have to pay it, so be it... it's just one of those things !!
The Labour Party said - if they won the election - they would scrap the tax.... unfortunately - or fortunately, depending on your views about them, they didn't win... sooooo, we will have to keep paying for the room !! It's all good..... Life is good !! So - bugger the tax & keep
smiling !!
I've just seen the map, of the UK - with all the various colours, in place - showing which party won what...... much to my surprise, the Labour Party won a bundle of seats, in & around London. I'm surprised, mainly as I expected them to win in the North of the Country - but... not so much, in the South ?!
I see also - that the leader of the UK Independence Party, didn't win the seat, that he was standing for !! I guess, it's an election that will take a while to pan out.... lot's of things to sort out !! The Liberal's have lost their spot, in the Government & the Labour Party have to deal, with losing great chunks of Scotland, to the SNP !!
Oh well.... the guys I voted for, didn't win.... but - I never expected them to !! At least they go a few votes...
Right - my plans for today.... none at all really !!
I have made a good start, on sorting out the Cd collection..... but, I'm not really up to doing anymore of those today. The nurse, this morning, was new... and, she hurt my back, just a bit, when she changed the dressings. Sooooo - I'm going to take the weight off & lay on the bed, for a short while... until the pain goes away again !!
It's not her fault - but, it sure does hurt..... so, I will sign off, for today & go rest up a bit. I have to take some washing out of the machine & hang that up, to dry out a bit. So... I guess that's a bit of a plan !!
I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words... until next time...
Bye Bye
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
"I forgot the box" Pt 2 !! Ho-hum.....
Hi again World's !!
Is your bit of the Universe treating you Ok ?! Is the sky the right colour blue - or red, or what ever colour you prefer !! Here - well, it's going from wet & overcast, to bright Sunshine...... still bloody cold tho' !! Honestly - we're heading into the Summer & it's cold !! Come on World - find a bit of a warm spot for us !!
I mustn't moan tho' - I did go out to the local Dr's surgery, earlier - to once again, have my dressings changed. The nurse, bless her, wanted to know why part of my back had opened up again... to which I replied "I don't want to talk about it" - sooooo, that kind of killed that part of the conversation !!
There are certain things, that I do not want people to know about !! It's not me being a jerk.... I just want certain topics left off the table. Anyhoo - the nurse treated the bit of my back, that still refuses to heal & I came home, a little better, than when I went in. Life is good !!
Oh - I forgot... It's another Wednesday !! That means, tomorrow is Thursday & we all get the chance to vote in our general election !! For those of you, who live outside of the UK - this madness happens, about once (on average) every 5 years, thankfully !!
I say "thankfully" - because, if I have to sit here & listen to MP's prattle on, about why they should run the Government, any longer... well, I would happily get on a plane & fly out of here !! Of course - I haven't got a passport anymore - so, I guess I'm screwed & will have to stay put !! Nevermind.....
In this area - we have always said, that the Conservative party put a pet ape, up for election.... well, the ape would win !! It's that kind of area - where the Conservative MP has a pretty save seat.....
It's a shame really...... I like our MP !! I've met him a few times, at the college & a couple of times, while we've been shopping, in town. He came here, to the house, a while back now - but, just because I like the guy.... well, it's just a real shame that he's a Conservative !! Oh well... life goes on....
No matter - I will go down, to our local library & cast my vote...... I always try & vote, as it's no point moaning about the Government, if you don't try & vote for the person, that you want to get elected !!
Of course - you could argue, that the person "you" voted for, doesn't stand a chance, so why vote ?! Well - if you don't vote, it makes no difference who wins.... "you" didn't vote, sooooo stop complaining about who won !! Oh well..... life will go & on... come Friday, most of the votes will be counted and - I suspect - we will still land up with the same Government, so..... !! Time will tell !!
Going backwards - I must tell you about the family !!
As I type, B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is behind me, in our kitchen..... she has just given our eldest cat "Smudge" another can of food !! B says that is his 3rd of the day !! Oh well - he's like me, old & falling apart at the seams.... so, he deserves his "extra" food. Honestly, he never seems to put any weight on - he could eat all the food in the house & still be a bag of bones !!
