Another album that brings me back to the beginning of college. I grew up on classic rock and jazz (which I still love) so it wasn’t until my first year in the dorms that my music world quickly expanded. This is another album in that list that I discovered “late” (like 2005 late!).
@andrew@vinylrecords definitely recommend picking up OKNOTOK if you see it; the extra tracks are utterly marvellous, and the remaster is shockingly clear as someone who’s been listening since about a week before release.
@davidallengreen The shocking part for me was definitely the pitch not just of “you shouldn’t be allowing these marches” but “you never treat my lovely fans in the far right this softly” whining that accompanied it.
I've seen the first seven episodes of For All Mankind season 4 (Nov. 10, AppleTV+).
If you liked the first three seasons, and if you're wondering whether FAM is still a prestige show with some magnificent space scenes, lots of drama, breathtaking cliffhangers, situations where no one is fundamentally right, great production design, awesome VFX, endearing new characters, crossing paths with old characters already bearing the consequences of three seasons of storylines...
@TheSpaceshipper love this show, so much. Despite bouncing off the first episode the first time in sheer “THATS NOT WHAT HAPPENED” outrage.
Most of the time, it’s really interesting shenanigans that make me really care about the characters. Then about twice the season it throws them into a “Gravity: The Series” grinder, and becomes the most stressful show in television.
I know that many of you are excited for the release of 1989 (Taylor's Version), but personally I am more looking forward to 1989 (Wu-Tang Clan's Version).
HS2 is not (really) about speed but about capacity - and, yes, there is a need for more rail capacity between south/midlands/north.
But there is also an equal and opposite need to be environmentally mindful, and there is also an absolute need for competent project management and critical political overview.
@davidallengreen I know that sunk cost is a fallacy and all, but they’ve already trashed the irreplaceable ancient woodland near us. The least they can do is give us a working rail line over the remains.
On Today this morning, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked to Nick Robinson about his new committment to stop some of his government's planned measures on limiting climate change.
The interview is on the Best of Today podcast, on BBC Sounds.
@BBCRadio4 announcing changes now to reduce the burden of the cost of living crisis between 2030 and 2035 is really indicative of how much he wishes to spend the next Parliament doing anything about it, isn’t it.
@davidallengreen I think he’s going for the “oh, we will still be Net Zero in 2050, a quarter of a century after I’ve ceased to even live in this Godforsaken country. It’s just that I’ve got Uxbridge Tractor owners to appeal to, so the new plan is to burn as much diesel as possible until 2049.”
The Creator (September 29, in theaters)
The next film from Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, Godzilla 2014, Monsters) promises to be magnificent.
With production design by James Clyne (ILM VFX art director on The Last Jedi), cinematography by Greig Fraser (Rogue One, Dune: Part 1, the Batman), music by Hans Zimmer...
@TheSpaceshipper I don’t suppose anyone knows if that shot of the 2020 Beirut explosion has been taken out, after so many complaints about the trailer? It seems really bad taste to leave it there, but it’s also really distracting.
In the years to come, all Londoners are going to be proud that it led the way on low-emissions policies and reducing lethal air pollution. We will look back on the argument about the newly extended Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) like we do on past rule changes to outlaw child labour, betting on animal fights & defecation in public places.
Of course highly polluting vehicles have to go. You can argue about the mechanisms for managing it, but not the principle behind it all.
@helenczerski I just still find it amazing that people keep complaining that they “have” to pay thousands a year to run a massive, ancient diesel in London. No. The aim is to stop you using it at all, because it’s hugely polluting.
But then, the monthly payment on my MG4, including charging it, is less than the top-tier ULEZ charge every day.
@Whiskeyomega@vinylrecords wise choice. I had a cork one for a while, and it did seem to help in that regard, but then I missed the run-in, the needle bounced off the edge and landed on the cork, and £150 worth of stylus died instantly.
@davidallengreen The man’s just obsessed with the letter, isn’t he; that’s what he named his company that merged with Thiel’s to become PayPal, it’s in the name SpaceX, and it’s the first model Tesla designed from the ground up, after the Lotus-derived Roadster.
