The Dentist - The Saga Goes On !!

Hi everybody in Worlds gone by - who, unless I very lucky.... will continue to go by !!

It's been a good day today - we went to the dentist & needed no work doing !!  Bertie was over the moon - me, I couldn't care less !!  I like our Dentist (Vinny) & he is great - probably the best Dentist I have ever had !!  Today, there was no pain, nothing nasty & all was well again with me & the "Dental World !!"  We don't have to go back until the start of May, next year - so, that's pretty cool !!

I also had a nice surprise when we came home from town - my friend has send me some CD's & DVD'... the CD's were live versions of 'Dark Side Of The Moon' - the DVD's were 2 discs from Jason Bonham's band.  That should be fun...... I met JB at a Zeppelin convention in London, many moons ago.  He was fun to talk to - but, as he was really after some Zep bootlegs I had - well, he could of talked all night !!

I also had a 2 CD set of Zep's 'rehearsal sessions'.... the ones they did before the "2007 Comeback Show".

It's all a s/b recording & should be very good...... I'll give it a good listening to in the morning !!

So, enough of music... all the family are home tonight !!  B & ME are sat close by, watching TV & J is upstairs...... so, we're all here tonight - that's kind of cool !!

It's going to be a long weekend, so I need to get some sleep... for now...

Bye Bye

Music, More Music & Even More Music !!

Hi Ho Everybody In Internet Land - How are your Worlds treating you today ?!

B has just gone out to a gym class - I stood at the door to say goodbye & it's horrid out there !!  Wet & cold  - not nice at all !!  Nevermind - I'm staying in here tonight...... there is no way I'm going out there !!

Ok - so, that's B... ME is here waiting for her boyfriend to reach us & J is upstairs - probably on his computer as normal.  Hopefully soon he'll find some kind of job - I think he's finding it hard going at the moment !!

As for me.... I'm my usual self.  I've been indoors all day, so all in all I've had a very quiet day..... tomorrow will be different tho' - we have to go back to the dentist !!  Yippeeeeee !!

If you've read these words over the last year or so, you'll know how much B hates the dentist !!  Me, I'm Ok with going, but B - no way !!  She hates going, she really does...... never mind, by this time tomorrow, it'll be all behind us.  Hopefully B won't have to go back - I probably will, but.... time will tell !!  I don't mind... the worst thing for me, really - is having to print up a 'drug list' for the guy & then having to try & remember which is which !!  I know what they look like, but as for their names - no chance.......  I'll see how I get on.

In a way I'll be glad to see the guy.  He sent me to see the consultant all those months ago & the consultant was not a very nice man, at all !!  All he did was moan that I shouldn't of been sent to see him etc etc.  I need to make sure my dentist didn't get into any trouble over it - he only did what he thought was right !!  Onwards .......

The music of the moment is U2's 'Bad' from the 'Live Aid' Cd's I mentioned last night........  when it finishes, I will be heading toward a Bruce Springsteen bootleg, that a friend sent me in the post.  The latter is from 1975 & is new to me... so, that'll be a good listen.  Or at least I hope it will be !!  It looks very much like the same tracks that he played in London, the same year.... so, it could be good.... I'll find out in a few minutes !!

I've not played hardly any music today - which is very unusual for me !!  I did plan on listening to more of this 'Live Aid' set, but never got around to it....... I just sat with B & we watch TV together for an hour or so.  It's nice to kick back & be together.  There wasn't much on, but it was good to be together for a while.

We were talking about my next surgery - it's under 3 weeks now & we're sort of getting ourselves used to the fact.  I really hope I can come home the same day - but, we'll see how things go.  B does worry about me - as I've said before.... each time I go in, it's harder for her.  She really worries, in case things go wrong & what have you.  As each surgery comes along, she worries more & more that something might go wrong....as for me, well....... I really do have the easy part !!

I've just started the Springsteen boot - it's on 2 Cd's & seems to be a soundboard recording, so it could be a good listen.  What he will do, now that The Big Man has died - well.... I honestly don't know.

I was watching some of Marco Simoncelli's funeral earlier.  That has been a sad loss - his funeral was soooo good, it really was.  His dad wants there to be a "minute of noise" at the next GP - with all the bikes making as much noise as they can, to celebrate his Son's passing....... rather than the traditional minute of silence.  It's going to be this weekend, so we'll see what they do - we'll miss him & that's for sure......

