I had a very strange day, with Mr. Murphy of the Law peering over my shoulder for most of it, and I'd intended to post about that (seeing as though if my connection is still being a major bitch, I can type offline, nyah nyah), but then I got home and remembered that I had to do my first proper, uninterrupted, total absorption listen of Cradlesong. ( Read more... )

I ducked into HMV at five to six on Friday night - all but one of the glass doors were fastened shut and the remaining one was manned so I said, "You're closing now, right?" and he said, "Five minutes, but you've got time if you know what you want." I pointed at the Green Day display with my umbrella and we both laughed, then I went and bought my ( Read more... )

Not being able to drag myself out of bed *quite* on time got me to Ticketmaster at almost 9:30 this morning, but I'm pleased with my Rob Thomas tix: second section floors, 1st row. First section would have been better, of course, but only if they were near the front. Front row *second* section is better than the back of 1st if only b/c it means I ( Read more... )

I picked up the new Audioslave CD this morning and listened to a couple revolutions of it through the day.  It's good.  There are of course hints of the two previous incarnations of the separate band members but they've definitely formed into a cohesive whole.  The song Dandelionkind of edges more into a pop sound, with an "oh" chorus and all, and ( Read more... )

I haven't looked at anyone ( Read more... )