Johan Wiklund and his plane have made it down to Italy. If you know anything about his trip, and anything about European geography, then you’ll know that he has therefore crossed the Alps. Here’s a little bit of footage from his flight:
And then, a wonderfully smooth landing in Cremona, Italy (it’s not inside, it’s onnnn top), here:
Johan is on his way across the sea today, heading for Zakynthos, before heading across to Africa – in the form of Egypt – later in the week.
Mrs 6000 is back from her Taylor Swift-esque visit to East Africa, and it’s great to have her home. She has seen literally several animals and has taken photos of nearly all of them.
As I write, we’ve been looking at those photos for a while. I think we’re through to day 4 of 5 now, which means that I’ve probably seen about 1,200 pictures so far.
It’s not a problem. Given that she was going on this once in a lifetime trip, we grabbed a local deal on a Canon DSLR camera (despite the fact that I still love my Sony DSC-HX300), and by the look of an awful lot of the photos she’s taken, it’s really paid off. So we’re very happy.
The next couple of weeks are rather complicated, but it would be a crime not to get some of her pics on display, so that will be sorted out in for time. Thanks in advance for your patience.
Nothing from me today. Apologies if you were looking forward to the shining wit that you’re used to me providing you with.
First proper day of summer, see?
Things need done.
The new a-ha album Cast In Steel came out last night. And I’m listening to it right now. I’ve been listening to it most of the morning, truth be told. I’ve missed several important phone calls and ignored all my colleagues in a meeting. These people must just understand. After all, I’m usually very accommodating. Today is different, though, because a-ha’s new album came out today and that’s actually far more important to me than they are right now.
I’ll obviously have to do a proper review at some stage (of the album, not the colleagues), but for the moment, have this:
First thoughts (spoiler: I’ve been listening to excerpts and track leaks for the last couple of months, so these are actually not my first thoughts at all) are that it is very Radio 2. This is no longer the cutting edge of pop music. This is mature music for a more mature audience. A Radio 2 listening audience.
However, there remains, amongst the music for old people, hints of the electronic synth-pop which made a-ha so popular 30 (*weep*) years ago. That ting-ting-ting in the chorus of The Wake, the first few bars of Forest Fire, which could be straight off 1985’s Hunting High And Low, will happily take you back to younger days.
Then add the 5 bonus tracks: demo versions and interesting remixes of previous releases, and you’ve got a proper treat for fans like me who have been around for too long since the early days.
And there’s more on the way, with a concert tour (yes, I shall be making plans) and the 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set of Hunting High and Low [lengthy tracklist here] coming out later this month (strike while the iron is hot).
September has been kind to us.
Look at this. JUST LOOK AT IT!
The new Sony Xperia Z5 is coming soon, and much like the Z2 and Z3 in their time, it’s going to be the best cellphone you can buy. By a country mile. JUST LOOK AT IT!
Here’s some detail for you.
Right, now I need to go and change my underwear.