This weekend, so I've found out - Iced Earth are doing a concert in Exeter !!  Now, that is tempting !!  But, we won't be going...... I've not looked, but I'm guessing the tickets have sold out by now - shame, if I had found out earlier, I would of loved to have gone & seen them !!  Never mind - to me, Gregg Allman's concert, in July was great way to finish my "concert going"....... it would of been hard to top that & - to honest - I don't really want to try !!  So - I'll listen to my Iced Earth 'live' albums & have done with it......

At the moment, Springsteen is bombing thru' 'Born To Run'.... it's well good !!  I should of played this earlier, put the sound up a bit higher than now & had a bop along to it !!  Well good......... it will be played over & over !!

I have to have a tidy up - there is another bunch of Cd's in front of me, that - well - need to be sorted & put away.  This is what happens !!  I play stuff, people send me stuff & I do new stuff..... so, bit by bit - things overtake me & cover the whole table !!  It's crazy....... !!  There are at least 20 odd Cd's in front of me - I must put them away !!  Not tonight tho'...  I just want a quiet night, listen to some music & get sorted for me bed !!

Before that tho' - I have to record a TV programme that B likes, about scary people & how they drive their cars... followed by, the BBC's latest nature programme - but...... it's not going to be too much to do - I'm just a little tired tonight & in a little bit of pain.  So for now - I must away........I'll play out with Gun's & Roses - doing 'The Godfather Theme'  - how cool is that ?  Until next time, take care...

Bye Bye

Winter Is On The Way !!

Hello & Many Greetings Worlds - I hope all is well with you !!

It's a Tuesday evening here in old England.... it's getting colder with each passing day - so, 'winter' is on the ways !!  Last weekend, the clocks altered here - they went back an hour..... so everybody got an extra hour in bed - not that I would think it's made any difference !!  We're all as tired as usual !!

Anyways.... the family are here abouts - B has just gone out to Weight Watchers, ME has just come home from Uni placement & J is beside me, watching an episode of Star Trek with the sound turned off !!  I'm playing some music - so.....

B has been out already today - some kind of gym class - so, I've had a day indoors !!  I was sooooo tired earlier, I went back to bed & slept for 2 or 3 hours.  I didn't mean to - I just fell asleep & woke up hours later !!  Never mind..... It did help tho' - my back was hurting like mad, before I lay down - now.... it's much better !!

That has been a main problem these past weeks - not being able to get the pain under control, in my back.  Never mind... it'll sort itself out, somehow, along the ways !!  But, it is a bit of a bu**er - like on Sunday, trying to get comfy, in my wheel chair, was just not going to happen !!  Oh well...... it meant we left Church early, but......

I was checking my page views earlier - I was just 4 views off a new record for the month !! That was cool !!

I am soooo surprised how many people read these words - so, "Hello" to my Russian reader who looked in today - good to know you are there !!  Keep reading !!

I spent a lot of this morning (before going to bed) listening to the Peter Gabriel concert that was on the radio, last week - I think...... not sure now !!  It was recorded on October 19th - so, it must of been a couple of weeks back.... anyhoooo - it was good to listen to it & work out if I can put it onto a Cd at some point.  At the moment, it's on an audio DVD - so, I need to make the transfer, in order to play it easier & more often.  It should fit Ok, I just have to sit down & work it out !!  Compared to the DVD that came out a while back - it's different, so - that was good......

The music of the moment - well, it's a bit weird really........ It's one section of the 'Live Aid' show from 1985.

I have some Cd's of the day & the one playing at the moment features, mostly, the acts that performed in America. REO Speedwagon have just finished their set.... Crosby, Stills & Nash are just playing 'Teach The Children' as I type.

I remember on the day of the broadcast - I stayed in most of the day to watch whatever was on at the time.  My ex-wife never did get over that !!  Remember folks - in Bermuda, listening to music is grounds for a divorce !!  I kid you not !!  Each to there own I guess...... Judas Priest are just playing 'Green Manalishi' - quite apt when talking about your ex !!  Oh well.......mustn't be mean - I'll leave that well alone.......

I was going to play Nazareth's 'Snaz' live album - but the 'Live Aid' disc sort of got in the way.... maybe later.  I forgot just how good Judas Priest were at the time this was recorded....  It was a good day of music & raised a lot of money as well !!  I must play it again soon.......

My plans for this week are to try & relax - try to sort myself out a bit.  I know I've been let down on this before, but - it's 3 weeks today that I'm due in for surgery !!  So - that's 21 days & counting.... and, believe me... I am counting !!  I think I'll go spare if they cancel it again !!  I know the Consultant didn't plan on going sick - but, this should of been behind me by now !!  Here's hoping, by this time next month, it will be !!

