Digs look good pre student life...

Playlist

Julian Bream; Simon Rattle: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - To The Edge Of Dream
David Bowie - Christiane F : Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Harmonia - De Luxe
Various Artists - Neues Deutschland
Robert Fripp & The League of Gentlemen - The League Of Gentlemen
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Face To Face
Sparks - Introducing Sparks
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Herman van Veen - Fourteen Songs
David Essex - All The Fun Of The Fair
Neu! - Die Zweite Neu!
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
Françoise Hardy - The Best of Françoise Hardy
Ideal - Bi Nuuu
The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle
Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy En anglais
Billy Currie with Steve Howe - Transportation
Sonny Stitt - My Buddy (for Gene Ammons)
Falco - Einzelhaft
Françoise Hardy - À Suivre…
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
Gentle Giant - Super Star (Italian Compilation)
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
Weinberg - Chamber Music
Cage - Complete Piano Music
Sherwood - A Different Light
Mathilde Santing - Mathilde Santing
Emerson Lake & Palmer - High Voltage 25/7/2010
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Mothermania - The Best of the Mothers
Eels - Your lucky day in hell [Single]
Ben Frost - Dark : Cycle 1
Jon Hassell - Seeing Through Sound
Beethoven - ReSound Beethoven Vol 1
Alex Harvey - Shout: The Essential Alex Harvey
Strawbs - Witchwood: The Very Best Of
Caravan - Place Of My Own: The Collection
Down 'N' Outz - This Is How We Roll
Spooky Tooth - It's All About
Public Image Ltd. - Rise: The Collection
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble - Refuge
2raumwohnung - 20 Jahre 2Raumwohnung
Streichtrio Berlin - Jolivet · Milhaud · Roussel · Françaix: Streichtrios · String Trios
Bergonzi Quartet - Plays Ginastera, Wolf and Debussy
Jascha Nemtsov - Aphorisms
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Cage
Various Composers - Fromm Music Foundation : Twentieth Century Composers Series
Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Mixing Colours (CD)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Ease Down The Road
Dave Douglas - Songs For Wandering Souls
Janis Ian - Live: Working Without A Net
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Home Of The Hits: The Best Of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
Prins Thomas - Traens
Tangents - I
Iona Marshall - Burntisland
Haken - Virus
Various Artists - Home Of The Hits - The Beserkley Story
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
The Zawinul Syndicate - Black Water

July has gone the way of all months.  This one was the fifth weird month in a row...

Friday and up early, with loads to do today...

The views from the office this morning...

Today's classical piece was Rodgrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez"...

...and the random LP was this from Summers and Fripp...

Recorded just as King Crimson's "comeback" album “Discipline” was being released....

An excellent record of interlocking guitars and tasty soundscapes....

Crimsonesque in fact...

All of that pre breakfast...

...as, post breakfast, we were off to that Glasgow...

...but not before having to pop back to the tyre emporium re a message on the dashboard...

Soon though, we were at nephew Olly's University digs...

...which have not yet had a chance to be ruined by student life...

..although we did spot a rogue Buckie bottle...

Good views...

The boy in his new habitat...

We took him for brunch round the corner

...where he demonstrated he still has a little to learn about the actual economics of an Independent Scotland...

Oh how we laughed...

Saying our goodbyes and silently promising never to discuss Scottish politics again, we drove to the town centre, parked and did some shopping...

A couple of things for me in the HMV sale for a fiver each...

 and then, to Missing...

...where a further seven items entered the collection...

...for just fourteen of your pounds sterling...

Then, with Anne having bought some stuff she likes, time for some refreshments in the sun...

...and a walk around the Tron environs...

...including an ice cream from the place Dr Prog and I visited when attending the Tangerine Dream concert in March 2019 - including a requested retelling for Anne of the tale of Paul and Linda McCartney stopping there for fish and chips in 1973...

The drive home went quickly and it was soon time to rip and listen to the new acquisitions, including this which had arrived in the post...



Eagle-eyed readers may recall I bought this just a few weeks ago (2 May) - although today's copy appears to be brand new (and remains in its wrapper) while the previous acquisition was a little beaten up...



Anyway, today's haul...

But, prior to that, frames had arrived for Anne's paintings...

Soon, Berchtesgaden was in place...

Then, another was chosen...

...and also hung...

Excellent...

Meanwhile, triple squirrel visit...

  

A new painting has been started of course...

And, by close of play, Berchtesgaden was moved slightly...

A very good day...

Highlight of the Day : Trip to Glasgow and artworks up...