I spent the day at the office today. We're working on an intranet, using a commercial product, and Marc (the programmer) agreed that it would be a lot easier to figure out what we were doing if we were in the same location for at least one day. It was actually nice to be back there. I was a little concerned that it might be hard to get work done, but everyone seemed to realize that I was there for this project and left me pretty much alone. Also I think it helped to have my iPod -- the headphones sent a pretty strong "go away, I'm working" signal. It was hard work, a bit draining, but we got enough done that I don't have to go back tomorrow.
Which is a good thing, because my day is totally booked up. I already had the tattoo appointment in the afternoon. Then this afternoon the guy I split Tuesdays with at XDU wrote to me and asked if I could cover for him tomorrow. Well I didn't really want to, but it's not like I couldn't, and besides the more you help people out, the more likely they are to help you when you need a sub at the last minute. So I said yes, and now my day is going to be really rushed. I'll be on the air from 9 to noon, then run over to Wellspring and eat lunch as fast as I can, then hope I make it to Raleigh by 1 in time for my appointment. If it were two work committments I'd just skip lunch until after the afternoon appt, that would make things a lot easier. But it's apparently really important to eat a good meal before tattooing. Something to do with blood sugar or something.
So Georg had pre-ordered the new Harry Potter book from Amazon. Apparently they express mailed all the pre-orders, so we got our copy on Saturday! Georg is reading it now & I'll read it when he's done. It's probably a good thing that I'll be out all day tomorrow. If I was home I'd most likely end up blowing off work all day to read Harry Potter.
I was going to start posting WXDU's weekly RPM top ten, wasn't I? Last week wasn't great for RPM at the station. The top album was Ralph Myerz at #26. Last week we had something in the top ten -- Ralph Myerz now that I think about it. Well, a bunch of good RPM went up this week (some of it reviewed by yours truly: the fabulous new one from Karsh Kale; a silent movie soundtrack by Cinematic Orchestra, more jazz than nu-jazz and I really enjoyed it; and something I'd never heard of before called Red Room, who sound a lot like Massive Attack or Goldfrapp [which you'll know is a good thing to me, if you're familiar with my taste in music]) so I'm hoping for more plays next week.
# ARTIST Recording
1 RALPH MYERZ AND THE JACK HERREN BAND A Special Album
2 AUTECHRE (CURATED) All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0
3 FOUR TET Rounds
4 SAULE Saule
5 TRAVELER '03: A SIX DEGREES COLLECTION VARIOUS ARTISTS
6 NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA Songbook
7 SOLID STEEL PRESENTS HEXSTATIC Listen And Learn
8 TORCH: A SIX DEGREES COLLECTION OF MODERN TORCH SONGS VARIOUS ARTISTS
9 IDOL TRYOUTS: GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL VOL. 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS
10 ANTIMATTER Antimatter Vs. Antimatter
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