Gosh - this is almost becoming a regular occurence again. Have no fear, I shall return to my more normal once every month or so posting before long. Anyway... tonight I am relaxing before embarking tomorrow morning on perhaps the most complicated of my DIY endeavours - the bathroom. Or rather, the conversion of the bathroom to a shower-room. All of the bulky material is here (mostly sitting on my nice, fairly freshly laid, but rapidly getting battered, laminate flooring in the living room) - I just have the minor issue of working out what additional pipes and what have you I need. Oh... and then fitting it all. After I've safely and non-damagingly (ie not flooding downstairs under the bathroom) removed the old one...
This should all lead to a nice, tidy, practical, attractive, and, most important of all and in contrast to the current situation, non-leaking bathroom.
Aside from the inevitable vodka, tonight's relaxation has included my latest CD acquisition,
Marillion's "
marillion.com". I purchased this album as I was curious as to what Marillion did these days, and as this album has some involvement from
Steven Wilson of my current faves
Porcupine Tree it was the obvious choice. As somebody who only knows
Marillion from the days of Fish, it was something of a shock. On first listen I definitely spotted Steven Wilson's influence here and there, but the main thing that stood out for me was the vocalist, who to me, sounds like a bit like
Glenn Tilbrook (of
Squeeze). What I didn't notice was much to link it with Fish era Marillion. That's not a criticism, however. The album was pleasant enough, and I think a few more listens in the near future are required. Curiously I chose to put
Breakfast in America by
Supertramp on afterwards: a similar style, I think, more prog-pop than prog-rock. Shortly arriving on my doormat should be a recent-ish
Fish album, also involving Steven Wilson. It will be interesting to compare and contrast.
