Attempt foiled...

Playlist

Curtis Mayfield - Give It Up: The Best Of The Curtom Years 1970-1977

Various - NOW That's What I Call Country

Various Composers - The Classical Collection

Michael Romeo - War Of The Worlds, Pt. 1

Enchant - Blink Of An Eye

The Paper Kites - Twelvefour

Françoise Hardy - Story 1965-67

Herman Van Veen - De Voetbalsupporter: Het Sterkste Van Herman Van Veen

Queen - Live Killers

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous Deluxe Edition

Foreigner - Double Vision

Toundra - Vortex

Various Composers - The Romantic Age

Sloth Racket - A Glorious Monster

Various - One Year, One Single

Erik Honorè - Heliographs

Neil Young - Roxy: Tonight's The Night Live

Various - 100 Hits Presents Karaoke

Various - The Front Line : Best Of

Greg Saunier​/​Mary Halvorson​/​Ron Miles - New American Songbooks, Volume 1

Beth Hart - Front And Center: Live From New York

The Beatles - 1 (2015 Remix)

Agnes Obel - Citizen Of Glass

Tangents - Stents and Arteries EP

And July gone...

This wee monkey spotted for the first time in a while on  my way down the road - no sign of its sibling though...

A prospective change around, intending to facilitate a permanent"studio" set up was vetoed by the Exec Producer...

This is the only surviving record of the attempt...

...reflected in today's artwork, named before the reaction, "The New Set Up Taking Shape"...

As ever, ended Tuesday with "Holby City"...

Highlight of the Day : Respotting a wee chum...

Adding to the list...

Playlist

James Blood Ulmer - Blues for David

Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked

John Greaves - Tambien 1-7

Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Countdown - Time In Outer Space

Horace Silver - Blowin' The Blues Away

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - LAGQ

Various - I Love Music, Je T'aime

Rheostatics - Live at Barrymore's 5/23/1996

Various - Motown Chartbusters Vol 7

Coldplay - LeftRightLeftRightLeft

John McLaughlin - Live At The Royal Festival Hall

Udo Lindenberg - Panik-Panther

Kool & The Gang - The Collection

Twin Atlantic - Vivarium

21st Century Schizoid Band - Official Bootleg Volume One

Robyn - Robyn Is Here

Editors - In This Light And On This Evening

Billy Cobham - Many Years BC

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo

Gabrieli, G - Music For San Rocco

Herman Van Veen - De Voetbalsupporter: Het Sterkste Van Herman Van Veen

Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life

Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

Golden Earring - Moontan (UK Version)

It Bites - Once Around The World

Kansas - In The Spirit Of Things

Inga Humpe - Planet Oz

Lou Reed - Magic & Loss

The Paper Kites - Woodland EP

The Paper Kites - Deep Burn Blue [Single]

Prins Thomas - Principe Del Norte

Twitter chum Andy Long has been featuring 10 LPs from each of the the years of the 1970s at the rate of one a day over the last 100 days...

Today he published his full list...

I have 91 of his 100, six of which were added tonight from Jorg's hard drive to my iTunes...

Along with adding new music from excellent new find the Paper Kites...

...and this previously unheard of CD from the 1990s by Herman Van Veen, which popped through the door today...

 I compiled a playlist od my 91 of Andy's 100 choices...

This is how I waste my time...

Elsewhere, for the third week in a  row. 100+ points achieved by Team Crispycat on "University Challenge"...

Today's artwork, "The Football Supporter"...

Highlight of the Day : Compiling...

Big blue nails...

Playlist

Simon Trpčeski - Schubert/Bach/Liszt/Chopin - Wigmore Hall Live

Elias Quartet - Live At The Wigmore Hall 12 September 2010

Amjad Ali Khan - Indian Classical Ragas

Elias Quartet - Live At The Wigmore Hall 29 December 2008

Madredeus - Faluas do Tejo

The remainder of the new classical discs enjoyed first thing...

Some sorting out of CD purchases made over the last year or so - getting them into order - actually filing them will have to wait for another day...

Rehearsing for the gig...

Then, took Anne to her mum's for Hearts last game in the group stage of the League Cup - they had to beat Inverness - and did so 5-0...

Queens were not playing but the other results meant they too qualified...

I the first knock out round Hearts are away to Dunfermline and Queens are at home to St Johnstone...

A visit to my mum in the meantime, during which she enjoyed the pics from last week's big wedding...

With my mum working the laptop, it took almost as long as the wedding itself to make our way through the pics...

Round to Anne's mum's for teas...

I'd not seen Olly and Kitty since ealry June due to holidays etc... 

Kitty's nails were a highlight...

Due to almost all attendees having been at the football, a Chinese takeaway was ordered...

