The man in black, or, rather, sky blue...

Playlist

Neal Morse - Lifeline
Various - Can You Dig It? - The '70s Soul Experience
DJ Hell - Zukunftsmusik
Mindgames - Paradox Of Choice
The Blue Nile - Peace At Last
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer
Various - NOW That's What I Call Country
Rose Royce - Greatest Hits

Susanna - Wild Dog

36 - Circuit Bloom

Various Composers - Expo 1

Rush - Clockwork Angels

Ali Akbar Khan - The 80 Minute Raga

deadmau5 - where's the drop?

Françoise Hardy - Golden Hour Presents the Best of Françoise Hardy

Scott Walker - Scott

Bryan Ferry - Frantic

Scott Walker - Scott 3

Alice Cooper - Killer

Bidiniband - The Motherland

W.E.T. - Earthrage

GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star

Various - Eurovision 2018

Sainte-Colombe Le Fils - Les Six Suittes Pour Basses De Viole Seule

Bill Frisell - Music IS

Gregson - Quartets: Two

Monk Higgins - Extra Soul Perception

Mindgames - Paradox Of Choice

Delta Saxophone Quartet - Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening - The Music Of Soft Machine

Various - Pulp Fusion Vol. 10 Africa Funk

Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner Soundtrack

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Defecto - Nemesis

Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - Landfall

David Sylvian - Gone To Earth (Remaster)

CB3 - From Nothing to Eternity
deadmau5 - where's the drop?
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy

A return to the fray, kind of, this evening, as MB5's (Meadowbank 5's), founded by Mr CBQ (then known as Sombre Reptiles) and some workmates back in 1982, had a special derby challenge of the "oldies" (darks) v "newbies" (lights) and I, as the so-called "Godfather" of the squad ,which has seen, probably, hundreds of players take part over the last 36 years, was invited along to be referee...

I had my whistle, my stopwatch, a pen, some notepaper and my cards...

A thrilling game ensued...

4-1 for the darks at half-time...

...soon thereafter to be 8-1...

A late comeback saw the final score at 8-3 - with the lights winning the last 10 minutes 2-0 - and, as one wag advised, "last goal the winner"...

Ah the banter...
 
Lights were : Matt, Marcin, Dami, Tolga, Chibs, Wind, Steven and Essom...

Darks were : Jamie, Connor, Nigel, Mickey, Grant, Gav, Lloyd and Ed...

I gave up probably over five years ago now - Nigel and Mickey were the only two I've played alongside, although I met a few of the others at the awards night earlier this year...

Even though just strolling around, blowing the whistle occasionally, has badly affected the old legs, it was very enjoyable indeed to be back...

All too soon it was over...

A bus and a lift up the hill from a post Zumba Exec Producer and some TV and some listening and the day was gone once more...

Today's artwork, "Back in the Fray"...

Highlight of the Day : Refereeing...