Belfast Packing List

A normal Monday at work with a greater sense of accomplishment from the previous week and weekend. Awakening into March with a lighter skin and a spring haze out of the window. This is my last in Glasgow before I head to Belfast for work on Sunday with A. Peebles.. should be fun..

 Packing list:

Hi-Vis
Torches (Laser)
Micrometer
Crack Ruler
Laser Measure
Bore Scope
Metal Detector
A5 Notepad

Last week at work I slightly over did it with listening to John Peel's Radio 1 shows from 1989 to 1990. I think I listened to about 15 episodes over the course of the week. I was really enjoying his incredibly laid back attitude to being a radio dj, he often accidentally plays the same song twice in a row or plays the wrong song and will follow with an apology. He gives the listener a sense of musical intelligence as he often starts a sentance off by saying 'as you probably know already,' - which is comforting but made me laugh a lot because I actually never knew already (about a record which came out on a certain label last week - last week is now 30 years ago for me!). It was also reassuring listening to his shows from 1989 to 1990 because all the tunes are guaranteed to be punk rock, post punk, metal, hip-hop , dub reggae, and indie rock.. and definitely some pop. All these genres are best defined by this era and I'm not that into anything from these genres that's been made since then, besides a few. There is a lot I'd like to find out about John as I feel I'm relatively new to discovering the depths of his work, sadly too late. However I will write about this in future posts as I need to get back to work. For now, two of my favourite tracks that he played in last weeks episodes:

Chicago Now - The Fall

Spirit Dance - A Certain Ratio