Modern dance is the best dance...

Playlist

Fehlfarben - Knietief im Dispo

Jan Jelinek - Music for Fragments / Music & Birds

Capital Models - Roslin Set Run Through

The Eternalist - Thermal Time

Coheed & Cambria - Year Of The Black Rainbow

GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star

Ireland - String Quartets #1 & 2, The Holy Boy

The Paper Kites - States

Sainte-Colombe Le Fils - Les Six Suittes Pour Basses De Viole Seule

Various Composers - The Romantic Age

King Crimson - The Elements Of King Crimson: 2018 Tour Box

Various - The Front Line : Best Of

John Coltrane - Trane 90

The Beatles - 1 (2015 Remix)

Berit Alette Mienna - Arban

Elias Quartet - Schubert/Bach/Liszt/Chopin - Wigmore Hall Live

Noël - Is There More to Life Than Dancing?

Amsterdam Chamber Group - Treasures of Russian Chamber Music

Françoise Hardy - Story 1965-67

Elias Quartet - Live At The Wigmore Hall 29 December 2008

Rose Royce - Greatest Hits

Joe Bonamassa - British Blues Explosion Live

Druckfarben - Second Sound

Tremonti - A Dying Machine

Tytingvåg Ensemble - Let Go Istrumentals

ORA - Refuge from the Flames

Herman Van Veen - Vandaag

King Crimson - The Elements Of King Crimson: 2018 Tour Box

Travis & Fripp - Between The Silence

Various - NOW That's What I Call Country

Marcia Griffiths - Play Me Sweet And Nice

Max Richter - Sleep

Dover Quartet - Haydn Bartok Zemlinsky Edinburgh Queens Hall 2018-08-06

Susanna - Wild Dog

Frank Zappa - The Yellow Shark

The Divine Comedy - Foreverland

Rod McKuen - Rod McKuen Sings Jacques Brel

Up early to finish off the podcast and upload it...

Accompanied by Mia the Visiting Cat...

Rehearsing the set - accompanied by Mia the visiting cat...

Listening to new to me music, downloaded this morning having eschewed yet another record fair...

Accompanied by Mia the visiting cat...

Have not yet continued with the "Yesathon" but dug out all my vinyl LPs just in case...

A text from sister Sheila to advise my mum had had a fall, not a serious one though...

I headed out post dropping Anne at Jane's re Hearts about to happen glorious 1-0 win over Celtic (later Queens went down 2-1 at home to Dundee Utd)...

Mum was asleep when I arrived...

Sister Sheila and Senior also popped by..

A bruised arm the consequence of the incident...

Home via tea provision purchasing along with required new togs for Mr Quartet...

Mia had spotted the squirrel...

This evening, in said new togs and post a tasty steak, mash, mushroom and onion tea, to the Festival Theatre for our next festival item, a performance of Wayne McGregor's "Autobiography" - an 80 minute piece...

...which was very much enjoyed and, I imagine, was quite tiring for these ten magnificent dancers...

Home by 9:35...

...new togs to the fore...

...to Mia...

...and tired..

...but not that tired...

Music and Hearts highlights enjoyed in the living room, along with mischievousness from the visiting cat...

Today's artwork, "Hipgnosis Not Roger Dean"...

Highlight of the Day : Modern Dance...

All hail the sofa usurper...

Playlist

Harold Land - Harold In The Land Of Jazz

Leonard Cohen - The Songs Of Leonard Cohen

David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

Deep Purple - Fireball (US Version)

Black Sabbath - Vol.4

Kansas - Two For The Show

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

The Cure - Faith

Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous

Holger Hiller - Ein Bündel Fäulnis in der Grube

Soft Cell - This Last Night In Sodom

Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe

Hawkwind - Greasy Truckers Party

Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway

Elton John - Caribou

Trace - Trace

Mick Ronson - Play Don't Worry

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Kiss - Alive II

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Obscure 07 : Music From The Penguin Cafe

Creek - 1998-02-10

King Tubby - I Am The King

Lee "Scratch" Perry - The Black Ark Years

Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonatas

Paul Siebel - Forever Changing: Golden Age Of Elektra

Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Haydn - Complete Piano Sonatas

Dessau - East German Revolution : A Composer's Portrait

Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty

Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

Neu! - Neu!

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols

Ultravox - Ha! Ha! Ha!

This afternoon, I was advised that my spot had been usurped...

Cheeky monkey...

Drinks in the early evening re chum Christine's 60th (8 days ago - it was today the 59th of Count Brodski and 55th of chum Margaret)...

Home not too the worse for wear and the podcast attended to...

