Growth

7th March Growth

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GrowthDay one off after a hard week and I’m knackered.  Up late, brekkie at the Tom and Gerry (Miner’s Benedict).  Then away to the Chemist’s to fetch the meds for the pair of us.

Bit of housework with the yodelling hoover in the living room and kitchen.  Act as Mrs Mopp in the kitchen and hallway.

Meet C off the bus, into the Lickers for a pint with herself, meet Geoff.  Then a wee trip to Lidl and back via a pint of Porter (Boudicca) at the Tom and Gerry.  Cook and chill in front of Top of the Pops.  Seems to be a Depeche Mode night.  Influences the old downloads!

  1. Depeche Mode – Construction Time Again
  2. Depeche Mode – The Meaning of Love
  3. Depeche Mode – New Life
  4. Depeche Mode – See You
  5. Depeche Mode – New Life
  6. Depeche Mode – Leave In Silence
  7. Depeche Mode – Dreaming of Me
  8. Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
  9. Depeche Mode – The Singles 81-85
  10. Depeche Mode – The Singles 86-98
  11. Piss Kitti – Turn You Over Keep On Comin’ On
  12. Piss Kitti – I’m Jammed
  13. Piss Kitti – Girls In I-D
  14. Piss Kitti – Do U Hate Me
  15. Piss Kitti – For The Lovers
  16. Piss Kitti – Leather Forever

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Simple pleasures

2nd March Simple Pleasures

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Simple pleasuresSunday and I’m in… at least there is Pizza. Phone the boy and Mum as usual, watch the Throw Down and Call the Midwife. More importantly home to meal cooked by C including dumplings. Love ’em!

  1. The Link Quartet – Episode One
  2. The Link Quartet – Fast Cars & Sexy Girls
  3. The Link Quartet – Beat.It
  4. The Link Quartet – Green Puma / Tropical Dandy
  5. The Link Quartet – The St Tropez Heist
  6. Mimiko – i-nichi
  7. The Guy Hamper Trio (Featuring James Taylor) – Chatham’s Burning
  8. The Guy Hamper Trio (Featuring James Taylor) – The Godess Tree
  9. Cream Soda – Make Up Your Mind

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Z

26th February Z

26th, Date, Days, Electronica, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Music, Photos, Portraiture, Punk, Wednesday, , , , , , , , , ,

ZA slightly better day, copped out of the cycle to work.  Was too shattered this morning.

  1. Peter Hook & The Light – So This Is Permanence
  2. Peter Hook & The Light – Movement Tour 2013: Live In Dublin (Live)
  3. Joy Division – The Best Of Joy Division

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X

24th February X

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XLast day off for a wee while and it’s a busy one. Laundrette day, change pedals day, bake custard pie, make mince and potato pie, give the cat her flea and worming treatment. Hoover and clean the oven and kitchen.

So Laundrette had a dryer hog, it started pissing down as I left. Cat avoided the pills. But on the plus side the custard pie seems to have worked. Mince and potato pie is a work in progress.

Feeling really shit, hit the booze to deal with it, not certain that that’s a good idea. That being said I just continue.

  1. The Veras – Spaceman
  2. The Veras – If You Get The Feeling
  3. The Veras – Something To Say
  4. The Veras – Ladies First
  5. The Veras – Get It While You Can
  6. The Veras – V for Veras
  7. Jim Shepherd – The Circle
  8. Fallen Leaves – It’s Too Late Now
  9. Fallen Leaves – Out In A Forest / The Inside Of A Chair
  10. Thee Girl Fridays – Double Crossing Double Agent / Ejector Seat
  11. Nasser Bouzida – The Lynx / The Hapshash Swing
  12. Nasser Bouzida – Cookin’ At The Organ
  13. Lines – Soft Science
  14. Wild Billy Childish & CMTF – Love Comes In Spurts
  15. Jake Thackray – Ideal
  16. Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Press Color

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W

23rd February W

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WSunday lazy start to the day.  Wash up and make breakfast. Nip to the shop and grab a swift pint.  Weather is foul.  Catch up with the boy in the afternoon, he’s sounding less tin helmety.