I had an e-mail from a friend earlier... he asked if I would be at the next record fair in Exeter, on December 3rd.  Now, that would be good - something to look forward to, but...... we'll see how things turn out !!  I hope by then, to be out of hospital & well recovered, but... time will tell !!  Pain is one thing, but handling the various bits & bods, after surgery are another !!  We'll see - he is probably hoping I'll meet up with him, but I can't think that far ahead !!

Another friend phoned me yesterday & is sending some Cd's down to me to listen to - so, that'll be good.  My friends are always doing this - they know how much music means to me & how much I enjoy listening to it !!  At the moment, Eric Clapton has just launched into 'Layla' - I really must play these discs more often !!

Next on the list is Gillan's 'Live At The Rainbow' set from March 5th 1981 - I guess I can't get much further away from 'Live Aid' as that !!  There is a bit, in the Book of Alma that goes something like: "The names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life". The Lord is here, with me at all times & I would like to think the music I play will be with me forever, in my book of life, somehow tho' - well..... I'm know the Lord will see me thru' everything !!  Music does help tho'....... it takes my mind off the various things that are bothering me from day to day, but the Lord & my family are there for me all the time !!  Oh well.........

It's getting on a bit now, so I must think about sorting myself out a bit...... so, for another night, I will say thanks for reading.  Until next time....

Bye Bye

A good day.......

Hi Everybody - How Have Your Worlds Handled This Sunday !!

It's been a good  - no,a great day !!  Even tho' - at the moment - I'm not playing any music at all !!  Well, I can't play it all the time !!  B & ME are sat here watching  'Cats & Dogs' at the moment & enjoying every minute of it, bless them !!  J, is in his usual hole of a bedroom - so, well - we won't see him again tonight I guess !!  Never mind - it was quite late & before I headed to bed - I just wanted to say "Hello" to you all .... before going to bed !!

Being a Sunday - B & I went back to Church for a short while.  I was in a great deal of pain & I had to leave early, but....  I knew I couldn't stay for the whole service - but I 'needed' to go....... I missed it !!

This afternoon has been quiet & in a short while - I'll be heading up to bed......  The day started well, it got better & has ended better again.... on a high note.  Mind you the pills I've just taken - I'm on a very high not !!

For now, I must away - until next time...... thanks for reading !!

Bye Bye

Hi Sister H !!

Hi Everybody - How are your Worlds doing this fine evening ?!!

As for Sister H - ah............. thank you for your e-mail - I'll be writing soon !!  Ok... onwards & upwards -or downwards ?! 

It's a Friday night & I'm sat here typing - our Daughter ME has just come home & has sorted out her supper... B has just gone out.  Somehow, the two of them passed in the village - ME came in one way & B went out the other.... so, they didn't see each other.  Never mind... Our Son J has just gone upstairs (after his supper) - so.... that just leaves me. 

I'm "happy" !!  I saw my Dr this morning & he seems  relative "happy" with me.... so, that's Ok, I guess !!  I'm still taking load of pills.... but.....We're counting down the weeks & days, until my next surgery - so, we're working on - once I've had that - I should feel a lot better !!  We'll see how things go.  I'm not looking forward to the various "bits & bobs" - but, it should make life a lot better !!  Time will tell......

It's been a sort of weird day.  I went with B into town this morning & all was going well - until we went to ASDA, to do a bit of shopping.  We always park - if we can - in the disabled section of the car park.  No big deal - or so I thought !!

When we came out to the car - I couldn't get to my door, of our car - as the guy in the next bay, was parked with his door open.  I didn't worry, I left my wheelchair at the back of the car & worked my way to the side..... I got into the car & closed the door, while B sorted everything out.

I heard the guy say something & B answer him.... the guy asked who the wheelchair was for !!  He must of seen me come out & get to the car - yet he suggested we were only parking in the bay to get out of parking fees & using my chair as a 'prop'.... the idiot !!  When B told me, I was sooooo angry - but, by then, the guy had gone !!  I hope I see him again, I'll run over his feet - after all, if I'm not disabled, I won't be able to use my chair properly - so......  Honestly, I couldn't believe it !!  Oh well - it's a life I guess !!

I was playing some music - it was Heaven's 'Brass Rock 1' album.  It came out in 1971 & I've had the Lp's & now I have the Cd... it's pretty good & - if I'm lucky - I might play it again, after ME has gone upstairs !!At the moment, I'm having to put up with 'Judge Judy' - no big deal, I've sort of 'switched off' to it....  ME has had a very hectic week - so......

