Meltdown

A frosty start this morning, and the Tube responded as expected. 'Severe delays on the the Circle and Bakerloo Lines, with minor delays on the Northern, Piccadilly, District and Victoria Lines. All other lines are running normally'. No - these lines are running normally: as for the others, well someone's got their fingers out of their arse and fixed them so they are running as they should.

Today I opted for 'Shuffle' of my 'Rock, Prog and Pop/Rock' filter. It's all very subjective, but it turned up the following:

Virtuality - Rush, from the fairly mediocre 'Test for Echo' album. This is one of the better tracks.
Nightmare (Pt2) - The Zutons. Another recent introduction, and this is good.
Walk of Life - Dire Straits. Ahh, the '80s.
Down to the Waterline - DS again. Funny how, of 6248 tracks, this happens.
Kashka from Baghdad - the sublime Kate Bush. I found a load of old demos on the Web last week. A bit ropey, but very interesting.
The Epic (Fairground) - Marillion - this demo became the excellent '100 Nights'.
Plastic Dreamer - It Bites. I was a big fan of these guys for a while, but lost interest.
Three Boats Down From the Candy - Fish-era Marillion from the early singles. Very Genesis-influenced, especially 'Grendel' from the same 12".
Bridge Over Troubled Water - S&G from the Greatest Hits album.
When You Gonna Learn - Jamiroquai. I find Jamiroquai very repetitive, but he's obviously very good at what he does (if you like this sort of thing).
The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd. By now I was standing on Leicester Square platform waiting 6 (!) minutes for the train (which was full), so I leaned against a wall and let it sweep over me.
I Fall Apart - from Vanilla Sky. Not sure who this is by, though. OK.
Until We Sleep - an early David Gilmour solo album, far far better than the soporific 'On An Island'.
Something In 4/4 Time - Daryl Hall with Robert Fripp. One of the three Fripp-inspired albums along with 'Exposure' and 'Peter Gabriel 2'.
Life Is A Pigsty - Morrissey, from the latest, above average, album.
Methods of Dance - Japan - to finish my long long journey this morning. Thank god it's almost christmas and we're a bit more lenient this time of year.

M - 5; T - 2; D -4