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))