Circadian Shift

Blah.

Not much to report.

Of the few highlights of the week, I went out on Friday night to meet up with Eva and some of the other local bloggers and say hello to visiting blogger Shelley, who managed to survive a 29 hour flight from New Zealand relatively unscathed. Much fun, geekery, and the usual blogger hijinks ensued (Eva's pics of the evening are here). (BTW, there were two Jens at the event; as I was the second to arrive, I became "Other Jen" for the rest of the evening.)

In other news, triggered by a conversation with Junkman, I wound up dipping into my eMusic booster pack to download the compilation album A Passage In Time by Dead Can Dance. The work is at times gloomy and other times contemplative, which makes it good to listen to on cold winter nights.

I also bought a few tracks from Bleep.com:

• Helios - "Nine Black Alps" -- minimal beats over warm synths; a calming atmospheric tune
• TTC - "Meet the New Boss" -- French electro that's buzzy, blippy, and stark
• Cursor Miner - "The Sports of Kings" -- exuberant and propulsive; a great pick-me-up

All were finds via dirtyradio, which has introduced to so much cool music over the last year. It's a pity that I can't listen to it at work.

BTW, Bleep is currently giving away a free music sampler (as with all Bleep offerings, it's in MP3 format, with no DRM) titled Bleeps-oh-six; you do have to set up an account with them to download the sampler, but it's free to do so.