{"id":42263,"date":"2016-05-22T16:28:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=42263"},"modified":"2016-05-22T21:11:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T20:11:28","slug":"hayfever-is-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/05\/22\/hayfever-is-rubbish\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayfever is rubbish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t had hay fever type symptoms for years, but this year I am sneezing and got sore eyes and you name it. \u00a0Massive rain might help a bit I think.<\/p>\n<p>A good run of gigs this weekend starting at the Ranelagh in Bounds Green via the Barley Mow in Shepperton and then the small but perfectly formed Riser in Berkhamsted \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I am trying out a new keyboard setup with a loop pedal added, I have not quite got to grips with it yet, \u00a0but I am getting there. It allows me to build up some interesting textures on some of our further out material which will start to come in to the set. I will get my head around it \u00a0eventually but it takes a little getting used to.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly I am trying to focus on the present moment, as its so easy to get wrapped up in what might happen that you loose out on now. Difficult when your a natural worrier like me.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Delta Ladies with Alan Glen at the Barley Mow May 2016\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diana_stone\/26897499450\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7623\/26897499450_fed4b4638b_c.jpg?resize=604%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Delta Ladies with Alan Glen at the Barley Mow May 2016\" width=\"604\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Indeed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diana_stone\/27076657112\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7463\/27076657112_7c0cc6e866_c.jpg?resize=449%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Indeed\" width=\"449\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Way back when in 2008 there was this band.<br \/>\nWonder what happened to them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diana_stone\/4099956843\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Elephant Shelf at the Charlotte Street Blues\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2549\/4099956843_37b7cddf19_z.jpg?resize=604%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" alt=\"Elephant Shelf at the Charlotte Street Blues\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t had hay fever type symptoms for years, but this year I am sneezing and got sore eyes and you name it. \u00a0Massive rain might help a bit I think. A good run of gigs this weekend starting at the Ranelagh in Bounds Green via the Barley Mow in Shepperton and then the small &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/05\/22\/hayfever-is-rubbish\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hayfever is rubbish<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42263","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-aZF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":457,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/09\/25\/the-story-so-far\/","url_meta":{"origin":42263,"position":0},"title":"The Story so far","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Well fans (ironic) it could be going a little better right now I have to admit, but you can't blame me for trying. I was on the radio in St Albans with the 3 5ths of Elephant Shelf and we managed to get 3 tracks played from the album which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":175624,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/19\/the-twilight-zone\/","url_meta":{"origin":42263,"position":1},"title":"The Twilight Zone","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Another odd week, spending too much time in my own company perhaps? Maybe. I had a bad moment today but it passed. I have been working on a bit of music today as per usual. I suddenly felt very pissed off and angry for no reason just now. 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