Let Me Be Weak, Let Me Sleep

After another interminable week of nothingness, Friday.

Mask Movement 3 - Vangelis,
No Way We Can Lose - Yes,
Sleepless (Bob Clearmountain Mix) - King Crimson,
Glistening Glyndebourne - John Martyn,
Big Muff (Alternate Version With Drums) - John Martyn,
Joker At The Gate - Hawkwind,
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando - Steve Hillage,
And Dream Of Sheep - Kate Bush,

then, for my walk to and from the stations, Count Arthur Strong's 2nd Episode from his latest Radio4 Series. Splendid.

I've also found a few 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' MP3s online, so now have lots to listen to in the run up to xmas. That and the 'All Day Breakfast Show'...

T - 4; M - 3.5; D - 3

"This is my dressing-room; my inner scrotum"

A welcome return to Count Arthur Strong the other day. Splendid stuff, and made me laugh out loud half a dozen times. Great.

Today (Thursday), there's a Kraftwerk thing on Radio 4, and I need to catch up with the 'Days of Our Lives' Pink Floyd documentary on Radio 2. Plus, there's the Charles Hazlewood show from last night, which I fell asleep 10 minutes into.

I've now downloaded the full version of Hi-Q from here, as the 96 kbps on offer from the free version is becoming too restrictive. While I'm on this spending splurge, and as the 'All Day Breakfast Show' is reportedly becoming more reliable from Wippit (and iTunes), I think I'm going to subscribe to the annual thing and take it from there. Watch this space...

As work simply becomes a question of turning up and then leaving 5 hours later, I spent most of the early morning constructing plastic toys for my son on his birthday.

Ho hum.

Gone To Earth - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, from the first, better, 'Damage' CD,
All Of My Mother's Names - DS,
Promise (The Cult Of Eurydice) - DS,
Weathered Wall - DS,
Waterfront - DS,
I Surrender (Single Edit) - DS,
Gone to Earth - DS,
Orpheus - DS,
Blinding Light Of Heaven - Sylvian/Fripp,
Pulling Punches - DS,
The Scent Of Magnolia (Edit) - DS, from the bonus disc from the 'Everything & Nothing' compilation.

This is my 300th post.

T - 4; M - 4; D - 2

That'll be Beau Peep,Then

More Baker & Kelly from the Talk/5Live archives, and the continuing exploits of Joanne. Whoever made these compilations deserves a medal. Get them before they're gone via here.

Still no sign of any information about the 'All Day Breakfast Show' from either Mr Baker or Wippit. Poor. Especially considering that some people have stumped up £50 already.

A sunny day and, although I still haven't heard about the job, I feel a lot better today. Some Cherry Ghost Pop/Rock to continue the mood...

Roses - Cherry Ghost, from a Janice Long Session 9April07,
4am - Cherry Ghost, from a Radcliffe & Maconie Session May 07,
Mathematics - Cherry Ghost, Janice Long Session
People Help The People - Cherry Ghost, Radcliffe & Maconie Session
My God Betrays - Cherry Ghost, Janice Long Session,
I Need You - Cherry Ghost, from the Mathematics single,
Mathematics - Cherry Ghost, Radcliffe & Maconie Session,
4 A.M. - Cherry Ghost, from the Thirst For Romance album,
Thirst For Romance - Cherry Ghost, Thirst For Romance,
Mathematics - Cherry Ghost, from Mathematics,

The Tube was very well behaved today.

T - 4; M - 4; D - 4. Pretty good start to the day, all in all.

"Mick Jagger is monogamous, year-on-year"

Thanks to Mark Kermode for supplying the headline for today's post. It comes from his discussion of 'The March of the Penguins' in the latest Radio 5 podcast, and it made me laugh out loud. Worringly, Radio 5 have chosen to put an advert for some football thing in the middle and played ridiculously loud music over the last 30 seconds and Mark's review of Surf's Up. To make matters worse, the last 10 seconds of the Podcast consisted solely of this inane jingle, so it wasn't as if it was out of time, or anything. Please stop doing this.

I've found (via the Cook'd and Bomb'd forum) some old Baker & Kelly Football shows from Radio5 and TalkSport, which I'm enjoying at the moment. The sound quality's a bit ropey, but it's still great to hear this combination again - they kept me sane towards the end of my PhD write-up.

Panty Rap - Frank Zappa
Radio Free Moscow - Jethro Tull
All My Love - Led Zeppelin
Tundra - Jethro Tull
Coyote - Joni Mitchell
Certain Surprise (Live At Regent's Park, 1978) - John Martyn
(Ein Klein) Heldenleben - Gryphon
Spanish Castles In Space - The Orb
Titanic - Francesco De Gregori
Blessed Relief - Frank Zappa
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
A Fire In The Forest - David Sylvian
The Gunfighter - Harold Budd
The Man's Too Strong - Dire Straits

To do this week: apply for job, listen to the end of the last Test, finish a couple of Reports and record ths Armando Ianucci shows from last week's BBC Radio 7.

T - 2. Time stood still on the Misery Line, as a normal 30-minute ride took twice as long.
M - 4; D - 4.

Everyone, Bras, Pants, Zappa and Potter

Good everyone,

The All Day Breakfast Show came up trumps with a song about "The Ladies' Bras and The Ladies' Knickers and The Ladies' Botties and The Ladies' Bums". Fabulous. Perry Como, apparently?!

Lots of Zappa today, ahead of a Very Important Meeting today. Told you.

Mainly Over-Nite Sensation and Sleep Dirt, but all good.

Potterwatch come up with my first Male. Other than that, 5 more 30-40 something females.

T - 4; M - 4.5; D - 4