Last day before my break. I've filled my iPod with favourite tracks and lots of comedy (Baker & Kelly, Chris Morris, Lee and Herring, all sorts of stuff).
Limelight - Rush
The Camera Eye - Rush
Witch Hunt - Rush
Vital Signs - Rush
Damage - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp. Man, this is beautiful,
Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths
Funeral March - Jah Wobble
Ride (Mono) - Caravan
Well, that's it. No more commute for a while, and hopefully when I get back I'll have a different job.
T -4; M - 4; D - 3
Thursday, 30 August 2007
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
An Old Day Now
Only 2 days before my holiday starts. I'm still waiting for the job offer, but it may take a while. In the meantime, a laid-back start to the day:
Floating Seeds - Ozric Tentacles
Man With An Open Heart - King Crimson
Toxygene (Toxic Genes Mix) - The Orb
Don't Hurt Yourself (Single Edit) - Marillion
Rain And Snow - Pentangle
Catch The Wind - Donovan
The Modern Boys - Suede
Pilgrims Frogress - Greenslade
With A Gun - Steely Dan
A New Day Yesterday - Jethro Tull
Astral Traveller - Yes; The DVD from the Chris Squire 'Fish out of Water' re-issue is good fun. The video is basically a live/mimed performance of a couple of the songs. It's spoilt by the poor lighting, though and lack of focus on the main man.
T - 4; M - 4; D -3
Baker and Kelly Upfront
Another pleasant surprise. Between babysitting, a message from Danny Baker arrived in my iTunes Podcasts regarding Baker/Kelly footie podcasts. After listening to the stuff I found on Cook'd and Bomb'd recently, I might consider this.
However, if this to be £2 a week to go with the £2 ADBS (> £200 year!), it might be too rich for me, especially as I still haven't (bothered to) figure out Wippit.
It seems that the Ladies' Bras thing has disappeared without trace, too. I wondered how much of this is down to people like me who simply can't be bothered to go via Wippit.
However, if this to be £2 a week to go with the £2 ADBS (> £200 year!), it might be too rich for me, especially as I still haven't (bothered to) figure out Wippit.
It seems that the Ladies' Bras thing has disappeared without trace, too. I wondered how much of this is down to people like me who simply can't be bothered to go via Wippit.
Market Square Heroes
A pleasant surprise on the BBC website - Marillion and Fish getting together on stage - the third lead, would you believe? It must have been fun, and I'm glad they seem to have buried their demons:
The classic line-up of rock band Marillion have performed together on stage for the first time in 19 years.
Singer Fish, who went solo in 1988, was joined by his former bandmates for one song at a festival in Buckinghamshire.
Fish described it as "just five guys doing a one-off and having a brilliant time together", and stressed that it would not lead to a full reunion.
The quintet, who had 1980s hits such as Kayleigh and Lavender, played their debut single Market Square Heroes.
The gig took place at the Hobble on the Cobbles event in Market Square, Aylesbury, where the band formed, on Sunday.
The song came at the end of Fish's solo set. Guitarist Steve Rothery, bassist Pete Trewavas, keyboardist Mark Kelly and drummer Ian Mosley all took part in the surprise performance.
Fish told the BBC News website: "It was great. It was just a load of fun. But nothing should be read into it. I think it just proves that we're actually friends.
"There's always been these rumours that there's some sort of animosity between us but that went a long, long time ago."
The crowd let out a roar when the singer told them: "I want to produce some old friends of mine."
One fan, Helen Vought, said: "The crowd went mental, jumping up and down and cheering and screaming.
"It's something that I never ever thought would happen - and it did. There were literally grown men crying at the front of the audience."
Fish, whose real name is Derek William Dick, said he suggested the performance after seeing Marillion live in Glasgow in June.
Mark Kelly and Steve Rothery played at the gig. The band kept going after Fish left, with Steve Hogarth replacing him on vocals.
Although they never recaptured the commercial success they enjoyed with Fish in the mid-80s, they have retained a loyal support and have regularly appeared in the UK top 40.
