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A passing low

Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, history, Musings

In the doldrums’ again. Floating towards the sargasso weed slowly getting stuck.
My moods unaccountably low this week, tired and irritable. Somewhat depressed, and it’s a struggle to get out of bed. I am using all the normal tricks of the trade, but mentally is been a hard week. Or is it just ennui? Talking of which here is a track called “Ennui 11” 🙂
Which implies the existence of ennui 1 to 10.

And it is still raining here.

Welcome to:

Ferenginar the capital planet of the Ferengi Alliance, best known for having nearly constant, planet-wide torrential rains, rotting vegetation, and rivers of muck. Due to the near-constant levels of torrential rain, the buildings are kept under domes, which help keep the resident Ferengi dry.

OK it’s not that bad here yet to be fair.

I feel like I have achieved very little this week over all. I have felt tired and slightly unwell for most of it though. Maybe tomorrow and all that?

Are The Wheels Coming Off The Bus As They Go Round

Musings, pictures

Just maybe they are. Start of a migraine this morning. Felt a bit stressed last night. Don’t know why. Anxiety can be managed but it never quite goes away. Everything feels a bit stale suddenly and the seasons change is becoming very visible due to the dry weather. Today I feel old and perhaps now also a little irrelevant. Is there a prescription for that? Apparently not it most cases.

The older I get the more I realise that it’s not about being right or wrong it’s just trying to do no harm. My legacy (if I were to have one ) would I hope be that one or two people liked me and maybe enjoyed my music and didn’t think I was a too much of a c****. If I am singing Bessie Smith’s’ “Me and my gin” people like the racket I make and that weird noise that comes out is me, not me pretending to be somebody or something else…. Much like when I am singing my own songs I guess. I have some rude songs that I have never recorded as well. What am I like 😉

At present I am trying to convince my sister that with regard to her arm injury and the NHS screw up related to it a bad deal may be better than no deal as I think the best she can get is a compromise. Also I think the original consultant may have been over optimistic. Perhaps even to keep her spirits up. I don’t want to stop her trying to get the best fix possible but the effort required for an uncertain outcome may be frankly a waste of time. So that is a bit of a worry.
She is back in court very soon and hopefully to finally sort out a final ruling on inheritance from her partner which has been going on for about 3 years since he died.

Everything is fading. Really it is. I have been working on some new music, but it’s got very hot and I am taking a break. Yesterday it was 20C today its near to 30C. Crazy weather.
Played through some stuff on the piano to loosen up and I am totally knackered.

A few tunes

One Step Forward Two Steps Backward Means All Work And No Play

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, Elephant Shelf, glass cage, music, Musings, other

Existential angst mostly. That’s what’s on my mind.

Labour and Conservative, what is the difference. Slightly less xenophobia?
Also the simplistic “working people” trope and still no proper “social housing” as in old school council houses due to misplaced ideology plus a few 100 other things….
So most people think it is one bunch of suits swapped for another (that’s actually what I think too).

The real ideological problem is in my opinion this: Clinging on to the old school notions that everyone wants the equivalent of a “middle class” lifestyle and sharing that view is in part the problem, Up north there are a lot of people who don’t share those views and are frankly often ill educated with a very narrow minded and naive view of the world. They are the ones and their descendants that Thatcher wrote off. They are the ones that supported Brexit, and some of them were rioting, possibly in part because that nice Mr Khan that owns the local 7-11 has a 3 year old Mercedes and they don’t… There needs to be a massive cultural shift. The arts need to be opened up to everyone. It will taken generations to fix. Not all old school socialist ideas were daft. Yes we need a strong economy and a skilled workforce, but also we need poetic road sweepers and homes for those that can work but will never be even hedge hoppers let along high flyers. Aspiration is fine but all the perspiration and grafting in the world won’t get you there if its not in the stars for you.

On a different subject I do YouGov polls. they did one today about “How Woke Are You”.
daft really, but the comments were interesting. A lot of guff about “woke” erasing british culture… I am so woke to the point that gammons are at risk of spontaneous combustion if I am within 3 meters of them.

And I just saw this from another occasional musical co-conspirator: “Statement from Ealing Blues Festival Founder Bob Salmons (aka musician Robert Hokum) as he bids farewell to the event he started in 1987 and where he remained Artistic Director, until 2024. “Well it’s not so much ‘Elvis has left the building’ as ‘Bob is leaving the park’ as I have joined the likes of Stephen Hawking and Rob Burrow in having Motor Neurone Disease and thus have to say ‘goodbye’ to the event that I have brought to Ealing’s Walpole Park since 1987.”

Blimey….

That was a shock.

Here are a few of my Tunes

  • Easy Come Easy Go
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    A stream of consciousness song.
  • I am So Empty Now
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    I am So Empty Now by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Safe For The Moment
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Safe For The Moment by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Give Me What I Need I Know You Can
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    A moment of pure joy letting go
  • Ace In My Hand Yesterday
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    jazz fusion world style instrumental
  • If I Should Fall
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Simple acoustic guitar instrumental tune.
  • Leaf On The LIne
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Autumnal Piano Piece
  • Wish You Would Let Me
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Wish You Would Let Me by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • False Prophet
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    False Prophet by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • In To The Dark
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    In To The Dark by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Third World Intervention
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Third World Intervention by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Hard Walk Into Sunlight
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Hard Walk Into Sunlight by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Ennui 11
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Ennui 11 by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Locked Down Even Now
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    A mellow song for a rainy day.
  • Before You Leave Me
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    A sad violin instrumental about loss.
  • Who Are You Now
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Who Are You Now by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • You Cant Help Me Now
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    You Cant Help Me Now by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Can You Help Me Please
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Can You Help Me Please by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Wanna Be Your Special Friend
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Wanna Be Your Special Friend by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • Just Do It My Way OK
    by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Just Do It My Way OK by Diana Stones Glasscage