During the course of the week, I'd compiled three different possible playlists - I ended up combining the best of all three...

Today's artwork, "Podcasting Again"...

Highlight of the Day : A cat in the house...

The return of Mia...

Playlist

Roedelius - Jardin au Fou
NRBQ - Message For The Mess Age
Herman Van Veen - Was Ich Dir Singen Wollte
Payne - Hail! Bright Cecilia
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Best Of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Paul Siebel - Forever Changing: Golden Age Of Elektra
Schebek - The Romantic Age
Bach, J S - Choräle
Billy Cobham - Many Years BC
King Tubby - I Am The King
Creek - 1998-02-10
Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul II
Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonatas
Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty
Dessau - East German Revolution : A Composer's Portrait
Lee "Scratch" Perry - The Black Ark Years
Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook
Rui Da Silva Feat. Cassandra - Gatecrasher Classics
Dio - Diamonds: The Best Of Dio
Lee Morgan - Charisma
Jane Siberry - When I Was A Boy
Graveshadow - Ambition's Price
Dido - Live At Brixton Academy
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Zemlinsky - String Quartets 3 & 4
Mozart - Children's Introduction to Good Music
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge
The Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold
Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Voraus!
Soft Machine - Six
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
The Wild Angels - Live At The Revolution
Yes - Close To The Edge
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
Cockney Rebel - The Human Menagerie
Juicy Lucy - Lie Back And Enjoy It
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Stereo)
Rush - All The World's A Stage
Bryan Ferry - Another Time, Another Place
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Wallenstein - Cosmic Century
Gentle Giant - Pretentious
Ultravox - Ha! Ha! Ha!
Harold Land - Harold In The Land Of Jazz
Leonard Cohen - The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Deep Purple - Fireball (US Version)
Black Sabbath - Vol.4
Kansas - Two For The Show
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
The Cure - Faith
Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
Holger Hiller - Ein Bündel Fäulnis in der Grube
Soft Cell - This Last Night In Sodom
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe
Hawkwind - Greasy Truckers Party
Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway
Elton John - Caribou
Trace - Trace
Mick Ronson - Play Don't Worry
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
Kiss - Alive II
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Obscure 07 : Music From The Penguin Cafe
Haydn - Complete Piano Sonatas
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Neu! - Neu!

Another huge playlist today...

I was catching up on new additions to "LPs I owned from 1972-1988" re recent acquisitions...

And so a number of those were played...

In addition, over the last couple of days, follwoing on from Capital Models discussions re possible new material (now of our own of course, that would be asking too much!), I've compiled a list of every cover I've performed or recorded (or played at home but not in public)...

This seems to amount to 180 songs by around one hundred artists...

Abba
Alanis Morissette
Alice Cooper (2)
Ash
Asia
Avicii
The Band
The Beatles (6)
Bob Dylan (4)
Brian Eno (24!)
Bruce Springsteen
Bruno Mars
Bryan Adams
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music (6)
Coldplay (2)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (2)
Cry Cry Cry
The Crystals
Dar Williams
David Bowie (6)
David Essex
Dead Kennedys
Depeche Mode
Dido (2)
The Divine Comedy
Don McLean
The Doors
Eagles (2)
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley (6)
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Erasure
Fehlfarben (2)
Foo Fighters
The Foundations
Frank Sinatra
Gary Glitter (2)
Genesis
Gil Scott-Heron
Glen Campbell (2)
Grandaddy
Greg Lake
Ich + Ich
Iggy Pop
The Jam
James (2)
James Morrison
John Lennon
Johnny Cash (2)
Joni Mitchell
Katy Perry
Kenny Rogers
The Killers (2)
King Crimson (2)
Kings Of Leon
Kiss
Lady Antebellum
Lana Del Rey
Laurie Anderson
Leonard Cohen (3)
Little Eva
Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (6)
Magazine
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Mick Ronson
The Monkees (2)
Mott The Hoople
Neil Diamond (2)
Neil Young (3)
Oasis
Paolo Nutini
Petula Clark
Roger Waters & Pink Floyd (6)
Rheostatics
Robbie Williams
Roberta Flack (2)
The Rolling Stones
The Script (2)
Secret Service
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Simon & Garfunkel
Slade
Snow Patrol
Soft Cell (2)
Sparks (2)
Status Quo
Stealers Wheel
Stereophonics
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (2)
Taylor Swift
Tom Petty
Travis
Uriah Heep
Van Morrison
The Who (2)
Wizzard
Yes (2)

Uh oh, another list...

Anyway, a lovely day...

The beast was about its business...

Being unable yet to cease having to resort to bacon bringing home duties in order to continue to fund its music madness...

