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Good folks, i'm going to take a break from twitter. I have too many niggling health issues to sort out and a whole load of music I need to work on and finish. Play nice while i'm gone. Remember, http://burningshed.com  will sort out your needs.

Just leafing through a big interesting book, Hulton Getty picture collection. There's a photo of Hendrix taken "Shortly before he died of a heroin overdose"...WHAT !?! Does nobody do any research these days? Shameful.

It's raining it's buttocks off here, and I'm having one of those 'do nothing' days. I need one. It's a watching old black and white films sort of day. Back to it tomorrow.

Man,I am SO SICK of people referring to me as 'Alan' Partridge, not only on line, but also people who have only just met me or are having first dealings with me. Philli fucking stines.

Wonderful night tonight with Stu, Harry and the girls. Hanging loose, shooting the breeze and making life. Good day mixing George Wilding forthcoming EP at Stu's studio.

Several have asked if I am wearing a hearing aids interviews? No, they are 'maskers' for tinnitus, devices which put white noise into your ears to help your brain search 'outside' and not inwards, for missing frequencies, due to hearing damage.

If you ever wanted to see the most thrillingly mundane record sleeves ever, the book THE MUSIC LIBRARY by Fuel books, is the thing for you.

A book by my good friend Mitch Friedman, PURPLE BURT, buy it for your kids, and yourself. Mitch is one inventive man. https://www.amazon.com/Purple-Burt-Mitch-Friedman/dp/0986300845/ …

Burning the top layer of skin from my nose with special cream at the moment. Going around with a white nose or a plaster. Archaic sun damage that needs sorting if you're curious...but I never go out in the sun?!?

OK, dipping the dodgy back into the bath now (yes, 7 drops of rose oil as well).BTW, got recognised in hell on earth the other day, Cobham Services. Otherwise, all tasteless food, a puking bloke in the gents, and hundreds of tantrumy kids and sweaty folks.

I was just going to make a cheque out...when I realised that i'd accidentally put my cheque book through the wash. I now have a flat ball of pale blue mache. IOU it is then.

Put my back out, bloody painful, but saved by a brilliant Osteo in Bath, called Martin Matthews at the Landsdowne Clinic (Bath branch). High on pain killers at the moment, hot water bottles are my best friend. PS: I'm not fishing for AAAAWWWWWwwwwws, so relax.

2/2 Proceeded to shout that he was sick of 'punkers' and our type, and that we would never ever appear on TOTP again.We were never invited on again after that.Thus killing our UK career to most ordinary folks. No TOTP, no exist.

1/2 Just to clear that TOTP story up.We were there to mime SENSES, we were crappy at mimes. In rehearsals we were messing about a little,VERY drunk producer came charging down the stairs, obviously had been 'over served' at lunch.....

But then, you might prefer dropping the stylus down on this https://burningshed.com/store/ape/artists-ape/xtc/xtc_wasp-star-apple-venus-volume-i_vinyl …

If you like XTC on vinyl, you'll love this. https://burningshed.com/xtc_wasp-star-apple-venus-volume-ii_vinyl …

Tried working in the shed this afternoon, TOO DAMN HOT in there. Can't leave door open as too much noise gets down the mic.

I hope you are treating yourself to some T shirts in this heat. It's the only place to buy 'em. What some beauties. https://burningshed.com/store/ape/artists-ape/xtc …