December, Summer, Kloot

No news round these parts, except that I have finished The Potter. Also, last night's episode of Outrageous Fortune was even more heartbreaking than the previous week. Things are looking up though - Pascalle's back. Should be more of the comedy and less of the tragedy next Tuesday.

Apart from a couple of albums, my iPod is now entirely full of podcasts and music I've purchased from emusic.com. OK, it's only a 5GB ipod, but still, that's a lot of good music and other content. So to celebrate something that is only meaningful to me (and not that meaningful at that), here's some stuff I've been listening to lately. And yes, these are all available at emusic.com. Obviously.

The Decemberists - Sixteen Military Wives


Summerbirds in the Cellar - Strange Answers


I am Kloot - Morning Rain



update Nearly forgot: Starship Sofa will soon have a two-parter on Michael Moorcock! What's more, he's given them five short stories which they'll be reading leading up to the shows. And if you haven't subscribed to the sofa yet - sort it out!

Fair enough

Outrageous Fortune dominates Air New Zealand Screen Awards.

Oh

I did not see that coming.

Stink.

Giant spoiler after the link if you weren't watching last night.

Overheard at an outrageous fortune series three script meeting, probably

JG: OK. So we've had skinheads, triads & crooked cops. We've got to come up with a new bad guy for season three. Someone people will really hate.
RL: Easy. Property developer.
JG: Nice one. That's pretty evil, but is it evil enough?
RL: Australian property developer.
JG: Nice one Stu! Right! Someone type that up. I'm off to the pub!
(JG exits, jandals slapping on the floor, keys nearly falling out of his stubbies)

RL (noticing the rest of the staff have buggered off as well): Stink.



(Picture from the Offical Outrageous Fortune site)


It's entirely possible that I'll devote a lot of blog time over the next few months to raving about how good this show is. And I don't even do that for Doctor Who.

People being busy. But not me.

So it looks like Richard's writing instead of, um drilling holes.

I'm not writing.

Bunk experiment day 3: kids asleep by 9, which is an improvement. Very handy because tonight is the first episode of Outrageous Fortune season three.

Cause nothing comes between me and Outrageous Fortune.

It's back!

Well, not just yet, but soon: The greatest reason ever to ever own a television in New Zealand ever returns. Ever.

Via OurTube, the Outrageous Fortune series 3 promo!

If there's not much blogging from me this week it's because I have to go back and watch series 1 and 2. Again.

Did I mention this is the greatest television ever produced? Yes, even better than the time Thingee's eye fell out...