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Play. Repeat.

It is not unusual for a song to pop into my head – from where I know not – and which sometimes nags until I actually play it. But this morning’s song is unusual: a 14-minutes epic that I have played at least once a year since 1975, and which is just as relevant now…
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Blissful Retirement?

April showers continue for a 6th. day but I am enjoying retirement, dull though it might appear to an observer.
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Merguez or Beer… or Both?

I must visit town at lunchtime to pay the bar tab I forgot to pay on Wednesday! That’ll teach me. But, I could do with a few ingredients to go with some rather good Merguez I picked up the other day. I am rather looking forward to it…
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My groovy 45’s: ‘What’ by Judy Street

Very few singles from my days as ‘Funky Genghis’ survive, but some did – and still sound great today! This is ‘What’ by Judy Street, which will be known to most for the 1982 synth version by Soft Cell.
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Simple Pleasures!

After a poor night’s sleep due to mulling over the major problems facing humanity I need to snap out of it and enjoy simple pleasures while I can.
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Distant Relatives?

It seems that a relative of mine has died – at the age of 57. I shall be meeting up with my mother at noon to get the details. However, travelling to Port Glasgow is just not feasible, no matter how much we might want to make the journey.
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