Stand Up and be Counted

One of my favourite albums in my collection is 'Stand Up' by Jethro Tull, partly because it's great music and partly because it's on big, thick vinyl with the original pink Island label with the 'pop-up' record sleeve. I downloaded it recently, and listened to the whole thing today. I've downloaded a bunch of albums recently from a couple of Russian sites, focusing on those I already have on LP. I've about 600 LPs, and have found about a third of them for very little extra cost.

Trivial irritations today... If the indicator says Charing Cross, but there's no time given, it means the next train is going via Bank. Also, the Independent crossword featured the word 'doable' in one of the clues. This is an ugly word, and I don't know it's becoming common when we already have 'feasible'. My boss once gave me a Report to edit which contained both 'doable' and its bastard off-spring 'do-ability'. Horrible.

A few shuffle tracks after the mighty Tull - Peter Gabriel's German version of 'Games Without Frontiers', which is a bit odd. I thought the Kate Bush bit would also by in German, but, as it's in French, I think it makes sense for it to remain so. Next was a track off the new Beatles 'Love' album. I don't get the Beatles. I know that they are pioneers of pop music and forever changed the music scene etc. etc., but I don't like it as much as I'm expected to. One recent review in the Independent made some remarks about 'Strawberry Fields Forever' along the lines of: 'Wow, what clarity - who but Ringo would have heard those drum fills and thought they were important before being revealed in the new mix?'. Bollocks. I loved the drum playing in this track before being re-mixed, mainly for these little patterns. Maybe I listen to music differently to others. Last track was the excellent 'The Jezebel Spirit' from Eno/Byrne, which made me feel better.

T 3; M 4; D 3 - one woman tried to get on the train before I got off, which, as I have to bend down, is bloody irritating.