Catching Up?

Haven't been away, just been busy & when I'm at the computer, I've either been working, or haven't found myself with much to say...

Yes - busy week-and-a-bit at work which, while it was a financial pleasure, meant a lot of time in the spare/computer/office/music room endlessly drawing & estimating plans & not a lot of time with L-SP, who has been catching up on her TV watching, so I'm not sure how much I've been missed?!?

Last Sunday, I packed Dorian the workhorse with effect pedals, various instruments & esoterica & had a recording/mixing session with the other Pelican Daughter for the track begun late last year & now completed... click here if you like bird calls & dub reggae..., or here to listen to all the tracks completed so far for the as-yet-unnamed/unreleased 'album' (if, in the age of digital download, there's such a thing as an 'album' any more...) I'd like to call either 'Flattering Light', or 'Low & Slow', but is most likely to be named after the track 'The Lost Zoo' - which you can hear via that 2nd link

Next musical project is to practise the 2 12-string guitar pieces I want to film for my ego posterity & posting... & after that, I'm arranging for an erstwhile bandmate from yet another failed attempt at getting a band together, to come on over to WaitingManor & give me a thorough run through & grounding in Cubase software, so my little sketchpad studio can finally make some worthwhile noises

The only photos I've been taking lately, look like this...



Yes, they need new flooring... & not a little levelling work!!

Friday Five Time

These questions were written by archersangel.

1. What is the first TV show you remember watching?
Early 70s, so probably Sesame Street, or the Australian kids show Play School... I have clearer memories of the Super Flying Fun Show on weekday mornings, a bit later in the 70s - hosted by Miss Marilyn & featuring Marty & Emu, a prizewheel segment & the occasional band who could be convinced to get up that early - most memorably Mother Goose

2. What is the first “grown up” TV show you watched?
The first one that springs to mind is a BBC drama called When The Boat Comes In set in northern England in the 1920s-30s. To this day, I've never seen the final episode, though I know how the show ended...

3. What is the first TV show you watched from the start to finish when it aired live (i.e., not via reruns)?
Well, as explained above, not When The Boat Comes In!! I'm old enough to have seen all episodes of Fawlty Towers when it first aired

4. What is the oldest TV show you’ve watched?
Probably Dr Who episodes from the early 1960s...

5. What is one TV show you will stop and watch if you come across it on TV, even though you've seen every episode at least 20 times?
So many... Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mad About You, QI, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Boston Legal, MASH...