Robert Fripp – Orchestral Soundscapes
Neal Morse - ?
Dohnányi – Cello Works
After sending out my newsletter yesterday, it was bound to happen that the gig in Lasswade would be postponed for a week – and so it did happen – so an update is required...
Procrastinator that I am, I will do it tomorrow...
Croissants and coffee again for breakfast and then out to Ikea for opening a 10am. We just couldn’t agree re storage for the “new” room and so agreed to disagree and to revisit matters once the carpet’s down and I have an idea of how much new storage I’ll need...
More, because shelves have been dumped - but less, due to the amount of stuff placed in black bags and removed from the premises...
We did however buy a sofa bed and managed to get it into the car to bring it home. It now sits in the dining room on its end in its box, providing an exciting new perch for Meg the Black Cat...
After lunch I tidied up the back room and put some more stuff, this time from the large plastic boxes which used to be under the bed but now have nowhere to go, into a black bag...
Whilst doing so I listened to the latest Neal Morse CD, the enigmatically entitled “?” which arrived this morning from e-bay. It is excellent stuff, totally proggy – I can’t believe how prolific this man is at writing and recording huge epics of prog rock – but he is and I’m just thankful for that...
Although a non-believer, I still think this album’s great, even though the lyrics are based on, and in places actual quotes from, the Bible (Neal found God in a big way a couple of years back – this is his third solo album since then and all three have had a big “God factor” to them)...
Watched some World Cup then checked my e-mails. Another possible gig offer but they need a demo, so I set about creating an acoustic version of “Deeperdown” by omitting all the instruments leaving just voices and adding an acoustic guitar – mostly first takes...
Finished the recordings by around 8pm and settled down to watch Brazil v Japan – Brazil seem finally to have started firing on all cylinders. Although they went behind, they came back to win 4-1 – just as they did back in 1982 against Scotland in Spain...
At half time drove to the New Happy Palace on the other side of town for the best Chinese dish in the world, the New Happy palace's Kung Po Chicken...
Watched Question Time – Germaine Greer particularly impressed – including some absolutely scathing comments about Labour’s inept attempts to govern by jerking their knees...
Stayed up till 2 am finalising the acoustic CD, leaving out all the backing vocals – but it now sounds a bit bare, so I’ll probably spend a couple of hours tomorrow adding them back in...
Highlight of the Day : Arrival of an excellent Neal Morse CD
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