Caught a glimpse of a cat and took a quick pic - I wonder if this is Fang the Black Cat on a sojourn somewhere...

I'm sure these graced a CBQ CD around 10 years ago - still going strong...

In the evening, the bees were out - as they have been for several weeks now - it buoys to see the bees...

But, highlight of the day has to be the return of Mia the Cat - with Abbie and Blair off to Croatia to bring six or seven cats back to the UK by road, for a cat charity...

Hmmm...

Anyway, not complaining about having the wee girl around the house for a few days...

Today's artwork, "Unable to Retire"...

Highlight of the Day : The Return of Mia...

Old and, indeed, new...

Playlist

Bartók - String Quartets (Alban Berg Quartet)
Dover Quartet - Haydn Bartok Zemlinsky Edinburgh Queens Hall 2018-08-06
Roedelius - Selbstportrait I
Roedelius - Selbstportrait II
Mark Wingfield, Markus Reuter, Asaf Sirkis, Yaron Stavi - The Stone House

This evening, I had the opportunity to go along to see Irish Post Rock band, And So I Watch You From Afar...

However, I eschewed this in favour of some new and old music at home, tonight being at last able to facilitate a digital reboot of these two excellent early Roedelius titles, originally acquired from Pick Up in Kassel in 1980 and 1981...

...along with a considerable number of other Roedeius titles still or previously owned on vinyl...

Also some excellent improvised music by jazz guitarist Mark Wingfield and his extremely talented ensemble...

And I "taped" Monday's string quartets from the BBC iPlayer for posterity...

And there was "Holby City" too...

So, it's all good...

Today's artwork, "Roedelius I & II"...

Highlight of the Day : New and old music...

Incompetence and delusion can be funny...

Playlist

Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Brian Eno - Brian Eno Songs
The Beatles - 1 (2015 Remix)
Don McLean - American Pie
The Jam - Snap!
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
James - Whiplash
Elton John - Elton John
Variousl - Jackie The Album Vol 2
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Stereo)
Stereophonics - Language, Sex, Violence, Other?
Various - A History of the Single - The 2000s
The Script - The Script
Variousl - Capital Models Covers - The Originals
Elvis Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits
Fehlfarben - Monarchie Und Alltag (Orig)
The Monkees - The Works
Robbie  Williams - Greatest Hits
Dido - Life For Rent
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Grandaddy - Sumday
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
The Who - Then And Now (1964-2004)
Various - Tamla Motown Gold
Haydn - Complete String Quartets
Zemlinsky - String Quartets 1 & 2

Back to the University environs tonight for another show...

Jack Docherty's one man performance as Police Chief "Cameron Miekleson" and deluded Scottish Independence advocate "McGlashan"...

One character hilariously incompetent and completely un-PC, one hilariously misinformed and, also, completely un-PC - making for an excellent hour of comedy...

Out into the night, slightly later than post Simon Evans the other day, hence, better pics...

Including a blurry one of the street where our now closed for twenty years second record shop was...

Today's Artwork, "Incompetent"...

Highlight of the Day : Jack Docherty...

Enjoying the Dovers...

Playlist
Various Artists Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2014 Vols 1-52
Alanis Morissette Capital Models Covers - The Originals
Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies
Brian Eno Brian Eno Songs
Bruce Springsteen The Essential Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Ferry Let's Stick Together
Coldplay Viva La Vida
Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
David Bowie Aladdin Sane
Depeche Mode Ultra
Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home
David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Roxy Music Country Life
Leonard Cohen The Best Of
Fehlfarben Glut Und Asche
Abba The Singles : The First Ten Years
Petula Clark Downtown - The Pye Anthology
The Who My Generation (Deluxe Edition
Tom Petty I Won't Back Down [Single]
Soft Cell Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Framed
Secret Service Ten O'Clock Postman [Single]

This morning at eleven, to the Queens Hall to meet up with the Exec Producer...

A not great view...

...but then, the person in the row in front of us had paid £14 more for his ticket - and it's the music that matters...

Nevertheless, we moved at half time...

The concert was being broadcast on BBC Radio 3...

String Quartets by Haydn (Opus 20 No 5), Bartok (No 2) and Zemlinsky (No 2)

...excellently played by Amercans, The Dover Quartet...

Lovely...

Coffee and a bacon roll post gig...

...and post having bought this stupid book re coloured and shaped vinyl...

Oh well, it's not too bad...

BAck home and compiling a list of every cover I've ever played took me to the attic to find my original cassettes...

My final list numbered almost 180...

Food for thought...

Today's artwork, "Stupid Book"...

Highlight of the Day : The Dovers...