Lost In The Post

And finally I'm back.

6 weeks without a computer. It was hell.

But I'm back and with an actual new and better computer (things getting lost in the post can have its advantages). I've just about got all the essential software back on my computer, guessi'll work out what else i'm missing as the days go by. I've spent a couple of days trawling through my feeds on google reader, so much missed and boy am I glad I switched to google reader or I'd have had to find all the feeds again.

So what have I missed?

Well. It must be said that while my computer was away I was thinking that I was probably missing lots of amazing stuff but, having actuallylabouriously gone through my feeds it turns out I've missed a load of trivial events. Is everything reduced to trivia I ask myself? So much information out there and all I seem to get is trivia. It's a question I can't be bothered to confront right now.

I missed the opportunity to do lots of year end lists, which, to be honest, I'm pretty glad about. I hate the list, but it's just so tempting to do. So tempting cos so self-indulgent i guess. There were a lot of great albums last year (although I guess I listened toMidlake from the year before more than most albums this year so where does that leave the list?), I'm tempted to mention some here, but I'll refrain. The one thing I will say is that I was utterly shocked that the LCDSoundsystem album scored so highly on just about everyone's end of year list. It was an album I never even thought of including, or thought would be included anywhere. It's an album of terminal dullness as far as I was concerned, and when I saw it there, in the lists, Irelistened and it was still an album of terminal dullness.

Not a lot been happening in the world of Avril, some rumour that there's an out of court settlement with The Rubinhos, sounds convenient, for everyone, get it out of the way without the need for expensive lawyers, beautiful.

Would Avril's album have made my year end list? Depends if I'd done a top ten, a top 20, a top 50, or whatever. And maybe I'd have made it number 1 just because, well, what's it actually matter?