Early Modern Notes

My copy of Vampire Weekend arrived this morning.

Love it to bits.

If, like me, you’ve missed out up till now because you were put off by the name, you can download a couple of tracks to try out here. (’A-Punk’ is so cute it could make kittens cry.)

For CDs and DVDs, play.com is already my favourite online store (I prefer not to work out just how much money I’ve spent there in the last couple of years), but now they’re also offering DRM-free music downloads to UK residents, from 65p a track.

Anybody got any fun recommendations? Is Adele worth a listen?

I didn’t know New Orleans… except like this.

Top Ten New Orleans Funk Jams
Allen Toussaint
The Meters official website
The Meters
Irma Thomas
Iko Iko

Selected playlist…

New Orleans Funk
Rejuvenation
Struttin’
The Meters
The Toussaint Touch

It was one special city. My thoughts are with all its people, wherever they are now. And wherever it may be, I hope that one day there will be a New New Orleans, better even than the old.

And read this…

Jordan Flaherty’s Notes from New Orleans