Cloudland Blue Quartet - Ersatzreal Demo
Mozart - String Quartet : "Dissonance"
Spent most of the morning listening back to the demos recorded yesterday and last month re the new album...
Worked out a set-list for the next set of gigs which will probably feature these ten songs each night from the new batch of fifteen...
We were waiting on a call from my sister Pam as she was due to arrive around 1:30 and we were to collect her from the airport..
She finally touched down a little late due to various reasons including the recent terror alert stuff - people just not realising that you can't take lipstick or indeed lighters into the cabin...
Pam was on good form as we drove from the airport out to my mum's in Loanhead. Playing second fiddle to her non-stop chat was Mozart's "Dissonance" String Quartet being broadcast on Radio 3 from the Edinburgh Festival...
At mum's we had a light lunch and chatted about this, that and the next thing, including Pam's annoyance that my other sister Sheila, who's just been on holiday for six weeks (she's a teacher), hadn't been visiting my mum enough...
And we took some photos...
Just after four, ironically, Pam and mum left to go to Sheila's for Sunday tea (my mum goes there every week for tea, while I hardly see her from week to week - perhaps Pam should be having a go at me?) while we headed back into Edinburgh to Anne's mum's (as we do every fortnight) for a birthday tea with her extended family...
Families, eh?
It had been Anne's brother, Keith's, son, Craig's, (are you following this?) 20th birthday a few days ago but he'd been larging it up on Ibiza at the time, so we had a birthday cake for him today (he got back yesterday)...
Other nephew/niece (sorry i can't find a collective term for nephews and nieces) Ollie/Kitty were performing as well as ever - Ollie showing off his Scrabble prowess and Kitty her ever-expanding vocabulary, and a good time was had by all...
Later on as Anne, her mum, Craig and I sat talking, the conversation inevitably turned to Hearts' recent exit from the Champions' League (all three are season ticket holders)....
I opined that Aguar and Brellier, who were sent off in the first and second legs respectively of the third round qualifier, ought to be fined by the club for not knowing the rules of the game...
Each received a contributary yellow card for stupid offences, Aguar rolled the ball away from the opponents at a free kick while Brellier received similar punishment for wearing an earring on the pitch...
I think if you're being paid £1,000s a week, you really ought to familiarise yourself with the rules of the game...
Craig reckoned the refs were applying the rules to strictly - but frankly, you're either wearing an earring or you're not...
After giving Craig a lift home, I updated the diary whilst listening to the new CBQ songs again while Anne caught up on her evening's viewing...
Highlight of the Day : Another flying visit from Sister Pam
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