I've been listening back to early Sabbath a bit over the last few days, and it's amazing how they did so much with so little. Just a riff played more or less the same on guitar and bass, drums and Ozzy's voice, and somehow it sounds amazing
Watched the original Gladiator for the first time since I saw it in the cinema. Actually fucking great, and holy shit Connie Nielsen has to be one of the most beautiful women who ever lived
Took months for me to see improvement, but it came eventually. One of the things that helped was looking the exercises up on youtube to make sure I was doing them right
I was helping my 16 year old make stepping stones at Halloween, and tweaked my back (my sacroiliac joint). Really affected my hip too, and my arse muscles. Only started to feel normal again in June, after 6 months of 35 mins of strength/stretching exercises every single morning. The back...
I've had to change my approach to exercise in general to something in line with this over the last few years. I used to be all about pushing through, but now when I push through I just get exhausted/injured
Buzz around trying to find something cool, I suppose - there's a zillion little stages that can be fun. Jerry Fish's stage, or Salty Dog (or one of its siblings). Or find some disco and dance my ass off. Or sit drinking pints and talking shite. Or do a session in a hot tub. I've never been bored...
I discovered Self Esteem yesterday and am suddenly obsessed, but her show in Dublin is sold out. If anyone hears of tickets I'd like to buy one please!