YOU GOT TO GET UP TO GET FREE

Hey everybody,
I must apologise for my continuing neglect of this weblog – this will hopefully rectified soon as have a computer and a bunch of new stuff to write about, but in the meantime, a couple of updates;

1.
For those wondering why I didn’t review it here at the time, my highly condensed review of June’s excellent Eggstock event appears on page 61 of the new issue of Plan B magazine. It has David Berman of the Silver Jews wielding a broomstick on the cover, and the list of featured artists also includes Magik Markers, Gogol Bordello, Mudhoney, Deathcab for Cutie, Dresden Dolls, Ut and motherfucking CAN, so clearly you have no excuse for not buying a copy.

2.
Yes, I have my new laptop. Unfortunately, it sucks for a number of reasons which I won’t go into here. With a bit of luck though, this will soon be resolved. One relatively minor issue is the ugly realisation that for some unfathomable reason Apple Mac users are still viewing this site with a massive bloody empty space at the top! I still have no idea what’s causing this, but as soon as I’ve got my shit together I’ll endeavour to sort it out. (If anyone’s got any idea what might be up with this, please share the geek-wealth and let me know.)

3.
I’m currently rocking the new Oneida album ‘Happy New Year’, and once again it’s a stone-cold groove – as fine a mix of future-fucked psyche-pop and brooding techno-medievalism as could possibly be hoped, although perhaps with an overall more laidback feeling than previous outings. The way these guys can turn in a singularly ambitious, hard rocking album, each more varied and free-wheeling than the last every 12 months as if by clockwork is a thing of beauty.
(New Mountain Goats and Herman Dune expected soonish too, so expect another excruciatingly predictable end of year list as the dawn of 2007 rolls round!)

4.
My body may be tired and my spirit shredded, but never let it be said I’m short of love to give.