This week I have been mainly

Another week, another chance to self indulge.
If anything prompts you or takes your fancy, even better.



This week I was mostly listening to
The Gentlemen – Sending Cards
The new single from my soon-to-be interviewees. Their second album is out at the start of May and this is their first single from it. They're pushing a bit harder to break the mainstream this time.
Red – Innocence and Instinct
Considering how well it'd gone down in the US I decided it was probably a good idea I gave it a re-listen to see if I'd missed another tune for the Rock and Hard Place ... I hadn't.
Gomez – Bring It On
Deserved winners of the 1998 Mercury Music Prize.

This week I was mainly watching
Did Darwin Kill God
The Apprentice
FM
The top choice was done from the perspective of an evolution-believing Christian. Very interesting stuff. FM is a sitcom set in a radio station, on paper I should love it, on TV it's doing just about enough to keep me watching.

This week I was mainly reading
Libertas Insider libertasinsider.blogspot.com
Seventh Angel's myspace blog check out their entry for April 1st.

Other things of note from this week
Last weekend we went up to Leeds on the Friday evening for a Funeral For A Friend gig and to catch up with some friends. Saturday, on the way home we went via Huddersfield (it's where her indoors went to uni – a wee nostalgia trip was in order), Holmfirth (where Last of the Summer Wine was filmed ... obviously), the beautiful Woodhead Pass and Hadfield (the outside set of the League of Gentlemen). It was made even more fun when you factor in that she was still ill after having two days off sick. The steak and kidney pudding I had in Holmfirth was immense. The onion bhaji burger she had was equally tasty but not the best choice for a lady with a fragile tummy...
I also lost 1-0 in a game of subbuteo to the last winner of the Staffordshire Cup and a former England international. I'll mention more on my worrying relationship with little plastic men some other time.