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.
- End of the Year Round Up
Well it’s been both very productive and also slightly frustrating in equal measure. My original music that I have been writing and recording has fared quite well this year. So on one level a productive and creative time for which I am very grateful. My health has been as you would expect mostly though I did manage to get Covid again. I have also had a few live gigs with the Sonic Boomers and Orchard, and John Bickleys Invisible Folk Club Band. So I have not done too badly considering. I … Continue reading End of the Year Round Up - Jingly Nerves, Jingle All The Way
Hey it’s Christmas jumpy time. Jingle Bells or what! A pleasant afternoon playing two Christmas shows at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital and at the Danesbury Neurological Center. On the way there though I bagged a Pigeon on the A1. Car 1 Pidgeon 0. What is wrong with these self sacrificing suicidal avions? I seem to be the f**king vegetarian reaper!!! Hospital’s and institutions are not my normal habitat tis true (they have slightly bad associations). Endless trips to the Child Guidance Clinic. X rays for the TB and so forth… Some … Continue reading Jingly Nerves, Jingle All The Way - Its All About The Money You Know
A song for you, or you or even you? But not you though. Diana Stones Glasscage · Its All About The Money You Know Friend’s. As we get older they get a little rarer don’t they? I did have some work friends at the Civil Service. I lost touch though as I was so busy with gigging after I left. They were out socialising whilst I was “working”. I opted out the 9 to 5 completely aged 50 and on balance it was a good idea for my sanity if not … Continue reading Its All About The Money You Know - Its Jazz But Not as We Know It JimSo here is a jazz tune from me. Violin and Keys with slight blues influence Nothing else to report. As you were. Diana Stones Glasscage · Bluer Than You Now
- No Rain Today
Diana Stones Glasscage · Be All You Want To Be Yep, it’s actually stopped for a while! Remarkable. It’s very, very cold though. Hits you in the bones. So it’s a day at home again. A day to muse on the world in general and the winners and the losers in particular too. And fairness or lack of it. Sometimes there is nothing to be done it seems. So what is good luck then? The dictionary defines luck as ‘believing that whatever happens, either good or bad, to a person in … Continue reading No Rain Today