B also did a small bit of something, with the iron. As best as I can make out, she is making a bag, upstairs & she wanted to iron the handles, to give them some sort of extra strength - by folding them over & over. If the bag will work - well, it's a work in progress & if this one is no good, she will learn from it & alter the next one !!
As for the rest of the clan....
Well - I've not heard anything from our Son J.... he still hates my guts & - to be honest - if he is happy, with his life & where he is living, well.... there is little I can say or do, to alter things !! He has a room here, if he wants it, anytime - but, it's up to him !!
As for our Daughter - ME... well, she 'phoned earlier, to see if we were going into town, which we were not... so, she is coming over to here, sometime tomorrow. Bless her - she always brightens up my day !!
The 2 of us, this morning, spent some time sorting out my mess, in J's room..... I have boxes of stuff, everywhere upstairs !! So - with B's help, I - kind of - went thru' all of the boxes & tried to stack them a little better than they were !! Honestly - it was a bit of a mess... now at least, I know (almost) where everything is !!
Talking about boxes !!
I forgot to mention, that I am now the, very proud, owner of the Allman Brothers 2014 complete concert box !! It came from the Hittin' The Note web site... so, my thanks to Lady V & Sir J for all of their work & for sending it to me !!
It's brown in colour, with various bit & bobs on it.... it's really great & a worthwhile addition to my, or I should say our collection !! Plus, of course - it marks the end of the bands touring career... which is sad, but.... they have done some great music, over the last 45+ years... sooooo - the box is great !!
I doubt if I will put the Cd's, into the box - they will stay on the shelf & get played, over & over... it's a waste to box them up !! I might do it, another time.... a ways down the road... but, not for a while yet !!
As for the music of the moment...
Well, as I type, I'm listening to the sound track of Dream Theater's 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' DVD. It came out last year, at some point, not quite sure exactly when - but !!
The TV is on, in the corner, with the sound turned down.... as pretty much normal, for me, so I'm playing the s/t of the DVD - to keep me from throwing something at the screen, as various politicians come & go... on the BBC news channel !!
I really will be happy, when the blooming election is over !!
The tracks on the DVD... or at least the 3 Cd set are:
CD 1
1) The Enemy Inside
2) The Shattered Fortress
3) On The Backs Of Angels
4) The Looking Glass
5) Trial Of Tears
6) Enigma Machine
7) Along For The Ride
8) Breaking All Illusions
CD 2
1) The Mirror
2) Lie
3) Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
4) Scarred
5) Space Dye Vest
6) Illumination Theory
CD 3
1) Overture 1928
2) Strange Deja Vu
3) The Dance Of Eternity
4) Finally Free
All of the tracks, on Cd 3 are from the bands 'Scenes From A Memory' album...... it's well good !! Go & buy yourselves a copy of the DVD & watch the band go thru' some great tracks - a big section of which are played with the Berklee College Of Music Orchestra & Choir.
Lots of great music - especially 'Illumination Theory'.... for me, the stand out track, off the bands last album !! Of course, I'm a little bias, to that track - as the 12 inch picture disc, of it has hardly left my turntable, over the last few months or more !!
Getting off of music.. the TV is showing scenes, from the crash site of the 'Germanwings' plane, that - is seems - the co-pilot deliberately crashed into the Alps. All of this happened a few months back - not that long ago.... just before I landed back in hospital, a few weeks back.
How the guy could just crash a plane, with all of those people on board... well, it's beyond me. If you want to die, go kill yourself, not a 100+ people as well !! Our prayers still go out, to all of those people who died that day & their relatives.
Ok - back to the weekend & some of the other stuff, that I came home with !!
Apart from the Allman's concert - that I think I mentioned before..... I also came home with 2 concerts, by Rainbow + a Cd called 'Born To Rock' by Neil Young. It's a single Cd & sounds very much like an edited version of his 'Cow Palace 1986' double Cd set.