I mentioned that B was sick last night - she slept like a log !!  I think she is still a little under the weather - but, she wanted to go to the gym, for a class.  I did suggest she went tomorrow & rested tonight.... but, not my B !!  Hopefully she'll be a little better in the morning !!  I think we have to go back into town - so... we'll see how things go !!

As for my plans - well.... I don't (again) really have any.  I hope I'll be well enough to go to Church on Sunday......  All will depend on how things go tomorrow I guess !!  At the moment, I'm Ok - so..... we'll see.

We did hear from a lady in the Church today, asking how we were & if we needed anything.  That was nice - tho' it's taken 3 or 4 weeks for it to happen !!  Never mind... each to their own I guess.  I would of liked to have heard from someone before now - but...... each to their own !!

As for this evening - well... there will be some music & I'll be getting myself ready for bed.  In the meantime, it will be a "quiet night in"....... listening to Judge Judy - which has just finished !!  Yippeeeeee - now for some 'musak'......

I am now playing a concert from 1970 by Ten Years After.  I've just worked out, it's nearly 42 years old !!  heck - I remember when it first came out on bootleg !!  This is - the one I'm playing - the official Cd's that came out a while back........... not sure exactly sure when.  It's good tho'........

I've not had any new Cd's from anyone today - tho' I did get a copy of 'Man Of La Mancha' .  It's the "new Broadway cast" version... I already have the "original Broadway cast" version & I wanted to check how good (or bad) this one is against it !!  This 'new' one has the brilliant Brian Stokes Mitchell in the lead role, so it can't be all that bad !!  I'll give it a good play over the coming weeks & see what it sounds like !!  I'll keep you posted.......

....... & talking of posted.  I had an e-mail this morning from my friend who has sent the latest Led Zeppelin bootleg my way, via a guy in the village.  The e-mail was a big "sorry" that I've not had the discs yet & something about somebody forgetting to do something & so on & so on........   I was promised this recording weeks ago - nearly months ago now - "sorry's" don' t really count anymore !!  Honestly - the guy wonders why I don't loan him Cd's & then this kind of stuff happens over & over.... maybe he should look in the mirror from time to time !!  Who knows - I might get the recordings before the new year !!  We'll see.... but, I'm not holding my breath !! 

Enough moaning... it's time to turn the music "down to deafening" & enjoy the rest of the evening...... so, until next time - thank you for reading...  my friends in India, its good to know you're there !!

Remember - "It is easier to know where you're going - when you know where you've been" (Eli Wallace....)

Bye Bye

Wot !! Nooooooooo Music !!

Hi - Welcome To My Blog, All You Worlds Out There......

I hope you're well & happy ?  We mostly are - B has had to go to bed early... she is feeling poorly, tired out & right under the weather !!  So, after plenty of moaning from me - she has gone to bed, to try & sleep it off a bit... She has been rushing around for weeks, going to the gym & trying to look after me & the guys - and it's just caught up with her a bit !!  It's time for me, to look after her for a change !!

The rest of us are doing Ok..... ME & I are sitting here watching 'Eastenders' on the BBC - No music !!  I will be shot at dawn for this !!  No really, I was playing Peter Gabriel,  & sorting out various Cd's all day - so, the music has been  going well, all day !!  So, for now - the sounds have been turned off - got to get it a little quiet, so that B can have a sleep, in peace !!

I'm really pleased by how the Gabriel Cd's came out - the more I play them, the happier I feels about them & everything.  I'll enjoy playing it over the coming months, to myself.  I've given the DVD to J, to add to his collection.... he has 3 or 4 Peter Gabriel DVDs that I have bought him over the years.

I get the DVDs - lift the sound tracks, over to the Cd's - & then he has them to play on his big screen in his bedroom !!  I'll know where they are if I want them to play - but, he'll look after them better than me !!  Besides, at some point down the line, all my stuff will go to B & then on to the guys - so, I may as well "spread the wealth" now !!

Right, it's 8.14pm & I must soon be on my ways - I've not written so much tonight.... but, as I was awake, poorly all night myself - hence, B is tired out !!  But - I'm not going to keep B awake much more.... my latest round of pills & potions are knocking me out !!  Until next time !!

Bye Bye

Bermuda !!

Hi Everybody In Internet Land - How are your Worlds turning ?

Well - last night was fun - I stood up, I fell down..... I've been here sooooo many times before - I'm used to the falls & stuff - but, it really hurts when the floor comes rushing up to meet you like that !!  Nnever mind - no real damage done - just a few new bruises to deal with this morning !!

