Rummage Rummage

Evening, troops.
First things first, I've decided to call off the Italy diary. There's not enough time these days to make the blog as regular as it was before, and if I carry on in this way you'll be constantly reading about my holidays and never getting any info on the jucier topics! Suffice to say, some time passed.... and some more time passed... And some exciting stuff happened which is doomed to remain trapped in my head, rather than on paper... and here I am! Wahey, time travel!
So anyway, where exactly is 'here'? "Here is unfenced existence: Facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach." Shut up, Larkin. You're dead and I'm not! Cripes, haven't said that for a while... I'm currently drowning under a mountain of homework - I don't see why; I'm not doing much more than last year - if anything I'm doing less. Hmm... maybe it was just one of those September things. I'm also earning plenty of money, FINALLY, and am still out of love and lacking in the Social Life department as well. So you haven't missed much!
Music-wise, I'd just like to gloss over what I've been listening to in the past month or so. Firstly, Frank Turner. His new album is.... Not quite on a par with Love, Ire & Song, but it's not bad. Tell you what, though - it wasn't so noticeable in his older albums, but he's become much more Larkin-esque in the latest collection. "I'll end my days in a house with High Windows." - Is that plaegarism? How do you even spell... plagearism? Having said that, there is a health sprinkling of optimism as well, so don't get too worried!
Let's move on to the ace in the pack, MUSE: The Resistance. As with all things that have hype attached, I did have reservations about this disc, because Black Holes & Revelations was exceptional. But this raises the bar yet again! I don't know if I've talked about Uprising before, but suffice to say it does not suffer from the "commercialised single misleads customer about content of album" syndrome. Mainly because no two songs on the disc are similar - Some people would hate this, but for me, variety is one of the most important criteria! I would definitely reccomend Unnatural Selection, because it is classic Muse, and United States of Eurasia, for its near-hilarious exaggeration. The Exogenesis Symphony, I must admit, was a disappointment, but I guess they are only human. Considering this, they did extremely well!
Paramore also popped up this month, with their latest album Brand New Eyes. I won't lie, of this month's set it is the weakest, and definitely not as good as Riot! Don't get me wrong, though. There are some excellent tracks - Brick By Boring Brick has its moments, and Misguided Ghosts is a bit different for them, but definitely a step in the right direction. Paloma Faith hit the scene with the extremely long-winded Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? Well, what I wanted was a good album, and it was beautiful. Truthfully, though, in terms of the Funk I was expecting, the disc falls prey to the aforementioned sydrome, and Stone Cold Sober remains the best track.
Okay, that's music out the way for now. Movies-wise, I haven't been to the cinema a whole lot recently, due to work and living miles away from any decent entertainment facilities. I've got a free afternoon coming up, though, and I really want to see District 9. It's sci-fi, and it looks amazing, and it's had excellent reviews, plus there'll be hardly anyone there. I'd also like to see Toy Story in 3D, but it's not top of my list at the moment. What does look good is the upcoming "Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus". It stars Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger (yes, I know), some other famous people, and Paloma Faith, whose accent I love! But I think that's about it, until Star Trek comes out on DVD, Iron Man 2 and Sherlock Holmes are released, and I'm old enough to see Watchmen.
What else.... Heroes should be coming back soon; It's already started in America! I'm craving good TV at the moment - No Doctor Who and no Heroes! Crisis! At least Sarah Jane will be back soon. Let's hope it's even marginally better than last year! David Tennant should spice things up, anyway! Books.... Zorro has got lost somewhere in the post, which is a shame, 'cause Isabel Allende is quite good and the movie was amazing! The Mask, that is, not the Legend. There was too much snogging in the sequel. And I wasn't really convinced by the whole soap thing. Instead, I'm trying to find time to finish Charlotte Gray, for the sake of completion, so I can crack on with James Bond! That's more like it... Games-wise, I resurrected a copy of KotOR, in anticipation of the online version which looks PHENOMENAL. So there you go.
Hmm... I could really do with some live jazz at the moment. Where's Herbie Hancock when you need him? *Rummage, Rummage*. Ah, that'll do. I've always wanted a jukebox. How cool would that be? Hehehe.... Haven't you missed my tangents?
I'm also working on the thirteenth chapter of my book (unlucky for some, I know). In this gripping instalment, some cats die, some sailors have a chinwag and some guy looks through a telescope. Yes! With any luck on my part, however, I should be able to find a way of sticking what I've done so far on the net, for people to read for themselves. Never mind Tamar, I have my own moral quandaries to deal with. It's a bit complicated, I won't try to fry your brains here, but I want to sort it out by Friday. That's the plan. It's always good to have a vague plan. The rest you can make up!
Anyway, I guess that's just about it from me. I'll see y'all when I see y'all!

Jack

P.S. It's spelt "plagiarism". There was no E in there after all...