I've got a million things to say
So, back in the ol' hometown for the weekend. Just unwinding, relaxing, not doing much. I did realise once I got here that although I stayed up quite late last night putting albums on my iPod, I forgot to being the goddamned fucking cable that both recharges it and also lets me listen to things from it on the computers here. So it's all headphones for me, I suppose, which should be interesting if nothing else.
Also:
Finally reading Gaiman and Vess' Stardust, which is pretty (expectedly) amazing so far.
The videos for Editors' "Munich" and I Love You Be I've Chosen Darkness' "According To Plan" are both kind of pretty, and in a similar way. The same way, actually, that the video for Interpol's great "NYC" (I don't care how much some people hate the lyrics, the song is a stunner) should be, although what they actually made is still pretty neat.
All three videos are on my mind because I actually watched the Wedge this week for the first time in roughly forever; it's a show I used to watch quasi-obsessively as a teenager, but have totally lost touch with. The playlist (found at the link) was actually pretty good, although (a) I didn't think much of Panurge, the Sounds or Midlake (b) hey, remember when they actually used to play really weird/bizarre/experimental/unpleasent stuff? I used to love that.
The Skeleton Key was actually pretty cool - I watched it with Aaron and Christa last night. Much less "scary" jump cuts and special effects, much more relatively subtle creepiness. Far better than the preview suggested, I'm glad I watched it.
And I have to download Firefox for my Dad's PC, as this one-window-at-a-time thing is driving me nuts.
Also:
Finally reading Gaiman and Vess' Stardust, which is pretty (expectedly) amazing so far.
The videos for Editors' "Munich" and I Love You Be I've Chosen Darkness' "According To Plan" are both kind of pretty, and in a similar way. The same way, actually, that the video for Interpol's great "NYC" (I don't care how much some people hate the lyrics, the song is a stunner) should be, although what they actually made is still pretty neat.
All three videos are on my mind because I actually watched the Wedge this week for the first time in roughly forever; it's a show I used to watch quasi-obsessively as a teenager, but have totally lost touch with. The playlist (found at the link) was actually pretty good, although (a) I didn't think much of Panurge, the Sounds or Midlake (b) hey, remember when they actually used to play really weird/bizarre/experimental/unpleasent stuff? I used to love that.
The Skeleton Key was actually pretty cool - I watched it with Aaron and Christa last night. Much less "scary" jump cuts and special effects, much more relatively subtle creepiness. Far better than the preview suggested, I'm glad I watched it.
And I have to download Firefox for my Dad's PC, as this one-window-at-a-time thing is driving me nuts.
'NYC' is indeed a brilliant song. I'm not a fan of Paul Banks's lyrics, but the music nearly always renders that irrelevant. Coincidentally, I was in a bar last night and 'Evil' must have come on the stereo at least three times.
On an unrelated note, I must thank you again for introducing me to SendSpace. It's been little short of a godsend. The number of albums I've acquired and sent of late! Also incredibly useful for a compilation CD we're putting together to round off the A-Z Of Music feature on The Art Of Noise. Cheers!
Posted by
Ben |
9:52 AM
Stardust is the best Gaiman I've read so far. I read the novelization though, not the original comic. Still, utterly fantastic.
Posted by
Jeromy Lloyd |
10:09 AM
Well, the original comic was basically a novel with pictures, not a "comic book" as we normally think of it. There was a book version separate from that?
And Ben, not a problem - although if you ever happen to have any particularly good download links you'd like to pass on, I wouldn't say now...
Posted by
Ian |
1:10 PM