Hu are you?

I know I mentioned them earlier this week, but I can't say enough good things about the Mongolian band 'The Hu'. I must have played their first album 'The Gereg' twenty times or more in the past week or so. I have no idea what the Hell they are singing about, but it doesn't matter. In fact, I think that if I brought up an English translation of the words, it would ruin the whole effect for me. The lack of understanding of the lyrics just means I can get swept up in the sound of the voices, and my God, what a sound it is. It's like listening to Buddhist chants performed by Metallica. And the production on every song is spectacular. I honestly don't think I'm going to hear another album this year that comes close to taking the title of my 'Favourite of 2026' so we might as well close the doors on that one right now. Although... I haven't even listened to their second album yet! So that might be a contender!

In other news, I have been contacted online by someone to see if I would be interested in going to a High School Reunion.
I would not.
There's a reason I haven't kept in contact with anyone from my school days, or tried to seek them out through social media. I literally cannot think of anything worse than being thrown back together with the people I was educated with from the ages of 12 to 16. I would rather be subjected to a year-long, non-stop, full-volume listening of Abba's Greatest Hits. I would rather be forced to sit on a piss-soaked, sweat-smelling, overcrowded London Underground train for 48 hours straight. I would rather endure a series of painful visits to an underqualified and underexperienced dental hygienist. I would rather have to clean up behind a busload of pensioners with dysentery, who have just been out for a lamb bhuna, which wasn't cooked properly. I would rather have to sleep outside all Winter in a sleeping bag full of ice cubes.

In OTHER news, Philippa might be leaving work at the doctors surgery soon, as she seems to be getting enough massage clients that she may be able to try it full-time. Which is incredibly exciting, and awe-inspiring, and absolutely fills me with pride. She's amazing.

RC 15-5-26