Soon everyone will have 2020 vision

I'm really surprised Labour didn't promise that during their campaign, as they promised pretty much everything else (except an ability to collaborate with other parties to oppose the Tories).
OK, it's been another truly shit year for politics, with pygmy personalities scurrying about, completely failing to learn from their past mistakes, indeed so locked in the past that they ignored the awful future they helped create. Once again a simple, stupid slogan was enough for the Little Englanders and once again the other side were unable to think of a counter slogan.

That's enough of that. Well, except to say that I expect it to get rough from now on. Rougher.

Let's see, this year I:

managed to upset a saxophone player by comparing his sound to a kazoo. OK, I didn't actually listen to it but jokingly suggested the kazoo similarity anyway. That's Twitter for you, lots of folks with no sense of humour but very short fuses. And saxophones, apparently.

played a small gig in Preston which went quite well. First time in ages someone asked to buy a CD and, of course, I hadn't taken any.

didn't go on holiday. Oh wait, yes I did, we went to Centerparcs for a few days, which was about long enough to leave auntie Margaret looking after house, horse and dog. Don't think we can do it again, which is a shame.

I was very productive, making lots of music, really enjoying my studio and retirement. Got to enjoy these things before a complete financial collapse comes in which the very rich will probably need to seize all my pension money.

discovered I can't remember much about this year beyond a few months of now.

decided I'm not going to buy any more (modern) Korg synths. They just don't care to get the software right. I reported an error the day after getting my Minilogue xd and, when they eventually acknowledged and said they would fix, turned out to be just fobbing me off so I don't make a fuss. May just be the one UK support guy who doesn't like me but fuck 'em.

backed off from most of my review work, realised that eurorack bores the shit out of me most of the time.


Today I:
fixed that Zoom FX return
swapped position of Reface YC and Ody to let me play organ via 5-oct keyboard and access/ record drawbars at same time.
Moved Biscuit back to ER-1 as I really needed its quick sculpting abilities. Will get ModFX  PSU sorted.
Recorded yet another quick mix of the new one, very unadorned. Still not definitive but no rush.

OK, last pix of the year, gathered from my phone.

Flicking channels last night I chanced across 'Idiocracy'. In my foggy mental state, it was really tough to accept it was not a documentary.

Right, it's January 1st, the birds are singing, nesting and mating, the sun is shining, Spring thinks it's here. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about...