Folks seem fine when I ring.  C suffering from neuralgia and preparation for first day back blues.

  1. The Jasmine Minks – We Make Our Own History
  2. The Guy Hamper Trio (featuring James Taylor) – Dog Jaw Woman / The First Creature Is Jealousy
  3. The Guy Hamper Trio (featuring James Taylor) & Wild Billy Childish & The CTMF – 100 Yds Of Crash Barrier
  4. The Guy Hamper Trio (featuring James Taylor) – Cowboys Are Square / It’s So Hard To Be Happy
  5. Big Boss Man – Das Freak
  6. Big Boss Man – Bossin’ Around
  7. CTMF – Traces Of You
  8. CTMF – For Your Love
  9. Wild Billy Childish & The Chatham Singers – Step Out
  10. Wild Billy Childish & The Chatham Singers – Step Out (alt) / Upside Mine
  11. Wild Billy Childish & The Chatham Singers – Troubled Mind / Ranscombe Farm Boogie
  12. Mick Hampshire – From 30,000 Feet
  13. The 5-6-7-8’s & The Masonics – The Japan Tour EP
  14. The Masonics – Talkin’ About…
  15. The Masonics – Lookin’ For…
  16. The Masonics – I Got It All EP
  17. The Masonics – Sursum Tibiam Vestram
  18. Fallen Leaves – Rosalina / Stay
  19. Comet Gain – Only Happy When I’m Sad / Dreams Of A Working Girl
  20. Alvin Purple – Billie
  21. Les Chouettes – Idiomatiques
  22. Les Chouettes – Ha Ha Happiness
  23. Les Chouettes – Fallow of Follow

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O

15th February O

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O

Obviously this screen is not going to tell me anything useful.

A day of lazy shopping and gentle cooking.  Pedals, Hex Keys and Gloves arrive.  The 15mm spanner the web tells me is useful for pedal changing is in fact no use, looks like an 18mm is needed.  Which spanner is missing from the set I own.  Yep, the 18mm… order one.  Need grease as well which I order.  C is convinced the bike is costing a fortune.  It’s not, more a case of well being.

  1. Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking
  2. Pentangle – A Maid That’s Deep In Love
  3. The Beatles – At Stowe School
  4. Shonen Knife – Candy Rock
  5. Shonen Knife – Ready! Set!! Go!!! Adventure Tour

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N

14th February N

14th, Bike, Blues, Electronica, February 2025, FMS Photo A Day, Food, Friday, Funk, Grips, Handlebars, Indie, Photos, Punk, Soul

NDay off and it’s been a busy day. Off to Wigan to fetch the bike. Get off and nip into Go Outdoors… third set of handgrips and new daysack, (zips on the last are pissing about so bin beckons). Coffee at Kawa’s. Train, fetch meds for Elsie and then to Aldi. Get stuff for tonight’s tea. Discover it’s only C and myself. Cook us a bolognese. Then off for a new Qi charger, the bits I forgot, grab a quick pint, then a haircut. Go to find C a wheatbag, proves to be a more problematic thing than it should be. Sort handgrips (the hairspray tip works!) and cook.

Pre-order the new Jetstream Pony album. Meet C off bus and a wee drop in the hand in the lickers. Back and food.

  1. Isaac Hayes – Black Moses
  2. David Byrne – The Forest
  3. David Byrne – David Byrne
  4. David Byrne – Rei Momo
  5. David Byrne – Uh-Oh

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L

12th February L

12th, February 2025, Folk, Food, Funk, Music, Photos, Punk, Wednesday

LA day of issues, an issue of days.  On the plus side email from the pensions folk.

  1. Talking Heads – Land Of Shadows (Live 1979)
  2. Talking Heads – Don’t Feel Like Talking (The Boarding House, San Francisco 78 KSAN Broadcast Remastered)
  3. David Byrne – Don’t Leave Me Stranded Here (Live 1994)
  4. David Byrne – The Catherine Wheel
  5. David Byrne – Music For The Knee Plays
  6. Joan Baez & Phil Ochs – The War Is Over Rally (Live 1975)

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