{"id":2560,"date":"2014-05-25T22:21:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T20:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2014-05-25T22:24:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T20:24:57","slug":"mixed-media-25-may-2014-give-or-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2014\/05\/25\/mixed-media-25-may-2014-give-or-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed media, 25 May 2014 (give or take)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week finally<\/em> saw the UK release of Thumpers<\/a>‘ debut album Galore<\/i><\/a>. Lovely fresh summery sounds, richly textured, full of shifting accents and syncopation, with a touch of Friendly Fires<\/a>. I’ve been listening to Thumpers for months<\/a>, so most of the tracks were familiar already, but it’s still a delight to have them all together in a single package.<\/p>\n

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Over in Scotland this week, I watched The Devil Wears Prada<\/i><\/a> on the plane over on Monday evening, end enjoyed it. (Stanley Tucci is masterful in everything he does.) Did a little drinking with coworkers at the Dagda<\/a> on Tuesday, and did a little book shopping at Blackwell’s on Wednesday evening. I snagged the second in Holly Smale’s Geek Girl<\/i><\/a> series for Fiona, and the Ian Rankin’s Saints of the Shadow Bible<\/i><\/a> for myself. Wednesday was a beautiful day in Edinburgh. I got some chinese take-away from a place just opposite the Commonwealth Pool, and had a dinner picnic part-way up Arthur’s seat, watching Edinburgh bathe in the evening sunlight.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday I also had a very lovely dinner with Paul at La Strada<\/a> in Amsterdam. Very flavourful rucola salad to start with, followed by a rich lasagne for my main course. Would definitely go back.<\/p>\n

I tried to recreate the salad myself this weekend, but I didn’t get the right kind of balsamic dressing. My past self would be amused at me actually enjoying<\/em> salads.<\/p>\n

Still working on Debt<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week finally saw the UK release of Thumpers‘ debut album Galore. Lovely fresh summery sounds, richly textured, full of shifting accents and syncopation, with a touch of Friendly Fires. I’ve been listening to Thumpers for months, so most of the tracks were familiar already, but it’s still a delight to have them all together … <\/p>\n

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