Fish said he did not want to take part in a full reunion because Hogarth "does a great job with the band".
"What they do is completely different," he said. "I've got a new album called 13th Star and anybody that listens to that will understand that I'm worlds apart from what the Marillion guys do.
"We forged different paths over the 19 years."
He is due to tour the UK in September, followed by dates in Europe until mid-December.
Marillion released their 14th album, Somewhere Else, in April and will tour the UK and Europe in November and December.
The classic line-up of rock band Marillion have performed together on stage for the first time in 19 years.
Singer Fish, who went solo in 1988, was joined by his former bandmates for one song at a festival in Buckinghamshire.
Fish described it as "just five guys doing a one-off and having a brilliant time together", and stressed that it would not lead to a full reunion.
The quintet, who had 1980s hits such as Kayleigh and Lavender, played their debut single Market Square Heroes.
The gig took place at the Hobble on the Cobbles event in Market Square, Aylesbury, where the band formed, on Sunday.
The song came at the end of Fish's solo set. Guitarist Steve Rothery, bassist Pete Trewavas, keyboardist Mark Kelly and drummer Ian Mosley all took part in the surprise performance.
Fish told the BBC News website: "It was great. It was just a load of fun. But nothing should be read into it. I think it just proves that we're actually friends.
"There's always been these rumours that there's some sort of animosity between us but that went a long, long time ago."
The crowd let out a roar when the singer told them: "I want to produce some old friends of mine."
One fan, Helen Vought, said: "The crowd went mental, jumping up and down and cheering and screaming.
"It's something that I never ever thought would happen - and it did. There were literally grown men crying at the front of the audience."
Fish, whose real name is Derek William Dick, said he suggested the performance after seeing Marillion live in Glasgow in June.
Mark Kelly and Steve Rothery played at the gig. The band kept going after Fish left, with Steve Hogarth replacing him on vocals.
Although they never recaptured the commercial success they enjoyed with Fish in the mid-80s, they have retained a loyal support and have regularly appeared in the UK top 40.
Fish said he did not want to take part in a full reunion because Hogarth "does a great job with the band".
"What they do is completely different," he said. "I've got a new album called 13th Star and anybody that listens to that will understand that I'm worlds apart from what the Marillion guys do.
"We forged different paths over the 19 years."
He is due to tour the UK in September, followed by dates in Europe until mid-December.
Marillion released their 14th album, Somewhere Else, in April and will tour the UK and Europe in November and December.
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Lack of Sleep
After a sunny Bank Holiday, what should have been a return to the daily grind (and waiting for a job offer) was disrupted by my son having a fever overnight. So, a day of cBeebies, jigsaws, building rockets etc. etc. Still it's more productive than actually being at work these days.
Friday, 24 August 2007
Pain and Heaven
How closely these things are separated. If I get the job I went for yesterday compared to if I don't.
While I pondered my future, some recent CDs and then 'Shuffle All':
Come Into The Garden -Nick Drake
Mountain Bird - Cherry Ghost
4 A.M. - Cherry Ghost
Do You Ever Remember? - Nick Drake
Here Come The Romans - Cherry Ghost. On it's own, I like it. In the middle of album, I don't - it destroys the mood.
Elukka - Alamaailman Vasarat, a free download from somewhere... Finnish avant-garde jazz/fusion.
Ascent from the Circle - Andreas Vollenweider
Coda: Marine 475 - King Crimson. Great, just great
Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) (Mike Stone Remix) - Marillion
Amelia - Joni Mitchell
Altoloma 5 Till 9/ Altaloma 98 - Premiata Forneria Marconi
All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
Cathedral Walls - Marillion
One More Try - Wigwam
I listened to last Friday's Mark Kermode podcast (although it wasn't Mark) and was pleased that they've dropped the very irritating ad for football in the middle, although they still persist with the superfluous jingly music at the end.
