So today I come home from a very rainy and miserable day, open my mail, and glanced at an email titled "YOU ARE A WINNER!"
I guess we all get those, but this one was actually not SPAM, I had won a Phosphor Digital Hour watch :D
Enterered the contest not more than a week ago, and I had completely forgot about it :P


It was going on my wish list, but luckily I haven't dispatched it to the family yet :)
But yeah, it's a super cool watch, with an E-Ink display also known as electronic paper, which means high visibility, low battery drain, super slim case and geeky goodness :P
They retail at 185$ and have been sold out for some time, but they're back in stock now.

I believe the last time I won any sort of public contest, was on a radio show where I won a cd (Eagle-Eye Cherry's "Living In The Present Future") and that was about a decade ago :P

Jamie Cullum released a new album yesterday, and within that hides a jazz cover of Rhianna's Don't Stop The Music.
I like how the song changed from "Crowded tacky club with Red Bull + Vodka" to "Intimate date with a sexy guy and a glass of wine"

I've been thinking about getting a tattoo for a long time now, and now I think I've finally settled on a design, as you see above.
I'm thinking I would get it tattooed wrapped around my right wrist, where my watch is on the other arm.
Seems like a combo that would work well, especially since I really don't have a body for tattoos.

For those of you who don't know, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, it's a band.
It's not really my favorite band (perhaps third?), but it's been the band I've listened to the most in the past 2 years at least. It's rare I would use words such as "satisfying" and "rewarding" about music, but BRMC is just that.
It's probably the richer sound that comes from using hollowbody guitars ;)
Plus, I have a thing for typography and especially this font (Avant-Garde), so it's just as much because I think the font and text is wicked cool, as it is about me liking the band.
It's also one of only 2 fonts I've ever paid money for (the other being Optima), so I might as well get it on my body :P

The reason for including an album name as well (Baby 81) is, again, not so much because of the album itself, but the feel and the look of the album.


I might later add the broken Gibson ES-355 from the US album cover of Baby 81 further up my lower arm. But that's a big maybe.
I don't play guitar, but it's still a very iconic model :)

Shirley Manson (of Garbage) - [untitled solo album]
-Recorded, but without a record deal to publish it as it was deemed too "noir".

Garbage - [5th album]
-On the "persistent rumors" stage.

Interpol - [4th album]
-The band started recording new songs in March.

Ratatat - LP4
-Nearly finished, but still no date.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - [6th album]
- On schedule to be released in March 2010.

Supergrass - [7th album]
-Info sketchy, but it has been confirmed for release next year.

The Black Keys - [7th album] / Blak Roc
-They're releasing a collaboration album in Nov. with several notable rappers, while also having begun work on a studio album of their own.

Keane - [4th album]
-Apparently going to be a "mini album".

A good song to help you unwind after a long week.

Noel Gallagher quits Oasis, band splitting up.

50 million albums, 8 UK #1 singles, 15 NME awards... And now it's over.

It's a black day for music.