#Books

Finished reading: The Looking Glass War by John Le Carré. It took two attempts to read this gloomy installment of John Le Carré’s espionage series but the ending was quietly devastating.

Preparing for Storm Dudley to hit later on. Storm Eunice is due tomorrow. I think British storm names are being picked to cause the least amount of anxiety.

Can a person have too many sets of headphones? I’m hoping the answer is “no”.

#Films

The Challenge, 1960 - ★★★

Watched on Tuesday February 8, 2022.

#Films

Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019 - ★★★

Tom Holland as Spider-Man is hard to dislike and this film is hard to dislike.

#Films

Cry of the City, 1948 - ★★★½

Watched on Thursday December 16, 2021.

A week of highs and sad, sad, lows. It started with a tremendous Marillion gig and has ended with the tragic death of Big Big Train vocalist, David Longdon. I’m lost for words.

#Music

I saw Marillion in Edinburgh. It was a fantastic night and felt like a real celebration. They were clearly very happy to be back on tour. Lovely old venue too. 🎵

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Updated everything and, of course, Podcasts is broken on the Homepods. Apple should dump their crappy app and buy something better. Back to Pocket Casts for me.

There are lots of things I like about Drummer blogging and lots of things I don’t. I’m good at following instructions but switching to https/personal domains and even sharing images is a bit beyond me. I’ll keep at it and see how it develops though.

#Music

This a great little story.

A rock star’s favourite guitar was stolen. One of his biggest fans tracked it down in Japan.

Link: Randy Bachman’s guitar was stolen. One of his biggest fans tracked it down in Japan. - The Washington Post

Family members have had Covid over the last week. I tested negative but I’m pretty sure I’ve had a mild dose. We’ve all been double-vaccinated so no one has developed serious problems. It’s quite annoying after all the special care we’ve taken over the last 18 months to avoid it.