So I was just thinking, ugh, I'm too crazy to post another song, why would I even bother anyway, when I was suddenly reminded of a track I had on Now 92 that I've not heard for about thirteen years. I've not heard it for that long because as soon as I had more than six or seven albums in the whole world, you would have had to pay me actual money to ( Read more... )

You know when everyone is going crazy about a book, or a film, or a band, and you just get sick to death of even seeing it mentioned, even by people you like or whose opinions you trust? And then you deliberately avoid paying attention to it because you're so annoyed by its very existence? That's sort of where I am with The XX at the moment - they' ( Read more... )

Well, clearly I'm not going to manage to post a song every day, because for the last...what is it, like, six? I have kept trying and then deciding that nobody wants to hear anything I like and I should probably hide in a box rather than ever saying words ever again. Which is unhelpful, and also does not give you songs, which, obviously, is my ( Read more... )

Should have known my 'oh no, I am talking, everyone will hate me for talking' wouldn't let me post every day :x So, three songs today, to make up for the last two days' lack of any ( Read more... )

Today's song combines synthesisers, medieval vocal harmonies, and lyrics from Carmina Burana, as you'll probably already know if you've ever heard any QNTAL before. This is in my top five of their songs and if any of that sounds like your thing, then you should already have this, because it comes on like a perfectly-choreographed firework display ( Read more... )

I know I'm just asking for further indecision here but out of curiosity, if you were going to read a piece of fiction/short story/book about a closely involved group of people, wherein the interlinking relationships and personal interactions are more immediately significant than any of the context in which they happen (and if you're never going to ( Read more... )

Hey kids! What I have been doing :

* Work (continues charming)
* Seeing Tron Legacy (ridiculous but also superbly visually beautiful)
* Playing Lego Harry Potter with asrana (never less than wonderful ( Read more... )

Back at work; bored. Fix it, internet! Tell me something wonderful.

Delighted. Thank you, IKEA, happy Christmas to you too.

Doctor Who is the best thing in the whole wide world, apart from all the other best things, but they are totally having to fight to keep up right now. Just saying.

annnd I'm seeing people disagreeing on the internet, and it breaks my tiny heart. It does, though, like. what do you want from television? Honestly? What do you want?