I noticed via my itunes newsletter cool muso sources that KT Tunstall has an acoustic album/DVD coming out on May 15th. Only two of the ten of the tracks were also on Eye to the Telescope, 'Miniature Disasters' and 'Universe & U'. iTunes itself has the audio only version out already and Universe does sound different. I do like Eye to the Telescope ( Read more... )

A dress made out of ties. Indeed.

Got caught up in filling out quizzes from Quiz Stop. Place is full of ads so this isn't a rec but the titles of some of the tests are amusing in a corny way. It's like a whole bunch of quizzes from those low-rate women's magazines. You have to be *really* bored to go there, though ( Read more... )

The answers to the first lines meme have now been put in.

Watched Beyond The Sea. Kevin Spacey's performance was pretty darn good, especially the performing, but I couldn't quite get used to him as a twenty-something Bobby Darin wooing a young Sandra Dee. The pacing was an improvement on the similar De-Lovely, though. Reminds me that I need to buy ( Read more... )

Taken from itchyfidget, along with the following line. iTunes on random. Note that on the odd occasion I have skipped the first line or two if it's a chorus and will give the song title away.

Have done 20 instead of 15 tracks, though.

1. When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it? iainjclark White Stripes - My Doorbell2. In the back of a car on a road in the ( Read more... )

Can anyone recommend any sort of fast-paced violinist music, like Vanessa Mae? I'm really not that familiar with the classical side of things. Other stringed music by soloists also good.

Is there any way of d/ling a website with firefox without going there and getting caught in insistent pop-ups?

New Oscar statuettes go on show. Shiny.

Disney ( Read more... )

Bees <3 Van Gogh.
Bees prefer floral paintings - even if they have never seen flowers before, scientists have suggested.

Sensitive robots.
Japanese researchers have developed a flexible artificial skin that could give robots a humanlike sense of touch.

Seaweed-wrapped pig cells could help cure Huntington's.Scientists are planning to implant ( Read more... )