The new Bjork albums sucks. Damn damn damn damn damn. It's like Bjork on Valium. No insanity, just mild singing over weakassed beats. There were a few places in the album where my interest was peaked, but all of a sudden I was at the end of the album and I had one major frown on my face. I'll have to give it a few more listens but this is going in the "the media and fans seem to love it but I don't" pile with Tool's new one.

Picked up "The Metre" today at a second-hand store for $4.50, the proper price for a single. None of this $10 crap. Powderfinger have consistantly had fantastic b-sides with the exception of their last single "Like A Dog". This single picks up the banner again. Starting of at Track 3 (track 2 is the album version of "Waiting For The Sun") with an Iron Maiden cover, "Number Of The Beast". Having never heard the original I can't comment on how good or bad the cover is, but the song is fantastic, with keyboards taking the front. "Odyssey #3" is another of the to-crap-to-give-it-a-name songs that didn't make it to the album, with the exception that it has a little of the oldschool Powderfinger experimentation in it and sounds very much like a live jam, something I appreciate massively. Echo guitar! Unfortunately it doesn't really go anywhere. The piano mix of "Whatever Makes You Happy" is far better IMHO than the version on the album and is probably worth the $4.50 by itself. As for "The Metre"? It's the only song (that wasn't already released previously) on the album I paid any real attention to. It's good.

Subject URL: Seven Naughty Words

Comedian George Carlin used to joke that there were seven words you can never say on television; he later expanded the list to 10. That was in 1972.

Check out the original joke. Personally I'm far more offended when they "bleep" or worse, "silence out" the vocals of songs with unacceptable words in it. Ever watched Eminem's "Stan" video clip? You hear about five words in ten. And they stuff they cut out like "gun" and "my girlfriend's in the trunk". Anything that may be violent or scary, even though you can still see it all. And another thing that gets me, what's with bluring out "the finger" during prime time. What the...?

I've heard every one of those words and more on Australian network TV. Granted it was at a late hour (after 9:30) but I have heard my fair share of dodgy words during primetime live shows. And hell, they all get on the radio damn near every day. The link above has a nice little brief history of naughtiness in the media which is entertaining. For example, Lorena Bobbitt cleared the way for "penis" to be said during prime time. President Clinton cleared the way for mentions of "oral sex". Now we just need a president to have an orgy and we're set. (via Plastic)

Subject URL: Lemniscate

"The word of the day is Lemniscate. L.E.M.N.I.S.C.A.T.E. Lemniscate. The curve of a figure eight." Thanks Connex! Our transport dollars at work. My train driver also carefully informed me that the temperature was 10 degrees. Our train drivers have suddenly become pilots.