A Bank Holiday, then three days at work, then a 2-week holiday to come. Apparently there are Tube strikes planned for when I'm away. Well done, everybody.
T - 3; M - 3.5; D - 4
While I pondered my future, some recent CDs and then 'Shuffle All':
Come Into The Garden -Nick Drake
Mountain Bird - Cherry Ghost
4 A.M. - Cherry Ghost
Do You Ever Remember? - Nick Drake
Here Come The Romans - Cherry Ghost. On it's own, I like it. In the middle of album, I don't - it destroys the mood.
Elukka - Alamaailman Vasarat, a free download from somewhere... Finnish avant-garde jazz/fusion.
Ascent from the Circle - Andreas Vollenweider
Coda: Marine 475 - King Crimson. Great, just great
Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) (Mike Stone Remix) - Marillion
Amelia - Joni Mitchell
Altoloma 5 Till 9/ Altaloma 98 - Premiata Forneria Marconi
All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
Cathedral Walls - Marillion
One More Try - Wigwam
I listened to last Friday's Mark Kermode podcast (although it wasn't Mark) and was pleased that they've dropped the very irritating ad for football in the middle, although they still persist with the superfluous jingly music at the end.
A Bank Holiday, then three days at work, then a 2-week holiday to come. Apparently there are Tube strikes planned for when I'm away. Well done, everybody.
T - 3; M - 3.5; D - 4
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
Falling Down, Down, Down
Another miserable "Summer's" day. Still, I had my recent CDs to cheer me up.
Cherry Ghost's new one (I realise that ths is probably the latest review in the world) is very good, although there are a couple of odd Status-Quo/blues songs in the middle which I didn't like much. Strange that 'My God Betrays' isn't on there, too - it sounded great on the recent Janice Long session. Overall, a pretty decent 7/10 on first listen.
Nick Drake. Listen to Nick Drake always brings a tear to my eye. What was and what could have been are so difficult to think about. He'd be almost 60, now, and who knows...
Black Mountain Blues - Nick Drake
They're Leaving Me Behind - Nick Drake
Come In To The Garden - Nick Drake
They're Leaving Me Behind - Nick Drake
Time Piece - Nick Drake
Poor Mum - Nick Drake (actually, it's his mum, Molly)
Winter Is Gone - Nick Drake
All My Trials - Nick Drake (oh, man is this great - a duet with Gabrielle, his sister)
Kegelstatt Trio - Nick Drake
Then, as the background Tube noise became too much for the fragility of these recordings, a switch to my next recent purchase - Chris Squire's 'Fish out of Water'.
Hold Out Your Hand - Chris Squire
You By My Side - Chris Squire
Silently Falling - Chris Squire
Lucky Seven - Chris Squire
Safe - Chris Squire
Lucky Seven (US Single Edit) - Chris Squire. In these dumbed-down times, it's difficult to imagine anyone putting out a single in 7/4.
Fabulous jazz-tinged prog-rock by the master of the Rickenbacker. Such joy and exuberance.
Job interview tomorrow...
T - 3; M - 4.5; D - 4
Cherry Ghost's new one (I realise that ths is probably the latest review in the world) is very good, although there are a couple of odd Status-Quo/blues songs in the middle which I didn't like much. Strange that 'My God Betrays' isn't on there, too - it sounded great on the recent Janice Long session. Overall, a pretty decent 7/10 on first listen.
Nick Drake. Listen to Nick Drake always brings a tear to my eye. What was and what could have been are so difficult to think about. He'd be almost 60, now, and who knows...
Black Mountain Blues - Nick Drake
They're Leaving Me Behind - Nick Drake
Come In To The Garden - Nick Drake
They're Leaving Me Behind - Nick Drake
Time Piece - Nick Drake
Poor Mum - Nick Drake (actually, it's his mum, Molly)
Winter Is Gone - Nick Drake
All My Trials - Nick Drake (oh, man is this great - a duet with Gabrielle, his sister)
Kegelstatt Trio - Nick Drake
Then, as the background Tube noise became too much for the fragility of these recordings, a switch to my next recent purchase - Chris Squire's 'Fish out of Water'.