The latter came out in 2011 - the one I picked up, on Saturday, came out this year..... I'll give them both another listen & see if I can spot anything. It would be a big shame, if I already have the thing, in another form, but... it's too late now !!
I also picked up a copy of 'Live... In The Raw' by W.A.S.P. !! As yet I've not played it - but I do have a soft spot, for the band. This live set, or at least, this Cd came out in 2003 - which would explain why it was sooooo very cheap !! Oh well.... back to the Rainbow sets...
They were both recorded, with Mr Ronnie James Dio on vocals.... in 1976 & 1977 in Germany. The track listing, well - it's pretty much identical..... with the odd change.
The 1976 album has 'Stargazer' on it.... while the 1977 set list drops that track & has 'Long Live Rock & Roll' in it's place. The 1977 album also has some longer versions of various things - like a 19 minute 'Still I'm Sad'.
As long time readers will know - I like long, live recordings... so, this album is right where I want it to be, in my Cd player & getting played more & more, as each day goes by !! Thankfully - I didn't buy one of the sets, it was a gift, from a guy we know..... I'm very much in his debt !! It's a great pair of live albums..... !!
I'll probably give you a track listing, at another time... for now tho' - I must think about closing this off for today. I seem to have written more than I expected !!
So - with my thanks, to you all, for logging in & reading my words... it's good to know that you are "out there" - somewhere !! My thanks to you all... until next time...
Bye Bye
Is your bit of the Universe treating you Ok ?! Is the sky the right colour blue - or red, or what ever colour you prefer !! Here - well, it's going from wet & overcast, to bright Sunshine...... still bloody cold tho' !! Honestly - we're heading into the Summer & it's cold !! Come on World - find a bit of a warm spot for us !!
I mustn't moan tho' - I did go out to the local Dr's surgery, earlier - to once again, have my dressings changed. The nurse, bless her, wanted to know why part of my back had opened up again... to which I replied "I don't want to talk about it" - sooooo, that kind of killed that part of the conversation !!
There are certain things, that I do not want people to know about !! It's not me being a jerk.... I just want certain topics left off the table. Anyhoo - the nurse treated the bit of my back, that still refuses to heal & I came home, a little better, than when I went in. Life is good !!
Oh - I forgot... It's another Wednesday !! That means, tomorrow is Thursday & we all get the chance to vote in our general election !! For those of you, who live outside of the UK - this madness happens, about once (on average) every 5 years, thankfully !!
I say "thankfully" - because, if I have to sit here & listen to MP's prattle on, about why they should run the Government, any longer... well, I would happily get on a plane & fly out of here !! Of course - I haven't got a passport anymore - so, I guess I'm screwed & will have to stay put !! Nevermind.....
In this area - we have always said, that the Conservative party put a pet ape, up for election.... well, the ape would win !! It's that kind of area - where the Conservative MP has a pretty save seat.....
It's a shame really...... I like our MP !! I've met him a few times, at the college & a couple of times, while we've been shopping, in town. He came here, to the house, a while back now - but, just because I like the guy.... well, it's just a real shame that he's a Conservative !! Oh well... life goes on....
No matter - I will go down, to our local library & cast my vote...... I always try & vote, as it's no point moaning about the Government, if you don't try & vote for the person, that you want to get elected !!
Of course - you could argue, that the person "you" voted for, doesn't stand a chance, so why vote ?! Well - if you don't vote, it makes no difference who wins.... "you" didn't vote, sooooo stop complaining about who won !! Oh well..... life will go & on... come Friday, most of the votes will be counted and - I suspect - we will still land up with the same Government, so..... !! Time will tell !!
Going backwards - I must tell you about the family !!
As I type, B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is behind me, in our kitchen..... she has just given our eldest cat "Smudge" another can of food !! B says that is his 3rd of the day !! Oh well - he's like me, old & falling apart at the seams.... so, he deserves his "extra" food. Honestly, he never seems to put any weight on - he could eat all the food in the house & still be a bag of bones !!
B also did a small bit of something, with the iron. As best as I can make out, she is making a bag, upstairs & she wanted to iron the handles, to give them some sort of extra strength - by folding them over & over. If the bag will work - well, it's a work in progress & if this one is no good, she will learn from it & alter the next one !!
