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
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
J

10th February J

JSo last day off for a couple of days. A day of rest, a few bits and bobs done, phone the vet and sort cat tabs, ask about her vaccination date. She’s due jabs the middle of next month so need to ring back at the beginning of the month.

Another attempt at fitting the new handlebar grips, resign myself to the notion it ain’t happening.  Order a different set that are simpler and supposedly rubber.  Hoping they are easier to fit.

    1. Isaac Hayes – Shaft
    2. Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
    3. Isaac Hayes – The Spirit Of Memphis (1962-1976)
    4. The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger
    5. The Bar-Kays – Gotta Groove
C

3rd February C

CMonday… holding text.

  1. The Shop Window – A Four Letter Word
  2. The Gang of Four – Change the Locks
  3. The Gang of Four – Second Life
  4. The Gang of Four – Who Am I?
  5. The Gang of Four – Happy Now
  6. The Gang of Four – Content
  7. Fresh – Merch Girl
  8. Various Artists – The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and the Gang of Four
What I’m doing now

January 27th What I’m doing now

What I’m doing nowA day of bike fettling, would be great if I knew what I was doing! C off from work. Waiting on arrival of late required inner tubes!  Fucked up when removing the tyres, mind you gawd alone knows how old the tubes were that were in the bike.  New saddle arrives as well.  Might not get to ride into work tomorrow, depends on arrival time of the tubes.  They are meant to be here by 10pm.  Arrive at about 7.00, tyres are a bastard to fit back but seem to manage.  Get’em back on the bike, will pump up tonight to see how well I’ve done!

Well one wheel is fine, other is fucked… we go again tomorrow night!

Need to get a small socket set and small saddle bag.

  1. Kung-Fu Girl – Kung-Fu Girl
  2. Sweater Girls – Pretty When You Smile
  3. Sweater Girls – Were Here
  4. Fred Scheider & The Superions – Totally Nude Island
  5. Fred Scheider & The Superions – Destination… Christmas!
  6. Fred Scheider & The Superions – Bat Baby
  7. Fred Scheider & The Superions – Head On A Leg

 

Peaceful

Peaceful

PeacefulA week of lates beckons. News full of Ofcom’s Affordability of communications services: April 2023 update a day of drops beckons.  Sure enough the day pans out that way,  a usual week may have one or two in it.  Today 4 of the buggers.

In other news I end up chatting to someone who works at SLAIS and who knew the McIlwaine’s.  Ia has apparently shuffled of this mortal coil which is sad.  Turns out she has a Wikipedia page the obit is here.

Bus home was a bit of an adventure, came home via Winstanley, no idea why, was a touch weird but what the heck.

Photo today was a Sunday snap when I got beyond a set of gates that are usually shut.  I guess a little light urbex. Either way it was interesting and the string of lights set things off nicely.

Tomorrow’s prompt is ‘found’ so will have to channel my inner Marcel Duchamps.  Be interesting to see what sort of found objects I come across.

Music

  1. On Air (The BBC Sessions) – June Tabor
  2. Quercus – June Tabor With Iain Ballamy & Huw Warren
  3. The Ultimate Collection – Grace Jones
  4. A Night Of A Thousand Vampires (Live) – The Damned
Begins With B

Starts With B

Begins With BHmm… a day in three halves, started well with an Asda fetch of things. Stroll to work, take a couple of photos.

Day’s going well ’til 1.00 when I get a call from the School. C has chest pains, can I meet her at A&E. Hoof it to the chippy, buy sausage and chips. Nip to the bus station shovelling the scran in. Bus to the Infirmary. Up there by about 1.30. C arrives by 3.

Then wait, seen by a medic about 5. Whisked off for x-ray and then more bloods. Inconclusive so more bloods at 9.30. We wait on results.

So at 01.00 we’ve had enough and walk! We’ll strictly speaking we taxi.

Something Purple

Something purple

Something Purple

Supermarket aubergine purple blues. Not the only blues going down right now.

Game of musical chairs today at work, move teams, Lisa and Shehan still in the team so that’s cool.  

Call from Sharon, should she buy an Asus laptop.  Spec was ok.  Cal will need to sort it for her.

Generally a wee bit down right now.  Mix of anxiety and the black dog.  Not too bad when I’m grafting but any lulls and it kicks me in the bollocks.