Doorway

May 24th – Doorway

DoorwayDoorway to No.4, second day off.  Little light shopping, little cooking (some scones and a morrocan chickpea and chicken stew).  Not the greatest day, required loperamide.

Generally feeling crap.

Music

  1. The Sound Station – Wild One
  2. Impala – Teenage Tupelo Original Score
  3. Martin Savage and The Jiggerz – Runaway Train
  4. The Mourning After – Goodnight God Bless
  5. Strengsbrew – I Don’t Need Myself
  6. Strengsbrew – A Little Trust
  7. Strengsbrew – A Little Trust
  8. Blowers – Blowers
  9. Blowers – Blowmania
  10. Blowers – Blown Again
  11. The Rebel Set – Bummer City
  12. Femur – Noche de Walpurgis
  13. Femur – Femur In Compilations
  14. Femur – Lost at Mid Fifties
  15. Femur – This Is Garage Punk Desease
  16. Femur – Gritan
  17. Jack Meatbeat and the UGS  – 30 Years After
Starts with T

May 23rd – Starts with T

Starts with TStarts with T, the tiny toes of Elsie! First of two days off. Start the day fetching chicken and salad from the chicken shop.  Grab breakfast at Hels Kitchen.  Fetch gloss paint and a brush.  Back home and paint the window sills and steps.

Bit of playing with metadata and cleaning the Fridge before heading to the bus stop to meet herself.  Pint in the Lickers and then a light shop in the Lidl.

Music

  1. Curlee Wurlee – C’est Destructif
  2. Martin Carthy – The Carthy Chronicles
  3. Martin Carthy – Martins4 (With Martin Simpson, Martin Taylor & Juan Martin)
  4. The Act Ups – Something To Forget
  5. The Strollers – In Or Out
  6. The Mants – Bug Rock Invasion
  7. The Mants – I Smell… Woman!
  8. The Mants – The MANT from U.N.C.L.E.
  9. The Mants – Do The Dummy
  10. The Mants – Destroyed By Fuzz
  11. Jack Oblivian and The Sheiks – Every Little Thing Goes Wrong
  12. The Brooms – Freakin’ Out
  13. Mad Mojo Jett – Partyville
  14. The Jackets – Shadows Of Sound
  15. The Jackets – Pie In The Sky / Misery Of Man
  16. The Jackets – Queen Of The Pill
  17. The Jackets – Stuck Inside
  18. The Jackets – Way Out
On the table

18th May – On the table

On the tableWell that was an interesting morning, herself goes off on one, I escape to the shop via a coffee which provided me with the shot on the table.  Fail to find the required pasta.  This is not greeted well.  Get on the bike to test my fix (didn’t make much difference, chain still unshipping in any gear other than fifth!).  Go to Aldi.  Still no lasagne.

Music

  1. The Coathangers – Larceny & Old Lace
  2. The Coathangers – The Coathangers
  3. The Coathangers – Scramble
  4. The Coathangers – Nosebleed Weekend
  5. Lisa Beat and The Liars – Sheena Is A Beat Rocker EP
  6. Various Artists – Chaputa!’s Double Feature Vol.5
  7. Various Artists – Chaputa!’s Double Feature Vol.4
  8. Various Artists – Chaputa!’s Double Feature Vol.3
  9. Various Artists – Chaputa!’s Double Feature Vol.2
  10. Various Artists – Chaputa!’s Double Feature Vol.1
  11. The Maggots – Do The Maggot!
  12. The Maggots – Get Hooked!
  13. The Maggots – The (Early) Maggots
In Bloom

May 10 – In Bloom

In BloomIn bloom, yeah a revisit to the tarty onions.  In other news we watch Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ as I sort out the chromebook.    Need to go shopping and sort lunches for the week.  Back to lates from Monday and it’ll be an exhausting week.

Brief shop, lunch at the Tom and Gerry after an abortive attempt at the Gobin.  Visit the coffee shop and round it off at the Lickers.

Feeling really shit again.

Music

  1. The Railway Children – Native Place
  2. The Railway Children – Dream Arcade
  3. The Railway Children – Recurrence
  4. The Railway Children – Gentle Sound
  5. The Railway Children – Rarities #1
  6. The Railway Children – The Radio One Evening Show Sessions
  7. The Railway Children – Reunion Wilderness
  8. The Railway Children – Listen On: The Best Of The Railway Children
  9. The Style Council – The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council
  10. The Style Council – Cafe Bleu
  11. The Style Council – Introducing
  12. The Style Council – Our Favourite Shop
  13. The Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods
  14. Lightheaded – Combustible Gems
  15. Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires – Sounds Made By Humans
Glimmer 26

April 26 Glimmer 26

Glimmer 26A day of rest with the exception of a bit of shopping, a pint, cleaning the floor of the bathroom and kitchen.  Glimmer 26 is back to food! Home and make koftas – they work, the bhajis this time don’t, too much batter.  Need to follow the recipe rather than winging it!  D’oh!

In the meanwhile C looks at a scam site and falls for it.  It’s easy to do and when Nationwide give her the heads up, they are fabulous when she calls.

