Tough times

Well back to the journal after a few days of not writing anything and that is simply because of little to write about. It is also financially tight for me after the big splash for Xmas. Sunday was a crappy rainy day anyway and only ventured out to have a coffee since i had a full loyalty card filled up to obtain a free one.

Saturday didn't do much. Infact since the new year i have been catching up with sounds i bought that have not listened to or DvD's i didn't get round to watching. I did o couple of trips to Paul at brighton Books and sold some old books. I have sold a few items on Ebay but payments are yet to filter through to my account. Next pay day isn't til the 14th anyway.

Bank Holiday Monday i played a CD i hadn't listened to for years. The Hyperion 3 Cd collection of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues from 1992. A Wire winner of that year if i remember rightly.

However whilst January looks bleak the work i am doing now will give me a much happier February.

Stephen will be back this week and perhaps i could interest him in some stuff.

Looking For A Thrill

I finally finished watching the Thrill Jockey DVD "Looking For A Thrill" in which musicians and fans discuss their musical epiphanies which could be a record or artist or other thing. Really fascinating but would be a very long watch in one session - roughl;y 4 hours of stuff but as all the proceeds from the sale of the DVD to celebrate Thrill Jockey's Ten Yearsd in businees is going to Greenpeace it is a disk i highly recommend - even ethically.

Noted interviews on the disk are with Sam Prekop,Fred Anderson,Von Freedman,Ira Kaplan,Edith Frost,Bundy K. Brown,Steve Albini,Hamid Drake,Yoshimi,Thurston Moore,Alan Licht,John McIntyre and many more.

Forgot to mention that Ebay sales i made afforded me to buy a CD through Ebay which i received today. Rob Ellis "Music For The Home" (Leaf CD 2000. Mostly short instrumentals that are electronic vignettes and chilled dreamscapes. Lovely.