Now that I’ve had enough of the Perfect Day (sun is bad), I’ve migrated to the great indoors. There are at least 4 things I’d like to be doing while indoors: listening to music, looking at photos, browsing the web, and watching baseball. As it turns out, I’m doing all 4 at once! Check it out.
I’m generally disappointed with the state of the World Wide Web these days. The WWW used to be a simple communications tool to share information on a globally connected network. I’m not saying that it should have stayed that way, but I wish we had taken a more structured approach to innovation. I’ve written about this before, so I won’t go into it again. My point for today is that Last.fm has done things right. It’s the only modern web service that I use regularly, and it does exactly what it needs to do - nothing more and nothing less. I am sitting at work right now listening to “recommended” music, a lot of which I’ve never heard before. I have to say, there is a lot of good music out there, from the 50s to modern day. I have been “bookmarking” things that I like so I can look into purchasing them after a little more listening (Last.fm is not a free music download service).
So, if you’re interested in music and have the time to listen to it, I’d suggest looking into Last.fm. It’s free. I’m listening to the Dixie Chicks right now. I never even thought to give them the time of day, but I like what I hear.
I’ve been using Vagalume, a last.fm player, on my internet tablet. This might be one of the best and most useful pieces of software that I’ve ever used. I particularly like the neighborhood radio feature, which plays songs from last.fm users that have similar tastes to mine. It’s like having a portable radio that only plays stuff that I like.
It seems that one of my favorite people in the world, Morrissey, is promoting Barack Obama (and himself). Go Moz!
I’ve just discovered a hot sauce named after one of my favorite 80s straight edge punk bands, Minor Threat. Pitchfork says it’s so. It sounds delicious!
Made from a rare, mild breed of habaneros grown specifically for us, Minor Threat draws its inspiration from the legendary West Indies’ mustard- and mango-based habanero sauces, only it mysteriously priviledges the pepper’s fruitiness over its notoriously overwhelming heat.
This is one of my favorite new Morrissey songs. It is fitting that part of my dad’s family are Irish immigrants living in England.
In the newest issue of NME (a British magazine about new music), there is a cover story on Morrissey. Morrissey and NME have always been at odds, but it has generally been tame. This time, however, rather than just publishing the Morrissey interview as it was done, NME decided to add commentary that totally trashes the man. I’ve not read the article, titled “Has the World Changed, or Has He Changed?”, as it’s not readily available to me.
Here is the response from Morrissey’s manager.
Here is the NME web site.
Time for another song… this one is by Therion. Therion is a Swedish gothic metal band. It’s to my liking, but maybe not yours. Try it.
If you look at my Music page, you’ll see that I’ve added an “album quilt” from my last.fm account. It shows a collage of all the albums that I listen to most frequently. I think this is way cool, but you may not. If you’re not familiar with last.fm, here’s how it works: any time I listen to music, the song information is transmitted to my last.fm account. This way, I can get music recommendations based on what I listen to, I can have my own web radio station, I can show people what I listen to, etc. That’s where the album listing on the right side of the page comes from.
Also, I enhanced my Morrissey page with an album quilt and public photos from Flickr tagged with Morrissey.
The Storm and the Balls concert was good last night. We really like the opening band, Kleveland. Check out the photos here.
For those of you who have never seen Storm and the Balls perform, here is a video clip:
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