Part Time Heroes… Meanwhile…
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Right then, if you’ve been checking out previous issues you should already be familiar with these guys via a mini interview back in issue #06 of the magazine. They’ve kept up an admirable pace since then and this week Ross was kind enough to pass me a preview copy of their new album ‘Meanwhile…’.
I’m not keen on trying to tell people what’s good and what’s not (that’s your call right?). However, the last week has been pretty grim here on the work front and this album has gone a long way towards bringing me back to the surface. I’m going to avoid trying to explain what it sounds like as you can drop by their myspace page and see if it’s your thing. If you do just that and like what you find, make sure you give the podcast a go too. It’s the only one I listen to on a regular basis and just like their album, it always straightens out my mood and leaves me somewhere nice.
The album is out September 1st on Wah Wah 45s. Go find one.
The Big Picture
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Here’s an essential addition to your RSS reader…
“The Big Picture is a photo blog for the Boston Globe/boston.com, compiled semi-regularly by Alan Taylor. Inspired by publications like Life Magazine (of old), National Geographic, and online experiences like MSNBC.com’s Picture Stories galleries and Brian Storm’s MediaStorm, The Big Picture is intended to highlight high-quality, amazing imagery – with a focus on current events, lesser-known stories and, well, just about anything that comes across the wire that looks really interesting.”
I would suggest checking out everything there as it’s all good stuff but some recent particular favourites for me were ‘Views Of Jupiter’, ‘Large Hadron Collider nearly ready’ and ‘2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony‘. Incidentally, if you’re not familiar with the Large Hadron Collider story, that’s really worth a peep too.
