Friday Finds WE 10/09/05

Yes, it's the return of the Friday Finds...on Saturday. Friday is such a horrible day for me to get anything done, frankly. The sig other is setting up for band practice and there's always a lot of traffic in and out...maybe I'll start posting them Thursday night, so youse guys can read 'em at work on Friday. :)

Sorry these are not fashion finds. I have not done much fashion browsing lately. No time. So here are just some random links.

I'm going to start with handsdown my most favorite site of the entire month. Harvey Danger is currently offering their new album, Little By Little, for free on the web. Total free download of the entire album. Free. I don't know if I've mentioned it, but you don't have to pay for a single note of a single mp3. It's FREE, people! A free album completely FREE! You can buy the cd too, for $12, which is cheap as all get out for an album, and I am happy to report, it's a damn good album. There's only one song on the whole thing I don't like, and that one isn't so much bad as just rather long and I found it kinda tedious. I find songs tedious sometimes. It just happens. You might remember Harvey Danger from a kinda cheesy song they released back in 1998 called "Paranoia". It was a little kitschy, and frankly, I think it was a shrewd move on the band's part to release this album for free, because I probably would never have purchased one of their albums, having written them off as a one-hit kitsch wonder. Which would have been a gross underestimation of the band, because this is a seriously good album, with solidly-crafted songs. Some of them are just awesome, too. "Little Round Mirrors" is beautiful and thoughtful and reminds me of Simon & Garfunkle's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for some reason. I also really *love* the catchy 60's innocence of "Happiness Writes White". It's sort of like if Paul McCartney, First Class, and the Beach Boys had gotten together and cooked up a happy summer love song, and I would just about love the album on the basis of that song alone. I also really like "Moral Centralia" and "Diminishing Returns". On the surface, "Wine, Women and Song" is kind of strident, but around halfway thru it, I start liking it. It's got a sort of Cabaret kind of subversive feel to it. I could totally see it in a modern musical. The band has an explanation of why they're releasing the album free, and frankly, it makes me love them. I will shell out money for this when I have disposable income again, because I think they should be rewarded. Both for their vision in releasing this free and for the quality of the music. Harvey Danger has made a fan out of me, DAMN IT! ;)

I have no idea how or why I bookmarked Pomegranate.com about a million years ago, but I love this little birthday date book. If any of my friends are trying to figure out a cool birthday present for me... ;)

I heart my webhosting company so here's the link to ABS Internet. :) It's a small business run by a workaholic, and I always get great service and help. XO, ABS. :)

Ten Things to Avoid in Authoring a Web Page - I'm amazed how many people don't pay attention to this stuff. All Things Web is a pretty good research site, for those of you maintaining websites for your business.

Zuzu's Garden has a new, fall-based image on the front page. I like it. :)

Fantasy art by Jessica Galbreth and stuff utilizing said art.

Speaking of art, I love Art Magick. It's a great site. Used to be easier to browse, though. I don't like so much the way they've changed it. Still, if you want to look at art on the web, they have a huge supply of it. It's where I developed my addiction for Waterhouse, one of my favorite artists ever. :) And this is one of my favorites of his works.

Oo! And Thriller done completely and entirely in Legos!!!

That's it. Happy weekend...or Monday. Whichever. :)