Sometimes, doing things again is the best thing to do...

Playlist

Opened the day with some Black Sabbath - live in the 70's...

Rockin'...

Then, working on an alternative version of the "Keepsake Suite" using the 1st 3rd of Live Suite 2023/24, the 2nd 3rd of "Live Suite 2024/25" and the 3rd 3rd of "Live Suite 2025/26""...

Decided against...

A rehearsal, then, of  the current "Keepsake Suite"...

Went well...

Breakfast and a "Cold Case"...

An e-mail led to the purchase of tickets for Edinburgh Capitals v Paisley Pirates tomorrow afternoon at Murrayfield Ice Rink...

Looking back at today over the last 20 years...

Coincidentally, on this day in 2008, we drove from Jasper to Prince George...

...where we saw two Ice Hockey matches in 2 days, Prince George Spruce Kings v Quesnel...

Back then, it was hard to upload pics to the diary and the 2008 Canadian trip was illustrated with just a few collages, despite the hundreds of pictures taken...

So, today, I added all the pics for the entries for 30 and 32 August 2008 re our time in Prince George...

Also, 3 years ago today, I was putting the finishing touches to "387" - an LP involving number stations and my trusty, now, 45 year old, then 42 year old, Yamaha CS5 Synthesiser...

I gave it a spin...

Not bad...

And, a year ago today, performing in Fopp...

Good times...

A success hopefully to be repeated in Whitby in just under three weeks' time...

At 1, Blair arrived to redo the floor re some unnaturally stripey planks that had made their way into proceedings and now had to be removed...

A long, laborious job, undertaken with top skill from our step nephew in law...

A squirrel was in attendance...

Kind of...

Just under 3 hours all told with Anne and I helping as best we could...

Then, on his departure, we put the dining room table back up, brought down the chairs, reset up the TV, brought the rug back, re constructed the coffee table...

All the time, keeping an eye on the footie...

Both Queens and Hearts scored late to win 2-1 and both, tonight, are top of their respective leagues - a rare occurrence indeed...

A celebratory Chinese ordered and collected...

Chicken Chow Mein for your fat correspondent...

 ...and 3 episodes of "Friday Night Dinner" watched, pre the highlights of the Hearts game (as well as Motherwell v Kilmarnock 2-2)...

I discovered I have an accidental Mohican...

Then, some more music listening, more Black Sabbath - their final studio LP, "13" from 2013...

Rockin'...

And Lou Reed's excellent 1978 live LP, "Take No Prisoners" plus the Velvets' final LP (sans Lou), "Squeeze" - much better than everyone says, as they conveniently forget what a pivotal part in the band Doug Yule played...

Downstairs for more telly last thing - 3 episodes of Season 3 of "Upload" because, when we went to watch the brand new episodes of Season 4, we realised we'd given up on it at episode 1 of Season 3 for some reason (possibly becasue it's a pile o' shite?)...

And so, at close of play, downstairs almost back to normal...

...and back room too...

Progress...

Bed at 11:30...

Highlight of the Day: Floor re-laid...

Today's New Music:

A tasty curry can outdo new to me tasty jazz...

Playlist

Big playlist again today, due to a big input re #NewMusicFriday...

And, via that, the discovery of a series of jazz LPs which has been going since 2004 and so, is now at volume 109 - I nabbed the latest 10...

The machines had been ready and were now being used to suck in loadsa music I don't "need"...

Breakfast...

Anne was off to Zumba and I was listening to the new acquisitions...

Decided to check the days this year on which I'd failed to record the cat calendar pic...

60 all told...

Sorted that...

And, also looking back, it's a year since I had AI create this....

Look how far it's come in a year...

We're doomed...

I asked it to create the monolith from "2001: A Space Odyssey" on the surface of Mars...

...and then add in the raccoon...

Yep, doomed...

These posted up for #CDFriday...

And was asked about this by BlueSky chum Andy Long...

Artist/Band: 

Best Song: 

Best album: 

Worst album: 

Seen live: 

Bought merch: 

Band given to me by: 

I was given Brian Eno...

So..

Artist/Band I got: Brian Eno

Best Song: Always Returning

Best album: Ambient 4: On Land

Worst album: January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now

Seen live: Once - a lecture

Bought merch: Loadsa books

Band given to me by: @closetotheedge.bsky.social

Of course than I had to hand out bands to everyone who "liked" my post on Eno...

Anyway, Anne returned...

Lunch...

...and a "Cold Case"...

Then over to visit her mum at 3...

We helped her out at the Bingo - she won a Dairy Milk - somehow it made its way into Anne's bag...

Mary liked these flowers in the Quad...

Home and a visit from a camera shy Fang...

Later, to the back room and reading the Wire, with more suggestions of music I really don't "need"...

...whilst listening to the series of Jazz albums sucked in this morning, BlueToothed to the system via the wee box - this the view from the office this afternoon...

Then, downstairs and "David Gilmour at Pompeii" and a tasty Keralan Chicken Curry...

...and half a Diary Milk for pudding...

A couple of "PLEBs", the Hamburg derby from the Bundesliga, SV beaten at home by St Pauli 2-0, and a couple of "Friday Night Dinner"...

I also added to my list of favourite football teams on the LiveScore app so their games come up at the top if they're playing...

This is how etc...

Bed at 11:30...

Highlight of the Day : Anne's curry...

 

Today's New Music: