Various - Weekly Playlist No 13
Chopin - Polonaises (Alfred Brendel)
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Live Set Rehearsal 2014-03-30
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Alice Cooper - Killer
Capital Models - Live Set Rehearsal 2014-03-19 (Unedited)
Up late...
I had thought it was early but (a) my eyesight re the clock wasn't what it once was and (b) the clocks went forward last night...
So, when I thought it was 6:30 - it was actually 8:30...
Not to worry...
Meg helped me update this...
Breakfast to the sounds of Mr Brendel playing the music of Mr Chopin...
Then, took Anne to her mum's re today's triumphant victory at Tynecastle by Hearts over Hibs 2-0...
Hearts then still aren't technically relegated but face a sterner test on Wednesday when Aberdeen visit the castle of tyne...
Anne texted to say the JTs had done it for Jamie - he should have been there...
Meanwhile, your correspondent worked on a possible CBQ live scenario, this time collating the necessary backing tracks from various hard drives before running through a set playing bass rather than yesterday's guitar...
A visit to my mum on Mothers' Day, bearing appreciated gifts...
Then to Anne's mum's where a tasty Chinese takeaway was enjoyed by me, Anne, Keith, Jane, Bobby, Olly and Kitty...
The kids and I enjoyed singing along to Alice Cooper's "Dead Babies" as we drove to collect the food...
A new painting was on the wall in the dining room...
...based on this photo, taken almost a year ago...
A very good likeness...
Back home and The Musketeers came to an end tonight - we very much enjoyed this series and look forward to its return - surprised though that the two main villains were let off - but then, what's to be done if you're looking to a second series commission...
The best I've left for last though...
Early morning on 21 March, two days after the rehearsal, at which Jamie, me and Andy had run through the entire Capital Models sets for the proposed gig in April, I took an hour or so to edit out around 20 minutes of the recording re a couple false starts and all the chat between the songs...
Later that day, of course, Jamie passed away...
This afternoon, as I loaded the memory card into the laptop to listen back to my attempts at the CBQ stuff, imagine my surprise to discover that the very clever little recording machine had saved, not only the revised version, but the original too...
And so, although there are a few hopeless gaffs on the tape, our banter remains unexpectedly intact...
In the big scheme of things, it means nothing...
It's nice to have it back though...
So sad that we'll never get to play it all again together now...
Highlight of the Day : Clever little machine...
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