Time for some new music! Laura and I discovered these bands because Richard Ayoade directed some of their music videos. I shall link to a few of those, as well as offer downloads of some of the songs. If anything particularly strikes your fancy, let me know; I have full albums.

First up, The Last Shadow Puppets. "Meeting Place," and "The Age of the Understatement." They remind me very much of British 60s music, especially The Buckinghams. They're also a very good band to listen to at the gym if you like to pretend, whilst you're on the treadmill, for instance, that you are running around in a James Bond movie.

Next, Super Furry Animals. They're harder to describe, as the album I have doesn't necessarily have a single cohesive tone. Sometimes they remind me of Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie, other times, the more extravagant bombast of The Moody Blues. Really fun stuff, though. Here's Ayoade's video for "Runaway," (with Matt Berry, whose very face makes me laugh), and links to "Battersey Odyssey," and "Let the Wolves Howl at the Moon."

Finally, Vampire Weekend. I accidentally brought over the same song as the video I'm going to link to, but all their stuff pretty much sounds like this. Which I like, so that's a good thing. "Oxford Comma," and the video to the same.

If you're unfamiliar with Ayoade and Berry, might I direct you to The IT Crowd. A few clips. "I wonder if it's loaded!"

Star Trek icons! BECAUSE IT HAS EATEN MY BRAIN.

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Heh, this looks pretty funny.

My favorite things about spring:

--Helping my Grandpa put in his garden, which includes tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, and herbs; we also plant new flowers every year. Today I went over and we put in some calosia.

--No more socks.

--Sleeping with the bedroom window open.

--Flowering trees.

--Reading outside.

--Thunderstorms!

April new media.

Books
11. Stalking Louis Curtiss, Wilda Sandy. 4-4.
12. The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome’s First Dynasty, Philip Matyszak. 4-7.
13. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye, Frank Miller. 4-8.
14. Forty Signs of Rain, Kim Stanley Robinson. 4-12.
15. Winkie, Clifford Chase. 4-13.
16. Caesar’s Women, Colleen McCullough. 4-27.
17. Sin City: Booze, Broads, & Bullets, Frank Miller. 4-29.

Movies
23. The Duchess (2008). 4-4.
24. Frost/Nixon (2008). 4-8.
25. Time After Time (1979). 4-12.
26. The King and I (1956). 4-17.
27. Grey Gardens (1975). 4-19.
28. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982). 4-20.

Television Episodes
176. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x17 - “Sins of the Father.” 4-1.
177. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x18 - “Allegiance.” 4-1.
178. Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace - 1x05 - “Scotch Mist.” 4-2.
179. Little Britain - 2x01. 4-2.
180. Dollhouse - 1x08 - “Needs.” 4-3.
181. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x14 - “The Good Wound.” 4-3.
182. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x15 - “Desert Cantos.” 4-4.
183. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x16 - “Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep.” 4-5.
184. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x17 - “Ourselves Alone.” 4-5.
185. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x18 - “Today is the Day.” 4-6.
186. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x19 - “The Last Voyage of the Jimmy Carter.” 4-6.
187. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x20 - “To The Lighthouse.” 4-6.
188. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x19 - “Captain’s Holiday.”
189. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x21 - “Adam Raised a Cain.” 4-7.
190. Star Trek - 1x10 - “The Corbomite Maneuver.” 4-8.
191. The Office - 5x20 - “Dream Team.” 4-9.
192. Parks and Recreation - 1x01 - “Make My Pit a Park.” 4-9.
193. The Office - 5x21 - “The Michael Scott Paper Company.” 4-9.
194. 30 Rock - 3x17 - “Cutbacks.” 4-9.
195. Dollhouse - 1x09 - “A Spy in the House of Love.” 4-10.
196. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x20 - “Tin Man.” 4-10.
197. Heroes - 3x20 - “Cold Snap.” 4-11.
198. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2x22 - “Born to Run .” 4-11.
199. Little Britain - 2x02. 4-12.
200. Star Trek - 1x11 - “The Menagerie Part I.” 4-12.
201. Star Trek - 1x12 - “The Menagerie Part II.” 4-13.
202. Little Britain - 2x03. 4-13.
203. Little Britain - 2x04. 4-15.
204. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x21 - “Hollow Pursuits.” 4-15.
205. M*A*S*H - 5x10 - “Hawkeye Get Your Gun.” 4-16.
206. The Office - 5x22 - “Heavy Competition.” 4-16.
207. 30 Rock - 3x18 - “Jackie Jormp-Jomp.” 4-16.
208. Little Britain - 2x05. 4-17.
209. Little Britain - 2x06. 4-18.
210. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x22 - “The Most Toys.” 4-19.
211. Big Love - 3x09 - “Outer Darkness.” 4-20.
213. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x23 - “Sarek.” 4-20.
214. Heroes - 3x21 - “Into Asylum.” 4-21.
215. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x24 - “Ménage à Troi.” 4-21.
216. Heroes - 3x22 - “Turn and Face the Strange.” 4-22.
217. Big Love - 3x10 - “Sacrament.” 4-22.
218. True Blood - 1x01 - “Strange Love.” 4-22.
219. The Office - 5x23 - “Broke.” 4-23.
220. 30 Rock - 3x19 - “The Ones.” 4-23.
221. Heroes - 3x23 - “1961.” 4-24.
222. Heroes - 3x24 - “I Am Sylar.” 4-24.
223. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x25 - “Transfigurations.” 4-25.
224. True Blood - 1x02 - “The First Taste.” 4-26.
225. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x26 - “The Best of Both Worlds Part I.” 4-27.
226. True Blood - 1x03 - “Mine.” 4-27.
227. Heroes - 2x25 - “An Invisible Thread.” 4-27.
228. Dollhouse - 1x10 - “Haunted.” 4-28.
229. Little Britain - 3x01. 4-28.
230. True Blood - 1x04 - “Escape From the Dragon House.” 4-29.
231. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4x01 - “The Best of Both Worlds Part II.” 4-29.
232. Little Britain - 3x02. 4-30.
234. The Office - 5x24 - “Casual Friday.” 4-30.
235. 30 Rock - 3x20 - “The Natural Order.” 4-30.