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Katatonia

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Just ordered the new Katatonia album, which is called 'The Great Cold Distance'. It's an additional birthday present. I tried to buy it in town last night, but all I got was blank stares upon requesting it at the various counters. Hm. Oh well, now I'll have it in a few days anyway.

One thing though, why is it that everywhere I go the Arctic Monkeys seem to be playing? They're really not that special, people. I just don't get the hype. Oh, almost forget something much more important. I found out Katatonia are playing Katwijk (of all places) on May 12th. Let's see if I can try and get tickets for that.

More good news, as I've just found out Agalloch have finished their upcoming album 'Ashes against the grain'. I'll try to get my hands on that as soon as it's available.

Music

More upcoming album to look forward to: Moonspell will be releasing "Memorial' in April and March will bring up the new Placebo, called MEDS. Also, Dutch radio station Kink FM is making some of it's programs available as Podcasts, including their metal program, called Aardschok. :-)

Where is the great music?

Days after posting a list of upcoming releases I'm looking forward to, I found an interesting thread on Ask MetaFilter, entitled Where is the great music?

I have this theory that being a teenager just makes you more receptive to music/movies/culture in general. You're like a sponge at that age; you swim in it and soak it up and it becomes a part of you.

By the time you hit your 20's, you're not as receptive. Your personality isn't in flux; your hormones are balanced. You have a job and a life and no time to lie on your bed and listen to the same album [..] over and over again. Even music that is technically superior to the music of your teen years will never sound as sweet, because it will never mean as much.

I must say I agree. Most of the bands I listen today are the ones I discovered in my late teens. But that doesn't mean some really great music isn't released today.

New releases

This is going to be a good year in music, I think. Plenty of new releases have been anounced.

More can be found at Top 50 Most Anticipated Records of 2006 from Decibel Magazine.

Saturday activities

Another late night yesterday, as I had a wonderful dinner in far away Medemblik with the people from work. Glad to be able to sleep in this morning though, as I was still quite tired from last weekend. After a relaxed lunch with the newspaper I felt brave enough to go to the store to pick up some things. I'm quite sure one of my circles of hell will have something to do with shopping on a saturday afternoon. I did manage not to strangle anyone though, and arrived home with some nice pieces of music:

I originally entered the store to get my hands on the new Porcupine Tree, but that was unavailable. Ah well, you know how these sort of things go. You set out for something and return home with something completly different. Might give it another try after work on monday ;-). Oh, and I also bought a new electric kettle as the other one looked horrid in my pretty new kitchen.