Evenings at ours means a lot of time spent on the sofa watching television, reading books or listening to music. Tonight as we listened to a CD by Suede, I shared the sofa with Pud who had fallen fast asleep with my foot on his belly. It’s pretty relaxing to do this. I quite enjoy […]
Cleaning Our CD Player
I’ve been enjoying playing some of our old CDs but our CD player skips tracks and it’s most annoying. It may be due to a buildup of dust over the years. We usually play our CDs through the DVD player and through the sound bar but this set up is a bit old fashioned but […]
Follow Me, Coco Chanel
The new Coco Chanel ad comes on the television. I listen to the opening notes of a mesmerising song. What is she singing about? The machines? The social media influencers?” I immediately stop knitting. I pick up the phone and type in “Coco Chanel Ad Soundtrack” It comes back with this. I’m getting outI’m moving […]
I Had To Kill You
Song for 2023. Putting my corporate business life behind me. For ever. That world simply is dead to me now.
On Our Way to The Proclaimers in Melbourne
Last night we saw The Proclaimers in concert.
Florence And The Machine
We went to see Florence and the Machine last night at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne as part of her 8th World Tour.
Returning to the Ukulele
About 8 years ago, I started playing the ukulele and even took lessons from a teacher. I practised every day and got myself to the point where he asked me to consider learning the guitar next however, I wasn’t interested in that back then. After all, I had to fit it all in with life […]
Waking Up To Music
I woke up to music today but it was dying off, sounding like it was in the distance. Music like the last seconds of rolling credits at the end of a movie. No, Andrew wasn’t playing music in the house. Instead the music came from my dream. Sometimes I dream music. It’s rare but it […]
Confutatis Maledictus
Mozart composed his requiem (well, part of it) in 1791. In 1984, I was a teenager who had become obsessed with the movie Amadeus. The story, the characters, the music, everything. What I think I was obsessed about was this conflict between someone with innate talent and someone who has to work hard and struggle […]
Monday Night CD Night
Tonight’s listening pleasure is the soundtrack to Stranger Things which was on Netflix. We enjoyed the show because of this soundtrack. It was music we grew up with in the 80s. I had to stop knitting because of all the foot tapping and needing to sing along and head nodding. I love our music nights. […]
CD Night Tuesday: Billy Bragg
It’s a quiet lazy Tuesday night. Cat is dozing on the sofa. Television is turned off. Lights turned low. CD is chosen. Press Open in the CD player. Insert CD. Watch it go into the player. Listen to the whir while it finds the first track. Music 🎶 flows out of the sound bar. We […]
CD Nights
One of the things Andrew and I do are spend our evenings listening to music. We have a massive vinyl and CD collection and we continue to buy CDs rather than subscribe to platforms like Spotify. Sure, we listen to playlists on there but for our own listening pleasure at home, we prefer to choose […]