Living Here In Joytown

Well, after a day off, nursing an injured shoulder compounded by lugging IT gear around on Monday, a return to the futility of 'work'.

I've just swapped to my 160 Gb iPod, as the 60 Gb is becoming too difficult/time-consuming to manage properly (my home library is approaching 120 Gb), so I've got my whole library with me today. 'Not Spoken or Classical':

Beachball - Chef, from an r.e.m.IX remix album found here.
As You Are Now - Suzanne Vega,
Stay Hungry - Talking Heads,
Circle Dance - John Renbourn,
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles,
Valedictory - Gentle Giant,
Joytown - Kevin Gilbert,
I've Been High - Her Space Holiday/Marc Bianchi, from r.e.m.IX again,
I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King,
This is No Rehearsal - Porcupine Tree,
Pearl-2 - Judee Sill,
Johnny On The Monorail (A Very Different Version) - The Buggles,
Burning Bridge - Kate Bush,
In Dulce Jubilo - Mike Oldfield, via a 'Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers' CD with a brutal edit,
Electricity - Joni Mitchell,
Down Through The Night - Hawkwind,
La Villa Strangiato - Rush, from a 'Pink Pop' festival concert, recorded from my cassette collection.

If I leave home at 9, I can be at work at 10.30 and miss all the drones on the Tube. I can miss even more if I stay home, but I'm going to have to show up for a few weeks more...

T- 3; M - 4.5; D - 4.5

Cook'd and Bomb'd

Fridays are becoming increasingly hard to deal with. I just know that I'll get to work and my boss will be 'working from home', but the CFO will be there to check I don't leave at 4.59 instead of 5.00. The good news is that I have an interview next week...

I've downloaded a whole load of Baker & Kelly Radio 1/5live and Talksport/Virgin MP3s via Cook'd and Bomb'd HERE, which, if the quality's pretty terrible, are good fun.

The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Whatever Would Robert Have Said - Van der Graaf Generator
The Power - Suede
Silver Bullett The Observer All Stars, from the Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2

I had some writing to do this morning, so removed my iPod. God, it's quiet on a Tube train.

The Independent reported today that the listening figures for Radio3 has gone through the floor. It's still 'bedding in', apparently. Idiots. Hardly a surprise, as I suggested here and here, amongst many more posts.

The Independent really annoyed me by replacing the usual 'Great Works' art appreciation thing by Tom Lubbock (who's away) with some garbage 'picture' by someone called 'Sean Scully' and proceeding to describe this juvenile crap in glowing terms. I don't know who you are, Sue Hubbard, but it's neither big nor clever.

T - 3; M - 4; D - 4. Get me out of here, someone.

Yes, Yes, Yes

My iPod seems to be experiencing some difficulties. It keeps crashing. I fear I may have to wipe it, restore it, upgrade and re-fill it. The re-filling typically takes about 4-5 hours. Bugger. The iPod is a great machine, but iTunes can be a real pain in the bum for updating, file-swapping etc.

Listening to my new free sampler CD of the Jon Anderson Box Set put me in the mood for some Yes. Despite all my recent talk of 'New Music', Mixing It, Folk etc. etc. this is my spiritual home.

'White Car', from Drama.
'Shoot High, Aim Low' - the stand-put track from 'Big Generator',
'Survival',
'And You And I',
'Nine Voices',
'Angkor Wat',
'Siberian Khatru'

T - 4; M - 4; D - 3