My shoes today… well some of them. What should be a chilled day off turns out to be somewhat more complex. First off the fence gets painted. Then the washing is done and hung and repeated with the paint spattered clothes. The whole thing was a three cup of tea job.
Then off to the GPs to argue with the receptionist about an appointment for C and my meds – there are no Pioglitazone 15mg to be had in the country. Still waiting for an alternative from the GPs pharmacist.
Meet C off the bus, she decides to change GP practice. Fetch forms, nip to the Tom and Gerry’s because she’s knackered. Nip to the shop as she heads home. Pie for tonight and shove on a chilli on for tomorrow.
Music
Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists
Walter Daniels And The Del Valle Trustees – Have a Coffee Break With…
Walter Daniels And The Del Valle Trustees – Work Release
Well 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
The Coathangers – Larceny & Old Lace
The Coathangers – The Coathangers
The Coathangers – Scramble
The Coathangers – Nosebleed Weekend
Lisa Beat and The Liars – Sheena Is A Beat Rocker EP
So away into Wigan in the morning light so C can cancel her standing order to sort an issue. She’s dead chuffed. We bump into Stue on the way back to the bus station. We go in with surgical precision, into Nationwide and back to Ashton having found the Little Kitchen has closed. Brekkie at the Tom and Gerry’s it is. Then a light bit of shopping in which we find a clock that ticks and chimes (Muggins here pays for the bugger!)
Music
The Eyeberries – The Eyeberries Ep 2017
The Eyeberries – Deadly Christmas
The Eyeberries – Live In Clawbar (Moscow) 20.10.2017
The Eyeberries – The Spy And His Romantic Date
The Eyeberries – Stampede
The Eyeberries – Don’t Blink
Various Artists – Zombie Catchers bw Halloween Twist
Los Kosmos – Los Kosmos
Los Kosmos – Abandoned Land
Los Kosmos – Unhappy End
Various Artists – Motor City Is Burning (A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972)
Various Artists – Moving Away From The Pulsebeat: Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981
Bloods in Wigan and I’m knackered and so tired I’m On The Ground. Nip into Kawa’s, bump into Fin then realise I don’t have the blood forms. Back on to the bus and it’s a dash back to the Thomas Linacre. They struggle to find blood. Meet C off the bus and a swift pint in the Lickers.
Music
I, Doris – Merry Menopause
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – History of Modern
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Bauhaus Staircase
Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart – Ocean Blue Waves
Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart – Everything Is Nothing
The Surf Hermits – Showdown
The Surf Hermits – Hang Zen
The Surf Hermits – The Surf Hermits Jam!! Volume 1
The Surf Hermits – Road Trip
Jim & the Sea Dragons – Caught In The Spider’s Web
Mark Malibu and The Wasagas – Dance Party a’ Go Go
A moment of joy well that’s a good prompt when the depression kicks in. Sunday in and it’s a chilled day bit I’m feeling shit. Swift pint of Mowtown post shift.
Music
The dB’s – I Thought You Wanted To Know: 1978 1981
The dB’s – Revolution Of The Mind
Robyn Hitchcock – The Man Downstairs Demos & Rarities
Robyn Hitchcock – The President (2020 version)
Robyn Hitchcock – Sunday Never Comes / Take Off Your Bandages
In 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
The Railway Children – Native Place
The Railway Children – Dream Arcade
The Railway Children – Recurrence
The Railway Children – Gentle Sound
The Railway Children – Rarities #1
The Railway Children – The Radio One Evening Show Sessions
The Railway Children – Reunion Wilderness
The Railway Children – Listen On: The Best Of The Railway Children
The Style Council – The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council
The Style Council – Cafe Bleu
The Style Council – Introducing
The Style Council – Our Favourite Shop
The Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods
Lightheaded – Combustible Gems
Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires – Sounds Made By Humans