Hold Out Your Hand - Chris Squire
You By My Side - Chris Squire
Silently Falling - Chris Squire
Lucky Seven - Chris Squire
Safe - Chris Squire
Lucky Seven (US Single Edit) - Chris Squire. In these dumbed-down times, it's difficult to imagine anyone putting out a single in 7/4.
Fabulous jazz-tinged prog-rock by the master of the Rickenbacker. Such joy and exuberance.
Job interview tomorrow...
T - 3; M - 4.5; D - 4
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
I Did All My Best To Smile
Northern Line chaos this morning. The elastic band broke.
I'm becoming increasingly fed up with work and the weather and the sheer desparation of it all.
Still, Amazon came good with my Cherry Ghost, Nick Drake and Chris Squire CDs. Are you listening CD-WOW? Four days it took, not 5 weeks.
Shuffle All:
Song To The Siren - Tim Buckley
Forsaken - Dream Theater
White Rum - Various Artists, from the first Trojan Dub Box Set (Disc 1)
Cold As Ice - Caravan
Unwritten Answer - Epsilon Indi
Harold Budd - Rothko
Hands - Andreas Vollenweider
You Don't Need Anyone (Moles Club Demo) - Marillion
South Side Of The Sky - Yes
Wedding Nails - Porcupine Tree, from XM
Just For The Record - Marillion
Polonaise - Jon & Vangelis
Lady Writer - Dire Straits
Misunderstanding [Live] - Genesis
Apparently, the Sunday Times made Robert Fripp's latest release CD of the Week. That cheered me up. From DGM Live:
Sunday Times CD Of The Week All Over The World
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Aug 12, 2007
Who’d a thunk it - Robert Fripp’s latest album grabs the CD of the week accolade in the Sunday Times! Giving it a fullsome five stars here’s what reviewer, Mark Edwards, has to say.
"Even if you think you don’t know Robert Fripp’s music, you do. That unearthly guitar sound that swoops and soars through Bowie’s Heroes – that’s Fripp, played through Brian Eno’s sonic treatments. Fripp and Eno developed this “You play, I’ll tweak” system, which they called Frippertronics. More recently, Fripp has evolved the idea alone. These days, he calls the results Soundscapes. Churchscapes are Soundscapes performances in churches. There, that’s the terminology sorted. Fripp plays slowly evolving improvisations next to a huge rack of effects processors covered in lights and dials and buttons, but I strongly suspect that this is all for show and, hidden round the back, he has a small box with just one button on it, and that button is marked “Wow!”. I would suggest that you turn out the lights, put on the headphones and lie back in wonder."
I'm becoming increasingly fed up with work and the weather and the sheer desparation of it all.
Still, Amazon came good with my Cherry Ghost, Nick Drake and Chris Squire CDs. Are you listening CD-WOW? Four days it took, not 5 weeks.
Shuffle All:
Song To The Siren - Tim Buckley
Forsaken - Dream Theater
White Rum - Various Artists, from the first Trojan Dub Box Set (Disc 1)
Cold As Ice - Caravan
Unwritten Answer - Epsilon Indi
Harold Budd - Rothko
Hands - Andreas Vollenweider
You Don't Need Anyone (Moles Club Demo) - Marillion
South Side Of The Sky - Yes
Wedding Nails - Porcupine Tree, from XM
Just For The Record - Marillion
Polonaise - Jon & Vangelis
Lady Writer - Dire Straits
Misunderstanding [Live] - Genesis
Apparently, the Sunday Times made Robert Fripp's latest release CD of the Week. That cheered me up. From DGM Live:
Sunday Times CD Of The Week All Over The World
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Aug 12, 2007
Who’d a thunk it - Robert Fripp’s latest album grabs the CD of the week accolade in the Sunday Times! Giving it a fullsome five stars here’s what reviewer, Mark Edwards, has to say.
