the happiest time of the year. the time slipped forward on saturday night, i wasn’t out and had nothing pressing for saturday morning, so i slept right through, blissfully unaware of the monumentous shift. but last night it was light, warm, almost summer. before too long it’ll just be super hot and unbearable, but for the moment, the weather’s good, work’s good, music’s good.
i’m going through the process of ripping my cd collection onto my computer. i kinda resisted it for ages, but i don’t know why now. it clears the piles of cds threatening to overwhelm my living area at any time. it’s portable, so i’ve been messing with the idea of djing off my laptop. plus it’s like a time capsule through my music flavours, listening to records i haven’t heard for ages, and just getting to listen to heaps of music.
i watched a terribly average movie at the canberra international film fest on friday. we went because it was the only movie on when we could be there – but rereading the blurb, it seemed to be written for a completely different (but parallel) movie. the one we watched was ae fond kiss – an insipid, occasionally watchable romeo + juliet story of a scottish pakistani guy (who happens to dj at bhangra parties) and a scottish irish teacher. not recommended.
my favourite bands at the moment:
the pastels
broadcast
godspeed you black emperor