Well I finally got round to installing Wordpress version 2.5. Pretty flawless installation, just needed to disable a couple of widgets which aren’t totally compatible yet. Admin area is much nicer, front-end is very similar to how it was, need to tweak the theme to show the sidebar all the time, sometime I’ll be able to find time to find a proper theme.

Got the new R.E.M. album, Accelerate, yesterday. Quite short but catchy, well paced and makes you feel good. Go buy it! You know you want to. Sounds a bit like Document, New Adventure’s in Hi-Fi with a twist of the others added in and still sounds classic yet still modern.

Busy at work, got early shifts this week. And just found out I’m very likely to have the very same shifts next week, surrounded by different shifts. I even have a day off in that lot somewhere. Well half a day really as it’s a 1am start again next morning. Not too chuffed about that but it has to be done. I hope I get a long weekend soon. Otherwise I’ll be dangerously exhausted I think. EU driving regulations are meant to stop drivers feeling tired but they actually encourage it, silly Belgians.

So as long as I survive these long hours, Wordpress stays stable and I don’t get struck by a strange comet, see you all soon.

Yay the Art in Manila album is now available to pre-order at www.saddle-creek.com! Still have about another month before it’s released though.

I’ve mentioned this band before. They’re called Art in Manila, led by Orenda Fink and Adrianne Verhoeven. They’ve been on MySpace for a bit but they’ve finally been signed to… to none other than Saddle Creek! Well, it had to be really didn’t it.

If you want, click the link above to go to the Myspace page and have a listen. The debut is released on the 7th August. Hopefully there’ll be a pre-order date.

Enjoy.

The latest album from the Manic Street Preachers…

…nice album cover there…if I go over to New York (that is new York isn’t it?) will I find Miss Naughty and Miss Nice casually strolling around? I wouldn’t mind bumping into them lol.

As for the music, a very good album. Catchy and rocky with the classic Manics sound (which some critics may complain about, but it’s the Manics, I want it to sound like them!).