http://pics.astradyne.co.uk/cats/sigurd/ :-(


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http://pics.astradyne.co.uk/cats/thor/ :-(


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I'm not always prompt with my end of year reviews, but even by my own low standards, not getting around to this until April is a pretty poor show! Nevertheless, here we are. Better late than never... In the studio

1. Ancient Bards -- "A new dawn ending"
2. The Fall Of Eve -- "Calls from the horizon"
3. Triaxis -- "Zero hour"
4. Gamma Ray -- "Empire of the undead"
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Time for another year end review.

In the studio

1. Delain -- "We are the others"
   
2. Grand Magus -- "Triumph and power"
   
3. Civil War -- "The killer angels"
   
4. Sabaton -- "Heroes"
   
5. Primal Fear -- "Delivering the black"
   
6. Epica -- "The quantum enigma"
   
7. Crimfall -- "As the path unfolds"
   
8. Seven Kingdoms -- "The fire is mine"
   
9. Delain -- "The human contradiction"
   
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Time for a year end review. I'm late again this year. Ho hum. Anyway...

In the studio

1. Audrey Horne - "Youngblood"
   
2. Battle Beast - "Battle beast"
   
3. Powerwolf - "Preachers of the night"
   
4. Týr - "Valkyrja"
   
5. Motherload - "Black and blue"
   
6. Sirenia - "Perils of the deep blue"
   
7. Tristania - "Darkest white"
   
8. Ancient Bards - "The alliance of kings"
   
9. Lacuna Coil - " ( Read more... )

Another year end review while we're still in the first month of the
following year. Clearly I'm getting good at this :-)

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From major_clanger via bibliogirl:

Can you descrive your job using only the 1000 most common words in the English language? The Up Goer Five XKCD comic inspired the Up-Goer Five text editor, which tells you if you've entered allowed words. Here's my attempt (it's not exactly right, but it's not too far off):

I tell computers how to let people place money on which team ( Read more... )

This is *extremely* worrying. I don't care how offensive his joke may have been. He should be able to say what he wants. The USA has a corrupt society with many, many problems. But right now, I am extremely jealous of their written constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-19863228

Apparently there's a part four: Stormy

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Previously...

The music industry isn't what it used to be. It's increasingly hard to sell albums, and bands are becoming more and more reliant on selling merch at live shows. There are some upsides to this. I'll leave out T-shirts for now and just talk about CDs. The most obvious upside one is that the band gets a much higher percentage of the sale than if the ( Read more... )