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So 6/6/06 came and went without the world ending. Unless it ended and then reformed exactly as it was before, or it ended and we're all just imagining living our lives as usual, but those are distinct possibilities on ANY day. Not to mention that the fact that it was 6/6/06 was fairly arbitrary, what with the months all being different lengths and the calendar most likely starting a few years AFTER Jesus was born. Or was that all part of Satan's plan?
Regardless, the day did include one important event: the release of the new Cracker album, Greenland. I picked it up at Best Buy yesterday, and I've listened to it several times now. It doesn't do that much for me as a whole, but then, Cracker's albums usually take a little time to grow on me. I think I liked Forever pretty early on, actually, but they can't all be Forever. Greenland does have a few cool songs, too, including "I Need Better Friends" and "Everybody Gets One For Free." And I like the cover art, with the whale and the dark, faded look that's become sort of a theme for Cracker album art. Overall, though, I'd say it's probably the weakest of the new albums I've heard so far in 2006. But that opinion is certainly subject to change.
Even though both Best Buy and Barnes & Noble had the album in stock, in neither store was it on the "new releases" rack. Quite a few albums that I've bought on their release dates haven't been. I'm not saying that's a problem or anything; I like some semi-obscure stuff, and there's limited room on those racks, so they probably want to limit their contents to the more popular bands. Fair enough, I suppose. What I don't get is why some of these racks will contain several items that are not, by any stretch of the imagination, new releases. The one at B&N had Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, which I did buy when it was new...THREE MONTHS AGO. Sheesh, if that's what they consider a "new release," I'd hate to see what's in their Oldies section! (Okay, that was a pretty lame joke, wasn't it?)
And finally, some Frank Black videos.
Los Angeles - Directed by John Flansburgh! Incorporates a hovercraft!
Headache - The source for two icons I've used recently!
Dog Gone - I don't have an exclamatory statement to make about this one!
Regardless, the day did include one important event: the release of the new Cracker album, Greenland. I picked it up at Best Buy yesterday, and I've listened to it several times now. It doesn't do that much for me as a whole, but then, Cracker's albums usually take a little time to grow on me. I think I liked Forever pretty early on, actually, but they can't all be Forever. Greenland does have a few cool songs, too, including "I Need Better Friends" and "Everybody Gets One For Free." And I like the cover art, with the whale and the dark, faded look that's become sort of a theme for Cracker album art. Overall, though, I'd say it's probably the weakest of the new albums I've heard so far in 2006. But that opinion is certainly subject to change.
Even though both Best Buy and Barnes & Noble had the album in stock, in neither store was it on the "new releases" rack. Quite a few albums that I've bought on their release dates haven't been. I'm not saying that's a problem or anything; I like some semi-obscure stuff, and there's limited room on those racks, so they probably want to limit their contents to the more popular bands. Fair enough, I suppose. What I don't get is why some of these racks will contain several items that are not, by any stretch of the imagination, new releases. The one at B&N had Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, which I did buy when it was new...THREE MONTHS AGO. Sheesh, if that's what they consider a "new release," I'd hate to see what's in their Oldies section! (Okay, that was a pretty lame joke, wasn't it?)
And finally, some Frank Black videos.
Los Angeles - Directed by John Flansburgh! Incorporates a hovercraft!
Headache - The source for two icons I've used recently!
Dog Gone - I don't have an exclamatory statement to make about this one!
