Wednesday What’s Up IV
I’ll resurrect another old feature of the blog - a (theoretically) weekly list of what I’m currently feeding my brain :
LISTENING : Continuing our current country music kick ahead of a possible visit to the home of country music later this year, we’ve been listening to Keith Urban (esp his albums The Ranch and Golden Road) and the Dixie Chicks‘ latest album Taking the Long Way which is great, especially the song ‘Not Ready to Make Nice.’ I can’t believe this band lost fans and airplay over their stance against George W Bush and the Iraq war - what kind of free speech is that? Anyway their music is great and it’s a shame people’s narrow-mindedness is causing them to miss out on a great band. I’ve got hold of some other country music, from Jenny Watson, Alison Krauss, and Hank Williams, which I’ll be listening to more over the next week, as well as some of the Dixie Chicks’ older stuff.
WATCHING : At the moment we are in the grips of the TV series Heroes, as recommended by Father Roderick and my brother Scott. Courtesy of the latter, we have been watching some downloaded DivXs of the show, which is a good thing, as I would hate to have to watch just one episode a week. The suspense and plot development draws you in so much that you feel compelled to keep watching. Plus watching 2 or 3 episodes at a time makes it easier to remember who’s who and who can do what. A great show - very different and very addictive. Just wish they showed more of the Japanese guy Hiro - he’s so cool! Scrubs fans might recognize him as the lab tech, Franklin.
READING : currently I’m reading an interesting study on Colossians, Colossians Remixed, a history of Africa over the last 50 years, and I’ve just started N T Wright’s Reflecting the Glory, which is a series of daily readings for Lent.
EATING : Made some pancakes for the family last night since it was Pancake Tuesday, though I’m afraid they didn’t turn out all that good. Maybe I’ll try again at the weekend.
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