time to get rid of future interweb superstar, tay zonday.
caught these two videos on tv tonight.
firstly another stunning piece of electronica featuring a haunting performance by robyn. you might remember a while ago i linked to andreas kleerup’s effort, with every heartbeat, with robyn up front (and there i’ve linked it again). dream on is a rerelease of a track that was initially brought out in 2006, at the time also featuring vocals from the ark’s ola salo. salo has been dropped for the 2008 version, with robyn going it alone. it has to be said, i’m not a huge robyn fan, but man, that voice works perfectly for these sorts of tracks. it’s intense and it’s uplifting, and you should go clickedy click.
second is a reworking, rather than a rerelease. from the mists of 1992 comes something good by utah saints. i loved it at the time and the 2008 version takes nothing away from the original. the main reason i wanted to stick it up here though is the video, which is fan-freaking-tastic. for anyone who’s ever done the running man at a club, wedding, or just in their own bedrooms, it’s a must see.
they’re both down there, in the side blog, so have at it!
small change to the list of photography stuff. dave’s nyc photos seems to have sadly fallen by the wayside, so it’s been culled, replaced by tyler e nixon’s wink. tyler was recently awarded both best photoblog design, and a biggie, photo of the year in the 2007 photobloggies. can’t say i disagree with that. go chekkit out, you won’t be disappointed.
as a small aside, i think my email may be fuxed, due to a severe lack of space in my hosting account. i’m receiving email at the moment, but i don’t seem to be able to send anything. time to move hosts, methinks.
the other aussie here in the sweden office is moving back to australia shortly, so before everyone goes on summer holidays we had a little farewell drinks for him last night. this morning i had that horrible, swivel eyed feeling like i was going to be sick every time i turned my head. i swear it’s the red wine. which sucks, because i love it.
i slept for an extra hour on the couch i was kindly offered, and that seemed to fix things up fairly well.
today, we are 7. happy birthday my website. woo.
funny how it spins upwards for some, downwards for others. seems like quite a few of my friends are having their fair share of difficulties at the moment, meanwhile i’ve managed to alleviate some of my recent stress.
last week i finally found myself somewhere to live. it’s a bit further away from the city than i am currently, which is a shame, but it’s bigger than where i am now, the area is really nice and quiet and my new landlord is terriffic. nothing much else has changed in my life, but it’s amazing how much easier everything else seems without the spectre of homelessness (word?) hovering over my head.
so now that i’ve sorted that, i find myself in the familiar position of taking on other people’s stress. in this case though i’m quite happy to do it, and only wish i could do more. the major protagonist i won’t name, but suffice to say it’s someone i love dearly and who’s been in a pretty bad way in recent weeks. she’s too far away for me to really help (that’s probably given it away for a few of you) and that hurts.
i haven’t heard from her in the last couple of days because she’s without internet access, but i’m hoping also no news is good news. otherwise, i think she’d have got in contact with me somehow. i certainly hope she would have.
in any case, positive vibes is the best i can do for the moment, and i’m sending them by the bucket load.
