A judge like God perhaps...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet – Soundingfall
Ars Nova – The Book of the Dead
Haydn – A Celebration
Bartok – Solo Piano Works
Various – Schooldays : The Albums I Bought 1975/76
Various – Rush Covers (from Paul Reynolds)
Jacques Loussier Trio – Handel
Robert Fripp – Network
Thomas Leer – 4 Movements
The Martin Hall Concept – Cutting Through
Cloudland Blue Quartet & James Jamieson – Live at the Roxy
Cloudland Blue Quartet – Do As Others Do EP
Black Widow – Come to the Sabbat : The Anthology
Various – Now That’s What I (not EMI) Call Music Vol 11 1975
Various – Top 100 Albums of 2008 (MP3 CD)

Track of the Day
David Essex - Stardust (2:49)


Listening to the mock up of what will be the next CBQ album this morning, I realised the theme running through these new songs is alienation...

On to e-bay and discovered a new (to me) band, purveying flying jazz fusion and improve sounds – Network, led by drummer Steve Clarke...

From their website - “Network formed in 1986 with then Fastway drummer Steve Clarke teaming up with Ted Emmett from Loose Tubes on trumpet, Pete Jacobsen from Morrissey Mullen on keyboards with Tim Crowther on guitar - ex-David Cross Band”...

Went a bit mental and bought seven of their CDs – total outlay £14.50 – maybe they’re not that good? We’ll see...

After an excellent home made brunch, I set about tidying up the music room, which took me most of the afternoon – luckily, Meg the Black cat was on hand to help out...



Once the tidying was done, I played through the eight new songs on the acoustic...

Whilst listening to some music from 1975, I decided to work out the chords for David Essex’s hit “Stardust” – I’ve always loved that song...

Late afternoon, we settled down to watch “Three Colours Red”, the last in the late Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy...

Another affecting piece of cinema...

And a judge like God perhaps?

From the sublime to the ridiculous then, as “Ice dancing on Ice with Celebrities” took over the evening...

I will concede that it takes some skill to do what these people are doing but, really, what’s the point?

Retired to write this up...

Again, what’s the point?

The end to an enjoyable weekend...

Highlight of the Day : More French film...