Glimmer 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.
Easter 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
Various Artists – Lee ‘scratch’ Perry And Friends: Land Of Kinks – The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1970
Various Artists – Gather In The Mushrooms (The British Acid Folk Underground 1968-1974)
Various Artists – Liverpool Sunset (The City After Merseybeat 1964-1969)
Glimmer 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.
Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Skeddadle
Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Go Hog Wild
Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers – Tombstone Rock
Future Pilot AKA Featuring Robert Wyatt – Tutti Shrutti
Future Pilot AKA featuring Emma Pollock / Ron Sexsmith – The Art Of Good Breathing
Future Pilot AKA with The Family Orkestra featuring Vinita, Radhika & Anurudh – Jai Gopala
Jowe Head – Diabolical Liberties
Jowe Head & Infernal Contraption – Infernal Contraption
A 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.
Jetstream Pony – Bowerbirds and Blue Thing
The Cleaners From Venus – Cleaned Up Collectables Vol. 1
The Cleaners From Venus – Cleaned Up Collectables Vol. 2
The Cleaners From Venus – Star Cafe
The Cleaners From Venus – Live in Japan (Osaka 1994)
OK and I’m running late. Grab coffee and sarnies and take photo of a sign I saw the other day that made me laugh out loud, people are so feral. Day went better than the last couple.
Various Artists – Lost Innocence
Various Artists – There’s No Stopping Us Now: The Female Mods’ Forgotten Story
Barrington Levy – Prison Oval Rock – 40th Anniversary Edition
Saturday and another day off. Lie in it’s nice! Then off to get Greg the bear shrink wrapped. We go via the ATM and follow the shrink wrapping with a coffee. Nip back home and drop the bear off. Meet C at Lidl and shop. Back home for a bacon sarnie.
Afternoon and it’s a trip to the Turkish barbers. Pint and home.
Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings (The Centenial Collection)
Day off and Elsie goes to the Vets for her jabs. Given a lift by Steven and Ryan. Cat behaves well, jabs go well. Struggle with tiredness, Elsie and I repair to bed.
Beer avec Carol in The Lickers, snack that buggers me up for the curry I cook later.
The Loons – Memories Have Faces
Shake Some Action! – Spend Your Days In The Sunshine
Shake Some Action! – Chase the Light EP
Shake Some Action! – Wide Awake – Single
Shake Some Action! – Angel Of Night
Shake Some Action! – Break It Down
The Assembly – Never Never
Various Artists – Casino Classics
Various Artists – Rusty Egan Presents Blitzed!
The Chills – Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs