A voyage of rediscovery...

Playlist
David Reilly - Anthology 1977-2007
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Soundingfall
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Splinterheart
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Vendome

A busy Sunday and so, paradoxically, a short entry...

Awoke to the sound of an old track of mine called "Essence pt1" on the headphones and thought to myself, "that's really rather good, I'm quite proud of that"...

So I decided to gather together "tracks of which I'm proud"...

Suffice to say it took all day to put the discs together and there's further work re tweaking to be done...











In the evening, to Anne's mum's for the family tea...

A tasty Thai curry...



...with nephew Craig looking good as usual...



Back home, part one of "Waking the Dead", then more work...

Highlight of the Day : Rediscovering my music...

Perigree...

Playlist
Various – Last 11 Months on Shuffleplay
Bunky Green – Destination Out Downloads
Ornette Coleman – Destination Out Downloads
Capital Models – Live 18/2/11
Cloudland Blue Quartet – Live 21/10/10
Various Composers - Zadok the Priest
New Order - The Best of New Order
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
T Rex - The T Rex Wax Co Singles A's & B's 72-77
Emma Kirkby - The Sweet Sound of Emma Kirkby

Up at seven and to the PC, downloading the latest jazzy sounds made available to the world by Destination Out, a new to me excellent sax player, Bunky Green and, to celebrate Ornette Coleman’s recent 81st birthday, a selection of rare recordings by this jazz master...

Then, from the sublime to the ridiculous, some listening to my own stuff - partly in preparation for the next Capital Models get together on Tuesday...

A late outing into town, leaving around Midday - Anne was off to see Hearts come from behind twice against St Mirren to win 3-2 with an injury time goal...

Parked and walked to the library...











...where I handed back last time's haul and borrowed a 5CD box by Charlie Haden, a 2-on1 CD by Grachan Moncur III and an album by Sam Baker, whom we saw a couple of years back supporting Dar Williams or Lucy Kaplansky...

A trawl round the usual haunts produced no further purchases...

Back home to watch the scores on the video printer - like Hearts, Queens came from behind to win - 2-1 away at Ross County in a dress rehearsal for the upcoming long postponed Cup Final...

In the evening, we drove over to Dunfermline for a very enjoyable night out with Chris, Ferret, Vicky, Kerry and Angie which involved drinks at The Seven Kings...














...a very tasty indian at Kushi's, accompanied by probably too much red wine for Mr Ferret...







...a walk through the Newcastle-like streets of drunken men and scantily clad women (not our chums though) of the late night erstwhile capital of Scotland...





...under spooky skies...





...to another bar for more drinks...







...by this time Chris seemed to be a bit tired of the paparazzi...



To the car park around midnight...



...and home by 12:30, where the Perigree Moon was looking good...













..although, by the time I got back outside with the "big" camera, it was behind a huge cloud...



"Harry Hill's TV Burp" ended the day...

Highlight of the Day : A very tasty curry...

Easy really...

Playlist

Mott the Hoople and Ian Hunter – The Journey

Yes – 1969-1979

Emma Kirkby – The Sweet Sound of Emma Kirkby

Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water

Led Zeppelin – IV

Genesis – Foxtrot

Uriah Heep – Demons & Wizards

As she approaches the end of the second of six weeks’ intensive radio and Chemotherapy, an e-mail from sister Pam today advised better times re her hospital transport but that fatigue is now starting to evidence itself re the chemo...

She remains upbeat and positive, if a little tired...

Makes all this drivel seem like drivel really...

As did the problems faced by people around the globe (mainly Africa) highlighted on tonight’s “Red Nose Day” telethon – and of course, not mentioned here thus far, the shocking events in Japan and, prior to that the earthquake in Christchurch and the floods in Eastern Australia...

Is it the end of the world?

No...

Back here in Crispycat Land, it was what can be termed as a “nice” day...

Both in the morning...

...and in the evening...

Another new CD arrived from e-bay – beautiful singing By Emma Kirkby of music from the 16th to 18th centuries...

Other than appreciating the life I lead, with the Exec Producer and Meg the Black Cat, I didn’t do much...

I listened to some music...

I watched TV, the aforementioned charity stuff (much of which you would pay them just not to show) plus a live “Law & Order”...

And I made a start to a possible new CBQ song – no words, just some chord sequences...

Yesterday’s unmentioned items, “Junior Doctors” on TV and I brought the Crispycat site up to date...

Highlight of the Day : Appreciating just how easy I have it...

Leprechaun in the inbox...

Playlist
David Bowie - A Reality Tour
Mott the Hoople & Ian Hunter - The Journey : An Anthology
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-changin'
Da Milano - Lute Music : Fantasias, Ricersars & Duets
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
Various Composers - Cello Music in London at the Time of Frederick Prince of Wales
Various Composers - A Venetian Coronation 1595

In the inbox first thing, Pam's chum Suzanne reminding me it was St Patrick's Day with this pic of daughter Megan...



A grey morning heading into town...







By lunchtime, things were a bit brighter...





...as I headed to Jessops to have my camera lens cleaned - there's been a strange blurring in the bottom left corner since I got it...

In the nearby Britsh Heart Foundation shop, three CDs took my fancy at £1.99 each - Dylan, Depeche Mode and the Jimi Hendrix of the early 16th Century, Francesco Canova Da Milano...

Met with Anne in the early evening and we were back in the same area for tea at the Rendezvous, Edinburgh's longest established Chinese restaurant...



...where, post a tasty meal, these were in our fortune cookies...



Back out into Shandwick Place for the bus home...





...to Crispycat Hill...



...from which, stars were visible (just)...



...as were grainy trees...



At home, a Tivo'd "Law & Order" entertained before I retired to listen to the new acquisitions, which were joined by two more classical discs from e-bay...



Probably best of the five is "Cello Music in London at the Time of Frederick Prince of Wales"...

"This Week" then bed...

Highlight of the Day : Tea with the Exec Producer