Saturday Afternoon

Some pictures taken today - I took more, including some of Dr Prog who I met uptown this morning but the mysterious wiping action of the camera scrubbed them all - very annoying...

Dr Prog and I met at the music library - I've not been there for quite a while. I picked up the following:-

• Robert Schumann's Complete Chamber Music (6CD)
  Roger Eno at Lincoln Cathedral (2CD)
  Feist - Let it Die - a fellow OOTBer recommended this a while back
  Biagio Marini - Pieces from Op.XXII, 1655
  Leon Michener's Imaginary Landscape - Solo Piano Music by Ives, Xenakis, Cage, Scelsi & Michener
  Terry Riley's "In C" played by New York avant gardeists Bang On A Can
  
  

From the library, we wandered down the Royal Mile to Starbucks for some lovely coffee and a chat - mostly about Prog Rock - Phil (Dr Prog) had bought us both a copy of the latest Q Supplement which, in a bout of good marketing in the wake of Live 8, is entitled "Pink Floyd and the Story of Prog Rock". Looks great, with pieces on:-

• The Roots of Prog...
  Soft Machine
  King Crimson
  Yes
  Van Der Graaf Generator
  ELP
  Pink Floyd
  Jethro Tull
  Hawkwind
  Genesis
  Rush
  Marillion
  New Prog...
  The labels...
  The artwork...
  Prog rarities...

and a rundown of 40 "cosmic rock albums to blow your mind"...
what more do you want??

We made our way over to Cockburn St to FOPP - this branch seems somehow a bit more "hip" than the one in Rose St which I usually frequent.

I picked up a copy of a book on "Apartments" published by Feierabend while Phil bought the Razorlights album. Spookily, we both chose to buy the 3CD set "Superbad" which is funk music from various Blaxploitation films.

Anne met us in FOPP then went down to the photo exhibition on Hearts' ground, Tynecastle, in the nearby Stills gallery while Phil and I went next door to Avalanche where I got New Order's latest for just £4.99 - listening to it now and can declare it very tasty indeed!

Then we split up and Anne and I went for lunch to a new (to us) place called Double Dutch, up near the university - recommended - like New Order it was tasty and good value....

Anne then went off to meet Alan Brodie's ex Julie for a coffee and some chat while I headed home to listen to all the stuff acquired in the last few hours....