2 March, 2010 at 8.47 pm

Mini rant: snooty indie attitudes

I feel like I can actually write something now that I don’t have essays and presentations and language proficiency tests breathing down my neck. So sorry about the lack of writing. It hasn’t been hectic, I’ve just had other things to do. I’m kind of happy I prioritised work over blogging though in a way. Haha. Any normal person would do it the other way ’round. Anyways, yes, most stuff is now in and now all I have to do is sit and wait for my grades, and sit and wait for the exam schedule to update so I [...]

9 January, 2010 at 3.55 pm

Hazelton

I have the sneaky suspicion I should be listening to and writing about Vampire Weekend’s Contra (out Monday!) which I got in the post today. That makes me sound so cool. Like I got the CD in advance because I’m awesome, or something. But actually I just pre-ordered the thing. So I should be listening to it, and writing about it, but I can’t. I’m preoccupied, by this:

So, legend has it that Justin Vernon, before completing his transformation into Bon Iver by locking himself up in a cabin one winter, recorded and released his own [...]