Monday, July 24, 2023

Hapless, free and Germans...

Playlist
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Various Artists - A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Neil Young - After The Goldrush
Carole King - Tapestry
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
T Rex - Electric Warrior (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (RM)
Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Patti Smith - Horses
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours [Expanded]
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Joy Division - Closer
Cloudland Blue Quartet featuring Joe Higham - Departure
Rush - Moving Pictures
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
New Order - Technique
Depeche Mode - Violator
The Sundays - Reading Writing and Arithmetic
Ride - Going Blank Again
Radiohead - The Bends
Beck - Odelay
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
The White Stripes - Elephant
Editors - The Back Room
Sufjan Stevens - Sufjan Stevens Invites You To: Come On Feel The Illinoise
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Mary Fowler & Cloudland Blue Quartet - Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
David Bowie - The Next Day
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Boltcutters
Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
Low - Hey What
Susan Alcorn José Lencastre Hernâni Faustino - Manifesto
Drexciya - Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller IV
Shani DilukavPulse
Matteo Mancuso - The Journey
Liba Villavecchia Trio - Birchwood
Drexciya - Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller I
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Star For A Week
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Singles 1973-1977
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Live at Hammersmith 1975
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years of Our Lives
Steve Harley - Uncovered
Steve Harley - Hobo With A Grin

Not too much of an eventful day today...

Up...


...and compiling my playlist for the second of five semi finals (surely quini-finals?) of the 5Albums thing on the Twitter...

Of the 100 in this heat, I have 58 and I listened to a track from each today, as I whittled them to 30, 20, 10 and the 5 which will get my vote...

All of which will be revealed at some point over the next 3 weeks...

Breakfast of porridge with fruit...


Trying to emulate the Haven...

Anne was off shopping with her mum...

I downloaded a few things and also remixed one of the tracks on the new LP, which is due 4 August - Joe's sax was a little high in the mix - a mix which is now added to the bonuses...

Lunch was a black dahl with crème fraiche - yumtastic...


New thing, "Hapless", was watched and enjoyed - 1st 3 of Season 2, as Season 1 was pay per view...

Superb and Curb Your Enthusiasm-esque

In the afternoon, I sat in the back room listening to new to me jazz and leafed through this book, discovering at the very end, a Detroit duo called Drexciya, whose Kraftwerk-like work I then downloaded for future enjoyment...


Whatsapp conversation with Jorgo Borgo - he and partner Manu may be coming over in October...


Their bedroom is, of course, "ready"...


He's been working on his garden...

Pilates for Anne were followed by Macaroni Cheese, of which I was in charge and I did just fine...

But didn't take any pics...

140 at "University Challenge - the "Nominate Eisler" episode where Aberdeen beat Birmingham...

More "Hapless" - we discovered season 1 is free on Netlix via correspondence I had on Twitter with the writer..

Which was nice...

A couple of different actors playing main parts in Season 1 but still top notch comedy...

Late on, perusing this...


..and noting my latest podcast has now gone Top 5, albeit in the classical charts - but who's complaining...


More music downloading at the end of the day, got sucked into updating my Cockney Rebel and Hawkwind collections...

As sometimes happens...

Lights out...

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