"Even if you think you don’t know Robert Fripp’s music, you do. That unearthly guitar sound that swoops and soars through Bowie’s Heroes – that’s Fripp, played through Brian Eno’s sonic treatments. Fripp and Eno developed this “You play, I’ll tweak” system, which they called Frippertronics. More recently, Fripp has evolved the idea alone. These days, he calls the results Soundscapes. Churchscapes are Soundscapes performances in churches. There, that’s the terminology sorted. Fripp plays slowly evolving improvisations next to a huge rack of effects processors covered in lights and dials and buttons, but I strongly suspect that this is all for show and, hidden round the back, he has a small box with just one button on it, and that button is marked “Wow!”. I would suggest that you turn out the lights, put on the headphones and lie back in wonder."
Monday, 20 August 2007
Here Comes Fussyboots Now
As another week stretches before us like a great shoe with its lights on ((C) Danny Baker), I have an interview later in the week. In the words of Paul Chisnell of Haze 'a jolly important job with lots of jolly money'...
First, as it's Monday morning, a return to 1997 for some Baker & Kelly Up-front Radio shows. Very poor sound quality - like having perpetual tinnitus - but very funny. Check out the Iranian National Anthem as Children's TV Theme.
The 'Ladies' Bras' download is available for download for today, but I don't have time at present to figure out Wippit's odd ordering system.
Some 'folk and blues and jazz' from my Auto-Playlist:
Simple Twist Of Fate - Bob Dylan
Phoenix - Judee Sill
Hallucinating Light - Roy Harper
Ups And Down - Steeleye Span
Kiss - Judee Sill
Two Against Nature - Steely Dan
Ghost Of A Shark - Tom McRae
Harry`s House, Centerpiece - Joni Mitchell
The Independent has gone mental again. Some idiot reactionary fundamentalist reckons he's right and everyone else is wrong and The Indy reports it verbatim. Isn't this treason? Still, it's got a good crossword.
T - 4; M - 3.5, but wasn't really concentrating; D - 3.5
First, as it's Monday morning, a return to 1997 for some Baker & Kelly Up-front Radio shows. Very poor sound quality - like having perpetual tinnitus - but very funny. Check out the Iranian National Anthem as Children's TV Theme.
The 'Ladies' Bras' download is available for download for today, but I don't have time at present to figure out Wippit's odd ordering system.
Some 'folk and blues and jazz' from my Auto-Playlist:
Simple Twist Of Fate - Bob Dylan
Phoenix - Judee Sill
Hallucinating Light - Roy Harper
Ups And Down - Steeleye Span
Kiss - Judee Sill
Two Against Nature - Steely Dan
Ghost Of A Shark - Tom McRae
Harry`s House, Centerpiece - Joni Mitchell
The Independent has gone mental again. Some idiot reactionary fundamentalist reckons he's right and everyone else is wrong and The Indy reports it verbatim. Isn't this treason? Still, it's got a good crossword.
T - 4; M - 3.5, but wasn't really concentrating; D - 3.5
Friday, 17 August 2007
Ladies' Bras Update
The Latest Danny Baker 'All Day Breakfast Show' Podcast features a live studio version of Wibsey's 'Ladies' Bras', in anticipation of the release on Monday.
I subscribe via iTunes and got it automatically. I can't see it on the Wippit website, though.
Speaking of which, if the cost is to be 79p, why can't Wippit process anything less than £1? 'Do you wish to purchase this product for £1?' my arse.
I still haven't got a clue about Wippit. Plus, I'm going to be away when the ADBS goes colour. Will any purchased MP3s still be there when I get back?
I subscribe via iTunes and got it automatically. I can't see it on the Wippit website, though.
Speaking of which, if the cost is to be 79p, why can't Wippit process anything less than £1? 'Do you wish to purchase this product for £1?' my arse.
I still haven't got a clue about Wippit. Plus, I'm going to be away when the ADBS goes colour. Will any purchased MP3s still be there when I get back?
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