Off work due to a painful illness which could take some time and hospitalisation. Not happy. The time to myself has made me think of things I really want to do, such as jack in work and do something I've wanted to do for a long time, so I'm taking steps to do that and maybe see parts of the world I want to see and be my own boss. Enough morbidity. Musically I've been thinking about putting up a site with chords from all Morrissey's solo output, I've done a lot of the work already, it's just a question of going the extra mile, which to be honest, at the moment, I don't feel like doing, but that may change. Been listening to Jeff Buckley again, always puts me in awe of his amazing talent. Also Terrorvision, oddly; local band who I hated when they were "successful"; My friends' band played with them at the sadly defunct Queens Hall, and Terrorvision were haughty and sneering, and I hated them for it. Listening now, I can see where they were coming from. I remember them when they were called the Spoilt Bratz and played at the Brownroyd (R.I.P) and they did a really shitty ad hoc Napalm Death style thing. How times change. Thinking about the new Morrissey album, I read some comments about how it might be rockier, and this would be welcome - at least from this correspondent. Southpaw Grammar contained the song "Southpaw", which, along with "I Keep Mine Hidden" is where Morrissey lays himself bare and says "This is me" in a style not seen in other songs. I once thought that musicians and lyricists got into music because they wanted to say something, and once that had passed, it was downhill, because they then scrabble around for inspiration after the visceral respnse has passed. I now know that inspiration is a fluid thing, and times change, and bring with them further catharsis. Anyway, that's too many big words in one night. Goodnight and thank you.

Sk./Peter