Y

25th February Y

YGenerally feeling like shit today. Don’t know what the fuck is up with me but bottom line is that I’m shattered.  Struggle to focus and things aren’t great.

  1. Spectrum – Feels Like I’m Slipping Away
  2. Panda Bear and Sonic Boom – Reset In Dub
X

24th February X

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
W

23rd February W

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
V

22nd February V

VSaturday, little light shopping, drink with C at the Tom & Gerry which seems populated by geriatric one armed bandit raiders with loud voices.

Home and sort the cat litter and wash up.  Simple food tonight in terms of Haloumi burgers and sweet potato fries.  Making some fruit scones too.

  1. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Party to Make Music to Party to Make Music to Party to Make Music to, Pt. 1
  2. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Peace, Love & Mustard
  3. The Fleshtones – It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves)
  4. The Fleshtones – The Band Drinks For Free
  5. The Fleshtones – Blast Off!
  6. The Fleshtones – American Beat
U

21st February U

UFriday, day off, get to spend it with half term bound C.  A bit of a mooch round the shops.  Lunch in the Gobin.  Relief to have a bit of a lie in, lates are really taking it out of me.

Really pleasant having a day with C.

  1. The Chills – Kaleidescope World (Expanded Edition)
  2. The Chills – Secret Box
  3. The Chills – The Lost EP
  4. The Chills – Rocket Science/Lost In Space
  5. The Chills – Scatterbrain Storms Outtakes
T

20th February T

TLast late of the week and it comes as something of a relief.  In early and brew at Kawa’s.

  1. Roky Erickson – Your Gonna Miss Me
  2. Roky Erickson – I Have Always Been Here Before (The Roky Erickson Anthology)
  3. Roky Erickson – Never Say Goodbye
  4. Roky Erickson – All That May Do My Room
  5. Roky Erickson – Roky Erickson & Evilhook Wildlife
  6. Roky Erickson – Hide Behind The Sun
  7. Roky Erickson – Gremlins Have Pictures
  8. Roky Erickson – Holiday Inn Tapes
  9. Roky Erickson & The Aliens – I Think Of Demons
  10. Roky Erickson & The Aliens – Don’t Knock The Rok!
  11. Roky Erickson & The Resurrectionists – Beauty and the Beast
R

18th February R

RAnother late, swift ale at the Swan & Railway on the way home.  Delight at finding Doctor Morton’s Duck Baffler, seemed entirely appropriate.

Bit of a session on the new bonus scheme, people are getting a bit uptight about it.  Had nothing from it yet but then my value hasn’t been wonderful.  But believe we are getting there.  Think one of the issues is that it is very difficult to calculate value beyond the basics.

  1. The Oh Hellos – Oh Hello
  2. The Oh Hellos – Dear Wormwood
  3. The Oh Hellos – Through The Deep Dark Valley.
Q

17th February Q

QQueenie comes out to play! Meanwhile a day that started off poorly but finished relatively strongly.

Manage to retrieve the bike from the Station, snow is promised for tomorrow so might be a bus day!

  1. Isaac Hayes – Joy
  2. Isaac Hayes – Isaac Hayes at Wattstax
  3. New Breed Brass Band – Made In New Orleans
  4. The Feminine Complex – Livin’ Love
P

16th February P

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An early shift today.  Deep joy!  Bit of a mixed day with lots of listening from Krish.

  1. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – The Difficult Number 2
  2. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Fitbaw Fitbaw Fitbaw GOAL GOAL GOAL
  3. Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – These Are Not The Drugs (You Are Looking For)

 

O

15th February O

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