{"id":1179,"date":"2011-12-28T13:02:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T13:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2012-01-11T13:04:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T13:04:31","slug":"post-baa-humbug-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2011\/12\/28\/post-baa-humbug-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Baa Humbug News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fairly normal day. Went for a Band rehearsal and murdered some Duke Ellington and Gershwin and did some fairly Jazz flavored blues stuff too. Actually it was not too bad and will be starting to work its way onto Delta Ladies gigs as this sort of stuff seems to go quite well. I suppose its a bit different from Blur covers!<\/p>\n<p>Fairly knackered after the rehearsal I must admit though. Gave the thumbs up to a promotional video for a track from the forthcoming Elephant Shelf Album which Vicky Martin has put together from still images.<\/p>\n<p>Then off to St Albans for a drink at the White Lion which is a bit of a Tuesday night habit. Had some surprising and slightly unsettling news when I got there which I may write about in a week or so.<\/p>\n<p>I spent most of the night wide awake though as if charged with adrenaline which is not at all like me and may be the effects of the meds I am taking. After months of exhaustion and lack of drive its a bit of a shock to the system so I don&#8217;t know if its good or bad frankly. I should be working on a new composition but I can&#8217;t keep my mind on just one thing at a time right now.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow should be a half-day in the studio for the last 2 tracks for the new Elephant Shelf album which feels like its taken for ever, but actually hasn&#8217;t really. Will there be jumbo kit-kats on offer at the local supermarket still?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fairly normal day. Went for a Band rehearsal and murdered some Duke Ellington and Gershwin and did some fairly Jazz flavored blues stuff too. Actually it was not too bad and will be starting to work its way onto Delta Ladies gigs as this sort of stuff seems to go quite well. I suppose &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2011\/12\/28\/post-baa-humbug-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Post Baa Humbug News<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-j1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1423,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2012\/09\/29\/nerd-days-and-september-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":1179,"position":0},"title":"Nerd days and September Stuff","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Another weekend and a couple of fairly well received gigs, both in Reading by coincidence. 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