In the past week I’ve finally “gotten my shit together” and gone about replacing the lost rear speakers and speaker stands from my home cinema system. They fell out of the window/disappeared after the recent incident and it is a good lesson to make sure you have all four walls attached to your home. Remember people, losing a wall isn’t cool or clever. You can go around saying that your property is “open plan” but losing a wall is dangerous as your worldly possession can fall out and worst of all, numpty little scrotes can stare in.
I like to say that our house is in “mint” condition – in that, it has a hole in it. (Of course, that joke won’t make sense to anyone who hasn’t come into contact with the humble Polo mint).
Anyway, speakers, stands and replacement cable were purchased and I set up my system again. At the beginning of this month, I’d purchased the Genesis 1970-1975 boxset, the final in the series that features the band’s first five albums all remixed and remastered in 5.1 surround sound. I had been looking forward to this for a long time and, in the case of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album, nearly a decade since the first idea of a surround sound mix was mooted by the band. So forget about the near death experience, forget about the damage and the emotional turmoil – no, the thing that’s really pissed me off lately is not being able to hear these albums as I’d intended.
Today, I found myself working through the said boxset with baby Verity snuggled up against my incredible bulk and then I realised that this was bliss. My first moment of true serenity and stillness in the past month and do you know what? It felt good, my friend, it felt very good indeed.
Here’s a clip of the band talking about their first “proper” album, Trespass:

Anthony Phillips is my hero – swoon!

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