Archive for May, 2005
May 30, 2005
My rules for composing the list were simple. I must have bought the album in the year of its release; I must have listened to it in the last two months; reissues or compilations were not allowed…
1989 - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
1990 - Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
1991 - Primal Scream - Screamadelica
1992 - Dry - PJ Harvey
1993 - Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey
1994 - Orange - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1995 - To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
1996 - A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey - RL Burnside
1997 - The Boatman’s Call - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
1998 - Deserter’s Songs - Mercury Rev
1999 - The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
2000 - American III: Solitary Man - Johnny Cash
2001 - Love and Theft - Bob Dylan
2002 - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
2003 - Elephant - The White Stripes
2004 - A Grand Don’t Come For Free - The Streets
May 29, 2005
SYMBOLS.com: the world’s largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols!
SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics.
May 28, 2005
Things That Have Been Sold in Vending Machines
Underwear, blue jeans, bread, computer punch cards, raw eggs, CDs, beer, fresh steaks, dried squid….
May 26, 2005
New Scientist 11 steps to a better brain - Features
It doesn’t matter how brainy you are or how much education you’ve had - you can still improve and expand your mind.
May 25, 2005
Exploring “The Waste Land” - The Poem by T.S. Eliot
Cool. I reread the poem last weekend. I found the website today. I will see what it has to say next weekend.
May 24, 2005
Bob Dylan, 64 today.
Some of my Bob bookmarks (Bobmarks, if you will):
Dylanfreak - One stop for up-to-the-minute Bob Dylan news, sports & weather. Featuring the first automated Bob Dylan newsfeeds on the Net.
Expecting Rain - One of the pioneer sites on the Web dealing with Bob Dylan, Dylan’s influences, lyrics, records and the latest concert reviews. Updated daily.
Dylan Pool - A Bob Dylan fantasy pool - predict the songs that Bob plays in concert, compete with Dylan fans around the world. Plus a great forum and community.
Dusty Old Fairgrounds - A Comprehensive Chronological Catalogue of Unreleased Bob Dylan Field Recordings, Studio Outtakes, Rehearsals, TV Performances, Interviews, Videos and more.
Bobsboots - a good guide to the many Bob Dylan bootleg recordings available (wonder how many I have now…)
The Bob Dylan CD & CDR Field Recordings Guide Of William J. Clinton - another detailed guide to Bob recordings
Dylanbase - and another one
DVDylan - Bob Dylan DVD Recording Database
Bob Links - links to everywhere Bob on the web
Bob Dylan - Wikipedia Article
A couple of weblogs that like a bit of Bob:
The Beat
grow-a-brain
Which Bob Dylan song are you? - I am Tangled Up In Blue, naturally.
And these are just some of the websites I have Bobmarked. More soon. Maybe.
May 23, 2005
BBC - Five Live - Mark Kermode film reviews
Listen again, download as mp3 or subscribe to podcast
May 23, 2005
BookkooB: Compare Book Prices
BookkooB searches UK bookshops to allow you to buy books at the best prices!
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