Ok - it's a Wednesday evening here in England & Roky Erickson has just blasted 'It's A Cold Night For Aligators' thru' the speakers &, I agree !!  B has just gone out to the gym & as I stood on the doorstep - it was freezing.... well, maybe not that cold - but, you get the idea !!

So, B is out - as is our daughter ME... who I think is having supper at her boyfriends house, on her way home from Uni placement.  I'm not sure what time she will be home, but sometime tonight I guess.  J, our Son, is upstairs at the moment.... so, that just leaves me typing these words to you !!

As already mentioned, Roky Erickson is in the Cd tray... it's a collection of his stuff, 'thru' the years' called 'I Have Always Been Here Before'.  The highlight for me being 'Bermuda' - which I had as a single - when they were called 45's !!  I made quite a bit of money out of that one, when I sold it many moon ago !!

I only bought it really, as my ex-wife was from Bermuda & it sort of went with the feel of things back then - before I found exactly what a real wife was like !!  Oh well - I mustn't moan - I went into the marriage with both eyes open & for a while it was fun.... We had several trips back to Bermuda, a Son & then a divorce !!  Life went on... B has been my Savior.... she has kept me alive, kept me going where I had no right to go !!  Life has gone on - & 23 years later, well.....  as I've said recently to a friend, she is my Saint Peter, my rock.

Right - today has been spent going thru' all the Cd's that had built up in front of me... putting things together & sorting labels & stuff for them !!  I've been at it for most of the day & I'm still in a muddle here - I can't find things I know I have & found things I had forgotten about !!  Oh well - it's a way to get thru' a day I guess.......

Last evening, on TV, there was a programme called 'Young Nuns' - it was brilliant, fascinating... a joy to watch !!  It featured two girls, one of who joined a group of Nuns - but came home after a while & the other, who wanted to join a group, but... well, she was turned down.  It was a brilliant bit of television !!

They also featured a group of Nuns living in Leeds - all of who seemed to be full of fun, joy & a love of our Lord.  To see four of them in a battered Ford escort was lovely - it was... well, wonderful television !!

B & I watched it together, this after noon & we're hoping it will have a 'catch up' programme - to see how things turned out.  It would be interesting to see how things progressed.

As we watch it, we discussed the chances of the two of us going on a Mission at some point.  we're Latter Day Saints & I think we agreed it was something we would consider at some point.  Of course, with my health, it's very unlikely - but...... now the 'kids' have grown up & (maybe) one day, will "fly the nest" - well, anything is possible !!

We laughed really - we meet all these wonderful Saints from around the World - who go on Missions &, as B said, we would probably end up in Yorkshire someplace - instead of miles away in a different country !!  Never mind - it's something to consider as we get older & who knows, it might happen !!  Life will go on & our Lord & our Faith in Him & His teaching, will guide us.........

There was also a programme on about a group of scientists who wanted to re-create a 'mummy' - as in ancient Egypt & what have you.  They advertised for a willing 'body donor' & over a period of several months, tried & (kind of) succeeded in what they had set out to do.... It was a little strange at times, but - the donor was willing & so were his family, so.... 

For me, the best bit - well, there were two really.  The first was when his Wife came to say 'goodbye' to her Husband.  he was laid out, all wrapped up in bandages & her face was a gem !!  The second point, I felt happy for the lead scientist - was, in what he had done - altho' very strange, he had proved his theories were correct & a great deal of what had been written was 'wrong'... the various people who called him all the strangest names under the sun, were wrong !!  To see his face, well - he was well satisfied !!

We watch some very weird programmes, I can tell you !!  I also play some very weird music & currently - as I type - Whyzdom have replaced Roky Erickson & are bopping along quite nicely thank you !!

Tomorrow, if all goes well - B is going into town & I'll get her to post off a package I have done for a friend.  It's like the package we posted a day or two back, just some Cd's & stuff I no longer want.  They should be of used to him !!  I hope so anyways..... it will be a waste of postage otherwise !!  I'm just clearing things out.

My plans for tonight - well, I don't really have any !!  As usual !!  It depends on how I feel I guess - they're is a new BBC thing on called 'Frozen Planet' - so, that might be worth a watch & maybe, a recording, to watch later, when I'm more with it !!  I'll see......

.... that's about it really.  Another quiet night in, with the Cd's blasting away - keeping the village awake !!  Great stuff.... until next time, thanks for reading...

Bye Bye