You are allowed to enjoy this…

So the new “album” is finished and the usual negative feelings that come with the downer after completing a project are present. Just need to design an album sleeve, but I am out of ideas. It’s always the hardest part. Misery and woe. Boo hoo hoo….

And so all the strands come together…’tis the endgame. The insurance company want to settle early rather than stumping up 12 months of Business Interruption payments. The ball is in their court. How much will they offer and will we accept? We don’t have a choice and I still have to pay my own loss assessor £13k

I guess you could call this my anti-war song, except there’s no words. The eastern flavour and staccato, almost bolero beats, put in mind fighter jets firing on Baghdad and bombs going off left, right and centre. Ideal music for a war film that’s never been made perhaps? I wasn’t sure of it when I finished it, but The Missus liked it. But if anyone can suggest a better name than “Baghdad”, please jot those suggestions down for me.

I guess you could call this my anti-war song, except there’s no words. The eastern flavour and staccato, almost bolero beats, put in mind fighter jets firing on Baghdad and bombs going off left, right and centre. Ideal music for a war film that’s never been made perhaps? I wasn’t sure of it when I finished it, but The Missus liked it. But if anyone can suggest a better name, please jot those suggestions down for me.

Today we received the final cheque from the insurance company to settle the outstanding bills for the building work (which should have been settled in August). Hoorah! This phase is now over. Remaining claims for “business interruption” are ongoing, though insurance company are making noises to stop payments, despite the shop never fully recovering its previous performance.

This is another piece of throwaway audio fluff for your consumption. Harking back to the old days, this is a sad little piece. Well it makes me feel sad.

Glaciers and tectonic plates move faster than insurance companies. Final settlement for building work is three/four months overdue. Creditors making bad noises. Insurers say: “Payment will be in a fortnight”. Time passes, fortnight comes and goes. I hassle them again. They say: “It’s just gone on the system today – you shall get it in a week or so…” And so the dance of life continues…