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These are my links for November 18th through November 19th:

• 15 Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine –
• MySpace.com – Tony Christie – UK – Pop / Rock – www.myspace.com/tonychristie – I really need to learn to prettify myspace pages properly. This looks really good.
• Facebook | Blue Beanie Day 2008 – Wear it like Zeldman
• Bangkokrecorder – Home › Bangkok Lifestream – This site uses Sweetcron as its CMS
• Exclusive Interview with Liza Lapira from ‘NCIS’ and ‘Dexter’ – "It's just Whedonesque"
• YouTube – The Monty Python Channel on YouTube – Pythons start their own channel. Oodles of fun.
• LIFE photo archive hosted by Google – "Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google."

(De Melkweg, 24-9-2004. Click to enlarge.) More shots at Flickr.

You can hear this concert on the VPRO website. Interpol are a really tight combo and I enjoyed their set, even if it was a little short (54 mins). I’d like to see more showmanship on the part of the singer – maybe he can take lessons from the bass player. Speaking of bass man, sir, the nazi-look isn’t all that cool. Anyway, musically they were outstanding. Performance-wise… B-.

According to fans who partied with the band afterwards, Interpol hated the Dutch audience and did not enjoy the gig because we ‘didn’t dance or scream’. I’m sure eventually they’ll learn to appreciate audiences that are interested in lyrics and chord changes, and do not swoon at the sight of their skinny little bods. I hope they’ll learn that a few words, a glance, the drop of a shoulder can build a connection with an audience, who will then reward you with the attention you crave.

I’m not too keen on the new album which reveals they might be just one step away from generic USA pop/rock and lacks the serenity of their first.

… but someone got me a ticket for their next show on November 22, so I’ll have to go again.