Mark O'Meara: the blog http://markomeara.net Onward, upward, and let's break out some fracking fruit. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en There is a gentle, genuine and… http://markomeara.net/2008/08/28/there-is-a-gentle-genuine-and/ http://markomeara.net/2008/08/28/there-is-a-gentle-genuine-and/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:20:53 +0000 Mark O'Meara http://markomeara.net/2008/08/28/there-is-a-gentle-genuine-and/ There is a gentle, genuine and poignant poetry to Belle and Sebastian that grows on me more every time I listen to one of their songs.

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emusic.firefox by danigoldman

I used to belong to belong to emusic and it’s quite a good service. They don’t have the same range as iTunes but for my $10 each month I got to download thirty or forty songs.

After a while I ran out of things I was interested in so I stopped by account. Every now and then they’d send me some offer or another which I would read then ignore. However the most recent one was too good to refuse - 75 bonus songs if I signed back up with no minimum commitment.

So I signed up and go albums from Belle and Sebastian, Loudon Wainwright, Gillian Welch, Elliot Smith, Billy Bragg, Buddy Miller and Elana Stone. For $13 I regard this as an incredible haul. So far I have really liked the tracks I have listened to which is makes it all the better really.

Lesson for the day - sometimes the offer that is too good to refuse really is too good to refuse.

]]> http://markomeara.net/2008/08/28/music-galore/feed/ Have been quite angry with Fin… http://markomeara.net/2008/08/28/have-been-quite-angry-with-fin/ http://markomeara.net/2008/08/28/have-been-quite-angry-with-fin/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:02 +0000 Mark O'Meara http://markomeara.net/2008/08/28/have-been-quite-angry-with-fin/ Have been quite angry with Finn about some pretty terrible behaviour on his part. Now I am washing dishes and trying to be sensible myself.

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Briaver and the Lynneaputians by plastereddragon

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