When we arrived, we were told they's estimated the cost at £11 higher than actual...

Good chat back at the house - the view form the office...

...which is the basis of today's artwork, "Tree Through Blinds"...

Highlight of the Day : Showing my mum the wedding pics and seeing the kids again...

A touch too much...

Playlist

Elias Quartet - Live At The Wigmore Hall 29 December 2008

Herman Van Veen - Herman van Veen 100

Black Heino - Die Heimat grüsst mit ihren Liedern

Richter - Cypher

James Blood Ulmer - Music Speaks Louder Than Words

Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked

James Blood Ulmer - Blues for David

John Greaves - Tambien 1-7

Rheostatics - Live at Barrymore's 5/23/1996

Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Countdown - Time In Outer Space

Horace Silver - Blowin' The Blues Away

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - LAGQ

Various - I Love Music, Je T'aime

Rheostatics - Live at Barrymore's 5/23/1996

Various - Chartbusters Vol 7

Coldplay - LeftRightLeftRightLeft

John McLaughlin - Live At The Royal Festival Hall

Udo Lindenberg - Panik-Panther

Kool & The Gang - The Collection

Twin Atlantic - Vivarium

21st Century Schizoid Band - Official Bootleg Volume One

Robyn - Robyn Is Here

Editors - In This Light And On This Evening

Billy Cobham - Many Years BC

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Capital Models - 2018-06-24/2018-07-08

Up quite early...

It seemed the heatwave was going to continue...

But it didn't...

Podcast put together and uploaded...

One of the new classical discs enjoyed and an old LP by the support act for Fehlfarben in October downloaded and enjoyed...

Then, to work on "choosing" next week's tracks...

I used a random number generator to, firstly, choose one page from the two red books of CDs I own and, secondly, a CD on said page...

Twenty chosen...

A track from each decided upon - running order maintained as per the randomness...

We'll see...

Errands with Anne down in the village, followed by a tasty lunch at the Torfin, a place which was once a down at heel pub, the clientele of which one time, infamously, all stopped talking and looked round when we walked in for a drink...

It's better now...

Probably too much for a lunch...

Then, a visit to the strictly no photos Corstorphine Art Group annual exhibition, each of us voting for our two favourite paintings (no pics obvs)...

Back home for some Tivo watching and music listening...

In the evening, we were going to watch "The Martian" till Anne realised its running time...

Accordingly, "Minions" was enjoyed...

Today's artwork, "Downfall"...

Highlight of the Day : Out and about with the EP...

Funny how people still kill for God(s)......

Playlist

Caron - Twilight of the Middle Ages

Kamasi Washington - The Choice

King Crimson - The Elements Of King Crimson: 2018 Tour Box

Capital Models - 2018-06-24/2018-07-08

The Divine Comedy - Foreverland

Agnes Obel - Citizen Of Glass

Various - The Front Line : Best Of

Up very early...

Uploading the pics from last Saturday's wedding - not doing so has been causing a log jam re entries here...

Now it is done...

And, while it was happening, I was downstairs updating the red book of CDs I own, with around the last 60 or so acquisitions...

Before...

After...

My excel spreadsheet is, unfortunately, now around a year behind - over 350 entries to be made...

This is how I waste my time...

Jumped off the bus early again, even earlier than yesterday - and so was afforded a view of the old Donaldson's School for the Deaf, now being turned into flats...

In the early evening, drinks and pizza with chums re the departure of youngest chum Struan - heading back to University after spending a few months working hard...

Back home around nine and these behind the door - £2 each in the Wigmore Hall sale...

Listening for tomorrow...

Meanwhile an eclipse of the moon took place, turning it red...

In the old days, sacrifices would have been made etc etc...

Now we know...

Except people still kill for God(s)...

Oh well...

Today's artwork, "Pile on Pile"...

Highlight of the Day : Drinks with chums...

A box of veritable virtuosity...

Playlist

Various - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2018 Vol 30

Various - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2017 Vol 30

Various - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2016 Vol 30

Locatelli - L'arte del Violino Op.3

Herman Van Veen - Herman van Veen 100

The heatwave, etc etc...

The beast in the heatwave...

Views, skywards...

Turning the corner...

At lunchtime, a walk to Stockbridge...

I particularly liked this skyward view...

A purchase made at Shelter - see below...

Home, still sweltering...

This evening, listening to today's purchase - a superb 4CD set of Locatelli's Violin Concertos 1-12 ()pus 3) - spellbinding violin virtuosity - not cadenzas but actually written by Locatelli...

Extremely tasty...

Today's artwork, "Yellow Container, Blue Sky"...

Highlight of the Day : Locatelli box...