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Festival report: Tuska Open Air
(Cross-posting from Tumblr because I wrote a more comprehensive report there than I intended ( Read more... ) -
Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh, 31.1.2013
I think I said I'd write a proper gig report for this but I'm not sure I'm up to writing a proper anything so I'll just post the pictures and a bit of random rambling ( Read more... ) -
A Memory of Light; or, The End.
So, A Memory of Light, the last book in the Wheel of Time series, came out 8.1. and now, instead of preparing for an exam resit on Tuesday, I of course decided that this weekend was the perfect time to read it. I finished around 2 AM last night and then had a very random dream about a zombie apocalypse (completely unrelated to the book, I might add ( Read more... ) -
Yay meme time.
The past year in the form of semi-relevant questions and answers. Stolen from 12daysofrain.
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One more thing
So I'm sure you're all fed up with apocalypse jokes and quite frankly so am I... But this one was just too good to not share (only those of you familiar with MDB will get it, I'm afraid, but oh well).
In the immortal words of a fellow forum member:
"Well it’s doomsday, so if Aaron is reading this, can we stand up again now?"Right, good night folks ( Read more... ) -
This Dead End of Europe...
So, yesterday I went to see Katatonia, + Alcest & Junius. I discovered that 1) Jonas Renkse does look like Sina. The likeness is uncanny, honestly. 2) There are some serious fucktards among Finnish males, not that this should be any news but I guess I've just been lucky enough to not run into too many in the past few years. 3) My camera is really, ( Read more... ) -
Gardens of the Moon
So I started the Great Malazan Reread. I probably shouldn't have done this just before November, but... yeah. What's done is done. I've now finished Gardens of the Moon, the first book in the massive fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson. Reading it felt a bit like coming home. I first discovered the series in 2008 - I ( Read more... ) -
"A controlled demolition of all your hopes."
Yes, I'm quoting Mr. Craighan again, so sue me. That just so happens to be the best way I've yet seen anyone sum up A Map of All Our Failures in one sentence.
I have to admit that I wasn't ready for this album. I know; I'd been waiting for it ever since the whisper of a rumour of a new album hit the Internet, sometime last winter. And even more so ( Read more... )