Saturday, May 18, 2024

A new configuration, in a garage...

Playlist
Arild Andersen, Daniel Sommer, & Rob Luft - As Time Passes
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Wrexham
Jackie Lee - White Horses
BADBADNOTGOOD - Mid Spiral: Chaos (EP)
Shellac - To All Trains
Jonathan Bäckström Quartet - Jonathan Bäckström Quartet
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
William Howard - 16 Nocturnes and a Lantern
Slash - Orgy of the Damned
Lindberg - Theorbo Solos
Jean Luc Ponty - Life Enigma
Haydn, M - Michael Haydn: Six String Quartets
Childish Gambino - Atavista
John Luther Adams - Waves & Particles
John Grant - All That School For Nothing (EP)
Fasch - Sonatas
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Brian Eno - Drawings In A Notebook
MINING - Chimet
Bozzo Barretti - Beyond the Edge, Before the Stars
Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
Martin - Piano Quintet, Quartet, Pavane couleur du temps
worriedaboutsatan - If Not Now, When
Various - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2024 Vol 20
Capital Models - 2024-05-18 (DR JB KA PR)

Up at 6...




...and prepping for today's rehearsal...

Recorded this weekend's podcast and got it uploaded before picking Paul up at the bottom of the hill and out to Keith's in Kirkliston for 1, setting up in his garage...


Coffee and biscuits were enjoyed during the break...


...in this first rehearsal of a new configuration of the group...

Dave: Vox/Gtr/Bass
Johnny B: Bass/Gtr/Vox
Paul: Keys
Keith: Drums


It all went pretty well, despite a few early hiccups and a few botches here and there...

Bodes well for tomorrow's 2nd run through and the gig next Saturday...

Meanwhile, Anne, post enjoying Hearts coming back from 3-1 down to Scotland's newest club at Tynecastle to draw 3-3, the equaliser coming in the 95th minute, was off out to a Ball tonight at the Sheraton, the organisation of which, coincidentally, Mr Edward Spark was involved in...

Anne was with chum Lorraine, aka Dot...


...and, here, the lovely ladies were engaged in conversation by Mr Spark....


Back at Crispycat, I edited and recalibrated the recording of the afternoon and sent out the MP3s to the boys, although it's unlikely that they would listen to them pre tomorrow (which I, however, did)...

A terrible tea of pakoras and cannelloni out the freezer - dodge-ily heated up in the microwave...


It was ok I suppose...

Post 9, I decided to pop over to the Dockers to check out tonight's performance to compare and contrast to what we'll be up to next Saturday night...


Around 70 in the room when I arrived...


The "band" was quite quiet, singing and playing guitar and a drumkit over backing tracks...


...and, like everyone else in the room, they looked considerably older than me - and I'm quite old...


They went down well though, as did the Diet Irn Bru...


Good too to see our poster on the board...


Out and over to the Sheraton for 11:30...




Anne and Lorraine were at the bus stop...


On Lorraine's exit via a No 47 to Penicuik, Anne and I drove home...

Before retiring, the highlights of Hearts' glorious draw were enjoyed...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : Rehearsing...

Today's New Music:-

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