Meanwhile...

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A holiday break culminates in my return to a broken iMac. So what is the good news?

And this is why you should never allow your children to bring their friends into your studio in your absence. It's not as if it's made of tissue paper either.

As my avid readers know, the hub of the Fiftieth Anniversary Edition is a 20" 1.8 gHz iMac, which takes pride of place in the studio.

Yup. I've stopped smoking.

In February I wrote about the search terms that lead people to this site. One of them oddly, seems to be 'fiddling electricity meter'.

Gagged. I think that's the word.

Ahh, the wonder of the internet and the power of the blog.

Yup. I've had enough of this lonely existence, working in a vacuum with half finished songs, alien software and enough self-doubt to paralyse George Bush.

So while I wait for the results of extensive tests on the iMac G5, I'm working on the office eMac which I brought home for the interim.

OK, so I've just watched 'The Shining' for the first time.