The very end of an era...

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Another day at the machines, still working on "Substantives"...

It remained the weekend...

Eventually, I had four different versions ofthe work and I ended up combining all four to give the fifth version which turned out to be "the one"...

Which was good...

This afternoon, Anne was off to Tynecastle to watch Hearts V Falkirk...

Oh dear...

2-0 down within 15 minutes...

5-0 down just after half time...

They managed to get 2 goals back but, all in all, a dreadful performance (by Anne's account)...

I ought to have been doing the podcast but, instead, wasted the entire afternoon watching "Bait"...

It was awful...

But I watched all six episodes...

It included, however, Patrick Stewart's final role - albeit, as the voice of a severed pig's head...

Hmmm...

Anne called on her way back from the footie, and advised a Chinese Takeaway would be her dinner of choice...

Who was I to refuse...

Later on, post some TV (but not the football highlights!) I set up the back room for Tuesday's upcoming session with Keith re Capital Models, where we will play along to Johnny W drumming and me singing, recordings painstakingly pieced together by me over the last week or so...

And ran through some songs...

The day closed with sad news from old friend Lindsay, that her dad, Lex passed away in the early hours of yesterday morning...

She sent me this pic of her dad, taken around a fortnight ago...

Apparently, his favourite nurse/friend at the home had been with him - and Lindsay had been with him everyday and evening recently. He was very peaceful. The nurse told Lindsay that her dad had somehow just decided to go, as he was starting to need more care and he wanted to go before he lost his dignity...

I will always have great memories of Lex and Moira, two wonderful and inspiring people and always the “youngest old people” I knew!

And it sounds like, despite everything, there was still some clarity there in him at the end...

Rest...

Lowlight of the Day: Lex joining Moira and the very end of an era...

Today's New Music:

Abandoning the lewd...

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A Saturday spent mostly at the machines...

...apart from a visit to see Mary at the care home...

...where tasty fudge donuts were enjoyed while we watched cookery programmes...

Sadly, the baked delights were swiftly forgotten about by our host...

New flowers on her window sill - a mystery as to their origin...

Home for the rest of the weekend...

Today, an inordinate amount of time was spent on creating a remix of Pedantic Pedestrian's recently received remixes...

A couple of initial versions were abandoned due to the chosen at random Short Wave samples turning out to be very much in relation to lewd homosexual acts...

Hmmm...

The drawing board was returned to a few times...

Short Wave radio was, eventually, abandoned...

A tasty lamb based tea...

...and TV for most of the night...

And early to bed...

Highlight of the Day: Musicking...

Today's New Music:

When it comes down to it, there is a core...

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Friday and rather a large playlist today as I ensured I played at least one track from each of yesterday's CD purchases and today's new music downloads...

I was up reasonably early to suck stuff I don't need, in...

Particularly enjoyed the new ones from Allan Holdsworth, Asia, The Church and Roxy Music...

Post breakfast, a debate on whether we ought to get new dining room chairs...

I found that if we take the "old" new chairs back to IKEA, we'll get over £100 towards new ones...

We'll see...

So, with Anne at Zumba, a day of mostly listening, as demonstrated by the large playlist...

At around 4 or so, out and down the hill...

...and a bus into town, scrolling through the content of the mobile listening machine and noting those LPs from the around 750 included, of which I really ought to have physical copies...

The aforementioned Church, Asia and Allan Holdsworth...

The new Yello...

The new Max Richter...

The recent Sparks live LP...

The Tangerine Dream Live Sessions Box Set...

The recent Tangerine Dream live LP...

The recent updated and reissued Yes LP...

...and the recent Laurie Anderson live LP...

...all the old warhorses...

Maybe for Xmas?

To the Picture House for drinks with Willie (about to head to Oz on Tuesday) and Bernie...

...soon joined by Gary and Craig...

Gary complained about having his pic taken and included here...

...so I told him to cover his face with his hand...

...which worked a treat...

Post five drinks, Craig took his leave...

Out into the dark...

...for a short walk to Pizza Express...

...for bottles of red and tasty delights...

...which delighted us tastily...

Bernie and Willie headed off and I accompanied Gary to the West Rooms for a swift half while he awaited his bus...

Then, my own bus to the terminus...

...and down the hill and home...

...where the Graham Norton Show as fallen asleep to...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day: New music and out with chums... 

Today's New Music:

It's the remaster don't you know...

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Up at 6 after yesterday's late (around 8) rise...

Pleased with the tidiness, I asked Anne what she thought of the tidiness and what if anything wasn't tidy...

She pointed to everything in this entire corner and said "Bin!"...

She pointed at everything under the desk and said "Bin!"...

She pointed at everything in this corner and said "Bin!"...

Oh well - at least I'd get to keep the laptop - cos that allows me to do stuff for Anne...

Anyway, it as Thursday...

A morning spent on mixing back together the third Capital Models set (various covers), which I'd almost done when it was time for me to give Anne a lift to her planned long leisurely lunch with chum Debbie, in Stockbridge...

This gave me a chance to go round the various chazzas in the neighbourhood...

I tok pics of things that were interesting but possibly not interesting enough to buy...

At Shelter...

...where I did buy these...

..and at Oxfam...

...where I bought this...

...before finding these in the BHF (the Floyd is the 1994 remaster)...

Then, over to FourSquare to give them the metal drawers - end of an era...

Of course, I had to look at their CDs - seven taken for 50p each...

..which brought the average paid across today's haul down to just £Q1.50 per title...

Home for ripping and listening...

On Anne's return full up with the tasty fayre of Cafe Andaluz, I cooked for one...

An onion, some mushrooms, some pesto, a little bit of yoghurt and some chili flakes, were joined by some rigatoni and some parmesan...

It was surprisingly tasty...

...and the new headphone mixer arrived...

The evning was spent, not listening to the new CDs (although Floyd accompanied me to bed),but watching TV - we finished the first of the two seasons of "Leanne" and enjoyed the grand final of "Taskmaster" (Chloe Petts winning - "they/them" but, somehow "it"'s allowed to say "my" instead of "our" and "me" instead of "us", while everyone else hass to tiptoe around using the "correct" pronouns...) and the intro of the next series' competitors...

Yes, Richard Ayoade was our fave..

Meanwhile, annoying fireworks were being exploded outside...

I am, these days, all for individuals not being allowed to purchase fireworks...

Bed around 11:30...

Highlight of the Day : CD bargains...

Today's New Music :