My head hurts, but I don't think it's due to the lack of caffeine this time.
I'd thought that one of the best ways to hold the world to ransom is to stem the global supply of coffee and other caffeinated substances. For a start, IT departments around the world would go haywire, and surely the rest would follow ...
The Head Project[1]: reveal your natural geek habitat.
A CD I'd heard a fair bit about turned up at the communal work "jukebox":
The Power & The Passion: a tribute to Midnight Oil (2001) by various Australian (and NZ?) outfits.
Understandably, Records Ad Nauseum posted an unflattering review. Things go rapidly downhill after Something For Kate's version of Dreamworld (which doesn't differ too much from the original apart from more modern-sounding guitar noises). Nothing worth mentioning until Regurgitator's ultra-cool treatment of Stand In Line, and nothing worth mentioning after that. I will admit to liking Augie March's Beds are Burning - a sharp contrast to the disappointing preceding guitar-band attempts - being trancelike and bittersweet. But yes, rather unsatisfying.
This is kinda cool, if you're patient. (Ta, Peter.)
[1] Link since removed, seeing as waferbaby decided to redo his site. (14/11/2001 10.32pm)
Posted by sniffles at November 12, 2001 04:41 PM