As for the rest of the clan....
Well - I've not heard anything from our Son J.... he still hates my guts & - to be honest - if he is happy, with his life & where he is living, well.... there is little I can say or do, to alter things !! He has a room here, if he wants it, anytime - but, it's up to him !!
As for our Daughter - ME... well, she 'phoned earlier, to see if we were going into town, which we were not... so, she is coming over to here, sometime tomorrow. Bless her - she always brightens up my day !!
The 2 of us, this morning, spent some time sorting out my mess, in J's room..... I have boxes of stuff, everywhere upstairs !! So - with B's help, I - kind of - went thru' all of the boxes & tried to stack them a little better than they were !! Honestly - it was a bit of a mess... now at least, I know (almost) where everything is !!
Talking about boxes !!
I forgot to mention, that I am now the, very proud, owner of the Allman Brothers 2014 complete concert box !! It came from the Hittin' The Note web site... so, my thanks to Lady V & Sir J for all of their work & for sending it to me !!
It's brown in colour, with various bit & bobs on it.... it's really great & a worthwhile addition to my, or I should say our collection !! Plus, of course - it marks the end of the bands touring career... which is sad, but.... they have done some great music, over the last 45+ years... sooooo - the box is great !!
I doubt if I will put the Cd's, into the box - they will stay on the shelf & get played, over & over... it's a waste to box them up !! I might do it, another time.... a ways down the road... but, not for a while yet !!
As for the music of the moment...
Well, as I type, I'm listening to the sound track of Dream Theater's 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' DVD. It came out last year, at some point, not quite sure exactly when - but !!
The TV is on, in the corner, with the sound turned down.... as pretty much normal, for me, so I'm playing the s/t of the DVD - to keep me from throwing something at the screen, as various politicians come & go... on the BBC news channel !!
I really will be happy, when the blooming election is over !!
The tracks on the DVD... or at least the 3 Cd set are:
CD 1
1) The Enemy Inside
2) The Shattered Fortress
3) On The Backs Of Angels
4) The Looking Glass
5) Trial Of Tears
6) Enigma Machine
7) Along For The Ride
8) Breaking All Illusions
CD 2
1) The Mirror
2) Lie
3) Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
4) Scarred
5) Space Dye Vest
6) Illumination Theory
CD 3
1) Overture 1928
2) Strange Deja Vu
3) The Dance Of Eternity
4) Finally Free
All of the tracks, on Cd 3 are from the bands 'Scenes From A Memory' album...... it's well good !! Go & buy yourselves a copy of the DVD & watch the band go thru' some great tracks - a big section of which are played with the Berklee College Of Music Orchestra & Choir.
Lots of great music - especially 'Illumination Theory'.... for me, the stand out track, off the bands last album !! Of course, I'm a little bias, to that track - as the 12 inch picture disc, of it has hardly left my turntable, over the last few months or more !!
Getting off of music.. the TV is showing scenes, from the crash site of the 'Germanwings' plane, that - is seems - the co-pilot deliberately crashed into the Alps. All of this happened a few months back - not that long ago.... just before I landed back in hospital, a few weeks back.
How the guy could just crash a plane, with all of those people on board... well, it's beyond me. If you want to die, go kill yourself, not a 100+ people as well !! Our prayers still go out, to all of those people who died that day & their relatives.
Ok - back to the weekend & some of the other stuff, that I came home with !!
Apart from the Allman's concert - that I think I mentioned before..... I also came home with 2 concerts, by Rainbow + a Cd called 'Born To Rock' by Neil Young. It's a single Cd & sounds very much like an edited version of his 'Cow Palace 1986' double Cd set.
The latter came out in 2011 - the one I picked up, on Saturday, came out this year..... I'll give them both another listen & see if I can spot anything. It would be a big shame, if I already have the thing, in another form, but... it's too late now !!
I also picked up a copy of 'Live... In The Raw' by W.A.S.P. !! As yet I've not played it - but I do have a soft spot, for the band. This live set, or at least, this Cd came out in 2003 - which would explain why it was sooooo very cheap !! Oh well.... back to the Rainbow sets...
