Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Missing one but enjoying another...

Playlist
Various - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2016 Vol 48

Some tidying up of the podcast first thing, as another month came to an end...


Good skies as I descended the hill...




This evening, to Tynecastle as guest of a large American company, for Heart of Midlothian v The Rangers...



Due to the distance from our seats to the hospitality suite, we had been asked to make our way back a few minutes before half time...

As a consequence, we missed Hearts' excellently worked (from the TV replays in the suite) first goal - I did get a pic of some celebrations though after heading back into the interior on hearing the roar...


The Exec Producer and her mum are in here somewhere...


In the second half, after a The Rangers goal had been chalked off, correctly, for offside, Hearts scored a second - almost a carbon copy of the first...


...and ran out worthy winners in what was to be coach Robbie Nielson's last game at the club...

You don't often see a green flag amongst Hearts' supporters - this was re today's tragic plane crash in Bolivia which wiped out an entire Brazilian football team...


The crowd emerged from the stadium happy...


I met up with Anne, her mum, Bobby and Olly and chum Brian and son Jamie for the walk back to the car and home...

A good night indeed...

Made all the better for "Holby" being shown...

Highlight of the Day : Silencing the fans of new Rangers...

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Keeping the selection eclectic...

Playlist
Tilman Robinson - Deer Heart
David Guetta - Listen
Chopin - Piano Concertos 1& 2
Dominic Waxing Lyrical - Woodland Casual
Camilla Fuchs - Singing From Fixed Rung
Dvořák - Piano Quintets
Fvnerals - Wounds
Leisure Tank - Wetsuit
Wolff - Early Piano Pieces
Stan Tracey - Under Milk Wood
Adele - 21
Schumann - Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet
Various - 21st Century Trance
Jherek Bischoff - Cistern
Various - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2016 Vol 48

After the weekend away, tonight to work on this week's podcast...

Records were selected...



...and a potential playlist put together...


...and, knowing that I'd be out tomorrow night, recording took place...

Some of the latest inputs, via brother-in-law Keith's collection and from the Manchester trip...


Sounding not to bad, all things considered...

No "Holby" again - looks like it's now been moved to Wednesday on a permanent basis...

Highlight of the Day : Podcasting...

Monday, November 28, 2016

Fresh from the sea...

Playlist
Wolpe - Works For Piano
The Four Tops - Motown's Greatest Hits
Die Fantastischen Vier - Für Dich Immer Noch Fanta Sie
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
Buddy Guy - Electric Blues
I'm Not a Gun - Ulrich Schnauss Remixes
Wolpe - Four Generations
Lo Shea - Ten Years Of Phonica
Asia - Spirit Of The Night. Live In Cambridge 2009
Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar
Calvin Harris Feat. Example - 18 Months
Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost
Barlow - Musica Derivata
Haubenstock-Ramati - Concerto A Tre
Santana - Playin' with Carlos
Miles Davis - Olympia, Paris, Oct. 11th, 1960
KC & The Sunshine Band - Downtown Funk
David Sylvian - Everything And Nothing
Ritter - 6 Quartets For Bassoon & Strings
Jackie McLean - McLean's Scene
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Queen - The Miracle
Queen - Jazz
Eloy - Eloy
Santana - Spirits Dancing In The Flesh
David Guetta - Listen
Dominic Waxing Lyrical - Woodland Casual
Tilman Robinson - Deer Heart
Fvnerals - Wounds
Leisure Tank - Wetsuit
Seth Faergolzia - High Diver
Talvihorros - Eaten Alive
Camila Fuchs - Singing From Fixed Rung
Jherek Bischoff - Cistern

The view from the office early this morning...


...and later this morning...

 
Check out time...



Bags to the car...


And into town...



Through the Printworks centre - where every space is a restaurant...



Christmas is coming...


Breakfast in the Northern Quarter at Teacup Kitchen...



Excellent coffee...



...and tasty input...


Yummy power porridge...



Poached eggs for the EP...



The view from the window...


We did not partake of cake...


Briefly, to the Arndale Centre...


...and an audio lead obtained at Clas Ohlson...


Back to the car...


...and an hour's drive to Blackpool - 1st time here for me since the early 70's...



Unfortunately, the tower was shut...


There are some very dodgy shows on offer in this town...





The beast was about it's business with its EP...


The view from the office this afternoon...




We visited the Winter Gardens - where I sang with the Kevock Choir at the age of 14 or 15 before getting exceedingly drunk...




Comedy gold...



Out into the bright cold again...




...and along to one of three piers - all three were, like the tower, shut...


Good views of the sea though...


...and the seagulls...



The beach too, was shut...



We enjoyed a late lunch of fish and chips...


...from "The Sea"...


...and bought some souvenirs...




Back to the car under plane-strewn skies...


...to start the long drive home...

Once again we stopped at Tebay...

Admiring the bird-life...







..and a coffee before the final leg home....


Back in time for "University Challenge" and to rip the new acquisitions - which I, of course, only bought because "I was on a break"...

A good wee trip, much enjoyed...

Highlight of the Day : Fish n Chips...