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holy curves, it’s the new vectra

Actually it’s not. The Vectra is dead, long live the Vauxhall Insignia which it seems actually met a designer on it’s way from the boardroom to the showroom. It’s just a shame that the back looks dead ugly…

Bands who’ve released albums need not apply

Seriously, if you’re turning to me for new music then you probably need help, but as you’re here may I point you in the direction of the following:

Wake the President - especially ‘Remember Fun’
Attic Lights - ‘God’

I’m not sure whether they’re both from Glasgow means anything, I’ll have to get back to you on that one. While I’m at it I also recommend Steve Lamacq’s Radio 2 show (Wed 11pm-Midnight) which is basically an hour of new music for your consideration.

Capturing Mr Impulsive

It seems that every now and then I play right into somebody’s hands, the body is just that little bit ahead of the brain and that’s just what you don’t want to happen. Last night I played right into an obvious trap laid by that nice Mr Jobs at Apple, the iTunes Wireless Music Store.

We’d been to see 21. It’s not bad, but I didn’t like the typical and oh so cheesy ‘everything worked out ok in the end’ ending. What it did have was a rather good soundtrack. I can’t honestly remember another film where I was still humming a song i’d heard a good 2 hours ago even though I’d just arrived home and had my computer been on I might have then gone and looked up the soundtrack, then gone and downloaded it. However it was safely off. My iPod on the other hand was unsafely on and within a minute I’d looked up the title of the said mgmt track and downloaded it. Money to Apple that could have easily gone to a traditional record shop a couple of days later, or more likely gone nowhere because I would have forgotten about the whole thing.

I know, my impulsiveness only cost me 79p but it’s the fact that it was so easy that scares me.