Gil and Sarah Jaysmith have adventured from the quiet shores of Littlehampton, on the south coast of England, to the metropolis of Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. Are they ready for Canada? Is Canada ready for them? Read on and find out!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

31 Days Of Panda, day 18 (WIN)

Daytime nothing much. Went for what I think was about a 7k walk, following the Sun Run route as far as the Burrard bridge but then going on around False Creek as far as Stadium. In the course of which I listened to one Asian Dub Foundation album and then some selected Scritti Politti tracks. The ADF album was a distinct downward slope of quality after a roaring beginning:


... but never mind, that track made up for it.

In the evening, a very civilized dinner at Kalypso with Kate & Theo, followed by some nattering back at the flat. All good, but nunya business ;-)

Sarah is fixing up 1+1 piano tracks and I'm fixing their tempos so that we have backing tracks ready for singers. We also did some hacking at the music for Strongbow Chorus (starting this Tuesday, erk). I entered the lyrics for "The Swingle Song", which is... well, 99% of the lyrics are either "doo" or "bah", and while those words may appear meaningless at a glance, let me assure you, by the time you've typed them several hundred times apiece, they enter whole new realms of meaninglessness so ultimate as to conceal the secret of life. It nearly drove me mad typing that lot. As for proofreading it - impossible. We'll all just sing what it says and cross our fingers. Meanwhile Sarah is arranging the theme for "The Muppet Show" and fixing up the ensemble "Tonight" (apparently just finishing her work on it ready for me to handle lyrics and dynamics, comes the word from the bunny in the big chair). This is looking like a fun Strongbow summer.

Almost bedtime - kthxbye.

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