This night before, the morning after, and the night after that
So last night, along with several folks from this virtual parish, I went to the 21st Paisley Beer Festival. It was great fun - getting there early was definitely the way because it meant we could do the initial flitting around tasting stuff in half pints before the hordes arrived, by which time we'd settled in to drinking pints of stuff we liked. First prize for me this year goes to Strathaven Ales' Lord Kelvin, which was lovely. But then all their products are. To be honest I probably deserve to feel a heck of a lot worse today than I actually do. I am aware of having drunk quite a large quantity of beer last night, but the low level of yuckiness I do feel is probably more associated with a late night and surviving the evening on two bratwust and a round of toast.
Today I got up and popped down to the post office to pick up my amp in a mint tin, which is splendid. Tried it out on the iProg (it's destined for the work PC) and it's an interesting effect. The sound is richer, and the bass fuller, but at the slight cost of a bit of noise. I think it gives a nice warmth to the sound of an inherently sterile format, but it was always just a bit of fun.
zantic is off to her friends' tonight to have an evening of girlie fun. I had been all up for inviting the boys round for an evening of laddish fun last night (it's amazing how sociable I get after a few beers) but I think I'll chill out with the hifi instead. This may have started already, with a tour of Genesis' mid period work (after Gabriel left, but before Hackett did), starting with Trick of the Tail, through Wind and Wuthering and I've now moved onto Hackett's first solo work Voyage of the Acolyte, which features everyone except Tony Banks anyway, but tells you everything about why he left the band and what he took with him. All on vinyl of course - that lovely Famous Charisma Label looks best spinning at 33 1/3. Speaking of which I notice the Charisma label has been resurrected by someone to put out the current Tom Baxter record. A good label never dies - it just sleeps till good enough music comes along... I wonder who's got the name now - I'm not sure what happened to it since Tony Stratton-Smith died. Anyway, I may have to replace my much loved (for which read, worn) copy of Wind and Wuthering with the new re-issue CD. If only for Blood on the Rooftops. I'm eying up Mike Oldfield's Incantations next, after which something tells me someone might want to watch Doctor Who...
I do believe I am now rambling.
Today I got up and popped down to the post office to pick up my amp in a mint tin, which is splendid. Tried it out on the iProg (it's destined for the work PC) and it's an interesting effect. The sound is richer, and the bass fuller, but at the slight cost of a bit of noise. I think it gives a nice warmth to the sound of an inherently sterile format, but it was always just a bit of fun.
zantic is off to her friends' tonight to have an evening of girlie fun. I had been all up for inviting the boys round for an evening of laddish fun last night (it's amazing how sociable I get after a few beers) but I think I'll chill out with the hifi instead. This may have started already, with a tour of Genesis' mid period work (after Gabriel left, but before Hackett did), starting with Trick of the Tail, through Wind and Wuthering and I've now moved onto Hackett's first solo work Voyage of the Acolyte, which features everyone except Tony Banks anyway, but tells you everything about why he left the band and what he took with him. All on vinyl of course - that lovely Famous Charisma Label looks best spinning at 33 1/3. Speaking of which I notice the Charisma label has been resurrected by someone to put out the current Tom Baxter record. A good label never dies - it just sleeps till good enough music comes along... I wonder who's got the name now - I'm not sure what happened to it since Tony Stratton-Smith died. Anyway, I may have to replace my much loved (for which read, worn) copy of Wind and Wuthering with the new re-issue CD. If only for Blood on the Rooftops. I'm eying up Mike Oldfield's Incantations next, after which something tells me someone might want to watch Doctor Who...
I do believe I am now rambling.