Hello all! Hope you are all good, and enjoying the summer. Unless you like in the UK, in which case I hope you are all good and avoiding drowning in the torrential rain. The weather is making things pretty uneventful in these parts at the moment, as people understandably seem reluctant to plan summery things when there's a 90% chance that they'll ( Read more... )

Hey lovelies, how are you all doing? I hope you are enjoying what in London at least is the first genuinely sunny week we have had in a while. Yes, there are still rainshowers and clouds and all the other hallmarks of awful English weather but as of now, as I gaze out of the window, there is sun. Thank our lucky stars. Our company temporarily moved ( Read more... )

 

 Okay, we interrupt your regularly scheduled programming with this, one of the best live performances I've seen and just a great way to mock the incredible awkwardness of most band performances on US chat shows ( Read more... )

Okay, this is just amazing news, and comes only days after I was watching their "Everything Is Everything" DVD and wishing that precisely this would happen. Maybe there is someone listening after all!

From ap.net:

"After breaking up in 2003, Face to Face will be reuniting for some upcoming live shows. There are no immediate plans for a full scale ( Read more... )

Okay, loads of time on trains has given me some time to watch some movies, and the conclusion that I've come to is that (a) Almost Famous still stands up so well and (b) it is still my favorite movie. Ever. Have written about it so many times before that am not going to do it again, but... too good ( Read more... )

Okay, so I have never really listened to the bands who I guess you'd call the "emo pioneers". The Promise Ring really didn't do much for me, likewise for Braid, same for Mineral. I like some New End Original, but not hugely. There is in general something about the almost universally terrible production ("Ummm... engineer? If it sounds like it's ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Love D

Anyhow, that was only part one. Transport part two happened on the way back home - the same line, the same type of train, once again we pull out of the station to… stop dead. “Ladies and [crrrk]tlemen… we reg[crrrk] to inform you that [crrrk] lorry has driven into a bridge on the line [crrrk] bridge inspector will arrive in half an hour”. In actual ( Read more... )

Dear lord, it is cold today! He says, stating the blindingly obvious to anyone living in the UK. Will try to keep warm while thinking back on what has been a bit of a crazy week. In no particular order, it featured ( Read more... )