Sometimes it is OK to wear the same pair of underwear for two to three days without changing. No. Wait. That is incorrect. But drycleaning is just getting out of hand these days. Some elderly women stole my lucky socks and now I'm pissed.
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interspersed with the daylight came moments of real darkness. day seemed to lose its meaning entirely as darkness at 1pm did not really signify 'night' nor did daylight at 2am signify 'day.' what made night? the hour? the conditions in the sky? what? and it was all random anyway. if it was by whim, whose whim or what whim? soon we would know. we would know two things:1. that the earth had stopped turning.2. and there really was a god.(though i can't say we really understand either of these concepts any better than we did before. but at least now we really comprehend how far off we are.)
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It is the first time after [url="http://www.inradiobows.com/2008/04/17/radiohead-ticketmaster-ticketsnow/"]Ticketsnow[/url] acquisition that [url="http://www.inradiobows.com/2008/04/17/radiohead-ticketmaster-ticketsnow/"]Ticketmaster[/url] after solding out the Radiohead tickets directs visitors to TicketsNow which is now considered as a Ticketmaster partner. The acquisition took place on February!
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EStos tres discos que baje me estan rompiendo el craneo QU BANDAS POR DIOS!!! QUE DISCOS!!!!!!!The National-The NationalMuse-Black Holes and revelationsMuse-Absolution
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I JUST got to see There Will Be Blood finally. I was so ticked that I missed it in the theaters! Excellent movie. And god, I gotta say that the young Eli was just plain creepy. I always thought that children (yes, I know he's not a exactly a child, but he's still not much of an adult by that point) with that kind of religous fervor, even if it is for some strange fraudlent practice, is more frightening than any other fanatics. Something very unnatural and sick about it.lol but anyways, I have to say that the inflection of the last line was priceless. Odd man, but Daniel Day-Lewis is such a great actor. Ha ha, and should I be happy when I see Jonny Greenwood's name in the credits? Somehow I don't think so...
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i think tim burton is work amazing.The only thing i can criticize is that he repeats ambients, but anyway its part od his style.Wich is awesome.Mars attacks is just so funnyanyway as a writter his only book make me cry everytime i read it, so beautifulcheck sweeney todd, i recomemdedif you want blood, you've got ithehe
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Went to see 'Happy-Go-Lucky'. I love Mike Leigh films; always full of intense, deep, flawed characters who could be the people living just next door to you.In 'Happy-Go-Lucky' a primary school teacher, known as Poppy (played by Sally Hawkins) seems to have a smile tattooed to her face and has a permanently positive attitude to go with it. She enjoys life to the full and tries to help those dealt a less fortunate hand, though her attentions are not always welcome.It is a very sweet and charming film and although it may sound saccharine sweet, it certainly wasn't. Mike Leigh has introduced Scott, the driving instructor from hell (Eddie Marsan) to balance the film and remind anyone watching what a master of the study of human nature he is.Positively enjoyable - and you can't in all honesty say that about many of Leigh's films, brilliant though they are.
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i am about to meet this guy in a few minutes named Matt. I met Matt on mortigi tempo and he will hopefully be traveling with me to florida and back for the shows in a few weeks. Luckily he lives near me so we planned to meet up to talk about the trip and to figure out if we would be good travel partners. We have exchanged so many emails and it turns out we both work in the same field and have similar interests. This should make for interesting conversation on our long drives. I am a little nervous though since he is essentially a stranger, but then i remember that is how i met my best friend john. He and i met in florida at a tori amos show after only chatting online and talking on the phone. That was 7 years ago. So I hope today goes well and that we will travel well together. Wish me luck!-m
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read some stuff on the interweb this morning - as usual when i'm supposed to be getting some work done :o( - about the spooky connection In Rainbows seems to have to the number 10. i went to http://puddlegum.net/radiohead-1010101010 and left me own twopenneth... i'm repeating it here for purely egotistical shameless self-promotional purposes natch...this is in connection with various observations about a seeming obsession with the number 10 harboured by Oxford's favourite sons [certainly in my house anyway]"just to add a little more numerological bollocks to the mix… someone up there noted [correctly] that ‘rainbows’ adds up to 101. in binary, 101 = 5 ie 1×4 + 1×1. the word ‘in’ has a numerical value of 23 - i should have spotted that because i’ve been obsessed by this number ever since i first read William Burroughs at a terrifyingly formative age… 2+3 = 5. 5+5=10"in classic numerology, 10 is equated with god - the one. all the possible names of god in the jewish torah always add up to one. in A Love Supreme, the John Coltrane Quartet incant the words 19 times. 1+9=10, 1+0=1. When Coltrane’s mother realised this, she couldn’t stop crying, because she saw it as an auger that her son was about to meet his maker. he did 19 months later."if any of this means anything, especially if it means any members of Radiohead are about to carc it, i’ll be fookin gutted… :oP"
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I figure this is a good place to blog since no one will read this.Procrastination has taken a toll on my health and happiness. This paper I'm writing was due this morning. My professor is allowing me to turn it in via email. But it's past midnight now, and I still haven't written much. Why?1. I got off work at five.2. I went to buy postcards and to make sure the place where I buy booze hadn't been shut down, as my friend had claimed.3. I waited 10 minutes for the bus.4. I made chiggen.5. Watched Jeopardy.6. What happened after that? I don't remember. I was online for a while I guess. I fell asleep on the floor around 9:30 and started writing this paper at midnight.Man, it's the little things that get you down. Finishing this paper, and not writing this blog post, will make me feel better.I feel sick.
