“The Slip” now available for free download.
I’ve not heard all of it yet, but I thought NIN fans might need this album asap.
A proper geek t-shirt
An interesting idea, but I don’t think I’d actually want to wear one.
Finally
Catch it while you can
The video for one of the tracks from the new R.E.M album is available for free on the UK iTunes store at present. It’s been up a couple of days so could disappear at any point.
The new album sounds really good from the two tracks I’ve heard (Living Well is the Best Revenge and Supernatural Superserious).
Another nail in the coffin
The Charlatans have joined the digital revolution.
Download the new album for free
I don’t think this is going to be the last post I make of this nature this year..
Meet George
For anyone who has ever worked on a helpdesk, let me introduce George.
We all know George, although some of us may know him by a different name.
Read and enjoy.
New Nine Inch Nails album
Coming soon to a download server near you.
Albums of the year 2007
Maximo Park – Our Earthly Pleasures
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Rilo Kiley – Under the Blacklight
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Saul Williams – The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust
The New Pornographers – Challengers
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse
John Zorn – Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
Bloc Party – A Weekend in the City
Je Suis France – Afrikan Majik
Dean & Britta – Back Numbers
Chris Cornell – Carry On
Tim Fite – Over the Counterculture
Okkervil River – Golden Opportunities
Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
Malcolm Middleton – A Brighter Beat
Tori Amos – American Doll Posse
Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Albums of the year 2006
Worked out through seeing which albums got the most plays in iTunes, with a bit of seasonal adjustment for those released towards the end of the year – These are not really in any order.
The Killers – Sam’s Town
Loose Fur – Born Again in the USA
Guillemots – Through the Window Pane
Thom Yorke – The Eraser
The Fratellis – Costello Music
Joanna Newsom – Ys
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Ballad of the Broken Seas
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
This has been a very good year for albums, with at least 5 others that would have made my top 10 on any other year.
A Million Ways to Spend Free Time
Free time, it’s like free money really. Free money is things like lottery wins, tax rebates, and one-off performance related bonuses. The kind of money you can spend without guilt because it doesn’t feature whatsoever in your budget. Free time covers things like bank holidays, getting up an hour early by mistake, and finding yourself sent home early due to a bomb scare. I find free time quite productive, because somehow it doesn’t even occur to me to do things I need to do, meaning I can instead concentrate on fun things that might contribute to my general well being in a more abstract fashion.
And so, today I have trawled the internet for useful things that might make my life easier, but are more likely to keep me amused for a short period of time and then fade into insignificance.
And then in a moment I’ll get a pop-up window and an email telling me to get downstairs, open a bottle of wine, and watch Doctor Who. Technology is great sometimes.