{"id":179191,"date":"2025-08-14T19:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=179191"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:58:28","slug":"the-big-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/08\/14\/the-big-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been very warm, brain frying warm. 4 days of rehearsals and gigs. All good stuff but way too hot but I made it through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<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\/2140852395&#038;color=%23503034&#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><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;\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/shiney-fantasy-thing\" title=\"Shiney Fantasy Thing\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Shiney Fantasy Thing<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:826px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:56% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"179198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/08\/14\/the-big-heat\/balconyserious\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?fit=1142%2C2031&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1142,2031\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1755173055&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"balconySerious\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?fit=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious-576x1024.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179198 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?resize=768%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/balconySerious.jpg?w=1142&amp;ssl=1 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:32px\">Gigs and Things.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">It has been interesting this weekend. I managed to do over 3 consecutive days a 3 hour rehearsal plus two 120 minutes gigs as it actually turned out and on hot days.I feel a bit tired but not more than I would have done back in the day. So perhaps I can cope with doing a bit more for a little while longer yet? I would not want to do any epic drives but local stuff (20 to 50 miles) seems doable so far. Very good feedback generally on Sundays gig in particular so that&#8217;s encouraging at least. The main limitation with getting gigs is that the band members don&#8217;t want to travel too far which is understandable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have had fairly productive week, but today has also been a slow one with not much occuring.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"179205\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/08\/14\/the-big-heat\/boobtube3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?fit=1334%2C2371&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1334,2371\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1755198273&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"boobTube3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?fit=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3-576x1024.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diana Ston e in the studio August 2025\" class=\"wp-image-179205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?w=1334&amp;ssl=1 1334w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/boobTube3.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been very warm, brain frying warm. 4 days of rehearsals and gigs. All good stuff but way too hot but I made it through. Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Shiney Fantasy Thing I have had fairly productive week, but today has also been a slow one with not much occuring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179196,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Orchard-Bands-in-the-Park-20252-1.png?fit=1813%2C854&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-KCb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175617,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/11\/warm-spaces-in-the-bedford-area\/","url_meta":{"origin":179191,"position":0},"title":"Warm Spaces In the Bedford Area","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Whilst is cold if you are in the Bedford and Great Denham area here are a few places you can keep warm at: https:\/\/www.bedford.gov.uk\/...\/your-local-library-opening... 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