Booze du jour

Tonight's drink: Scotch and soda, on the rocks. I might move on to Gordon's with lime tonic, which is delicious. Yes, it's another night in with Norwegian Wood — I'll make up for it at the weekend, no doubt!

I promise not to become an alcoholic… though it did cross my mind to add a “Currently Drinking” sidebar to this blog….

Posted at 2005-01-28 13:44:48 by Richard • Link to Booze du jour
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Oskar

Rabid Astrid fan that I am, I bought Oskar's album, Air Conditioning, the other day. It duly arrived this morning (bargain; £9 shipped, paid by PayPal on my card), and I just ripped and listened to it.

A little bit U.N.K.L.E., a little bit dreamy, a little of all sorts. The tracks with Astrid on, particularly Strike This are good; the ending of Strike This is an abrupt fade to silence, mid-word, which stuns you out of immersion. An odd effect — certainly saves them from having to come up with an ending for the track! The excellent title track itself starts as a kind of Eno-esque soundscape, reminiscent of waterfalls over vinyl with ivory and ebony birds overhead, then drops into deep echoing whorls of sound and piano chords. Gorgeous.

I love musical experiments that go right.

Posted at 2005-01-28 12:56:35 by Richard • Link to Oskar
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The Daily Mail weeps

As someone said, “As they've always been champions of the rights of Jews, gays and gypsies, obviously…”. Here's the news.

In other news, our 2nd iMac replacement midplane has arrived; the fan noise is slightly diminished, but it's still annoying. Otherwise it's a great machine. Pity.

Posted at 2005-01-28 11:11:27 by Richard • Link to The Daily Mail wee…
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