Music

  1. Lupen Crook – Wild Nature
  2. The Beatpack – All Good Things (Turn To Dust)
  3. The Beatpack – The Violet Hour
  4. The Groove Connection – Can You Hear Me / When I’m With You
  5. The Hannah Barberas – Fantastic Tales Of The Sea
  6. The High Span – The High Span
  7. Wipeout – Miss Understood
  8. The Pastel Waves – Pig Dreams / Breathing Down My Neck
  9. The Pastel Waves – Between Midnight And Morning EP
  10. The Pastel Waves – Back In The Land Of The Living
  11. The Shadracks – Bedazzled
  12. The Spiracles – How Things Went Well When I Met You
  13. Sergeants Mess – Well That’s Another Fine Mess
  14. Mindreaders – Continuation
  15. Men From Memphis – Hacksawing The Head Off The Legend EP
  16. Lovejoy – Let There Be Love
  17. Chris Free – A Mad Affair EP
  18. BullyBones – BullyBones EP
  19. Armitage Shanks – Look Out Here Comes Uncle John
  20. Paolo Apollo & Antonio Negri – Sambabila EP
  21. Various Artists – Chapter 1: From The Ashes
  22. Proper – Meant To Say Something
Glimmer 14

April 14 Glimmer 14

Glimmer 14Glimmer 14 and I’m in Kawa’s and taking photos of photos.  Great coffee as usual and the first of a series of lates.  Day goes OK, not brilliantly but you can only deal with what it deals you.

  1. Ska Jazz Messengers – Head Over Heels
  2. Big Boss Sound – Return Of The Loafer
  3. Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers – Pieces Of Eight
  4. Dunstan Bruce – Fucking Expensive
  5. Interrobang‽ – Interrobang‽
  6. I Doris – Not Done Yet (feat. Dunstan Bruce)
  7. New Starts – More Break Up Songs
  8. Mirrored Daughters – Mirrored Daughters
Glimmer 11

11 April Glimmer 11

Glimmer 11Easter Sunday and Glimmer 11 celebrates the fact I’ve finally cracked the cooking of Onion Bhaji after several years of failed attempts! Delicious too!  Cook a pork roast for the day.

Music

  1. Various Artists – Lee ‘scratch’ Perry And Friends: Land Of Kinks – The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1970
  2. Various Artists – Gather In The Mushrooms (The British Acid Folk Underground 1968-1974)
  3. Various Artists – Liverpool Sunset (The City After Merseybeat 1964-1969)
  4. Prince Buster -Prince Buster – Funky Jamaica
Glimmer 7

April 7th Glimmer 7

Glimmer 7Glimmer 7 and on a sunny day, I find myself looking up the noses of the heads on the Mill on the way into work.

Music

  1. The Hurricanes – Keep On Pushing Til The End
  2. The Hurricanes – Here Comes The Storm
  3. Lancashire Bombers – Into The Sun
  4. Lancashire Bombers – No Fun No Sun
  5. The Khybers – Fullaove Alley
Glimmer 6

6th April Glimmer 6

Glimmer 6Glimmer 6 and it’s back to the past.  A wee bimble around the shops and a quick snifter with herself.  Sort some metadata and clean the kitchen.  C makes the bed.

  1. Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Skeddadle
  2. Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Go Hog Wild
  3. Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Tombstone Rock
  4. Future Pilot AKA Featuring Robert Wyatt – Tutti Shrutti
  5. Future Pilot AKA featuring Emma Pollock / Ron Sexsmith – The Art Of Good Breathing
  6. Future Pilot AKA with The Family Orkestra featuring Vinita, Radhika & Anurudh – Jai Gopala
  7. Jowe Head – Diabolical Liberties
  8. Jowe Head & Infernal Contraption – Infernal Contraption
  9. Jowe Head & The Demi-monde – Visionaries EP
  10. Jowe Head – Lyke Wake Dirge
  11. Jowe Head – The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
  12. Jowe Head – The Other Side Of The Forest
  13. Soundtracks & Head – Daga Daga Daga
  14. Lori Stott & Jowe Head – Godstar
  15. Jowe Head – Strawberry Birthmarks
  16. Jowe Head – Screeches, Scribbles, And Scrawls
Playful

28th March Playful

PlayfulA playful day off. First up a wee lie in, then a trip to Wigan to fetch the bike and pop the council tax dosh into the bank.  Clearly the Nationwide has only recently reopened because I score a free tote bag.  Turns out useful because I’ve not dressed for the cycle and it goes onto the back rack with the lock in it.  Prior to that though breakfast at the Station Cafe.

Train back to Bryn, visit the quacks to fetch a bloods form and pots for C to piss in.  Back to the house and play with a playful Elsie.

C arrives home, we both have a shower and it’s best bib and tucker for Joe and Margaret’s Diamond Wedding Anniversary up at Aspull British Legion.  Bee App gives us the route.  C not happy at the walk to the Legion.  Celebration is fun and good to catch up with folk.

  1. Jetstream Pony – Bowerbirds and Blue Thing
  2. The Cleaners From Venus – Cleaned Up Collectables Vol. 1
  3. The Cleaners From Venus – Cleaned Up Collectables Vol. 2
  4. The Cleaners From Venus – Star Cafe
  5. The Cleaners From Venus – Live in Japan (Osaka 1994)
  6. The Cleaners From Venus – July
  7. The Cleaners From Venus – In Chimp World