Winter

Please play the music, whilst reading the blog.

Good, a good bit of atmospheric music, hopefully combining with my seasonal blog layout, providing a winter essence for you. Maybe. Thank you Sigur Ros.
Having already entered the christmas season, with a tree decorated, cards sent and presents bought, my christmas music is not a 'Smash Hits Compilation' featuring endless Cliff Richard and Slade. Instead I seem to find much greater joy in the winter sounds brought to me listening to two of Iceland's biggest acts, Sigur Ros, and Bjork. I may sound like some stupid art student, but they honestly do help me to feel more of a winter mood (entailing christmas).
I realise that these two acts could be considered 'too difficult to listen to', which is a shame. If people would just give them the time. I don't listen to their albums as collections of songs, being so atmospheric, an album needs to almost experienced as background music. Top quality stuff though. Icelandic music needs more research.

On a completely different note (partly), I found to my joy, today that in the two shops i was in earlier today (in Kingston), I was asked if i wanted a plastic carrier bag. The more people who realise that there is a serious over-use of polyethylene carrier bags in society today, the better. Although accepting the first offer, i declined a bag being offered when i bought my Bjork album.
I needed the first to carry the tree decorations i had bought. Christmas Trees are a tradition, fair enough. But to illuminate your whole home with dayglow colours is disgusting and wrong. For me. I am refraining from lights on my Christmas Tree (a lot cheaper, more stylish, safer). I remember the fascination with them, as a child, but we don't remain children forever.