"My voice is a signal calling out"

Let’s see, what’ve I been consuming lately?

  • The season finale of True Blood was pretty good, but I’ll be curious to see if they can keep it up another season.
  • I don’t even know why I still enjoy Entourage (beyond the obvious Piven-ness) but I do.
  • The new Fembots album Calling Out is very good.
  • As much as I can’t wait to watch the final two episodes of The Shield, I really don’t want it to end.
  • I’ve watched four movies in the past couple of weeks: Monkey Warfare (very Parkdale-indie), You Kill Me (ridiculous and implausible, but fun), L’Enfant (realistic, troubling and bleak) and Rails & Ties (predictable, melodramatic and wooden at times).
  • Lots of hockey and basketball too, but both my teams are slumping right now, so…yeah. Lots of Wii tennis.
  • The Future of Management by Gary Hamel was a very good book if you’re ever wondering why we’ve spent the last century innovating new business practices, but not new management practices.

Musical inbox

Here’s what’s on deck for me right now:

  • bonnie prince billy . lie down in the light
  • bowerbirds . hymn for a dark horse
  • calm blue sea . the calm blue sea
  • cold war kids . loyalty to loyalty
  • damien jurado . caught in the trees
  • dears . missiles
  • deerhunter . microcastle
  • eels . electro-shock blues
  • fembots . calling out
  • frightened rabbit . sing the greys
  • spiritualized . songs in a & e
  • tallest man on earth . shallow graves
  • new year . the new year
  • thievery corporation . radio retaliation
  • tindersticks . the hungry saw
  • walkmen . you & me

Now…to find the time to listen to them.