The sound of music hitting the mat...

Playlist

Various - Acquisitions 2012/13 on Shuffleplay

Depeche Mode - Delta Machine

Helps - Shall We Dance

Sir Thomas Beecham - English Music

Pierre Henry - Mess pour le Temps Present

More snow this morning...

...already thawing as I entered into the day...

At lunchtime, a walk down to Stockbridge...

...where I checked on any progress re Capital Models gig opportunities - suffice to say, I will return in two weeks...

Nothing purchased in any of the various shops visited, due to my having forgotten my glasses and therefore being unable to see what was on offer...

Idiot...

Not to worry though as, upon my return home, Chris-with-a-Ch had very kindly provided the new Depeche Mode album, while five discs had arrived from my latest spree on Amazon's marketplace - under my new rule of Used CDs priced at 1p plus postage of £1.26...

What's not to like about that, as discs by Britten, Copland, Varese and the Kronos Quartet joined the fray - along with a treat - just under a tenner for Pierre Henry's classic "Messe pour le Temps Present" - an album I bought 2nd hand in Paris in 1982 and, regretfully, subsequently sold in our record shop around 10 years later...

No time for immediate listens though as it was out and over to the Infirmary for us to see my mum...

Seems a lot better but still very weak and breathless - an ultrasound today and some lung draining procedure tomorrow...

Targetting being better for nephew Andy's wedding in May...

Onwards and upwards...

Home for some TV ("Law & Order : Criminal Intent"and "The Mimic") and some ripping and listening...

 

And finally, the mighty Queen of the South secured the Second Division title tonight with a 6-0 win away at Brechin (the only team who could have caught them before tonight)...

 

First team in the UK to win its league - and, in Scotland, somewhat surprising that they have beaten both Celtic in the SPL and The Rangers in the fourth tier to their respective, expected titles...

 

Mon the Queens... 

Highlight of the Day : Queen of the South promoted (and it's only March)...