Happy new year

Bang!
Originally uploaded by grange85.

Oh I meant to do so much here - with lists and links and music and books and stuff - but in the end a miserable cold just had me staring blankly and uninspired. We've all had a cold since christmas so our house has been a cacophony of coughs, sneezes and moans.

records (in no particular order)

• Espers - Espers
  Hazel bought this for herself - I stole it and listened to it a lot
• Strange Geometry - The Clientele
  and still they can do no wrong
• Picaresque - The Decemberists
  Fantastic more-of-the-same album - their indie label swansong
• The Earth is Blue - Damon and Naomi
  The very best D&N album got released in 2005
• EP - Audrey
  Oh this was such a beautiful surprise possibly the best new thing to happen to me last year

books

• Carter Beats The Devil - Glen David Gold
• Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon

I know they're both quite old but they were the best books I read last year

Ugh that'll do - I'm off to sneeze again - have a great 2006