Here is a tune to help you through the afternoon, from the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album - which I go on about over here.

How exactly I'm mean't to get through the afternoon is another question...

lullabies to tell...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show your bones
Not much really needs to be said here, new album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and unsurprisingly it's great even though they seem to have annoyed a few indie commentators by being extremely professional about the whole recording process and not making an album about the singer's cat. This song's interesting, it sounds like a lullaby to me, a very loud one admittedly, but still a lullaby.

MP3: Dudley

The next Nintendo console is going to be called the Wii, pronounced 'Weeeeeeee!' while doing some sort of sliding action I think. No matter how hard I look at it I can't see myself being able to keep a straight face when I try to pre-order one of those from my local Game, which I will be doing - oh yes.

I went to the Doctor's for the first time in over ten years today, can't say I'm particularly convinced that I've been given any sound medical advice.

Bit of a back story - which will sound really pathetic. For the last couple of months I've been waking up really early (or if I'm super lucky about 4am /sarcasm) with really bad pains in my right foot. Well it's been getting on my nerves, and I'm pretty sure people around me are getting sick of me mentioning it all the time so I finally decided to go and see a professional about it.

And what advice do I get? I have to drink loads of tonic water apparently. I couldn't help think of some con man from the wild west selling his bottles of tonic water to 'hapless towns-folk' when this was mentioned to me, but apparently there is something called quinine in tonic water which is used to treat leg cramps so maybe he's right... I'm not convinced.

If it doesn't work I'm going to move onto Voodoo.

Here's a pretty decent book, it's a retelling of the Wizard of Oz story from the point of view of Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West. However in this story she's not portrayed as wicked, more as a frustrated animal (or rather 'Animal', there is a difference in the book) rights activist. If there is any problem with it it's with the rather large supporting cast of characters, it's very easy to lose track of some of them...

sorting out the back log part 1...

The DFA Remixes - Chapter One
Can't really go wrong with a DFA remix, you know what you're getting with one. Solid disco beats, take the original song and make it really long (like older 12" mixes used to do), and add a nice long freak out at the end, case in point: this remix of Gorillaz.

MP3: Dare (DFA Remix)

Nine Inch Nails - Every Day is Exactly the Same
If I've got one problem with the last Nine Inch nails it's that the choices of singles have been way too obvious, considering that possibly the most successful song written by El Rezzo was Hurt as everyone knows that from the Johnny Cash cover, why not go for one of the less 'poppy' songs on the album as a final farewell? Nevermind... Anyway, if you have been dutifully buying the singles you will already know about the Photek and DFA remixes, which leaves remixes by El-P (dark hip-hop as expected), Richard-X (cheesy disco) and someone from Interpol (a bit dull). I'm mainly interested in the El-P mix as he is going to be collaborating with our dark lord Trent on his new album.

MP3: Only (El-P Mix)

Current Mood... well, let me put it this way. If I did have mutant powers that could enable me to flip the magnetic poles of the earth causing widespread ecological disaster, you would all be fucked.

I think I've been listening to Khanate too much... (and now so can you thanks to my CD page!)

Either that or I'm getting a cold just in time for a break from work which has put me in a bad mood...

thank you Hydrahead...

Khanate - Capture & Release
Stephen O'Malley of Sunn0))) is in this band so you know it isn't going to be a laugh a minute ride. Two tracks of slow, depressing often tortuous music exceeding 40 minutes in total length. Besides the funeral pace to the songs the other standout 'highlight' is the vocals of Alan Dublin which may be the scariest singing I've heard outside of a Sunn0))) collaboration. Here's a clip from the second song Release, didn't want to post the whole song as that would be taking the piss. Incidently I also got a Khanate DVD at the same time, 4 live tracks and the video to Dead, which is worth watching.

MP3: Release (edit)

Everlovely Lightningheart - Cusp
Not even sure if these are a band or not, probably best to describe them as an art collective and get ready to duck when you're accused of being an art snob. This release consists of one 40 minute track that does noise, ambient and several bits and bobs inbetween using everything but the kitchen sink. I'm going to give you a bit of the rather pleasant piano piece that starts preceedings. Very nice packaging, rather liked the way the CD booklet is sewn together rather than stapled.

MP3: Cusp (edit)

Easily the most useful website you will see today...

Ian's Shoelace Site

I'm being deadly serious here, the reverse starting knot technique will change your life! (if like me you've apparently been tying your shoelaces wrong for the past 30-odd years)

Possibly the finest fan made light sabre fight you will ever see...

/Darth Phil dons his black Sith robes and walks down his stair case slowly clapping and croaking 'good! good!' (think about it!)

My little chap in Animal Crossing (you may have noticed the adverts on Channel 4 with the spaced out woman dosed up to her eyeballs on prozac advertising this game) - yes that is a hockey mask, and yes that is an axe - Tom Nook is going to pay for trying to scam me!

I'm not the only one obsessing over this game btw, have a look at this forum post on the subject of the flower fest event in the game, you'll at least learn a few new swear words.