Friday 7 September 2007

I was giving Sushil a shot of my bike today, and soon after he asked 'Do you have a turntable to listen to?' 'Yes.' 'Good.' And he gave me a 7" piece of black vinyl of which one side has literary and artistic legend Alasdair Gray singing Sun Ra's Nuclear War. It's astonishing in every respect. And available for download at www.creepingbent.org if you don't have a turntable. 

Grim irony of the week. Just over a year ago today I went to the doctor's (mentioning it here in the diary - and yes, the same surgery pictured in yesterday's news story link) and I got referred to a specialist. Today I got a letter from that department's secretary saying I'd just made it to the top of the waiting list (after a twelvemonth and a day precisely) and 'as it has been some time since you were referred ... please confirm whether you still wish to attend'.  I don't know the circumstances behind the horrific scenes at the surgery last week, but I hope they weren't aggravated by a long wait for specialist care. Told you the irony was grim.