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Eliot famously (and beautifully) said that April is the cruellest month, but I've got some news for him (though he's long dead) -- this April, not so much.There are so many new releases this month, my little heart is all atwitter, and my head can't quite wrap around all the awesomeness that we've gotten. So I decided to give you a few highlights and most anticipated of this month's many amazing offerings. (If you want to check many of these bands out, check my playlist -- quite a few of these artists are there.)Highlighted releases:Foals: Antidotes. Mathrock never sounded so cool. No really, it didn't. These kids are quirky, in the best possible sense of the word. Their lyrics are brilliant, if a bit unconventional; their guitar is phenomenal, if a bit Bloc Party; their lack of choruses amazes me; their ability to subtly work French into the album makes me giggle; their uncanny tendency towards repetition which somehow doesn't bore me but does quite the opposite intrigues me. Oh yes, this album is sheer love.Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster... . This is how you spell "HAHAHA I found the most adorably fun ridiculously unpretentious indie pop album ever!" And I'm pleased. Oh yes, I'm pleased. Maybe it's the bookslut in me loves the literary backbone to the lyrics (definitely). Maybe it's the fact that whenever this record is on, I literally have to dance (literally). Maybe it's the brilliance of this album and its intricacies and clevernesses that made me fall in love and keep on loving with every listen. Either way, I'm holding onto every word of this record.M83: Saturdays = Youth. This album is the prettiest album I've heard in ages, and functions beautifully as a true album. The layered textures remind me of MBV in a very, very good way -- I think this album is the heir apparent to MBV, as the prettiest textured shoegaze-esque album around. Kim & Jessie and Graveyard Girl stand out for me, but on the whole, it doesn't get much prettier than this.Clinic: DO IT!. It's funky. It's catchy as hell. It's quirky. It's utterly Clinic, and it's absolute love. I can't stop listening to this record. It's brilliant. There's nothing more to say.REM: Accelerate. Finally, an REM album that sounds like a bloody REM album! Seriously, though, Accelerate is a throwback to the days of rocky REM -- I daresay it's the best album they've made since New Adventures in Hi-Fi. With the exception of the closer (I'm Gonna DJ) which is abominably bad, it's a good solid album, and a glimpse into the awesomeness that REM apparently still has, buried beneath the last 10 years' muck.Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours. These guys make throwback so cool, I'm halfway tempted to sport some crazy 60s hair. Well... maybe not, but damn do Cut Copy make the 60s throwback sound cool. This is another album which works flawlessly as a true album -- the transitions are perfect and seamless, and there really aren't any weak points. There are some amazing high points, though: Lights and Music, So Haunted, Hearts on Fire, and Strangers in the Wind really stand out as brilliant tracks. Like any truly great album, it only gets better with every listen.Anticipated albums:Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement. Alex Turner can do no wrong. Literally. His guitar is always catchy; his lyrics always phenomenal. The kid is a genius, and a riot, at that. I've been waiting on pins and needles for this album since I heard the title track. I'll give you a full report when the album leaks; till then, I have to content myself with listening to the single on repeat. And repeat. And repeat.Portishead: Third. There are no words. Literally. The wait was worth it. More than worth it. We're not worthy. Third, though, very much is. The Rip is absolutely gorgeous -- it might just be perfection, with a build that's absolutely astonishing. Nylon Smile, Small, and Hunter stand out for me as favourites, but really, there isn't a low point on the record. Beth has never sounded better. Don't believe me? Watch it live and tell me they're not on top of their game. I cannot wait to hold this album in my hands and marvel at it's brillancy.Echo and the Bunnymen: Works. I have loved Echo & the Bunnymen for ages... and am finally glad to see a decent remastering of their work, and a decent collection. Hence Works. As I haven't actually heard this yet, I can't attest to the quality; however, I can't wait to get my pretty little hands on it. Expect a full report.
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