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Mar. 13th, 2011 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
endlessraritiesI just tried to make an on-iine donation to the Red Cross Japanese tsunami appeal, and failed miserably when my card type wasn't included in the pick-list. This happened the day after I nearly ran into trouble when trying to organise a replacement E-111 health insurance card on-line (turns out that my local post office doesn't stock the relevant forms, so I almost wound up paying a fee for the service by clicking on the wrong web-site).
So, once again, I've found that trying to do stuff on-line is overwhelmingly complicated and subject to endless mishap...
Aargh!!!
The snow has stopped, and the thaw has already set in. Let's hope that this will turn out to be the last sting in the tail as far as winter is concerned and that spring will finally set in now.
I'm aware that I haven't devoted much attention to my recent acquisition, Build a Rocket Boys! by Elbow. As I'd suspected, this is an album that requires several hearings before it finally hits the spot. J doesn't think it's as good as The Seldom Seen Kid, but the more I listen to Build a Rocket Boys! the more I'm inclined to think that there's much in it. While Build a Rocket Boys! doesn't have the epic scale of The Seldom Seen Kid, it's still a quality album. Instead, it's much more subtle and intimate in its delivery. Musically, it's extremely complex, which probably explains why it needs several hearings before the listener gets to grips with it. Several tracks stick in the memory: The Birds, With Love, and Neat Little Rows spring immediately to mind.
If you're already an Elbow fan, you won't be disappointed with Build a Rocket Boys! If you don't know Elbow yet and you want to give them a go, then The Seldom Seen Kid is probably a better introduction, but there's not much in it....
So, once again, I've found that trying to do stuff on-line is overwhelmingly complicated and subject to endless mishap...
Aargh!!!
The snow has stopped, and the thaw has already set in. Let's hope that this will turn out to be the last sting in the tail as far as winter is concerned and that spring will finally set in now.
I'm aware that I haven't devoted much attention to my recent acquisition, Build a Rocket Boys! by Elbow. As I'd suspected, this is an album that requires several hearings before it finally hits the spot. J doesn't think it's as good as The Seldom Seen Kid, but the more I listen to Build a Rocket Boys! the more I'm inclined to think that there's much in it. While Build a Rocket Boys! doesn't have the epic scale of The Seldom Seen Kid, it's still a quality album. Instead, it's much more subtle and intimate in its delivery. Musically, it's extremely complex, which probably explains why it needs several hearings before the listener gets to grips with it. Several tracks stick in the memory: The Birds, With Love, and Neat Little Rows spring immediately to mind.
If you're already an Elbow fan, you won't be disappointed with Build a Rocket Boys! If you don't know Elbow yet and you want to give them a go, then The Seldom Seen Kid is probably a better introduction, but there's not much in it....
