I did get Zuma soon after we talked about it, which has been almost as much fun for the people sitting next to me on the bus as it has for me. :) Always in the market for new video-game-based ways to waste my time though. :D

Watch out! I could do with some warning before unexpectedly seeing the words Murray Lightburn on my page, I went a bit funny for a minute there. Oh, Murray. I've been following the occasional hints about the new album on [url=http://nataliayanchak.wordpress.com/]Natalia's blog[/url] and I can't wait. I think you've got a point about BSP, they have some of the same epic raininess.

Cool, I'm glad that went OK. If you've not gone scrambling onto your dashboard and spotted it already, I've got the second part of my countdown up for you to enjoy...

Oh noes my recent tracks have disappeared! But I'm here and scrobbling, hopefully they'll show up again soon. As for my day, see the shouts on Puds' page. Argh! Still cheerful though. :) Did you have a good weekend?

The new avatar is swell.

Pretty good! How about you? I was checking out yer Mars Volta review. Stuff I've been into lately: new Fiery Furnaces, Fridge, Kevin Drew, Clinic, John Coltrane, and especially the Beta Band.

You can pick up a Lukid sample here[url]http://themusiclobby.com/features/the-top-50-albums-of-2007-4.html[/url]-it's a blog run by lastfmers. I think you might like some of the other albums in the top 50-each album has a sample to download.

[url=http://www.last.fm/user/Orange_Anubis/journal/2008/01/31/636133/]shout-out![/url]

... in fact, a couple of the print designers asked what it was and if they could have copies, so you helped boost my office cred too. Which I then nearly scuppered, of course, by playing Bills Bills Bills. Heh.

Hi fella – just dropping by to say thanks again for the Helvetica tip. Listened to it a few times now, and am really enjoying it. My Post-rock credentials are a bit non-existant, so a lot of it sounds like Mogwai to my ignorant ears, but that's no bad thing.

I know, real life's such a drag!! How's things with you?

Hey there! Yuk, everything at work's crappy, and the weather's getting colder, and it seems like forever since I last got paid... I could whinge all day really. Thank fuck for music and the internet!

Evening, Brad! Have you listened to this British Sea Power yet? - What do you reckon?

Ah, you've dedicated the same floorspace for your kids' photos! I was starting to think that you preferred one over the other. (just kidding)

...and now I've just noticed the rather dodgy kerning on the main title. Tsk! ;-)

Oh, talking of Erik, did I tell you I've saw him speak last year? Nice bloke. Bit of a nutcase and a very adept swearer. I liked him.

Cheers, Brad! That's much appreciated – I'm gonna listen to it now, and I'll see what a room of a ten-or-so Scottish print designers make of it tomorrow. I had to smirk at some of the design 'decisions' made for that Spiekermann quote – clumsy hyphenation and a double space after a full-stop? Erik would have their balls.

Not so sure, as it being nominated three times in same category normally means the vote splits (a la Dreamgirls last year), so maybe August Rush will win... I know one of writers on that used to be a Black Panther(!)

Or not... apparently Glen and Marketa may be disqualified as Falling Slowly appears as early as 2005 on his discography. Kind of the same reason Jonny Greenwood wasn't nominated for Best Score for There Will Be Blood (not enough original material, apparently!) Boo!

Hiya Brad! Know it's early in the morning an'all, but what do you think to the stars of Once grabbing an Oscar nomination? It's for opening number Falling Slowly, and my reckoning is that they could just nab it...

Oh noes! Hows about you grab the new British Sea Power album from my iDisk and have a listen, it's very good, and might help the situation!

ehehe. Life trudges along over here. How's the fam?

Jeeze you could have at least said you were visiting because I'm a nice guy, sheesh! :P

:)

That's a shame we aren't Super any more :( I've grabbed those singles so thank you-or the 17 which I don't have!

Hey, Good taste! :)

I guess super will never happen.

Yuk, sorry to hear it. renew, ugh, what a nasty euphemism. And Content Development is just horrible. The print side of our business, where I work, has been called Offline for some time. Because we DON'T do anything exciting involving the web. Talk about giving us an inferiority complex!

Oh blimey! I had to scroll about three screens just to get here!

Ouch! But it's OK, it could have been [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Ronan+Keating]worse[/url]...