Radiohead - Reckoner (this one is a live webcast they aired a few days ago)
Interpol - Rest My Chemistry (this is from “Hovefestival” in Norway)
The Shins - Sleeping Lessons (Live rehearsal sesson at the Crystal Ball Room)
So I found this site that creates a cloud of recommended music artists based on what I’ve “scrobbled” in Last.fm. I’m already listening to some of the artists recommended, but I might give some of them a try. I’ve read about Broken Social Scene and Bloc Party, but somehow I do not quite know how to get started listening to them. Maybe I should just give it a go! If you’d like to discover your recommendations, then visit this site:
http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Architecture in Helsinki Art Brut Beck Bloc Party Bright Eyes Broken Social Scene Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Counting Crows Death Cab for Cutie Editors Eels Foo Fighters Franz Ferdinand Garbage Grandaddy Kaiser Chiefs Kings of Leon Morrissey Muse My Morning Jacket Neutral Milk Hotel Pavement Pixies Placebo Red Hot Chili Peppers Snow Patrol Spoon Stars TV on the Radio Tapes ‘n Tapes Ted Leo and The Pharmacists The Arcade Fire The Decemberists The Fiery Furnaces The Futureheads The Go! Team The Killers The New Pornographers The Raconteurs The Smashing Pumpkins The Smiths The Strokes The Walkmen U2 Weezer Wilco Wolf Parade Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yo La Tengo
A few months back I stumbled over “Urban Dictionary”. It is really useful for finding the meanings behind new slang, and particularly useful for foreigners to explore English expressions and words you might have heard mentioned sometime, but never really understood. Sometimes you might know how and when to use the expressions in question, but perhaps you just want to explore its background or true relevance.
An example could be the highly embedded expression: “I second that”. Query Urban Dictionary and you’ll get:
The slang meaning is “I agree” or “I support that”.
The real meaning comes from parliamentary procedure, the way in which a group of people come together and most efficiently present and discuss possible courses of action, and make decisions. “Roberts Rules of Order” has been the standard of our government, judicial system, and formal organizations since 1876.
