I once knew someone who was actually a staunch George W. Bush supporter. We argued over it a bit sometime seriously. It surprised me then that someone could actually say and believe “George W. Bush is a good man”. I wonder what she thinks now.
I’m hopeful that John Kerry will win the election on Tuesday but at the same time, I have a dread that Bush will win again. It certainly looks close. I’ve been following Electoral Vote Predictor 2004 daily and it’s swinging a whole lot. I’m hoping that a whole lot of the undecideds or the people who had not intended (or stated an intent to vote) will turn out for Kerry on Tuesday and the world will be a safer place again. It’s a little strange, I don’t think I’m actually going to believe it’s an honest election unless Kerry wins. Even if Bush does win it, there are already serious allegations of missing ballots within Florida, all from a mainly Democratic area of course. I’ll move my tv into the back room on Tuesday so I can play around online while watching the counts. That could be an allnighter. Having said that I’ve just gone looking for the TV schedules for the evening/morning then and none of them seem to be showing anything on the basic channels.
I’m now getting stupidly excited about the new U2 album. I liked Vertigo on first listen and it’s grown on me so much since. I’m listening to a live version done for CD UK a couple of weeks ago and it’s going to be huge done live. I think the single’s going to be massive, the video seems to have gone into rotation this morning and is already getting lots and lots of airplay.It’s a decent video, hoping there will be a good high quality torrent of it soon.
Album is out November 23rd. With luck there will be the chance to stream it or listen to it via the magic blue cable within the next couple of weeks. Cannot wait, it’s gonna be a good one.
Also really looking forward to the new Kings of Leon album. The new single isn’t bad at all. It came out on iTunes last night and one of the lads in work enjoyed it a lot. I’m not sure I’ll get it there as I want the CD itself. With luck there will be somewhere else to hear it this evening before I’m off to see them at the Forum tomorrow night. Yay! They have just added another London date before the end of the year. I’m not gonna head along to it, I think twice is enough but I really hope they do well with this album. It’s certainly looking good for them.
I’m right back into a live music being the best thing in the world ever moment, it’s not really a moment, but it just takes some reminding of how fucking good it is every now and again. Soulwax certainly did that last night and it’s shaping up to be a really good few weeks of music. Now U2 just need to announce a tour and I’ll get some tickets for several nights of that and it’ll all be good.
I suspect I’m going to be taking a half day for the opening of the Apple Store in London at the end of November. I want a) some free swag and b) the chance to buy an iPod and that cheap. My sister is on her way home for her graduation (probably in flight now) and with any luck she’ll get me a nice tax free iPod at the cheaper Japanese prices. I have hope, if not I’m pretty sure I’ll leave the Apple store with one at the end of the month.
Lovely new iTunes feature in 4.7 which allows you to search for dupes of songs. Somewhat limited, only by song name and artist at the moment so it doesn’t get live versions but a good start for management tools.
Have to book some time home, will do that after lunch today. A week at the end of November is the plan. Looking forward to spending some time catching up with family and friends.