The Blue Mood Soulful Convergence
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jazzy_daveSometimes certain items just aren't shifting and you have to bulk offload them. That is what I did this afternoon by taking a whole bunch of old books to Past Sentence in Faversham for cash. Haggled a bit to get twenty quid to cover electricity key meter.
What a warm lovely day it has been. It gave me a spring in the step as I soaked up the splendour of this market town. The smell of hops roasting from the brewery filled my nostrils with a thirst to have a beer. A quick dive into Wetherspoons quenched it.
Did my usual “computer buddying” stint at the library this morning but it so quiet I was discussing cosmology with the librarian and explaining to him why the Higgs boson is an important step towards confirming the standard model of the Big Bang and the reason for mass in the universe..
A couple of thuds through the letterbox this morning indicated that I had a couple of packages . one from my Play Trade sales and one from my brother. The double CD was the Miles Davis classic “Kind of Blue” album with two other albums by him on the second CD. The book from my brother was by Peter Guralnik, “Sweet Soul Music, Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream For Freedom” (Canongate). This tome is a very insightful overview of soul music in the sixties. In other words,, an essential book for fans of this genre, such as myself.
Last night I watched the DVD of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” , the film version of the famous John LeCarre novel. Excellent, but it needs close attentive viewing, for the plot is quite complex. Sometimes a second run through might be needed.
So whilst cousin is watching Top Gear I shall be listening to Miles Davis.
What a warm lovely day it has been. It gave me a spring in the step as I soaked up the splendour of this market town. The smell of hops roasting from the brewery filled my nostrils with a thirst to have a beer. A quick dive into Wetherspoons quenched it.
Did my usual “computer buddying” stint at the library this morning but it so quiet I was discussing cosmology with the librarian and explaining to him why the Higgs boson is an important step towards confirming the standard model of the Big Bang and the reason for mass in the universe..
A couple of thuds through the letterbox this morning indicated that I had a couple of packages . one from my Play Trade sales and one from my brother. The double CD was the Miles Davis classic “Kind of Blue” album with two other albums by him on the second CD. The book from my brother was by Peter Guralnik, “Sweet Soul Music, Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream For Freedom” (Canongate). This tome is a very insightful overview of soul music in the sixties. In other words,, an essential book for fans of this genre, such as myself.
Last night I watched the DVD of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” , the film version of the famous John LeCarre novel. Excellent, but it needs close attentive viewing, for the plot is quite complex. Sometimes a second run through might be needed.
So whilst cousin is watching Top Gear I shall be listening to Miles Davis.
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