Welcome back, groovers. It's very hot today so slip, slop, slap and stay hydrated.
Ella Jenkins - Wade In The Water - https://youtu.be/hN3qIoG1MmQ
So I'm gonna write my words on the face of today...
Did you make a resolution for 2026 and break it just days later? 2025 was a year of unwanted changes for me so looking forward to 2026 has been interesting. I know some things I would like to do but the limitations on them are a bit out of my control. I've decided that for 2026 I will try to accept what life throws my way and simply do my best. I'm not going to set goals that can't be reached because all that does is make me sad. I want to be better at being grateful for what I have. I really, really, really would like to be able to ride my bike though.
Big Star - Thank You Friends - https://youtu.be/AIILzYKrwMA
Well, my name it is a number...
For a while now I've had a regular listening playlist available on Spotify. I publicise it here and there but really, it's getting very little traction. So for 2026 I thought I'd try something new. Often I wake up with a song in my head or find that one randomly creates an earworm at some point of the day. So, I present for your listening pleasure a new project, 365 days with The Woozle. I plan to add a song a day for the whole year. Will I manage to remain engaged and enthusiastic? Maybe. If you were a devotee of my regular listening playlist and would like it to continue please let me know. I don't need hundreds of people to listen, just one or two is more than enough.
Bobaflex - Hey You (Pink Floyd cover) - https://youtu.be/rm5eWLXW6l4
I've got to get my kicks some way...
The seemingly never ending rehab battle with my back continues. To be honest, for the majority of the Christmas break it was pretty good and I felt extremely optimistic. I got out a bit more and had a couple of short but enjoyable rides. Then, last Sunday things went (relatively) pear shaped again. I was sore and aching in a way I hadn't been for a few weeks. By early Monday morning it was the perfect storm of pain and mental distress. There were a few very low points but here we are almost a week later. Something that is helping quite a bit is a TENS machine. You slap some sticky electrode pads on your back, plug it in and turn it up. I'm quite shocked (great pun hey?) at how much it is helping. So, onward we plod.
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover) - https://youtu.be/XoJ0bAp4Eo8
Are you a user or being used...?
Artificial Intelligence is here to stay, at least until Skynet takes over the world and Sarah Connor has to save us. I recently had some fun photo editing with AI. I used it to clear up the background of an old photo of my Grandpa which worked out really well. Then I gave myself long hair and a beard. I've been bald since the early 2000s so it was amusing that some people thought it was real. I mean, the beard looks OK I guess but I've shaved almost every day since joining the Army at 17 and that's unlikely to change.
Gary Numan - Metal (live) - https://youtu.be/tJaYR8GeM5o
Scanning the scene in the city tonight...
I found myself watching Billy Joel's Shea Stadium concert. It's a great show and is full of songs that weren't hits as well as the singles we all know well. When Billy introduced his bass player I thought that I recognised his name. Google was my friend and I was correct, Andy Cichon is an Australian musician and I remember him as the singer from a cool hard rock band called Judge Mercy. I've got their album on CD here so I imagine it will soon be time to treat the neighbours to that.
Judge Mercy - Open It Up - https://youtu.be/tmieJ8WW-pA
That's all folks. See you next time,
The Woozle
"They put me in an institution, said it was the only solution
To give me the professional help to save me from the enemy, myself."
Good morning friend. Keep on woozling
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