One Man's Music, Part II

Quote Of The Day: Vance Bourjaily -- The mark of a good party is that you wake up the next morning wanting to change your name and start life in a different city.

I'm a list freak.  No, really.  I keep track of every book i read, and of every film i watch.  And i've just started keeping track of every CD i listen to (see previous post).

I'm also not a professional, full-time blogger.  In the four years i've been writing this, i've made something like $13 (or 10 Euros, or 8 pounds), so i won't be retiring to Tahiti any time soon.  I have a full-time job as a galley slave, low pay, poor working conditions, blah blah, moan, groan, but it pays the rent and the monthly bills (just barely).

My point (which i'm striving to get to) is that in last week's post, i included images of the covers of every album i'd listened to, but i simply don't have time to Google Image Search the graphics.  So all you get is a simple list.  Sorry.

Here 'tis:

Tuesday (March 6th): 

Fairport Convention, "The Wood And The Wire,"
Buddy Guy, "Live: The Real Deal"
Steve Marriott & The D.T.s -- "Sing The Blues"
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders "The Game Of Love"

Wednesday

Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Superstition"
Gryphon, "Red Queen To Gryphon Three"
Vangelis, "1492 -- Conquest Of Paradise" (OST)
Jane Siberry, "Meschach Dreams Back"

Thursday

 Rory Gallagher, "Defender"
 James Taylor, "Covers"

Friday

"Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues, Vol. 9: Taj Mahal"
Jack Bruce & Robin Trower, "Seven Moons"

Saturday

Kathryn Tickell, "Air Dancing"
Kate Bush, "Never For Ever"

Sunday

Peter Hammill, "Sitting Targets"
Laurie Anderson, "Mister Heartbreak"

Monday

P.J. Harvey, "Let England Shake"
Christine McVie, "In The Meantime"
Kathy Mattea, "Love Travels"
Sky, "Cadmium"

Eclectic, if nothing else!

And here's a picture of Kate Bush, simply because i love this pic:

And it's my birthday today, and here's what i'll be celebrating with:

I may complain about life occasionally, but it's still preferable to the alternative!

Happy Birthday To Me

Quote of the day: Bob Hope (on his 82nd birthday) -- I think it's wonderful you could all be here for the forty-third anniversary of my thirty-ninth birthday.  We decided not to light the candles this year -- we were afraid Pan-Am would mistake it for a runway.

Today is my birthday.  Many happy returns to me!

Last night we reverted to daylight standard time, and i lost an hour's sleep, and had to be at work at seven o'clock this morning.  I am missing my zeds.  But i put in eight hours' honest labour and then wandered up to Kelsey's for a couple of celebratory pints -- Josh the bartender bought me one of them! -- and it was good.  (So different to my last birthday, which was approximately around about a year ago, when the first thing that happened on the day was that my computer died!) I actually craved a third but i was afraid i'd fall asleep!

The worst thing about reaching my advanced age (and i am now 39 -- although not for the first time!) is the realisation that there is so much i shall never do -- i'll never conquer Everest, or travel to Mars, or master quantum theory.

The best thing is that i have garnered so many Internet friends over the years -- i spent a good hour responding to Facebook greetings just now, and i feel truly blessed.

Hugs, everyone :o)