Received…

Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
David Ford - I sincerely apologise for the all trouble I've caused
Osymyso - The art of flipping channels
Kubb - Mother (signed)

Vashti's album I've already had for about a month, but as an iTunes download. It was a CD that I loved and was going to buy on CD at some point as well anyway, so I thought I may as well keep it. Still love it. Highly recommend her album, even if you caught just the one song on Jools Holland or something.

David Ford formerly of Easyworld. His solo album…

You questioned the title didn't you? I was serious. This will probably be dull, but I just have an urge to write something (not knowing what just yet).

Hmmmmm…….

Well, yeah. Oooooh, you'd be suprised who was played on XFM today (and apparently yesterday). Nizlopi! It did the job perfectly. I was stuck in my car behind a bus that couldn't get through a gap because of a jam on the other side of the road and the drivers being ignorant and on comes 'JCB'. Fuck yeah I said to myself, slightly embarrassed singing along, "I'm Luke I'm 5…

I've had tickets to see Sufjan Stevens on three occassions the past couple of weeks, and it looks like I'm not going to get to go to any! I'm annoyed. I thought other people I knew liked him, then when I tried to find people to come with me no one wanted to see him! What's up with the world?! I'm angry, I'm sad, I'm wondering what's wrong with the world.
To cheer me up I had a session on eMusic (and one extra EP from iTunes).

Sleeping People - s/t

….was from iTunes. From emusic…..

Ee - Ramadan
Tom…

I was just looking around Myspace because right now I have absolutely nothing to do. I like looking at what people have to say to bands in that message board type section down the bottom. Not being a member, I feel I have the ability to just look around and laugh at people on there. Rarely do I do this, but every now and then in a moment of boredom it's a good laugh, try it. Anyway, I was on From Monument to Masses page having been linked from their main website, and then ended up going to check if…

Beck - Guero
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Darkness at noon
Shearwater - Winged Life
Chad Smith - The Waiter
Chad Crouch - Portland, OR
Friends of Dean Martinez - Lost Horizon
Okkervil River - Down the river of golden dreams
Lou Barlow - Winning Losers: A collection of home recordings
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Stars Hide Fire - The shortcut to loss
The Sea and Cake - s/t
The Clientele - Strange geometry
Flying Saucer Attack - Rural psycedelia
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Jets to Brazil - Four cornered night
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists -…

http://www.pandora.com/ I haven't actually listened to the stuff they've recommended when I've tried it yet, but that was because I'd heard most of it. Anyway, the fact is they were right in the recommendations. I don't know if they are every time, but it's worth checking out if you get bored.

Music that I've got and listened to today….

I am the Avalanche - s/t
Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
Clayhill - Small Circle
Shearwater - Thieves
V/A - Beautiful Noise-Apocalypse

The 'Beautiful Noise-Apocalypse' compilation contains….

DJ Serpent One
Do make say think
Fwark
Tetrezene
Wave Motion Gun
Paik
Sparrow Orange
Beef Terminal
Fantastic Lovers
Tom Spacey
Kc Accidental

No one has answered my question about websites for Tay and Jeepster yet either. Any information would be appreciated.

I don't know how many people know of this, but there's an event that happens for unsigned band each year in the UK called In the City. Anyway, this year it's released a compilation with the help of iTunes (I don't know whether it has before or not) and it's very, very good. So for anyone who has downloaded this CD or knows of any of the bands on the album, could they help with a couple of band websites? Specifically Tay and Jeepster.
Thanks

EDIT: Tay may be the project of Tay Scumaci, but I can't find…

V/A - The Sounds of Monsterism Island
King Creosote - KC Rule OK
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Bettye LaVette - I've got my own hell to raise
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy

Absolutely loving the compilation so far, got to listen to the others later.

I also got the Velvet Underground & Nico 33 1/3 book which will hopefully be interesting, although I've noticed that some of the pages are printed really badly (don't know if it's just my copy or what) so it could be quite a struggle. Awaiting the one for Jeff Buckley's…

Marc Salmon has finally managed to release his first album! I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a chilled indie-pop CD. You can't get it off amazon and unlikely to show up on most shop sites due to the limited amount made (100), but go to his home page and check his stuff out, if you like it, buy the CD. That is all.