bon iver

....new tunes!

http://www.myspace.com/boniver ... I met you at the blood bank...

I also quite like Lauren Laverne's radio show on 6music. It's a bit hit and miss with the songs, but the guests they have are normally pretty good. Plus, I like her. I look forward to it, it's on every Saturday and available on iPlayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00h5dzl/Lauren_Laverne_24_01_2009/

Tom Robinson's 'Introducing' show is also worth a listen, my advice is to avoid Adam and Joe however.

Also, I'm behind with the times, but the last M83 album is brilliant. 'I'm fifteen years old and I feel it's already too late to live, don't you?'

I saw The Reader after having read the book a long while ago.

Life of Pi

you've got to believe!

http://www.theage.com.au/national/floating-icebox-tale-a-bit-fishy-expert-says-20090121-7mrw.html

Delighted to discover that Jon Snow has a blog, Robert Peston eat your heart out:

http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/author/jon-snow/

I voted for Vince Cable in Channel 4 Political Awards:

http://www.channel4.com/news/general/channel_4_political_awards

I don't think I'll feel like I've had such a democratic opportunity in a long while. I watched PMQs today, in light of Obama's inauguration, it does make one have even less faith in British politics.

I might enter this competition, why not?:

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/political+book+of+the+year+your+reviews+/2885552


Listening to the second Clap Your Hands album, after finally being able to get hold of it on Spotify. It's not much different from the first one, some tunes, Yanky go hooooome!

What Would Obama Do?

I like this collection of photos:

http://nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/18/us/politics/inauguration-photos.html#/0

This is the third biggest headline on the BBC right now:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7832652.stm

Documentaries

I've seen a few of the documentaries by Journeyman on YouTube; all are excellent. This one is particularly captivating, it has an interview with Sankoh, former leader of the RUF rebel army of Sierra Leone, described as 'the Adolf Hitler of West Africa', who died on trial for war crimes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve42DWluB8A

that time of semester - revision

I read cherie's book recently, well, some of it; as part of an essay of course. But I actually enjoyed it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2009/jan/15/cherie-blair-jay-leno

In other Guardian news, I dislike Miliband, the FCO is no prize.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/15/war-on-terror-miliband

new term, new woes

This is an excerpt from today's student friendly email from the Union:

SU Shops
To help you get through your exams, the SU shops are currently running offers on the following products:
Relentless 500ml (Origin and Inferno) - £1.48
Red Bull 250ml (standard and sugar free) - £1.19
Pro Plus Caffeine Tablets (24) - £1.99
24/7 Instant Energy Strips (24) - £1.49

What exactly are instant energy strips and is this really the sort of thing we should be promoting? Its fairly miserable when you think about it, this is what our lives are.

This is also worth considering, be healthy, eat some cake.
http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/news/article/6001/623/

HUMAN TETRIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGNsZigrGY

new year, any good?

http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/news/article/6001/622/

new year's resolutions are apparently a bad thing, in that we set ourselves up for a fall and focus on the negative things in our life. Interesting.

new year

This is quite good

http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=45073

I do like the pictures, but I don't think that makes all abstract art a fallacy.

Also, I'm no optimist, but isn't this slightly reminiscent of the Mil Bug?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4143794/Popularity-of-BBC-iPlayer-leads-to-renewed-concerns-internet-could-grind-to-a-halt.html