Listening to Calum’s mixes of the acoustic weekend studio sessions and sounding great! 16 songs overall. State of Mind,Brother 52,Jumpsuit City,Punch and Judy, Family Business, Jigsaw, Just Good Friends, Torch Song, Slainthe Mhath,Vigil, Gentleman’s Excuse me, Incubus, Zoe 25, Raw Meat, Fugazi, The Company. Interview/introductions/comments on the sessions and the songs were filmed this afternoon with Andy and Jeff from … Read More
Fishheads Club website and Fish TV
John Reid arrived late Friday night for a weekend of techy talk and web site advancement, our first meet since we came up with the idea at the end of January,where we could physically go through some of the procedures I need to learn to be more hands on and contribute more to the site than I have been able … Read More
Lost weekend
Easy Listening hangoverish! Forgot where the roots of MOR came from. Memories of 8 tracks and long drives in my dad’s Merc, the clunk click in the middle of James Last renditions of Beatles classics with me pleading for a T Rex album.Ah the memories!! All brought back on BBC 4 last night and to be honest I felt warm … Read More
Birling
Day of big fragments. Kitchen platoon arrived late and after a slightly disgruntled painter.Lots ticked off and Andrew, who’d avoided 3 days here to finish the work got caught on the roof in an almighty biblical hailstorm while replacing the velux! Karma Moving into the end game with only the front hallway to sort out which has prompted the electrician … Read More
Jim Brownlee 2/10/60 -16/4/12 R.I.P.
I was so, so, so sad to hear the news that Jim Brownlee passed away today from an unexpected illness.. A beautiful, charming, utterly friendly and caring wee man I had come to know quite well over the last tour as he popped up everywhere and anywhere with a cheeky smile and a bottle of wine and a rattle of … Read More
A Likeable Monday
Back on the wheel today.Connor the painter ( and fellow diver in the ELDC) arrived at 8.30. I was still fraggled until 11 when my dad came up for coffee. Obvious point of discussion was the derby Final. Everyone is talking about it here, even neutrals, as being a wonder game!I Get flutters of panic even now and I am … Read More
Murphy’s Law resplendant
Listening to Zeist mixes second night with Liam in control room as kitchen platoon work feverishly in freezing conditions. Window now doesn’t arrive until at least tomorrow after being told today was the day. So big hole in wall and wind and drizzle sucking the warmth outside as the plasterer waits on the surfaces to dry. ADT (Aggravating Dick Turpins) … Read More
The touring dilemna “When will you come to……?”
I sincerely appreciate all your pleas to come to your particular country/city but if we don’t get serious offers of shows then we can’t make it happen. There are lots of places in the World I want to play where I know there are fans but in a lot of cases not enough to sustain a serious show that makes … Read More
Kitchen Doors of Perception
Difficult day that ended with minor victories. Splicing the threads of the kitchen design as I move in the end game is frustrating and today seemed a slow day as hinges on cupboard doors hiding the “whites” got in the way of washing powder trays and dishwasher doors.The space is tight and a decision to go with “piano hinges” meant … Read More