The Final Track

Shine 9.2/10

Where can I hear this?

Is Man the single? I think it does, but I've listened to it a couple of times.

2006 1. Joanna Newsom - "YS" 2. Band of Horses - "Everything All the Time" 3. Bob Dylan - "Modern Times 2007 1. The National - "Boxer" 2. Radiohead - "In Rainbows" 3. Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago" 4. Arcade Fire - "Neon Bible 5. Iron & Wine - "The Shepard's Dog" 6. The Shins - "Wincing the Night Away 7. Wilco - "Sky Blue Sky" 8. MGMT - "Oracular Spectacular" 9. Band of Horses - "Cease to Begin" 10. Susanne Sundfør - s/t Again, not fantastic knowledge of these years straight off the bat. Might as well remove the rankings as well.

Just watch this. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0NXFUSYZxc]Elevator prank - The Intelevator #2 [HD] I kveld med Ylvis - YouTube[/ame]

Bob Dylan - "I Want You" one of his best

It's such a great city. Just walking around in Greenwich Village is enough for me.

NYC. Never ceases to amaze.

I prefer smaller venues. There's one in town that's an old boathouse which is great for intimate music. I saw Susanne Sundfør there when she was supporting The Brothel and it ended up being one of the strongest concerts I've been to. In Amsterdam there's an old church that's used as a concert venue. I think it's called Paradiso? Also a nice venue. I saw Animal Collective there once. And in Copenhagen there's Forum. It's not that small, more like an auditorium with the chairs taken out, but it still feels intimate, like a rock concert in a big room. I saw Elbow there, and I want to go back in November for The National. Those spring to mind.

Yeah, maybe spring the least, though. TNP works out a lot.

Belle and Sebastian - "The Stars of Track and Field"

Norway is part of the European Economic Area (EØS), so we're part of a trade agreement with the EU. This isn't really a hot topic at the time being. There've been two public votes about EU, both times with the no side winning, so most likely there'll have to be a vote first. As for the political parties, the Conservatives and possibly the Progress Party want an EU membership, while most of the other parties are happy with the present situation (EØS) or want to change the deal. The Progress Party, for example, are against the immigration that comes with the deal. All in all, none of them are willing to work for a membership without public support.

Norway down 2-0 to Switzerland at the moment, and looking pretty weak.

Stoltenberg is a good leader, and has always seemed to me to be a very down to earth guy. I think, based on the foreign media coverage, that he's more popular aborad than in Norway. They don't understand why we'd want a new government. The economy is great, unemployment low etc. The conservative trend has gone around Europe. Sweden went over to a conservative government a few years ago, and it looks like Høyre have similar ideas to the Moderates there. The Progress Party, the far right party, also picks up a lot of votes by appealing to people's irritations: toll booths, taxes and a ban on snowmobiles and the sale of alcohol after 8. And of course immigration.

2004 1. Arcade Fire - "Funeral" 2. Joanna Newsom - "The Milk Eyed Mender" 3. Franz Ferdinand - "Franz Ferdinand" 4. Iron & Wine - "Our Endless Numbered Days" 5. Modest Mouse - "Good News for People who Love Bad News" 2005 1. The National - "Alligator" 2. Elbow - "Leaders of the Free World" 3. My Morning Jacket - "Z" 4. The Decemberists - "Picaresque" 5. Eels - "Blinking Lights and Other Revelations" I'm sure I've forgotten albums I love from all these three years, but these are the ones I stumbled over on lists.

^He'll be leading the opposition. In Norway it seems to be 8 or less, this was one of the longest reigning governments. I definitely think you're right about seeing new faces, there isn't much other room for discontent. Had the Socialist Left Party received 1600 votes less they would have had 2 seats instead of the 7 they have now, in accordance to the Norwegian electoral system. A close shave last night.

The arcticle continues here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24014551 The seats in parliament (left to right politically): Socialist Left Party - 7 (down by 4) Green Party - 1 (first ever seat) Labour - 55 (down by 9) Centre Party - 10 (down by 1) Christian Democrats - 10 (no change) Liberal Party - 9 (up by 7) Conservatives - 48 (up by 18) Progress Party - 29 (down by 12) Graphic: http://mm.aftenposten.no/valgresultater/ I'm furious at how Stoltenberg, who did a great job, especially after the terrorist attacks, was voted out practically because a wealthy nation was bored. Norway is probably the nation that is best off in the world today, yet people complain about the immigration and welfare. Hopefully we'll swing back to a Red/Green government in 2017 or sooner.

niccce

Cool art, was starting to worry it would look like the single one.

Belle and Sebastian - "I Didn't See it Coming"

Belle and Sebastian - "Like Dylan in the Movies"

Pretty good. I got a lot of stuff done, though, so productive at least.

Chelsea Wolfe - "Feral Love"

Neko Case - "The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You" Chelsea Wolfe - "Pain is Beauty"

Sadly, this is too often how it works.