Weird, wonderful and top of the bill...

Playlist

The Orb & David Gilmour - Metallic Spheres In Colour

Laura Pausini, TIAGO IORC - Durar (Uma vida com você) (Single)

Matana Roberts - COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile

KMRU - Dissolution Grip

Schubert - Fantasia

Peter Gabriel - This Is Home (Dark-Side Mix) (Single)

Jean-Michel Jarre - ZEITGEIST BOTANICA (Single)

Illuminine - #1

Capital Models - 2023-07-07 Pre Wedding Party

Capital Models - 2023-06-11 Quartet Sets

Capital Models - 2023-08-20

Dahlke Väterlein - Supra

Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex

I am writing this on 1 July 2025...

Up before six on a Saturday morning, the last day of September...

Another month away...

Breakfast...

...and out and about...

Some things bought but not this...

Back home, TQ had arrived, packed full of weird and wonderful music...

...and with a free CD of Belgian punk/new wave band Reynols...

Ripping and listening commenced...

A reasonable haul...

Around 3:30, old chum Ian Sclater arrived to do some recording...

We worked away on one song for a couple of hours and gleaned enough takes for me to put together a composite of his guitaring at a specific BPM so that it could be built on...

Unfortunately, this was such a nerve-wracking and debilitating experience for Ian that, he told me later, he didn't play his guitar for months after today, thinking he was crap - but really, just not understanding what has to be gone through re the recording process...

A top chili for tea from Annie...

...and a new addition to the kitchen...

this position did not last....

Instead, here it is...

The back room remained set up...

...until I took it down, in preparation for tomorrow's band session and the introduction of Johnny B to the rest of the team...

Later, the beast was listening to music in the kitchen...

...and as happy to be top of the bill in January in Newcastle...

Highlight of the Day: Top of the bill...

Today's New Music:-

Goodbye old friend...

Playlist

Cloudland Blue Quartet - GLAM!

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-05-18 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-11 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-15 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-14 Demos (Setlist 3)

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-12 Demos (Setlist 1)

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-07 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-06-07 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-05-18 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-15 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-08 Demos

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-03-14 Demos (Setlist 2)

Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2023-02-08 Demos (Piano)

Western Jaguar - Milwaukee (CBQ Remixes)

KAU - The Cycle Repeats

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Variations on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"

Johnny Guitar Watson - Giant

Up on a day of remembrance...

Today was chum Spike's funeral...

Listened to many old songs from the 70's that we both loved...

A moving, packed service at Warriston, then, to the golf club at Presronfield and much reminiscing with chums about our old friend, gone too soon...

The playlists I'd created for today played in the background through out the afternoon and evening...

At the time of writing, if you scan this QR code, you can still access these musical faves of Mr Alex Williams...

 The Life on Mars Suite

The Heroes Suite

The Rebel Rebel Suite

The Lazarus Suite

Here's the content - my tribute to Spike, compiled from his record collection...

Yep, a big Bowie fan...

There was a wonderful display of pics from throughout Spike's life...

He was, as they say, some man...

Such a nice "fellow" and so positive about everything...

A sad day indeed...

Lowlight of the Day: Spike's funeral...

Today's New Music:-

Working on the new with JB...

Playlist

Western Jaguar - Milwaukee (CBQ Remixes)

Capital Models - 2023-09-10

Joaquín Cornejo - Más Allá Que Acá

Capital Models - 2023-09-28 (DR & JB)

Capital Models - 2023-09-19 (DR & JB)

I am writing this on 1 July 2025...

Up just after 6...

...and to continue work from the last couple of days on remixes of the track "Milwaukee" for Vancouver based, Western Jaguar...

At 10:30, Johnny B arrived for his second prep session re his imminent joining of Capital Models...

Coffee and chat...

Then, to work...

In all, we covered 39 songs...

Top times...

This afternoon, more work on the "DSOTM" project...

...and continued with my planned move to Blue Sky from Twitter...

Let's see how that goes...

Highlight of the Day: Musicking with Johnny B...

Today's New Music:-

Picking the reggae but doing nothing with it...

Playlist

Sasquatch - II

David McCallum - Music - A Part Of Me

Haydn - String Quartets (Op. 33, 42 & 50)

Dave Douglas - Witness

Trio Jorrit Dykstra & Benoit Delbecq - European Echoes

Capital Models - 2023-09-19 (DR & JB)

Neal Morse - The Dreamer - Joseph, Pt. 1

Western Jaguar - Milwaukee (CBQ Remixes)

Western Jaguar - Oblivion

Bobby Previte - Nine Tributes

I am writing this on 30 June 2025...

Up late today,...

Scenes...

Enjoyed these two CDs...

..and spent some considerable time sorting out my various artists compilations...

Pulled out all the reggae ones...

...and put them all back again...

This is how I waste my time...

Football tonight - of course, writing this in June 2025, I have no idea how I fared...

Tasty pasta tea on my return...

And telly and more listening pre bed...

Highlight of the Day: Football...

Today's New Music:-