For the records

"Its been a bad day, Please dont take a picture" - R.E.M.

• The weekend was pretty much a bust. I've been feeling pretty lousy since Saturday morning so 1)I couldn't make it to The Heavy Blinkers concert on Saturday night, and 2)with the surprise snowfall yesterday, it would have been a great day to get in some skiing. I called in sick today; the only thing that is nagging me is a bit of a cough. I'll try to make it in to work tomorrow.



• Is it just me or does The Vines' new video for the song 'Ride' remind you a bit of The White Stripes' video for 'The Hardest Button to Button'?




• Check out the video for 'Ride' at NME.com.



• Check out the video for 'The Hardest Button to Button' (couldn't find a link, but then you've all seen it by now).




• MP3:




• Some White Stripes mp3's available courtesy of whitestripes.net.



• Bunch of Swervedriver mp3's(live shows, etc) available at Swervedriver.com.




• I did manage to get out of the house for about 3 hours on Saturday, even though I was feeling pretty lousy, and snag the following purchases(at bargain bin prices!):




• CD:




• His Name Is Alive - Stars on ESP


• Various Artists - The Avengers [Original Soundtrack]


• UB40 - Dancehall Album


• Swervedriver - 99th Dream


• Boyracer - In Full Colour




• DVD:




• The Avengers - I watched this over the weekend. I'm not familiar with the TV series. However, as a stand alone film I was disappointed. The film was attractive and stylish. However, the plot was thin and the dialogue wasn't campy enough to be funny, say in the vein of Austin Powers. Uma Thurman looked amazing though and one can see that her skills in Kill Bill did not come out of nowhere! The soundtrack was surprisingly good.