... buy a life!

Finally took the plunge and changed my blog template. The initial urge to do this was about 6 months ago, but I came across way too many blogspot users who lost their older posts and stuff when they upgraded to XML. Just to cut the story short, I backed up what I had and just applied the changes and it was... surprisingly easy! Much thanks to Blogflak for the dummies' guide.


Odd news of the moment
Get a Life!
An expatriate in Australia has just split with his wife, and have decided to start off on a new life - by selling off his old one on ebay! Ian Usher, who has been in Australia for six years has placed his 'life' for auction, which includes his three-bedroom Perth home inclusive of everything that's inside it, his car, motorcycle, jet ski, parachuting equipment, and - get this - his job as a shop assistant in a rug store, and introduction to his friends in the Western Australian city. As he says, the winning bidder gets a complete lifestyle.

Read about it on BBC news.

Currently Listening to :

Pink Martini
Not too sure how to describe their music. I'd place their style as late 1930s - 1950s with a touches of jazz from that period with multilingual vocals (French, Spanish, and English). Think music from clubs during the American gangsters / prohibition era, from clubs that the Mask would go to, and music that quite fits the Grim Fandango soundtrack. Yes, I can tell that my description does not help much, go look them up on youtube or go buy the album.

http://www.pinkmartini.com



The Dresden Dolls
One pianist, one drummer, and they both sing. How much can you do with just that? A pretty darn lot, if you've ever listened to the Dresden Dolls. Their music is self described as "Brechtian Punk Cabaret" by pianist-singer Amanda Palmer, who was worried that they would get branded as simply "gothic". Checkout this video of one of their songs, Coin Operated Boy.

http://www.dresdendolls.com