Got to on keep trying. Apparently. Even when you are running out of steam. And I am a wee bit I must confess. Today I assembled an exercise bike and it was quite a workout to be honest. Outdoor exercises at this season plays havoc with my arthritis, so it a useful winter compromise. Keeping fit when you don’t regularly gig is I find a problem. So I am slowly trying to build up a little bit of stamina again if I can. Also activity can help alleviate or mitigate depression too which is also a very important for me as well. So in-between practicing and recording and mixing there is now exercise to work in as well. It’s worth a try at least.

The worlds in a pretty bad state now and there’s little that an individual can do really. Public out cry about injustice may well make us feel we are doing something, but it seems that we have less and less power to achieve any sort of leverage and change the mindset of those that rule over us. Power is a drug and those that don’t have it are doomed to waste away. There is no sense left in the whole wide world now.

Here’s a world/jazz genre instrumental. It’s called “Intrusive thoughts”

Facebook: Yes it’s useful and mostly benign except for one thing. The endless rubbish that comes through on messenger from spammers and scammers and phishers. I get it in industrial quantities at times. the messages start like this “Hi” or “How are you”.
Nobody tells you why they are getting in contact for example. It’s almost never anything genuine. Ok its a nuisance but it stil annoys me. Ho hum. Also it is always worth remembering that pretty things may be toxic and dangerous. So don’t always believe what you see.

• Feels a Lot like Times up now.
  So hot and so tired at the moment. Not too good at all. Yep, today got cancelled. I had heat exhaustion/heat stroke come on last night might also have been compounded by anxiety too. mixture of both perhaps? Been in bed most of today. May not be on the gig tomorrow dependent on how I feel. very unpleasant experience. Fortunately air on is helping keep the flat Ok ish temperature when run continuously it really makes a difference. Maybe the time for need some meds again though for anxiety and bi-polar … Continue reading Feels a Lot like Times up now. →
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  So who can you trust?
  Well it seems hardly anyone these days. You used to be able to work out who the good guys were but not anymore it seems. More and more it seems that we edge closer to the end of everything familiar that we know. Maybe the bad guys have already won? Diana Stones Glasscage · I Will Stand No1 in a series of senior moments: I have a folding sack trolley, it’s been very useful for band kit and recently to get the new air conditioner up the 42 steps into the … Continue reading So who can you trust? →
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  Word are sometimes just words
  Word are sometimes just words. I do not comment on the moral issue of what is reasonable force and what is ‘Defence’ and where it becomes ‘Offence’. How all this will look 25 years from now who knows. I won’t be around to find out. It is still the case wars even now are mostly economically of benefit to to those countries not directly involved as belligerents though this is lined is blurred in many cases. I am now 68 and as far as I can judge it has pretty much … Continue reading Word are sometimes just words →
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  Still too hot.
  It’s still to hot for me. Here’s a short Piano mood piece. Just a modal minor tune.It might grow into something else as well though. Diana Stones Glasscage · Afterthought For Piano I feel very worn again. I did a gig at a village fate at Knebworth which was rather jolly fun with the Sonic Boomers but I am a bit done in at present. It’s been a very difficult week to be honest.Sometimes you have to let go a little bit. Maybe this week is one of those?I am a … Continue reading Still too hot. →
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  Its nearly the longest day
  Midsummer’s fast approaching. On a personal level it has been a fairly quiet time.A few gigs between various the ensembles’ and a couple of open mic spots.A lot of recording and writing too and a mistaken release of two albums simultaneously due to admin problems. Whoops, did not intend to do that. The usually existential struggle to figure life out in parallel naturally. Once upon a time we knew who the bad guys were and now they are everywhere it seems and in disguise and all around us. Everything, everywhere all … Continue reading Its nearly the longest day →