They were both recorded, with Mr Ronnie James Dio on vocals.... in 1976 & 1977 in Germany. The track listing, well - it's pretty much identical..... with the odd change.
The 1976 album has 'Stargazer' on it.... while the 1977 set list drops that track & has 'Long Live Rock & Roll' in it's place. The 1977 album also has some longer versions of various things - like a 19 minute 'Still I'm Sad'.
As long time readers will know - I like long, live recordings... so, this album is right where I want it to be, in my Cd player & getting played more & more, as each day goes by !! Thankfully - I didn't buy one of the sets, it was a gift, from a guy we know..... I'm very much in his debt !! It's a great pair of live albums..... !!
I'll probably give you a track listing, at another time... for now tho' - I must think about closing this off for today. I seem to have written more than I expected !!
So - with my thanks, to you all, for logging in & reading my words... it's good to know that you are "out there" - somewhere !! My thanks to you all... until next time...
Bye Bye
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
'Dub Side Of The Mule' & other stuff.
Greetings World's !!
It's a Tuesday... yep - it's Tuesday & I've just realised, that I've not posted anything since last Thursday !! I can't really remember "why" I've not posted anything... which is kind of weird..... got to go...!!
Sorry about that - B spotted that I had a dressing problem.... so, it meant a quick re-jig & now I'm back again !! Thankfully, there were no major thingy's wrong - I just needed a bit of stuff put over the top. Oh - such fun !!
As some of you might already know - we've just had a "May Day" holiday.... a 3 day bit of fun. That has meant, that my local surgery remained shut, yesterday, sooooo.... my dressings have had to go one day longer than normal.
I had to go to the hospital, on Sunday... to have the blooming things changed there..... but, it has meant, that I have to wait until tomorrow, before getting the things looked at again. The result of all of this, is my lovely back has had to go an extra day, before I can get a new dressing put on again. All very problematic...... hence B spotted a leak & we had to do a bit of "running repairs" - quite literally !! Oh well......
Talking of My Wife & Dearest Friend...... B has gone into town, to do a bit of a quick shop. There are a few things, that we've run out of.... plus, I think she is heading to pick up some craft type of stuff, that she needed.
I must tell you, about my new "Sock Monkey" !!
B wanted to start making them (Sock Monkeys) and, as usual - when she makes new things, I have been given the very fist one !! As I type - he is sat, right in front of me & he's really good !!
He's made up, from 2 socks - white & purple - and... well.... I think I'll call him Micky !! Why not ?! I was always a big fan of The Monkees - sooooo..... Micky sounds about right !!
Going back, just a few days... to Saturday. B drove me down to Exeter, for the record fair & a look around the shops. It was really wet & horrid - but... we had some fun !! Considering, that it was a holiday weekend - the traffic, going down,was pretty good...
Anyhoo - back to the fair...
I met up, with an old friend or two & that was good. Tho' - having said that - one of them tried to rip me off, over the cost of some Cd's !! To explain...
I picked up a couple of Grateful Dead live sets..... when I asked "how much ?" the friend said £25 each - which I was happy paying, as they were both 3 Cd sets. Unfortunately - when I said it was a good price, for a triple set - the guy took them & said he thought they were doubles !! He then jacked the price up to £50 each !!
I couldn't believe it !! It was his loss tho' - as I told him to keep them, they were too rich, for my pocket at least !! I don't mind the odd price hike... but, to double them up, just because of the extra disc !! That was too much for me !!
I did come away, with a live set, recorded at The Beacon Theatre, by the Allman Brothers... from April 1st 1994. It's only a single disc - but..... The tracks are:
1) Statesboro' Blues
2) Blue Sky
3) Untitled
4) The Same Thing
5) Soulshine
6) Untitled
7) Jessica
8) Midnight Rider
9) Temptation Is A Gun
10) Untitled
11) I Want To Change My way Of Living
12) Please Don't Cry
13) No One Left To Run With
14) Whipping Post
To be honest - I've not played it yet - so some of the Untitled stuff might get names, as I go along.... but... I'll sort that out, as & when I put the thing, into the Cd players !!
