Jelly and ice cream

I can never quite get my head around the fact  some people thing it bad manners to speak ill of the just departed. To my mind it's just hypocrisy, and I'm no hypocrite. Time will tell whether it has any impications for Manchester United, the club, but good riddance, you cunt, Malcolm Glazer, you were a fucking rotten human being.
Of course we can't forget Manchester United, and the takeover that our laissez faire worshipping regulators allowed, but if we could, the fact wouldn't change that Malcolm Glazer was the type of capitalist who helped bring the events of 2008 about. Flirting and skirting around the edges of the law in a completely amoral way. The taking of his own siblings to court over his mothers will, just about sums him up for me.
As United fans, I suppose we can only hope that those rumours of sibling squabbling were on the money, and that the three we've never heard of, want, need even, the money a sale would bring, fingers crossed.




Music

Angel Olsen - Burn your fire for no witness: Her third solo album, the first I've heard, it's a pretty  good indie/folk singer/songwriter record, she seems equally at home when she rocks out or when she does her brooding acoustic folk thing.

Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots: He doesn't really make duff records does he, downbeat, not much hint of the harder sound of Blur. If you've liked the things he's done recently, for instance the Bobby Womack album, though it's not as good as that, you'll probably like it.

Elbow - The take off and landing of everything: Another outfit that don't make duff records, even if they aren't the coolest of bands anymore, they still deliver the goods for me. In fact I'd have this down as a slight improvement on their last effort Build a rocket boys.

Illum Sphere -Ghosts of then and now: Another Mancunian act, different genre though. It's a decent listen, atmospheric electronica, can't wait to hear the follow up.

The Notwist - Close to the glass: A bit of a departure from their last album, which , a good six years old now was ahead of the game, a kind of indie/krautrock. This is more half indie, half experimental electronica. It's a good album, but The devil, you and me was a better listen.

The war on drugs - Lost in the dream: I love this, it's one of my favourite albums of the year so far. It's a grower, there's a lot going on in each track, but the more you listen, the better the reward. The music is a kind of dreamy progressive indie/rock, all it's influences hail from from the US side of the pond.

Wild Beasts - Present tense: Not everybody's cup of tea, I would imagine, but I've got a fair bit of time for them. Since they burst on the scene, their early 80's influenced sound has had a few imitators in this country, quite a few of them from around the Manchester area, but none of them are up to their standard.