Right, back to the usual frivolity, and the exciting news that I got THREE great albums yesterday!
Firstly, of course, the new Kate Bush album, Aerial. I was greatly anticipating this as I’ve mentioned before, and it does not disappoint! Once again Kate has proven her utter originality and timeless musical brilliance. Favourite tracks so far [...]

From Popbitch:

Kate Bush’s long-awaited new album Aerial is out next month. Kate did a few interviews, then started cancelling press appointments. Then she allowed a few phone-only interviews. And then stopped again.
The reason? Apparently Kate feels she is looking rather fat.
Kate of course is one of the music industry’s most famous stoners. At [...]

I’ve been swotting up on chemistry a little and I found a good resource at about.com. It includes some chemistry safety recommendations:
Dress Appropriately (for chemistry lab, not fashion or the weather)
No sandals, no clothes you love more than life, no contact lenses, and long pants are preferable to shorts or short skirts. Tie long hair [...]

Did you know that the recently discovered 10th planet in the solar system has been named “Xena”? A temporary name until a final one has been decided on. Even better, scientists have just discovered that Xena has a moon, which they have named “Gabrielle”.
How romantic! I vote that they keep those names permanently!
Read all about [...]

You scored as Hoban 'Wash' Washburne. The Pilot. You are a leaf on the wind, see how you soar. You have a good job, and a stunning wife who loves you (and can kill people). Life is good, which is why you can’t help smiling. Now if you can just get [...]

Isn’t it cool that someone finally got some photos of a live giant squid? But typical that in so doing, they felt the need to get the poor thing stuck on a large hook so that it could only escape by tearing off its own tentacle. Hey, way to make first contact, guys!
Apparently this one [...]

You scored as Willow Rosenberg. You are a very smart individual. Though, like everyone else, you’ve made mistakes. You’ve changed over the last few years, so have a lot of things in your life, but you’ve got great friends who love you and are there for you through anything.
Which Buffy The Vampire Slayer Character Are [...]

Here is a very worrying account by two paramedics that were in New Orleans attending a conference when the hurricane struck.
As we approached the bridge, armed Gretna sheriffs formed a line across the foot of the bridge. Before we were close enough to speak, they began firing their weapons over our heads. This sent the [...]

Wynton Marsalis was on CNN last night, playing “St. James Infirmary” over pictures of the Katrina disaster, and it got me quite emotional. The scale of the human tragedy and the sadness of that beautiful city with such a vibrant culture is really overwhelming. Salon has some great articles:
Johnny White’s, located on the corner of [...]

I’ve got into collecting the All Blacks cards out of the boys’ Weetbix boxes. It’s strange because I’m not into rugby and don’t really know any of the All Blacks. But I can’t fight my instinct to collect things. I got very excited when I got Tana Umaga this morning - him I have heard [...]