I also, from the fair, came away with a live Rainbow set... from Germany, recorded back in 1976. It was only £8 - which, for a double set, seemed pretty good. It got better - because another friend, actually bought the thing for me !!
It's Ok - I've done him a load of favours, over the years, sooooo... it was a good deal !! It has a great version of 'Stargazer'on it.... worth £8 of my friend's money, any day of the week !!
Mind you - the same guy wants to come here & go thru' my tape collection - in the hope of putting them, onto Cd's... so that his friend can sell them !! That is not going to happen !! I don't mind putting my own tapes, onto Cd, from time to time... but, I don't go around selling them afterwards !!
My tapes are for my own use !! I do give copies of the Cd's away, from time to time - but... I'm not going to go around selling them.... neither do I expect anything in return !! My tapes... not anybody's else's !! Screw selling them, on the open market.....
I did come home, with some other stuff.... but, those are for another day... but, I must give you the track listing, for Gov't Mule's great 3 Cd set 'Dub Side Of The Mule' !! It's well good !! The - many - tracks are:
CD 1
1) Thorazine Shuffle
2) Larger Than Life
3) She Said, She Said
4) Tomorrow Never Knows
5) Whiter Shade Of Pale
6) Dolphineus
7) Painted Silver Light
8) Sco-Mule
9) So Weak, So Strong
10) Play With Fire
11) Unring The Bell
CD 2
1) I'm A Ram
2) 54-46 Was My Number
3) Hard To Handle
4) True Love Is Hard To Find
5) Pressure Drop
6) Let Down
7) I've Got My Dreams To Remember
8) Reggae Got Soul
9) Hard Road
10) Happy New Year
11) Turn On Your Love Light
12) Reggae Soulshine
CD 3
1) Intro
2) Sweet Feeling
3) Just Like A Woman
4) I Feel So Bad
5) Dreams
6) Million Miles From Yesterday
7) Endless Parade
8) It's A Man's Man's Man's World
9) Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
10) It Hurst Me Too
11) Goin' Out West
This is really a great live set... with all the great tracks in there, plus about an hour of The Mule doing some great versions, with guest vocalist Toots Hibbert !! It's well worth your cash - go & get yourself a copy !!
Right - for now, I must away. I've nothing special to do - I just want to sit down & watch some more of 'Game Of Thrones'. I really am hooked onto this !! Oh well.... it helps to pass the day away....
Thank's to you all, for logging in & reading my words..... until next time...
Bye Bye
It's a Tuesday... yep - it's Tuesday & I've just realised, that I've not posted anything since last Thursday !! I can't really remember "why" I've not posted anything... which is kind of weird..... got to go...!!
Sorry about that - B spotted that I had a dressing problem.... so, it meant a quick re-jig & now I'm back again !! Thankfully, there were no major thingy's wrong - I just needed a bit of stuff put over the top. Oh - such fun !!
As some of you might already know - we've just had a "May Day" holiday.... a 3 day bit of fun. That has meant, that my local surgery remained shut, yesterday, sooooo.... my dressings have had to go one day longer than normal.
I had to go to the hospital, on Sunday... to have the blooming things changed there..... but, it has meant, that I have to wait until tomorrow, before getting the things looked at again. The result of all of this, is my lovely back has had to go an extra day, before I can get a new dressing put on again. All very problematic...... hence B spotted a leak & we had to do a bit of "running repairs" - quite literally !! Oh well......
Talking of My Wife & Dearest Friend...... B has gone into town, to do a bit of a quick shop. There are a few things, that we've run out of.... plus, I think she is heading to pick up some craft type of stuff, that she needed.
I must tell you, about my new "Sock Monkey" !!
B wanted to start making them (Sock Monkeys) and, as usual - when she makes new things, I have been given the very fist one !! As I type - he is sat, right in front of me & he's really good !!
He's made up, from 2 socks - white & purple - and... well.... I think I'll call him Micky !! Why not ?! I was always a big fan of The Monkees - sooooo..... Micky sounds about right !!
