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May 28 2021

TO WHERE I AM NOW

Trying to get back to normal today, off to the swimming pool. It was hot, only in the early seventies according to the net but it felt hotter. By the time I arrived at the pool I was ready to jump into the water and I set about my normal routine of 82 lengths. Marcelo the Brazilian lifeguard had shown me a couple of stroke improvements and I was anxious to try them out. The backstroke definitely improved but at one point I banged my thumb quite hard into the pool’s edge, so much for efficiency. I came out of the pool and started to walk back home via the padlock shop and brought back a padlock that wouldn’t open when you put in the right combination. Last week, Marcelo had to cut it off the locker with those massive cutters that you see in war movies when they go through fences. The man in the padlock shop is nice and speaks English. He saw the buckled padlock and examined it for a few moments before he said do you want another one and he gave me a brand new one. I had the receipt but I’ve been there a couple of times so he knows me and didn’t need convincing. The last thing he said was Man City to win – three Portuguese players.

So they’re already fighting in the streets here outside São Bento station in the city and in other central parts. This lovely peaceful town introduced to violence because of dark blue versus light blue, because of Northern accent versus Southern accent. Humans are so stupid, looking for enemies, I wonder will Chelsea and Man City supporters be punching each other when the green tentacled aliens come or will they then become brothers? A common enemy seems to sort out factions. This is such a safe town and it’s horrible to see the peace shattered by these morons. What’s going to happen when one team loses tomorrow? We live within walking distance from the stadium and Olivia wants to walk over there and check it out – we will be speaking Swedish.

I had two seshes today, one with Fred in Minneapolis and the other with Ali in LA during which the cult were back this time on their rather large back patio. They were seven today and they organised the chairs in an odd way like it meant something. Perhaps the number was relevant? The chairs were spread out except for two that were back to back. They seemed to be preparing themselves for something and once they had settled they all put their hands together and started a long continuous monotone Om.

I felt more tired than I usually do after the swim and I presume that might be something to do with the vaccination. I always feel like I have been for a strong swim but this was different, a different kind of fatigue, a weariness, I just wanted to lie down. Was I a little hot on the forehead? It’s hard to know with the weather here but I was definitely struggling. Now it’s later and I feel ok but will be glad for another good night’s sleep. Tomorrow is match day and I’ll be watching later if we don’t get killed checking out the stadium.

I have mixes from Salim to listen to, very exciting, plus I have to finish the Kosmogon press release for Nicklas and Sophie, plus we are finalising the artwork for the Space Summit album. The next release will be Noctorum’s Sparks Lane for RSD Drops (that is Record Store Day). I intend to post a track each day, ten days before the release just to remind everyone what it sounds like and encourage the picking up of this very limited album, its first time on vinyl.

Olivia made the tastiest dinner tonight, homemade hummus sitting in the bowl of large portobello mushrooms with falafel, sweet potato, and broccoli. On the domestic front, IKEA made a delivery today, replacing Hawaii’s broken mirror, bringing us a nice large ornate mat for the front room and some other bits and pieces like hangers and bedding as there’s only one set of supplied sheets and one quilt cover here, so you have to wash and dry between getting up and going to bed. Not so easy in the winter months. But now it’s summer…

Music today was the appropriate Cuckooland released by Robert Wyatt in 2003. Always a wonderful journey with him, his wonderful voice and different thoughtful and melodic songs. By pure coincidence, after yesterday’s post featuring Quarantine (2012) by Laurel Halo, voted record of the year in Wire magazine, Cuckooland was also voted record of the year but in 2003. Great, if you like this kind of thing.

Music Of The Daze

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: Blog

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This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there's any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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A visit in the studio today from old mate Mark Burgess from The Chameleons who has been hanging in Texas recently. I was thinking about the two of us growing up in the northwest of England and all these years later finding ourselves in such an unlikely spot together. We fixed a few issues in the universe and I carried on recording some guitars until Mark had to leave. Mark had played at the Galactic Headquarters next to the studio this year as Olivia and I had four years ago and this reminded me to remind myself to remind everyone to remind their friends that we will be playing there with Salim on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, for the ultimate in intimate performance. You can get tickets here (follow link below).

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Sadness manifested in a building, today we went to visit Paisley Park. Prince built Paisley Park in Chanhassen, about twenty minutes southwest of Minneapolis. It opened in 1987 and he recorded his later albums there. Apart from Prince, REM also recorded and mixed Out Of Time there, recording Kate Pearson’s vocal on Shiny Happy People vocal. Madonna had Prince play guitar on three songs from Like A Prayer and the two co-wrote Love Song, finishing it remotely due to Madonna not being able to stand the cold weather and the rather desolate location of the studio. Of course, there are things around but it’s not in the city and it’s not in the countryside, it’s in a suburb, no distractions, just what Prince wanted.

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This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there’s any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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