Sunday, April 02, 2017

More exciting than jolly....

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet - DDHR40
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy In English
Abba - Gold: Greatest Hits
Boris Blank - Avant Garden
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Fields - Fields
Hawkwind - Onward
John Wetton & Geoff Downes - Icon
Ligea - Illusions
Nicolas Jaar - Nymphs
Ochre Room - Box, Bar & Diamond
Pyrolator - Neuland
Quatermass - Quatermass
Various - Gimme A Break
Various - This Is Dubstep - Anthems
Jimi Hendrix - The Ultimate Experience
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twenty Seventeen

Up early and working on CBQ stuff after yesterday's being on a roll...


Some work re short wave radio and soundscapes...

And a new DAW downloaded, Traktion 5...

We'll see...

This was today's random selection - played it as Anne arose...


Breakfast at home...

A record played...



Anne was off to see Hearts thrashed 5-0 by, now, champs for the 6th time in a row Celtic...

At Crispycat Studios, the work was much less fruitful than yesterday...

So it goes...

This evening round to jane and Bobby's to pick up Olly - we were off to Murrayfield...


...to...


...the ice rink...


...for tonight's play off between Edinburgh Capitals and Kirkcaldy Kestrels...

It was 5-5 after last week's game in Fife...


Always excitng to see hockey live...





This the destination of the puck at one point...



Arty shot of the lights...


There were multiple sendings off...


And eight goals...


...and injuries...



..and more sendings off...


...and fights...


...and near misses...


..and hot chocolate and chicken soup for the boy - who had underestimated the cold of the ice...




Edinburgh's man of the match had to be their sub goalie - who stopped countless shots...


...more sendings off...


...including Olly's adopted fave, Mr Scoon...


In the end Kirkcaldy won 5-3 - but one of Edinburgh's players was left bleeding - so who were the moral victors...


Of course that counts for nothing in sport...

Handshakes all round...


Edinburgh out...


The boy returned home and we enjoyed episode 2 of "Line of Duty"...

A good day...

Highlight of the Day : Hockey...

Saturday, April 01, 2017

Not losing my spark, actually...

Playlist
Various - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2017 Vol 13
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness
Edward Spark - 1.9.7.Four
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twenty Seventeen (Demos)

Up super early to record and upload the podcast before heading to podiatrist Helen's for pre breakfast footwork...

A replenished feeding station awaited our feathered friends...


Today's random addition soundtracked a trip to my mums'...


...where we found her to be, ok not quite 100% but certainly a lot better than I'd been led to believe last night and well able to scoff a chocolate eclair...


Her garden is coming on...





...and flowers from it grace her living room at present...


Rather than head straight home, we visited the Secret Herb Garden for more coffee and a look around...



























Someone was particularly enjoying the afternoon sun...





BAck home some recording work - recorded a new song based on a piano track from Creeker Craig...


Meanwhile Queens were beating Dundee Utd 4-2 in Dumfries - yay!

A cheeky wee Indian for tea and then "Gap Year" and the last two episodes of "Follow the Money"...

Back upstairs and an ambient collaboration with Asylumpeace also took shape...

On a roll, kind of...

A bit like the Haslet I had for lunch at my mum's earlier...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : A new song and a garden visit...

Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2017 Vol 13


Another bumper eclectic selection...

Featured LPs:-


Ahmad Jamal - Happy Moods
Alphaville - Forever Young
Bootsy - The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Cloudland Blue Quartet - 2017 Demos
David Reilly - Rubinmusik 1977-2017
Desireless - Années 80 Vol 2
Devo - Something For Everybody
Ghost Quartet - Ghost Quartet
Joshua Redman - Trios Live
Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Leftfield - Rhythm & Stealth
Rheostatics - Horseshoe Tavern 2016
Sade - Best Of
Santana - Lotus
Sonny Rollins - On Impulse
Sun Ra - Supersonic Jazz
Szymanowski - Symphonies 2 & 3; Violin Concerto 2
Thelonious Monk - Ken Burns Jazz
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Torgeir Waldemar - No Offending Borders
Torke - Book Of Proverbs
Various - The Best Of Bond
Various - The Best Seventies Album In the World Ever 2
Various - Jazz Plays Motown
Various - Love - 120 Original Hits
Various - Love Actually
Various - Quarterly Social
Various - Rough Guide To Salsa Dance
Various Composers - The Pity Of War

Enjoy!