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Jul. 27th, 2009 11:18 pmGermany and Wacken await - at least, after another day at work. What also awaits is my first sea journey SINCE THE 70s. That makes me feel old. Still, it should be an experience. I'm 80% packed, with the rest pretty much ready to go. The only thing missing is my travel plug adaptor, which I probably wouldn't get to use anyway. Out of interest I weighed myself again and I'm at 154lbs - lets see if I lose a few more this year like last time, or whether my improved tolerance of beer relative to last year helps to offset that somewhat. Fun times ahead.
In assorted other news, the new Paradise Lost tracks are interesting; the first one they put online has got the annoyingly unnecessary discordance that has marked their music since the Believe In Nothing album, which is frustrating, but the second and title track that went up today is really good. The mix is distinctive too; you can hear traces of Amon Amarth in the rhythm guitar sound, the lead is classic PL (though the post-Host variety) although as my drummer friend Jacob rightly pointed out, the snare lacks authority. In fact, I don't think they've had a good snare drum sound on an album since 1997. But perhaps I am delving too deeping into musician trivia. Anyway, it'll be intriguing to see how the whole thing turns out. With new Katatonia and Swallow The Sun albums coming soon too, it should be a good year for my sort of music.
I just got an email on my Hotmail account 'reminding' me that 4 of my 'friends' recently invited me to join Facebook. I am already there, of course - just not under that address. Of those 4 people, 2 are already my friends on there, 1 is a guy I've only met once, about 5 years ago, and the last is someone I've never met at all. Strange. It also suggests people I might know, of whom one is myself. Hmmm.
In assorted other news, the new Paradise Lost tracks are interesting; the first one they put online has got the annoyingly unnecessary discordance that has marked their music since the Believe In Nothing album, which is frustrating, but the second and title track that went up today is really good. The mix is distinctive too; you can hear traces of Amon Amarth in the rhythm guitar sound, the lead is classic PL (though the post-Host variety) although as my drummer friend Jacob rightly pointed out, the snare lacks authority. In fact, I don't think they've had a good snare drum sound on an album since 1997. But perhaps I am delving too deeping into musician trivia. Anyway, it'll be intriguing to see how the whole thing turns out. With new Katatonia and Swallow The Sun albums coming soon too, it should be a good year for my sort of music.
I just got an email on my Hotmail account 'reminding' me that 4 of my 'friends' recently invited me to join Facebook. I am already there, of course - just not under that address. Of those 4 people, 2 are already my friends on there, 1 is a guy I've only met once, about 5 years ago, and the last is someone I've never met at all. Strange. It also suggests people I might know, of whom one is myself. Hmmm.
