Keep Running Up That Hill
Another day, another letdown courtesy of your friends at Good Weather For Airstrikes. I got over ezarchive. I got over my computer crashing (or at least I thought I did) and I salvaged my hard drive. I got my hosting sorted out. I got the payment for said hosting sorted out. I wrote an ungodly amount of words summing up my CMJ experience. And just as I’m ready to get things back on track around here, I come to the realization that trying to blog without my own computer just isn’t going to work. I don’t have my programs (Photoshop, CuteFTP, iTunes), I don’t have my fonts, I don’t have my mp3s in a place where they can be conveniently accessed, and while yes, I could technically perservere, it’s a ridiculous hassle. This is most evident in the fact that I’ve spent the last 5 hours trying to pry my roommates away from their computers, walking to the library when I couldn’t, typing up the post, realizing the library computers didn’t have any of the programs I needed to get the post into actual posting-shape, getting all upset, letting out a primal roar of frustration, smashing some buildings, stomping on innocent, poorly-dubbed Japanese onlookers and finally being taken down by air force fighter jets before I could do any more damage. All over one fucking single review.
So here’s what’s going to happen. Bad news first: The updates are going to stop around here until I get my laptop back. The good news: I’m supposed to get my laptop back sometime around Tuesday or Wednesday, so the wait won’t be long. The better news: While the full single review will have to wait until I get my laptop back (though it’s already written, along with about 15 other backlogged posts), I’m hooking y’all up with Placebo’s awesome cover of “Running Up That Hill”, originally by Kate Bush. If you saw season premier of The OC last week then you’ll recognize it as the recurring musical theme of the episode, as it was played throughout the entire episode. And yes, I do still watch The OC. It’s the best cover I’ve heard in a long time, so hopefully it will make the wait a little more bearable for you all. Sorry to keep building you up just to let you down, but this seemingly-neverending parade of inconveniences is really hindering our ability to get things back on track around here. Enjoy the song and I’ll see you some time next week.
MP3: “Running Up That Hill” - Placebo ((highly recommended))

November 11th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
In May my laptop crashed–lost all my shit (including pending finals, coachella pics and vids, music that wasn’t on my ipod)
I said fuck it all and travelled to europe
a month later my ipod went mental
i had nothing
i contemplated reasons to even bother
but the perspective my travels gave me showed me theres so much more than the 1sand0s my technosavvy life had come to embrace/depend on
fit girl spinning only songs from soundtracks of movies i loved, jazz bars, the knife in amsterdam
nevertheless
you’re site is the shit
and i think i speak on behalf of all your readers that we appreciate you’re perseverance and wicked put-me-ons to the likes of long blondes, or crazy singles like Waters of Nazareth whilst people were just beginning to rock We Are Your Friends
as someone once told me
“yeah, i know it sucks but all i really lost was some bad poetry”
keep up the solid work
peace
November 12th, 2006 at 12:15 am
Good song - and good luck! Losing your comp really sucks; you never know how much you depend on it till you have to use some strange machine.
November 12th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
you should just get other bloggers to send you posts already written in html, that’s what I did when I moved. It saves a bit of hassle, and it works out nicely. I’m sure some people would like to help, especially since I think most of us have been there…
November 12th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
Do a sort of guest-post style thing, you mean? Could be interesting…
November 13th, 2006 at 5:42 am
well..
i’m the conventional kinda gal.. so all that i’d do now..
-hugsssss-
hope tat felt better..
-smiles-
November 14th, 2006 at 9:36 am
hey, we’ll wait. we can be patient. remember when you took that hiatus last summer? we all came back. it’s cool. : )
November 14th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
yo dude…sorry for the misfortunates. you can power through i know you can. a tasty tid-bit for you: www.the-abstract-life.com
it’s laura’s boyfriend seth’s site and music and it’s all electronic and really good. thought you might enjoy. check it out.
holla atcha girl!
-carrie
November 15th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
i saw your comment on james’ (greenpeaness) blog and went to your site and just wanted to agree with how awesome this song is. i happened to stumble upon it awhile back. i can’t remember how. and i’ve been in love ever since.
November 16th, 2006 at 3:52 am
It’s okay, Derek; I still watch The O.C. too….hahaha … Great song… Hope you get your laptop back soon.