Monday, July 31, 2023

A cake is available but a light is not, it seems...

Playlist
Alice Cooper - School's Out (Expanded & Remastered)
Socool x Lehto - YVR to LBC
Crazy Wisdom - Get Naked
Hauntings - Hauntings
Kraan - Live
Markus Guentner - Onda
Edward Spark - Waterjelly (Single)
Markus Reuter - Stream For Consciousness Vol. 1
The Holy Family - Go Zero
Cloudland Blue Quartet featuring Joe Higham - Departure
Kraan - Andy Nogger
Harish Raghavan - In Tense
Nat Birchall Meets Al Breadwinner - Sounds Almighty
Kungens Män - Kungens Ljud & Bild
Robert Plane - Isotonic: Commissions for Clarinet by Burrell, Boden, Watkins & Jenkins
Various Artists - International Space Station (vol1.)
Brock Tyler - Unclosing
Pyramid Peak - Symmetry
Creek - 1998-03-17
Creek - 1998-08-01

July comes to a close and the big flower from the kitchen is being swapped with Andy Warhol...


The music awaits...




Working on keeping the long list for this week's podcast up to date with all the new stuff coming in...

To Lynn's re a steaming thing for Anne to work in the porch...

Cake was provided and it was very good...

Lynn's mum and Auntie Ruby in the background...





A good light was looked at, the one we've had put up in the new kitchen is not up to scratch...


Despite Lynn having only bought hers around a week ago...



...on our return home it could not be found - the search continues...

Fang consoled us with his lovely wee face...


...and his decisions as to whether to go or stay - while Andy awaited being relocated to the kitchen...


That was it...

Highlight of the Day : Lynn's Cake...

Today's New Music:-

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Everyone having a good time...

Playlist
Call Me Clive - The Bastards Didn't Deserve Us
Crazy Wisdom - Get Naked
Blue Sun Chasing/Cloudland Blue Quartet - I say your name every day so you will never be forgotten
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Open Him Up (Single)
Bear the Mammoth - Purple Haus
Cloudland Blue Quartet featuring Joe Higham - Departure
Mark David Boden - Isotonic: Commissions for Clarinet by Burrell, Boden, Watkins & Jenkins
The Holy Family - Go Zero
Harish Raghavan - In Tense
Markus Reuter - Stream For Consciousness Vol. 1
Various Artists - Barbie The Album
Premiata Forneria Marconi - The Event - Live in Lugano
Nat Birchall Meets Al Breadwinner - Sounds Almighty
Edward Spark - Waterjelly (Single)
Brock Tyler - Unclosing
Creek - 1998-02-02
Creek - 1998-03-03
Bach, J S - The Well Tempered Consort III
Kraan - Kraan
Kraan - Wintrup
Alice Cooper - School's Out (Remastered & Expanded)

Up and to the back room...


...and, then, back to the machines


Working on a track from Malcolm - one we used to do in Crazy Wisdom which he'd re-recorded but I just couldn't get the timings right to meld the two together...

Not to worry...

Session abandoned...

Breakfast...


Listening to Markus Reuter...


Then, back to working on Malcom's discs, putting together a quick remix of "Origin"...


This time, success...

Fell asleep during "Unstable"...

At 2 or so, to B&Q, Anne looking for some things re "projects"...

I looked at small jars of paint...

The blue does not come across correctly in the pic though...





To Loanhead and shopping for my mum then to hers, shopping put away and chat...

Anne had one eye on the Hearts v Leeds friendly - a 1-0 loss was decent...

Mum directed me to the Loanhead History group on the Fleecebook...

Some interesting photos found...

Well, interesting for me anyway...

My mum and dad at a "do" in 1989, or was it 1998?


Tye cover of the Gala Day Programme...


...for the year when sister Pam was "Queen"...


An advert for the shop in Loanhead from which I bought my 7" singles before I ever ventured into Edinburgh of a Saturday...


The Kevock Choir, of which I was a member for a couple of years but post this pic...


My music teacher Alex Elrick was the conductor and driving force...

The Exec Producer's aunt Margaret was a member, along with the mum and dad of my chums Sandy, Kenny and Mikey Harkness...


Davie Roseburgh (front row 3rd from right) with whom I played football for many years and who now lives in the cul de sac where my mum still lives...


Jimmy Dea (front row 2nd from right) - again a long time football playing chum...


Isobel Kelner (2nd left) an old school chum...


Then, Sheila, Andy, Tori, Kerr, Dougie and Lockie arrived from North Berwick...


A large order for Chinese Takeaway ensued, very kindly paid for by my mum...

We only had a 2020 menu from the excellent "Gourmet" down the road...


As a consequence, the bill was 25% higher than the 3 year old menu indicated...

But, it was still great value and extremely tasty fayre was enjoyed by us all...

Andy...


Kerr...


Anne...


Lockie...


Dougie...


Tori...


Sheila...


Alison...


David...


Good times...


All dishes done and house re-tidied and we all set off into the night around 7...

Back home, I noted how "attractive" the new Twitter logo is (not)...


Some Kraan enjoyed and then loads more downloaded, filling the big Kraan shaped hole in the collection...


Penultimate "Crime" enjoyed...

Fell asleep again...

Oh well...

Weekend over once again...

Highlight of the Day : Family Chinese...

Today's New Music:-

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Catching up with Talcy...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-08 Demos
Capital Models - 2023-06-11
Capital Models - 2023-06-11 Quartet Sets
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-17 Demos
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-06 Demos
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-14 Demos (Setlist 2)
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-12 Demos (Setlist 1)
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-04 Demos
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-24 Demos (Ziggy Stardust - High)
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-05-18 Demos
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-11 Demos
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-30 Demos
Bear the Mammoth - Purple Haus
Crazy Wisdom - The Reptile Tapes
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Songs of the Sombre Reptiles (CD Single Extras)

Another early start...






A quick edit of the podcast before uploading it...


Created a quartet set re Capital Models and the exit of Creeker Stu...

We will reconvene in August and there is talk f us playing the Roslin Fete again in September...

Some surfing re lighting solutions for the kitchen...


Around 12:30, out and down the hill...



...to meet up with music cohort Malcolm Logan of Acoustic Youth, Call Me Clive and Crazy Wisdom fame at Haymarket...

Pizzas and drinks at Pomo, before retiring to Ryrie's...


Top chat and loads to catch up on, given it's probably been a decade at least since we had a meet up...


Quite possibly too much to drink to be fair  - and that combined with a stupid shutting off of bus services for an inconsequential rugby match between Scotland and Italy, meant I did not get home till almost 8 - Anne beat me by around half an hour, having chosen a less circuitous route...

Fang was in when I arrived, carrying a lovely loaf from Lidl...


Toast for tea, followed by us getting sucked into "The Full Monty...

These demos from Malcolm form nearly 20 years ago may provide some rework opportunities...


We'll see...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : Catching up with Talcy...

Today's New Music:-