Circadian Shift

Of course, I am late with the mood board.

The start of the month meant more MP3s from eMusic. I got three albums:

• Delerium -- The Best Of -- dancy electronica with lush synth arrangements, a few exotic "World music" touches, and ethereal vocals from an array of female guest singers; fave tracks: "Silence" with Sarah McLachlan, and "Euphoria (Firefly)" with Jacqui Hunt (channeling 90s-era Madonna)
• Elliott Smith -- Either/Or -- gentle acoustic arrangements and double-tracked vocals make for quiet, soothing listening; fave track: "Rose Parade"
• Brian Eno -- Nerve Net -- more progressive and up-front than Eno's well-known "Ambient" series, but still very atmospheric; fave track: "What Actually Happened?"

Also bought some tunage from bleep.com:

• The Go! Team -- "We Just Won't Be Defeated" and "Hold Yr Terror Close" -- these two tracks appear on the re-mixed North American edition of Thunder Lightning Strike!; having bought the UK edition of the album a few months back, I of course didn't get these tracks; they're OK, but nothing special, really
• The Fiery Furnaces -- "Tropical-Iceland" -- a discovery from back in the spring via Dirtyradio (which now appears to have returned after a long absence); whimsical, with a catchy chorus

Other happenings from the week included my attendance at a Saturday matinee performance of Les Miserables (which just finished up its run at the Canon Theatre), many weeknights of sleeping badly, and of course Saturday's ill-begotten NaDruWriNi exercise.

BTW, walking home just past 5 with the streetlights already on really sucks.