Well I want to anyway and what’s the harm in it anyway I say. I often think I shouldn’t then possibly I absolutely couldn’t but then I end up doing it anyway 🙂 We all need a regular shot of endorphins and sometimes that’s hard to get when you are home alone and there is nobody to call on the phone. Here’s an old song in a new version.

Just Another Someone

And now back to the serious stuff. Trump gets inaugurated on Monday. I wonder what that will actually mean for the rest of the world? I guess we just sit back and enjoy the ride or not. It may well be that for the rest of the world not much actually changes after all. It is a strange business though in general. The way the US conducts itself is for for a simple soul like me impossible to fathom. The law seems meaningless when applied to anybody with sufficient wealth, but perhaps it is the same in the UK though we don’t see it so blatantly? Money seems to be able to buy most things short of immortality though who knows, even that may be something you can purchase in the future. I see money at work but its like reading a sci-fi novel as its a world so remote from me as to almost be impossible to conceive how it works. What seems incomprehensible is the way that those who do possess it behave and what they value.

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Many Trump supporters seem to come from quite marginalised groups, often low income much like the Brexit supporters in the UK. The notion of blaming and or othering people for all your woes seems to be #1 in most politicians play books now. As I write its the eve of my 68 birthday and I can honestly say in many respects I understand very little about human nature and society. Every day less and less in fact. I try to avoid directing hate at anyone but sometimes it’s hard work. As I write I am also listening to Purcell: Music for the funeral of Queen Mary.
Seems appropriate with my vibe at present. Looks as though the US TikTok ban is going ahead at the time of going to press.

Today was a wasted day when I made a fundamental mistake. Trying to fit in and be helpful. Spoiler, it didn’t work. I am getting on with music stuff again now. Annoyed about a wasted day when I could have been doing something useful. Especially after being too tired to do anything the day before. Triple Ho Ho Hum… Maybe tomorrow.

My brain is still a bit wintryfied at present though and I do feel I could just sleep and sleep. I feel as if I am missing something in general a little. Perhaps because so much of my daily existence is virtual through screens and so both real and yet also at one remove. Its weird to know as internet buddies people in the USA and Africa but also Leicester that one may never meet but they seem as familiar as siblings. Such a world was unimaginable when we were growing up. A long distance phone call was a special thing, not calling the US toll free. I know how it works to an extent but it still feels like Science Fiction to me. Like being able to know in some cases who listens to my music by their names and see a picture of them in Japan or Iran or Uzbekistan. No wonder it’s hard to keep a grip on reality.

One Step Forward

If there is a future I wish you well with it and that at least some of your hopes and dreams maybe fulfilled. Me, well today I do feel pretty old to be honest. Who knows where all that time went? It’s still winter outside. Those were the days.

Hurrah! Our first Sonic Boomers gig of January and it was fun, though a few tech glitches occured at the start. But folks were up and dancing and that’s what matters really. January is always a bit of a fight to get through especially when it’s been so very cold like it has the past few days. I can stand being out in the cold for a short while but not too long at the moment. So I haven’t been walking much lately I must admit. Though I do have a pair of trainers posed and ready to go in case of emergency. Its Monday and so on with the motley and all that. Still a bit knackered but much less than yesterday. Haven’t got around to sorting car removal yet but that’s this weeks task I guess. Nice to see a bit of sun though and its warmer this week at least fortunately. It’s always 2 days to catch up regardless of it being one gig or 3 in a row. This a bit more of an effort in some respects. There is not as much driving or lifting but there are about 80 or 90 songs in the repertoire so a lot more concentration is required as some also more complex and each gig is a slightly different set list, though there is not much busking stuff.

Sonic Boomers

In other news it’s pretty grim out there mostly in the wider world right now. Hopes and prayers and all that. I have been working on recording a new tune today, I think it’s going be an instrumental in its first incarnation, though a vocal version might happen too at some point in the future.

Here’s a song of mine from 2021

Take anything you want from me

Not literally of course, as it’s a song 😉