Going back, just a few days... to Saturday. B drove me down to Exeter, for the record fair & a look around the shops. It was really wet & horrid - but... we had some fun !! Considering, that it was a holiday weekend - the traffic, going down,was pretty good...
Anyhoo - back to the fair...
I met up, with an old friend or two & that was good. Tho' - having said that - one of them tried to rip me off, over the cost of some Cd's !! To explain...
I picked up a couple of Grateful Dead live sets..... when I asked "how much ?" the friend said £25 each - which I was happy paying, as they were both 3 Cd sets. Unfortunately - when I said it was a good price, for a triple set - the guy took them & said he thought they were doubles !! He then jacked the price up to £50 each !!
I couldn't believe it !! It was his loss tho' - as I told him to keep them, they were too rich, for my pocket at least !! I don't mind the odd price hike... but, to double them up, just because of the extra disc !! That was too much for me !!
I did come away, with a live set, recorded at The Beacon Theatre, by the Allman Brothers... from April 1st 1994. It's only a single disc - but..... The tracks are:
1) Statesboro' Blues
2) Blue Sky
3) Untitled
4) The Same Thing
5) Soulshine
6) Untitled
7) Jessica
8) Midnight Rider
9) Temptation Is A Gun
10) Untitled
11) I Want To Change My way Of Living
12) Please Don't Cry
13) No One Left To Run With
14) Whipping Post
To be honest - I've not played it yet - so some of the Untitled stuff might get names, as I go along.... but... I'll sort that out, as & when I put the thing, into the Cd players !!
I also, from the fair, came away with a live Rainbow set... from Germany, recorded back in 1976. It was only £8 - which, for a double set, seemed pretty good. It got better - because another friend, actually bought the thing for me !!
It's Ok - I've done him a load of favours, over the years, sooooo... it was a good deal !! It has a great version of 'Stargazer'on it.... worth £8 of my friend's money, any day of the week !!
Mind you - the same guy wants to come here & go thru' my tape collection - in the hope of putting them, onto Cd's... so that his friend can sell them !! That is not going to happen !! I don't mind putting my own tapes, onto Cd, from time to time... but, I don't go around selling them afterwards !!
My tapes are for my own use !! I do give copies of the Cd's away, from time to time - but... I'm not going to go around selling them.... neither do I expect anything in return !! My tapes... not anybody's else's !! Screw selling them, on the open market.....
I did come home, with some other stuff.... but, those are for another day... but, I must give you the track listing, for Gov't Mule's great 3 Cd set 'Dub Side Of The Mule' !! It's well good !! The - many - tracks are:
CD 1
1) Thorazine Shuffle
2) Larger Than Life
3) She Said, She Said
4) Tomorrow Never Knows
5) Whiter Shade Of Pale
6) Dolphineus
7) Painted Silver Light
8) Sco-Mule
9) So Weak, So Strong
10) Play With Fire
11) Unring The Bell
CD 2
1) I'm A Ram
2) 54-46 Was My Number
3) Hard To Handle
4) True Love Is Hard To Find
5) Pressure Drop
6) Let Down
7) I've Got My Dreams To Remember
8) Reggae Got Soul
9) Hard Road
10) Happy New Year
11) Turn On Your Love Light
12) Reggae Soulshine
CD 3
1) Intro
2) Sweet Feeling
3) Just Like A Woman
4) I Feel So Bad
5) Dreams
6) Million Miles From Yesterday
7) Endless Parade
8) It's A Man's Man's Man's World
9) Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
10) It Hurst Me Too
11) Goin' Out West
This is really a great live set... with all the great tracks in there, plus about an hour of The Mule doing some great versions, with guest vocalist Toots Hibbert !! It's well worth your cash - go & get yourself a copy !!
Right - for now, I must away. I've nothing special to do - I just want to sit down & watch some more of 'Game Of Thrones'. I really am hooked onto this !! Oh well.... it helps to pass the day away....
Thank's to you all, for logging in & reading my words..... until next time...
Bye Bye
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