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Dear Apple,
I'm a bit bored of this (for those that understand the output to the unix 'top' command):
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #WQ #PORT #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE
1285 Mail 124.6 06:40:21 19/1 10 637+ 5226 487M+ 170M 648M+
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Edward Lear
There have been a few Edward Lear related things floating around this weekend, it having been the 200th anniversary of his birth on Saturday. I can't claim to be a particular afficionado, though being prompted to re-read The Owl and the Pussycat, I thought it was rather lovely. I remember reading his books as a kid, and enjoying them, though ( Read more... ) -
Music Weekly: Catching Up (III)
Week 47: Atlas Sound - ParallaxLast.fm had been suggesting that I listen to Atlas Sound for some time. Probably since early on in the year when I got a Deerhunter album and listened to it quite a lot. Atlas Sound is the solo project of the Deerhunter front man, Brandon Cox. It has, unsurprisingly, a similar sound, but a little sparer, slower, ( Read more... ) -
Music Weekly: Catching Up (II)
Week 44: She & Him: A Very She & Him ChristmasI came across this, and having a vague liking for M Ward (on the basis of one or two songs) I went for this. I'm not really a natural Christmas album sort of guy, and there wasn't even a cover of the acknowledged best Christmas song (Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney), but okay. M Ward and ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Oh, well, I have a whole lot of CDs I've not reviewed and/or only lightly listened to. I have spent some time today to rectify that, and in the interest of your feeds, here is a single post for many of them. No doubt some will follow later / tomorrow. (also - ignore the weeks, they aren't really the weeks I bought them in, but at least a way to ( Read more... ) -
Music Weekly: Week 38: Feist: Metals
I am vaguely aware of Feist as being someone quite trendy, and Wikipedia tells me that she is a sometimes member of the Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene. This is a shame, because I once heard a Broken Social Scene song that I liked and went to see them, only to be disappointed by their cock-rock posturing. It turns out, though, that I ( Read more... ) -
music Weekly: Week 37: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks: Mirror Traffic
Since the demise of Pavement, Stephen Malkmus has made some pretty good albums. Real Emotional Trash was real(ly) good, and he's managed to produce another great album with Mirror Traffic. It is pretty Pavementy with sometimes typically silly lyrics and sort of silly music too, yet never coming across as novelty music. Good stuff. -
Music Weekly: Week 36: PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
Well, I've always quite liked PJ Harvey, yet always found her quite hard to listen to. I've always put this down to not being quite cool enough, for she surely is cool. Then she won a prize for this, and I thought I ought to give it a go. I found, in a blessed circumstance of consistency, that I quite like it, but find it sometimes pretty ( Read more... ) -
Music Weekly: Week 35: Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
(mmm, I don't think it can really be week 35 of the year. Oops ( Read more... ) -
Music Weekly: Week 34: Other Lives: "Tamer Animals"
Other Lives are new to me. I think I picked it up because of a promising review somewhere or other, and I'm glad I did. They have a kind of sweeping, forlorn, tuneful beauty. They remind me of Crime and the City Solution, which is commendation enough.