Well, howdy 'do! I'm surfing, downloading, scrobbling... I never want to be without web AGAIN!!! Just browsing the Pitchfork review column to download 'owt I ain't got already... liking these Fleet Foxes though, and the M83 sounds decent so far... Any new'uns from you?

Thanks!

Sounds good! I was supposed to see RC with Portugal.The Man last year but they ended up not making it. Not much happening here. That's one hell of a long song title (Red Sparowes).

What's the dilly? I like that new Spiritualized.

Oh I'm so glad it jumped out at you too. I did think it was a bit special.

I'm at work, the iDisk seems to work fine from here these days, I'm pleased to say.

You're quick off the mark! I've literally just finished uploading it, while having my own first listen. Was just about to come over here and tell you about it! :-) Yeah, it's good, it might even be really good, once I can have a listen at proper volume. [track artist=Spiritualized]Don't Hold Me Close[/track] is an instant favourite.

Hee, great new pictures of the girls there!

Thanks! I noticed the width is perfect on my laptop but not on my PC... must be the widescreen vs. regular. Have you seen the fiery furnaces live before? that should be a good show.

Jealousy doesn't even begin to summise my feelings!! Like the video though... reminded me of Shortbus in that it was playful and celebratory about human sexuality without exploiting the actors for cheap masturbation purposes. Meant to ask, how were Hansard and Irglova? As loved up as ever??

Hey, Brad! SYTYCD is actually tucked away on a cable channel over here as most people, for the life of us, cannot STAND Cat Deeley! The channel it's on specialises in America's Next Top Model re-runs (yessss!!!) and Most Haunted excursions into the darker corners of England (mostly rundown homes in the Midlands)... we did catch the Oz version when we went to Sydney though, and let's just say that Simon Cowell has a right to sue for the amount of people copying his judging technique!! How is you though?

I'm the non-judgmental ear for confessions of guilty pleasures everywhere! :-)

No, we don't get it over here. Looks fun from the clips you've sent me before, though. And apparently we're getting a UK version at some point, probably. But hold on... you didn't enjoy our Idol chats..? :'-(

What you need to do is move in with someone who has their own laptop. LIKE I'M DOING. :D

hehe! If you were to take a close look at my records, you'd find more than a little Kidz Bop. :)

How strange, my Greasemonkeys script in the Recent Visitors box keeps telling me you're listening to Dora and Diego, but none of it's showing up here... care to explain yourself? ;-)

Swiper no swiping!!

Ha ha, cheeky! But yes, quite right. :)

LOL, you're bringing sexy back. Yep, the wide about me will take a bit to adjust all of the images. I do think the wider aspect will be beneficial now that we won't be limited to ~ 160 pixels.

Just got to the end of a gruelling three hours of Idol - the best man won!

I quite like the Beta-why are people having issues with it?

Some of it I like, some I hate. How about you? I love the live updates, the library feature, and the activity feeds. I wish the main page would list more than just the top 10 artists.

Hey Brad, I feel like I'm missing out-how do I see the new beta site?

Brad you're brilliant - that's exactly what I was missing. Cheers! Oh I'm so ridiculously happy about that feature, it's just what I've always wanted. So, can I count on you in the war against Matt & Puds? ;-)

2,695 artists in my library...... well that is interesting. On another note, doesn't this new design look exactly like Pandora?

Ha, yes, it was because you said that that I had more of a delve, as I couldn't quite work out the point of it. :) Am I right in thinking that you can only click directly into those sorts of lists from the artist page, rather than your own library, though?

I think the new beta just continues the myspacification of this site. All I want to do is track my listening habits, but they keep cramming other features into the site that I don't want any part of. It might be time to retire my account.

Drool! Just discovered that we can now view our personal top tracks organised by artist, like [url=http://beta.last.fm/user/post-rocker/library/music/Grandaddy]this...[/url] You can't get there very instinctively yet, but I'm sure they're working on it. :)

Betatastic! Thanks Brad! Thanks for saying [quote]your formatting [i]did[/i] work, in beta!!!![/quote], that is. Oh look, we can do quotes too! [b]:-)[/b]

Well, it's nice that they've added bolds and italics and stuff, but it's a bit of a shame that they had to CHANGE EVERY SINGLE BLOODY BIT OF THE WEBSITE to achieve it. Sorry. I promise to have a proper look at it all over the weekend and come up with considered feedback, rather than just the ineffectual reactionary shouting of a web designer in his thirties.

You're bringing SexyBack back!! Ah, I remember it well the first time around. Hee hee! ;-D

omg the [url=http://beta.last.fm/]beta[/url]. ALL the charts are updating in REAL TIME. *faints*

Hey dude, we haven't said hello in a while..."hello"

Ha, I caught your typo before you changed it that time. :)

Puds and me were hoping that we'd get to use [b]bold[/b] and [i]italic[/i] formats now, if they were having a bit of a refurb. But clearly not. :-[

Me neither. :)

No.

Who's going to be the first to make a 1000-character shout, then? :)

Cool, new avatar!

Wow, Cooky's version of First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. I normally roll my eyes when anyone tries to sing that. But wow. He needs to win!

That is definitely a cool avatar.

I'll bet you do! Watching the performances round at a friend's place over dinner tonight - was there a theme this week?