I didn't realise that was him! He wrote my favourite Count Basie number - L'il Darlin on The Atomic Mr. Basie.

Got to love a Wolsley Hornet <3

No idea why, but Labyrinth lingered long in my psyche from seeing it one Saturday morning in a local cinema.

I much prefer ebooks for general reading - I don't have to handle crap lighting, I don't have to handle dodgy print quality etc .. Sure physical books are nice, and it's nicer to browse a bookshop, but yeah.

I just wish I could have a kindle oasis which supported libby/kindle/drm-free etc ...

The cross over we always needed!

Similar thing in music world.. people master on crap speakers, and if it sounds good there ...

But yes, if you're doing books/prints etc ... then calibrate away. If not, just relax.

Stravinsky saw Charlie Parker play at Birdland

*drooool*

Ah, well, we do love Denmark. hmmm ... rugbrød. Will try! :D

Congratulations! Have lots of fun!

Damp. So damp... so miserably grimly damp.

Yeah... it's fucking terrifying. :|

Huuu... how could you not read it as a satire? It's Starship Troopers as a game ffs.

Oh entirely!

I think there is also this nihilism amongst those under, say 50, who missed out on final salary schemes, coupled with the past 20+ years of economic turmoil, that pensions aren't worth it.

as a young(ish) teen then it defined so much of my music taste, one way or the other. And Primal Scream's Rocks is still a glorious tune.

See... DKC is inextricably linked with this CD in my mind, and it was *good*: www.discogs.com/release/1481...