Bookmarks for May 11th through May 12th

These are my links for May 11th through May 12th as bookmarked on delicious.com:

The week in bits and pieces


I was handed these colourful vouchers at the train station — the design struck me as ‘of this time, but looking back at the 20’s and 30’s (see ‘Dutch Moderne‘).

Best quote I read this week (in Q Magazine… who appear to be taking a cue from Word these days) was from New Order’s Bernard Sumner on meeting Greenday for the first time: ‘Ah, the American Alarm!’ Bwah!

I have a lot of the new New New Wave bands records, but The Killers’ Hot Fuss is the one I keep coming back to because it genuinely makes me feel better and I keep turning to ‘Indie Rock And Roll’ for a boost. I think it will stand the test of time.

New albums to get acuainted with this week: New Order – Waiting for the Sirens Call, Nick Cave – B-sides and Rarities, Athlete – Tourist, Doves – Some Cities. Having an mp3 player makes it easier to focus on complete albums again. 4gb is, however, not enough for the voracious listener.
(Update: both Athlete and Doves go where I’ve stuck Coldplay. The bin.)

Almost everybody I know who got the flu/bad cold, got it twice this winter.

A colleague introduced me to the Paleolithic Diet. I’m not a diet-believer (unlike my step mother who has been dieting obsessively for the last 30 years.), but this one seems to make weird sense. Not that I’m ever going to be able to do without dairy products and starch, two of life’s great comforts. But I have adapted my behaviour: more fruit, more raw root veg & meat, less spuds & rice.

I’ve never suffered from SAD before, but this year’s winter definitely gave me the bloody blues. Glad to see the back of it.

Still debating whether I should fork out 70 euro a month for a fitness club .

I have Oink invites. Want Oink?

House, MD‘ and ‘Medium‘ are two of my favourite new tv shows. Plotwise, both aren’t the best, but Hugh Laurie is compelling, even with the bad accent. And Patricia Arquette and Jake Weber (and the kids!) are portraying what must be the first ever realistic husband/wife/family relationship in the history of television.

The Office (USA, just started on NBC) isn’t bad at all. It’s just… exactly the same as the UK original. I think superfluous is the word.

Having never watched Dr Who before (bar the occasional glimpse), I come to the new series fresh and with no expectations other than wanting ‘good tv’. Billie Piper (Rose) is just… surprising. A likeable female character who isn’t a stick figure. I’ll just have to repress the whole Chris Evans thing.

Unfortunately, Eccleston (The Doctor) is all kinds of weird, the way he holds his head and all. Will probably get used to it and keep watching.

Had forgotten Easter is my favourite holiday. It’s Springtime, you get all the time off and none of the (family) obligations or emotions that Christmas/New Year bring. Wonderful.

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I’m in a place called Limbo

I don’t know who wrote this, but this made my day.

LIMBO (to the tune of Vertigo)

Unos dos tres catastrophe!!!!

`Turn it up Sebastian’

Site goes down, it’s dark
There’s turmoil in your head
You can hear your heart
You feel a dread so much stronger than
you thought ,Your eyes are wide
And you sold your soul
It can be bought
But then you start to wonder……..

Hello, hello (f*ck that!)
I’m in a place called limbo (ticketbastard!)
I can’t refresh the page as you already know
Can you please help me someone?
I can’t Fail, Fail !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This site is full of holes
As the touts steal the tix
to sell for gold
They laugh as the
Boys play rock and roll
They know they can sell
And take our souls

I can’t stand this page
Would you rather take a cheque?
The girl fromticketbast*rd
Will have my hands round her neck
Listening to the bullshit
Listening to the bullshit
Ooooon Hold, Ooooooon Hold!

Hello hello (F*ck that)
I’m in a place called limbo (ticketbast*rd)
A pre-sale code that they say they do not know
Can you please help me someone?

I can’t fail!!!, Fail !!!!

site-failure
Oh yeah
Hours of fun.

*Sebastian Clayton vocal* :
none of this, none of this will be yours
none of this, none of this will be yours
none of this, none of this will be yours
Just give me 40 bucks for nothing in return..

Hello hello (f*ck that)
We’re in a place called Limbo (Ticketmaster!)
I can’t refresh the page as you already know
Can you please help me someone?

I can feel the life draining out of me, you f*ck ups are teaching me
how…..

how to scream!!!
SCREAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMM !!!!

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

(Sebastian’s the bloke who runs u2.com. He also happens to be Adam Clayton’s brother. When the first complaints about U2.com came in, Seb was quoted ‘laughing’ about it on the Dave Fanning show. )