Glimmer 22

April 22 Glimmer 22

Glimmer 22Glimmer 22, the lesser spotted phone box with phone.  Day starts early with a wander to Wigan, grab coffee, lunch and then into work for the first day of a series of shifts.  Grab a tough HBB and it’s a start.  Day is OK.

Music

  1. The Optic Nerve – Forever & A Day
  2. The Optic Nerve – Lotta Nerve
  3. The Optic Nerve – On
Glimmer 17

April 16 Glimmer 16

Glimmer 17Day 3 of the lates and great delight as I listen to ‘The Demon Barber’ as I’m outside this place. The irony is not lost!  Glimmer 16 is the irony.

Music

  1. Various Artists – Hipbone Slim Vs. Sir Bald
  2. Various Artists – Evil Kneevel Y Otros Instromentales
  3. Various Artists – Rock’n’roll Is Gonna Kill You!
  4. Sir Bald y Los Hairies – Cangrejo Diablo Y Otros Golpes Terribles!
  5. Various Artists – The Hairy Scary Sounds of… Sounds of Hipbone Slim aka Sir Bald
  6. Commoners Choir – United Kingdom
  7. Commoners Choir – Commoners Choir
Glimmer 15

April 15 Glimmer 15

Glimmer 15Glimmer 15 the day I reach fucking 57 and then do a late. Luckily no one susses at work. Day is generally ok and flies by.

Music

  1. Chet Baker – Do It the Hard Way
  2. Chet Baker – My Buddy
  3. Chet Baker – In New York
  4. Chet Baker – Lady Bird
  5. Chet Baker – Devil Moon
  6. Chet Baker – Headline
  7. Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Melbourne Ska Orchestra
  8. Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Sierra Kilo Alpha
Glimmer 13

April 13 Glimmer 13

Glimmer 13Glimmer 13 and its another of the open air gallery from People Mek Wigan on the way into work.  Sunday early and it seems to be a good shift.

Music

  1. The Total Rejection – Wrapping Yourself In Silver Foil Won’t Save You From The Blast
  2. The Total Rejection – The Time Traveller’s 3rd Will And Testament
  3. The Total Rejection – Everybody Knows What You Don’t Know
  4. The Total Rejection – Bridget (song For Billy Childish)
  5. The Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers – Drop Some Leg!
  6. Lee Cave Berry – Spring Forward
Glimmer 9

9 April Glimmer 9

Glimmer 9Day off and Glimmer 9 from yesterday, the bike shed.

Music

  1. The Moles – Flashbacks And Dream Sequences: The Story Of The Moles
  2. The Moles – Beauty Queen Of Watts
  3. The Moles – Composition Book
  4. Orchestra Of Spheres – Mirror
  5. Orchestra Of Spheres – Brothers And Sisters Of The Black Lagoon
  6. Orchestra Of Spheres – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music
  7. Orchestra Of Spheres – Nonagonic Now
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
Glimmer 2

2nd April Glimmer 2

Glimmer 2Wednesday and things get a bit better.  Struggling with the old mental health a but work helps.  Glimmer 2 see’s me at the open air gallery in town.  People apparently Mek Wigan.

  1. Can – Soon Over Babaluma
  2. Can – Future Days
  3. The Soft Machine – Jet-Propelled Photographs
  4. The Soft Machine – One
  5. The Soft Machine – Two
Lines

31st March Lines

LinesLines…. it’s a brick. First of the lates and the usual greeting with Liberty of 3 more days!  Bit of a slow start, the hardest HBB supported by Ash.  Generally other than value think it was an alright day but a cheeky add line may have saved me.  A few mobile lines help too.

Still feeling a bit shit but I will survive!  Struggle to get up this morning.  Am late in, Lib is worried!  In the evening I struggle to eat tea, just not in the mood for it.

Way home and another pint of the Naughty Hooker and a wee nip of Black Bush.  It’s not often I have a whiskey but have been chatting with a fella in Crumlin and feel like one tonight.

  1. Dub Narcotic Foundation – Bone Dry
  2. Dub Narcotic Foundation – Degenerate Introduction
  3. Dub Narcotic Foundation – Hand Clappin’
  4. Dub Narcotic Foundation – Industrial Breakdown
  5. Dub Narcotic Foundation – Rhythm Record Volume One
  6. Dub Narcotic Foundation – Ridin Shotgun
  7. Dub Narcotic Foundation – Selector Dub Narcotic Pt. 1, 2 & 3
  8. Dub Narcotic Foundation – You Fuck Me Up
My Fave Spot

30th March My Fave Spot

My Fave SpotMy Fave Spot – well I suppose the 610 counts as one of them as I experiment with Andy Burnham’s tap on, tap off experiment on the bus. It speeds me to Wigan having been a slug-a-bed after a bad night’s sleep as a result of cold feet.

Grab a brew at Morrison’s and trog to work.  Need a pony so find Rachel in before me.  Sort Tea and we begin.  Not a bad day, no HBB but other than that it’s cool.

Day done, repair unto Wigan and The Swan and Railway to wait for a bus, indulge in a pint of Naughty Hooker.  Bus home and salad.

  1. Snails – She’d Like An Hour
  2. Snails – Talking To Anthony
  3. Snails – Starting With Mine EP
  4. Snails – Safe In Silence
  5. Snails – Just Look Around
  6. Snails – Hard-Wired
  7. Snails – A Mystery To Me
  8. The Telescopes – Edition
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