Banks reopened yesterday, with restrictions, only effects Greek accounts though so if you’re coming on holiday you can access your foreign accounts at the ATM and go about your holiday in the usual way. Not sure about cashing travellers’ cheques though – does anyone still use them? I’ve not seen one for several years thanks to the rise of the ATM – which is not the new Terminator film, as it happens.
But ATM is, or are, the initials of my old BSF from school, Andrew T Mackay who is now a leading composer of, among other things, film music in the Indian film industry. He is also half of ‘The Bombay Dub Orchestra’ which I have mentioned on here before, and their latest CD is available, with their others, and you can find it by following this link. It’s ambient, ethnic, multi-cultural listening and hardly ever off my turntable these days.
Which is not true as I don’t have a turntable. We have an old gramophone but that only plays 78s at whatever speed it is in the mood for at the time. I use a DVD player as a CD player at the moment, through the amp and ancient Panasonic speakers – I keep meaning to replace them with something smaller and chic and discrete but when you’ve been with something for over 30 years it’s hard to let it, or them, go. But when not playing ‘Bombay Dub’ I am often playing APP as opposed to ATM.
APP is the Alan Parsons Project, which you may have heard of. He, or they, are often the underscore to my housework and pottering around at home time. And talking of pots, Neil bought another potted patio plant from the garden centre by the town hall. Due for delivery any time now along with some extendable clippers (I can’t spell secateurs) with which to trim the vine. Parts of it are hanging over the road and are in danger of garrotting moped riders.
So, that’s how we get from Greek banks to Bombay (via West London and Abbey Road Studios) to APP and the grapevine. And if you fancy listening to some Alan Parsons then you might like this ‘best of’ compilation to get you started. Click here. And with that I shall leave you to find your way back to the Greek bank again, which is where we came in today. Oh, and if you are wondering what BSF stands for, it means ‘best straight friend.’ Hope you enjoyed Neil’s photos today.
