Campaign for the Mundane
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This is where I review albums that came out a long time ago. Hey, why not? You might not have heard of Sonata Arctica, but in Finland this album topped the charts for a good long while back in 2004. Unlike some symphonic (and power) metal albums I’ve heard, this one does not start quiet […]
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I am wearing my old glasses today. The ones that a mother actually could love. In thinking about getting new glasses again since I’m going to hit that 2 year mark sooner or later (and my damn lenses are getting scratched up because I am brutal on glasses), I realized I needed to know if […]
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I am not at my wit’s end with the administration of this class, but I can see it from here. I thought last night that we’d get into a normal routine and he’d teach and we’d learn the end. I forgot, however, that we were getting our exams back. So naturally all hell broke loose. […]
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Yes is a band I’ve sort of carried on this detached affair with. I don’t hunt down every news item about them and I don’t collect every single track, despite truly and deeply enjoying the ones I do have. Before heading out to the Ram’s Head last night I noted that about half the set […]
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Today I watched a little bit of football. So did half the country, sure. Of course for me it’s something I might do once a year. If I’m around football fans, I’ll watch it, if I’m not, I tend not to seek it out. The teams I like are Miami and Tampa Bay, so the […]
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You thought maybe you were going to get away with just my brief mention (and ludicrous picture) of the latest Genesis box set, didn’t you. Very silly. Of course I’ve reverently read the booklet now; various personages’ commentary on each album. The one that struck me most thus far was Tony Robinson’s (you probably think […]
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Been waiting for a long time for this. Lots of people have. Fans all over the world are busting into their new box sets (1970 – 1975) and listening to remixes only dreamed about thus far. Let’s not even begin to discuss the extras. Heaven! That’s not the only early christmas present in this photo, […]
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(Single audio disc version) I know some of these are a tad obvious, but they were the right song! I can’t help it. The Watch – Hills Heavens to Betsy – Firefly The Strawbs – The Flower and the Young Man Arlo Guthrie – Chilling of the Evening Neil Young – Like a Hurricane King […]
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The latest from the Frontal Cortex makes an astute file-management analogy about our memories. I love this “Save-as” image; I can think of a great number of times I’ve recounted a story only to have someone else who was there recount a somewhat different one, and the truth is we’re both wrong. Lovely! So anything […]
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We had the lab practical last night. Alongside it came the torrent of complaints. The one that was most surprising to me was “I don’t think this is testing me on anything I learned.” Well, I guess that one must be true. -.- There were some tricky questions… how was I supposed to know that […]
