Me, I'm all smiles: more retail therapy

[rhythmaning]

So there I was in the record shop, looking for the new Lloyd Cole CD, when another release by the Bunnymen caught my eye. This time, it is “Crocodiles”, along with bonus tracks, most notably the excellent, wonderful, exciting “Shine So Hard” EP. For a fiver. So of course, I had to buy it – I mean, how could I not?

I was amused to see that there is a recent live Bunnymen CD called “Me, I’m All Smiles”. I have always loved that line (and it probably crops up fairly regularly in LJ posts! Old habits…) – and I was most amused to see that, just like naming “Shine So Hard” after a line from a song which doesn’t appear on the recording, the line me, I’m all smiles won’t be on “Me, I’m All Smiles”, either.

I found the Lloyd Cole, which I have now played a couple of times. I don’t find it as addictive as f4f3 and others have found it – it is ok, but I am not wholly convinced. It could just be that it would be hard to surpass my favourites of old.

Whilst in the record shop, I bought some books, too. I bought “Anansi Boys” by Neil Gaimen, because everyone else seems to rave about him, and I have never read any of his stuff (and it was only a fiver); “We Need To Talk About Kevin”, by Lionel Shriver, which I had been looking at in Waterstones a couple of weeks ago (but it didn’t feel suitable holiday reading), and it was only a fiver; and “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell, because I found “Blink!” very interesting (and it was only a fiver).

I can see a pattern emerging here.

Comments

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I haven't really found Gaiman's books as convincing as his comics - Sandman is far more satisfying than Anansi Boys, which is a nice bouncy read, but not much more. American Gods was fine, espescially if you're a Zelazny fan.

I think the best thing he's done in a book is Good Omens, with Terrt Pratchett, the charms of which are summed up totally in their working title - "William The Anti-Christ".

[unblinkered.livejournal.com]

because I found “Blink!” very interesting

Why, thank you! ;P

[frumiousb.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I liked Anansi Boys least of Gaiman's work. I much preferred American Gods.

[pshtaku.livejournal.com]

I went in to Fopp to get Lloyd Cole, and came out with that and new Tim Finn and 1st Series of King of The Hill...