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It’s been the lineup for the best part of 50 years though, and arguably the most successful lineup, certainly in commercial terms.

I would have been surprised if Chester Thompson had been playing. Apart from it being Phil Collin’s son who’s replaced him, Chester Thompson is in his 70s, no disrespect to anyone where who’s that old 😁

I never liked the PG era Genesis at all. Which is strange because I love Gabriel’s solo work.

I can see what you mean, but people go, and the majority probably really enjoy it.

I hadn’t heard about the alcoholism.

What’s happened to him? I never really liked his later solo stuff, even his cat has fallen asleep, right in front of the drum kit.

I’ve never heard ripples. It’s relative I guess what’s old to me isn’t for you 😁.

Their last tour featured quite a lot of older Genesis material. They’re one of those bands where people seem to like them based on when they started listening to them. My uncle gave me a cassette of Duke when I was a child, that’s the period I like. I don’t really get their early stuff at all, my brother does though. Their three sides live is excellent. It’s funny but I like Peter Gabriel, but only his solo work.

Research has actually shown the 1918 strain to be no more virulent than any other. There were other factors to consider, poor nutrition, overcrowded and insanitary conditions in camps and hospitals. This lead to superinfection. How many were already in a poor state of health following the war?

I thought Coronavirus was more deadly, tens times more deadly is what I’ve read.

Yet another reason to use self checkouts 😊

That’s what I thought. I was hoping it would be possible to donate directly. I worry about that kind of thing.

Anyone ever done this? Almost two years ago I recorded a friend of mine playing some flute pieces that I’d composed. I never got around to doing anything with them. Unfortunately he’s recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I’ve edited and arranged the recordings, and added some pIano to them, I now have five tracks that I’m planning on releasing via Bandcamp, with all proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support. I want it to be as open and transparent as possible, preferably with all proceeds going direct to them, rather than to me and me having to pass it on. I’ve looked on Bandcamp and can’t see a way to do that. Has anyone else done this, how did you do it?

This. Who is seriously either going to be able to tell any difference between your tone and that on the record, or really be bothered?

I love browsing around these things.

Buy new. Unless something is very new and relatively simple in design; the Line 6 doesn’t sound simple, therefore more to go wrong. Few things seem built to actually last nowadays.

Have you got a smart phone? The voice memo app is great for spontaneous recording of ideas.

Is Pino’s rusted? I’m guessing no?

It’s a weird thing this relic’ing. I’ve seen quite a few fifty year old plus instruments, they could pretty much have passed for being from this century. I do know that’s not always the case, but I think the abandoned in the garden shed for forty years look that some relics have is a little over the top.

You don’t mention how you’re going to play the songs. Not meaning to come across wrongly, but a memory stick is only a storage device, it won’t play the songs. Have you got a smart phone? If you have then download them onto that, then play them from that. You just need a mini jack from your headphone outlet into the mini jack aux in.

Music was the only thing I was ever really any good at. It was all I really wanted to do, I did A levels intending to be a vet, but my heart wasn’t in it though. Gigs just took over. Then I started teaching. Then 8 years ago I decided I wanted to teach music at a higher level, and get better as a musician, so I auditioned for ICMP and got a place on their BMus, which lead to me then going on to do a masters, now a PhD.

I had an interview arranged with Access to music for a lecturer in music. They cancelled an hour beforehand and never got back to me. I’ve since heard a few people say they’re not good to work for.