Momentum

I usually use in ear headphones. Last week i decided to use the amazon vouchers I got for my birthday, to get myself a really good pair of on ear headphones. They came today, a pair of Sennheiser Momentum. I sat looking for music to test them with, and settled on the new Apex Twin  album. I know they will take a while to burn in, but they sound good to me.
I have always been obsessed with music. I can calculate how bad my MS is by how long it has been since I have listened to music, and how long it has been since I've played my guitar. All these things are currently ticking along quite nicely. I'm  listening to a lot of comedy and reading all the time, really good signs that my MS, pig that it is, is not currently dulling the creative corners of my brain.
Part of my love for comedy and music, is that I can enjoy them, and then take them apart in my mind, and figure out how they are done. The Aphex Twin is great for this, as the beats never fall quite where you are expecting them. I don't have quite the same facility with reading, though I can detect pace and flow in writing.
I feel very lucky that these are my obsessions. If it was drugs, I'd have been dead years ago.

Book review.

 Masters Of Doom - David Kushner.

The history of the development of the computer gaming industry, through the story of Id, the company that developed Doom and Quake. The book is great if you grew up playing the games, which I did. Its  a cautionary tale, about how unbridled success can lead you into forgetting exactly what it was that got you there.
I bought it yesterday, and finished it this morning. Highly recommended.

Early Morn.

Abbey and I are up. Its really early, we've been up since 5am. I've been up a few hours longer than that. I went to MS yoga yesterday, I hadn't been for ages. It chilled me out so much that I came home, had some dinner and fell asleep. I woke up early,  really refreshed. I put the radio on, skipping between Radio 6 and LBC, skipping over to the Bill Burr podcast when the radio signal decided to sulk. I'm now listening to the Happy Mondays album Bummed. I love the Mondays, top tunes , top lyrics and Sean Ryder pitching whatever notes he finds appropriate over the top. The nearest thing I've found recently that has the same effect is the Sleaford Mods. I heartily  recommend their album Key Markets, just don't play it in front of the easily offended.

Grumble.

The clatter continues unabated on my road.
"I will look beautiful," it seems to say.
"No, you'll look finished," I retort, having a conversation with a nebulous project I can't see.
"Oh," the imaginary voice in my head mumbles, before tailing off into the distance.
What was in that coffee?

Road Repair Despair.

Our gas lines were replaced a few months ago. The road was reduced to one lane for months whilst they worked on it. This took over two months.  and then, everything calmed down; though a lot of the road repairs looked a little ropey. They thought so too, and are out today, repairing their repair. Single lane road once more.
There was a moment of excitement when the fire engine sirens started coming down the road. "Ooh," we thought, "This is going to be interesting…". Then, it was gone. No fun at all.
If you are heading into town today, I'd give Thurman Ave a miss.

Tunes.

Today I decided to post a song. I forgot how long its been since I posted anything, and having got an ok version on my 3rd try, I had to try and remember how on earth I got it into reverberation before. I got the tune up two hours later. Its one of the first I ever wrote, I've been playing to myself for years. I have a load of songs that I haven't recorded. What am I waiting for? someone to build me a studio, send me a tech to sort it all out? I recorded the tune  I put up today using my iPhone, which I then ported to my mac, ran past audacity, and landed in garageband where converting files to mp3 is a piece of piss. No excuses then. Tunes ahoy!