Get yourself over to ‘Blog a Holiday Read’ courtesy of Penguin and register yourself smartish. You can receive a free book, on the provision that you blog a review of it.
I got ‘The Great Gatsby’ – and I’m looking forward to reading it this summer!
Logged on to Facebook this morning – and found I had a new design for the Homepage
Everything looks a lot more spaced out – more white space – and the news feed feels much more prominent on the left had side, the sidebar is now on the right and again feels a lot less cluttered – what is interesting, is that there are NO ads on the screen outside the news feed… I have no idea what that means to to the people selling them.
Overall – I like the design – I think you can force it for yourself by clicking this link.
Microsoft AdCenter has been working hard to pick up the pace, looks like the industry is starting to notice!
I’m all booked up for Friday evening– babysitter booked, god is in his heaven!
The nomination list is out for the Mercury Music Prize…
The three in italics are the ones I don’t have (or haven’t heard) – so I’ll reserve my judgement until I’ve done that – but I there are some great albums in here. Elbow is my favourite, but I’m not sure it’s a Mercury winner.
It is going to be very hard to choose.
Sent from London to Buenos Aires in Argentina in 1926. There are two things I love about this post card; the provenance of a card being bought in London then sent to Argentina and being bought (by me) back in the UK, and the beautiful handwriting – which makes me jealous. Click more to see the message…
The first trailer is on the air – House Season 5 is back in September! (thats House – Series 5 for us Englishers)
I’ll be in the US in September – maybe I’ll catch the premier!
The song on the trailer is called – Love me Dead by Ludo btw (that’ll catch a few searches for sure!) – let me know if you like the tune, or know where to get a download. (here is a link to the Youtube)
Lyrics after the jump…
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
At 73 – many men would be settling down to a life of repose, but Leonard Cohen has been on a comeback tour – taking in festivals and arenas all over the shop. Last night he took to the stage in sharp suit and hat and delivered an amazing set ‘just the other side of intimacy’ at the O2.
So I couldn’t resist my first trip to the O2, to see Leonard Cohen playing a sold out arena for his only solo date in London on this tour. Some new tour dates have been announced – tickets on sale tomorrow.
The band were truly sublime, mixing gentle jazzy sounds, with precision arrangements and delivery. The backing vocalists – Sharon Robinson and the Webb Sisters were fantastic. There was a selection of songs from right across the catalogue, Bird on a Wire, Suzanne – through to Democracy and In my Secret Life.
Leonard Cohen was wonderful – humble, but with a just a touch of stage aristocracy. The voice rumbled around the huge auditorium, roaring at the right moments – soft and gentle in between songs when he recited a few lines or made some funny comments.
Highlights for me were a spoken word version of ‘A thousand kisses deep’, ‘Everybody Knows’ and the most amazing version of Hallelujah – which totally reclaims the song from every piss-poor cover version of recent years.
It was a truly sublime concert – and ticks one of the boxes of live music that I need to see before I die (Scott Walker is the other if you’re interested – and that box may remain empty for some time).
The O2 is a little bit sterile for this sort of gig (great venue in terms of sound and size – travel from the west of London is a bit of mission) – I suppose it will suit the Coldplay/Elton John gigs down to the ground, but you can’t blame them for picking a venue with great sound (if a little quiet) and loads of seats.
Tracklist after the jump – although my memory is a bit shaky.
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