I'm off to see the mighty Godspeed You Black Emperor tonight in Hackney. Although I'm a bit puzzled at them touring without any new material on release I really don't need any excuse to go and see them. Hopefully a review of that (as well as overdue reviews of Simian, Fridge and Riviera) will be up before the weekend. Some record reviews too if I really get on a roll!

I haven't posted here since I went to see Mulholland Drive last Wednesday. I know that most people who are at all interested in it have seen it by now, so I won't go at length about it even though it has haunted me all week. The guy who sold me my ticket has never heard of the movie so he asked me what it was about. Two and a half hours later I couldn't have given him a concise answer. Without wanting to spoil the plot, I would say that It's a mix of dream and nightmare which deals with the themes of loss, regret and ambition, and it also manages to be a homage to the Hollywood of old. I can see why some people think it's a mess, but I loved it and look forward it to seeing it again. Will it make more sense next time? Will it still haunt me as much as this first encounter? I don't know.

Installed a new search gizmo up at the top of the page - it seems to work! Basically I was finding that a lot of people were Googling their way here and couldn't really pick stuff out of the blogger archives that easily. The entire site has been indexed by it (300+ pages) so finding stuff is no longer a problem (let me know if it screws up though).