{"id":177718,"date":"2024-07-30T10:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=177718"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:19:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:19:01","slug":"so-class-what-have-we-learned-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/07\/30\/so-class-what-have-we-learned-today\/","title":{"rendered":"So Class What Have We Learned Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I played a short gig as part of a small local festival on Saturday and it was jolly good fun. Not perfect but very enjoyable. Go me. The sun&#8217;s out today and it&#8217;s going to be a hot one again by UK standards. I have a personal significant anniversary which has again minded me to think about what to do next, life wise. So far though I have not had any great inspiration. <br><br>A tune for you.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1882894311&#038;color=%238c8cc8&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/just-another-sunday\" title=\"Just Another Sunday\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Another Sunday<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ashes to Ashes. I think Stardust to Stardust sounds nicer. Apart from that I have very little to say. <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-grid columns-4 has-dates has-authors wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/last-cigarette'>Last Cigarette<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-09-18T18:13:06+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">September 18, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/what-you-got'>What You Got<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-09-13T19:19:17+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">September 13, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/get-a-little-friendlier-one'>Get A Little Friendlier One Day<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-09-07T16:53:49+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">September 7, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/nothing-to-see-here-nothings'>Nothing To See Here Nothings Changed<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-30T14:43:14+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">August 30, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/my-dream-cant-change-it'>My Dream Cant Change It<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-23T17:49:07+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">August 23, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/try-it-out-wheres-your-sense'>Try it out, Wheres your Sense of adventure<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-14T19:33:45+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">August 14, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/parlour-music-no1'>Parlour Music no1<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-07T18:11:33+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">August 7, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/come-the-rain-radio-edit'>Come The Rain<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-01T18:07:27+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">August 1, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/just-be-nice'>Just Be Nice<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-24T13:31:50+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">July 24, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/when-will-we-come-here-again'>When Will We Come Here Again<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-14T21:10:12+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">July 14, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/heat-haze-for-piano-bb-minor'>Heat Haze for Piano Bb Minor<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-10T17:40:47+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">July 10, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/its-so-very-very-warm'>Its So Very Very Warm<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-03T20:56:54+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">July 3, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/the-way-i-look-at-you'>The Way I Look at You<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-28T16:16:18+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 28, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/totally-wrecked-by-desire'>Totally Wrecked By Desire<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-18T20:37:34+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 18, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/lonely-fish-remix-radio-edit'>Lonely Fish (Remix Radio Edit)<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-15T11:54:41+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 15, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/good-hard-times'>Good Hard Times<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-05T14:08:22+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 5, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/i-just-dont-understand-the'>I just dont understand the world anymore<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-31T20:13:25+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">May 31, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/dearest-unrequited-love'>Dearest Unrequited Love<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-23T16:12:32+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">May 23, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-off-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rant time<\/strong><br><br>What is this myth about rich pensioners? I pretty sure I am not one the last time I looked at my bank account. Labour has just scrapped the winter fuel payment. As a somewhat arthritic pensioner that is not by any means wealthy and having had to wait a year longer to receive my state pension which ment burning through savings due to covid basically stopping my being able to work in my last year before receiving it I really would have expected better from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-off-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Labour has just <a><\/a>given a massive middle finger to all those Labour voting pensioners who have been stitched up as there was nothing in the manifesto about that. Not a good look at all labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-off-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Pensioners who don&#8217;t receive pension credit are not all wealthy!<br><br>Also I wish they would stop using the phrase hard working people. I had my first job when I was 15 so I built up 50 years of NI contributions. If I did wish to sit on my arse at this point in life I don&#8217;t think that would be unreasonable.  Actually I don&#8217;t but I am sure you get my drift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I played a short gig as part of a small local festival on Saturday and it was jolly good fun. Not perfect but very enjoyable. Go me. The sun&#8217;s out today and it&#8217;s going to be a hot one again by UK standards. I have a personal significant anniversary which has again minded me to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/07\/30\/so-class-what-have-we-learned-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">So Class What Have We Learned Today<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,60,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diana_stones_songs","category-glass-cage","category-musings","category-whatever"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Keq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/07\/27\/elephant-shelf-album-in-trouble-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":177718,"position":0},"title":"Elephant Shelf album &#8216;In Trouble again&#8217;","author":"diana Stone","date":"July 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Elephant Shelf\u00c2\u00a0 'In Trouble Again' \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 70 minutes of music from Elephant Shelf . 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