I am full of cold and wanted
to do my usual remedy of dosing myself up on all manner of pills, powders, and
medicines and going to bed wearing tracksuit bottoms, thick socks, a
sweatshirt, and sweating it out overnight before having a hot shower and being over
it straight away. Being ill is something that I am not very good at; I’m not a
morning person as I’m sure a lot of people know but although I am happy to
sleep late, I can’t just lie in bed all day. I get bored far too easily to
allow being poorly to get in the way, and feel like I am wasting time that
could be spent either working or doing something productive.
Something productive was the
order of the day, it being Tuesday. I was meant to be doing a double recording
tonight at ROFL Audio for The Sound of Nottingham UK,
The Fade and a solo set from Joe Sheldon AKA The Sinister Minister. Joe is the
sound engineer who does this gig and the sessions for NottinghamLIVE
on Wednesdays. He also plays open mic nights almost every night so it was nice
to give him a chance to shine. As he brings his guitar to Trent Towers (not an
actual tower) every week, he once stepped in to replace a guest who didn’t show
up.
This week’s control room
topic, (which we really should record as a podcast extra) centred on salad, the
onesie, underwear life span and the now weekly reminder from Dave that I make
myself two cups of tea at a time for myself. I may ask Caz (who takes the
photographs for these sessions) to record the whole thing on her smart phone.
Part of the joke would be that we are all sitting around in the best recording
studio in Nottingham recording our conversation on a phone to put out as a
podcast. Of course we are a few weeks into doing these sessions now, so the
back references might need explaining.
Given how I was feeling when I
turned up at the studio, the control room was just what I needed to lift my
spirits and get me through the evening. I wanted to fall asleep on the sofa as
soon as I sat down, having taken two Nurofen (other tablets are available) and two
cold relief tablets with paracetamol washed down with two mugs of Lemsip. By
the time I left the studio I was feeling fine, although I knew that once I got
home I’d be back to being poorly. Please don’t think that I’m trying to be a
hero, I am not going to dress this as flu; I happen to find the term ‘man-flu’
very offensive. In 2013 I can’t believe that such sexism is still going on
unchallenged. The very idea that men can’t be allowed to be ill without having
the piss taken out of them for malingering is like being back in the dark ages.
Joe’s session will be
broadcast this weekend on The Sound of Nottingham UK
on Connecticut’s Robin Hood Radio:
Friday 11pm/Sunday 1pm EST
Saturday 4am/Sunday 6pm UK
Saturday 4am/Sunday 6pm UK
Listen out for Joe saying
hello during the interview. It was the toast of the control room!
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